Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-11-09

a
watch and some silver with
"Hwe you any :" asked the peasant
81 have.
Where is IT,
! There"
! "Show it me ?"
, DO you promise 10 save me after
( ward ~
Show rae the money
| " You shall see it, "
/ The trusting marine balanced him
self on his knapsack that he had de
tached ana which was lying near him;
he began with both hands to unbuckle
with difficulty the straps. At the same
! time the Breton maiden took step
back in order to save room, and level
upon his head blow of the sickle,
which opened his skull. He fell, his
face upon the knapsack. Then the
Young maiden took the watch, silver
and garments. TRANQUILITY she washed
her feet, which we're covered with
blood, in the marsh, then went to the
field to cut her bunch of herbs, and re-
turned to the house. On arriving she
threw upon her chest all she had taken
from the marine, saying, 'Ihaye found
/ the body Of blue, and there is what
he had. They were III ecStacles over
her good fortune, and so affairs stood
But the same evening, the body having
been found, was recognized by the fam
lily. soon several circumstances be-
traycd the Young maiden and all was
discovered The marine Killed was one
of those young men whom the recruit
ing officers endow with party
spirit as well as with uniform, and
60 whom is supplied the cockade of
the party which governs. For
cibly eGioi.ad for the port of Brest, he
had LETT it with his companions, and
come to fight at Array. This position,
understood by the peasants, because it
was shat OF many OF their children,
made the death Of the marine lament
ID, and rendered her odious who had
assasslnated him. There was, besides,
IN the circumstances of the murder
base wickcdness repugnant to all. She
had not killed this man for death S
sake, but to rob him, which made the
crowd feel horror, for IN such cases
money stains more than blood. Thus
was there general cry of anger against
the maiden, and as it happens in such
generous reactions where party feeling
yields to the voice OF Justice, indigna-
tlon was excessive, In default Of tri
bunal justice, popular Justice took upon
itself the punishment of the crime.
The Young maiden was cast out from
the society OF Christians, and people
got ont of her way rs if leprosy had
struck her No peasant was willing to
let her a cabin, and soon she had no
other shelter than the porch of the
church, Everywhere she went people
we're seen 30 leap aside. At the foun-
tam, when she came, the women with
drew their pitchers saying, "Giye
place to the murderess.
1t was the name they had given her.
To seal the public raprobatlun, they
made song in which the death of the
Young marine was related with all its
frightiul detail Then, whenever the
young maiden appeared, she heard the
avcnglng notes repeated. Her punish
meut was more than an ordinary pun
ishment having its time and place; it
spread into Che public domain, 1t en-
tered into public manners. She walked
abroad Ike Cnin, with the fatal mark
on the brow, in the midst of men who,
like 50 many pllloues, told her her
crime and cursed her In vain she
wanted to flee her parish wherever
she could go the voice of the herdsman
resounded the terrible refrain.
One day she met in field, far from
Auray, a little by Of five or six years
old, who was playing with the daisies,
She approached and sat down at his
side, For her. unfortunate and aban-
doned, who had not touched the hand
of ANYBODY for year, 1t was a great
Joy to caress this chlid. She places
him on her knee. and begins TO caress
him after the manner of mothers, and
to sing to him some complaints. When
she had finished, l know prettier
song than you, SAYS the child Ills,
ten--my father taught it me" And he
1 begins to sing
A." BE We attentive, Christians, here is
/ the recital of the crime: Mary Mar
ker killed blue with stroke of the
/ sickle. blue who had asked mercy in
/ the language of her parish, and who
was a poor consclipt Of the country"
/ The unfortunate creature let the
boy roll tothe ground, uttered cry
and tied with all her might 1t was too
much shame and grief the murderess
succumhed to it, and lost her reason.
: Some years ago saw her, and she
was mad. She rarely replied to ques-
uous that enc addressed to her bat
whoa q single word of the terrible song
reached her 2ar, as II touched by q
galyaulc shock. her stony, apathetic
body rose and her cumhrous, statue
. hike person became flesh and suffering
She uttered cries, she wruug her arms.
vhlrled around then suddenly as il