The Republican journal., 1874-03-12

III iiilcNlN HIS ltlt litt ill,tiHcl III Wlllcn
your punishment shall be inflicted entirely
70 me. DO You understand me. Sir
Satlrlst ?-entircly to me-
"Good heavens! you are" stammcred
Desfor@es.
"The Marquise de Pompadour - inter
rnpted the lady 1.-The same Hompadour
whom you have exercised your wit in
slandering. and who will now exercise
hers IN devi@ing some mode Of punishment
worthy of 50 gifted a criminal
Dcslorges stood Ikea statute his ewes
fixed on space, and seeming unconscious
ot what was going on around him.
In obedience to u gesture of the mar
Iuise, the screen was removed. discovering
4 cage made of strong rods firon
II propose to preserve this rare Speci-
men OF poet, continued the marquse
''here in this ease; his wonderful imaei
nation Will enable hlm doubt not, to en-
Large this narrow prison to the dimensions
ot baStilc II is small, You see. very
smali, its dimensions are such that a man
in il can neither stand up. sit nor lie
down, bat = poet is not \ human being Of
the everyday sort, and, therefore, | would
moi re him imprisoned after the manner
VI yoUr vulgar everyday telons."
Another gesture Of the marquse's lair
hand ininatrd that her victim should be
placed in The cage She was instantly
ohpyed the door being securely locked
She herself taking the Key
"Ihere. my youthful .)uvtnal.' She con-
tmurd, looking ut him. NOW YOU shall be
known to the coHaiH, OF Paris, that they
may amuse themselves with you as they do
with monkeys in the menagepit at Yer
sallns
With this the beautiful eXecuionpr lett
her victim to The tri@httu doom She ha, so
ingrniously prepared for him. Destorges
the while spoke not 4 word he felt that he
was at the mercy Of hrartle~s woman
whom no prayer OF his could move .
Ii was not accidental that the Marquis
de Beauvoir and Mile de Marneyillc were
married in the church Of Notrc Dame on
the same daN the unfortunate satirist was
conveyed to the pillory in his cage to be
pelted with rotten apples and bespattercd
with mud by the dregs of the people
Beauvoir had arranged il 50.
Years had passed. DeStorges had long
since been forgotten. even by the two
marluiScS. who were virtually worse than
his murdereis-tor was not his fate worse
than death?-whcn one day q rusty KEY
was found in the drawer Of the marquise' ;
dressing bureau, which no one recollected
to have ever seen before Ii was tried in
all the locks il was at all likely to fit, and
found to belong to rome of them
"Oh, lhuye it" cried the marquiSe. sud :
denly I'M wager its the Key TO the cage
had that poor devil of 4 ,atiris1 put INTO
some Years ago. What was his name?"
.'pestorges, replied one Of her women.
''lrue, D,'siorgcS, repeated the mar
qui,r
II wonder if he is still alive ?" Well, |
am in 4 gracious mood to-day; if he still
lives he is par,loned Lei some one 60
immediately to the bastile, and give him
his liberty: on one condition. however,
that he leave France within ten days"
When DeSturgeS was told that he could
leave his prison he stared vacantv for
some moments at his llherator. and then
began t. weep and laugh alternately like
4 chiI.i
II cannot nonseigneur" hr elammer-
"a "AlN hmhs have become so Stitl that
cannot
It Na, with not Il little difficulty they
were ublr to Vet him ont OF his cage, and
some daNs elapsed before he conld make
sufficient ne IA His legs to leave the ba~tilc
even with the mid OF crutrhcS.
II vas midday. Paris shonc brightly in
the spring time sun, when 4 bent, rag-cIad
figure tptlered across the Place Louis Nv.
looking To the right aud 10 the left al the
houses, show windows and paSSels- by,
with ali tle curiosity Of peasant
ia "A
crying:
Room room tol !l,r Marquisde Beau
Noir"'
''ErauN on" murmurrd the man in rags
.Brautoir. where have | heard the
name Who il this BrauVoir" he asked
of a passing btrgher
sour minister to Spain" wa the reply
$50. - = muttercdthe man in rag
And now there passed 4 carriage in
which sat beside a distinguished looking
man, a beautiful woman, with all the
coquctti,h airs, and in the elegant costume
OF the rocco period, chatting gayly with
an officer who rode beside the carriage.
"Adritnnr cried the man in rag,
when he saw the lady, and made 4 sudden
movement toward The carriage. She
glanced toward the strange figure, tho
aged br@gar, A. She supposed and reSnm-
ed her conversation with the officer, ;ls she
rolled rapidly across the square.
"Adrienne :" repeated the unfortunate
poet. .'Adricnne !" bul She was already
out OF sight lie staggered into a narrow
street Sat down on the curb~tone. and
wept likr child. And there he sat long
after the stars came out; then, suddenly
rising to his feet he extended his hands
toward Heaven and uttereda terrible curse
.'Accursed be AL women TO whom rank
is more than worth! AcrurSedthesa tyrant,
that tread us under foot hccur~ed be they
ave, ten times accurSed!
The curse Of the poor satiriSt vas destin-
ed to prove prophetic.
With her last gasp, Mime. de pompadoul
uttered the omnous words, After me the
| food" and tile flood came in the shape OF
delu@e Of bood--the revolution of 1889
Forty years after Desforges was exposed
to the ieers Of the ca1lui11e in his cage, he
saw. on the same spot under the guillotine
the heads Of the Marquis and MarquSe df
haanVOir
At ths Postoffice Window.