The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-12

He hit Hardwood when that young man was
dropped ,diplomaticsiiy sided under a sofa.
From this retreat he made daily EXCURSIONS,
mounting AL tho furniture by aid of benk and
scheherasSdo bad not recovered from her
fright, The charRcteristics Of the big house cat
preached, sho skunk when she moved; .thcre
was n blnnknoss in her oyos, n stealth, almost a
ready %sdS'i In n ih snS s siGE %GG ags q the Ss s Siege Sf miik was va;
becoming too expensive to buy for a lionSss;
Yolotts was frightened, and haunted tho market
bread and wine; howsysTi were plenty 80 were
surinR everybody that the city had ample PRO-
visions for months to come, Most people
was only temporary-R mere furry caused by
the, consummGtion q an event that was not yet
entirely credlted-the actual advent of the
Prussian army before Paris.
The. arrival Of the Germans was like n the
atrical entrance; the audience was all Paris, the
orchestra, n thousand cannon. They tuned up
ny batteries, west south and finally north. as
finally welded with the snSp Of a trap. Then.
whom the oity and outer ring Of forts were in
turn themsolXos cncIrcled by . Lying Iron ring,
Mont-vHlericn, from saipt Cloud 70 ChaFcntqn,
and again from tho southeast noFthwnrd to st.
Denis, Paris began to understand.
The first futile curiosity, the foolish terror and
weeks passed and tho crack Of the RUSSIAN
rined cannon had not yet STakened the hill
urging the instant tearing mp Of p~evonents the
fortifying OF. cellars, the assuring of a wGter
s sSpPl Y t TesS f SoH3Ss To- e p9E9Is hSS Sfese to Ss FsSlisS
that for every gun capable of throwing a
shell into Paris the Germans would have to
send to ermany. Fear vanished; how long IL
lin across France to the seinoi And would not
the provincial armies now organizing, by an
uprising Of outraged peoplel Surely, the very
destroy these bar6ariNns ana their wicked can.
non. Trochn, tho sombre mystic, the Breton
SSISTnoi U Ma sSpu a sssh p Of tins @Hedd pO 9n hi q
into the gloom OF tho middle ages, seeking light,
fleeing light, wrapped to the eyes in the splen-
! So he rode, sc s. Faith, dreaming of
eEa'' A Hs1 a 8Surso for Sa 'a a Goblin 0t %tSpestTy % Gen.
Trochu would hayc been useful; In no other
S GSPe'lbs BEEN ' OF use S'iE n 9hS n III 4 SlG,i.S ecn T 7 h0
When on the 18th Of September tho Prussian
the forts Of the west and south, Gen. VinoySs
brave corps passed the gates and advanced to
Girs'S WAS serious eaS st them. W And n yet sfTiS1 was tho
very time when a crushing success might have
electrified tho whole nation into such resistance
that the end OF the war would not have ar
rived with tho capitulntion Of tho capital. Was
i not possible to rapidly mass, the two corps of
men of the advance guard! The moral effect
of such q stroke would have been stupendous..
of Paris the depiorabio, system was inanguratcd
and Invariably followed In all subsequent opern-
%jj se9ivS sFo FoToin psFi new REhti Toops without mot s "a feSa GG;
habituated to fighting, and, on tho contrary,
when a serious object was In view. operating
On the 18th of September, when vinoy's corps
fell back, the Prussian investment began, tho
various railroads were cut, and at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon, tho last train from Paris for
Rouen left the, st. Lazare station. From
the country; tho Prince Of saxony advanced
from the north. ~salutinE ST. Denis with q thou
from the south through Fontenay aux Roses
and woke Aunay woods with the hurrahs Of his
Two vast crescents formed the circle; the
ring was soldered at Versailles in the east; the
other zap closed at ST. Germain..
attacked in tho south, fanked, driven peli nell
undor the Chatillon redoubt. where the, great
At 1 o'clock the few cannoneers spiked the last
guns in the unfinished Chatillon redouht and re-
y WftS pF Tla%aft ca ei.iSsa't' S SRd M came. a sMp Paris
knew that its southern key had been stolen
s Wnsn o the sn PT ramnnrt flag e S SFs9f SP the shattered
So was lost the southern key to Paris. the
great unfinished redoubt, of Chatillon. Let
those high officers of engineers remember-le let
others in high places Of the land remember
and be remembered.
completed when the humIliating, interview at
Ferrieres between Jules. Favre and Bismarck
carefully considered the matter. had he offered
terms. for example. as follows:
Tristan indemnity.
Third~The cession of Cochin China.
Fourth-The cession OF q few ironclads.
would have accepted.
But It was not, to be-. The poor represcnta-
tiers with Bismarck's harsh voice ringing In his
ears. and the next day all Paris know that it
Stung again into action. Vinoy, supported by
tho forts. hurled a division Of the Thirteenth
e eSeR ? Sn s aatdi''9e'bh o asS lea se XII We're in at asR g a.
Again tho fatal lack Of sufficient artillery multi.
fed the ADVANTAGE, gained at Villejpif. Tho
sphere of action had scarcely been enlarged.
From the ramparts Of Paris these first on
gagementsu under the walls were scarcely visible
thunder from tho supporting forts. a high
rampant Of dun.colored mist, stretched from
volumes of smoke poured up into the sky from
IHay; At moments the wind brought the
non din-scarcely louder than the crackie OF a
bonfire. This vas all that the ParisianE could
see OF hear e1 from from the oDs so UtfIS bS @ttoh., Or Great fn
fantry passing through the Porto, Rouge; the
cssvalryg sang as the: rode between dense masses
thongs and chanted gayly:
Gail Gail serrons nos rangs.
Esperance
Cal! Cal serrons nos rangs,
En- avant. GAulois ct Francsi
TO the air q Cal Gal Marions Nous !" and
NHN ANhA
Quot ces monuments heris,
Historic
De notre gloire,
S'ecroulerAient en- debris.
quot les Prussiens q Paris!
and the people roared back the chorus:
Gal Gal serrons nos rangsi
Hide, standing at the door. heard them sing
ing at sunrise. caught the distant-glint OF bay
onets, saw the run, white and fierce. crinkling
the polished su lace of helmet and breastplate.
At night, :too. lingering on the steps, she
heard the movement and murmur OF marching
masses; she saw the rockets drifting through
swinging like q necklace from the Porte Rouge
battlements. All day long the Rue d'Ypres
rang with the clang Of bugles and tho vibrating
crash of drums; all day long the cannoneers OF
the Prophet drilled and manGuvred and played
at firing, but the night came and found the
Prophets lips still scaled and tho long bronze
it's awful attitude of prayer.
Since those early practice shots that had shat
tered the window glass the Prophet had not
spoken; yet all day long Its gigantic mass.
thrust out over the ramparts, swung east and
wost at the monotonous commands, sweeping
the points OF the compass with the smooth move