The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-06-29
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duainthae with the charge, and. con
i4cnt thewith my acedsers."
1Seize upon the prisonorl'p criec
sDumggt to his satellites. And he
Ebreathed lreer when he saw the mer
! chant in the gfipe Of two muscular
3rufiiaps, whose iron hands compress
led his wrists as if they were mira
,teles..
llvAy with hinlD screamed The
has who had spoken before. ''Away
with him o the revolutionary com
the aristocratsl'
ulIoW6d BIZ The imPreeatiaps q
ffefd eeadyalloA vas copductes
6n house and "a bFy \
Afas placed 1t the b.f the
9llary co4nitlee
yessed with the power Cf
death. On his way thithe
foand means to spedka word 70 an
acquaintance in the crowd, and to
beg him to inform. .Rulalie Of what
had happened.
Sc. soon as he heard the accusation
read, and knew that he was charged
with the crime of aiding the Marquis
de Montmorenci, a fugitive from jus
tice he felt that his situation was in
deed critical; but mingled with his
establishment and dread was q curl.
osity to learn whence his denuncia-
tion could have proceeded-who
could have lodged the information
against him. He was not long kept
in suspense, for the witness brought
on the stand to confront him was no
other than Mannette, the supposed
deaf servant of Eulalie Lavalle, who
had overheard his confession of the
morning, and fastened to denouncc
him. Though his sentence was not
Immediately pronounced, and the de-
cision of his case was deferred till
the next day, Beauvallon felt that
his doom was sealed.
He was conveyed to q house in the
vicinity of the town hall for confne-
ment, as the prisons were all over
stocked. His jailor was man whom
the merchant had formerly befriend-
ed, and whose heart was not inaCcos-
sible to emotions of pity, though he
was above the bribery, and evidently
determined to execute his duty to
the letter.
lss,.eI-Aassa faEer-to ask of you, my
FRIEND" said the prisoner, slipping a
golden louis into his hand.
'If it is one that can grantwith-
out violating my duty" replied the
jailor, returning the money to Beau
vallon, 81 will so for the sake of old
times, but not for gold"
Beauvallon explained that he wish
cd to snnd n note to Mile Lasalle. re-
qucstcd her to visit him in prison
an interview which would probably
be their last, and the jailor under
took readily to see the missive deliv-
cred, and to permit the visit. The
note having been dispatched, Beau
vallon sat down to wait for the arri-
val of his mistress.
The dread hours passed away, but
though he learned from the jailor
that his errand had been performed,
no Eulalie made her appearance.
"She forsakes me' he murmured
bitterly. "The wounded deer is
abandoned by the herd, and an un-
fortunate man is Stunned by his fel-
lows. Well, the dream was pleasant
while it lastcd-the regret Of ava
kening can scarce be tedious-a few
hours, and all the incidents of this
transitory life will be forgotten.-
But Eulalie-whom | loved better
than my life itself-it is hard to die
without one word from thee"
When on the following day Beau
vallon was again taken before the
revolutionary committee, he looked
anxiously around the court room to
see if he could discover the face Of
Eulalie among the spectators, many
of whom were women. But he was
disappointed. Her absence convinc-
ed him that she had abandoned him,
and whollyabsorbcd by his reflection,
he paid no attention to the formula
of his trial. lie was condemned to
death, tho sentence to be executed
on the following day.
"Mr. President" said he rising, 81