The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-28

-..,-- Near BY n Robes2serre's eel and
.hoes OF many othsr famous folk. who.
caurh. BY that mad whirlpool Of the pop
uIsr wrath. were east by & into the dun
rAons OF ths conctergeria The great hall
v4th SIS groined arches and splendid
.~ho... IN which. 70 IL said. so ar'stocrass
49,. locked at one tine. has been the
claes OF confneneas for rioters ever
SINGS.
sra Tor them he cared rot az ALI What
he rad Fixed his thoughts on was shs ten
Ssvs' s.r1xg,s which confronted hir1-ths
-@rrxxfs 90 keep locked m his own breast
are secret the acknowledgement OF his
s,,sl. though q dozen Of the eh-ewdeSs
n-,~>-1tors IN Frarce should endeavcr 70
r-as q from him France assumes that IL
Sc yy,-,ch cheaper 70 force q man 20 confess
tsau Il - 70 60 through the tedious and
exr,ensive routine OF long trial The first
a., most awful OF the efforts which wers
90 ha made 70 force him TO thus help the
RAJ. economic was tho CONFORMATION"
which came early during his confinement
IN che conc.ergerfe. As. on that fearful
morning Pierre was taken from his cell In
ERE rsnncserger.e, he trenbled with terror.
As AZ. tourney began he felt for the first
.4--,s TIRE horror OF the man who has killed
Tea,or. ira. his mind had been full OF The
fright of the man who Is afraid OF punish
rnent. The drive 10 the morgue was fun q
t-anyb'irgs ard palings- As he was led.
rnanar,e-i into the low. gray building On
the Quad dArchevache. his limbs almost
failed him. After q moment In the Ettls
reception room. during which every detail
Of it's green upholstered furniture
was Impressed upon his mind ana
a. .neYaceabsy as with red-hct
branding iron. a. he was led through
four or ave Doors ana finally into tho pres
enc. Of the dead. Every one OF the seats
which rose In tiers on one side OF the little
aurphithea.er was filed In one corner
sat the fudge. The red uniforms OF the
guards gave the gruesone place IT'S only
BIZ Of color-the color OF blood. Pierre
noted all these things because he wo1l4
not look at the one thing which he had
been brought there to see He knew that
i, was there-the long object on the iron
table grew and threatened in the corners
o, his eyes. but ne would not look.
Some one spoke slowly. II was the tucxO
reading the charge. but Pierre only heard
the drowning OF voice without words or
meaning. Then. though two guards APP
preached and one on each side. whirled
him about 80 that he faced the iron table.
He clapped his manacied hands TO his eyes
They were quickly Jerked down. and then
he saw.
yes" 10 sa.d quietly. when sdtursd 70
speak. "that Is the man that tried to XIII
me. am sorry that he h dead
This ca,fnness was what saved him from
the guilliotine.
The CONFORMATION" was over. Pierre
was taken back to the conciergerte. A
week later he was placed on trial. The
rooms was IN an upper story OF the
Palais De Justice. and was draped in rcd.
1t was an ordeal. but Pierre was not SEN
fenced to death. His decreed punishment
was exile In Frances penal colony. New
Caledonia
Prisoners destined for this punishment
are taken out In patches OF twenty. Ten
men besides Pierre were needed to make UP
q cargo for the ship. and Pierre was taken
to thu prison of La Saule to await until
this complement of wickedness should be
complete
Pierre was assigned TO . stone closet n
the death row''-a tier OF cells reserved
exclusively for the aristocracy of crima
He had none but murderers for neighbors.
The floor OF his cell was wood, scrubbed
clean, and with that dull Wilderness which
betokers the use Of sand Once WITHIN, his
rnanacles were removed and instantly the
taller handed him a great green glass
bottle
You WI have nothing to DO IN the shops.
and prisoners for exile are not permitted
10 cut dish papers. But you must polish
the floor with your bottle II. at the end of
three days. 1t is not as bright as the shin
ing wood OF piano. SO much the worse
for you"
Pierre started to speak
''S!lencei"
And the door changed.
He set to work with his bottle.
One event only broke the monotony OF
the twenty-five days In la SaulA Once
the girl whose fciz.eness had aroused his
fathers blood in him, visited him. and for
ten minutes he was permitted to talk TO
her. They were separated by the ncttings.
Between them ran a three-foot corridor.
up and down which the guards paced
ceaselessly. He yearned TO reach her-to
touch her. She was not deeply interested.
He could see that she did not love the man
that killed the student that she was CRATE
full for the MEETINGS.
Before the ten minutes had passed q new
thirst for hood was growing madly In him
q thirst for her blood. . AS she went away
he watched her with red, hungry eyes.
Two days later he was taken to tho ship.
When he left a convict was instantly put
20 work to scrub away the polish whf,h
he had put upon the floor OF his cell. Next
day a newcomer was replacing It.
AS he grcaned in his shackles ana sea-