The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-10

trait p vanity. Keen. shrswd, merciess, dar-
ing, he zee not above TIE weakness Of vanity,
SSi;{b1I2 9 u nc wss too rettcent, too shreyd TO ex-
repropch him with his WeaknesS. Hut now move II h
was dinerenti this man was about 20 die-ii
Bgckhurst, bissbbeS and S5IfabbeeSG on n sSon. h NJ
erlmes: re eagerly owned up to robbery and
murder long % S.aiPss II IN m nlS STG 2 BY 99sS ssTeSs
he grey confidential, speaking in the easy
sVSp sS 81 tine RsEiS about IN ko SsI Yoqs. rSRRbi sn' sSS..
SS%SToSitS iP)dsssASabSiiig IS h ss sSos e'S p Els p %1Ia q
Ing would come. he boasted OF Women. Of com
guests made. q deceptions praOticed. 4 times
t tT9tc Spssh biv % Rnni99 served him for laughter
Once BouEke asked him If he, would let him 60
ioc money 1as s but the EhSstly sm!ls Of BuekhSSrsss
hurst, you know too much. You 'S Knew Suy too
mPnGh, 6etoreeI.and now you know I'm a did fool
pSsseSeway where @ortieeT, staSfrs een and t ths
Carbineers were waiting. The Carbineers had
ms CHI, peeks off The munioIpadiE clSFet bottles.
They objected 70 leaving of. and Bqckhurst
'' IN an i INSANE She B BesssESs tid 1sHelys tS T tSs a.;,,,or,
H r. ,hy ~oIneO Of you run to the Breton Mobiles
the underground passage, Hurry or they win
murder Sr ms i, tf %t Ministers as they are going 70 muir
bursts voice was heard in the passage one Of
them, opened 2 door behind the table. where
pouLhe was SltJihR ana pointed. Bourke jumped
I2r the door and ran as he had never run nhis
holding his arm before him, he fell. but. sprans
face, How long he had been running he didi
ho OF. know, when, pounding a corner, he saw
Visible the rough stone walls, the ceiling.
little by nttle the passage assembled. growing
staggered out nEh into a Us sto me daXsddce Court an Wlhe ne
utensils: and an onicer. ouhted on a horse.
Hs stamnered out, his tale to the officer. and
shouting and the brave 4ir n MOBILES T5iHss came came
were n entering the tunnel their officers could
with the onset, held tightly to a lantern that
somebody, thrust into his hand and hurried
each other with their bayonets in their eager
ness TO be in at the death.
RAJ And 81 they he YER N at the death, for; sven when
q dozen hali.dTunken Carbineers by the throat.
d%S sho%Sar had vanished 1ed as SO also had Mortier
The, halls carried by the f6Sayonet, He saw, the
the insurgents out and beat them with dubbed
rifles until they howled for mercy. He saw the
ERSS s bsSSne Min of tSe YBirtahSdesaBBf; et PTSseffs he WY Ry
horts5e flight as Ridiculous as precipitate.
OUTSIDE In, the rain an crowd stood
fallen swiftly. and in the frightful uproar and
confusion the Insurgents escaped with broken
heads: Floursns. st3lfleE; Bpckhurst, and Nor
tier among them. But the BretonS had some
hundred or 80 OF the Carbineers prisoners, and
now, as other loyal hattalions began to arrive.
tho Ministers left the Hotel de Vile, where
what once threatened to be q brutal massacre
had turned into a farce as grotesque as 1t was
unexpected.
Bourke pushed his way out. into the crowd.
There were no street lamps lighted: Q few Of
the cavalry, eseorting Gen. Duerot who ar.
long butts resting in their %stirrups. but the
darkness seemed denser for the few. scattered
lights, and Boqrke was glad Of the lantern he
still held to Guide himself across the bridge
yard st; Michel. As he stopped at the Cafe
Cardinal to swallow q little brandy. he heard a
soldier say thst Q company OF Carblneers under
Capt speEer had sacked a house on n, the ram
What house 7" said Bourke, pushing through
the group that surrounded the soldier. 49,
"Idon't know" replied the cayalryman. 1T
was somewhere on the Rue d'YpEes" he
frightened, my fr~iend-unless It was your house,
Hey! Waitl Sacre nom dune Pipe take Q
drink with us, comrade."
But Bourke had already vanished.