The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26


blow UPON the pea,ant with his dogwhip
Tho Samekeeper ran up. huge German
Yellow who. because they could not pro-
nounce his name. the folk about there
called surto. and also began to hammer
poor Pascal. Psscale, had climbed UP
on to high rock Cor safety. but when he
saw them go beating his father he g-nbbed
a great stone and hurled Il through the air
80 that II just granej the gamekecpcr'e
car and landed on the toes o. NJ. Robert.
'h'o" yclle1 the young Count. and. wheel
ing. no saw PRscalot. or went both bar
reis Of his gun and the shot whizzed
around the boy who. plung!nR down the
rav.ne. ran FOR his rte and hid himself In
tho DEPTHS OF the wood
There he remained hal, frozen ana hal,
starved thinking OF his hard lot and
sf'a9d to Ed home a: length so miserable
vas ne THAT the though; occurred to him
tina. /, would DO sood ana comfortable
thing to be dead. There was a lake below
him, and going down 10 .is edge ne lclDed
as far gu; into the Istc "a he could
spring Wac Pascalct drownedo MOI bit
OF III he had oeen this history would
not have bssn written Bu: he WAS hor-
fiMy shaken up The pond was frozen
'alcH. ani the boy came down with bump
winch Jared TIE ice and h,naelf hi. eff
teoied no FERROUS damage on either.
After hi. dlsappo!n mont N MS endeavur
TO conm!: suicide. the ilitl. fellow con.
o.nded that. after all. he had best go home.
ana so ne atoie through he n!gh, and the
ooid 20 the nut percned high up on the hi.
OF La Gardn. He found dcserted-no
mother. no father no fire. III despair he
thought OF the priest. NJ Rendoulrt. who
~ n 70 nj \,
Hook. peasant or aristocrat. and he made
his way to the village He knocked a, the
priests door. The good priest took the TT
Ito fellow ,n and. for the tirst time in his
life. Pasoalet slept on u rea! bed
In the morning NJ. Randoulet gayo Pas
enlet an outfit OF clothes in elegance be-
yond anything the boy had ever dreamed
or wearing. and took him to the hos
p'tal. where old Pascal was lying. dan
gerousiy III from the blows re had re-
ce!ved from NJ. Robert ana tn. game
Keeper BY the bedside OF the father was
watching the faithful mother. Sad as tho
situation was, tho Joy OF Pescalc. was
great at seeing hi. parents again. though
MS heart rebeiled and a bitter feeling
filled his breast when the old man said
that as soon as he was well enough he
would go 10 N lie Marquis and NJ. Robert
and bog their pardons on his knees. For
wha'E thought Pasoalet. For bo!ng
starved and beaten almost to death7'
While the boy in tho hospital n
new terror came 20 him. band OF peo-
pie disguised "a White Penitents-those
who 80 about buryng the dend OF the
poor-brokc into the place and stabbed
to death . number OF men who iay there
recovering from wounds received in q
nEm between the supporters OF the old
regime and those who cspoused the cause
OF the new revolution. Among the leaders
or the assssslns WAS Surto. and. seeing
Pascalet, he seized him and bore Kim
away toward the chateau with tho in;en-
tton OF killing him
And Surto had very good ca,me to wi.n
Pascaiet dead. Once, not long before, the
boy had climbed into tree and was con
ceaied there when there stro!!ed along and
stopped to talk beneath mis- hiding place
the Marau!se d Amorun and Sur,o. Much
OF what they said PSscale; could no, un-
derstand. but he compreaerded enough TO
know that the narqu!se and the game
keeper designed 10 kill the marque and
Count Rooert-ihat the MARQUEE was In
fatuated with Sur.o When they had
passed on PaTcalet had dropped from the
tree ana run nome. but he had been seen
by The guilty pair and his death had been
resoved upon, they knew ne mus; have
heard part at leo6t OF their conspiracy
!20 Surto ID not XII Pascalet when ne
took him from tho hospital The hoy. yily.
supple unewy, swft OF foot as q hare,
mhnaged 70 eecapo frofn the sanekeepcr's
no.1 and ran for safety again into the
depths OF tae. forest;
once more. when the pursuit. was over
d!i Paecaiet seek out tho good NJ RAN
donlet and tho rr!nst, knowing that the
boys life WAS not safe while ne remained
In the neighoorhood sent him to Avignon.
giving him letter 20 the Canon Jusaerand.
a high ecc,es.ast OF that c!ty The boy.
wAosc vision mad never before ranged
beyond his native h!iia ana dales. waa
hlled with wonder a, the stately city wilton.
| after wear.somc journey on foot he
finally rtacned--tnc city OF Avignon.
/ Sun more was .c astonished r, the con-
ditons he found ;ncre. Tho people seemed
AL h,Bde themselves There were tho
! constant rolling NJ drums and tho rush
! 20 s:o"2s OF dancers trcaG!@E tho Wild.
| revolutionary dance NJ tho faranooIe or
/ .nduiGing In the wilder gyrat!ons OF tho
/ carmagnol. Hther and ;hither went
marching men clad In the uniform OF the
! National Guard, Will, the air reverber-
atcd by day and night with shouts OF
'Vlve la nation"
/ Pasoa!et as no entered tho city was
! carried away By tho general frenzy and
totnd hinlso!f wildly dancing q farandoie
down tho streets 20 the sound ., mes
7 and drums. puHziag tamhourintS ana
sgu"auaG plres Taore. in a i.ne with
oarefootod ruflans. were well dressed ciu-
zats each with Ills watch on. There
were fo!derr and wesherwomon. buck.
s,ers in 'he!F Catalan caps dancing with
ladies' in lace dresses and handles clad Il,
SIX Ana there seemed 10 he no end "a
that faraadole only nov ana then ex.
hausison made come drop gu, OF .he wild
dance. There were commissioners. AS thew
calod them. of tho revolutionary govern.
ment. who mado speeches 90 the crowd
aud rauons OF bread. o..ves ana n,hort.
"ero aerved cut 10 tho people. pSsoaIe
worried his way GU, OF the preas s.ad mad