The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-10-11
imperfect F.s'
"You feel easy
Able said with gentleness. "f

Able said with gentleness. You feel easy
at the prospect Of death - Il
EASY, easy as the damned" murnered
JACQUES. with an ascent OF such despair
that it startled his compaion.
..You are not an infdel, Jacques, know |
you are not; then why will you not die as u |
Christian? have observed that you always |
wear cross.
JACQUES looked up wildly at these words.
and muttered:
1T scorches my breast .
The Able then kneit down by the side OF
the bed, and with earnest words that faith
| and love suggest in such an hour, he argued
with the dying man. He impored him not
to reject his good Offices, and If he would
not speak to him as priest, to treat him at
least as friend, aud disclose the secret
that sealed his lips and withered his heart.
| .."My secret. said Jacques. 'sWouid you
hear MY secret :? It will make your hair
stand on end, and cause you to fly. FROM my
side. with scorn and. loathing Well. be it
so, when you know what q wretch yeuAavef
beef pleading, with, you viii give. up the
fvaiil attempt to- cansole hin, or bring him
to- Repentance: Yen viii confess that there
is no repentance, POSSIBLE for such guilt as.
Il
I hope of.pardqR ,~Was.Judas pare onsd ~, !;
'i"He might have been pag9oned' if he
had not des paired I, said the Able. in'alew
'.aWell, | we'll tell you my istory,,'' ex-i
cAimed j acaues, i ana i}leTleaht his head on
his hand; fixing his wildeapressivt eyes on,
1.-The earn earnest face sof nhe priests mid
! spoke last, follows:e Yl.wass born iSa the ca
4 tate IL a nobleman who had been for many
). years:the protector ofsny: family. H9took;
ine into his service Vixen TsNas very young,
4 and l had lived ssonhe s.tiine sih the house
4 when, the s.ltev olutio0 broke.oat. He was a.
kind, generous master and his wife an angel
Of goodness The trieh respected, and the
! poor worsiiped her. II used often 70 think.
when. she 'kaeh 3 in the village church, or
visited the sieK, or gave alms,at the toor.ef
the castle, that she was just a 'goou as any
of:the Saints IN the, calendar. Her two
daughters were as beautiful and good as
their mother; and her son, who was but a
little fellow at the time am speaking Of,
the JOY of their hearts
"Well, the Revolution came, and a strange
madness took possession Of mems minds.
Ne were told that we we're all e,ual that
masters were tyrants, and kings oppres-
sors We heard nothing else from morning
to night, till we dreamt of riches and free
: dom, and doing our own will and not that
of others, and cursed in silence every duty
we had to perform as laborers, or as serv-
ants. My master was not very eager about
public Affairs but he hated new notions, and
spoke in favor of the King and of the
# church, whenever an opportunity afforded
4 and went on much in his usual way, shoot.
5 ing over his grounds, visiting his ghbors
.lo 4, - ~,
0 ready TO burst over his head. His wife
O thought more about it than he did, and We
Y could see that she was longer at her prayer:
= than usual and there were often traces o.
: tears on her face.
d 1.-The young ladies, poor things, were n:
n merry as if there had been no such thing il
n the world as Revolution, and, except in my
4" discontempted and restless heart. there wa:
!. peace in the old castle, till the day when :
= Commissaire from Paris tnok up his abode
y in their neighboring town. and drew up !
or lis. OF persons accused of being counter-re
r. volutionists and enemies of the people.
m my masters name was foremost IN tn
Is list and he received friendly messag
As that informed him OF the fact, and en]oine'
l. him to seek place of concealmen- for hi
s. wife and family. The announcement too
ST him by SURPRISE but madame instantly sug
III gcsted their retiring to a cottage among tn
n Mills, where an old maid servant resided
III aud which was as likely to escape ohserva
ell ton as any spot in the neighborhooo
it Thiher they went by night; helped ther
I'd TO pack up; carried l.ttle laulin in IN
a, arms par, OF the way. Oh, my God, II tina
at day, that hour could but rc!ura. Could
st but feel ag,tin Nat childs warm brcal o
&c my cheek, as assembled The steep noun
b tain path; or hear again the sweet voice {
he his mother rs she urged nue. to sit down an
ed rest Rest! 'rherc is no rest for tn
lid wickcd.' The curse of Cain is upon m,
to Ii is years since mentioned their names;
He had never thought TO do SO again; but no
lis tina, i have begun | will go on with m
m. dreadful history; but can not linger ov,
lat il 1t must be rs short as the time have y
Use to live. Well, / returned to the castle. an
so. the Commissaire and his crew came one da
led aud took possession Of It. They brol
ate into the cellar; they brought out wine ar
he drank all night. and drank with thet
i'm They talked of the grand doings of the pc
The pie of Paris. and sang songs until my bra
out wa. confused, and sang and vociferat,
he louder than any of theia- They cheer,
nd and applauded; they called me good p
,or trio, and felt as if a new world was ope
so ing before me. There was man amor
on. them who drew me aside. and showed me
the printed paper in which the revolutions
he committee announced that they would
ich stow the property of the prescribed nobl
lat on any true patriot who would discover |
.ess hiding places He assured me that by !
he vealng my masters abode. l should
his come entitled to the possession Of his cast
ing and of his lands: aud my brain madden
was at the notion forgot all about the re,
mi luton and an equal division OF proper
bed which we Fad been talking aeeut NONE
/; a before, and l saw myself at once the le