New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-28

| then penetrated me. The monsters roared VIVA
laughter. and lowered their execrabIe tronbe-
| toward us from the top of the terrace"
The end of the tragedy was then drawing ns.-
an end when only a few months before this daz
al the chateau nobody dreamed Of In the spring
and early summer of 1791 Paris. FreniIIy notes
gave herself up to pleasure. There were bau
private theatricals. suppers Madame do Ir-sf,, 4
then a widow. had inherited a new fortune -
a beautiful house which was a yeritabIe na1.g
and her son was a petted dandy Of the salons
With that morning Of horror the scene changes
In twenty-four hours Paris was another eitv
There were no carriages to be SEEN for nobodv
we are reminded. dared to show himself to h.
rich. to be superior to any one else:
At night the red capped members Of the Sac.
tons made dOmiciiary visitS-not here or there
but everywhere-in order to discover ergrs n
defender OF the King or one OF me escaped Swiss
Ior their massacre continued Wherever they were
found Even the most honest artisans We're seized
There was certain young and honest engraSsr
hG sT f1GI month mon Used d to tb BRING s BS Of
with the candOur and timidity Of a girl I san
him a few days after August 10 and found SSd l,
beaming with joy. What is the natter" / asEaIa
An! sir, he replied, providence has smiled
time the prisons became crowded The suspecte1
and the convicted were thrown in pell-rneIl Who
shoemaker not certain Of sleeping in his bed
Spies and denunciators swarmed among the ser
wants and thus were accumulated the victims w6o
sacrificed during the days Of September
pTactseG it, and these later were the unr 2Is
people Who driven by fear to pursue sue others
than the two or three howlers of their Section
NJ. de Chazet, a relative Of our chronicIer, was,
by the way the hero Of one of the strangest
stories of the Revolution The Baronne De
Mackau his second daughters mOther-in-aw.
was one OF the first TO be imprisoned at Ia
Force NJ de Chazet. we are told. scattered
money broadcast to win over few honest pie
beians of that quarter and, having been in
formed Of the day when the horrible popular
tribunal was to sit at the door of the prison,
went there early in the morning, disguised as
sd,1s-culOtte When the baroness's turn came to
appear before those helIsh judges NJ de Chazet
began to defend her in the language Of the
Markets, and so well did he play his part, sup
ported by his accOmpliCes. that he obtained her
acuuttaI" Madame de FrenilIy, a great hetress
and woman of kind heart, had spent money
lavishIy in her neighbOrhOOd and was conse-
quently popular. Passports were granted her for
herself and her household when she announced
her determination TO visit her country estates
Her son started first and was turned back at
gate after gate because of the silver mounted
dressing case he carried-he only then learned
Of a municipal order that 10 gold silver
should be allowed to leave the city. second
attempt was successful. and the family was
finally settled their estate at Loches, where
they We're lett peace 1uclT pAOpcAIJ III al
however became endangered, and young FTeniliy
presently returned to take charge Of IL 1t was
then in the worst period OF the Terror, when
people remained shut up in their houses and
spoke little and In low voice One Of the pict-
ures of woe which remained in the young man 5
| memory was that Of DantOn in the red tumbrI
| on his way to the scafOId- His enormous round
head was proudly turned toward the stupid null
titude with impudence on his forehead and an
expression of rage and Indignation on his lips
The FrenilIys lost much of their property dur
| ing the Revolution, but do not appear 10 have
been in danger Of their lives Again establish
ing themselves in a Partisan house, under the
Directory, they helped to unite the scattered
remains of good society. The last half OF the
chronicle has less OF drama, but il is as vivid
as the first. It sparkIes with humorous stories
/ personal sketches anecdotes Of celebrities and
| criticism of men and events. Fr6nflly gives free
rein to scorn and disgust in writing Of his pet
aversions Taueyrand, Lafayette and Chateau
BRAND He tells US about his marriage and how
he brought into order his wife'S beautiful COun-
try estate. He notes that in that rustic neigh
/ borhOod-as was the case all over France-the
decent peasants had not been spoiled by tht
Revolution. Every village had had its Jacobir
tyrant" he says. Its Terror in Httle,'' and had
found it more comfortable under it's former lord
/ FrenfIIy finally became deputy, and was made
! a peer by Charles Y, whom he calls the King
/ of his heart"