The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-02-20
A Marvellous
Escape
RNLAkD BELL

RnAND BELL
During the French revolution st 6r.t
the people thought only Of getting /
constitution from the king. and many
Of tho best men and wones OF France
were interested In the movement. Bug
Y u easier to start q rebellion among
those who get the least Of the g0oe
things Of the world thaa to control !
after 1t II we'll under way. The move,
nent NOON fell under the control a
the lowest. most oppressed cIasse4.
and their prime object was to eradfs
cate BY the guiliotine the roysi family
and the nobility, whom they con~ideE.
ID their natural enemies. By thu
time. maddened BY the taste Of blood.
they were tent on exerutinE those VIZ
would not follow them In their pas
sion for murder. and from that tins
dill the end many \ good nan and va.
man fell under the AZ.
Jean Odinow ~ walking In th>
Champs E:ysees In Paris. moaning.
weeping and wringing his banda
Through the trees he coald e .
crowd. above which lowered the gull
lotine that va doing tn work In e1.
terminating the nobility Of France. IL
the Place de Ia Revolution. The crowd,
curious to zee the horrible work. en-
circled the instrument. the executione..
the condemned and the soldiers whose
business It was to keep the victims IN
place.
Jean could neither bring himself to
tar away. He knew that his sweet
heart, Julie lie Brun. was standing
among the condemned. waiting he's
turn to be executed. He could hear
the knife drop every few minutes anl
wondered whether or no It bad reieas-
ed her from suffering. There were
many to b. dispatched that day. anA
since the work was not commenced til
late In the afternoon. though the day
was ending. 1t had not been finished.
Near the Ruillotine stood the victims.
With their hands tied behind their
backs. arranged in three lines. Julie
lie Brun. a girl Of eighteen. in the Rex
ond. The 6rt line had been nearly
exhausted when the * got caught
above and would not come down. Ne
q Of the officials present vas capa.
BILE of fixing It. and n mechanic wac
sent for.
Waiting causeH DISCRIMINATION. The
soldiers lowered their musketH to the
pavement and stood at reat. BEHIND
them stood the crowd. Now and again
some curious persOn would push or
be pushed forward toward the prison
ers. The soldiers would order these
intruders back. There was consider
able delay In finding a mechanic. ana
when Il came be did not seem famiI-
lar with the continuance BY which the
AZ was suspended and dropped. Al
this took time and the day VA fading
into darkness.
The lines Of prisoners became some
what confused. The soldiers behind
them also become disordered. The
prisoners. the soldiers aud the rear
line Of prisoners at times were Tapped.
Julie dropped back into the third line
and was at the end Of 1t. An artisan
in Il blue blouse. anxious to see the
death Of an ar~istOcrat. pushed forward
between Julie and the next prisoner.
BY this she found herself A. much q
part OF the crowd ~ Of the prisoners.
A woman Of the former wxx next to
her, and Julie sidIed behind her. The
girls heart stood still with q wild
hope. A soldier vas within 4 few feet
Of her. but be was endea voring to
force back q man who wxs trying to
get forward to Z place where be could
e the guillOtinp. Julie backed far
ther out. the gap before her being i'm
mediately ElIed With thAae who were
pushing forward. Turning. she slow.
" forced her way to the rear. The
crowd pressing against her. no one
noticed that her hands were tied be-
hind her. At last she reached tho
rea Of the crowd and was free. Then
she an like Q deer toward the trees
In the Champs Elys<cs.
Monsieur" she xaid to one she met
but whose features she did not distin-
guish In the cleaning. have you 4
knife in your pocketr'
Mon Dieu!"
~Oh. Jean!~
"ls 1t you. Julie. il ~ nesh or In
the spiritr'
'Cut the cord! Be Quick~
He then. nav that her hands were
bound behind her. and. recovering from
the shock and with u Wild Joy in his
heart be released them. Then both
hurried away. Julie ded. feeling that
1t could not be possible that abe could.
get away without being followed
Even II not mixapd before. her extape
was SURE to be known when her name
was called for execution. When abe
became exhausted Jean beKKed her to
rest. but no great WAS Aer terror that
she ran on till she could 10 no farther.
They we're BY this time near the.
summit Of the rise on which later Ma
poleon built the arch to commpmorate
bis Victories. Jean. taking Julie In biz
armA carried her into . side stre~t
DreadiuG leaat nome VI that class that
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