The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-29
OF TALLIEN


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hrew Robespierre.
N FRENCH HISTORY.
- Evssss q . Century Age
- - ne sapprsssiea
= Darasa's Piay.
- l6-fSpecial Correspond
Is reaching the weIl-known
- u Pere La Chaise. % pref
81 Longfeilow. Mark Twain
American writers. the visitor
sefty Of the dead" By the
Svcuae. he viii descry. . little
n Casimir Perier's monument.
- and briars. . moss-erowu
ound. With no other record to
- than . wooden stake num-
ard even this scaut memorial
I hare reason TO apprehend.
= the mound, and the soil Be
= new occupants. Doubtless
SSUn wretch, twice dead to the
g man may be accounted
no has been forgotten By Ill
a that lone retreat
-, however, would BE IN er-
- viii presently appear Cp-
Years ago addressed letter
cf 81 the Seine. or governor Of
- forth the nature OF the dis
~ made in this portion Of the
- inquiry was ordered At head
~ The cemetery authorities set
a Eating the matter. TO ascertain
= stoFy had to relate Vas cor.
n net. rumn,aged through their
Nchsses. turned over their
registers. exhumed from
~ corners all their maps and
- yellow with age. and to their
Daishment found documentary
t1blishing beyond controversy
~ my statement. to-yit. that
- frowsy weeds and In that
1oKueT were buried the remains
personaee than Jean Lambert
h: be chief of the Thermidorians.
perished the first French revoiu-
S. Prove interesting to give your
II the first instance. a rapid
this remarkable man. especially
noise raised in Paris by victorien
III piay. "Thermidor." which vas
- shortly after its production on
= Of the Coincide Franchise. but
,1nn0x says, will soon be restored
5nne stage.
6soofy Of Tallien's life reads like ro-
oGfadyenture, and the hand Of woman
osprable At every page. What .
~ hte, too. Was his, His birth to
k11y remains as deeply shrouded in OBJ
8 - the circumstances which attend
III death. Yet .Tallicn played con-
eus part in history. He enacted one
noe leading roles which usually result
1oSmitting the name of the actor down
teFity. Still. few will be found to-
pho are able to say whence he came
= whittier he went Perhaps the deep
- which has settled over his name
I'D Be regarded in the light of just
ibution: at any rate, seventy-one long
- have elapsed since the day w!sereon
6ffeat Thermidorian who, at the word
! lcr the smile of woman. sent Robes
me TO the scaffold-himsclf in turn for
~ by all. prey to poverty. old age
\ general misery. died like . dog in q
ut and found his last resting place in
solitude CT forgotten grave.
Whence he Gamer From the Marquis
Bercy's pantry. where his father was
Der in that nohleman's family. Some,
the sight of his refined manners and
Utility, his rare gifts and qualities. went
length 10 assert that the noble marquis
) hissrcal proSenifor. Had no, that
md seigncur held him as q child over
!. baptismai foniss Had ne not literally
rsyed the expenses Of the boys college
zrse and watched with fathers eye
x his educationr And, at later day,
. il not he who placed the youth in a
Eyer's Office. whence, however. the
ing scamp ran away 10 enter Pane
ueke's establishment, then the most
lssicsl of printers, where he was en-
bed in the humble position of q type
|sere
As fate would hare il. Tallien entered
printing house Just as Riva-
| the noted writer, sent in the circular
: new journal. which was to work mir
rs and scatter. in the words OF the
thor, '.all the marpiots that infested
ance ike swarm of locuSts." As. how
4. the corrector could make nothing
i Of the circular, Taliien was sent round
R;yaroi- He found him at Nine. lie
ms saloon. where the lady artist both
ceved her friends and piled her brush to
/ IN oil colors the beauties of her time.
lllien knocked. bur no answer came. He
ezeppcn opened the door and boldly
liking up 20 NJ. de Rivarol. said TO that
!ntlesnan:
N de Rivarol. We are at a. loss TO make
4 several OF you political views, and
80
That" interrupted the marquis.
rcaes Of your not knowing how TO read. -
N. dc Rivarol's handwriting" quickly
'iorsed Tallien.
The reioinder astonished the guests.
10 stared in amaxement at the new
0ner. There was moment OF frigii
ience- Nine. lie Brun, who was engaged
lady's portrait, left her easel and
alked up TO Tallien
sir" said she, II have been gratified
ash any number of silly remarks about
~ picture One SAYS white where an
Der says black. Indeed. have heard 30
lsny different opinions that know not
'aesher | have done the work Of an artist
q rere daah. Pray. let me have your
4Iaicn concerning IT,"
4 viii. madam" replied Tallien. with
g TIE slightest misgivirg.
Ans lesrnesiiy. with 3 rare sense of the
esanful, the future member of the con-
ezfcn criticised Nine. lie Bruins proiue-
-. pointing on. where a shade should he
Ernasixed. corner Of the mouth raised.
N eyelid lowered, to the unbounded