, 1859-03-18
GRACE D4LRYMPLE ELLIOTT.
fFnm the Century,
1nNeF TTnEH-


CONCLUDED.
It Was now tue beginning Of 1888, and the
King s,trial was proceeding: Twas tue earnest
prnyer Of Afsla,ne Elliott that her friend, Egai-
ite, should come to the Kings succor{ OF at
lcast not vote his condemnation The aupp1i-
cations and prophecies Of our Cassandra were
to be Of no avail-no" unquana credita: Our
royalist is ot the residence Of the Due de Bron,
waiting the final intelligence: II went there"
she saws, "at about ha1fpast seven O'Clock, and
found the DUO dc Biron and the party there u.s.
seablcd very dismal. He lad, every half hour,
list sent him of the yotcs, and syc a!l saw with
agony that many had voted for the Kings
death. He also heard that, at eight o'clock, the
Duke Of Orleans had entered the Convention,
which surprised US all: feared much that he
WIS going to vote for The seciusion, for l never
thought of worse. However, every llst was
more and more alarming, till about ten o'clock
the sad aud fatal list arrived with the Kings
disfonor. ] never felt such horror for anybody
ia mr. life as did at that moment at the Dukes
conduct. We wcre all in decp atiliction md
tears even poor Biron, who, alas, was n Re-
publican, was almost in a fit. 4 roung man,
who was the Dukes aid.de-camp, tore dtf his
should blush ever to wear it agnin. His name
WIS Rutaux, and be was native of Nancy. Hc
was noble. and ycry good young nla1i, who
had not clnigratcl out Of affection for, poor
Diron. though his heart was always with the
Princes. When my carriage caulc, l; went
bloody to nc. My servants nll lpoked horror
struck. dill not dare sleep in my room
alone. desired my ,uaid to watch with
me all night. md VIC kept up . great light
md prayed, could not sleep: The image Of
the innocent king was constantly before 1pe. l
don't think that it was possible to uve felt eren
q fa1nily calamity more than did the kings
dentl. Till TINT moment l had always aattercd
myself tl4t the Duke If Orleans was lllisled,
and saw things in wrong light; now, however,
all thut illusion was over. even threw the
things he Ind giyen ME which had u my
pockets and in my room out Of #, not daring II
stay near anything that had been l'is. Such ut
tlat moment was the vexation TINT felt about
person for whom some time before would
have giycn my life." The king is dead and the
Reign Of Terror rules supreme "paris was
then indeed drcary; no carriages wcrr TO be
seen i'll the street but mine and two Or three
more. Everybody seemed nfraid. No visits
were paid or received The play-houscs. were
jlsed with none but Jacobins and the lowest set
Of common womcn- Tie deputies were ull in
the best boxes, with infamous women in rcd
caps aid dressed as tigurrs Of Liberty. In
short, Paris was scene Of filth and rInt, and
the honest, sober part Of the inhabitants; were
afrnid Of being seen or even dressed with COM
mon deeencr."
It is ,o. 10 be wondered ut that lady Of these
opinions shuuld be subject to domiciliary visits.
The forty" came again wien she had just time
to conceal the rich and consequently obnoxious
Madame Dc feri ig'rd in closet, but tlle;;iEno-
rant rabb1c found letter forwarded from Sir
Godfrey Webster 1T Naples, on its way tn
Charfes james Fnx~-a nanIe which might hare
secured protection. hut it was Just as .o,d in
occasion as ANY other would have been will
these stupi(igl tcllows-tradcs1ncn Of The Sec
tion with brutal barber at tl'e head If tftcln-
for arrest, and the lady was taken to pass the
night in EnarsI-rnnnl with drunken s"lhers.
In the 1at>.4ng she was led tl4rou:sl. the dirty
streets tu the -Hairtr, where she found sEood
company in the Duchess De 0rasumpnt and the
Duchess Dn Chatclet, arraigned, like herself,
but nnt like herself destined to escape guiliosinc
For having this letter directed to Fox in her
possession she WIS examined before the Mayor,
"who went in the r1ncs, with the King when lie
was murdered" remanded to the Fcu9lat<,
and ncun!'y put on trial before the f"mi'., Gun
frnntinE Ecr1I,iaud. Gaudet, 0s*elin and (h'hnt
the CanclIin. The last wtS brutal; lie lrSt had
sense enough to see there could be III tr-tl,,n,
prfmH f:~ft, iii the 1,asnc Of Fox. After snsnr
proved to be 1t cula%y II the Frenr's re"p!r.
She wuuld have been hbcrltch triumpllantly,
mud sent hnme in onc If ie members carriages
for these zea!uts focs Ut the ;ri>:nrraGr Ill
Ind cnaches-}ad it Uni brrn fur Cnbo., VIM
questioned her ab"u Egali.c, thea en ,!s eve If
don't mind tears; wash that we l,:. all ti'usc
which have been shed III this rc'1a-they t.'i,1,l
! supply ail t:c ll",.se* in Paris w;ll1 wa.rr.''
| :shc was allowed I" return hn.nr, however.
but was soon sus:ln,r'rtt again aatl lodged ut
St. Ps!aeic, where s:le had "poor Ma'lalar Du
| nf ruyalty nnd sIratcd court and era. - waS
| vcry unhappy. She used to sit my he'd fur
hours tc:!i1,:. me anecdotes Of Lonis Ky and
the Court. She dreaded her fae." She wa ill
tic while stn,d-nature aud ':.tearcd licr>elFtn
| her fcltnw pri~n"":. This TING the urrt>t ~.a
lur c"lnplitity will til. English schcutes If the
Duke ot Orleans, but the Charge WAS TOO idle tt
be sustained even before the crclulous commit
t.c of blnud sitting in thu Tnieries, Robes
pierre is SEN lifting ut'nn at these proceedings
The revolutionary rA:,b!c Of her scctiuu lrc u
tl,c scent for her tl1;rd tiu,e when ,aaitl ser
want gives her warning Of tlsc visit which s}t
had heard uf from her grocer, and she ESCAPE:
tn Meutln,,, there seeking safcty from, prosrc.,
tlon in t!,c 1'rison "' Versailles us ttc mildcl
fate Of the two !! was death to bc in Paris
1Icr surrender to the ufticcrs of her rural dis
tr'ct was to take psuce III the wornins; in t1s'
night THO :.cns darnrs ol Paris were in her bed
rotnl. There was u conflict between city ant
country o!liciuls. The latter finally prevailed
but mt till tllcir brethren had passed day il
the lady's ronna. keeping lcr Oh >l,cr feet th
whole time, and conking their dinner IN tn
spot. The 1lceo!ccts at Versailles WAS
| wretclled place, but 1t lad one IlleEialun Ill
huge fire, in the enormous chimney, for thc re
volntionarics werc ut that time burning all It.
| gates and posts about the Park, and the lad,
had tile good luck to i'e war,ned by the copttu
grafton Of lscr country. There wrrc nat tl'
| noble companions in tue prison whose tears lia
becn shared in the dungeons of Paris: \ poo
Jew was waiting in the next room his dtat
penalty fur murder, and our lady, ''nnrscd il
| pon1p and pleasure bent her efforts, through
| grated winIuw, to console him i'll hia misery
lie l;stcnea to htr religious advice, and die
prnitcntie. 1. strange incident in tic career I
the hriili:.,.t co,l,}u1,lut Of the rnyal blood
two great nations,
Sic w;.s next surprised in the room where Il,
WIS imprisoned alone, by the introduction t
another prisoner, an old English physician, er,
Ilr Gem eighty years If age, half Of which |,
hul passed in Frrancr lie was granduuclc i
Mr. fI,rskiss,,u, Under Secretary Of State, IN
had probably been taken to prison fur lis II
glis connection. Otherwise, il is stlrpris;n
how he "a, there, for he was as much of 4
atheist and philosopher III anv Of lsis cantor
lie was Il ,r..atyr ci.as:s on his con,purior tha
| Chans:uets lad BEEN; size feared liz wu,i i!
in thr room. *, feeble was he vel IL. l!;an..c
to risc at four in the n,nr,sins to read Lockt. in
Uclyctius. lie was shortly 1,yrn,it,,d 10 rctu1
tu his hnusc Ut Ncuduu, Tlr growing stri,,
enc, of the Reign Of Terror was n..w Cyit in ii
Versailles prison, 4 silver spooa and frr
h with some money, were taken away and scnt
, | the Hotel de- Vile. marked with ticket, and
: thc owners wonder. afterwards recovered. II
Thin nr;son diet wus abridged, and Az MI AM.
.lotc Of the times may be mentioned; 4 flyo