The anti-monopolist., 1875-10-11
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JACQUES, with an ascent OF such despair
that it startled his compa!on.
..You are not an infdel, Jacques, l 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 knett 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 implored him not
10 reject his good Offices and if he would
not speak to him as Il priest, to treat him at
least as a friend, aud disclose the secret
that sealed his lips and withered his heart
..sMy secret, y. said Jacques. Would you
hear MY secret? 1t will make your hair
stand on end, and cause you to fly froni my
side with scorn and loathing Well be it
so, when you know what a wretch YOU have
been pleading with, you Will give up the
lsv;in attempt to console him, or bring him
to repentence:'s. Yon will confess that there
is no repentance. POSSIBLE for such guilt as
mime; Remorse,. indeed. there is, but no.
hope of of.pardoir. WAS. Judas pare oned 20.
i.iie mi ght have been paraoned If he
had not des paired. said the Able. in q low
| voice. '5.. i i,.
'sWell, | well tell you my story, ex-.
claimk dJ acques, AMI, f1,efleant his head on
his hands fixing his wild expressive eyes on
the calm earnest face ,of lnhe priest- and
| spoke .ast follows Il was. born dn the es-
tate ot a noblclnan who had been for many
years: the protector of.1ny firmly. HI took;
lae into hls service when I5was very young,
and had lived. some me sin the house
when, the revolutions broke out. He was
kind, generous master, and his wife an angel
Of goodness The rich respected, and the
poor worsuiped her. Il used often to think,
when. she kneit in tie village church, or
visited the SICK, or gave aims at the door oil
the castle, that she was just as 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 4
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 we're told that were all equal; that
masters were tyranis, and kings oppres-
sors We heard nothing else from morning
to nj cht till we dreamt of riches and free
dom, and doing our own VIII 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
f church, whenever an opportunity afforded
| and went on much in his usual way, shoot
: inc over his grounds visiting his eli h bors,
) and little dreaming Of the storm that was
ready 10 burst over his head His wife
} thong lit more about it than he did, and We
i could see that She was longer al her prayers
"a. off. n
= tears on her face.
/ The young ladies, poor things, we're rs
Il merry as if there had been no such thing in
n the world as Revolution, and, except in my
q discontempted and restless heart. there WA
peace in the old castle, till the day when 4
Commissairc from Paris took up his abode
y in their neighboring town. aud drew up :
/ list ., persons accused Of being countcr-re
yotutlouists and enemies OF the people.
!, "Nv masters name was foremost in tn'
: list. and he received a friendly message
: that informed hm OF the fact, and enjoinet
l. hIm TO seek u place OF eoucealmen- tor hi
wife anl family. The announcement too'
i him by surprise: bat madame instantly sug
Il rested their retiring 10 a cottage among tin
u Mills, where an old maid servant resided
Il aud which was as likely to escape ohserva
4 ton rs any spot IN the neighborhood
it Th.ther they went Nv night: helped ihet
ID TO pack up; | carried lttle auiia IN III
II arms part OF the way. Dh, my God II tina
At lay, that hour. could but rctura Gould
81 bat feel ag,tin nat childs warm breaI o
: my cheek, as | aseendel The steep noun
i tain path; or hear again the sweet voice c
le h,s mother as she urged me to sit down an
"A rest Rest .Therc is no rest tol til
III wicked. The curse OF CAIN is upon N,
to Il is years since mentioned their names;
lie had never thought 10 do SO again; but no
rs that have begun will 90 on with m
N, dreadful history; but can not linscr oyt
at Il Il must be rs short as the time have -
Sc t. live Well, | returned to the castle an
o. the Commissare aud MS crew came one da
ed aud took possession d il. They brot
.te into the cellar; they brought out wine an
he drank all night. anl | drank with ,her
i'm They talked of the grand dorugs Of the pc
he pie OF Paris. and sang songs until my bra
,ut was confused, and sang and vociferat.
he louder than any OF the1a- They cheer,
nd and Applauied; they called me good ?
or triot, and | felt as it u new world was cpe
So ing before me. There was man amor
)n them who drew me aside, and showed me
he printed paper in which the revoluilona
he committee announced that they would
.ch stow thG property % tae Ft~SSf fA0ei A"ot
at ON any true patriot who would discover /
es> hiding places He assured me that by !
he vealing my masters abode. | should b
his come entitled to the possession Of his eas;l
ing and of his lands: and my brain madden
vas as the notion. | forgot all about the rev
nj luton and an equal division ot proper
bed which we had been talking abeut NOM,
/; a before. and saw myself at once the io
,ur and master Of that house where had spt
in. my early days in servi'udt. | asked wi
tor they would do with my master. II sh
liz should happen to discover and arrest III
hat The same man told me that. in that ca
. as they would send MIN to join the exi
, Of princes who would BE- sure 10 provide hal
ad- someiy for their dear friends. the al
mr. ,ocrars had heard my master speak
his Joining the emigration and said to my:
and that there would be no hardshlps in his
lief ing carried there by force where he
the wished himself 20 sc. Still l could not
for solve TO betray him, but drank again
,rId again. and talKar boastfally Of the kno