The New York herald., 1871-08-22


room ana show me O new hiding place J oftene
changed my quarters, however, N the early part 0
found the dim, uncertain twilight favored thes'
continual nlttngs more than any other time
siways sToiled lelsnrely 70 CAB stand with sciga
In my mouth, playing the part or boulevard 1dicl
..You.must have had many friends,r observed.
was more popular than ] had ever supposed.
know. however, that many OF those who helped mt
WOMEN HAD EMPLOYED
IN the Corps Leaslatif. You will remember showed
you number OF them there whom had employed IN
making sandbaRs at the price the government usu
ally pays the contractors. They all earned good
wages, instead OF the miserable pittaDce they had
sure there was mot not one M sof's; Of item % who would
not have helped me az the risk Of her nfe.
cases people had never known before. And those
VINO & snnS ~ So Shat pniers has crushed the Commune
md themselves grevOusly mistaken.
IDEAS NEVER DIE,
and Will yet live to see the Commune Of Paris an
existing fact But to return to my story. The kind
OF life was leading became In the END unsupport-
able. me constant apprehension Of arrest; the con-
tinual listening to every FOOTBALL with ears sharp
slightest unusual noise, with
NERVES TAXED AND EXCITED
almost beyond endurance by the continual strain
upon them; the awakening IN the night with sudden
start, feeling sure of having neard the tramp Of
case-it was terrible. Only those who have ex-
perlenced IT, who have led such Iifc, can con-
CelVc Oh tne SuDerlnR one can endure In This way.
THE LAST PLACE I WAS
was very large house on one of the most fashion,
able poulevards, IN which there were great mum
Der OF officers / stayed here week, as found it
particularly safe, no one dreaming OF searching u
house occupied by officers IL was here saw Mrs.
the scene Of ccpct to n Mace aep or saey r
herself We had TWO little rooms III the attic, from
whence VIC had splendid view OF the city, and
even OF part OF the country. slipped in quietly
In the evening,
FOLLOWING A LITTLE CIGAR GIRL
employed in one OF the cigar stores in the bOule.
vard. The rooms belonged to her and her SISTER,
and, although l had never known them before, !
ton as !, we had been Old friends. VIII Wilue here s'
sent
NOTE TO NADAR,
asking him II he could not help to get out OF the
country. received an answer immeuiately, invit-
Ing me to take no my quarters at his house, AS 1t
house thoroughly a few days beiore in search OF
Communists. accepted HIS inviJatOn and for o
few days found myself in comparative security.
Nadar Immediately set about devising means for
my escape which proved TO be as simple as efficient.
He went to one OF the most influential members OF
the Assembly, who, although slaunch egitimIst ~
particular friend Of his, told him he had me in his
house and that he wanted passport tor me TO go
induce him to turn me adrrt. But he expressed bJs
determination TO protect me at all hazards even at
the risk Of detection, arrest aud ruin Finally the
member acceded, and not only procured me the
passport but accompanied us
ACROSS THE BELGIAN FRONTIER.
His breast was covered with decorations, among
others the Grand Cross OF the Legion OF Honor and
OF course he had difficulty In getting us through.
But when we had got lairy across the frontier and
found ourselves on Belgian SOIL we all three set up
such cheer, and INDUCED IN such extraordinary
manifestations OF delight, shouting laughing, sing.
pened TO be IN the same compartment with us
turned pale thinking, no doubt he had fallen III with
parcel OF escaped lunatics. |
PASSED THROUGH BELGIUM AND WENT DIRECT TO
ENGLAND
where Mrs. B., assisted by the same friend,
soon after Followed me, and here you see me, sound
; and wen; as II 'he Commune de Paris had never
yes; and your experience has been pretty
severe" observed.
GLAD TO ESCAPE.
"It has, indeed; and would not 60 through 1t all
again for anything that could be offered. ] would
much rather meet death at the barrIcades. ] am
glad. Of course, to have escaped There Is. besides.
q satisfaction in defylng old Thiers. He has mur-
dered thousands OF people who had taken no part in
the Commune, many OF his own friends, even-fOr
were the principal Offenders have escaped to shake
our fists in his face, to show him how stupid and
blind,
HOW IMPOTENT WAS HIS REVENGE,
brutal and savage though II may have been. C'est
e0at; nous nous so7''n.es tiem dmuses tO'~ de
Tlents."
'You say you used no petroleum In burning the
Tneries 1T S ,aDos Do you think there was much used
ut may have been used here and there for that
was unnecessary anybody who has the smallest
amount Of intelligence above that OF Parisian
knows that 1t does not require petroleum to burn
houses tnat are full OF cOmbustlOle matter. A
Partisan, however, viii believe anything"
"And the stories about women and chden dis
trbuting petroleum."
was no order to that eject, nor Thought OF any
such thing among All OF these stories were hes
against helpless women and children. have no
reason TO deny 1t II 1t were true; you see I speak
ae Sa or caa IN nU S nS
OF Paris that distributed petroleum. How many
have been shot for 1t l don't know. When ihe
account comes to De footed up shall be curious TO
learn who Killed more innocent people, we bandits
OF the Commune or Les h0nneteS gems, who 60 tc
church anu say their prayers like Trochu and
"Did you know anythingo
THE INTENDED EXECUTION OF THE ARCHBISHOP
and his companions Z"
"NO, had nothing to DO with It. ] knew, of
course, that The Commune had passed decree 10
that effect, but mad almost forgotten about 1t uniil
saw the announcement OF the execution OF The hos.
tages IN the papers,"
Ibid you approve OF itr'
Well. we told Thiers that II he did not quit killing
our prisoners we would kill his priests General
Rosecrans and General Mcneil shot hostages in
lie, and hold that the lives OF my friends are as
precious as those of the friends OF rrochu CALI
HIS OPINIONS REGARDING REVOLUTIONS.
observed In the course OF further conversation
with him that mis- IDEAS had changed somewhat with
regard TO revolutions. He said II was rather the
genius Of the present half OF the century to revou
tlonze with ideas rather than with bullets and that
thought what pity 1t was that every generation
OF Frenchnen is obliged to learn the same old les
son. He seemed, besides, to have lost q good deal
OF confidence IN the National Guard, anu remarked
that trained soldiers were necessary To success IN
war.
In answer TO my question as to
HIS FUTURE MOVEMENTS
he told me that he had been offered the command
OF the army OF Bolivia and that he would saI shortly
Tor mat country 10 accept the position. He walked
down TO the quay with me when was leaving the
island and stood on the pier as we skinned past
him III our little bark out INTO the open sea- looking
after us with a wist1ui mealanchOy expression
which shall never forget. And so we left him
watching us as We stood out to sea, and, following
our glisening sails with bis eyes no doubt li they
sank In the ocean, and pursuing them with how
many thoughts ana recollectons Of that France he
Will PROBABLY never see again.
NADAR GLORIES IN HIS ACT
Upon arriving at Paris went 10 Nadar and asked
him if he objected to having his part In The escape
OF BergereJ made known 10 the pubic
'Je nen fots ma gtoUen glory IN 1t andrell it 10
eyeiybody,l was his reply Nadar Is, Of course,
already known to yonr readers the director OF ali
the balloon expeditions from the beieagured city
during the siege lie does not hide IN the least his
sympa,hles lor the Commune nor his intention 10
help any Communist In Distress especially To
French officers VINO come 10 get their pictures taken.
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