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

y taking down the names cf thos.
Who Were delivered 10 the slaughter.
\ half-burDed-out candle stuck In 4
bottle cast a fitful light over the scene.
This place into which the three Refs
o. the Midi had stumbled In theiv
drunkenness WAS the prison of the
abbey and the three judges who sat
AT the loot Of the stairs we're simply
sans culoites with red caps on. While
Pascalet and his friends stood watch
Ing and astonished, there came down
the stairway a man a pale as death.
'Hds ne refused the oath ." cried the
threc seir-constituted judges, and -
rapidly fhey -rsed out, lie hast In
- instant two or three iron bars
struck him down and spikes and
swords were thru~: into his body. no
was dead. Then two sans culottcs
< out his ~lifelcxs body and
threw T. into . cart waiting out
side.
Pasealets companions Ded from the
horror of the scene, but the boy stool
sp"iibound BY The horror OF the thing.
he was so sobered by the hook that
he forced his nav through The press
aii1 approached the foot Of the STAR
gay Just as d form he well knew.
that "f Marquis ~d'Ambrun, came
down. The poor old MARQUIS was
nearly dead with terror. but a. he
approached the table of the judges
hiS eyes lighted mp with a new hope
and he cried out: oh, Surto: you
here: You Will save me- But as he
SPOKE Pascalet saw the great arms
OF che gamchecper WELD aloft an
iron bar and the marquis fell dead
at the feet Of his yassaI. Pascalei
could stand it no longer and broke
out into passionate denunciation OF
the g~amekccper, whereupon he vas
seized 10y Il couple of sans culuttea
ana dragged before the judges lie
had on. It is true, the uniform IT the
soldiers of the Marseillais battalion.
but Surto, recognizing the boy. aried
out: He is an Aristo; let me at him
v it'll my iron bari" just at that mo-
and in a dignihed manner. a tall. pale
It3n, dressed in the garb Of a hig
eccfeS1aSt. Pascaiet was about 60 fail
beneath the blows Of the iron bars,
when the bishop cried out IN a ON
manding tone: L know this boy, j my
self saw him marching with the Mar
seillajs battalion as it came Up
Paris. ] am about 10 nee: my Maker
| and would sncak only the truth" h
bishop fell beneath the iron bars: and
horrified pascaiet was released and
wandered forth into the night.
He looked down and saw that his
feet We're red TO the ankles with
blood. He realized that he was irunk
and that his companions had deserted
him. He felt in his pockets, and
lOUI1C tjleS were empty. ia ilSflty
that Nauclair had loaned him he had
s~Guandered, .s Well as the money
which he had received as one Of the
Marseillais battalion. What a sin had
ne committed? GiuttCny and drunk
cnness had done for him. And there
was the pure and white Adeline, who
would be waiting his return home.
He looked around. The gutter beside
him was running with bIcod-ths
blood OF the unhappy wretches who
were being killed in the big building
which he had just left. VERY are
rully he stepped over the little red
stream which was llowins to the river
Of the Seine He only had to follow
it and he would each that river.
The old thought came over him
which he had in the frozen woods OF
La Garde-he would commit suicide
But at that monnen he heard the
rattle of drums. OFF 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 morn
ing when the Reds OF the Midi had
storned 1t. What did it mean? Was
the king come back? Could that roll
Of drums be for the assembly OF the
Marseillais battalion? Whatever it
meant, the sound Of the ~"tambourS'
put new life into Pascalet and instead
Of jumping into the river, IS ne had
intended, he followed the souDd Of the
drums
When Pascaiet came to the front CT
the castle he found q platform SET
up upon which were three patriots
crying out: The country is in danger;
who viii enlist? Here is your pay
for 4 MONTH Then the patriot said
something else about the armies or
foreigners who were marching 10 sack
Paris and put the king on his throne
again. Pascalet saw the means Of
making himself square with Vauclair,
ard. before he realized it. he was en-
listed and was enrolled IN a regiment
which was to march 10 the frontier
the next morning. The patriot who
enrolled him, said: stop, cIflzen'
surely { know you-you lodge with
Planchet. Here are your three
crowns. You live At the lodge with
the maker Of guillotines.' Yes an
swered Pascalct. and please take
these three crowns to Vauclafr. who