The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-16

yendce. thus presented tho strange though
moi unique. spectacle OF an oppressed peo-
Pc hshting against liberty.
'Nincty-threo'' ia most dramatic and
iinpassoned wDri---thc Dance of the Rcvoiu-
tior done into prose. 1t IL like tho Troll
hat contributed one famous Incident 10 thu.
miscellaneous reading Of the whole world.
This part OF the story, which is rarely
omitted from any system OF seiected read :
,ngs. 10 the description OF tho breaking
loose OF = carronade from ita fastenings on
me British sioop OF war ciaymorc.
Nthe 2sth Of April. 1893. tho COM
rnune Of Paris gave this order
~ 70 the volunteers under santerre.
who were In Brittany to stamp
ont the rebellion of the peasants: NO
mercy, no quarter At the end OF
May. Of tho 1900 Partisan troops two
thirds were dead.
Three hundred OF these men were
occurring tho terrible woods Of La Sau-
draie in this time of epic conflicts The
men marched cautiously. The forest
or La saudraic was tragic. The fero-
cions cripple Mousqueton had come out
OF its gloomy depths The number of
murders committed there made ones
hair stand on end.
Suddenly a soldier heard something
Ike whisper in the thicket. 1t seemed
to another that he had just seen Il
movement among the leaves. Signs
were made from man TO man. Instant
ly circle OF muskets was aiming into
the soldiers waited for the command
In that moment the vivandiere who
had come TO the front ventured 10 peer
through the branches. aud her cry in
terrupted tho sergeant just as he was
about to cry Fire."
She rushed headlorg In. A woman
was sitting on tho moss. with an infant
AT her breast. and In her lap tho blond
woman looked UP. stupefed. petrifed.
She was young. thin. ragged Her bare
feet were bleeding.
Bew,ldered. as In dream this hu..
war answered questions. Her village
had been burned: by whom she did
not know. Her husband had been shot;
by whom she did not know. She was
carrying her children away: whittier
she did not know. II am surrounded
on all sides with gunshots." stamner-
cd she II don't know what It all
j only understand that
The sergeant Strengthened himself
up Let us adopt these three chill
dren, cried he. Behold the children
OF the battalion OF Bonnet Rouge."
Az almost the very hour when this
thing happened In La Saudraie. n man
of-war was sailing in the cover OF n
welcome fog through the dangerous
passages between the Channel Islands
She was the Claymore. OF thirty guns
Though she was British. her officers
and crew We're Frencl--nicked men
the King
At ono of the islands this ship had
taken on board 9 tall old man. straight
and sturdy. with stcrn face. full or
years and strength. with white locks
on his brow and fire IN his eve. He
wore the threadbare costume or a Bre-
ton peasant: but the officers of the
Prince"
The sea grew more tempestuous
hourly as the ship ran on. They drew.
f'nIfrhlnrn gin d
gan to lift her and drop her heavily.
suddenly q Wild cry was heard with
In the ship The gunners swarmed In
carronades had broken loose.
1t was the fault of the gun captain.
who had neglected his duty. \ heavy
moved. broken its mooring. and its frst
terrible dart had killed four men of
the battery.
sliding back, and then shot out again
other and unshipped n gun on the star
board. The men had no recourse but
to fec from this inanimate enemy, more
terrible than the most terrible ntelli-
Alone, it moved hither and yon on
ming over glass. 1t shattered four other
guns. 1t smashed two holes in the side
of the ship. Its four wheels PASSED,
back and forth over the dead men.
Its convulsive blows cracked the
mlzZenmaSt and cut into tho mainmast
The battery was being reduced to moth
ing. The corvette was beginning to
leak.
Suddenly man sprang down with
an Iron bar. 1t was tho gun-captain.
In the semi darkness an unprecedeutetl
battle began--a gladiator of flesh at
lacking beast of brass. The CARO-
made was like a gigantic insect of metal
having the will of demon. 1t ran at
n q fp11 set
the side of the ship.
An end of broken chain hung to the
cannon. 1t whirled desperately like
an iron lash in brazen hand.
Suddenly the cannon made quick
dash at the gunner He spranr out
of the way. The monster, as II en-
ragged, smashed q carronade on the
the starboard side again. at the man
Three carronades gave way.
AS II blinded, 1t turned from the gun
ner and rolled from stern to bow, max
ing another breach. The next instan,
1t slid backward at the man swift as a
falling az. He was driven against the
side Of the ship. The crew cried out
At that moment, the peasant dartet
down the ladder. He leaped like one
leaping at tho throat of death and
threw :, huge ,,s bundle between the
The gunner plunged his bar between
the spokes of a wheel. It stopped
This man had conquered.
He had conquered but the cannon
had conquered as we'll. Twenty Of the ia,
thirty guns lay useless. The gun decI
was frightful The shin had five hole.
in her side, a gale had begun to blow
the vessel, was far out of her course.
On the deck of the half wrecked cor
yette the. gunner was brought before
the man in the PEASANTS dress.
He took n cross of Saint Louis ant
pinned 1t on the gunner's Jacket. The
marines presented arms. The sailor,
cried: "Hurrah!'
Now" said the peasant, "have thi.
. man shot,.
a few minutes afterward a sho
sounded in the bows and a body fel
into the sea. The captain of the cor.
yette said to his lieutenant: La Vende,
has found a head
In the east appeared a Wilderness
which was dawn In the west another
Wilderness (which was the setting moon
Against these two bright strips wer,
outlined black figures, straight anc
motionless ,t
Those in the west were rocks Thos
IN the east We're the cruisers of tn