The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-10-11

dition, and held documents damaq
Ing to the empire which he woul
have published had he lived. The
DOrtelle spoke out, taxing me Will
having seized all Y-'s securies an,
valusbles, and having appropriate
them to my own use; just as II Y
would have been silly enough e
keep bis money within reach Of loot
ers under such q regime a. ours
BY the way, was 1t really you nh,
had Y-shot ? inquired the polio,
Official carelessly.
That 10 beside the que stion,' an
swered Roblard, on bis guard. All
can Say is, that these three enemie
Of mine took It for granted / ha1
done 90. and when they had flush
ed abusing me, vuilleux, pulled
rope out OF hi, pocket
"A rope! What was that for
TO hang me with, rejotned Rob
lard h0arSely, a. II the mere recol
lection Of the affair strangled him
They announced that they had sen
fenced me to death, and that the,
would hang me out Of hand. MI
d a,,;c,a.. said they. would look like
Well. they did hang me-
Come, come expOstulated Mon
steur A.. doubtful whether til,
communist were rOmancing or speak
ing from hallucination, yet 'bethink.
Ing himself somehow that tie man
might b sayjng tho truth after Ill,
They did hang me, repeated Rob.
lard, impressiveiy. 1t vas oil In
vain that ! struggled, screamed aud
prayed, for justice; I Vac forced on
to my knees aud q handkerchief
stuffed into my mouth. Then these
three butchers psssed q halter ov-r
my neck and strung me up to cur.
tain rod. I suppose, however, that
they must have made of pretty
fast, TOR less than a. quarter Of
az hour afterwards. (hsvlnx lost con
seriousness In the meAuwnil+) I was
cut down by my landlady aud che
servant, who bad returned. But
these poor women concluded / bad
tried to make away. With myself
'Of cou'se. though, you vent and
lodged . complaint With tho police ?
No. what would have bpen the ulse
OF ttV returned ROblsrd, with a
shrug. MY enemies had taken thelr
precautions 90 we'll that I should oot
.nxys been. believed, II od the English
magistrates would have either put
me i6to 9 mad house. Or b ", s.,,t
me to prison for havtl g tried 10 com.
nit suicide, contrary to their IL ~.
Besides, on tho day after this al .ir
I received % S0n) vmous letter.
enigmattcAlly- worded, but from
which I gathered that, a. I had es.
capped the halter. ! should b. sIlos.
cd ~ live, provided I dit not returo
10 France. Dortelle, Faucher .eu.i
'I,iI i, condemned me To- perpetual
Have you this letter With you 2
asked Monsieur A., Who seemed
more And more doubtful about r ID.
Yes, here 1t is.' said the commuo.
let, and be handed bic ioterlocutYr q
strip OF CREASED paper, Oh whtcn ii.
latter read; You have got luckily
c0red OF your. sore throat, but for
such . delicate constitution as youes
the climate Of France will not do.
Keep clear ~ the c,uotry for your
Own sake. or there will b, . raj spse'
'Humph! muttere1 the pill - OF.
deer. And have you ever seen your
sl0CA the ev,nt you relate, 2
Yes. Ihaye seen VI, u lux freQpsnt
" at Geneva responded RoOlard.
10 agitation; but t6er, Ia the horror
Of the thing. Whenever l sp Ike OF
hts sttempt % me he said be did 20.
know what ! meant, and htoted that
I vas q monom sni8c. I halt got to
b.lieve that I was 80 myself and that
prevented me from ever speaking on
the subject to others? -,.- \,
Monsieur A-rubbed bis head. Rob.
lard!s story might be true Or untrue;
any how, II was expedient to have
the man watched, 10 order to pro.
tect him from others II be were real.
" In danger, or against himself II he
were insale. After a few moments
the police official said: Well. Rob.
latd; I will lend you one OF my de.
tectivee, who shall DO your compau.
lon till you feel cafe. He 10 quite q
new man; nobody knows him, 90
you viii not BE- compromised It seen
10 bio society,"" up
Thank you. A. said Roblsrd,
With q Sigh. Fancy nv nee.ting the
protection OF tia police! However,
I will pay your man whatever; i
wanted; he must BE- absolutely 1t
my disposal like = servant -
? You have grown rich, then ? ,,sk,
ed Mohsieur a., With . emile.
a'No, bnta I mako some money BY
my books replied the communist,
colosinS.