The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-28


wns removed nom the Temple 30 the Con-
ciereerie. whence she was speedily TO pass
to the guillotine. We owe an account OF the
incident to the young daughter whom she left
behind. August 2" she writes. at O'Clock
In tho morning. they came to wake us
up In order to read TO my mother
the decree Of the Convention, which ordered
that she should be conducted to tho Con-
clergerie for her trial She listened to the
reading Of this decree without being affected
or saying a single word. My aunt and I at
once asked to follow my mothor. but this favor
was not granted. While she was packing up
her clothes the municipal officers did not
quit her: she was even obliged to dress In
-li.h - -, M - - ~
and took ali they could find. although IL was
nothing OF Importance. They made a pacSet OF
the contepts. which they said they would send
to tho revolutionary tribunal. where Il would
be opened before her. They left her nothing
but handk erchief and A smelling bottle. lest
she should faint. NV mother. after tenderly
embracing me and mmendinp me TO he
courageous, to take good caro- Of my aunt and
TO obey her like second mother. renewed the
inetructions nv father had given mo: then
throwing herself into my aunt's arms. she
intrusted her children to her cara I mnde
answer, IrlRnt9neQ
thought that I was seeinu her for the last
time. NV aunt said very few words IN a Low
tone, Then my mother went AWAY without
looking at US. fearing. doubtless. that hor
courage might vanish, In roinr out aha
struck her head against the wicket having
forgotten to stoop Some one asked II abe had
hurt herself. .Oh, no, she said. nothing can
hurt mo now" More than two years we're 10
elapse before tho young rirl left behind IN the
Temple was to learn whether her mother was
alive or dead She was kept In the same ana.
pense about her brothers fate. for. although
the child lived lust underneath her. all tidinrs
of him were withheld fror, her. and sbs knew
not when he died.
IL.
After Sept %. 1793 an order Was issued
that the captive Processes should be treated
with more severity and should DO reduced to
what was strictly necessary In respect OF
nourishment and chamber appointments.
They were to have but one room thencefor-
ward, and no one except the person who
brought tnem 1000 ana water was to enter.
I'VE made our own beds" writes Marie
-. ~. ,'.h; a., W. 'o .,s'. w
s ~ 'no 'na'auei "n'en 'ook long ',me' 30
one any longer to whit upon ma. We were also
deprived OF everything that might eonduce
cna,s usea Dy my t aunt our large sheets
use them to get down from the windows.
They brought us in exchange sheets that
were coarse and dirty" At the first meal that
beth, far from com planning, said to her niece:
This Is the bread OF poor people. and We are
poor also. How many un'ortunates have still
U.s. >, nnH ~ he' ne !ourna we
read that My aunt. VINO mad cautery on her
spa, tine n had d
tho means TO make the decocton OF herbs
which nv nunt made ma take every morning
for my hoalth. Not having flsh any longer
she asked for eggs or other dishes suitable for
fast DAYS: they were refused with the
remark TINT TO .euunlity' there was M
difference between days: only fools believe
in all that now The ladies wero repeatedly
subjected to searches. and when the officers
thnv AZ EN- were drunk, as oiten
Insults and Impure speeches. But the worst
outrage which these innocent women had to
nu nre Was ,mS @ Hn @ 10 Whicn they
fore Marie Antoinette's execution. The pur-
pose was to elicit from these pure minded
tmrnS t0nS 10 "hish conid 90 TOR
which her prosecutors had imputed to the
Queen q France. Again we recur to the diary
%ne tt 'ie youhR rn II t records tnat Cha9.
me- sit dnwn Ia nIaneS hnsoP mage
me- Ia nnsf;on me Pu nee nn nt OPPOSITE
tmGo ~ y,,lainnns tb;n my h3ohh. muLti-
and nv ami wera sccus Mch NY Ss .no oun,
whemed by such horror and so indWn ns p tbat
IN spite Of the fenr cxneriencnd rnnld u nat
some thinss Witch ala not e5S were ere
~nnt Will M inIimnntium Wa 80 n9TrlDtS that
,lusion OF the rhastiy interro1atorv Tia TOO
nrincaasoa tnnpG tSn;anita ,ns Two
hnv faiI op tn % We Iome tHestner,
,rrote All Tint thnr n haS us waS .meirs 10
'AI'a'e -" ''a' the' ''"n o'ushea 70 near.
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III.
b %. ana
he presence Of her sanity aunt. Nine. Eliza.
10Th On Mava 17oI sho vac horaft - th".
'o'"' oh ND, o. 30 sno was pereit CT that
On that day. eyoung girls |
ournals tell us. Just as We were going to bed |
Nv aor ~ ,o,. , L,'.. "eu
ney Viz" .i,e oo'.s anu hhoeheo at the door.