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The FaII of the Lcndcr of The n.,,,, ~,
Terror.

The FAN Of IN" Lcndor Of the Reign a
Terror,
NobcSPicrrc was crushed by the reIent
less icrocity and endurance Of his nntago
nistS, A decree for his arrest was re
solved upon by reclamation. He cas-
gl'nce Mt the galleries, as maryeIlin,
that they should remain passive in face
OF an outrage on his person. They wrr,
mute. The ushrrs advanced with hest
thtlon to do thcirduty, and, not without
trembling, carried him away, along with
Couthon and ST. Just. The brother. for
whom hehad made honorable sacri6ccs in
DAYS that seemed to be divided from the
present by an abyss Of centuries, insisted
with me herOism on sharing his fate.
ana Augustln Robcspicrre and LIE Bias
were led Oft to the prisons along with
their leader and idol.
lJ was now Il little after four o'clock
The convention, with the elEposscs.inn
"hlch ooiten amazcs usi il It's proceedings.
went on with formal business for anothnrr
hour. At five O'Clock they broke nm
ror me, rs the poet tells Us, is a daily
Stage play men dccIaim their hiph he
DC parts, then doT the buskin or fine
SOCK wash away the paint from their
cheeks, and gravcIy st down Ia mnat
Inc convcuuionaIs as they ate their
dIhherS were unconscious apparcutIv
Iiat the great crisis Of the drama was
still TO come. "
The next twelve hours were to witness
the climax. Robcspicrrr had h,dn
cIuShed ny the convention; it remained
10 DE seen whether tile convention
would not now be crushed by the com
hIunc OF Paris. Robespierre was first
conducted to the prison of the Luxcm-
oo'lrg; The %iailer, ON some plea of in
iormalIty, refused to receive him, The
lcTrlble prisoner was next taken TO the
marie, where he remained among ioyful
friends from eight in the evening nntil
eleven, Meanwhile the old insurrec.
tlonary methods of the nights Of June
and OF August in 1892, of MAY and June
IN i'05, were again followed. The
o'atlng OF the rappcI and the generate
was ard in all the sections. and thc
locsIm sounded its dreadful note, re-
mlhdlng all who should hear it that in
snrfectlon Is the most sacred and thr
most indispensable of duties. Uanriol
the commandment Of the forces. had been
arrested in the evening, but he w,.
speedily released by the agents of the
commune.
The council issued manifcstoes and
decrteS from the common hall evnrv
moment. The barriers were closed
lannon's were posted opposite the doors
Oh the nail OF the convention. The auays
were thronged. Emissaries sped to and
lto Detween the JacObin club and the
common hall, and between these tun
centres and each Of the iorty-eight Soc
ions IT. Is one Of the inscrutabIe mys-
tcrles OF this deIiriou4 night that Uanriot
uld not at once Use the force at his com
mahd to bacak up the convention
in"Ie Is no bvlOu reason why he should
not nave done 50. The members al tho
convention had reassembled after their
dihher, toward seven o'clock. The hall
Which mad resounded with the shrieks
ana yelIs OF the furious gIadiators of the
factions all day, now lent a Iugubrious
echo to gloomy reports which one mem.
DER after another delivered from the
49, VI tHt tribune.
l"Wa'd nine o'clock the members a.
the two dread committees came in manic
10 sex shelter among their COLLEAGUES
as detected in their peril" saws an eve.
witness, 'as they had been cruel and in.
1o!rit IN their hour Of Supremacy"
when they heard that Hanriot had been
released and that guns were at their door
gave themselves up for lost and made
ready for death. News came tLnt
R'bespieTre had broken hi. arrest and
hai gone to the Common hall. Robes.
pierre, after urgent and repeated solici.
%la'lon', had been at length persuaded
about an hour before midnight to leave
the Marie and join the partisans of the
commune This was an act of revolt
against the convention, for the Marie
was a legal place of detention, and
40 long rs he vas there he WAS within the
law. i"
The convention. with heroic intrc.
pidity, declared both Hanriot and
R~obespierre beyond the pale of the law.
ms prompt measure was their salvation.
Iwe've members were instantly named
to carry the decree to all sections
with the scarf of office round their waist
and a sabre in hand, they sailed forth. {
NJ -unting horses, and escorted by atten. {
dantS with Haunting torches, they secured {
rdrls' calling all good citizens to the sue d
ct the convention, ~ha-anguing i
crowds az the street corners with power i
aud authority and striking the magma
ions OF men. At midnight heavy rains Z
o'gan to iall. The leaders Of the com. a
mune, meanwhile in full confidence tb,, P
victory was sure, contented them.elv.s G,
with iLcessant issue OF paper DEGREES 10 f.
each Of which the convention replied hv 4
a counter decree. Those who bay, n
studied the question most minutely ara .,
OF opinion that even so late as one O'Clock I;
the commune might have made a sue. d
cessful defense, although ii had lost the Z"
opportunity which it had certainly pos. {
sessed up oten o'clock OF DESTROYING the i
convention. II
But on this occasion the genius of in.
surrection slumbered And there was a q
genuine division of opinion in inc n
eastern quarters Of Paris, the result of a 4
grim di,trlst OF the mar who had belped n
u STAY Herbert and Chaum.tte. Al a
word this distrust began to de. "a