The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-01-06

tain dead at his feet. In another
moment he bad dispatched two Of
the soldiers, while.the G chamberlain,
with his own. dagger, finished The
third. Their work was the easier to
do as the drink and the fire together
had almost stupefed the poo,
wretches before blow was struck
They threw the bodies on the FIRE,
and, making their way to an out.of-
the-way corner OF the walls, began
their parilous descent,
The Chamberlain went down first
to.try tho cord, but it..was too short
and bo fell aud broke his leg. lie
uttered no cry Of pain, bpt Isinply
told his smaster tho cause sfshs dis
aster, The Duke went back TO fetch
his bedclothes, and finally made the
descent in safety,
His iirst thought was 10 provide
for the injured man, and hedid not
bestow thought on himself till he
had carried his faithful dependent
to hut where he might remain in
perfect securitysuntil his recovery
This done he flow to the, seashore,
aud, a boat answering to tho signal
agreed on, he boarded tho sloop,
which instantly set sail for France.
In the morning tho grand round
found nothing Of their prisoner but
room fell Of suffocating smoke and
four bodies roasted to Goals In the
ashes OF the fire.
Tom Paine tells his escape from
the guillotine, during his confne-
ment in tho Luxembourg, in this
way
The room in which Twas lodged was
on the ground floor, with the door
op ouing outward fiat against the
wall, 30 that when it was open the
inside OF tho door appeared outward
and the contrary when it was shut.
When persons were to DO taken out
Of tho prison for tho guillotiue i,
was always done 10 tho night, and
those who performed that Office had
n private mark by whish they know
what rooms TO visit. Tho door Of
my room was marked one moruiog,
when il was open, and at against
the wall being closed in the evon-
ing, tie fatal line Of chalk came in.
side, aud thus tho destroying angel
passed by. A few days after this
Uobespierre fell, and Mr.. Monroe
arrived TO reclaim me-"
Stranger, still, however, is the
story Vaubanc tells of NJ. do Cha-
teanbrun, who was not only con-
demned to death, but autuelly taken
to the scaiTord. lie was the last Of
twenty victims. After twelve or fif-
teen executions, one part Of tho hor-
rible instrument broke, and a work
man was sent for to mend il. NJ
de Chateanbrun was. with tho other
victims, near tho scaifold, with biz
hando Tied behind bis back. The
repairing took q long time. The
day began to darken the grea,
crowd Of spectators were far more
intent on watching the repairing ol
the guillotine than on looking at the
victims who were to die, and all, ev
en- the gendarmes themselves, had
their eyes fixed on the scaffold
Resigned, hut very weak, the con-
demned man leaned, without mean
ing il, on those behind him, and
they, pressed by the weight Of the
body, mechanically made way for
him, till gradually, aud by no effort
Of his own, he came TO the last ranks
Of the crowd. The instrument once
repaired, the executions began, and
they hurried to the end.
A dark night concealed, both exc.
cutioners aud spectators. 1
Led on by the crowd, De Chateau
brun was at frstamazed at his situa.
ton. but soon conceived the hope
of escaping.-He went to the
Champs Elysees, and there, address
ing a man who looked like a work.
man, be told him, laughingly, that
some comrades with whom he had
been joking. had tied his bis hands
behind his back and taking his hat,
telling him to go and look for it
He begged the man to cut the cords
and the workman pulling out a
kuiie aud did so, laughiog all the
while at the joke. NJ. de Chateau-
brun then proposed going into any
of tho small wins-sbops in the
Champs Elysees. During 9 slight