New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-11
THE RED SPECTRE or THE TUYLERfEs
From The 81 James's Gazets.

From The 81 Jdnes's Gaze0s
Are tho contractors engaged In pulling down thu
burnt Palace of the TuiIeries aware that they are
also laying q ghost 7 1t is doubtful for the
legend of the Red Spectre who haunted. and may
still haunt. the building is now almost forgotten.
Yet ii Is not so long ago that the goblin, who
showed himself on the eve of great disasters. was
mentioned with bated breath, not only in the palace
put Cy many OF the inhabitants OF the Louvre QUAR-
ter There Is no recUId ~ show when he hrs. took
up his lodging at the Tuileries, but il is affirmed
THAT he disclosed his existence there post unmt,-
taka6ly dnIing the great revolutionary period. A
lew days before the terrible 10th Of August, 1893
so the story gUes-Marie AntOir cites women
were sitting III tho Sale des Gardes when they be-
came suddenly aware of the presence of small
man clothed from crown to heel in scarlet. who
looked nc them with such ,unearthy eyes that they
were frozen with terror. They rushed to tho
apartment of Madame la Dauphine and related
their adventure.
The next appariton of the Red Man was in 1914,
III the presence of the little King of Rome and his
attendants; and the red figure was again SEEN ao-
cordiDg to report, little before the death OF Louis
ANlll.-this time In the Galerie du Louvre. la
1919, however much dlscredlt was thrown upon the
ghosts existence by tie practical joking Of art
students attached to Gross studio at the Louvre.
Some of the Louvre apartments had been placed at
the disposal OF ruined emigrants who had returned
to France and found protectress in the Duchesse
dAngoulemc. Among these were two Old maiden
ladies and knight Of st. Louis. who were dining
together one evening Wien to their supreme aston
ishment grand diable rouge" came down tho
chimney and snatching II leg of mutton from tho
table disappeared with it by the way lie came.
sought the presence of the King and with tears pour
ing down her face declared her conviction that
some great misfortune was impending. The King
laughed at his Dieces fears and sent Tor
chinney-sweeper. A boy who went up the chin
uey to look for the diable rouge" did not return.
A man was then sent mp, but nothing more was seen
heard of him. The greatest excitement reigned
in the palace and at length fireman undertook
to explore the haunted chimney. He returned and
explained the mystery 1t appeared that the Chin
ney passed by Gross studio. ana that his pupils. by
making n hOe Ia the wall. were enabled 10 play
these pranks upon iliustrious pers0nages. They
had made the two sweeps their cOniedeIates. but
the fireman was not to be brlbed. writer IN one
the Paris papers no recalls this dnecdote relates
in all seriousness the circumstances under which
the genuine goblin of the Tuller.es made his final
appearance. 1t WAS in 1871, during the last days
OF the Commune The journalist had tie story. he
saws from the lips OF the witness, VINO tremOled
while he told it, He was c0nci,Tge at the Louvre,
and while making his accustomed round one night.
lantern in hand through the silent galleries, he OBJ
served in the Galerie d'ApOlion human form
standing AGAINST n window with crossed arms anu
drOOpng bead in attitude OF profound atlIctlon.
Believing he had surprised robber. the concierge
made toward the intruder. who therenp0n dlsap-
reared in most mysterious fashion. lie tried 10
persuade himself that his senses had deceived bim.
when on reaching the Grande Gaere ne saw tho
same figure again. ~ the same melancholy posture
ON being cha legged the form vanished. The OH
cial then remembered the legend Of the hOame
ROH1e, and lOst no regalnlng the street.
Presently he returned with some or his comrades 70
whom he had related whs he had seen but TINS
time the search for he goblin was 1rultess anu
was cut short by another kind OF aDparltIon-3
luTid glare in the sky. The Communists had begun
their incendiary work. and the next DAY the flames
shot ont Of every window of the Iuler cs. IL VIII
DO seen that the Red Man not only haunts the
palace with which his name ~ associated. but also
the adjoining bindings OF the Louvre. 20 ~ IS
donbtful IL he will quit the precincts TO when he Is
linked by so MANY associations, even when there IS
not a stone left to tell where the Tuiiefies once
stood.