Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-16

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fits; the workman then became the child
of the house.
Down with the traitorl" repeated a
hundred voices, while stones commenced
TO fly. q,
Then he grew pale, and despair filled
his eyes with tears. This was the end Of
all, twenty years of ambitious, comrade-
ship had given way under the ingratitude
of the mass. He stepped from the stump
with beating heart, unable to continue.
''That makes you laugh" he STAN.
mcrcd, addressing Anton who had
%triumphed. Very we'll, l hope this will
happen to you too"
And, as ii casting off all responsibility
in the unhappincss which he torsaw,
with II great gesture, he started off all
alone across the silent and white u
try.
AS they were h%ooting after him, they
were surprised to see Bonncmort stand
ing upon the stump, trying to speak in
the midst of the tumult. Up TO that time
he and Moque had been rejecting in that
spot which brought the past up so vivid
" be ore them. Then he was taken
with one of the sudden fits of lOquaCity
which at times stirred up the past so
violently as to cause him to talk for
hours.
A great silence fell, they listened to this
old man, pale rs a spectre, in the moon
light, and when he talked on of things
not pertaining 10 the discussion, a ramb.
bling talk which they did not under.
stand, the deep impression increased.
Next he spoke of his youth, the death of
two uncles crushed in the Vulture, then
of the consumption; which carried off
his wife. However. he did not abandon
his first idea; they had not made much
progress, nor never should. They had
all met in this forest before: when the
king did not wish to diminish the hours
of work. Then, though out of breath,
he commenced the recital of other
strikes, forhe had seen many such. They
had all met under these trees, either here
at the Plan-dcs-Dames there ut the
C]harbOnnicre, or still lower down mt the
Jaut-du- Loup. Sometimes they frOze,
VIII L. at other times it was warm, and
once it had rained so hard they returned
home without being able to say Il word,
while another night the kings soldiers
had arrived and driven them bach with
llGir guns.
we've raised our hand like this; we've
sworn not to go down again. Yes! /
SworG, l SwOrc.'
inc people were becoming weary,
when Anton, who had been watching
them, again le;tped upon the stump,
keeping the old man mt his side. He had
just recognized Chaval among TIL first
row. The thought that Catherine might
be there illled nm with new ardor and Il
WISH To speak before hcr.,
Comrades. you have heard; here is
one OF our old men telling us what he has
suffered, and what our children will also
suffer, ii we do not end these thcftS and
torturcS."
He was terrible: never had he spoken
so violently. with one arm he supported
old Bonnemort. showing him as i'm OK
ample OF misery and grief, crying zen
gencc.. In rapid sentences he went back
to the first Mahons, pointing out that IN
tire family, dcvoured by the company, in
worse circumstances after having
worked 4 hundrGd years. Then with
them he compared the owners, who for II
century had been nurScd in luxury. Was
it not trightful for men to starve at the
bottom, from father to son to pay for the
minister's wine and the tetcs of the rich
ladies II gentlemen?
He had been studying the diseases of
miners; they all died from some terrible
disease, the ,scrotula,. the black bronchl-
It's, the asthma. which sutloatcd them,
and the rheumatiSm; from which in the
END they were paralyHed. These miser-
able people were worked IKE machines,
lodged IKE beasts, the great companies
had subdued them little by little, threat
ening to form them al into regiments,
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lie became silent, but his arms were
still extended, designating the home OF
Their enemy somewhere IN the distance.
This time the noise OF the crowd was so
great mat the wealthy people OF Mont
son heard OF 1t, II went to listen ut
their windows, uneasy, filled with fear of
some terrible accident. Night birds