Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-02-09

10 lao hall. The news Sas spread .ar
,hrough Che country. Thousands Of
people were collected outside ibc walls.
Ab,u. .h-cr hsa,re,i Sn.sa.s and gentle
ucn E i4e cluu,ry lal tcoa admitted 10
witness ,he cxcclJiou. Tie tables aud
iygms hal .cel removed. aad % great
wood dfe was blazing ia the cli1ney.
Al ,ho upper end OF The ball. above tho
ireplace bal uear ,s, stood The scaGold.
twelve feet square and two feet and q
hail high. I, was covered with black
cloth also, and the sheriff guArI Of bal.
berders were ranged on the door below
Ga The four sides 10 keep OF the crowd.
Oa the scafiold was The block, black lac
he yo4t, "a square biacs cushion Nas
placed behind ii. aud behind The cushion
= yi.,ya cGal, GA tAe IiSbt were two 9TH
er chain. tor tie oagls. The axe leant
against the raii, aud two masked figures
stood Ike mules on e..her side OF the
back The Queen Of Scots. as she swept
10, seemed IS il coming 10 take pat IL
some solemn pageant. MOI muscle O.
Der face could be seen 10 culver, she as
couied the scaaold with absolute com.
pcsuge, looked round her smiling and sal
down. Shrewsbury aud hent followed
and ,coa their places. The sheriff stood 81,
her lea hand. a.,i Beale then mounted
Platform anu read he warrant aloud.
InaH Tue assembly Mary S.uar, APP
peared The person least interested IN the
words which were consiguing her to
death
MADAM. said Lord Shrewsbury 10
her When the reading was ended, you
hear what We axe commanded 10 do
You will 90 your duty" she answer.
ed and rose s. &c 20 kuCel and pay.
She laid her crGci6N or her chair.
The chief executioner took 10 Is per
quis.:e. but was ordered 10 lay It down
Tlc lawn We. was ijaod carefully OF,
not 10 disturb lhe hair. and was hung up
on tae rail. The black robe was neat
removed. Below g. was q peltieoat OF
CRIMSON yolye. TIE black Jacket FOL
loved. and under inc Jacket WAS body
Of crimson satin. Oaeofths ladies' hand
cd her a pair Of crimson sleeves, wiki
whi:h she hastily covered her arm and
thus she stood on The b'ack scae,.d with
the black figures al around her. 6lcol-
red from head 20 foot
Her reason tor adopting So eN.r-0rdi'
nary q costume must be lei, 70 conjecture.
Il IS only certain that {, mus; have been
carefully studied, and The pictorial effect
must have been appalling.
The women whose frmaess had hi,h-
eI:o borle the ,yial. began to give way,
spasmosic sobs bursting IRON Them
which they could not cheek. No crier
yoas' she said. lay promis vous.'
Struggling bra7ely, they crossed their
breasts again, and agaiu, she crossing
them in turn and bidding them pray Tor
her Then she snelt on The cushion Bar
ba-a Nov bray bound her eyes WIKI
handkerchief "Aiieu, she said, smiling
icr the las, time and waving her hand
~ them, "adieu, au reyoir." They step
ped back from oil The scafr5ld and left her
alone. Ca her knees she repeated the
PSALM. ln le. DONNIE conido. In thee,
. Lord. have pu, ms trust"
When The Psalm vas flushed she felt
Tor the block, and laying down her head
nCllered: In manls. Domino tnas.
CommeuJJ amman mean, TIE hard
voci seemed 20 hlI; ,og she placed her
hands under her neck The execu.ioners
gcl.ly removed them lest they should
desden The blow. and then one Of them
holding her slightly, the other raised the
axe and struck. The scene had been too
trying even Tor the practiced headsman
Of the Tower. The blow fell on the knot
OF the handkerchief. and scarcely broke
the skin. She neither spoke nor moved.
lie struck again tbs time effectively.
The head hung by a shred o. skin, which
be divided without Withdrawing The axe;
and at once metamOrphosis was vii.
messed. strange IS was ever wrought by
wand Of tabled enchanter. The Golf f,ll
Of and he false piai's-the labored Illus
ion, vanished. The LADY who had knelt
before The block was in ne maturity Of
grace AID !ove!iness, The execauoner
when lie raised The head. IS usual. to
show il 10 the crowd. exposed the with
cred features OF a giizzlej wriaklsd old
woman -. i. Trga :.
\ SPLENDID GlET. A magnificent