, 1874-02-22

Beljeys mo, it will be for the best"
'Then. slr." the lady answered. rising majes
tically from her seat and assuming an imperia
attitude,
''1An TIE QuEES!"
It would be difficult to imagine more noble
figure than that OF the unfortunate Princess ~
she spoke these four words. Seeing that So.
Same was impatiently about to interrupt her.
she senced her by an imperative gesture. and
then reseatcd herself with much dlgniry in hel
chair. 30 queenly did she appear at this critical
| moment OF her existence, that. Etaunch Repub-
hcan ss be WAS, the Mayor of Jougne forgot al
about egahte, bowed lowly before his fallen soy-
| ereign and retired at once to giva tho necessary
orders for Her Majesty's detention and to an
nounco the news Of her capturo to his fellow
citizens few moments after his ext two
| genda1mes were sent to mount guard at the
| doors Of the saloon, and tho unfortunate Queen,
| concluding few words OF whispered CONVEX
sation with Suzanne. threw herself on her knees
| and pra5ed earnestly for Divine assistance, In
| less than an hour the Mayor returned, accom-
| panied by dozen OF so OF the members OF the
e7on cheerful. She acknowledged their defer-
ential manner toward her with regal grace,
and when informed that tie upper
floor OF the hotel WAS p1aced at her
service until further instructions were received
from Paris, followed them thlther with SO quick
| and even gay step that several Of them after
ward remembered it as an instance Of unusual
| self-conmand.
When once tho Queen vas Bafo and guards
| placed at her door, the Mayor Of Jounge gave
] himself up to transport Of revolutionary joy !:
"He had the Queen OF France under lock and
key. On him., bofore three days were over,
| would be fixed
| THE EYES OF ALL TuE WORLD.
His name would descend to posterty, and live
forever in the annals Of Of hia country.
aries in the saloon Of the inn, he made
them patriotic speech, in which ho
invoked tho spirits Of Drutus and Cato.
and wound rp by proposing that the "patriots
Of Jougue should form themselves into bat
TALON OF true republicans, md, placing Mario
Antoinette OF Austria in their centre, lead that
arch-traitress before tho national tribunal Pos
Bessed ~ they were OF her crown, sccpt1e, globe,
and royal mantle, they could carry these eublama
Of fallen deBpotlsm in their triumphal procea-
sion, and oror them as holocaust on the altar
OF liberty"
An address to the National Assembly, stating
! their intention and giving tho most minute de-
tails Of the Queens arrest. WAS forthwith written
out and signed by, the entire conelaye. and DIS
patched Immediately to the capital. To this let
ter MAS added
4 PRIVATE ONE FRon THE QUEEN
herself but artfnlly sealed that do what they
could it was impossible for any one OF them to
read single word OF it's couteuts. Having dis
missed the council, the Mayor went once more
to the Queen, to inform her Of what had been
determined. Being q kind-hearted man, how
ever. he spared her the knowledge Of the mnn-
ner in which he proposed to conduct her back to
Paris.
Whilst ho WAS conversing with Hor Majesty.
3 gendarme hurriedl7 entered tho chamber
in state Of great excitement: "M. 10 Marie!
Ii. 1e Haire! VIC have arrested
PoL1GNAc OF LAMBALLE!"
"Ah," exclaimed the Queen, it is that yorug
man,
"Nhat young n1sn ?" inquired the Mayor.
"a gentleman who followed our coach, that
is I'll, answered she, in somo confusion, seeing
that aho had evidently committed an imprudence
By this last observation.
s' Lot hln be brought up here immediately"
commsndcd tho Mayor and in 4 few moments
tall and remarkably handsome young man Was
dragged into tho apartment By two guards. His
clo.les were dripping vet, he had lost his hat,
and bis soiled cloak dragged on the ground be-
hind him.
'sIT Is TIE ZANE"
whispered Suzanne, "porhaps ho mny he1p U.s."
"Please God !" murmured the Queen.
No sooner Was this young gentleman dis-
engaged from the hands Of his captors than,
throwing himself on his knoes, he raised her
hand to bis lips: "Pa1don me- madame Had
but suspected it was the Queen Of Franco to
whom presumed to raise my eyes, would have
died ratler than have 90 far forgotten what was
due to my sovereign, especially in her hour OF
de- Maillettes. Unaware Of Your Majestya true
rank, followed your carriage, st1uckby your BUR
passing beauty and ons!aved by its power. hop
ing through persistence to be favored with one
glsnco Of pity, if not of love. Now that recog-
nize my error, IS Your Majesty's nost humble
servant aud subject, my Life is at your
sorv1ce, aud craze only YOUR gracious pardon. !"
"Oh, you have it Count: grant it willingly,
and only in your conduct" answered the
Queen smiling, but with an evident meaning,
for she fixed her kcon eyes on tho lneeling gen
tlcman in a manner that forbade Lis answering
III sec, cir, in your conduct only proof OF
your desire to servo
An UNFORTUNATE WOMAN AID FALLEz QUEEN"
ut is WELL" broke in the Mayor. ''AotWith-
standing all appearances to the contrary, this
young man evidently forms part Of your cor
tege, madame. He is arrested, and shall share you1
apartments. Tho chamber at the end OF the
corridor, sir, is YOURS. You have, however, the
right Of free ACCESS to the Queen whenever she
desires your presence Mesdames wish you
very goodnight! Citoyen. bon soir !" and bow
ing civilly the good Mayor withdrew for the
night.
When the door was c1osed on the Mayor the
Count was about to withdraw also, but the Queen
prevented his doing so, entreatinR him to re-
main and partake Of supper with her. which waa
presently served. During this meal the Queen
BECAME EXCEEDINGLY LIVELY,
End the merry laughter OF the imprisoned soV-
eresn and her new friend being heard out
eide in the corridor, led the guarda when
changed to announce to the public "tbat
Her Majesty WAS singula1ly fearless woman,
for, notwithstanding the danger she Was in, she
laughed like true daughter OF Houus, and
was having fine time OF it with the Prince
who was evidently her lover"
It is unnecessary to tell how tho imprisoned
Queen passed her time in her confinement at the
Lion dor. We arc compelled, however, to re-
cord that her intimacy With the Count became
so great that once the guard at the door, spying
through tho keyholo, actually saw him
E1ss uEE
before retiring for the night.
The sixth and last day Of her captivity
at length arrived. Tho answer from the
National Assembly 1enched Jougne toward
noon, and the Queen was at breakfast
with the Count and nusanne when
the Mayor entered her presence, followed by the
whole municipality and several guards. The
good Mayor was flushed with excitement, and in
bis hand he held the as yes unsealed document.
Arranging all bis colleagues according to their
7ar1ons official grades in 4 semi-circle around
him, he addressed tho Queen, who rose to hear
him, with stately and majestic air: Marie
Antoinette Of Austria, Te have this morning re-
ceived tho following answer from tho Govern
ment Of Paris and hasten to communicate to
you ita contents" Here the worthy Magistrate
broke the Heals and read: Citizen
Antoinetto is still in Paris,
and has never left it. Let Made |
f1a Ca;1