The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-11-22

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the mother, and ont of thousands up
on thousands of throats there sounded
forth the loud-ringing shout, Long
live the queen Long lise Marie An
toinette Long live the far mother
and the fair children of France ~
Marie Antonette felt herself deeply
moved by these shouts The sight of
the faces animated with joy of the
flashing eyes, and the intoxicated peals
of laughter, kindled her heart, drove
the blood to her cheeks, and made her
countenance beam with Joy, and her
eyes gisten with delight. She rose
from her seat, and with gesture OF
immitable grace took the youngest son
from the arms of the nurse, and lifted
him high in the air, in order to display
this last token of her happiness and
her motherly pride to the Parisians,
who had not yet seen the child The
little hat, which had been placed side
ways upon the high toupet of her pow
dered head, had dropped upon her
neck; the broad lace cuffs had fallen
back from the arms which lifted the
child into the air, and allowed the
whole arm to be seen without covering,
above the elbow.
The eyes of the Parisians drank in
this spectacle with perfect rapture and
their shouting arose every moment ike
burst Of fanaticism.
How beautiful she is !" resounded
everywhere from the mass "What a
wonderful arm What a beautiful
neck -
A deep flush manted the face OF
N9rie Antonette. These words OF
dise, which were a tribute 10 the
beauty of the women, awoke the queen
from the ecstacy into which the en-
thusiasm of her subjects had trans
ported her She surrendered the child
again to the arms of his nurse, and
sank down quickly, like a frightened
dove into the cushions OF the carriage
hastily drawing up, at the same time
the lace mantle which had fallen from
her shoulders, and replacing her hat
upon her head.
Tell the coachman to drive Oh
quickly she said to the nurse; and
y while the latter was communicating
i this order, Marie Antoinette turned tC
her daughter Now, Therese, asked
she, laughing, lis it not a beautiful
spectacle--our people taking so much
. pleasure in seeing MS q
t The little princess of seven year;
+ shook her proud little head with {
doubling, dark look
: Mamma, said she, "these people
: look very dirty and ugly. / do no
e like them
THE NIGHT OF HORROR.
81 must know what is going on,
+ whispered Campan, and with cool de
> cision she put the key into the door
turned it, entered the ante-chamber
and flew to the window, where there
> was view of the whole court; and q
> fearful sight met her there. The
crowd had broken the gate, pressed
into the court, and was surging il
! great masses toward the palace doors
! Here and there torches threw then
: glare over these masses, disclosing mel
; with angry gestures and women witt
q streaming hair, swinging their arms
savagely, and seeming like picture o
hell, not to be surpassed III horror
even by the phantasms of Dante. Mo
I. men changed to furies and baccbana
J, iians, roaring and shouting in then
murderous desires; men, like blood
thirsty tigers, preparing to spring up
= on their prey and give it the death
/, stroke; swinging pixies and guns
= which cleaned horribly in the glare o
!, the torches; arms and fists bearing
threatening daggers and knives Al
this was pressing on upon the palace
i, all these clenched fists would soor
!, be engaged in hammering upon the
/ walls which separated the king anC
queen from the people the execution
! er from his victim
All at once there rang out fearful
= laundering cry. which made the win
=, dows rattle, and called forth terribl,
: echo above in the deserted hall; TO
through all these shrieks and howl
. there resounded now piercing cry
such as only the greatest pain or Nh
:, most instant need can eXtort from hu
Z man lips.
- THAT was a death-cry," Whispered
. Madame de Campan, trembling, an(
. drawing back from the window. "The.
!, have certainly killed the Swiss guard
who are keeping the door; they vii
- how pour into the palace. o, God
7 what will become of Varicourt? / mus
know what is going on"
= She flew through the ante-chambeI
II and opened the door of the Swiss hall
II 1t was empty, but outside of it coul'
:, be heard confused, mixed mass o
y sounds, cries, and the tramping as O
!. hundreds and hundreds of men comini
on.
- Nearer and nearer came the sound
" more distinct every moment. All a
: once The door was flung open on tn
- other side the Swiss hall, the doc
=, which led out, and Varicourt appeare
q in it, pushed backward by the raging
20 bowling mass. He still sought to re
y sist the oncoming tramp OF these say
4, age men, and, with movement lik
"a lightning, putting his weapon acros
i, the door, he was able for one minut
- to hold the place against the tide jus
2 SO long as the arms which held tn