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

prayed together and made confession
10 each other. They might have been
spared. perhaps; but the news b-ol sh-
70 Serizler was exasperatinc and alarm
ing. some men flying from the Qaur
tier Latin 10 fight again in the AYenue
dItalle told how tho Pantheon, the
great citadel Of the insurrection, had
been taken by the Versailles before
there had been time 20 fire the mine
which would have shattered dome and
walls arcb-s and columns, In one vast
heap Of IT. O. They told how Milllere,
the chief o. the iusurE gents in this
quarter. had been shot, and that the
French troops occupied the prison Of
In Sante. The cir1c which was soon
to enclose tie Commuuards Of the 18Th
reimbursement was growing narrower
and narrower
What should they d05 Fly. or stand
their ground 70 the death9
! A great many Of the National Guard
made Off
Sarizier gathered himself together
for a final effort.
Burn he gaspel; "we must burn
everything
+ He rushed into a wineShop and drank
glass after glass OF brandy. His woldsh
soul. excited by alcohol, by fighting,
By defeat. 10y the sight Of the blood
which Redeemed the road and the pave
mrnt. appeared In all IT'S hideousness.
"Ah. has the end come so SOON he
cried, striking his clenched fist upon
the pewter counter. 80 be it Every
body must die
Tie ran back TO the avenue.
Come. come" he roared, men Of
the right metal. to smash the skulls Of
those maepies"'
A little crowd Of Communards an
swered 10 his call, and, in advance Of
the band, two women presented them.
selves.
They were both furies-'bot had
streaming locks of tangled hair, which
were hide0usly suggestive Of Medusa's
snlky treSses. but one Of the flries
was young, and would have been hand
ONE IL her face had not been smeared
and spattered with blood, and black
cued by grnp1wder She wore the
costume Of viyandiere, and had once
been smart. but the gOld-lacc on her
jacket hung In shreds, the blue cloth
was stained wluh blood and mire. She
carried q gun. which, In her exhaustion,
She handed to Serizier, signing TO him
TO reload ct for her She had hardly
breath enough left for speech.
"Thc priests" she murmured hoarse-
ly. as Serizier gave her back the loaded
gun. "ara they TO be flnished-at onceT'
AT once" he answered: "there rs no
time for ceremony with those scoun.
drels. They have had their day. and
have made fools Of YOU all long enough,
with their mummeries-men, women
and children"
They have never fooled me- an.
swrrcd the woman: 81 am a Votairi
Ian"
"Ah. &c bon Voltalre: If he had LASTED
tin our time we should have shown
him some pretty fares" said Serizl,r
turning away from her to give his or
lers
7 While he ranged hsi men along the
avenue. and talked apart with Bobcchs
the gaolcr the woman In the VIVIAN
dtare dress stood leaning on her gun
, looking along the road, through some
dim smoke-cloud and dust aud fire.
It was four O'Clock in the warm May
aftcrnoon-Alay on the edge Of June
The western horizon Of Paris was hid
den behind the smoke Of iucendiary
fires; the ground trcmbled with the
force Of the canuonade The woman
wiped the sweat and mirc from her
- face with the sleeve Of her jacket, and
looked across the scene Of ruin and
! desolotion with fiery eyes She looked
youder towards the towers Of Notrt
, Dame towards the Quai des Angus
J, tines. and the labyrinth of little streets
: behind those old roofs
Not much chance of welded bliss
\ for those two now she said 20 herself
, Their honeymoon was snort but hel
/ misery shan be long. She ana mel
/ sister are smut IN th,lr lodgings, eN
i pecunS 10 DE burnt ailVe every Aou'
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