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IN THE MORNING. The early sunbeams shone on two horsemen riding at a walking pace along the deserted water-side by the Tuileries. They were Colonel Mandat and his aid. At one A. M. he was summoned …
THE FIRST MASSACRE. Mandat had hardly been slain, before the Commune nominated Santerre as commanding general in his stead, and he ordered the drums to beat in all the town and the bells to be rung …
THE REPULSE. At this point, Captain Durler, of the Switzers, went up to the king to get orders from him or the major-general. The latter perceived the good captain as he was looking for some usher t…
THE LAST OF THE CHARNYS. When Roederer entered the queen's apartments behind Weber, that lady was seated by the fire-place, with her back to the door; but she turned round on hearing it open. &…
THE BLOOD-STAINS. For a space, the Swiss might believe that they had dealt with an army and wiped it off the earth. They had slain nearly four hundred men in the royal yard, and almost two hundred i…
THE WIDOW. During the slaying of the last of his adherents, what was the monarch doing? Being hungry, he called for his dinner. Bread and wine, cold fowl, and meat, and fruit were brought him. He se…
WHAT ANDREA WANTED OF GILBERT. At eight precisely next day, Gilbert knocked at the house-door of the Countess of Charny. On hearing of her request made to Pitou, he had asked [Pg 127] him for full …
THE ASSEMBLY AND THE COMMUNE. It was the Commune which had caused the attack on the palace, which the king must have seen, for he took refuge in the House, and not in the City Hall. The Commune want…
CAPTAIN BEAUSIRE APPEARS AGAIN. After the capture of the Tuileries, a special court was instituted to try cases of theft committed at the palace. Two or three hundred thieves, caught red-handed, had…
THE EMETIC. Rapid as was Maillard's gait, he could not catch up with his quarry, who had three things in his favor, namely: ten minutes' start, the darkness, and the number of passengers o…
