The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-30
DRAMATIC FRENCHNuEM.

Evse In the Neat Of Battle They Ds
TAisgs With . s1s.xssh-
For another hour or more my neigh
bors, tho communists. who had been
reinforced. gave pause to tho ver.aii.
Asussman, and were holding their own
against the Versaillist fire from the
church Of the Trinity and the barricsde
on the rise of the Rue lafayette.
writes Archibald Forbes In tie Century.
The house st the right hand corner Of
the Rue de- In Chaussee dAukip and The
Rue Lafayette-the house whose pro-
jecting gable was my shelAss-hsd
caught Are, 70 my disquietnde and dis
comfort; bit before The Are skpuid sri-
ously trouble mo the impending crisis
would probably be over. Hurious and
moro furious waved thu firing ell
around. About the opera house IL va
especially fierce had glimpsea of
fighting ct Close quarters in the open
space before It's rear front, and could
discern men shufiinR along behind The
low parapct of It's roof They carried
packs. but could not See their.
brooches. and was not therefore wholly
certain that they wers yerkailhsts. A
woman had joined me In my position
behind the gable "A woman who
seemed 70 have . charmed hfe Over
and over again abe walked cut into the
FIRE, looked deliberately about her. and
came back TO recount TO me with rx-
cited volubility the particuAHrs Of what
she had seen She was eonsinced the
soldiers on the roof were Serszillists.
yet, - pointed ont TO hrr. thedrspesu
rouge still waved above the statue o,
the SUNNI. Of the lofty buitding. The
people Of the hote. in our rear ciesriy
shared her belief Gathered umkdiy In
the porte eoehere. they were crying
bravo and elapping their hands. b.
cause they hoped and believed the ves-
saillists were winning.
ThA woman yvss right; they were
versailliss linesDssu whom we saw on
the parape; Of the opera house Thers
was cheer. the people Of the hot<i ran
on. iaso the fire. waving handkerchief.
and elapping their handa Tho tn
color was waving above the bither
portico Tho red Gag waved SIN On
the farther elevation. "A ladder.
latide. 10 reach it, ~sz the excited cry
from TIE group behind me: DO, for tho
rnoD,en, 10 ladder was lroeurabls- A.
we waited, there dsxtes. down The
boulevard 20 the corner Of the Eus
Hslevy . little grig Of = fellow In red
hreeches-one Of the old french linss-
men breed He vas aiI alone. aad APP
pear-d 90 enjoy ths Loneliness ~ hs
took up his pea, bshind . tres and hrsd
his fret shot a. a eoussrgrsrd lodging
about the intersection Of the Rns TAFT
boz. When IL frsncauza not
draussic7 He frsS ~ith sn arr. ks
Cred again with soErfsh, ard ~ss
greeted with cheering and hAEA-elsys
Ping from the gailszy' teh.zni me. tn
whies :he H..ie .sllcw wa playing
Then he sse-s<oaess Is back dramatically.
for his nexs soc. ~as 20 be ,ped 60 10
hue Lafayette ~ little krsSs nf ecrs-
sauzlsts rho. from . frngrnsu: 81 sssei-
Ter AZ the inleTs~r:sca Of TIRE Bee La
ftt<, wers taking ksvs s>s their tArgst-
Then 10 face. zbou; s<.1 =.=@ as
comrades Ga rita sxAxserASsd Rss;u-es
which recalled fhnse ono aeo IN =
b.ocd-ans.ssndsr faslot-anA, tns eo=ss
rnssassa fs4i.s.s al the wiiss cutting .hs
bark and branches of the tree whieA
was hsx e<~sr. 40, ke -ss So~ul
Wei. Re had eascyed hss fa<h Of rer.r.
Iez<nesN Ths sonsn By ny ssSe and {
dar.~d xr-oss and carried hin In. We
rssxtf hare sparSd o1rssl~es ,he troubis
and ri... hs ~as 1aAd- with . tSiise
sArvaSh kss beeA