The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-06
thronging. shouting. loud Of voice.
Their voices made a vast and MUIR

thronging. shouting. loud Of voice.
Their voices made a vast and MUIR
INJURIOUS roar, like angry waters; n
could hear them a great way of.
His majesty. fat. solid. validating.
knew not what to do; he would do
this. now that. and now he would not
do at all, but sit in his; gilded bed
chamber. head IN hand, considering a,
little further. They ~ the queen put
now or never was the time to show
himself; but the king did not come
out. At last. after long parley. he
went out with the queen to the hall
Of the assembly: he left by devious
back ways the garden Of the Tulleries,
and when he went out he vent out
forever. The little prince kicked play
fully at some leaves along the path,
fallen before their time; there was an
ominous significance In those fallen
leaves. IL you care to look for 1t. Then
to his blue shoulder Al the crowd
grows dense, and the royal family iis
received into the hall Of the assem-
bly,.
The courtiers fed for the most part
when the king had gone; the red
Swiss held their place. Nearer and
nearer swarrned the mob, led by 800
black-browed men Of Marseilles, sing
ing the Marseillaise, that most insur-
rectionary tune that v e was written.
There wal a pause and a parleying,
whilst the leaders Of the tumultuous
Partisan army called on the guards to
surrender. But the Swiss stand block
ing up the entrances, muskets alert.
Their task 1t 10 to hold tho Tuileries,
even though the master Of the Tuiler-
les has fed. They are peaceful. but
visflant- A little handful Of foreign-
ers| flung down into the midst Of great
events that are beyond their under
standing. they know but one thing
how to face the foe.
A motleymob It wAs-Westermann.
an Alsatfan, leading one brigade; in
another place the Demoiselle Therois-
ne. q short-skirted. wasp-waisted
Amazon. girt in pistols ana saber.
shouts shrill Commando, and perhaps
fancies herself q veritable Jeanne
mann calls on the Swiss to surrender;
the refuse, and q moment later three
cannons. badly aimed, rattle over the
palace roofs. and the Swiss fire a VOL
ley in reply. Many Of the Marseilles
ment went down before that volley-
in particular "a tall man that was
louder than any"
The mob recoiled and then came on
again. slavering ana savage at the
sight Of blood. Red coats flashed dim
y through the wreathing smoke; the
swiss guards hred by platoon and roll
than Napoleon. who saw them feht
that day. declared the educated nnen
would have beaten hack their foes and
won had they had 4 commander. "a.
1t wa they fought blindly, d~ogredlv.
without direction, knowing one duf,
to night az long as they could atAnS,
Then from the hall Of tho assem-
bly, came q messenger from Louis.
WITH q written order. cease firing"
That meant the end Of everythine.
Iney stopped. but there was no draw
ing BACK, now. Scattered and broken.
hunted down out in the mob. elubhe6
beaten. stabbed with pixies. There
Were others who lay along the stone.
paved corridors. where they had fan.
en-, facing the foe. and thu moh
stripped of its scarlet coats md tore
them into shreds and hung the shreds
on pixies. The naked bodies Of $50
lay there for two days, ana the curions
came to case.
The moi surged through the PAL
ace. Staying, plundering, wine CASKS
~ pihce. duueQ new horrors
to the days madness. Some few Of
the sSwiss guard foun sanctuary in
tho hall Of tho assembly; scattered
n were taken in by sane and kindly
citizens and given refuge in their
homes. But the vast majority Of the
500 died that day ana died in vain.
There 10 a monument to the ala
tered Swiss that travellers to Lucerr.
are always shown. II IL a dyinr linn
IN the stone above a little pooi:
IN his side a spear 10 broken on mort
n under his sreat forepaw there
lies a shield bearing the lilies OF the
Y OF Bourbon. Above the lion
s ..a upon the rock z Latin motto
being translated, means "To the. inv.i
ty and courage Of the swiss."
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