Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02

gardens. Under the restoration the
Bourbons named this man a peer OF
| France.
The same night OF July IL the people
enragcd al the massacre. prevented the
nobility from entering the opera-now the
Theater de Ia Porte St Martin. where
they are playing ''Cla1tecler On the
afternoon arc night OF Juy 13 the east
ern part of Paris was full OF barbados
Patrols Of ciizers under arms wake
| the streets. In the morning of July IL
the Invaldes. took twepty-four carnoHfs
and 5000 mixed rifles. pistols. swords
; and bayore;s. ITO the Bastile.' was
! the cry. They ran 20 the Bas;ile. the
| hated fcrtress-rriscn, always considered
i:npregaah.e.
! 1t IS certain hat De .1aunay. it's Cover
nor. used tie most perfdious of ruses
to hold it. Having let down the first
d-awbr.dse. as though in surrender. ne
allowed a great number OF the citizens to
enter tie first courtyard. Then he drew
back the ORA wbridge and massacred then,
a. le.spre In the 'ast moments he at
tempted to fire the powder magazine and
! was prevented by the soldier Ferrand.
| Under a CALLING fire from the intrench-
ed garrison the citizens of Paris Chamber
ed down and up the walls of the moat.
| lowered the drawbridge, battered in its
/ invincible doors, carried court by court
! and room ty room. to the death of It's last
| defender.
The garrison Of ninety-five veterans
and thirty Swiss died to man. or
the besiegers there were ninety eight
have machine guns in those days. 1t
has been calculated that an average OF
100 bullets had to he fired to wound one
man and sno to do one killing s.o. w,a.
they discovered in the private prison of
royalty. One represents the cti-
zens assisting up the black stairways
long bearded old men. sickly youths and
of
their chains still on them. Others, crawl
ing on hand and knees, discovered in
black corners. chained to rings let in the
walls: the bodies of prisoners dead i'm
their shackles. skeleton crumbled in
an old iron cage.
1t is not known who took possession of
the cage and what became Of it. The
diaries and notes of eye-witnesses have
been published One drawing Of the time,
now in the Henin collection, shows the
underground cachet, in which Bechade,
La Roche. La Correge and Pujade were
found and released by the populace. They
escaped and nothing more is known of
them. La Roche was found chained to
a curious machine that locked something
like one end Of gun carriage.
1t held him always in the same reclin-
ing position. his ankles. wrists. waist and
neck chained fast. Putade was chained
by the waist to a heavy ring set in the
wall. about ten feet away from the other.
Bechade seems to have roamed freely
about the room. while La Correee was
chained by his two wrists to the foot of
pillar that served him for seat and bed.
When the citizens entered this dismal
abode the flaming lights of their torches
sent troops ct rats scampering. while
gcod-sized snakes FASTENED to their holes
in a still deeper dungeon stairway,
through whose top ladder protruded.
Only dead bodies were found down
there.
The prisoner Tavernier told his liberia
tors that during the thirty years CT his
captivity he had passed nineteen con-
secutive ones without crossing the thresh-
old Of his cell
Exercise in the yard. for those who en-
joyed this favour YVES limited to an hour
day. reduced to a few minutes when
there were many prisoners to be exercised
In turn.
The Able Duvernet. en- receiving a visit
from the minister Ame,ot. had COM
planned of the injustice of lis imprison-
mert.
You ought not to complain" was the
answer. because YOU have the privilege
Of the prison library Then he added
why are you here?"
Because you yourself gave some one
a blank lettre de cachet. with your name
and the kings attached TO 1t. That per-
son filled in my name and the trick was
done. You ought. to know it,
The minister expressed mild surprise
! and he left the Able Duvernet to rot for