The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-07-15

given be Leo MeIllet, two battalIons OF Fad.
eral soldiers entered the school at Arcueil.
violated seals, broke open doors, and carried
OFT every object OF value, including even
fifteen thousand francs In railway shares,
the savings Of the servants attached to the
establishment. These were impOunded as
national property, and passed by kind OF
communistc legerdemain into pockets
which were never known to disgOrge their
contents. A dozen Mmmunitlon-wagons
and eight hired vehicles were needed to
carry off the spoil.
The school only escaped being burnt to
the ground by reason of its well-tilled eel
lars. Once having descended to these lower
depths, the Federals had no desire to return
to the surface, until they had done justice
to the. Dominican wines. They drank and
wallowed there side by side, like swine in
the mire, till the hour for burning was past,
andthus the school Of Albert the Great
escaped the flames.
On the following day Leo Meillet and tho
officers began to feel themselves in danger
at the Fort Of Blcetre. The army was draw
ing near. They resolved to evacuate tho
fort and fall back upon Paris, where numer-
GUS barrlcades, well provided with artillery,
made resistance possible, and where the
steep Il ID narrow streets, the labyrlnthine
windlngs and twisting Of courts and alleys,
in the old quarter of the city made flight
andconcealment easy.
Carr ages, carts, wagons, were hurrledly
| requIsitoned on every hand and then came
u flight so eager that the prisoners in their
easement were forgotten
"rhnk GOdp cried CASTOR, with a wild
throbbing at his heart, forgetting, for the
moment that he was on intidel THE Yer
saillais will be here in time to save u.s."
And the good Domlnicans, the men who
had turned their house into an ambulance
during the siege and the Commune, and who
had nursed the wounded Fcderals without
/ question rs to their belicf0r theirimpiety
began to offer up their thanksgivings, and
murmur psalms OF triumph and rejoicing
those yersiclcs which jewish captiyes OF
Old had sung by the waters Of Babylon.
Alas for those plous hearts uplifted In
gratitude to the great Dcivercr! not thus,
not by Versailles, was their deliverance 10
come They were to pass TO paradise by q
rougher road. Their JOY had been prema
ture, for they had rcckOned without Serb
| zer.
Andyet this Serlzler was one OF the mas
ter-licnds in the Partisan pandemonium A
Currier by trade, he had been In early man.
hood the tyrant and the terror of great
curriers' factory at Bellevlllc, and In the
! revolution Of '4S he had been leader of the
mob which hanged the proprietor of tho
factory at his own door, lie had been con-
demned for some 'political offence during
the Empire, and had taken refuge in Bel
GUM. He reappcared In Paris soon after
the 4th Of September, and played an lmpor-
tOnt part In the siege,
After March 18th he became secretary to
Leo McllIct and later chief OF the 18th
legion. He commanded twelve battalions,
which fought we'll at lssy, at Chatillon, and
at the llnutes-]mycIes. Amongst these
bNttalons there was one which he favored
above all the others, the l0l /, his own par.
ticulur battalion, composed OF his friends
and companions,
man Of fiery temperament great talk
er, deep drinkcr, workman without IN
dustry living upon money eXtorted from
the public assistance, S2rZler exercised .
strong influence upon the ignorant and
brutal II IS who surrounded him, He was
feared and Obeyed by all the 18Th nrrOndis.
scmcnt, which trembcd before him. Ills
hatred against the priests was passion
that almost touched OH lunacy. lie had
prOfancd the churches by his foul orgies,
and 1t was only the entry of the troops from
Versailles which stopped him from selling
, sanity relics and sacramcntal plate by auc'
ton. Assassin and nccndiary It was his
hand which fired the famous manufactOry
Of Gobc'ins tapestry