Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-16

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occupying a great old chateau IN one Of
the mos, fertile districts of the noun
famous region, and owning hundreds
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bread, and he turned them away hungry
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might earn few sous, and be would not
employ them. Furnishing mothers, with
furnishing children, applied at his gates
If he would let them have bread and
oil now, in their sore distress, they would
work for him when the summer came,
and their service would be Of use; but lie
would not listen. His heart was cold and
hard, aad for suffering humanity be cared
not whit. 1t was such al he that had
driven the sans culottes to revolution, paw
ing the way for the Reign Of Terror.
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tho poor people mad, some Of them de.
termined that Monseigneur should b.
compelled TO yield food to the furnishing
Victor L!cour was q young artisan OF
Castelape. Hc was not himself suffer
ing, save in 80 fur AZ he suffered in see.
ing others suffer; and this, in truth, was
deep suffering for one with heart SC
tender rs was his. When he heard that
the people had resolved to break open
Monseigneur's storehouses aud help them.
selves to bread, he offered to lead them
And he did it not more to help the suf.
ferers than to be of service to Monseig.
neur. He knew the excitable Temperament,
of the sans culottes. He feared, if they
went upon their lawless mission without
a cool and clear. headed leader, they
might plunge into excuses Of simple
diabolism. Victor LacOur went with
them as their leader. Monseigneur was
asked to give of his great plenty to the
poor aud the starving. He refused with
utter GOODNESS, and reviled the humble
petitioners. And then they beat down
bis gates aud his great doors, and carried
away much of his breadstutf and dried
fruit, together with goodly quantity Of
wine.
Victor Lacour had been recognized as
the leader. Monseigneur made no &C
count of the prodigiOus efforts put forth
by him to prevent the multitude from de-
stroying what they did not carry away
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Victor WAS arrested, and tried and con-
victed and condemned to the galleys. 1t
was in the month of March that he was
put on board an old hulk in the harbor
of Toulon, with chain and ball of iron
made fast to his legs; and when he was
taken to his work he was forced to veal
this ball and chain.
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years Of aye. and had been sentenced ful
ten years. He Vas tail and strong and
handsome. and all mp and down the val
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