Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-08

happened to be standing near the
altar Of some royal chapel in the
palace when young revolutionist
took it upon himself to outrage the
effgy of the Holy Virgin with a
piece Of sausage; this, however,
proved to outrage the crowd as
well, who, pleased to become furi-
GUS at the desecration, killed the
young man instantly, and, not sat
is6ed with that, would have killed
M. Delatros also, for being a BY
stander, it would seem (for
what simple reasons Frenchmen
kill one another at times, heaven
only knoWs), had he not run for
his life. He found an open door
and a long corridor, through which
he sped, with a shouting, blood
thirsty mob at his heels. At the
end of this he came upon the stage
Of theater, where he struck some
thing that gave way with him,
bearing him down into what
seemed the Internal regions-into
total darkness at any rate, and SO
far that it seems he would never
touch anything again. He had ac-
cidentally sprung a stage trap of
some royal theater connected with
with the palace, which was prob
ably the means of saving his life.
After recovering somewhat from the
fright he was in he became afraid
to stay where he was lest he should
die Of hunger. He shouted for help,
out there were no rehearsals that
day, and he shouted in vain. IRE
hearsalsl All Paris was acting Just
then. The streets and boulevards
were the scenes and theater. Actors
were probably the only impassive
spectators of the play.) Poor Del
atros at last found a fimsy ladder,
up which he crawled, and came, he
knows not how, into a series of pri-
vate chambers furnished most lux
uriantly. One room he got into
astonished him with its magaif-
cence. Here imagine an Italian in
broken English, describing un-
bounded luxury, superbly frescoed
ceilings, magnificent gold-headed
hangings, velvet carpets, rosy mat.
and the wonderful contrivances for
ease and comfort. Indeed, he
said, he had never seen anything
SO rich. An elegant gentleman
surprised him at last as he was sur
veying this apartment; at first with
scowls of suspicion, which must
have disappeared at the evidence of
the poor Italians bewilderment.
The gentleman wanted to know
how he came there aud what he
wanted. 81 do not know how |
came here" said Mr.. Delatros sim
ply, "and | do not want to stay
here. only want to get away
AS he was explaining by what mir
acles he found himself where he
was a lady entered, ia very beau
tiful lady she was" said Mr.. Della
.tros, "and she had been weeping ")
whO'was even more surprised to see
him than the gentleman. "You
do not look like a bad man." said
the lady after a scrutinizing gaze,
and then the two held a whispered
consultation between themselves,
which resulted with the gentleman
offering to conduct our young Ital-
ian by some secret passage from
these mysterious apartments and
away from the crowd.
Who the gentleman was NJ. D.
never could find out, but that the
lady was none other than the
Duchesse D'Orleans, he was salts
fed from engravings he afterward
saw of her. But M. Delatros was
still within the circle of the bari
cades, and as such, it was impossi-
ble for him to get away without
mingling with the revolutionists
again. For, think, two DAYS he
was forced to side with them
mingling sometimes in the struggles
to avoid creating dangerous suspi-
cion, for the Italians we're not in
favor with the "Reds" at the time.
He was trying to reach his hotel
again, and in doing so he had to
work his way as a Red Republican
from one baricade to another. AtI
last, made desperate, he was about
to make a dive across a bridge, Gle
Port something, have forgotten
what) which seemed reasonably
clear, although at intervals swept |
by artillery as well as musketry. |
But a powerful young fellow seized
HIM as he was about to make the |
venture, exclaiming, "Doyou want
to be killed, young man ?" and
rather threw than helped him over
the stone railing, where he dropped
on to a pavement below, almost
senseless. A moment after the
bridge seemed alive with human
beings who were being cut down
like sheep with the repeated yolleys
that swept the bridge-this proved
NJ. Delatros' closest call at Paris.
AT last he found his way to his ho-
tel and ont of the great city.
BY what means and through
what adventures he finally became