Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-03-26

while she knew In her heart well
, enoIgh that the sacriligious crew trou-
bleo themselves very little about the
blood, so long as there was plenty OF it,
and SO long as it was that which they
so heartily hated. Indeed, there seemed
considerable reason for suppOsing that
Just such blood as that OF the countess
| would soon be at quite premium.
Aunt exclaimed her handsome
nephew, one day. rush. 'ng in with
good deal of perturbation, his clothes
spattered with mud. the last vestige OF
arIstocratic distinction in dress re-
moved, and his hali-grOwn beard giving
Wild, rough look TO the young noble
man, ,aunt, you must hyp
'NeverI' said the old lady, as though
she did not mean to move an inch for
the rest of her life.
! But Paris is no longer safe!' lie
| urged. The nobility are now, nearly
all. either dead oil out of Paris. and you
must go, like the rest, TO the scaffold
or out of the country
/ The countess WINGED
Leave ones home and city, in dread
of that wretched mobl Be driven out
by fear of that miserable gang. whose
heads are only fit for footballs! Neyer!'
and she strightened herself up, with Il
dangerous CLEAN in her eyes.
Our choice IS now our own, aunt
] persisted the nephew. In very few
lays, no one knows how soon, there
will be no choice in the matuer-but
we will be dragged forth, and insulted
beheaded without mercy. The mob Is
| now in power. There is no use denying
il. We must save ourselves while II Is
| timel'
.HowP' asked the countess, with
clenched teeth. Am 10 ask tie vii
lains for a passport? Surely, even you
/ would not have me do thatp
Indeed, there would be very little
| probability of your getting 1t, if you
| should ask Mol L can get one, through
the influence of friend, and you will
| lass under an assumed name
To the sat sfaction of the household,
the matter was at last settled. The
| countess consented TO accept, from the
mob, passport. II was only after
much persuasion that she was prevailed
upon, and then with great protest and
expostulation.
| The loneliness, and the horrors en-
acted almost every hour, wrought the
counte to such "A state That she was
prepared for anything.
AL the arrangements had been com
| pleted by her nephew. She was to take
! her maid, Elise, and The coachman.
! Her jewels and silver, as much as she
could carry, were to be concealed III
| the carriage. The rest she had buried
carefully In the garden beneath a par
| ticular tree. Her nephew was i'll the
/ sole possession of the secret of the exact
spot.
Everything was done under protest
! The countess seemed to have a vague
/ idea that II WAS clearly and definitely
understood that she diSapproved OF the
/ whole matter, but the daily accounts OF
the escape of LEI friends, or
the outrag-s offered to such as re-
mained, wonderfully weakened her re-
/ luctance to go. a. stimulated her
preparations for flight
The arrangements had all been per-
fected. The passport had been made
out for the mother OF one of the mem
bers Of the Assemblies. As many
valuable5 as couli be $ lowed away IN
the carriage had been d! oSed of. The
vehicles and the coacnuIau's a: tire had
been both diVested of any of the REM
nants of aristocracy. Her nepEe -
would lie unable to accompany the
countess, as he WAS obliged 10 meet his
/
they had prudently migrated in the
earlier days of the revolution
The countess could not be tempted on
any consideration TO cross the Channel,
and she held the English as only sec
ond TO the republicans i'll their desire to
| level class distinctions, and liberation
of outrages. She would go TO SUras-
burg; OF that she had friends or rela-
| tIyeS L er =, for outside of Paris she did
not know a soul excepting her iInmedi-
ale family, but she had An idea that
StrasbuTg was far enough away 10 be
safe from the scenes of horror in the
| capital, AMI Near enough 10 elIab.e LGT
10 IeIurn at the restoration OF order.
he night arrived at last which Ia I
been fixed upon for her departure, the
date having been somewhat hurried by
the Tumor OF the issue Of a new list of
arlstOcrats 10 he arrested aud tried for
a variety of oilenses, among Whose
Lanes MAS that of HE countess.
Il s,Iall never escape she protested
on that eyent.ul night. Il am liable To
be int rcepted dozen times between
ILLS AID Meaux. B.t l shall certainty
give the wretches Il good piece OF La
mind if they interfere with me-
Then you may count pretty sure on
| a nlttus INAuA II ~ L "a WIN a
| goodly company of your friends.
1t is a huEIil lia;ion 10 be forced TO
leave P.ITisl'
Bet er that than pay with your head
] for your ideas!'
IL WAS with much difficulty that the
countess could be persuaded 30 assume
| her disguiSe-tlIat OF trsldeswom an
and leave aside her finer es and jewels
4 shall lie mistaken for one of the
Iabble,' protested The old lady, looking
with horror on her dark stuff dress ami
coarse linen kerchief, which We're nee
essary 10 insure her passing through tile
streets unmolested.
If you were not, your life wluld
scarcely be worth the purchase
| To what IA state then are We comm :
when safety alone lies in being -
| born and lowl' exclaimed the couule ess.
| Indignantly.
Not a tear mOistened her glitteTmg
eyes ss she left forever her old honIr,
where she and her family had lived for
years. She looked around more in wrath
than in sorrow. Her proud spirit was
not subdu.d. The whole power of lie,
| icing seemed concentrated III her iul Z
nant hatred for everything cornscted
W til the revolution.
Size took her nephew's arm. Elise
ami the coachman followed separately
aud on different sides CT the street, so
as 10 avoid suspicion.
The night was perfectly dark. On'y
here and there the lamps cleaned rei
In the misty atmosphere. Occasional,
the tramp of a patrol or the deep, low
sound of bell broke the silence
Now and then the hand of the coun'-
sss tremb ell on her nephew's arm as
size heard some half-drunken wretch,
with husky voice shout forth the ter