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

Captain, They saluted each other, and. as
the trSmpis. q a 1aie, and the double, jar Of
int 4 Ne SSs pF %iSRis6t & V aSS, SSSSSstS y SSyS SsSsFS q
Paris; Il vas ! o'clock in the morning when he
General IN Chief Of the armies Of Parls was un-
gent CCeFSineersso, News had arrived that stS FfOu-
rens and his ,legion. TetEoating, from, tho fasc9
the Church OF Meniimontant; that BeiieviiIe
was n seething cauldron Of revolution that the
and NAH Rp &p ftsemsC TSs R RSala on the SS E HStS 81 &c WIFE, Wis.
During his intSrview With Cen TTOchu.
s SANITY a s9E sSS VIII fitaS5GSS aa 6 Ss ss1 rom Gi'l SSeTIieySiHliRs .
and leaving with, urgent instructions to Gen.
Duorot, commanding the only reliable and efh-
Gen. frochu. head bent on his medalled
breast M hands tnd amer neryS1sly, sl93s oDp !, behind Sih nd, him.
, eSEG@d with shame 70 S%i92nfess my hslplssssnsss at
S st$inP PsSfS SSt, yAnna2.'aH l RS addict asSli sa& thS .IF fSis res e
with r. BlsmarrcS were going well. but no
SOONER did h9 6eSF of this 5Iot In Paris s6Sn he
could honorably participate, You see, he be-
lioSes h ISt aliies a are t,h h here IN Paris ar lir And !. that Wi
fall easy victims to the German armies"
Governor Of Paris can qffSc;r me 20 adm arrest
% It { Is inpossi6iS.S said said Gen. Trochu. with
1eddeninE tHSS lowered IN %9ortiaeatiGn
with these insurgents under the muzzies OF the
Bourko bowed, The anxious Governor of
Paris returned his salute, in silence. Then an
great doors closed, and he walked out into the
darkness utterly discouraged.
house, IL Se on P 9Se { Tsm dSTg ET hSS9 s he sntpT sslu tsS
AZ. b9 fSa Sss aRsyIS he's s6o SsS.6 6i sI AT ana ,,TS
be summoned to a bloody accounting.
Iolette's terror and grief when she saw
shock he himssiff had SndsTssc;p S"S wien fssa'I Buck cRS
tortured hin til his aching head seemed ready
fast, Mailard brought him a basin Of hot soup
and a bit Of bread.
went to the door. Dawn ~ had udYs Scarcely pnsISehbe eRtyynSnnaS
horrible. yellow light erept out OF the horizon.
dulling the lamps on the b%astions, tipping the
face Of the road pS SiidI swim Wiz sicily dSEY@' Feiiections.
Scarcely. knowing where he was, going. he
dead grass as 81 the siacis toward 9V4EdNt The a Forts fSrt;
Rouge. The gate was closed, but from the ram
to the south. And as he be looked a shaft Of
flame shot out Of the hay half light; another
ayaking the game Of death had begun again.
s,d as sat ac SGTn b on th Sla sTisY ID de Ed Ensds Of TIE he
t hdntb Of Hi blS6 1p $nSvs Sl Pi@ gS IF sERS be s6r0 and
How could he face him when he retprned3 One
agVefn ndaHf u f tRs n %%Stinss H1 TFRPe %me s9 sae
responsible authority to apply to in Paris exe
sept , Cen n, T T6o E nt, and Bourke had already seen
SUPPOSE he should 60 to Belleville ?. It was
not yet daylight. Perhaps dawn, would be the
safest EHSstb time tDd Y SIngred th nn Il Sns that that q%StaPteri
across the dim city. Far away In the north be
Heights. Of the BButtes ChaHmont. Before he
started he went back to the house and took a
Then he went noiselessly down the stairs again
and and h 6stet fS t out I,root the Ru city H., There was no
gd Hi wsRi 81 g. VIE cR Rt 'nf n l1t66 The Fs2d5Fs a9 81 The The
Luxem5ourg he saw lights moving, where Sis
who lay in the temporary hospital behind the
palace. As he passed the river the gunboats.
lessly below at their ,moorings. sinister. shad-
owy bulks on the dark tide.
ward. There were no early vehicles, no market
wagons. no omnibuses, no pedestrians. Even
save for the deadened. measured booming OF
inaudibiTe when he turned into the ancient Fau-
b9urg du Temple and began the ascent Of the
silent. foul, greasy streets that marked the be-
ginning Of the revolutionary zone.
On high mountains the vegetation limit is
sharply marked by stunted growth then rocks.
On Mount Aventin the negotiating growth OF
anarchy was marked by filth. The streets
reeked with, it. the unutterably foul canal st.
Martin ran filth. the very balconies sweated it
higher. higher, exposing the mean. naked. tree
less streets that twisted and cOiled round and
round the heights where. crowned and en-
throned. sat anarchy. Matching murder.
The first faint flicker of daylight that had
been struggling through. the mist died out
under a sudden burst Of rain. The streets
grew darker again: the rain ragged furiously
for a minute or two. then changed to q thick
driZzle.
There were no street lamps lighted with
petroleum: there was not a flicker OF light
from the long. grizzly row of houses. but he
knew his way, and he found it. even in the
darkest alleys. even through dark passages
that reeked like the holds of a pest ship.
And at last he came to the Church Of Menil-
montant. Almost at once he saw what had
been done by the insurgents. The statement
of Gen. Trochu had led him to believe that the
church had been turned into a fortress and
strongly barrtcaded. Thetruth was that almost
nothing had been accomplished toward fortify-
ing Menilmontant. Across the street stood a
rambling. partly finished barricade Of paving
stones. Two houses had been converted into
barracks for the carbineers; this was patent to
anybody. partly because of the two empty SEN
of a strip OF canvas nailed across the front Of
the two houses. on which was painted:
HLGERGE M A rOAFAurNE