The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-13
The Reds of the Midi
Continued from page twelve.1

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he took him from the hospital. The
boy, willy, supple, Sinewy, swift Of foot
AS a hare, managed to escape from the
y~anekeeper's hold and ran for safety
again into the depths of the forest.
Once more, when the pursuit was
over, did PaScalet seek out the good
Nj. Randoulet and the priest, knowing
fhat the boys life was not safe While
he remained in the neighborhooG, sent
him to AyignoD, giving him a letter to
the Canon Jusserand. a high ecclesiast
Of that city. The boy, whose vision
had never before ranged beyond njs
native hills and dales. was filed with
wonder at the stately city which, after
a Wearisome journey on foot. he fin
ally reached-the city of Avignon.
Still more was he astonished at the
conditions he found there. The peo-
pie seemed all beside themselves.
There were the constant rolling OF
drums and the rush OF groups of
dancers treading the wild, revolution
arv dance OF the f~arandole or indulg-
ing in the wilder gyrations OF the
earmagnoi. Efither and thither vent
marching men clad in the uniform of
the National Guard, while the air
reverberated by day and night with
shouts of "Vive Ia n%ation:"
Pascalet as he entered h city was
carried away by the general frenzy
IJi0 o141 8ia1cNti "AiNiS to1i>AAiS "
~farandole down the streets to the
sound of flies and drums, buzzing
tambourines and squea1ing pipes.
There. IN a line with barcfooted
rufians. were Well dressed citizens,
each with his watch on. There We're
soldiers and wasilerwomen, hucksters
in their Catalan caps dancing with
ladies in lace dresses and dandieS clad
i'll silk. And there seemed to be no
end to that faranole. Only now an j
then made some drop out
OF the wild dance. There were COM
~missioners, as they called them, Of
the evolutionary government, Who
made speeches to the crowd, and ra-
tons of bread olives and filberts WerA
served out to the people. Pascalet
worked his way out OF the press and
made for the great steps leading up
to the old palace Of the popcs-
There We're many people sitting
there eating their %rations, and among
them a soldier Of the National Guard
with his wife and little boy. They
made room for .PaScalet, and soon he
was friends With The whole family.
The soldier was Nauclair, 8 Joiner,
and his wife was Lzull, their little boy
CIairette. They learned Pascalet's
story from him. took him home, treat
ed him as Il child OF their own and
Nauclair enlisted him in the Nation /.
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letter to the Canon Jusserad he never
delivered. He tried to, but when he
went to the house Of the Canon wear
ing his uniform of the National Guard
he was driven fronl(the street-whicl
vas a street OF "aristOS.'
And now the Marseillais battalion
arrived, passing through ASienoI on
its way to Paris. The battalion was
500 strong, and in the van marched a
big fellow carrying a banner on which
MAS inscribed THE Rights Of Man
Whenever he saw a person who looked
as IT he might be an aristocrat the big
fellow stopped and made the suspect
kneel down and kiss the banner OF
The Rights Of Man"
If the town had been excited before
The arrival OF the MarSelilais battalion
it was now thrown into a state OF fren-
zy. The men Of the battalion brought
with them a new song, the words OF
which stirred the hearts Of the Reds,
and for the first time Pascalet heard
that song to the music OF which he
was afterwards to march across Eu-
rope, to traverse the sands Of Egypt
and tread the shores OF Acre-the i'm
mortal "Marseillaise." Many recruits
the battalion gathered in Avignon, and
among others Iauli marched away to
Paris "to call the King to account
ing"
battalion OF the feuS VI Lie Niui. AAo
wanted TO, but circumstances prevent
ed AS the boy went wandering and
wondering about the streets OF the
city on he day before the Reds We're
to start for Paris he was seized by that
b~lack-visaged g~amekeeper, Surto. Pas
calet was without arms. Sufto had
come to Avignon with his master and
the family, stopping there for a day
or so. on his way to Paris, where M.
Robert. the Cavalier du Roi, was to
defend the King.
poor little Pascalet, in spite OF his
brayado. was taken to the house where
the family Of the owners was stopping
and placed by Surto III a dark and
damp far beneath the found
atoms. There, he was Informed by hs
jailer. he was to stay until he starved