New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-24

Ire the stars bad faded IRON the sky, and long.
long re- tuc ia.ute5t streak IL the cast htd hei
aided Old. coming daNlL men, women aud even
cIl.agel IuI-ui nave been seen Al-l}-us aIDAs We
v.l.u- rota- and WAYS leading 20 tnc ear ltdl. an
execution, and The cul, rlt woman Iat racy
.yc-.iu-,,t to break the nonOtoul Of peasant lie
n is uue SHE was only To- bee bcnralri- bat ,ll.4.
And on they uulgrd. ,Il-ly and I'D groul - their
tongues aid wl-glug with jhe same Theme thrII
stem, All tending toward the one centre HuuaIeo9
reached tuc town ere sunrise, though an wei knew
that the tragedy was not &c be played Out until .
E'J although early. the tovnsluen. and towns
,r,,ne, too indeed. bad ueeu get GARNER. and shown
themselves to bee quite a. match Tor theu III nc
49, ~.,tly r,lul a be-. &c %. spectators lined
tnr v,av from the UII-uu gate tO the palace square
n they roIid lOt hes lr, they could, al lcd'i'
zee Ter On nrr way 90 deIJD. Ana that a4tei all was
something 10 talk about at thrf I"lu.o evening
.,I n-rn-, auQ rustic merry ulahln--.
rIe ,rafoId covered FIth b.a, Is stun, had been
erected 40 d short distance from tue palace poitAI
and rose t. almost a .cvel with the balcony from
which tue ourt was % So Ituess tn execution.
Ar ua.4-pa-t - the eNecutlouer ana ms assistants
we're at tleli post and the nov a"r-stilchrh Wult-
tuoc stood -azus upon them ana their sIuIsteI pre-
umnarIes with greedy interest ana I'D unoiGAcn
ii rucr At quarter lO " the PRISON Gilc " ~ huh-
omen. and there issued ioltu q 5auct lcdLInE ~ "
straw rope d wretchcd-loOhin9 boIse uaIhea'ou 10
b.,r,Ite covered with q raw hide, upon "a men tDe
pri,ouer was seated. Her hands were loosely tIeu
tor,tner VITA nempen ropr, ana me 'otI1 e4up"so
was surrounded uy au escort oi -Olalerl..
l,ri1tfe falk was dressed ia hldl Ia. ms was the
only favor that the AlarGravluc had been doie 10
Obtain her unhappy lTlcuN ! OF ID" terms va
tur sentence Lad Dreu dragged ~ eAoc"''oH ~
her SHIFT. O., - ,. .i-.. al
hone an uis pace SLOW in the extreme. MS gave
the tnulfifu.e ample time To- gaze their MI. To hote
every trivial circumstance. mars eacu lhNoI"h'diS
motion, treasure up every particular Oh 1i1' MoI''I
dress ana bearing. IL Was some conn eh'tt'"u lo'
the urfvaton OF seeing nrr stripped % her shlit py
t!r hand, of the Iauer in the broad uI1' obi Gay
YEARLY the sorry sliced logged ola MS way across
the bridge through the teeu'ug MaiAel -plAco, anu
mo the slight ascent reading % the palace square
Tine pio-rr-s appeared SOW, even 10 Tue -IeeU5
,,a,.r. Nlat must II have ten to tile prisoner
Iuar was known Only 20 ner,e-- f"t' WIN DeI
lands living loose iu ner lap. her mead sunk upon her
breast sae seemed - take no he'd Oh "Hdt WIS
pa.,lug and never once raised hex eyes 90 meet 'n'
gaze of the thousand 80 sieeli5 ll'tlo .'Du H.
How guilty she looks. was tns general Whisper
For tuc uutuuklu- ever a''o''"tS .'I"Oo".Il W."
et-p0ssc.s on, and CONSCIOUSNESS oi -''l' N0N
| tn-lou And hoN often u Is usJ the reverse.
slowly. ever more slowly, I"uhd lho P"ldcc
/ s..,,,r. i,ei ,yreu the human hedges, Whch tlc
soI.rv had hard work 90 keep from closing ia anu
| ,nfrIuu OIL all further progress. travelled tle
hurdle: the raw hide now ,neaftd Nun ulu'l' Iuo
garments OF the prisoner ulsoII'lcu .il'- ~ Il
Ouvoncc during All that long ana Ie'lil IA le' i''.
sh. 0iv.n outward token OF inward CONSCIOUSNESS
ana that was whcn more tlan ueuhy EI'ieHl Iole
had caused her SKIRT TO SIP mp auu "l7S.o.o .'o.
/ dress, and al that moment woman ~ ,Ho - w.
! stonned 10 aid her. Their hdhu7 ulou p'uV"'L VIC
fold. of serge and Brloltte falN ielt heIs warm!
| ,.r.sscd she looked up into the woman race loI
! one instant and glance o. AearlIelI tH"uA' allo'
forth from those deep ana eleI-oe"n.l4u o5 ;, =
| Then once more. ter head sank, au 'ic lal'e. ~
No more until the hurdle halted at the loot Of the
| scailOd. -, ,,.,.o ottsrdet Ly the
a. t i, ,r,.s of the Court entered the balcony.
MI M ScutIoner aided Brgtte TO rise, aud. stll
supportng ner made her mount TIE roasn sc P o.
the scaiiod she shrank DacA a. Iuo aAo 49,
| met her gaze. She was but poor Pvassnu "0''''D
aStsr ali aud neither a fanatic nor heroine
The eIecutoner, assistant pushed rude rs stoo
! h.tIra Ler She sat down mechanically. l1leh
| uoio.U - 80 IA, chance she had turned her back 10
Sro ord fbe palace The executoner seized her
romsblv by the two shoulders, and by man lotIe
tr5.d her rOlnd stool aud al, so as 10 race tue
! 49,. % and hl. Court she neither assisted hVi
ioatsd mn. Not murmur fell from her hps.
robed Official ADVANCED to tDe front Oh tao b rU
M - ,ron trucery of the balustrade, ana, IL
iond voice cried: Prisoner If you have augns o :,
$40 sav H. oar royal master and mine A0co'uS b''
hI. most gracious permlssiOn H., ITO,
he moi held their breath in excited eSpeclailon
For moment It seemed u Il BrlgiLte ak hau ~