The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-13

arms which extended from the i'm
pioVlsed bed OF lifeline, and wrote
IN pencil above, on the crossbeaEn
me WORD 'Adeline." Little dfd he
guess when and where ne would again.
see thaS Written name upon the guillo
tine.
Az last, one day Wnen the Reds Of
the lie were weary Of waiting their
pockmarked officer, Margan stood an
III the gallery Of the Assembly. tn.
members OF which Were chatterine as
usual, and cried out: You are al
aIIa10. You sit theye hakin Xix.
reeds You are always afraid THAI
something Will happen or will not hap
pen. And while YOU chatter We. tn,
Reds Of the Midi, wait. We have
rampe through the heat Of the sun
and the chilli Of the night TO come
mere ahd nn'5h Eour business. ana YOU
nave allowed Us only enough mol3y
bread To keep US from starvation. We
would accomplish that for which We
came ard 60 back to the Midi. We
mink YOU are towards. But, as for rs.
al We lear IS your fear. II we leave
yon TO accomplish the revolution there
VIII be no roNClution.'
But this speech die no GOOD: h
sections Of Paris were still afraid
Then BarbarcauS and Danton came
to the rescue. They talked with The
Etdera1s from Brest ana with those
o. the National Guard, Who were real
~ intent upon destroying the mon
archy. The Reds OF the Midi were
removed to new barracks across the
Seine, to the building which had been
the CONVEX Of the Cordeliers-where
the Patriot CLUB used to nleet-anS
Danton himself came to them and
served out cartridges with his own
hand. And as he served out the
cartridges he shouted Liberty, Fra
| torntfU and EGIIo Iif,- nr 1-aS1 y -
This was the sort Of talk the Reds
Of the Midi liked, and their hearts
were still further re!oiced when Bar
bareaux promised them that on the
morrow they should storm the proud
castle Of Louis.
And so the ~longed-for day came
and, while the tocsin sounded and
the people Of Paris aroused them
selves at the noise Of drums, singing
Ca Fra the MarseinIais battalion
made its way to the Tuilleries and
gave heart to the other revolutionaries
who had swarmed about this palace
Of the Bourbon kings. Then did the
ing Of the "Marseillaisc" and the an
Client dynasty Of Capet Was oyer
thrown
AS Pascalet was busy in the attack
upon the Kings castle. he looked Up
at a window ana saw NJ. Robert firms
| upon the people DSloU as Ia J1OlS DIS
he could with guns which We're loade &c
and handed TO him by q huge, black
looking ma behind him. This mar
was SuTtO, and even as PaScalet stood
looking he saw SurtO place q pistoI
behind the ear OF his masters son
and shoot him dead. NJ. Robert fell
hanging haif out of the window. and
not long afterward Pascalet saw Surto
wearing the uniform Of the National
Guard and 1ningiing with the pa
triots. Pascalct saw that Surto was
carrying out his design and feared
for the safety OF Adeline. L girl,
ali the while. had been asking for her
mother, her father and her brother.
She wanted TO be taken to them. At
ter the assault upon the Kings palace
matters went on quietly for a while
| Capet and his wife were prisoners
and the National Assembly began TO
get uneasy at the presence Of the
| Marseillais battalion in the capital. II
was resolved to pay them off and
; send them home.
Then the time for truth telling
| came. and on the eve Of pay day a
whispered consultation was held In
P~lancho's shop. and II was decided
that Vauclair and Pascalet were to
get their money, while the women
| fold Aneline the truth and persuaded
| her that the best thing for her was
to get back to Avignon with Lazuit.
| Early the next morning Pascalet ieft
dhe house OF the carpenter-he want
cd 70 be away when Adcline's cry
Of pain should ring out as she was
told Of the death Of Robert and Of
the real situation in which she stood
Pascalet was at he barracks before
Vauclair, and the rising sun was just
beginning to gild the caves Of the
houses when he met with a half dozen
of his fellow Reds Of the Midi going
to get their pay. Hurry up, kid:
go and get your pay and then come
| with US; we are off for a good time.
We mean to see some of the sights
| OF this big village; come on" And
so Pascalet Joined them, after he had
received his pay and from n caba-
/ ret to another thev went, arm IN arm
and taking up the whole width Of the
street. Since the tenth OF August
when the Marseillais battalion had
led the attack upon the kings castle,
the people CT Paris gave way when
SO ~ ~