The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-11

he would commit suieidel. Rut at tha. moment he heard the rattle of drums. of on the other side of the river, in front of what had been the kings castle, the drums were beating just as they did on the morning when the Reds of the Midi. had stormed it. What did It mean? Was the king come back? Could that roll or drums be for the assembly Of the Mar sellais battalion? Whatever 1t meant. the sound of the 'tambours' put new life into Pascalet, and instead Of jumping into the river, as he had intended. he followed the sound of the drums
 l When Pascalet came to the front Of the castle he found a platform set up upon which were three patriots crying outi 'The country is in dangeri who will en~ list? Here is your pay for a month.. Then the patriot said something else about the armies of foreigners who were. marching to sack Paris and rut the king on his throne again. Pascalet saw thez means of making himself square with Vauclair, and, before he realized it, he was enlisted and was enrolled in a reg- r1cnt which was to march othe frontier the next morrfng The parriot who en- rolled him said: Stop, citizen; surely I know you-you lodge with Planchst Here is your three crowns. You live at the Iodge with the maker of guillotine., 'Yes," answered Pascalet "and please taks these three crowns to vauclair. who also lodges there. As for mo. I am of with the regiment.
 Thinking always of the fair Adelins. Pascalet marched away to the frontier The pigeons were fiuttering on the caves of the ruined kings castle in the bright sunshine as Pascalet marched away next morning. The drums were rattling lively quickstep.
 | When he saw Paris again it was the 18th of Fructidor in the year II. The bat tie of Valmy and all the borders Of the Rhine had been fought. That 18th Fruc- tidor, when Pascalet returned to Paris. he was stationed with his company as guard in front of a guillotine in the Place de la Revolution. The national knife was descending to chop off .he heads of the aristocrats. He saw two old people dragged forward. They were the old Marquis d'Ambrun and the Marquise, his wife. For all their crimes he wanted to kcome to their rescue, but he looked up and saw written on the crosspiece of the instrument of death the word "Adeline.' The Marquise looked up as she fell on | her knees and saw the name written on the crossbeam. Then a third person was dragged to his doom. It was Surto. but | h; l same.
 Three times the knife fen and thres times heads fell into the basket-heads with eyelids still futtering and with jaws still working, that bit the bloody saw dust as they fell.
 Blu other drums than those of the Ter~ TOT were sounding and new regions were to be conquered by France drunk with blood" Things moved too rapidly for Pascalet to get an opportunity to ses again his dear southland, but one day, ir was in the Thermidor of the year ", as he, weary with fighting, having just finished his share in the killing of 15.001 Mameldukes, was sitting at the foot of the great Pyramid of Cheops. a man, came to him and said: "If nm not wrong, comrade. you are Pascalet, the son of La Patinget, and I'd know you anyway by the way you speak, as from Provence" It was a man whom Pasoa- let had seen before, but had not known intimately, but he ventured to ask the question: DO you know whatever be- | cana of Mademoiselle Adeline. tho daughter of the Marquis ad'Ambrun7' oh, yes,' replied the soldier. ''She died last year. I am only a recruit. She was an Ursuline nun and died hecause she was in love with somebody who left her | to go off to the wars. But she became q nun and died as one. Bat, tell me. comrade, did you ever know a man named vauclair. who lived in Avignonr' Pascalet did not answer. And in a few moments the trumpets called together the adventurous army which General Bonaparte had taken to look in the face of the Sphinx.
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