The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-06-27
THE RED FLAG.
NJ. E.
Author OF "Lady Aud,ey'c Secret"
etc. etc, etc.

tho ltaa 0f ia * ivy 1h0ut aTrSStGy U0 DItS-
ons ~sre +eemin, With HOSTAGES. there was
nait,,ar snaca NV ,r,yision far The herd of
,nyortnnates. aid now The word had gone
fort,, ia shoot them down In the prison.
ynrds ar to roast them alive in their cells.
Ripa,lt and Ferre Seriyier Meay. these
were not men to surrender tanmcly. Ii these
fery STARS were IN h. nuenclled thew would
70 down in a sea of blood.
mAnythinp neww, rensatcd imam in a
proun that stood on The bridge watching the
burnipp Of the lyric Theatre. as If it had
been a free representation. waiting for the
Chatelet to take fire on the other side of the
wide lIris street. mementarily expecting
the dark towers of Notre Dame to vomit
lames-"anything new? Yes. we live in
stirring times, There is always something
new, The Versaillais have taken the Par
theo,. the stronghold of the Commune, Just
as the Federals were going to blow it up.
Miilieye has been shot. That is new. Have !
you heard of the massacre of the Domini-
cans? That is new. And Serizlcr has taken
To his heels-Serizisr, the colonel Of the
lO1st battalion; Serizier. the hero of Issy
battalion is scattered"
The Dnninicans! At that name Katll-
Ieen drew closer to the group, as near MS
she could to the speaker, gazing Mt him with
wild w,de-opsn eyes. The Dominicans!
Almost the last words she had heard from
her husbands lips were al, indignant pro.
test against the iil-treatment of these good
monla.
II would shed my last drop of blool ratl,-
er than that n hair of Father Captier's head
should be hurt by those dev;ls,' he had said
a few minutes before he left the house.
She went close Up to the man who had
spoken, and who was now staring, omen.
mouthed. Mt the burning theatre. Sic laid
her hand upon his arm,
rs that truao.n she asked. "Has there
been any harm done to The Dominican
Fathers of the school of Albert the Greatp
NV husband was Mt school there. and be
loves them as if tbey wor. his own fasb
and blood.n
. .tYour husbands sons will have to md
another school. citoyennc,n onswercd tI,e
man. with a cynical air. 1.-THE Dominican
school is sacked. and the shayen-ro,ls have
been pIyerr their nassnort fo, roradise." !,
"Mpyle,e1m /,
EVERY one of them. Shot dawn like
mica ants in n hottuc sis afternoon. Won.
der in tine Averun t,lien mounting far
aiyav to the south. uTbere is nothing left
of tSe nest or of thc magnies c.t,yenne.o
Shc cIas,cd hcr hands h.fors her face.
and reelsd AGAINST the na,,not of the bridge.
Nobodv noticed har or c,,ed ror lor The
roof Of the theatre was falling ina Shower
q burning was Down across 'ie
side Of tl,e rivor lie yla,c .he smoke tho
stencil, of h,,nino were jntensifyinr With
eJorv moment
.tyvilI there he anvtbino left Of Paris hut
5nst and ns,, ue1 u,i,,r t,a en-, ,is ~; askeI
one of the hvst,nders
. K,thleen icont ar,;nsttb "a bridrc. motion
less sn,echless. n,rofyst nv fear. She
tried "a think Rnt for some moments
thought was impos,jb,e: her brain was
clouded. banumbcd. frozen. T.rn c,me r.
Ncc,ion. Castor had said thnt he would die
10 save them fiuht for them to The death,
these good fathers. and t,ev had all been
murdered. ard CASTOR was missing. lie
who had given her such faithful love had
Abandoned her 10 desolation and desp,ir,
Was it likely that he would SO abandon
her. un,ss n higher duty claimed him.
Was it likely thai he you'd leave her for 8
space of four DAYS in ignorance of his fate
unless he were a pris0ner-or unless he
were dead? Paris reeked with blood, ever,
street was the scene of murder, and he wa.
gone from her-gonc with the r.st of tllos,
victims of whom the crowd spoke with silcl
seeming lightness, willie it looked Oh q
the burning of the city MS at the tirework.
which conclude some grand fc.e.
They were waiting for the conflagrat,ol
to burst from yonder mighty Pile, from
painted window, and tower and Lattlemcnt
from nave and transcpt, from e!crestor
md roof: Notre Dame WAS to be the bou
quot.
.sTelI me. sir. said kathleen. in a hoars
ha~lf-stranglcd voice, was there any on
else killed in the Avenue d'Itaiis-any Oh
besides the. Dominicans a II one who wa
i'll company with the good faith Tsp
eyes. there wcrs a few uDde;s,rappcrs
believe. servants Of Tic ,chool.,
nno o,.am,
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