The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-20
REAL ANClEN. STORY
The King OF Frarcc Sus-
pended for a Time


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Easerprise.
In 1871 the National Assembly or
France ther ConErwasl Suspended
the king and relieved him ox HE Of
ncial and royal duties Perhaps 9th
er EInEa hev been suspended. Others
hes been killed. ia, hit arskes nae
that hit wuE layin' hi, on pr~st,
strong when they suspended alr roy.
Al nibs- lie must hev felt sorry for
homseif. for hiz Job wux hAnKin' ia
the balances. and thrones do 20,
whine and beg for occupants, cape
ctally the thrones ov great eountrs~.
like France. Then. too. there wux
danger that she politicians mite hold
secret meet;n' an name hls success.
sor without consuitia' him. for they
had gotten their dAnder up.
speakin' ov Kings. they air Jus,
like other folks-not !ndlApenmA BILE
Amidst the national excitement pre-
Fafent In France about this time. hlt
iz related that an unknown man an
peared at one ov the leadln' Paris ho-
tells. evidently sufFerin' the panEs oy
hunger an misrule. Ieaped upon a
chair and addressed a throng ov
prominent citizens who were diRcuss.
In the action ov the French assem-
/ bly, Just after the suspension ov the
7 King He said: Citizens, listen 10
a tale which shall not be a long one.
A certain weli-meanin' neapoIltan
was once upon a time startled dur
Ing his evening walk. by the astound-
Ing Intelligence that th. Pope Cthe
| head OF the Catholic church, vas
dead. He had not recovered from his
astonishment at the sudden news fiIl
he was Informed that the King of
Naples had also just passed away.
Surely" said the citizen, the suu
must vanish from heaven ut such a
combination of politics" But bad
news continued TO reach hiz earn.
he 10 told that the Arch bishop OF
Palermo also died suddenly. Over
come by the last shock he hurried
home and took his bed. but could
not sleep. Soon he heard n rumblinw
noise nearby. He listened. The
noise was caused by a baker maxim
macaroni. "Ah! said he. can I tru.,
my ears! Hhe Pope 10 dead-ths
King OF Naples 10 dead-the BIshop
OF Palermo In dead-yet my neigh
Dor, the baker. makes maearonI-
Come! The lives OF great men are
not then so indispensable TO the
world after all" Then the man I'm
the shabby clothes stepped from the
chair and went his way. A woman
who was present then said: II have
caught his meaning. He has told n
tale and IL begins like all tales"
The above quotation liz taken from
book entitled. There Was Once a
King and q Queen" Hit may not
thrill any OF my readers. but hit con
tains more truth than poetry. you
will notis
The KNOWN ones in France argued
that the flight OF the King wux moth
In short OF abdication, and that the
only way out wuz TO proclaim a re-
public. But many men said that
they should hold to the old consti-
tuition. and pleaded that Louis the
King wuz irresponsible; that what
wuz reaiy needed wuz a bran new
King. Because they saw thar they
were In minority. the Jacoblns In
the assembly became very angry and
prepared bill for defhrening Louis.
Orders were given Lafayette 10
march troops 20 the vicinity ov the
assembly and carry a red nag. the
sign that martial Law had been pro-
claimed. The mob refused 10 obey
Lafayette's troops and seized two sol
oiers and tore them into pieces with
the feroeity ov tigers. France wux
again approachin' crisis Lafayette
gave an order Ia low tone directin'
q division o. soldiers 20 FIRE over the
heads ov the citizens. This wux
greeted with teers- Al will be ex-
pected. the next voiIey wuz directed
lower and several hundred persons
fell. killed aud wounded. The ia
Goblin leaders then skunk away and
remained In hidin' for DAYS. They
were nothin' but towards and thugs
ov the red-shirt variety. But this
did not allay the feeiin' ov the peo-
pie. did not redress the many wrongs
which they had suffered. The assem-