Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-12-09

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the head Of 1t all. He ordered the
DomiuIcans and the others to be
brought here; be- ordered them 10 be-
shot he was there, ia the midst of
the massacre directing his men, en-.
cOuraginE those vile women who were
even more savage than the Federals:
his own hand fired upon those helpless
priests; be Knocked them with abusive
epithets; he was p'Gless. deyi.i~h. muir
der inclrnatc You look ready to sink
with fatigue" said the sempstrcss,
moved with pity for Kathleen, whose
eyes Wcra fixed and CLASSY as the
eyes Of death; come up 10 my room
and rest; il is "a poor place, but You
are welcome And / can give yOu a
emp Of coffee and "a bit of bread; 1t is
mot 50 bad as in the siege
Not so bad: The streets were not
drowned in blood then said Kathleen.
go, you are very good, but I am not
tired with u CHASTITY smile. II viii
- and look al fbe corner where ne
dell, Stay, what ala they do with the
bodi,sE"
The YerSaiilais came an hour after
AMI carried them an away"
Where where gasped Kathleen
But the woman could not tell her.
Among So many Wagonloads Of dead.
who could teal, who cared. whittier
one particular batch had been taken:
Perhaps they had all been carried
TO that gaspng chasm behind the
chapel 90 Pere Dgchalse, into which
the Federal colpses were flung en-
massc after the battle Of Asnlcres
The sempsuess had seen that common
grave, sixty corpses waiting for recog
milton, q sight to freeze onGs blood.
Kathleen left her and walked wear
lily to that side street "a narrow shabby
street; doors and windows were ~
closed, most OF the houses had an
evil aspect There was no one stand
ing about whom she could question
a few PAGES from the corner Of the
street at the foot Of lamp-post she
saw the spot where the victim had
fallen A pool Of blood had stained
the summer dust 1t was dry now,
but she could see how the corpse had
lain IN blood and mirc The figure
had printed It's outline on the ground.
There was no other trace of the mas
sacrc about One victim, and one only,
had fallen here
she knclt beside that awful stain;
she watcred II with her passionate
tears, the first she had shed throughout
her pilgrimage of two-and-twenty
hours. The church clocks were striking
four Yesterday morning at six she
had left the Rue Git le Occur And now
she had come to the end of her journey;
she had found her restingplace. She
lnelt alone, uunoticed, with her hands
clasped over her face, praying first
for her beloved. for the repose of his
soul; then followed prayer less pure,
less Christian, for revenge upon his
murderer the destroyer Of her happi
ness
Who was mis- murderer Not the
blind mad mob, not even the devillsh
woman, the pctroleuse dashed into
crime ana murder by the scourges Of
Iusurgcnt tyrantS. Serizicr the man i'm
authority. the wretch who brought
those good fathers from their peace
ml scclusion A. the gaol and the sham
blcs u was Scrizicr of whom she
thought when she prayed for ven
-eaucc.
Let 10 come, O Lord; long or late, .
let Thy thunder come and strike him
as me- struck them, Let Thine hour
of vengeance be sure and swift 10
here. looking up to Thee swear never
To know rest or respite til I have .
tracked him 10 his DOOM
Scrizier. colonel OF the tOlsr buttaH- .
on She wanted to know more about
him whittier he had vanished after
the carnage; in what cellar or what
garrct this craven hound bad hidden
himself
When She had exhausted her passion
I'M prayer, She calmed herself ana be
gan To think
She was tired to the point of being
Mu to east herself down upon the
dusty road, and to lie there tin sleep
or death came fo give her rest from
the fever of her brain and the duil
aching of her bones But she Strug-
gleI hcroically against this oyerpew-
uriug lassiudc and went back 10 the
boulevard, and hobbled ON tim she
came to a workman's cafe that opened
early for the accommodation of the
ucighhorhool Here she cntcrd and
seated herself at a table near the door
The fires, morning air blew i'm upon
her tac - She sat there and she felt
as III Goat alone kept her from faintiug
Nov .u all her life before had She
entered such place alone. on snt alone
amuug such company Her girlhood
aud brief married life lad been as
closely guarded as If She had been q
duchess no sit alone among rough
MouscS aud NcrSaillals soldiers IN
their stained uniforms was q new ok
perteucr.
she ordered some coffee, ana the
WAGER brought her a roll and butter
She had eaten nothing except enc piece
of bread since she had left home The
coffee ANA the food revived her and
she WAS able To lool, abaut her ana