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ROUNDUP iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiniijiiuiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Ninth Year JUNE, 1916 Number 2 An Jnribrnl of tlip S rror llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllH am II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II IS was e -ening in the city of Paris. The ragged popu- lace with their cries of To the guillotine with the Aristocrats had drunk their fill of blood. Heaps of dead and wounded cumbered the streets, and in front of the palace of the Tuileries, a heap of dead Aristo- crats bore witness to their fruitless, though brave attempt to sa ' e the sacred person of his majesty, Louis the XA ' L, from contamination. Suddenly the gruesome mass stirred. ' ere the dead Aristocrats coming back to life? An arm emerged, then a head and finally a man, wearing the gold braided coat that stamped him as one of the courtiers, struggled free. Count D ' lvry, at your service, he said ironically, bowing to the heap of dead. ' Twas indeed fortunate that the countess was in England, he con- tinued. Now to join her. Running swiftly to one of the dead Terrorists and stripping off his blood stained raiment as he ran, he donned, with a shudder of repugnance, the coarse blouse, trousers, and shoes, putting on last the red cap that marked the wearer as a Citizen, and then dragged the body to the heap. In the distance, the wild abandon of the Ca ira grew clearer as it marked the near approach of the returning band of Terrorists. ' alking to the dead Aristocrats he began rifling their pockets. The mob of wild-looking men and haggard women, bearing heads im- paled upon spikes, entered the street. Bon jour, mes camarades ; these dogs of Aristocrats fed upon us while they lived ; we shall now feed upon them, he shouted, waving a purse he had taken from the pocket of his cousin and emphasizing the statement with a stamp upon the still, white face. Come, comrade, replied one of the men, leave that pocket picking for the women and come and help us kill. With a shout D ' lvry joined the band which went onward to new deeds of carnage. After assisting in burning the homes of his erstwhile friends, he saw his chance. The mob entered a dark alleyway and D ' lvry Seventeen
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Roundup A n nual J u n c i 9 i 6 siiiiiiii !iiiii»iii«ii ni i »ii »» iiii nu« stepped into an open door. The mob passed and their shouts grew faint as they receded. D ' lvry looked around and found himself in a poor, dimly lighted hovel, whose inhabitants were no doubt at that time engaged in the laudable occupation of separating the once lords of the lands ' heads from their bodies. He possessed himself of a ragged cloak that hung in a corner and walked hurriedly down the alley. Presently he came to a de- serted inn and after assuaging the pangs of hunger with some cold meat that stood on a sideboard, he lay down near the fireplace and slept. The next morning he started to make his way toward the channel. As he reached the outskirts of the city he met numerous bands of red- caps whom he passed with the excuse of going to bury his father who had died a few days before. That evening he reached the little village of Frontenac. As he passed through the streets the people gazed curiously at him. In front of the inn a group of men. wearing the familiar insignia of La Republic were talk- ing. As he neared them DTvry recognized, with a start of fear, his enemy, Durant, whom he had last seen at the court, but who now seemed to have been miraculously transformed into a Citizen. He muffled his face and attempted to hurry past. Durant gazed sharply at him, doubt struggling with recognition in his countenance. Decided at last, ' he shouted, Seize the man. he is an Aristocrat. At the sound of the hated name the group was galvanized. Seizing DTvry, they tore off his cloak. What is your name? one heavy-browed ruffian asked. Jacques Stephen, Citizen, DTvry answered, ' here are you going? D ' lvry explained. Clap him into prison until Danton comes. said Durant. So D ' lvry was has tened to the stone barn that served as a jail. The next morning D ' lvry was awakened by the Citizens and taken to the inn where Danton, who had arrived an hour before, had taken up his head-quarters. Attended by two burly Citizens he was brought before the great man. Behind Danton, who was seated at a table, stood Durant, who glared maliciously at him as he entered the room. Citizen, stand forth, said Danton. D ' lvry obeyed. What is your name? said Danton. D ' lvry repeated the story he had told the others. At the end of his recital Durant stepped from behind Dantcm and leveling a finger at him said, I say this man ' s name is D ' lvry, and he is an Aristocrat of the deepest dye. Danton gazed sharply at D ' lvr} ' , wh( met the attack with an ex- pression of utter ignorance. Citizen, he said, I know nothing about D ' lvry. A ' ery well, said Danton. go and sit down ri er there until we de- cide what to do with you. Durant and Danton talked together for a time, while D ' lvry sat on the rude bench, uncertain what his fate was to be, but resolved if the worst came, to meet his death like a gentleman. By the way, said Durant, speaking to Danton, Did you hear that Madame D ' lvry was seized as she was boarding a ship for England and torn to pieces? E i ■ h t e e n
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