The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-07-16
A TRIUMPHANT CRY.


"Aha, my proud seignors," he ex
claimed; Stumble LIE Grand Ferre was
more than match for you. This Is an
suspicious beginning for me- Let me
tie your horses together and then take
everything valuable from you" He fas
tened the two horses to tree and then
diyested his victims of their coats OF
mail
"Ah! Ah! he exclaimed upon taking
the helmets from their heads. "Here /
fell in with two rare birds; one of them
is the young Duke de Chaloux, one OF
the worst oppressors of our peasantry,
and the other the Baron de Trochon,
who boasts Of having seduced FIVE hun.
dred OF our prettiest country girls. Well,
J shall hang both of them up by the legs
to this tree, where the hawks and crows
will feast upon their worthless carcass
es." .a2e .
Having stripped off every shred Of
clothing from the corpses he carried his
horrible threat into execution, loaded
the spoils upon the backs Of the two
horses and drove them along at a rapid
rate Of speed. Half an hour later he
stood still and uttered shrill whistle
which was Immediately answered.
II am here!" he said 5a
A few moments afterward he reached
an aperture in the ground, hidden be-
hind a cluster OF dwarfed oak trees at
the entrance he was met by two men,
dressed like peasants, but whose faces
indicated that they were possessed Of q
high degree Of intelligence. Et =
"All hail, good LIE Grand" J" they said
to the man with the two horses.
"All hail, Guillaume Caillet and Gull
laume Aux Alouettes !" was the reply.
He hurriedly tsld them all about his
terrible adventure in the forest.
"What stroke of good luckr ex.
claimed Caillet. "These horses must be
slaughtered Immediately. We have in
the cave one hundred and ten persons
that are on the brink OF starvation"
"Be it sop said LIE Grand sand all
these valuables shaH he divided among
them, too. f'} - +'H2' 'ai-Hi 'al
They led the horses down three wide
steps and entered q large cave, which
was dimly lighted up with pine twigs
stuck into. holes in the walls. On either
side of the cave were hunks made oil
rough hewn timber; from these hunks
issued the walls Of persons of both sex,
es. The cave was one OF the hiding.
places constructed by the down-trod
ded peasantry Of France to conceal
themselves from the rapacious soldiers
both French and English, who we're per
petrating all sorts Of pas. 2. q
| ATRocroUs oUTRAaEs =
Upon the, poor people, and especially
from the nobility, most Of whose mem
bers at that period were little better thar
remorseless highway, robbers and blood
thirsty murderers, oa an.
In these caves the poor peasants fre
auently underwent truly harro wing sui
ferings.. Often they had to>subsist 70
weeks upon few roots and brackish wa
ter. No wonder, then, that the announc
ment, that there were two horses destine.
for food filled the inmates Of the cave
with which we now have to deal, wit
unfeigned delight. aae
| The animals were noble chargers, bu
their throats were remorselessly cut,and
horrible to say, some of the famishe,
peasants drank the warm blood, wbil
others raveuously deyoured shreds Q
1.-THE raw and still-reeking flesh, In tn
meantime La Grande Ferre, Guillaum
Aux Alouettes and Guillaume Caille
held a whispered consultation. Caille
was the principal speaker.
"The time has come for US to strik
the blow" he said ''Poor France ha
never been in such an abject condition
before. Her King, John, a prisoner il
England, his anon-prince virtual slav
of Marcel, the able but unscrupulons die
lator of Paris; Charles de Navarro, th
Infamous scoundrel, all powerful wheI