Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-12-20

Julia Nard-Julia Ward
Jula Ward Howe
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81 MAS DtsTISG EXPLOIT.
Whel the Revolution Of 1880 set in. Alex
andre Dumas. then a very Young man. and
-eeiug nothing in life bat one series of tab
.eaux, took his share in the more stirring
scenes in the capacity OF 81 skirmisher lie
tells she whole story in his memoirs. and his
account seems an anticipation Of the best
p0rtlen of Rahagls Bat his narrative Of his
expeii ition 10 Scissors 10 seize some powder
viii he found one of the most stirring bits of
adventure in modern time
He had heard Lafayette say thai. ID the
King were % advance or Paris. that there
would be no powder to meet him with Alex
andre conceived a bold scheme. ard proposed
o. the General % .et of for Sai~sln,-a town
he well knew-anl seize on the magazine
there Lafayette laughed at the idea, but
consented to give him pass 20 General Ger
ard, To which Dumas c1eilv added. And We
recommend bis scheme T. yoI.' From Ger
ard he. wifi some difficulty. obtained q re-
QUESTION addressed 90 the authorities Of the
town for the powder. ln this he ingenious
is interpOleted the words Minister OF War
IA rank which no one bat himself had con-
ferred on the General With thi, official
document be re,lrBe1 to Lafayette, and per
-uaded the old patriot % write him q sort of
letter Of Introduction tJ the citizens of S0iS-
sons, recommending them " Alexandra Du-
mas. one Of oar c5mbatant-,' asa fit and
proper person 80 whom they Sh11ld hand over
she powder Then our her1-tor such he
Vas on this ueeasisn-prepared himSelftora-
81 Grited and dramatic an adventure a~ can be
70. nd in the books Of romance.
Ii was about O'Clock in the afternoon Of
the - V1a Of July, 1880. A- he was hurrying
away he nlet Young painter named Bard
who WIS only 49, H. asked him to Join
The other agreed with aacri;y, and Alex
andre. sendinV him back for his double-bar-
rele2Nri~tol- ana his horse, SIT off himself in
ofhriolet i1r Ic Bour-et. then the iirSt post
nu the road Z, Soi--ou-. and which has since
obtained such disastrous n0torietv. Ar
rived there. he exhibited his laiavette and
Gerari letters 10 the postmaster, and de-
nanded a chai-s and horses for hi, mission
The postmaster was friendly, and even aH-
prrsst. and Supplied him at once with what
he asked lie went ont to bay some piece,
of fcalico--cd. white and h,uc-which were
sewn into 81 tr:cl'or Gag fixed t2a q hro1m~tiek,
which latter was tied On 30 the chase. With
this ensign they started. in hopes oi getting
To- Scissors about midnight. Tee postmaster
shook his head but, ais he ~a-aciou~iy re
marked. ESQ many AlimceS had been per
formed during the past three days. that II
might De possible" A. they harricd through
the various villages the flag caused great ex-
citement His fellow Traveller. delighted. de-
ciared that all was going p-cndldly. " hut
they ought 3, have some SOFT Of cry.
..Shout away, then. -'id Dama- 90 and
while you are shouting u take some sleep.
The ONLY difficulty was, what was 90 be the
.ry and with SOME hesitation the now well
worn and ratierel ..Nirela Bepubliguc was
decided oa Accordingly 5he young pain
TER. his head on; Of the window, and his flag
waving. r0ared ou. ON the high-road they
met cha.se going q Paris. and traveller OF
some 80 years old asked lor news.
The Louvre j. taken the B3urloa- fed;
Provisional Government established-yiye Ia
RepubliQue "' the excited painter roared
out. The gentleman. years old. scratched
his ear. and continued his journey For the
next stage they had an old position. who
persisted I'm going at steady rot, and at
every rem0nstrancr answered doggedly,
Leave it all To- me 4 man knows his own
business best" Dumas ut last, from the
chaise window. laid on the backs Of the horses
with q stick. and made them gallop. In a
rave the man pulled up. sw0re be would I'M
woke his beasts, and actgaliv proceeded to do
80. Dumas fired at him with blank cart
ridge. and So scared him that be rolled on
the ground in terror Alezaudrc then put
on the hinge plStine-5oots and, mounting,
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