St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-02-20

riit I 20 strike him 10 the milst al lac COT.
sepsisn. surrounded by bis sas.l.ites. -
She had no ionh, THAT ,hr result ta her
Asslf xouid ~ shzi her k'dy wonld re sofi
liiah is~m Emb. This p,an va frustrates.
AZ Narat. fur some reason. DO longes It
I ndei che esasentu,n. y
Her only sAAnce noe Of meeting hin
. xas ut bis own house aid if Vas ty ~
meaus cay t. oksain ACCESS - hi.E there,
Fearing. as II tyraass d.. - dAeeer o
ussa,sin alton, he was carefully guarded -
Diss; mutation VA sneeesafy to accomplish
her purpose. and she Eccoilcd from thi:
more than she he.i,aied to strike the bios
Her frank. honest nafnre was panied b,
the necessity u rcsor,ins 10 arsihc". bu'
in 90 other manner could Ter end be gam.
81. She therefore wrots two letters "a
Mars,. requesting an audience. SO w"rde'i
As to induce kin to believe her one of his
admirers. SCI espab.s Vi . different .nte,'
prrtaf;on ,s'
About half-past seven in the eses.ng 81
she 15th Of July. shc a:,srcd herself in the
most attractive ,uann~r. aud proceeded to
the house Of Msrat II ~as sn antique,
some what iilapidatel mansion. where the
tloo.i stained tyraut. crowned By the mob.
affected the displsy 1t :he utmost demo.
cratic simplicity lie Was in his hath.
pruning insammasory appeals and inseigh-
ing against his enemies Il was not un-
usual nthas day occasionally to receive sisi
tors in the bath. and Charlotte. after ed
csuntering considerable oppesisios. Was
Conducted 10 his room
Marst VAS WRAPPED in .soils.i bathing
robe. his shattered hair bound in a dirty
handkerchief Ills r-crdine forehead.
prstruding eyes. rromin"ns cheek bones.
aud sneering mouth. presented but little
10 cause woman > tenderness TO withhold
the nirdita,e,i blow: He excited such u
loashing in Charlotte that she feared to cast
second glance. lest he should no icc hcr
horror and suspect hrr errani
With dvwnrsst eyes she awaited bis
lucstisns lie inquired as to the state Of
oimandy. and asked the names Of the
deputies IN Caen. She gave him snmc.
II. wrote then, down. crclriu,irg in voice
Of e,ulta,ion
Well before they are week oder.
they shall have the guils,iuc
At this Charlotte. With all the strength
which excitement and the insensest eu,6u-
siasm c.,ald inspire. plunged Dagger &"
tn. hilt into his heart With ole pierre
ing Shrek for help. the miserable man fell
dead. Charlott. was immediately arrest
ed. tried and condemned - the guiliosine
4 few days after. al Paris was drawn to
her execution. attracted alike BY the mag
nitude "f her crime. and her youth aud
wonderful beauty ahe assembled III.
scasfuld with cheerful and elastic step,
and was bound 70 the block She was
dressed in ,hs rcd rots vi murjcrcsss. -
\ c"ld rain which was then falling dr-nch.
Cd her to tho skin. 4 vast crowd sur
rounded the guilIn'ine. assaiIing her with
"aihs and rxccrmtiuns. She locke around
upon them with u sniic a. If it were an
hour If triumph, and they were friend.
chanting her praiss. TIE plank rlowl,
descended tn its place. The axe sidca
swiftly through the groove. and her bead
dropped into the basket. The execution
es seized it by the hair, and holding it up.
s,nose it violcntly npon the check. Th.
observers report tha: those checks w4rc
instantly suffuscd with eriuson blush
as though dignity aud moicsty bad lasted
longer even than life.
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