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BEAUSIRE'S BRAVADO. Imprisoned in the Chatelet, Beausire was brought before the jury specially charged to deal with thefts committed in the taking of the Tuileries. He could not deny what was o…
SET UPON DYING. Thus stood matters, when Dr. Gilbert's "officiator"—the word servant was abolished as non-republican—announced at nine in the evening that his carriage was at the door…
THE DEATH OF THE COUNTESS. In the night, while Gilbert was vainly trying to save Andrea, the Commune, unable to secure Danton's help, [Pg 163] formed a committee of vigilance, including Marat,…
THE ROYAL MARTYR. Let us return to the somber edifice confining a king become mere man, a queen still a queen, a maid who would be a martyr, and two poor children innocent, from age if not by birth.…
MASTER GAMAIN TURNS UP. One morning, while these events were occurring at the temple, a man wearing a red shirt and cap to match, leaning on a crutch to help him to hobble along, called on the Home …
THE TRIAL OF THE KING. On the seventh of November the Girondists began the indictment against the king, assisted by the fatal deposit of papers in the iron safe, although those were missing which we…
THE PARALLEL TO CHARLES I. This worthy priest, of English origin, had escaped the September massacres and was hiding out at Choisy, under the name of Essex, as the Princess Elizabeth knew, and where…
CAGLIOSTRO'S ADVICE. On the evening of this awful day, while the pike-bearers were scouring Paris through streets illuminated but deserted, to exhibit rags dyed in blood, with shouts of "T…
THE CROWN OF ANGE'S LOVE. A little over a year after the execution of the king and the departure of Gilbert, his son, and Billet, on a fine, cold morning of the hard winter of 1794, three or fo…
THE EFFECT OF HAPPY NEWS. Pitou had to tell his intended marriage to Mayor Longpre, who lived hard by. Less set against the Billet family than Aunt 'Gelique, he congratulated Pitou on the match…
