St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-01-28

will; bowed low and took his leave. III
Weeks passed. sway, during dur h which ii 1a PAU
lette's mysterious sdefenderf5 might often
have been seen entering the shop Of Juneau,
had ne .,n not chosen an hour, when but; few
were abroad, and he would be most likely
to6ad its fair mistress alone. In the mean
time Paulette had become sin gularly inter inter
ested in him, for'though he was deiy1;id Of
raceorsmanly beauty; 'therewasa = strange
fascination in his; belds yet somewhat chiv-
salrous sp manner, and . power in his words,
Which gave him influence over hier, that but
her stern old father 6 6ad ever a before re- e2er i;a
ted. Sometimes, indeed; she shuddsri;esdd + as
the thought passed through her mind chat
the stranger watched over her for evil !;
and at others she. discard led such!a thought
.asunworthyIof her, and unjust 70 one who
seemed anxious to be her friend,
The unknown profcssed to be no poiaYASti-
clan, but any one less .crcdulous,- or more
observing, than tPaulette, would have dis
covered that he felt no small inte, est in the
state Of affairs, whichever way he might
wish them to, turn. Juneau favored the
rroysalists, and his. daughter had imbibed
his sentiments, which she hesitatcd not to
avow to, her usually taciturn friend. He
never disagreed with her, "a fair proof that
political controversy could have nothing to
do With yhis:visi,s,) but he artfulfy drew
from ,her many little FACTS, which, had he
been politician and, q revolationist, might
have been of essential service to hi; party.
A careful observer would Have noticed that
towards the close of August, the st$Si stfaaige,, J,
seemed particularly anxious to learA the
names Of Jnneau'sT customers; and which
party the half measure men, favored most !;
and it would have been accounted astrange
coincidence that 50 many secret royalists,
and royalists alone, Should commit lin il, crimes
which carried them almost Immediately II
prison. J: issoubG3&3G ,a9itoH afiu,7ar.r
Juneau; from his station,i forr i a long time
escaped the:snotice of the popular party,
(fortin those days the arrow was first aimed
at the brightest mark, but his time at
length came, and he was dragged away to
the coneiergerie: Poor Paulette was d.
most frantic, and rushed wildly through
the streets, but even "a she few alone, her
singular Il tirmness was: exhibited in the, 81
temqatic E, patio order Of her thoughts She knew
not Of, whittier she was going, but still she was
forming her plans Of action, and her CON
ceptions were 'clear-her decision prudent.
The members Of the commune passed, each
in his turn, EthroughIhers mind, ) but. she
shrank from nm application to any; of those
! whom tyo she had been taught to consider vii
lians Of the blackest dye. Of the all-pow-
erfnl Danton she had never heard her faith,
er speak, but she had seen his eye eyyte CLEAN
and brow fdarken,t ard heard Rim gttind his
teeth together when his fFlenast had dared
DISCOURSE supont6e tlsgr .aatpre. OF thIe bold
rufian;; . and she, ,shnddered a. the thought
Of Of meeting him. She at last decided on al
application to Madame Roland, whose husI
band, although he had Been Been re recalled u the
ministry, was more thar Half suspected Of
favoring the royalist, and who, she Sebsliev-
ed; possessed an, influence which would be
important With 10th parties Bhs Vas
Frequently sal sa}utsa VIII jsers ana insults
as she sped along ), but she needed moth
ing until she heard her own ii name pronoun l.:
csda IN tone II surprise, and the stranger
stcod' before her.' 70 o7u;oig !ssffzas:aa n.
a9.'oa, as not hinder me. sx,lsi,As4diE III Pau
sletts, ''you can do meino sood.n ia o."
ii fBut others may do you, harm, Z Z wse tho
reply 4 Il. if.:eone beck Viii ne, saaid tell me
,by the sYs nay what. has occurred"
The stranger spoke in tones q command,
and Paulstte yie1ded, 81 sife , was Won't. tl,s
Obedience III II = i fcHild. skse ks;e 'Haa bur linb
20 Ell, ana when She had 6aishsd, her
poonps on'drswsa ring from hisaanssr| and
rlecsd sit iAther 1handl i:;Thls ibautls,'l !
said hs' possesses 81 'alsmap !Y''a power l2 Fl
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