Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-12

1857.
TR4NsL4TEp FoR TIE APPEAL.
THE WOMAN OF THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER TX.
CATHERIaK
Fatuml!.
events we have Just recounted, Cath crime.
VIII be rscolleeted, had passed at the solitar
inn, in the company of some sailors and sh
had promised 20 return towards night.
away from her mother for ten years, she hai
heard OF her leaving BTsst, but Without learn
ing the exact place TO which she had gons Z
| reside. By mere chance she had now discov
cred 1t. Though sunken to the lowest deep O
vice, this yonng girl had not lost all goodness
She had preserved, amid all her degradation,
grateful rems mbrance OF her mothers care o
her infancy land In this soul. gangrened witt
! foul passions, there still noated on the surfac
| some sentiments of love, piety and devoted
bloom on the surface OF an infectious and stag
| nant nlorass
see her mother, obtain her forgiveness an'
Unfortnnatsiy, the sailors vino were will
] her, Kept her until a late hour at PlOudGlme
! EeRu; and when she left that village, Ahe wa
! so Intoxicated as with great dif1cuity TO nnG
| and fol ow tn road that led u Margaret's inn
! Yet she tried TO go in that direction, but soOI
/ found herself so bewildered that she turned
! into a Held OF broom 10 rest.
| She had hardly sitten down, when droWEi
| ness overcame her, and she fell asleep.
Several hours passed before she Rwoks. L
| gas prof Hnqly dagk, and the cGld night-Finl
| sighed sadly AMONG the broom.
! She passed her hand over her eyes, restaret
| the cirrulstion TO her aching limbs, and hegAI
4 70 look around her.
] 4 ueCF,u aNu D..
warren, along VIII en- the high road ran, II
white line stretching far or into the dnrE ness
The moon, hid bv thick ouds, gave no light
She rose with difficulty, and was about TO ad
vance towards the ditch, to leave the neid
when she thought she heard, little way or
confused muTmer Of low voices. Then che de
seri5d rs it Jers s-adoVs, advancing.
She rema ned qi5tioniesa and tFatehf1l.
Soon she could distinctly see two men, skirt
ing the warren, bearl harden that seemed
very heavy. They halted, a few steps only
from the young girl, and let fall heavily on thu
ground their load, which returned a fRint, dead
s1und
Here IN a good pldcdTde T. said the smaller
OF the two countrymen, (fOr they were dressed
IKE pessantsl II We bring II among the broom
ieye il Il some chariot (s), that has JAN :
cheae "a.
Catherine listening, trembled at these words.
In the IL famous places that she had freQuented
for two years, she had become accustomed "a
that Inystei ious language OF crime the Con
yegaEaSs esg % bs ca en- les & & sng S, en- q
long before this initiaieI her IN the 54spinagi
en- bigO11le.
50 she understood what had been said, and
the conVersatign that iolipWed,
Besides, the other said, that no one comes
here, This broom is but two ten0eai)% old, and
Will not be TdcOoiiTci(2l yet.
Hast thou the mattockf
Yes here 1t is, and the shovel PgdnQise-toi
,Sl a little further this way In the thicketl
The two men came a little way into the ield,
and Catherine soon heard the dull sound OF the
mattock strikdis the ground.
Meanwhile hef eyes were turned upon the
bprthen, which had been laid down lew steps
from her. u was a long bag Of cl6tht ana, As
she could Judge by the feeble light Of two or
three stars which alone glimmered in the sky,
Il ssemed TO be marked with long, dark, moist
spots running across It. But VINO was the vic
lin, aud where had IL been muTderfd2 She
determ ined 70 do al aAe cnull to and aut.
She was not OF a tlmld nature, and moreover,
The lingering effects flint OEicatiOn supplied all
her faculties with that unnatural excitement,
which serves even the most cowardly In leu Of
courage. She resolved TO make no attempt to
Zee and crouching behind a bunch of broom
continued 10 observe everything.
The two eountrymen soon mi ,hed the pit
they were digging. They came back, and took
up The box each lifting end, TO carry IL there.
" sD0T0ne Le p0itOH,"(4) said the taller, and
takst Sse no mGqiiisC9 gets on your clothes
1t is hsrg 70 Dc that 4.he grtfs4olel6l is On
my side, and Il runs like pa9isl7l from lancet,
They went TO the pit ana threw IN their
load. Il was soon covered up and Catherine
heard them dance on 1t, 70 tread down the
earth, The turf was then carefully replaced
upon IL, and the broom plants set in their orig
Ali is done now, said one Of the men
there's ons fellow who will have no more nal
Yes, done, replied the other in grum and
somere FOics, and, ticking OF hts hat
New we are quits; 2 revqiIl 5ordelson l..,--,
4 slight murmur, like stidsd cry, follow ed
the uttsrance of that name.
PRIZE loohs,Q IvOn Didst thou hear
What
- Il was like some one orIblaaGl9
Bah! the wind In the broom. Thou art a
tdDeUr.(9
The two drew near 70 Catherine
This time IL is not tqpt1 hear
horses Relltltie(o) an the essrdqsli6l
They stopped, and looked along the high
1t is oosnes(9 Take care we are not mar
Both immediately squatted down. Their
elbows touched Catherine. She dared not
breathe.
The gendarmes rode by.
Now. Ivon, dORnOns-ia-nois,(9 in hurry :
N ont is o0Qtie Ia toGe(9l when they went by.
The tTefte me JdiSah treHte et ttIl (lOl
They rose, aud made for the gate by which
theyihAd entered the field. The sound OF their
footsteps soon died away,
Catherine cautiously rose, erept, rather than
walked. 10 ihe ditch, and looked over,
She thought she discovered Two men retreat
ing up on the road, away from Plondalme-
zeau. She did not doubt that tney were the
same TO whom she had been listening.
Then she descended the slope that served to
enclose the warren, and went towards the viii
lage.
Catherine had been about half An hour at the
house OF the Justice of the Peace she had re-
counted 10 him with great paTticularity her ad-
venture OF The highland the Magistrate was en-
sound of hoofs was heard In tia court, and the
Brigadier of PloudRlmezau appeared at the door
OF The ONCE, holding by the hand woman
wlg hid her face with her apron, and appeared
a prey to the most poignant grief
What is 1t, Lomie? asked the Justice OF the
Pardon. excuse. mon;Judge, II disturb you,
the gendarIns replied, carrying in military
fashion his hand o his cap would not nave
stormed the Coorjugal hearth at this hour, II
had not perceived your don as one would say
open and light in your ofnce. Here is the
affair Tonight Kerkon who Is 2 two ili niaded
ear that there were two escaped cOnvieis at the
solitary inn. Good, said, and in q quarter Of
an hour l had my men mount ana We went Al
a g4iIop TO the place indicated. On reaching
il, we saw candle burning In the novel We
pushed open the door, which was unsaaiened,
and what did We find, my Judges This Wo-
man here busy washing up blood. with which
the walls and door were red.......As soon as she
saw us, she almost 1aIntsal and SCI 70 crying,
hended her, with the courtesy due TO her sex
I left three of my singing boys at the inn, and
re1Sfhed 20 Plaa haa ysfened with snsiar atep
ton and anxiety 20 the report Of the Brigadierl
a vague presentlment alarmed her. she leaned
the gendarme had brought; but the prisoner
to cover her face, and to sob.
The Justice OF the Peace rose.
This is very important, he said f; At the mo-
ment when you entered. brigadier, l was tRk-
ina the declaration OF this young girl, who pre-
eisely saw, about an hour ago, two assAsslns
carry away and bury a dead body.
Scarcely had these words been uttered, than
the woman let fall the apron which concealed
her face, and sought with her eyes the young
girl OF whom the magistrate had sp. ken.
AT the same instant Catherine uttered loud
cry and sprang towards her.
The woman OF the solitary inn was Margaret
Ccsqnef.
some days after, Cosquer and Barazer. who
had escaped the pu suit of the gendarDes OF
Piond alEnezeau, were met by the convict
keeDerB sent 70 re-taks shem. Cosquer though
Eurpl lsed, attempted 10 resist, and MORALLY
Wonnded one Of the soldiers OF the jail but
himself struck by ball in the chest, he fell
senseless and WAS taken to the hospital Of
Bresf where he died few days afterwsrd.
AS TO Barazer and Margaret, both were COM
mltted 10 prison, under the joint charge Of hau-
ino assGssinated Hgacynthe-AGrte Bordeason,
sQ) place.-(9 see.-(S) assassin Ia killed
on tie highroad.-(5l argot, OF caut jargOn.
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care. (5) rouge, red. blood.-t9 head. t7l wine.
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