The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16

terror to the Republicans. 'Let me stay. You win need fifteen minutes to escape"
 one after another the rest entered the opening and disappeared. LTmanus took two pistols in each hand and waited. Soon he saw en eye pee.ing around an angle. He fired. He fired the second pistol ct random at . rush. ing crowd and they fell back. Se.zing the other two pistols he lock- ed down. He saw a head. fired and the soldier fell. At the same instant . sword entered his bowels. The wound was frightful. He ground his teeth. leading under the iron door and lit It. The flame ran along and passed under the door.
 Then this man who was about to die smiled and murmured. They will remember me. Tn these little ones avenge our little one. the King in the Temple"
 when the besiesers at last dared to enter, they found only this one ghastly dead man. The opening which had been left, because the long-unusued stone had damned. told the story. While they stood looking around. as- founded. bittely disappointed. great cry rang out below them.
 The mother. standing before the tow 
 break out fin flame.
 "The ladder! The ladderf cried oan- vain.
 aCommander," said his lieutenant, sthe wagon did not bring the ladder. It brought the guiilotine." Burst open the iron doorE efseo hundred voices.
 Tt cannot be dones The fire wreathed the first story. A whole army stood in despair AZ erter axe broke on the iron door. Sappers came with iron bars. They broke ike glass.
 before the iron door could see the red reflections pass underneath. Fns mother shrseked in desperate appeal. Suddenly a white head apeared in the opening through which the MarQquis had escaped. It was the Marequis re- He had A large key. without say- ing a word he walked to the iron door, opened 1t, a gulf of flame roared ous and he went in.
 He went in with firm step. holding his, head high. Shaken by his foot. the floor fell in behind him. He disappeAf- ed in the red glare. to the ravine. They looked up n ace spair. The sergeant madly buried nls r"iia ,n the stone of the bridge and 1 tried to climb. He fell back raging. Heavy cracking was heard above the anaupinR of the fire. A window m tne | EbrAry fell outward. Little Yolces were heard calling 'sMamal Mana me | soldiers eiinched their nsts. fney sobbed. They cursed. They were m paroxysms of agony. l Tine Marquis appeared at the window. | He had e huge ladder which had been atnred in the library. With the agility
 oS an athlete he tilted 1t and let II
 Men swarn,ed up and he passed the
 three children to them amid the cheera
 of the old grenadiera. Tnen eloWly,
 deliberately. hapghtily: ne s1eppee
 through the window and without turn l ing around, straight. erect, with hiA hback to the Ire he descended.
 The soldiers retired before him. They
 were filled with awe of him. He seem
 ed like the statue of commander go-
 ing down into the tomb.
 When he reached the ground a hand
 was laid on his collar,
 T arrest you" said Cimourdain.
 The Marquis had really descended in-
 to the tomb. They led him into q crypt
 dungeon under La Tourgue.
 we shall convene a court martial.
 said Cimourdain to Gauvatn. You VII
 not take part in 1t. It will be tomor'
 row. The day after. the guiilotine, La
 Vendee Is dead"
 Gauvain drew the hood of his eioah
 over his head and walked away, lost il thought. As he stepped between twI , camp fires he saw skeleton structur' of red rising on the plain. Insensibly the young ofieer drew
 near the entrance of the tower. H' walked up and down, up and down, un