The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-24
. Marvellous
Escape
BY RYLAND. BELL

During the French revolution at first
the people thought only OF getting u
constitution from the king. and many
OF the best men and women or France
| were interested in the movement. But
it is easier TO start n rebellion among
those who get the least of the good
things OF the N3Eld than to control it
after II Is well GSfdeE way. The move
ment soon fell under the control of
The lowest, most oppressed classes,
and their prime, effect was to eradi-
cate by the guiiTotine the royal family
and the nobility, whom they consider
ed their natural enemies. By this
time, maddened by the taste of blood,
they were bent on executing those who
! would not FOLLOW them in their pas.
sion for murder. and from that time
till the end manyn good man aud wo-
man fell under the ak.
Jean Odinow was walking in the
Champs E!ysees in Paris. moaning.
weeping and wringing his hands.
Through the tEees he could see a
crowd. above which lowered tue gull
lotine thnt was doing its work IN eX-
terminating the stability OF France. in
the Place de la Revolution. The crowd.
curious to see the horrible work. en-
circled the instrument. the executioner
the condemned and the soldiers whose
business 1t asto kesp the victims in
place.
Jean could neither bring himself to
Join these onlOokers nor could he keep
Tar away. He knew that his sweet
heart, Julie lie Brun, was standing
among the condemned. waiting iies
turn to be executed. He could hear
the knife drop every few minutes and
wondered whether or no It had reieas-
ed her from suffering. There were
many TO be dispatched thnt dnv ana
SINCE the work was not commenced till
late in the afternoon. though the day
was ending. 1t had not been finiahea.
4 Near the g1illotine stood the victims.
| with their hands tied behind their
backs. arranged In three lines. Julie
A 3 ES;: q, xii OF eighteen, IN the seq
ond. The drst line had been nearlv
axh:s. ::ssttszIi iWihen the ax got caught
above and would not come down. 80
one OF the officials present was cana.
BILE OF fixing it. ana Il mechanic was
sent for ~
| Waiting causes DISCRIMINATION. The
| soldiers lowered their muskets 10 .he
pavement and stood at rest. Behind
them stood the crowd. Now aud again
] some curious person would push or
be pushed forward townrd the prison
/ ere The SOLD dlefE would order these
intruders back. There was consider.
able delay 10 finding a mechanic. and
1 wiitn one came he did not seem samii.
i lar with the ccntrIsance by which the
AK Fas sIlspe per9ed and dropped. All
this took time and the day was adins
Into darkness
4 The lines OF prisoners becnme some.
/ whit confused. The soldiers behind
them also become & sdisordered. The
i prisoners. the soidief and tie rear
i line OF ptisoslsrS at times were Tapped.
i lat,o aressfes back .sstS Tie third line
i and wns at fle END oe e. Ar artisan
i In n blue tloiisa. anxioIs 10 see tie
i death OF aa apiatcerat. pushed forward
4 between juiis sfl9 the next prisoner.
i BY this she found herself as much q
i part of the crowd as Of the prisoners.
i A .Tcnnnti OF the former was next to
4 heiS and Julie sitsed behind her. The
4 girls heart stood still with wild
hope. A soldier WAS within few feet
4 or her, but he was endeavoring to
1 force bnek q mun who was trying to
4 get forward to a place wleHe he could
1 see the StIilIutihe. .lulie backed far,
tIier ort,s the gap before her being ini-
i medlntely hIled with those who were
pushing forward. Turning, she slow.
ly forced her way 10 the. rear. The
i crowd pressing against her. no, one
Il noticed that her hands were tied be-
hind her, AT last Ri,e reached the
4 reariof the crowd and was free Then
she ran like a deer toward the trees
i In the Chnnp5 Eiyseez.
i sshfonsieur. she said to one she met.
i but whose EeataFes she did not disfin.
/ sGish IN tho si6dming, siitfye you q
knife in your pocket2" &
/ Mon Dlent's \.
i sOh, Jeani.' 4
sTs it yo,is Julie. Ia the fesh or iIl
l, the spirit e. ~ 7
Cut the cord. Re anick!r
he then saw chat her iiands were
Il bound behind her. and. recovering from
| the shock and with a wild Joy IN his
i heart. he released them. Then both
hurried away. Julie fied. feeling fflHt
II could not be possible that she could
i get away without being followed.
Even II not misssd before. her escape
i was snre TO be knasFIl when her name
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