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"A woman. citizen.” ’Robespierre trembled. He coward. and but nine days he die Renault had perished for Mp5 on his lifg. Marat was .4..- Jâ€"- j . â€". “Jun-snug -neel1ng in the saddle and but half- oonscwus. Twice she fell by the road- side, but twice. bruised and out, she momma]l again. desperate, when sense ' 0 _ â€"vâ€"-vv\.0 help me: Think. think, if this child. l more. Ourâ€"on! Tw your: Roland, were in danger, would ' only twenty; and the _ ydu, not give up your life for him 9” - sun 8110138 through the mist Yvonne involuntarily caught her trodden corn and the . baby from her father’s arms and press- I of Picardy. Nature seemed to strive 32 It to her bosom, The answer was; for her. The cold breezes Of morning , ; cooled her hot, throbbing forehead. The ”Then you will go to Paris 3" ~ birds sang of hope, could she hays heard I , road grew smoother and s raxghter, till I: o o o o o o as the mists cleared she saw in the dis- “A “(Man 3» neeâ€"the citadel of Arras Ten “A woman. citizen." miles more; but even within sight of‘ Robegplerre trgmbled He was a the tUWD S 8 83111:! on . horse's neck coward. and but nine days before Ce- “falt 0" ’- me save my .8011. ‘y Roland? Will you). his wife, not help me? Think, think. if this child. and would curse me: my child would earn t‘o loath me. Do not ask me to :11; this. Seer. I am brave axi‘d can gear agony o parting wit my us- band. He "himself will die an honor- able man. I shall bring up my child y little Roland, to reverence him; a not ask him to live in shame. and m to be the betrayer of his father.” The old man’s eyes shone with unshed Gears. his stern lip trembled, but he drew himself up imperiously. “ it," he said, "I am still the head of the family; will you re-: belt against me as this canaille has re- 1 king? I alone am' answerable for. my son's arrest, and if But the father continued. resolutely: ”My child. I can trust no one but {0a, Ind I must not be taken. for my 1i my son’s. You must go to Paris, see fiobespierre. plead with him. If that iIsâ€"denounce me; and when he gives you Roland’s pardon. you shall tell him where I am rhiding." O‘KTA â€". â€" to the young king; Robespierro wi'll‘guy it, with Roland's freedom." 00 ’ no... But the father continued, resolutely: ”My_C-hild, I can trust 110 one but vnn magi! 9" ”Save Roland! Can rawâ€"can care-«4 Oh. it is useless. Do its; nfise my hopeshfather. Can you, of a people. flunk that Lebon has HA‘M'! 0'0 â€"'â€"v .vva a tall, white-haired man clad in the rugged. discoflored dress of a Republi- can: shoulder. Yvonne: shrank back at the sight of the uniform, but the man took the boy in. his arms, and. advancing, tend- orfly drew her to him. ‘My poor, poor girl.” he said. “Father!" ; "I saw him taken}, my child; I came to warm him, but too late." Yvonne looked round fearfully and pushed the shutters closer. "They may rethrm” she said. "Are you safe 9” CO ling and the voices, and now began to j stir and cry. Yvonne fell on her knees beside himâ€"there was still her boy left to her: to guard and protect. The little one put his soft hand up to hea‘ lace, wetting it with the hot tears, and laughed. She clasped him Yvonne clung to him still, but he gently unclasped her hands and kissed her. The soldiers closed round him and he! was gone. "Ur that my father has escaped you ?" "Yen are an aristocrat." “I am a Republican:." “You are a suspect.” Roland smiled disdainf'ully, and re- signed himself to his fate. "Then all is said," he replied, “I am ready." ll Courage. dear,” whispered Roland. Then aloud, he asked: “What is my nrime ?" “Harboring rebels.” ”01‘ that my father has psaannd vnm 2" Yvonne gave a or; Arms. in the year arrest meant death 1 filled wizh the fierce, red- capped sol- diers of Lebon. One stepped forw.ard “Citizen Mauriciere you are arrested. ” ' r" ' “Her name i" he asked harshly. A” EpiSagflB 0f the Bag" 0f 18m”: “Yvonne Mauriciere, from Arras." h“I will see herg” andd the gator? “-â€" tin.d h.d caslai on ISO BY WALTER ROTHWELL. beside gm.“ “ P "Round, they are coming. Hark! Yvonne, pale and trembling, entered and advanced to the table. I. hear The voices. the clatter 0f the! “Back there! Stand back, citoyenne. pike“; and $4113 011 Roland, my hus- i ‘Vhtzr is Your business ?” ‘ band I" “3}h Citizen Rebespierre, to plead for “Bush! Yvonne. be brave.” a 1""- ‘l 7' . . , . . "on are from Arras, a Royalist’ His Wife c.ung [0 him weeping; as he town. It is useless.” tried to sco:h her. ' “But Roland, my husband. is not a Lights approached the house, and the rebei. He is a, good Republican. Here me, Infinsxefur. noise without grew louder till it 0111- “Eh g» ' v minazed in a furious knocking at the “Citizen, hear me; he is gnilty of no door hem“; crime. He merely gave a little piece .. . n - f . - s ' t. -' ----” 1’? ”’6 “me Of the Repubhc’ we“ 0 "1131;13:51ngdgliéors‘t‘i‘i rebels. It is a vomei , I enough; he feeds the enemies of France footsteps ascended the stairs. the â€"-â€"he feeds the guillotine,” Robespierre door was flung open, and the I.00ananswered With a convulsive .sr‘nll-e. I x mu- 3 Mme, and my life is pre- ow or .Ishould not be in this 119 rqphed bitterly. "Listen, my 1113 Is no time for tears and mg. We must act if we are to (I-..) n -__v‘ v...“ V"~'â€", vâ€"w‘ v-â€"v' 0h: Roland, my hus- : \Vhtzt is your business ’5” ‘1‘}11 Citizen Rn bespierre, to plead for a. 1 9 me be brave." .. r . . ’ You are from Arms, 3 Royallst 0 hlm “09131113338 he town. It. is useless.” "I not ask at the gitai ma Dictator, with a cald. mirthlc on his face, hurried to his plac gonvewntion. under cover. and seafled the packet- with the sea-1 of the Republic, One and Indivisible. "If that seal is broken" he cried; haI‘Shly. ”the gardon is useiess. Go!" {ammo Lnn-L L .__:x0 - “Tut 1 "if destroy the We'll” “My husband's life must: nod; depend upon a word, Citizen Bobesplerre‘.” “Ball! you~wes1L well, you shall She l1 will not give me my husband’s liberty --I will buy it, then." .“J'ustice is not bought," croaked the Dictator, folding his hands and press- lng one into the other nervously. “But if I denounce to you an enemy; one you have long sought '1" 3.1.5.128 name?" ; “But is it a crime to be punished With 1 death ? Think, citizen, a little bread to Ia starving man. And we can pay if i need be, any fineâ€"anything. Oh! i not death i" “If: is decreed.” Robespierre twitched his head im- patiently. Yvonne had thrown her- ‘ self on her knees, and the tears stream- ed down her'cheeks. “Ah, {then it was false,” she cried. despairing-1y. “\Vhat.’ was '4’” “They toild me that you W merciful and pitiful. That ° very town once you would "Her name ?" he asked harshly. “Yvonne. Mauriciere, from Arras.” “I will see her,” and the Dictator’s thip. dry hand was laid on the pistol besxde him. .’ citOYfi‘Iâ€"l‘ne.” . [126W tough a shp of seemed to strive; eezes of morningmf 315 000 A ° .: 1 ° t am ‘ figségrfihead. The :London there wue°§§°gfis 8353,21; near aye heard )7 : LSD era. It be Illshlno anti VM1.-L:._- 009111131106 111 the larva . . persons who be- ogme Insane Ln Great Britain from the : uses of insanity in that territarv 3518151112223 giferse . Qiljcumstanpes, +13; acâ€" love afi’afig' gorehgmus excitement. 4: ove affairs, 3,2 One Person in Every 306 Inhabitants of the United Kingdom is Demented, Says Pro fessol' Schooling some curious i he insanity of the British people. ' He deciares that 306 at“ the popula ' maniac, and that The crdwd mutt era; the Ca triumphantly. The axe gra fails with a thub. Another the bgslget! Thub! Roland st g .__ _..-_, -u 10 udxolzsllcu. Wlth an awful look: of horror oni her face Yvomne sees the truth. Her suf- ferings, her homes, her almost super- human toils have been in vain, and she falls into the outstretched arms of a citizen. â€"â€"â€"-â€"J “bu wa DLC'GIJ. D, heâ€" laughs a fierce laugh. “Proce he cries to the executioner, and thr the pardon back; "it is unsigned." 117.41. .â€" _.._..l,'. 1 1 n - _ The seal is broken; one Lebon gives to a soldier for the arrest. H'e IQOkB glance, and â€"â€"â€"-v' She-v dashes into th.e crowd. “A par- don. a garden I” Le'bon takes it with." . Her voice is pmveriess and dies in a harsh Whisper. One sees her and shuts ‘too the executioner; a yell gees up from the crowd. Lebon, the butcher, deliberately turns his back on her, and waves his sword for the doom- ed to ascend the scaffold faster. Fast- er! Oh, God! are there not enough to die! And there, see! Roland, her husband, fourth in the rank, and the great axe rushes dawn on the neck of the first The red skeiletcm of the guillotine; the soldiers; the line of tan-headed, red-smock prisoners; the thronging mmititude~all come into View as she passes through the gates, and hark! the Ca Ira! the death melody with which Lebom ushers his victims into the eternal Silence I gevr and pdainer .till the be clearly seen, and the or ing‘ in the streets. She heard the rippling of a stream! to her right and feehly drew mm. It was her only hope, and she slid from the saddle with a last effort. and. crawling to the brook, plunged in. ’The shock of the sudden coldness, revrved her, and as she dashed the water over her head, her eyes cleared. It gave her the temporary strength and relief she so needed. If that strengths lasted but I one hdur it mattered not then if death ; came. "As she climbed to the saddle again, i the water dripping from her hair and clothes. she looked back along the White road. A single figure was in sightâ€" a horseman, s barring furiously, feath- ers and sash lying, the sun-gleam on! his scabhard. Yvonne gave a cry and urged her horse to the gallop. There was danger to her in this hurried rider, and she. ccmvulsively clutched at the medals paper in her breast, for might not his mission be to delay her and seize.the pardcmrâ€"-to prevent it ever results of axe, grates and. and throws Ira rises stance, such. as s’havi and the fly can’t get like egg into the bark usua 1y f“ es it up, and on entering lghe stall W ' its fastening wiLhJOInt being told to do ' fraction of a his way against (101112 HHDV damnnn n...) trailed _Of all is “ 18 not to be wondered at if at first she 15 fearful and suspicmus. Phle newly awakened maternal emotions cause her to mistrust harm to her calf, and when it comes to manipulating the udder this of itself is an entirely new and strange Operationâ€"one to which she must be- come accustomed before she will allow; : a man to sit down beside her, and with- » out a protest, allow him to go to work on her teats with the energy which the average milker expends at sucha time. If the young mother steps about, or in any other way manifests heâ€"r resentment to this operation, she is commanded .to Cl 1' e I l W. C. Rockwood writes in The Country Gentleman upon this practicaL topic, and among other things says: It WORMS IN TIMBER. _ -..- mum .uum Delng mgwfiopg ting higher hefl,butx ;an 13,0:3yasv Whoy htvfhwere too late; when It first e bong em of us were; ICS prgsent name, :more lmportanoe 4 I >157 of materlal ruined withr E9 the premier ho: l»..:-.‘l L a - I PRACTICAL FARMENG. my» bvvu LCdfiUflS WHO’ 3. COW 3k; yet this is rarely taken. leration. Physical pain may a sore or cracked teats when i drawn; yet many a cow gets showing any disposition to- lting the injqry. Keep ope} _ _______ m5 uue 13 exactly the ".“W”: same toâ€"da as it w a, to retain the y as on the day it was firs]: published, - 174 years ago. , Important factor should: al- t Wooden sub ngSt assign to it the fl Ln ' k} f this â€" - , 2:0 e premler onors o e 1 attuned. w.1th': tic world. means to fmd; Perhaps we on x cm in hooszof being the. first of Eng-Ms] ‘ I < .' ._ 11:01" V8 to the pub-1 Menu-11W! Still nuhhq. ‘Ll'laS IOI‘ COOPer : seems to have Somewhat from My experience, COXVS. ’ It Is the London “Gazette”-â€"Pnblished ‘ First in 1665. The oldest English newspaper, is though few people know it, the London Gazette, which was on; its first publica- tion on November 14, 1665, known as the Oxford Gazette from the fact of the parliament sitting at Oxford. This name was cha early in Apru 1n l'un'o' um ieec apart and six or eight inches between the plants, according to the variety. Where space is valuable, the news may be left rows. Every Variety tried is imbroved" by transplanting, and all mam-re r '1‘- her than when they are treated in ' _ ‘1.)8 old way. The best. keep-mg varleties, as well as best; flavored ones, last year Ailsa, Craig and Cranston’s Excelelo-‘r. The two ansferred to the frame and the [113,an are hardened off grad- ually. The young plants are Set out Haer' I'm Ayn... ._- __ THE OLDEST ENGLISH PAPER vow-i! J.\J IDELLL’ Gil-11y In {the spring and boots shaved out, put “away in the dry, they will keep one season, but if permitted to have too much moisture, will dry rot or get brown under the bark because of the bark becoming dotted, and then the hoop is of no value. A‘ h00p that is White and bright under the bark will be found to be a good chestnut. 1100;) if brown the life of the bark is gone and it will peel when taken for use and can never be used on first-class twig work. enced by men who are not well versed in taking care of hoops by stacking them up under leaky sheds. Hot rains fall and leak through on them, and the result is the wood will become worth less, the bark slip, and your stock 13 damaged irreparably. A dry, dark cel- lar is a. good place for hoops, but. an open shed, if they are not stung with the fly, is just as good, providing); 11: does not leak, or the rain cannot: blow; in on the ends and' cause the bark it slip because of heat and moisture. Oak hoops become wormy sometimes, but ar not so likely to damage in this way a hickory stock. The easiest hoop dam aged is chestnut. The pole is tenaci' (ms to life and growth, and partakes of the moisture of the ground; if set. with big end downward Ina damp place, it poses. If the poles are split early in the spring and hoofs shaved out, put away in the dry, they will keep one season, b-ut if permitted to have too much moisture, Will dry rot or get brown under the bark because of the hflfi'? knhnmu_ __ ‘I 1,] - _ RAISIN G ONIONS more troublesome that ;‘ smali omons, but whet n be culflvaxied several ley are set out. many 01 killed, and beSIdes that, Its are ozt'osu‘fficient size M? the bark is gone rhen take-n for use. used on first-c] ass ‘ The inatmmou making 0 ,mpu'isw may be Lurnmg 11 ed to detexmine ii in a state of gas] coming from the} mm the sunfiigh spectroswpe an [11a (5 the centre then placed over which has reoei the sdlar spectr electric light in A small piece of 1) time a devedo; which shuns w any oak-ham 133 the}: s_hining."A Dr. Ha’uswmldt eral other scient Prof. Brashear 1 Madgebur . “hi to make 1 3 ii? in ail Europe. “well afford to do Like tigm boob! pain7.es"< remedy Corn Extractor, womt corms in Edwin (as the of the mountai â€"â€"Ah! we are 1] magnificent vie‘ place I feel stra definable lo-ng'm were, whichâ€"- Angelina-«My want is a sandw “The new spep Brashear. “has 11 Ehmugruphy. ’l’ht as been photogrl sixty feet, litemll from one end to ranged Lhu no 5 ’crum it is t e phmographio focus for every to the. same spec erly thought to be mem it a spectros Slum lines double: made by Prof. 3.1 a} a low meridian [line-en lines. This powerful c0 twenty~one feet [on I room from tween! Iquare in which to ing on this big e aperture at six inq is ruled with 110. 1 have been flra'w there is not betw a. difference of t. “1011. An ordinary ape 200 to 300 lines (.0 While this one is s: at least bindge"“0ho 1 1y time. Simxm nearly $50." V Simmons this he spent $45." 1AA the end emtile‘ly reliev neat cure 1 cc amther box cured and as A bmther of chard has any Pills. Analysis to be Made In the Sunmfireai Madgeburg, Ger: largest spectrusco; to be the property waldt, a rich scie who left an order v burg a year or s: A. Bmshear. the v scientific instrun Pe'nn., is the ma! piece of; work. Th: er spectroscopes i] come anywhere n92 Of these two, one ven-sity, Dublin. an McGri‘il University Left 115;) AH Trouble»â€" Rel; ed by Dodd 1 Toronto Jam --Mr. H. 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