The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-12-04

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The execurtoubr thsn seixsd tho
beautiful, delicate hands and tied
then, With rope behind her back.
The queen signed deeply and looked
up to heaven; but although her tears
were ready TO flow, she restrained
them. When her hands were thus
firmly bound, the executi0ner took
OF her cap and cut off her hair. AS
she felt the touch Of the scissors on
her neck she started and turned
hastily, evidently supposin: that
che was about to be murdered in
tho cell. She then saw the execu-
toner folding up her hair, which he
put in his pocket. Before she left the
cell she said anxiously e the officer
nowson guard: do you think they
will ist me reach the place Of execu.
tion without tearing me to pieces2'
.HD assured her that she had moth
ing: 10 fsat from the mob, but she
seeipedaanxiops as she followed she
offisialswho led her from the room,
scarcely hoping even for the dread.
fpI security Of guarded scaffold.
When she saw the cart awaiting her
she again started, and seemed to
receive fresh shock. She had sup
posed that, like the king, she would
have the protection of closed
coach. The cart was of kind seen
only in remote country parts at the
present day, and made of four sep
afate sides rudely tied together, the
back part being let down for ingress
witha stepladder attached. A plank
put across the cart served as seat.
The queen assembled the steps firm
~ and prepared to sit facing the
horse; but she was Immediately
told that she must sit backward.
looking toward the spectators. She
turned and took her seat with per-
feet calmness and grave, resolute
look, gazing straight before her,
pale, with red, even bloodshot eyes.
but carrying her head high, as was
her wont. The executioner aud his
assistant stood behind her. leaning
against the sides Of the cart. The
priest took his place next to her,
but she turned away and seemed
determined not to speak to him,
though he held up crucifix before
her from time to time. She seemed
tosuffer pain from the ropes around
her hands, on which he pressed to
relieve the tension. The ends were
held by the executioner, pulling the
arms backward. The cart went on
slowly, while an immense crowd
followed in dead silence until they
reached the Rue St. Honore. There
they found hostile elements, espe-
ciaIly the abandoned women, who
in Paris always play such a promi-
nent part in popular disturbances.
Here there was such burst of insult
and execration that the unfortunate
queen might we'll dread the posi-
bility of falling into such hands.
But the cart turned into the Rue
Royale and reached the place de IL
Revolution, Where the scaffold was
erected. As the queen passed be.
fore the Tuileries she turned with
an earnest. lingering look.
The scsffold was erected facing
the garden of the Tuileries, before
a statue of Liberty, on spot where
the obelisk now stands, and not
where the kings scaffold had stood,
which was on the opposite side, fac
ing the Champs Elysees. The priest
attempted to assist her in alighting.
but notwithstanding the increased
difficulty consequent on her tied
hands, she turned from him and
stepped down firmly with apparent
ease. as quickly as she could, SEEM
ing DESTROYS to hasten the end as
far as possible. The executioner
offered to assist her in ascending
the scafold, but she went up alone
and quickly, immediately going TO
the plank on which she was to be
bound. In doing so she trod on the
foot Of the executioner, who made
2 motion as Of pain. With the kind
courtesy which characterized her
even in this last hour, she quickly
exclaimed: pardon, Monsieur I"
in tone of regret and apology.
The executioner and his assistant
then fastened her to the plank and
tore off her muslin kerchief, lest il
should impede the action of the
knife. The last motion of Marie
Antoinette was an involuntary at
tempt to bring forward her tied
hands as screen for her uncovered
shoulders. \ = =
When the executioner held up the
bead to the populace, to the deep
awe Of the spectators. the face of
Marie Antoinette expressed perfect
consciousness, and the eyes looked
on the crowd! The expression was
that Of intense establishment, as of
some wonderful vision revealed
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