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

OF tho gamaheoper. whereupon he was
soised by couple OF sans ouiotto, and
dragged before tho judges. He had on. II
true. tho uniform OF the soldiers OF +h.
Marseihis battalion. but surto, recoxn,z
ing inc boy. cricd out: Tho Ia On Aristo:
io' me at him with my iron barr. Just
AZ 'het 'nomont there camo on tho ste,r..
sio"iy ana In disnified manner, a tall.
pa'' man crossed In the GARD OF high
ocoiesisst Pasoalet was about 70 fail ia.
meath tho blows Of tho iron bar. NV,
tho o'Snop oried out in commanding
Tone: Il know this boy, I myreIf saw
MIN marching with tho Marsel,a,. bat.
'ahon as 1t oaTne up to Paris am ahou,
70 meet my Maker and would spesk
only mo truth" Tho oiahop fell ten.at6
'ne IRON bars; the horrifled Pascalet ve.
released and wandered forth into the p,vh.
He looked down and saw that hin fec,
wefo rcd to the ankles with blood II.
realized that he was drunk and tina, nj,
companions had deserted him. He fol. IN
his pockets. and found they wore enptv
fhe money that Veuoiair had loaned him
no had suuandered. as well a. tho money
which he had received as one of the Mar.
ssi!ais battalion What e sin ho5 y.
committed? GIu;tony and drunkenn.s.
mao done for him. And ,here was IN,
pure and white Adeline. who would h.
waiting MS return home He looked
around Tho gutter beside him wae run.
ning with biood-the blood 81 the unh,ppy
wretcheh who were being killed In the hi.
building which he had juet left Very
carefully he stepped over the little red
stream which wac Moving to tho riyer O,
tho Seine He only had to follow Il ara
ne would reach that rver.
Ihe old thought cane over hin, which
ne had In the frozen woods o. La G,rt,-
ne would commit suicide. But az that
moment he heard the rattle Of drum. or
on tho other side OF the river, In from. o,
what had been tho kings castle the drums
were beating tur; as they did on the morn
irs when the Reds o. the lid! had stormed
H. What did Il meant waS the king
come oack7 Could tina. roll OF drums De
!or the easeuihly o. the Marsellai, bat
taiion' Whatever 1t meant. the eound OF
tho tameoure" put new NE into Pascalet
and inrtead OF jumping into the river. as
he had intended. no followed the sound o.
tho drums.
When Pascnlet came TO the from, o. TIE
castle he found platform set up upon
which were three patriots crying out:
Hero Is your pay for month Then the
patriot said something cline nsou, N.
armies OF foreigners Who were marching
to sack Paris and put the king on his
throne again. Pascslet saw the means o.
making himself square with vauclnir. and
before he realized Il. he wac enlisted and
was enrolled In a regiment which was 10
march to the frontier the next morning
The patriot who enrolled him. said: STOP
citizen: surely know you-you lodge with
Pianchet Here are your three crowns.
You live at the lodge with the maker OF
su!iiotinee-" Yes" antwered Pascale:,
''and please take these three crowns TO
Vauciair. who also lodgta there AS for
me, am OF with the regiment
Thinking always OF the fair Adei,ne.
The pigeons wero huttenng on the caves
OF the ruined king. cas;l. In tho brish,
sunshine as Pascalet marched away na1t
morning. The drums were rafting \
lively euickstep
When he cav Parts again Il was thu
sixteenth of Fructidor In the year IL The
battle OF Vaimy ana all the borders OF tho
Rhine had been fought. That sixteenth
Fruct!dor. when Psscalet returned to Paris
no was stationed with his company as
guard In front OF a guillotine In the Place
De la Revolution. Tho national knife"
was deEcendins to chop of the heads OF
the sristocrats. He saw two old people
dragged forward They were the old
Marquis d'Ambrum and the Marauise. his
wife. For all their crimes he wanted to
come to their rescue, but he looked up
and saw written on the crosspieoe OF tho
!nstrument of death the word "Adei.ne."
Tho Mararise looked UP as she fell on
her knees and saw the name written or
the crosSbeam. Then a third person was
dragged to tho falling knife. He was a
big fellow and he struggled and fought
as he WIS dragged to his doom. It was
surto. but his head went into the basket
just the same.
Three times the knife fell and three
times heads fell into the basket-h6ads
with eyelids still iuttering and with jaws
still working. that bit the bloody sawdust
az they fell.
But other drums than those OF the
Terror were sounding and new regions
were to be conquered by France drunk
with blood" Things moved too rapidly
for Pascalet TO get an opportunity to see
again his dear southland, but one day. It
was In the Thermidor OF the year w.. as
he. weary with fighting. having Just fin
!shed his share in tho killing OF fifteen
thousand Mamelukes. was sitting at the
foot OF the great Pyramid of Cheops. a
man oarne TO him and said: "If am not
wrong. oomrade, YOU are Pascaiet. the
Bon OF la Paunget. and I'd know you
anyway by the way you speak. as from
Provence" 1t was a man whom Pascalet
had econ before, but had not known in
timately, bu. ne venturod to ask the
question: do you know whichever be-
oame OF Mademoiselle Adeline. the daugh-
ter OF tho Marquis d'Ambrump" "Oh,
yos," replied the soldier. "Sho died last
year. I am only a recruit. She was an
Ursuline nun and died because she was
IN love with somebody who left her to 20
of 10 tho wore. but she became nun
and died as ono, But. toll me. oomrade,
did you ever know man namod vau-'
olalr. who lived In Av!gnonr" Pnoalet
did not anaweF, And In few moments
A.