Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-11-25

hgiOn Ia her face; they had scorned
her for her inddelity
Beware Of that woman said an
old man whom she had offended THE
woman who neve- crosses the thresh-
old Of church belongs to a yeno
nous species"
Z Yes. she would help in the good
work. How the earth shivered under
( that awful caunonSde! The enemy was
az The door; nearer and nearer came
F the thunder Of the guns. The deadly
rain from the mitrailluSes came fast
as the heavy drops of a thunder show
er. The afternoon sun looked red as
blood yonder as its lurid rays pierced
the smoke The circle was narrowing,
narrowing narrowing, closing in upon
them ike q ring OF fire Whom would
they spare those Eersaillais deviIsg
Not one Universal carnage would
change the streets OF Paris 10 rivers
o. blood lit by a city in flames Not
life. not a house would be spared.
Let Us begin" shrieked SulOn. be
side herself; 'let US work Win such
good win that there snail be nothing
left for those others to do"
Are you ready" asked Serizer.
facing the door Of the prison. with his
. assassins ranged ON either side Of him.
Not one Of them shall escape, my
general answered Suzon, grasGns her
gun.
Her voice was hO8rse and rough
ike his own. From head TO heel, mind
soul, body the creature had unsexed
herself; and these men-wOmen were
even more savage than the deyil-men
Of those days, for they thought their
infamy herolsm and their cruelty cOur-
age Not one OF these furies, waving
her petrOleum-can, 81 oulderIng her
chassepot but fancied herself a modern
Maid Of Orleans
And now the victims were driven into
. the street, ike sheep to the slaughter
house.
Pass. one by one" cried Bobeche the
gaoler, who held his sixIyear-old son
by the hand
Was it not well for the boys to see
= the tOnsured heads laid low? 1t is
thus France rears her patriots-yOung
Romans sucked by the wolf Revolu-
ton.
The Dominicans, the school-servants,
the journalist crossed the fatal thresh-
2 old The first to pass was Father
C0traulr and, at the third step, be
fell, struck by a bullet
The Prior turned 70 his companions.
= Come, my friends. for the love OF
tTaEf no. gr1f fr4 V.F 4
ha and his little train rushed into
the open, and ran athwart the rain OF
bullets
Suz0n flung herself into the midst OF
, the road, at the risk of being shot
down in the melee She loaded and re.
loaded her ohaSsepOt, crying. "C0wards,
? towards, they are running away
: Ii was not a butchery, but a battue
The poor human game tried to flee,
| hid itself behind the trees, slipped along
under the lee Of the houses. Women
, at open windows clapped their hands
= and shrieked with joy rs they watched
the sport; I'm the street men shook
their fists at the victims; the scene
2 was alive with insult and laughter,
= voices that sounded like the bowling
b Of furious beasts. 1t was a new carni-
val Of flowers and sugar-plums; only
the flowers were insult and outrage,
Z the sugar-plums were bullets
. Some of the more active gained the
= side streets, and escaped the leadeu
: shower Five of the priests, seven of
the SchOolEervants, were shot down in
a heap before the Chapclle Brea
Fire, fire upon them,' cried Serizier,
! when a convalsive movement showed
that life still throbbed amidst this
! mass of death and one poor bleeding
form that had family stirred received
- thirty-one bullets.
See" cried Suzon, rs Mortemar,
slender. active 1.-THE with youth and
$ yiEor on his side, sped lightly along
:. the boulevard and vanished at a dis.
tant turning, there goes one that win
cheat us"
T. She rushed of in pursuit of him
: breathless, painting, mai with rage.
] Two Of Serizler's lambs ran with her
pleasantly excited 10y the chase. The
hunters reached the turning, and there
Hold. hold" shrieked Suzon, throw
. ing aside her gun, and stretching her
y arms wide in passionate anreaIy; do
not fire"
Too late; another yOlley whisued
. past her. as She sank on her knees
! screaming. pleading. Disappearing She
did not know how TO pray.
Castor NIortcmar fell without q
groau