The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-05-05


q gray pettcoat aud lowered chiniz
ovcrskjrt, made 10 the fashion recently so
popular and styled Dolly Warden Her
attendant, whom she called Susapne, was
a pretty and unpretcnding young woman
belonging to the vvacious class Of French
serving maids immorialized by Moliere
aud Beaumorcbais as Sou5rettcS
The two travellers had scarcely tasted
their first spoonful Of soup when the doors
of the apartment were thrown open, and
a tonctionnaire Of the proyisionary Gov
ernmcut, wearing his tri.colored scarf,
entered. Striding up to the table at
which the two ladies were seated, he
drew from his pocket letter, and fixing
his eyes with vivid interest on the tall
lady, made a mental comparison between
her countcuaucc and that OF some one do
scribed in the document he held in his
hand
What is yournamc, Cheyenne | asked
ho suddenly in 4 tone Of authority.
May first ask, sir, who it is shall
hayo had the honor Of answering when [
DO give my namo ?' returned the lady,
who, although she mad become exceeding.
ly pale, retained her selEposscssion in a
remarkable manner, for it was no Joke
for Il woman Of position TO iaIl into the
hands Of toacti0u0aircs in those days.
i am the Mayor OF Jougne.'
IN that case, NJ lc Maire, an Mad
amc de prync
Have you no papers about you-no
passport >
Mon Dicu les--uo. that is, Of
course have,but in my trunk, answered
the lady We are only going to Bosan-
con. This is my maid Susanna We are
two women travelling on business have
an engagement at Besancon and really,
NJ. lie Mairo. had no idea that passports
were necessary when travelling in France
You said that you had one in your
box. Very well, Madame de prync, al
low me to see this passport
Willingly Call in your men, and let
them bring ny large trunk /; all my pa.
pcrs are in it
The order Was given and The box
opened.
1T is al the bottom Of all, said Mad
anne de Pryuc, rising as if to search for it
herself.
1T is useless your troubling yourself,
citoyunc. See look at these grand
trains these alone suffice to prove that
you belong to the court, and intend emf.
grating into Switzerland, cried the May.
or, as he threw out Of the box on to the
table several magnificent robes of velvet,
one OF which was lined with ermine
And bore-horc my suspicious are more
than confirmed Al ah ! Madame do
Pryne that is your name is it?-and
you wear crow1, DO you?' exclaimed
the Mayor, he suddenly rose from his in
spaclion Of the boX's contents, ,hrandishing
trumphantly in one hanl a crown stud
ded with large gems, and in the other a
sccptrc. 'Ah ah = laughed he cxulting.
ly, Madame dc Prync SO you are going
over tho frontier with the crown Jewels
Of France? know who you are
'WhoT a-kel Madame de Pryne, as
pale as sheet.
You are Marie Antoincte Of Austria,
sometime Qqeor Of France.
Is the Queen expected to pass this way
in her Aight?'
She is, and you know better than any.
one In the name Of Frances aud The law
arrest you.
'Wthout any further proofs o;
Certainly do not require them.
,tIr;l ---,- ..t i.,..t i...-i ,,..s f.n...-
portg
Bah ! borrowed passport " said the
Mayor, in an impatient touc, You had
better give yourself up madame, without
any further ado Believe me it will be
r for the best
Then Sir the lady answered, rising
realistically from her seat and assuming
an imperial attitude, j am the Queen :!
1t would be difficult to imagine q more
noble figure than that of the unfortunate
Princess as she spoke these four words
Seeing that Susannc was impatiently
about to interrupt her, she silenced hes
by imperative gesture, and then resoat.
cd herself with much dignity 10 her chair
So queeuly did she appear at this criti
cal moment Of her existence, that. staunch
Republican as ne was, the Mayor O.
, Juugne forgot all about cgaiHe bowed
! lowly before his fallen sovereign and re
tired at once to give necessary orders loI
a Her Majesiy's detention and to announce
the news Of her capture to his fellow cit
zeus. A few moments after his exit tive
70 rI "A
a the doors Of the saloon, and the uniortun
/ ate Queen, concluding few words o
+ whispered conversation with Susanne
threw herself on her knees and prayed
earnestly for Divine assistance. In les
than an hour the Mayor returned, ac
4 companied by dozen or so of the mu
t nicipali:y. They found the Queen calm
8 and even cheerful, She acknowledged
their dctierental manner toward her witt
great regal grace, and when informed
d that the upper floor of the hotel wa
o placed at her service until further in
. siructions were received from Paris, fol
i lowed them thither with so quick AM
q even gay step that several of them al
). terward remembered it as an instance G
!. unusual self.command.
$ When once the Queen was safe an
IS guards placed at the door, the Mayor G
y Jougne gave himself up to a transport c
h revolutionary joy. He had the Queen {
# France under lock and key, On him,bc
fore three days were over, would be fxe
Is the eyes Of the world. His name woul
,e descend to posterity, and live forever
n the annals Of bis country.
y Having assembled his fellow function
n, aries in the saloon of the inn, he mad
er them a patriotic speech, in which be il
ct voked the spirits Of Brutus and Cato, an
ie wound up by proposing that the patrio
,e o. Jougne should form themselves into
| battalion of true republicans, and placir
Marie Antoinetto Of Austria in their eel
n. tire, lead that arch traitress before II