Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-01-24

stance, during the wrangle abont him
self, he would steal sorrowiully away
under the bed or under the table, and
there, with his large, bright, noble look
ing brown eyes fixed earnestly M on the
contending parties, would seem to Lis.
ten anxiously for the conclusion and
then, If favorable to himself, AZ il gen.
orally was, he would come forth wagging
his tail, and look up oheeriully, almost
humanly, into the faces of both.
Time rolled on. France became ss a
troubled ocean, and = perfect tornado OF
human passion swept madly over the
ship OF state. The good but vacillsting 4
king master was put under matches, an d
8 monstrous and bloody insanity took
the helm, and ran the old. leaky and
crime.laden vessel upon the breakers Of
faction. where she speedily became a
wreck. and engulfed hundreds Of thous.
ands Of human beings who had embark
ed in her for the voyage Of life.
Speaking without figure, the bloody
epoch known a. the reign OF terror had
brgun in France, and thousands Of all
cl sses and ages were being daily drag
ged to prison and dungeons, TO be thence
conveyed 10 reeking guillotine and
sinking hulks, or to some open or feud
ish massacre.
But so far, Jacques and jeanette.
though often horrihed at what they saw
aud heard, remained unmolcstcd aud
Bobson still Kept them company aud
at last. even jeanette went 20 Tar a. to
say she was glad the noble brute was
with them, aud tha. shc would not part
With him for any money.
Ja4ues pieTrot sai q smi.h by trade
which was good business ia those
days when fetters, chains, bolts, swords,
axes, knives and firearms were in con.
stsui rcqui.iliou and believing him
self a. ta'e At the forge ns elsewhere, he
kept steadily at work from day TO day,
mIndlue his own business, giving every
body civil word, and yenturing no
opinion on any subject B1Lon regular
/ ~ accompanied him too aud fro from
7 hIs work and As Jacques WAS rather
systematic and precise on certain
points, jeanette ght look 1T acertar u
minute Tor them coming uP The stree,
TO 'n''F meals
'o' day ~ thesurPer hour drew near,
''ahe"' glanced at The clock end then
i'''''n ,', ~ hof motions, Tor she "a'
'.''' "'''' '''''' " ''' 'h' meal anu
''f' "as away - lD"e'uA'' soc
'''' ''''. .''' =" away '''oE f'""y
49, "''' = ''' '''"'''.
''pe'h "a" ''Nhns STOOD smoking
@" Zoe '"'''i anu looking Or ng'iu AZ
''' 'i'eA, jeanette "'s'prrr's'd 20 per.
''''' Tue m'"H''."'uh had paced the
"""5 "''h"'' Jacques being l'rrs'nL
''' can '''a'o "'" -H" mn'm1r
''' '.''" " strange h''hH 'i evil creep
''s over ''T' '' '"' hnII'' 90 TO" door
'.' '''N 90 '''N'''. ..' "''" zoe street
-''' 80 '' s'''' '''''' s'' continued
"''" nervous anxiety '"iHl can %
"''" ".1 ''|'' % 'H'y should have
taken h'm assay 10 I'i.ou and Jean
cite eiasped her hand upon her hoar'
aud staggered back into the house.
rf'"'tfn, fifteen minnies rassrd away
"nd yet no 'aeqnc'. This 'usrcnso was
not to be borne better tho reality,
however fearful something terrible
must have happened. and ,hroNing a
light shawl over her head. jeanette
ilrw to the snithery. The doors were
open-the fires we're burning but no
Jacques was there. She made hurried
aud anxious inquiries Of the pa,sers by
but they scarcely Needed her, for that