The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-03-08

have concealed them Let us search the
vaults" " cried hidsors looking woman. who
seemed to be leader Of part Of the mot,
composed Of men and women of the very low
est grade in Paris. "Hunt ont the priests
but do not harm the nuns" cried another
leader, whose mask of humanity was no,
quite blotted out.
ITO the chapel" said another. /" That is
the place for frightened women - under the
wing Of the virgin and the protection of the
priests"
A loud laugh greeted the last speaker.
and thus encouraged, he held his torch above
his head. and led the way The crowd Eol
lowed. pushing tumultuou<ly forward. till a
door imPeded their way. then receding. thew
trampled each other in the back ward move
ent, and oa.hs and curses rose above the
din Of voices. But the grated doors offered
little resistance to the vigorous blows they
dealt, aad sooner than all ,hi. can be writ
ten. the chapel stood open before them.
The high walls were hung with pictures
but the cildrd frames alone gave back the
rays Of the few candles that we're burning he
fore the altar. Rut where we're the nuns
they had expected to see? Not there. BE-
fore the image Of the virgin. knelt the vcner-
able confessor. the only living thing that met
their gaze
; For little space. the fierce multitude was
awcd and sIerce,i by the unexpected sight
Of that kneelins, grey old man. This hesita-
f'"n inspired him with little hope. and RI
sing. he spread out his arms towards them and
began to speak. This movement DESTROYED the
charm, and rushing forward. with loud i'm
precautions, they seized and threw him on the
stone floor. lie begged - not for life, hut.
that he might die at the foot Of the altar. -
! Bnt even this poor boon was denied him -
Cords we're brought. his hands were firmly
bound. and he was given over to the tender
merciss of those ferocious women who. thro'
all the horrors of the revolution. identified
themselves with its bloody work. to b. con.
Quoted 10 the prison Of the Abbey
While this Was trans;iring. few men who
had joined the mob rather from curiosity
than fanatirism. and who. seeing the exce>-
'ive violence Of the people, feared it might
HoS,tf IN hopo, 90 sEn 4
children. determined if possible to save Them.
+ While the crowd wee ransackinc The build
ing. they had ascertsin-d by scaling the gar
den walls wrih Ladders OF ro,"p. ,hat the nuns
and their scholars were in the garden Ac-
cordinElv, fixing their ladders. one Of thr,r
numier descended quietly, and >triiins ihro'
the alleys. and pau>ins lriore the dark
clumrs Of .hrn5brrv. he proclaimed in a low
cl'ar voice the way Of escape. As the trem-
bling fuCitives issued from their hiding pla-
rcs. he directed them to that part of the gar
den where the ladders we're prepared An
other assisted them TO mount. and in a very
short space of time they were safely without
the walls, and flying for safety to the neigh
boring fields and villas.
Sister Crsule was still repeating her pray
ers, when the voice of the deliverer was
heard at III" entrance IF the ar.cr. She
~prang to her feet, seized the hand Of Chris.
tine and hurried her along in the direction
pointed out. Arrived Al the ladder. si.r i.antl-
ID up Ch,i,,inc, and as .oon As she diSa,,;,esr-
ed over the ,p. asceuled herself. She
reached the summit "' the wall just in time
to see her little charge received into ,h,
arms Of a. an, who ca>prd her closely and
rushed away into the darkness She saw tll.
'mlioring gesture. and heard the smorh here.
scream of her darling. but the next moment
she wa lost to sight and hearing. Bcsid.
herself, Cr>ulc wo Iii hav rum fr ntiralI,
after her, but the nuns held her back, ant
Obliged her to follow them.
When the mob had amused themselves a
while by tearing down The drapery OF ih,
altar, breaking pictures, and othersise mar
ring the beautitui chapel, they proc. edrd t,
the garden, where one OF them presently dis
covered the ladder, and proclaimed the Ia.
that they were cheated OF their prev.
DISAPPOINTED again, the crowd swayed t
and fro without any apparent p ,rl"se. til
the female leader, of whom We spokes i,
mere wantOnnesS, seized torch and set fir
to the curtains OF one Ut the chiidreh's beds
The flames 8, read with terrible rapi,;i,v. til
the whole interior Of the building was on
: roaring mass.
The red Ii h glare.l on wild, demon liz,
figure IS with frantic shouts and gesture
they danced before the blazing pile, But a
the flames gradually died away. leaving onl,
the totterinS wa. th in.ltitui-, wear,e,
with excitement, at length turned their step
towards the city, where they quietly di,Iers
ed.
These few short hour. hal sufficed to worl
The ruin Of one of the fairest converts in al
Fran. and scatter its inmates far and vide
TO BE toNTINrED.
-Rothschild is forced to content him
self with the same sky as the poor beccar
and the great banker cannot order private
t>unset, or add one raw to the magnifcence
Of night. The same blood sweIls all veins