Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-09-03

oppose them.
What happened thereafter the girl
was but vaguely cognizant of; reports
of guns. flashing OF steel surrounded
her; the Gathering Of hoofs mingled
with the loud shouts OF men.
The Basile OF the North! Down
with It'll"
This was their battle-cry: on every
side she heard it. though hardly real
| iZing the purport Of the words: con
fused. she listened to her fathers name
her own-bandied about. She won
dered why those on the wall. the sol
diers within. did not fire and repel all
these people.
Then almost at once came the an
swer. The troopers comrades were
mixed in the melee without; she and
| they too-so adroitly had the moment
/ for striking been planned--might be
swept down in the yolleys from the
ramparts. A cannon doomed above;
but it's deafening reyerberations were
answered only with laughter and jeers
Mon Dieui Did his Excellency
think to brighten them with sound. as
If they were timid children fleeing
from thunder? Was his Excellency
aiming at stars"
And again that cry: "The Bastlle Of
the Northl We, too. will take our
Bastile" dominated the clashing of
arms and the tumult of strife.
For what seemed an interminahle
period. the Governors daughter saw.
through flashes Of light, men strug-
Cling. striking: then launched sudden
ly forward, by an irresistible move.
ment of the horses. found herself with
in the gates. The Marquis who had
early been separated from her in the
strife, was nowhere In sight. Behind
now sounded the fray; a short dis
lance from the wall, and she looked
back; tiercer than ever. soldiers anC
people commended within the entrance
beneath the portals. AS she strove tC
restrain her horse she heard the yoic'
Of her father.
Mon PEREZ Mon PEREZ" she ecu
eagerly. divining his face Ia re "S 5I
OF lamps on that side Of H. -. ,is
answered only with naIace. and 49, ~ :
/ to go at once tees. tragically appeal.
: gardlhs MS 1.-THE moment-so strange
/ ing 70 nSent they seemedl--she pre-
5 ana 20 obey. But ere turning: You
r Rink the soldiers can hold the gate?"
| she asked,
Yes; yesl" he replied sharply. as
II annoyed at the question
There is no if!" said the Cover.
nc and as the girl rode away, his
look. hard. steely, shifting to the sol
diers. made quick mental note. they
were holding the gates. Satisfied with
the front his men presented, and. de-
| livering a few brief orders to the
commandant whose valor In rallying
his forces had been eommandable, his
EXcellency walked toward the great
stairway leading up TO the open space
| near the church. Arrived at this high
| point from which the town unfolded
! itself in the starlight and flicker Of
lamps, he sought. as best he might,
to acquaint himself further with the
situation; to judge the numbers OF the
ss0estA@Ata anu thS tAtNAt VI tutit prep
aratlons.
The scene that met his eyes was not
| so reassuring as he had expected; that
which until now he had considered but
IA spasmodic outbreak OF a compare
lively few townspeople. excited by the
news of the Bastile and bent on any
| petty mischief. resolved itself into
more than an orderless. desultory up
| rising. 10 his startled gaze the rock.
| like an ant-hill disturbed. seemed
| swarmine with life. Even as he peered
down. new relays OF men poured up
ward from the dark byways to the re-
| Enforcement of those already gathered
at the portals. and. for the first time.
his confidence. bred Of contempt for
the commonalty. became slightly shak.
en-. Fate. which had struck him
sharply in the capture OF his daugh.
| ter aad the enforced negotiations lead
ing to the release of one he would
have dealt with after his own fashion.
now gripped him closer. What did
It portende Whence came all thes.,
/ people?
Not all of them from the Immediate
| neighborhood! Voices. among the as
sailants, had called out in what was
surely the Partisan dialect OF the
rabhie; here TO propagate the revolu-
tion' extend the circle of lame, And