New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-07-09


They dragged her before the iadgss. wished
to excuse myself, but they forced NE 70 preside.
They pretended ironically to reposs the highest
confidence in my natural inlpartfaFity. MyenerTies
rejeiced and the populace threatened to stone me
when It was known that had ofdered.n
Here VI. De Page was silent. You congd near
nothing but the cracking Of the fire, and the oscil
ations Of the pendulum. The pictures upon the
walls were noisier than the guests at that moment
vi. De Page resumed:
That had ordered the RICK For Francoise
denied everything; the tiieft-tIe circumstances
Of the theft-all; constantly reminding me Of Non
tereau, Of her mother, Of the days of childhood
of onr relationship.
had ordered the question:
e The robe of Francois was taken off,
on the cry OF young girl brought naked be-
iore her judges God spare You from ever hearing
thas cry. The torture was applied. Her cries
grew weaker. But FFancoise turned her eyes upop
me. Gentlemen, have had sword tbr,lsf fhrourh
my body TO the hlt- That look stabbed more
keenly. ~
They put her knee in the Ieadsn boot.
Y Her cries grew weaker.n
At this part Of the recital of the President athri
\ OF horror ran through us all.
" they put the fire to the pit of heY stomach g
. Irancoise vas silent; she had ceased TO shrek.
| :. 5entlemenz Franeoise vas innocent! knew
| it. u was who had hidden tile diamond boy ID
der ned' 10 order thas she might be tried, CON
The ladies' covered their faces IF i had Had 4
Knife IN my hand would have stuck b into the old
| Presidents heart. ssszzssSf
But the President closed bis eyes, coflec ted him
self for moment, and said:
I. They crushed her right hand, every finger
every joint, Ike that
He made gesture. MY nerves jeE1ea spasniodi-
cally in imitation of it,
"a cloud of blood passed before r1y eyes. and
the terrible scene vanished.
FRANCHISE had tainted in confessing the theft.
Yes, she had confessed it, procaiining that was
her foster-brether, that she had come to Paris to
see me; that to see me she Lad brayed the ce and
snow-bTaved everything - to hang once more
upon her foster brothers neck.
The President had scarcely finished this agoniz-
ing sentence, when saw rise beside Madame de
Haequeville, like phantom, a woman, who with
difficulty and pain drawing on her glove permitted
TO be seen hand broken and crushed, which she
placed upon the head Of III. De Page. S
Like one crushed, the old man raised his eyes in
terror beneath that hand which weighed him
down.
The other people were pale I locked at myseH
in the glass; was more than paie-I was green.
Tears and sobs from the eyes and mouths of
these two runed by each other, mingled together
and M. de Page took that hand and carrying it to
his lips kissed it as the dying man kisses the host,
and he was pardoned as the dying man Is par
doned.
For Madame Casa Blanca passed the arm which
was free around the neck Of II. de Page.
That evening, continued the Preside Mt, there
was Court Ball. appeared at II still clothed in.
my Judicial robes, and bearing with sa.e the DEATH
warrant Of Francoise. Bending my knee to earth,
! said to the King Louis XVII
'olftp to-ut} Tue poRtS Vi liS io5teF F-S5tef nave
been broken on the rack. was her aecuser, Sire,
and she has confessed ali.m
ssWell? said the king.
+. Sire, I invented the story OF the theft.
The king recoiled in terror.
Aud wherefore, monsieur y
6 Because | wished to prove to France that with
the torture the most frightful falsehood was be-
leVed, the holiest truth assasinated Sire, to this
proof have sacrificed the thing dearest 70 me in
the world. My opinion therefore cannot be
| doubted. 8st
Monsieur said the king, 4 Let The ball CON
| tinue.n Then turning to his Chance dor * Mes
sieurs, from this night the torture is abosheS in
France; let it be made known tfrpng hout thss
kiDgdom.i'