The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-09-19
CHARLOTTE CORDAY.
H>pIRL WHO FELT iMPfELEE
4 TO KILL MARAT.
he Cape to Paris Armed with ths'Fat
Dbtgsr-she Found Occasion to
Use IL EnectuaIly-A Fa-
nous Character.

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lxbYn Fne olpsI were warping> tnqr
Tgiaddest Carols ana tho fechnd earth
pregnant WITH olden- grairs, a tragic
icrimg,was COM mitfed, in.tbe supnv,land
lSf France bv,a mad enthusiast who An
,kmistaken zeal conceived that this was
the ohly method on restoring peace To
her Distracted rconi1trv says n writer
In the Kansas CITY star : 2. Z is.,4
The crime referred n was thu mur.
der. of the loathsome fanatic Marat, Inv
the most beautiful and accomnlished
woman In ali France-Cbarlotte Cor
day. ~ : EaT 'H'.'if '''fi '3'r'A IS 3
Maria.Anbe .Cbarrotte. Cordav wns
born nj ST. Saturpin ,les n .;gnerets IN
the wear 1863. and was one, OF the de-
scendants OF a noble Norman family.
| She numbered amono her ancestors IA
great; traoedfnn C,orneille and Fonie.
nellie was n near relation. The great
err portion, Of her voi,tb was spent AZ
the, solitude of a convent and. e.. Il
said. like Madame Roland she con-
templated secluding herself forever
N her monastic retreat buf ,mnreg.
mated with the s,xepticism Of the noe
she abandoned the project. After the
closing of. the conyent In consequences
OF the revolution Charlotte Cordav re-
sided With her amt Madame IA
Bretteyills An old rovalist LADY WIN
/ inhabited an ancient looking ho,,se nj
one OF the, princii,al stre,,ts ~ Caen.
The fall of tho .Cirendists her in
terest In their cause and the 'nresenca
of their fugitive leader, in Normandv
who proposed TO make Caen the head.
quarters of an army Of volunteers f,rst
suggested IN ,Cbariotte Cordnv the nos
sibilitv NJ accomnI;sb;ng n nnrnosa
the hare tbonobt ~ w6;ch had IA
prived her 81 many q NIGHTS sleen
CbarIotta Cord.v Has wnnan 90
dazzling lloyeliness Sbs ia descrjhed
as heine rather tai, hut admiral ,u.
| pronortioped with a fiorra full ~ No
tive Grace and dignitv Her hands
| arms md shoulders were modeis ~
pure scIlpturaT beoutv - Uer onen
5orebea5 da,k and we'll ,accbed nyo-.
brows and eyes, ~ ar,r.,so, doa,,
tbat II was often mis,alen fon hIna
added IN be,. nat,;rallv rouo ana n,aa
itatioe or,nearanco Hor nosa was
STRAIGHT and we'll. formed ber mouth
serions !. bur ,.exonisithlv hean,ifn,,n
Her disposition was cbar,cterized hv q.
dipnifad reserva and ba, boor, w.s
never allowed IN bo sw.vod nv nar
sonai feelingsber fr;ondshin and a.
fectionate svr,natbv sha 1ava 90 ~,
hut to Iove;s sol;,itation sba. trrned.a
deaf ear .for,tb;e .loftv minded ynrnon
early resolved that che would devn,o
her i;fe ~ the ronuh,ic ~ o'o
Devoted n he camse 30 tha c;ror
dists and brooding over the;r oyar
throw Charlotte sbel;ewed thaf tho
death Of Marat. alone con,d br;ng neaoe
IN Distracted France q :
Animated With th;s ;dao ond ,,ossoss
no ali Tho Ren,hl;oan ~ ,h,,si,a,,, -
/, her !;J,ustrions Iancast,o, p,aY,a 49,.
"peillaps rbarlot,a f,ordnv uv;tl, Nv,
mind nil NJ No ,soor;f; Cos =, o.h.1 uaod
in the eloousnt nagea ~ ,pl,,taroh A.
term;nad tn hocorna tha ossass;,, - a.
man 70 whom She ascr;had tha ~
.,crint;0n of-t6a cirond;sts "a .haa
mi sfortunes ~ fha rannb,ic, -
Tn tbe month 4 ~ I,,lH ROO A.
heroic civ, startad for p.r;s ;vi,ho,,t
having The copraga 10 SOW faran.au 80
her father and .unt Hs, in,rnaH
was uneventfnl with the excent;or ~
the nersecnt;ng attentions on Itha -, ~
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