The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-12-03
JULES FLEURY.
A Tale of the French Revolution

w Aoh oiIS SuOShiuS OdGilS GlldJ Ioll
from thousand lips. The babbling
tongues OF a score of nationalities
uttered expressions that told of the
scenes of carnage which followed
the sway Of their bloody hands.
'Down with the belaced and pain
ted puppets! Down with the hire
lings of nobility! Drag them under
our feet Stone the white skinned
dainties ~
Such were the words which might
have been distinguished above the
deafening tumult of voices that up
rose from the surging multitudes of
of people who thronged the Rue
Deroquet
The Bloody French Revolution
was at the height of its period Of
horrors. There was not q street in
the city, nor an alley way, nor lane
but was in, the possession of the in
furiated mob, who reyeled in their
work Of destruction, night and day
They robbed the stores and private
residences Of their most valuble con
tents, and destroyed all that was not
taken.
They murdered in cold blood
those persons who, on account Of
their wealth or social position, had
become obnoxious to the ignorant
discoL tented masses. But especial
ly was the hatred of these revolu-
tionists directed toward the nobility.
70 be in any degree connected with
families of noble blood, by ties of
kindred, was to insure the loss of
property, if not indeed of lie.
Already had more than two thirds
of the city been ravaged by the riot
drunken mob, and very few Of the
nobility and the wealthy class OF
these districts had escaped. There
was no possible means Of effecting
passage through the the streets
which were barricaded and closely
watched by posted guards; and con
munication from one part to anoth
er through any other avenue was
next to impossible. True, very ma.
ny men had effected their escape by
passing in darkness Or night, along
the house tops, each assisting tn:
other when such assistance was nee
essary.
But this was at best so Difficult
and dangerous of accomplishment
that women and children, and, in
deed, very many men, could not ef
feet the passage. Hence these poo
helpless ones were left to the terri
BILE fate which awaited them at th'
hands of the merciless foe.
In spacious and magnifcientl,
furnished apartment in the depart
ment Of the Government contrac
service, Marquis Louis Leville- wa
engaged i'll arranging q mass Of Off
cial documents, destroying som
and secreting others, preparatory t.
his secret departure from the city.
Marquis Leville had for numbe
of years held a prominent position
in this department of the obnoxiou
government, and had on that ant
other accounts, become an object O
the bitterest hatred on the part o
the rebellious populace.
i While he was deeply absorbed il
this occupation, his trusty and con
fidential servant, Jules Fleury, burs
into the apartment, quite wild will
fear and excitement.
"You must go, sire, you mus
leave this place at once, Or you vii
not live to see another half hour!'
"You are unnecessarily excited
quietly replied Marquis. s'Fear al
ways magnifies the threatened dan
ger"
'sPardon my persistence, sire, bu
| the murderers arc coming even nov
and they will fill all these halls be
fore the next half hour is gone.
pray you, do not tarry here-believ
me it will soon be too late.'
But you forget, Jules, the secre
passage" still urged Marquis.
|, Indeed, 1 know them well, bu
do not extend beyond the palac
walls: you could not get away thre
them, 1 fear -.--.-.. ...
GA curse upon the villains - eS
claimed the Marquis, throwing dow
the bundle of papers which he ha
opened.-"Which way do the
come %
E'From four and twenty ways, sir
aye, from every way. Hark! Yo
may hear the devils yelling, eve
now-and the firing Of the guns.
beg, pray you, stay you no longe
here"
: Reluctantly was Marquis Levill
prevailed upon to cease his bootles
labors for the overthrown Cover
ment. He closed and locked th
doors of the now untenanted apart
ment, (for all but he had long be
fore departed, and allowed himse
to be conducted by Jules in the d
rection of his own home, which wa
situated in another, and remote pal
of the city.
They had proceeded with grea
caation and no little difficulty pei
haps half mile, when they behel
before them the buildings all ablaz
on either part of the way, and hear
: the hooting of the infuriated multi
= tude.
It was found impossible to procee
further in that direction, and the tw
returned to the apartments they ha
lately Quilted. ..
Upon arriving there, they behelt
to their great horror, that the mo
was approaching from another qua
ter, and was indeed, very near 6
hand-so'near that all possibility c
escape unpercieved was cut off. Thi
was moment of imminent peril t
Marquis Leville, who knew that tn
leaders of the murderous band wer
seeking him with the derterminatio
of taking his life.
:, Ha was undecida6 what courca +