Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-22
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There arc few who have not heard or
read Of the great French revolution II
lhe last century, when cruel men seized
N the government o; France, when
luman life was Of no account. and when.
- II welried with rs wickciuess, God
.eemed to have hid his face from tho sim
ful land.
No one may count mp the tcars that
werc shed, the moans that wore made,
tho hearts that We're broken IN those
dreadful times, but hero and there out
VI tine great ma. Of human misery his.
tory has preserved u record Of tho trials
and sufTcrings Of some haplcss ones, read.
ing which we shuddcr and thank God
that we live In happier days.
Some few years after the Reign OF
Terror-as this outbunt Of sin and mad
ness was well namcd-a man Of middle
age entered small inn IN Germany and
called for refreshments. His manners
were timid and shrinking, and he looked
a. II he might just have recovered from
iome terrible illness-he was 80 atran 60
ly, CHASTITY pale.
The landlord supplied his wants, and,
half curious, half in kindness, he made
somo remark ~ TO the strangers appear.
Ance, coupling II with the question,
"Did he want aught else for his com.
tortr
NAY, nothing said the pale man
hastily; II havo food aud light and mir.
.ssl 4 q
deeply.
my friend" said the landlord. scat.
Ing himself, "you speak as IL you had
known the want OF these things. Have
guessed arightf
His gueat looked up.
"Would you hear my taller he asked.
"For years ! have kept silence, but to-
day II seems rs II II would tighten my
heart To speak. Listen aud believe Il II
you can. Less than seven years ago
was n gay, light hearted youth In this
Dur quiet iatherland. Having no near
relations. was led 10 visit some distant
ones who had lived for many years In o
small town In France.
my uncle, as | called him out Of
tricndlincss, was kind, good fellow,
well known and respected In the place,
where he carried ON the craft Of watch.
maker, and he proposed that | should
become his apprentice and partner. l
.iked the little town, liked my uncle,
| liked my aunt, and | soon gave my
consent. They had no clldrcn-I thank
God for that now-but my aunt's kindly
soul could not be content without young
people around her. 80 she kept and
clothed two house mnidens, children of
some poor neighbors. Trim and neat
they looked, too, wearing tho costume Of
that part Of Germany from whence my
aunt came, y pretty fancy OF hor own;
u seemed quaint enough In strange
land.
ut was a happy household. No won.
der WINS glad to belong to IL, but, alasi
1t was soon to be swept away by terrible
affection. For some time we had heard
Of strange troubles going ON In Paris and
the large towns, but our little place was
ptlll quiet. One morning, however, wo
woke TO find everything In confusion.
Our mayor had been ordered to resign,
and his place was 10 be filed by some
one sent from Paris
"St,ll, we never dreamed OF what fear
ful misery this was the forcruuner. We
had no time 10 dream, either, tho blow
Tell 30 suddenly. There had been stir
going on In the market place for the two
days following the arrival Of the new
oflclali but my uncle and were busy
over discovery which he had made in
our trade, and We were less than usual
In the streets.
"At noon, on the third day, however,
he west out for stroll TO rest his eyes
and look about him for few moments.
MY aunt and her maidens arranged az
usual the midday meal, and we were all
ready TO sit down, only my uncle was
missing, lie was usually no punctual
that we wondered aud waited, and al
last We dined without him. At the
close of the meal l stepped out to looL
for him.
II had not got a dozen yards from ouI
house when | met our bakers wife, hen
eyes staring out Of her head,
eco back she said, go bacl;l II &
too late. The monstor-the wretchl n,
has executed the honest man, without
even the farce of trial, on tho ACQUIRED
guillotlre yonderv
81 was petrfed with horror. Coul,
che be speaking f my uncle, sorcspected
10 quieta he w,sl It was too true. tn,
wretch in office had lost no time, but hat
begun his work Of bloodshed at once, an,
my uncle was his first victim, his onl
crime being that he Wa Of foreign birth
and had sheltered under his roof, som
months since, n poor Swiss. retracc
my steps to the house. My aunts anxou
face met my troubled gn2e. She ha
oesuu to suspect evil. The two CIR
waited isaFiully in the background.