El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-02

I overworked cab horses. And was this
the fate still in store for them?
Warren Complains.
Now, for heavens sake, don't start
harping on that" growled Warren at
Helen's fierce denunciation IF they
eat horse meat over here-they eat it,
that's all. What good will your tear
| ing the air do?"
They passed many points Of interest
| which Helen looked at unseeingly be-
fore she could Wrest her mind from the
picture of the dingy shop with its
strange awning and gilded horses head
At the Palais de Justice they all left
the car and the guide took them
through the Conciergerie, the famous
prison Of the French revolution.
Nice cheerful place." commented
Warren when they entered the dungeon
Of Marie AnLoinette, a dark, damp cell
without light or air
Equally black and gruesome were the
cells IN which RODeSDierre and Madame
de Barry had been imprisoned before
their execution. Outside in the court
yard was the site of the guillotine
Helen paused to read a small tablet
winch marked the place
Through this court passed all
the victims of the Reign of Terror.
Every day were lined up the carts
which brought the condemned to
the scaffOld. No spot in the world
has witnessed such terrible trag-
edies"
Helen. glanced around the now peace
ful, sunlit courtyard, with its crumb-
ing moss-grown fountain. It was hard
to picture this as the scene of such
frightful carnage.
From there it was only a short ride
&c Notre Dame, where they spent half
an nour wandering through vauIted
a1sles, impressive with their wonderful
images.
In the saeristy they were shown some
ancient relics. the Crown Of Tnorns.
nail from the cross. the coronation
mantle of Napoleon /, the blood Stained
robe Of Thomas A. Beckett, and the
cruclflx clasped by Louis XVI as he
was guillodned.
Worse and Worse.
"A cheertul itinerary they've laid out
Tor US" grumbled Warren. AS thew
again climbed into the car so far
we've seen only horrors. But 1 guess
mats what the rubber-neckers want"
Ine car next drew up before the i'm
PTesslye gates at the Pere-Lachaise
ceiinetery-the most famous in Paris
tor the love of Mikei If thev're
not going to take US through a grave
yard nOwi"
But inside, as they stroIled through
impressed with the beauty Of the pIace
me great archWay Of willows the
cleaning white monuments. the hanks
OF uoWers-and the atmosphere of
peace and quiet about it all
But the matter of fact commercial
lzed information Of the guide grated
mere more than anywhere else
On, come, let's break away from this
selves, ~ suggested Warren. Then Inn
spend here?'' 'Ou
About 20 minutes sir"
"All right, Wen meet Won at tho e,.+a
in 20 minutes. sel'e
They started down winding gravel
pam pauSlng every now and then TO
read the lines on some conspicuous
monument IT.
ing To come across such names ss
Cnopln, Rossini, Daudet, Moliere. Fon-
tame, Balzac and Rosa Bonheur.
But 10 Helen, even more interesting
man the names was the strange char
acIer OF the monuments themselves
-dany were built in the form of vaults
WIN grated iron doors through which
cO T De seen the objects within.
mere was usually a little altar. or
perhaps only stone shelf. on which
was cruc1fIX, candles, artificial flow
ers, WreathS and images. Sometimes =
piece OF yelIoWed. widowed lace COW
eTeo the altar, and there was often a
stone bench on which to kneel. In a
lew vaults there were fresh flowers
showing almost daily visits. but in
many many the dust and cobwebs showed
lhey mad not been entered for years.
When they finally got back to the
gate the others were waiting in the car.
rms was their last stop and they were
now Whirled back to the American Ex-
press company
Now wasn't it worth while COM
ing asked Helen eagerly. Think of
al the things we saW-tnat we'd prob
aDly not have seen any other way
es, We saw enough horrors to last
Tor some time" grunted Warren. This
whole route was mapped out to satisfy
the tourists morbid curiosity. Nine
people out of 10 would rather see the
blood stained robe of some poor devil
than view a masterpiece Of art"
But. dear, some of it was very in
teresting," protested Helen
Interesting? Well. if you're inter-
ested in gruesome relics, all right But
when I take a morning off for an out
ing-Td choose something more en-
livening than dungeons and grave
yards"
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