Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-23

the mourner of n bystander.
The bride? That is Mile. Yo-
lande de Clalrville. was the reply
and the stranger murmured softly;
May she always be happy"
Then he vent into the church.
Twenty years pas ed and the reign
of terror began. In La Yendee the
war was at its height when the con
vention sent one Of its members to
Nantes with instructions to take swift
and violent measures against the roy
alists
Accordingly this man. Carrier by
name caused q large number OF sus
pects' 10 be confined in the Eutrepot
a building near the cathedral Of St
Pierre men. women and children were
hustled pell-mell into this ante-cham-
Der of the river Loire and in spite of
the daily drownings the prison was
ever thronged with victims.
In a large low hall the terrible pro-
consul presided at the mock trials.
The prisoners were divided into two
parties the accused and the on
demned; the former group diminished
rapidly. as the latter increased. and
4 dL LdSA AdEk4GA AGrbAhO1 W AAtAAl bNO
proceedings by dispensing with all for
mality in disposing Of the victims
Then the fatal words Condemned
to DEATH were heard repeatedly as
the Royalists were hurried across the
hall
Henri de Kergouetri called the
clerk, and ayouug man about eighteen
years OF age left his companions and
advanced toward the tribunal. He
bowed TO the Judge with as much ease
and grace as if he were at the court
Of Versailles and seemed to be uncon-
scious OF the fact that a cruel death
awaited him
You are accused Of couspiring
against the republic in the person OF
its representative, = said Carrier; syou
took part in a plot against my life.
The youth turned a frank. fearless
pair OF eyes toward the speaker and
answered slowly:
i owe my fathers death to you. l
always pay my debts.
..Henri!i cried a women's voice en-
treatingly.
carrier cast a furious glance round
him and then Henri Kergouet was hur-
ried away. Two women now stood
before the judge. who asked Of tho
elder one:
, Are you the mother Of that young
, MANI
! 4 am" she answered, and this girl
is his sister.
Your nameasn
'Yolande de Claireyille Marquis
: de K~ergouet."
I. The Judge looked fxedly at the
{ speaker for a minute, then declared
the investigation at an end and added.
:. briefly;
Condemned to death all three
The doomed were now led back L
their dungeons and at 9 o'clock a
!. night the executions began. Tied to
gether. two by two. the unfortunate
>, were thrown into boats. taken out OF
81 the river and dispatched by sword o
4 bayonet and their bodies cast into tbs
ii water. This method, however. sooi
u proved too slow to satisfy Carrier. ant
u he caused hundreds OF his victims t
az be driven out to a ~neighboring QUAR-,
le and shot.
al The Marquise de Kergouet and he
two children were awaiting their door
IL in silence when the jailor entered the
,le cell and ordered the daughter to 70.
nd low him.
n why must we be s~eparated?" erie
40 the mother.
Citizen Carriers orders reptile
4 the man. BE quick"
nd After a long and fearful embrace u
VI Is. -. .---ALz.. III.
and followed the iailor into the pre-
ed ence OF the dreaded pro-consul. VII
to looked at her earnestly, and when the
raj were left alone. asked slowly.
ere What is your name2"
the "Yvonne de Kergouet."
OF do you love your mother?'
vas '.Ah, yes. monsieur. " replied Il
in girl, trembling with terror.
And your brother; what wou
My you do to save his life?27r
it'll II would gladly give my life
by cried Yvonue, eagerly.
ing II do not want your life, child. b
lille your silence. How old are you?"
the sixteen years, monsieur"
ned Then you have not yet learned
sed lie. Listen to me-. Here is a lett
the which / confde to you or condition
ich your promising me that it shall not
ned opened until midnight. Morrow
you are not to speak Of it TO any OF
,ice Have / your promise? Very we
ave Col"
and The frightened girl took the lett
men put 10 into her bosom and was TAX
ped back to the cell. but before she b
time to reply t o the anxious gu
Fall tioning with which her mother a
brother greeted her. q man appear
the carrying a pistol, signed to them
lsly to follow him and led them out Of
YER prison. Then imposing the strict
Ives silence upon them he gave his arm
ats. Yvonne, while Henri De kergo