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' luternci to a youq d .onhc d.Cttll b
jrixUr..
n all must part
i 1 : - - . .
Uk'n . I1 mother from in j icw."
Tb, rtJ'enu' "WB of-,,cr Amwf',
, Fcibnyf A rcPl my i,cart "Prar'J.
'jiwIiirtkJ'niincdmj heavy t. .
. on m p"" ani.' ev Iiroancl "
jB q.t tweet. "rtt j
Hut i nvtf' 9 I mournctl, -. J
, iotjin could caicmj cliin; breunl. .'
' I r- ! --V '
' Tune BnrlcrtcB no'cr efface
' !tr niHiiorjr f"M m.v inJ .
' X gtm o irtciou will solacu;, , ,
Tacuti' mtf.on where hope entwine.
J ulotur'd marble incirclc ruand
' Ti' , tj)t irf whicli fie lien,' ' -
m balmj tlow of lli-avea aurroutlilt .
And rclioci bck the oamo-uf praise.
Fre til, tlcaf mother, a long fjrVwclI,.
; here no more well nicut; ;. ;
Toue tbjr tovn.no tonjuo oould tell,
IV h thy riainp ilmllcV-r bcnvect.
;. r. h.D.
!i ever Fear.
T
j IT OOOUWIX BARUBr.
Though' the cloud arc Llack. at nijlitt '
'' i-.t . 'Never lead
vf ItoTili the li;htuij' deadly hlilit,
. Never fear!
Thoujfli the thunderbolt is red, 1
r 'I'lmuli ttthitft of death wjtcd,
Uud J prettciit overhead 4, - j. 1
.' Ncvtr fear!
TliourH the lyranf axc'id
, I ' ' vrr fear!
I Thoui the black cloud ta in t(ht, v' t
. l IXewr'fear!
Though a fw m in m cch Cnave, . m
Tlioujta a coward iSeaett vlave,
Miod id With Liitt freeman hrae t
'. " ' i ( . Never fcurj .
Though the hijjots curse rUc,
. '. - , ,; Never, fear!
Though lifts unrtyt'tf fajjot hlaii-, ,
; NoVer feur!
Though tiKy itrive to cnpplis youih, '
' Th u,jli they treat gotd UredWith futji,
Ijod w ever with lit truth-. N , '
Nei'crfeai!
Thoojh'ihe storm-jod fljps hi wiags,
1 '. ,".': - Ncvtr leirj
i Though the .Ictupesl deatlion; in
- , .' Neytr fihciJ
: In the clouds arq Lluo rjK-cks Ydir, -
r Througb .the dark bouj4m Nuw un air,
. ifod is present crj-lierc ' '
' :: - Never foar!:
i'iifv the I'Alludflphia atuidny Courier.
!1IE LEAGUE
l t OF TIIi: TI1IUTY." .
:
AT1LE OFPAtlS AFTER TUC REVOLUTION.
. . 1 BV ri. II. IUR1UMC. , '
. UthcHrrader hs ever been in .Paris and
tamblcd in .that "quarter wf this vat murtij
jrnelsirom-of France which js known ai
Hue tie .Miitre, he will recall tojomd a
'rcinarkable row of houses; that arrest the
fc)e; both from 'thtfS apparent nhtiquiiy
aod their fantastic style of urchit?cture
ihe street in which-thby are situated j the iprone of pde,-ana hatred . and, (fp
commence, at theSeme and penurutr, , flnn of his kikcTurUd his chiseled lip.l
L , a m 1 Snake.,,Uo a dark nb'prn V His person wnstalf and commanding, and
rcichedhabuotioni, oetpupid.by tblowcl ,.e perfection of manfv elcganca.
cpulatiun ot the ftWlw. ui the rov Ue in Ucf an(J
Of old houses to which we are .directing the tl,c clinli nlittere.d ' ihe hilt of a .sword.'
. fjwiicc ot iie,rtauer ; is out a tluru oi iner
' way down this pi now passage, which only
at noon enjoys the light o,f the sunsodol'ty
-are the buildings ahdo far towards eaely
other lean over the projecting fc atones.
There is ho sidewalk iu the street, and
scarcely : room for : the , voilire i to pass
lljrough it,-without grazing tho doorways
' "with the wheels of his vehicle. . .
One evening;,-about half an hour before
the sun.sf t on the ' Boujcvards, bill while
U whilel
Maitre,
r river, i
Ji as already deep dusk in Hue aa
"'person entered '.he closo from, the river,
ad began cirefully to traversers dingy
y. He was a gentleman by his bearing,
nd wore a ssort ctaak; each as were in
ToSue in the first' society ., in Paris, file
"walked on until he tamencar.ihe Maisonde
eSre Louis,, or the Black Uousl, whiofi
e have allu,ded to; and well dit it deserve
its appellation. Time had covered its'plais.
V?red lUwnh a moiit dark mould, which
w ome places, panicu!ary ab,iut .t'hc ruul
sacs of the wmdows aad uiches of this
uJrs. was nf ,r,l i.i-i . Tt.' ,i
Is
logciftcr with' Tli And fihseure
uitioQ of the house; it heavy cumbrous
)'orttructuret which dated back three
w lour cent urie; x x,umerous turrets,
, viiacm l3rU!tls. with Ihri rnpr'a!
i-Z3 r'td u?oa-lho uhole exterior,
fPre-tttiUhUJcrs WHh nWP. hi!a at
ft or. ....
"tvTv -T"e il ""-trued their curiosity.
1 iSsbUpj h,s nnj 'o;n
Has ramblin'
iit-i 1 tli..tJ
it'Trns I. j J ' '
fr ori j ..ally "at !. .
crucitj for t li(
f'rnc cf ( v ;wrJ- r ,v,
score'ef Cucirscu Jt
.r"".
. iv r'i Bllh
f.J i'nt j a J
f r vs it any
Kojsiho. who
hvehhvoJ
The nliols uf -ih i f ! s .
tiOt, houcver, takt 11 i;p bv k
i'Crs.oa w Lum Ve ! no fcLta
rcgrc was
aj.praacli it
tofjeJ m front of a Iar-: ar.1!
Ihe prtoci'pal porie coders of t? edifice.
Itwas icvti with' the street so thai a
cirribc might er.'c'rlt Img Jcars'lnd
pusscd iiicc the giMed Coach of a French
nub!e hid rolled Jbancaihihcs carved aic
way; hich still ! sjppoittd hisi sculptured
arms, graven deep ou a stone shield
arras known no longer in. the land. '
. 'The man took from 4iis potket a key,
which admitted him into tho court of the
otd.mansiun. lie ploacd the heavy dopr,
and secured it wiilra hori iron bar afheM
ro it for lhf purpose. Kit ha41een dask
before in ihc street; "it was the deep obsctK
rity qf, night where ko now stoyd. lie
felt his way with r' the confidpri"ce of one
wlicj knew the place and finding a stair
cose. itjpinstlhe wall' on the left, ho began
to nouut it: u U led him to a sort of open
cillery or corridor; which was 'compare'
lively light," -He c-rid ita brokcnyrtrT
hlo navcihent;' and came to a -Joorway
j set .between twoxlumns ibT supported
half the weight of'tha gmined1 rool of .the
hall" of .the con idor j )
i No "struck this door thrice tith the key
which he oarrletf in his hand, i It returnea
footstep-was heard Vithin: a turning of a
stj-on o!t4fulhjwc)t nod the doc.r WW
ca(rclufj- opened a few iQclicsbut no one
wqs visioie. f .' .'
j"Thc word!1 said a voice from, within,
in a ovfick stern tone. f
y llicu Enter, corrirSdc!1' Was ' the- re.
sporise of (lie doorkeeper, who could -jiot
scd the faCc of the stranger.
The door was frecfy thrown hack', and
another, standing tfc, grasped the new:
comer by the hand in a peculiar manner
which sign was reciprocaie.d byta similar
mcvndnl oni pVrssure of the fingers upon
the patm. 'Ila'dosud the. do'o-r upon h:,i
guest, nnd, locking it', preceded t him
through an emjity antechamber to c Urge
richer apartment r with a lofty ceiiio an
j elaborately carved- ccrrnice,' and large pan
rels,1 on high were piintod gorgeous pic.:
ures, now much abused by neglect and de
icrjd by iJi'cay. . floor,of ihis room,
which had oicc been the banqueting hall of
the fhatctu in its lordly cfays, was elegancy
pnved. with colored marblef; tfnd on che
svde.of the hill strhxl a double row of mar
ble column supposing an art'hitecture of
x)Se -most elegant design, i ; BJi Time, with
his cobwebs and dust and moisture,, fiad
objured all the richness of' these things
:nJ n saHlb gloomy desolate character!
wliich'hadgivenlthe name.of MTh Ettack
UMe to the chateau, pervaded the room, J
tlic most extraorqinary object of
attention in the room was a 'group of men,
comprUi'i: about thirty in. number, ho
were standing together in the centre of the
hall, around a circular table, upon .which
btooda pof tjll silver candlesticks; W
which barned; wax candles.. Upon-rhe
entrance Che stranger; -.there was a gen
eral movement of the eyea tpwar'ds him,,
whh the quickactive wary" glance of h
party of conspirators jealously scaftning
every intruder.1. ' . 1 ' t ' , N."J , i
" -VGraqede Dir.ii! j It Ul'JrAhglaislJ
Was the unanimous exclamation of a score
of decp voices'; frraccf Ms of surprise and
jya he ' advanced into the 'hall, "and
dropped hfsclonk (rom beforB his face. His'
ftatures tc oud now be seen to advantage,
and truly noble -they werey so - far ns
physical oujline. could stanjp them to. Uut
it was the - noble and ' grand beauty ;of 'a
fafien anger. -His fjne dark eye wa, full
of evil light, as if from it tilazcd forth , Uie
t nrds of a lost s(u. His loftv, brow. was
AB.he idvanced towards "thoVroup. about
the table-, ihev all f?H back. Jle stepped
before a .large hook that, "lay Upon it, ami,
placing his rightdiand upon the open page;
and the le ft. hand upnn his iheartj he read
aloud wh'it he saw written;
. VI, Pierre Robert, do swear to obey.all
tho laws 6f this Society o.f Thirty,-; on palo
of suffering the pennliics hereto annexed!""1
. ' Accursed be he.whoihrmks from his
oathl'' responded every man In Aha half,
;n a startling bass tone, as "if il-wcre, one
. '
voice. i ' -f
''Now, Messrieurs,Tsaid Pierre' Robert,
lifting his hand from the ;book,f ' having
'renewed, my oath,'aseach one is bound to
do at every meetins;5? I ..trust- Vou .will be
convinced that I am still a. wdr thy member
of this confmtprnitvf") '
M Yof will best proxfc that, . Monaieur,'"
said a man who wasVa'leader a'thona them.
...4 ' 1- 1 .t T " 1 "'
oy recorowguie sucenssor your mtsstoni
These 'are the eviencs of ii!'"
airtswervd, laving upon the table before all
eyes, a dazzling coronet. .
. The man nha had jtp'oErri, took it op,
and1 glaring over' it; aid turpihw. to
.rest,' whiles his face; manifested g
the
great
pleasure, . . , m. " , .
4,Our brother nas ac'uitted'himself. .It
bears the marks irf bloH! t -
Aye,' blorxjf- that never UesV'-was
the response of 'several, in tones of deep
satisfaction. ' '' v, ' . "
tf a crart cjlurtt!'i L'jcI trjA;rs. anJ !
d -velvet caps, vnlivu; vigors.
t j Le iLvir t;...r.rrn. " " J
1 his denied
.,4Il t t.aki the tri;ili lrre! siiJ Pierre
Robert. - "Tie hcud that wore ' that cor.
ci.Lt isfiod for worif!" .
"Vive rAr-'ai! -Mort aYyir.nie!n
erica t:.ey iI, tu (ones cf menace k - -"Cotne.
Mohsltrur TAclaia! ' wc will
iiiatT-LrsiIvcs, a;:J listen to ti.j recount of
thilgtso'I deed yoii hava done," '.iid the
first speaker.'' "Messieurs b-3 seated."'-
Tlie. thirty,' .without 'confaaibn, pbcd
themselves on benches, arranged around
the table. Pierre Uoberf, having iiemaved
beneath ,t the" chret-cobrcd surtout, h
.1 i j .. i i.i j- i
lilt jr:ut.l.u UJ IIIJ UlttU,' - 4
liiJi'j!3.ied frcrn the other cib3 by
in
the
ern Cirque ru cross supporting a swe-r
mark of Lis aignlty'as chief of iK '
Ha ho, had spoken with hir.ad .alsof lk.
r;vn hicap. as W-'oSn Pf h
rank asVccpndilonl': h,s caP
wanted the cros'' ' 1 . ,
The clrcN m?n arouD1 table
paSented"" eVor4linary le'r"
They r6 of,1"6"1 young menr unlet
thirv)'ear' aS' most lne,n remarka.
fine-looking a of them with an aristo'
cratic bearing, "there was an-, expression
upon iheir faces of a singularly enthusiastic
character. It was bold, superstitious
evil; and altogether earfl to'contemplaie.
The looked like a community of murders.
YVmUMhey an eagerly listening to ihy
rtpcrt being given of their Jongab3er;
chief. f)l some, enierEx:
enirustea to nitn by the Sociele, we wilJ
unfold the "mysteries of, this secret con
clave: ; " - ;
1 he t rencfli revolution ' had ' left the
elements of society in France in a state of
pe wildest disorginization. The blood of
the nobles had flowed hke water to appease
the sanguinary thjrst of Robespierre, The
proud noblesse off the realm the, jnIuen'.
lial fami ies that traced their descent frm
the knt'ghto of -Charlemagne's chivalpc
court ,had been swallowed up nk the citi
zen: a war between, castej had tJetrojed
all caste,' and with tho king'perisned the
supporters of his throne, the peers of the
realm. ' ,
But the", war of vengeance had bcVn all on
one side. France was divided jrito two
great parties thg hunter and theJiunted.
the slayer and the victim. But wib. the
overthrow, of that blood-stained fipnd
Robespierre, the victim became the nven
ger; hut there were few leYt of tho nobles
to take up the word of venceance against-
thosO who had . well msh exterminated
their, class." , Besides, political wirhnni
suggested other sitps and circumstances
brought about modifying measure.' j'
but there was one younj; man, who
belonged to one of the oldest and nobirst
houses of Franc?, ' He- could trace his
lineage to the Taetonic Kings, audhia
'family was old when Charlemagne came
fo the throne. - The family of this voun
noUe had been visited with the." deepest
hostility of the national assassin. Hi's
father eanddiher, two Jovely sisters, and-
a Deiovea Drainer had fallen beneath the
axe of the tireless guillotine. He bsCaped1
alone through the aency of a young,
humbly girl, who risked I, her life to secure
his safety. ' "
After the revolution" had passed, this
young noble appeared from his conceal-
mdnt, and returned to- Paris, his bosom
torn with indignant grief for the fte Of
lhofe dear to. him, and his spirit burning
to avenge them and all other victims. He"
had dost: his patrimony! He came back
to- Paris poor.-: Vengeance day0 and ni"ht
burned in his heart- 'At length he ' rcsol.
ved ' that it should find its vents: that he!
wbuld .'avenge kingly France, sr far as
one man -could do it,, ef the - wrongs she
had received at theJiands of the rabble. ' '
lie found one young noble," and 'then
another, to whom ho mada known his
purpose, and'graduafly unfolded his pfan.
Thev Vwere suitable - materials to wnrk
upon. L littr 'souls v were burning, like
his, with wrongs that'they felt blood only
II:.' r . I ' . - . ' '-. . ' .
coum avenge. , -ai lengtn, twelve nobles;
young meq who had survived th&guilfotinej
oy assummg ttie; lowest disguises, by con
cqalmenty .flight assembled together in
the very hull'in: which we now hava seen
the thirty meet.. This hall was one of the
chateaux of the ycung-nqUle, their leader.
In this hall, with closed doors', and iri
ihe profounde&t :secrcsv ' thrv .ApArrA
themiolvest by. thejmost solemn and fearful
oatn, tiiuftor every noble that fell bv
tho 8o o.f v Rubespierre, a Frenchman
should die. .They pledged, iheniseires' to
shy orri ciiii-n every day, and if day
passed without the life of a man offered
by cich ta tho, shades of their fathers",
ihe deJlnq-K'nt should die by crucifixion
in th 3:154,11! . :
In no land tut France' could "suck a
society' -.have been forme j; or, 'having
been formed, could have existed a week.
B und together ' by their
oaths i and
thfir KTtiniu I mr .1.
ce?erale avengers
of bl ood conrvmenced.- cr Chr talma dav.
Incl
ther sacrifices..
Kl GrirhT . whenr silence
t JLw,4 -i.M.- .J - M 1 -1
uu . .-rc:gueu mey soostit. one
by or.e, their - rsmdozroiw, And reported
' Seventy cnevvic:ims to their retenwe
had Itilivn by htir knives! in" proof
of' thi?, - seventy lone , human eai were
cast into a heap : uptafa the table. Their
victims were from -the canai'.ie' of the
strcetv in bul three instances bid the
as&nssics received wounds 'in ahcir at-
hacks:nd bit one roan hadescanrd whn
had been struck And wounded; bur hUear
hadbceft takrnl SuH was their reorU
cc.
i ia i i i. ,r.
Tijc
of t
nicfsaJ that were WiuiU to U i. n
every' street, an-Hauboji'-g ani' Jrter
ran?, auu, husi va n,utikauic, ne
man was kulctd by a LIo throy
z as a
heart, with ac instrument as. v;sp0;ej
... v.iwv.j - "-;verytieaa.
Very
aoJ an car was wanticz t
The subject caL; Uf- ;forfle'3lh
mrt intense
to aslonisn
hy. violence jufo, l0DUrntcrt the na:
the Pamtair;- .Q ,he harl wy
ure
all
oi lfiar?e.rei Wllh the same wea
made ; ; I - t
,luu earn vtmuu- uanu: ,
ew U.lh. ctropohs
jnto lz.9 most
ther subject cf
iniCTise aziuiuon. itwas
conversation in the 'coITtie.houses and'res
taurants, on the Boulevards, nd Champs
de Mars, in the Palace cf "the Tu'.lk'rics
and in the hovtl of the t lowtsl citnens.TT-
Another- singularity connected - wi,:h the
murders,' was thai they were all men' of
Ihe humblest class the Brur;geais of the
city. , - . .. . - ; v
; By niglil, the people had lefl the matter
to the care of the police, .and forgot the
everits of .the day In (he gaities of ,he
night; Tha pohcei however, resolved to
. ...Li ti.;..
searcn ine mysiery 10 uim wiwi.i t tJi
rridiof nrofe'ssio'n was at stake. 'TW
r . - (... ?i,
the most igilani police in the jsr--:xwCr-r
be'at fault, shoul -'",. , ; ;V"
their i-' : ' -i-uljif
- t , .;lvj. Bui'
. ' S" ivWystifv themi
f! ti3 hohad seen
even onei.
'slain; yet they were "found dead''
in. the most thronged places, as well as in'
uic ruosiou; oi mo way spots-7-bui all tr.cy
could learn was that they, were picked up
dead. That one man cquld have slain,
in one day,, all these, victims; seemed to
them' impossible;,' ye the fact that tfcev
were all struck' through ; tho heart, Wd
wiiha'sharp, needle-like instrument: and
were deprived of an ear, cut off", .precisely
in the same way ,'qs if with scissors made'
Jor the,, purpose, -almost rendered ; it necesv
fsary that they should bwtleve 'ii: 'But who
oouiu iie oe: vouiu no oca numtn being,
or a demon? for so, far as they had yet
learned he was invisible; for no one had
been found who saw alow struck.
At length, just af .night,- a Boogeois
entered the office of the Prefect of Police
with his breast open aW his ear bound up
'iMonaieur Pr&fect," he said, "I was
yesterday afternoon p-oioz through Roe
de Poictiersaod was going, into" a cafe
wnen a mau dressed in " a black surcoal
passed"me, and as he went by . touched Ihe
side of my head. I -heard a clicking
sound, like :knife snapped intoa box,
felt a sharp -pain, and, was crying out
when! felt something prick, ma in1 the Bo
som. Ihe pain in my car made mesnrin'
Jback and roar out, and the man disappears
ea in inc. crowd., Ua loehng my head i
found my ear gone; and upon looking at
my breast I found it ; bleeiMg from the
little wound. I thouslrt le diable had been-
at roe especially when I coulcPl find m vear
outhe "round. I have been' at home all day,
Tea tin
g to gj out; but when first I heard
low. many had been kilted and lost an ear.
and.the police were at work;, I: thought 1',
wputa tell you what had been done to me."
1 Herethemanrshowed the bleeding slump
of his ear, and exhibited a' minute orifice
in the flesfty part ' of his , breast.: It was
plain he had saved his life by the' start
caused by the 3Udden loss of his ear. Soon
afterwards two bthenrricn came, and each
reported ttiat no, Had seen a man in black
pass two. of the men who had been killed
in their quarter the,f moment beJWo; they
were seen to fall dead, and to hurry la way;
. The Prefect had now gined something.
Whoever committed the murders," sitnulta.
neousjy clipped the ear and struck a: the
heart, and was ,dress"ed wholly in black,
a' costume common .as it is in' America,
is, little in use in France,, save among the
clergy.- Moreover, the; assassin, used .a
sharp wire But hero was' a difficulty.
Could the oqe man.irt black; said to have
be.en seen by three different persour, Jrave
done all these murders. ' It : was jjos'aible.
Bui it appeared more likely to the tfxperi
e'need mind of thePojica- chitif, ? to have
.been- dot!e by ecVeral' persons; a, pgibina.
ttoq of assassins -similarly ormcd ap. tit.
tired. To ferret out such a society ,.iT such
existed, he resolved to direct all his ener
gies and powers. ,. '
The 'fieit morning the morpue was 'a.
gain filled wnhfresb f ictinis, 'and alrnpst
everytfie minutes men came bearing dead
tnfrT' with nnr , n r foriA -.n4-.-i cm1t
t wnnnH in thp.hnrt si hPf Tho
j ber was eighty.five, an increase'upon iha
I of the'day before. .These men had, all
been slain in the night, too, the first haiv
ing . perished by broad y.' The Pre
fect saw in this, that whoever was the aa-
thbr of the Horrible tmurdera, he or they
had taken alarm at ihe vitr'lance which had
been aroused throughout the city, and per
lormeu meir ueeus 01 o;ooa nnaer cover ot
r .i.irj. . "ii 1 1 .
night. This. second wholesalel assassina -
lioiS fairly took Paris Ly sarprise. ' The
ponce wercaoroad every where, rr.05t ac
tive. Men ib black were -arrested ;wr.
ever found, and brought be fo re triur.
nal to answer for themselves and' to pass
an orda of search. ,B!ack became a' ban-
A At , IL . .... f U . . t f 1.
bv I 2 nuUJic outerr of Ihvrror
-".vi.. hi imi.s i,.iui, mn u uiauijccmcn iraq Deen niuraered by the same
coat was to be found in ParisJ
The great
est terror prevailed 'among the IJourgois,
for the tast. Latctt ofvictim,' like the first;
hd been ff thi chss from tiie jartr cul
loitei ;nj had followed at the feet ; "of
Robespierre, and .fapped tp the ' blood of
the brave and beautiful cf the land like dogs.
These classes nowr feared- to- stp abroad',
ox wjf ftt P fyfi armed and took tjr? jsid
.ir.i mornipg one hun Ircd and pV.o Icai
i . . i ' .
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cre r -- lie l J e i.itrcased .the a,
'nrrVrriJ cxc.:c.TWct that niPi thedty
bL--c: vaall parts of the " trcjT; - ihis.
fact well calculated tod it.' ( was
c-r.sterr.vni and .hirror. t.Icn aUed
each other in the street, as if their breiSj
I i'"-" lain, ii ii
inhaled theplag.:-. A tj'.letio, from the
Police (ribun.il w.
rin
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forbidding citi
zens to appcalr out of, th-:ir houses alter
iunef, on" pain of imprisonment; while a
reward often thous md IfrMics was p',J
dairr'd to'wt.omsoever shoul discover or
rcccgnizc tlw: perpetrator of thcs?, m)sc y0jr!
ypui asiissinations.
Tl.s command was rigidly enforced Uf
Dbcved: and. save thc.xirmoo 1 olice. irom
uasct to sunrise, no persoa walked abroad
in .all Paris. - Byt who can oeserjoo ine
unsternatirtn ;that, chilled every bosom,
When The astounding rumor flew t through
tie city that Orx? ' hundred1 and thirty per
sons had bee'ft found murdered in -iheu
beds in various parts of P.aris, ono of iheir
ears gone and a needle like wound
neart. This 'intelligence, cpnr"
the deadbook at the tr" '..v. ..' .;.-v;-'
bulletins ofit-r" ..nnc3
by
..udrcue, and bv the
. -nil'o7ice, brought confusion
-,oo-r,o)ice, brought conlujorr LFr.ico wu, so "7 lMreo
;ht. , Consternation, spicio'a; ! by the.ramjrca ijrSln-lati
ncd. Every, house from which j mi nt", from ' U"e Py reov:n Cl
been brought to the morgue,", iri the manner of thesoV
?. 'height
jiorror rei"
Ifjbdy had been
:hether unrecognized or well - knownr,(for
ucn was tne order ot the rrefcet in rtle
ftnc to these' cases,) was visited in person-
oy mo ouiui ou i'oitce,; accompanied oy
the Minister of State, i But -no'ihioj could
be learned from the inrmtes;,save that the
Victims Welfc fniimt dp,1 in iVin mnrntr...
mougn some naa lam wun those .who had
escaped the fate of their fellows. In no in
stance had a female bee A ossassinaled,Vio'r.
a child, nor a j very aged person. The
young and robust of the Bourgeois were the
Vrinwns.. 1 So wonderful was ihe. whole af
fair so unaccounja-ble, and 0 mysterious,
ly ancl systcmatidally carried ,on', that 'the
Prefect would have lilt himself justified in
referring the who'c afTair to a supern.-Uural
agiincy, save that tliere were' in many .of
the houses visible proofs' of the-bodilv en.
.1. f :' I'. Tit ...- ; .- . . ...
trance of human beings. Locks were pick
ed, hinges unscrewed', windows removed
from the sash panes, and in some - instan
ces rjnes from the sashes. In one .such
case, an arm hid been thrust in where a
man lay upon a bed, with hb Head near the
window, and the death blow jnven. and the
ear severed and taken away, whhihe un-
erring certainty which marked alLthcsc
extraordinary mdrdcrs. " . -' . :
. t . . t . :' " ' ' ' . -. "
. .uen oegin :o po superstitious. The
territorial revolutionists amonT ihp Svinj
Culottea openly asserted hat they believed
these deaths were' done bv Ihe r uDrnipd
spirits of the guillotined noWes; and 'ode.
man maue oau oeiore the police that he
naumei coming oai ot a cate, in which ia
murdered man was; a few- minutes - after
wards found, a nobleman he himself iiad
guillotined. But the Bourgeois had fateri
Pierre Robert for his father. This dec
laration, though in itself was treated light.'
ly by the Prefect 'and; the;- Investigating
Committee which had -been called for &e
purpose; of. a;cling'his research.es, gve
birth to a hint which brought' them near
the truth. The idea struck' the Prefect
that the whole work of blood miirht be the
act of some of the survivors of the noblesse.
Ttfls opinion was. strengthened by the fact
that nearly all who had perished had been
actively engaged in the work pf deaih uR
der .Robespierre. 9 No sooner had this idea
fastened itself on the mind tf Mon.ieiir le
Prefect, who was a man o -great judgment
nd courage, and equal toVthe emergency;
if any man could be, than he53sued on or.
der, 6y the authority vested in him, comt
manding every noble in Paris to register
his name and lodging within four and fwen
ty hours, on pain' of the severest punish,
ment. 4'Noone. suspected the motive for
the. Prefect kept his suspicions in his own
breast. The same night the Police guard
was quadrupled all over the city; andr ev."
ery person commanded 10 ilay w irliln tfnd
keep a iight burning wherever men slept.
"You see, Messieurs1 said Pierre Rob
ert, the young noble who had conceived
and carried, forward in u' manner so re-
mUWA i:. I . r
martiat!e his plan of sanguinary venance;
j j . . J 1 .
addressing his -. compa nions cn the itourih
morning aftef liiC outset oftheir enterprise
of blood; "you: see what order the Prefect
has issued. We "must -to-night for, the
fourth time change ou!" disguise. To-hight-we'
shall1 work as policemen. ' U'etiave
need of circumspeevjon. ;Veu have done
well all, and you have your reward. -Your
bkiH, courage and coolness have mystified
Paris. Bat our task is not yet done. To
day !I shall add 10 our iitq"iber fivd more
nobIcs!M ' , , .-. -
"And two?" said another cf the twelve.
"And I- one!1' cried avhird. , ;
. ,"Can you trust them?1 .
"With our lives! Thev alPtost narents
.I -i- - ....- 1 ... .
,-under the ate of the noHrrrociot'V
j - ;.fhen' fhey mdy be rrpstctl. ' Ve will
t receive them as conferes!,,
U . The next morning Paris was moved as-
if an' earthquake had shaken it to its centre,
j Every man was appalfed, arid trembled
for; himself.'". The intelhgejice flew like
Vi-fire from lip to lip thut f irtv-foiir P-
I i I 1 1 - 1 , . . J . l
I T - '..:.
ijsierjous perns m the same mysterious
tianner; yetajl ihc P.jliccorce made'oiith
r,iH uy ian, jnat tney had not seen in
streets during'the night only jheir own
comrades-. ' , , , ,
1 The Prefect was row ot ihi wits end
U divicc the fearfai m fc;ery.
arfai m -Tery. Ho was half
lit ru-f- n 1 i.l 1 .'j 1 i
Uf imcq to refi
tiens of th
, . i ' ' Knnle-4 ! CilOU h ( f l.:imiri iniAuitv In
hun te put it down ta mortal arcner
unt.I he coUJ prove it aupcrntaral.' -
.'At length he took such " a Cijji.'ant course
by. making. ne,. hilf of Par is "keep wttclt
on i thi oiier'la!f, that the avengora of
blj-vj, vfih-sS fcaj beca in trut! "super-
hatuml, ouM luilorfgor pursua their work.
Pari, thcrfore, 'ror ' .-ie weeks remai-(t4
qi:t. .Theeveiitii ' .ch fiad 'pasted wcro
a nicaiurejoLJiieraied by others, apl
; munJers of the three n?hts.n as iher
ctca i, wtrc Lfj to stlcuce and mya.
'- 11 lc" VK-mnKiU t I l - 1
thtrworo eothuJ. lftcauoia:
I It
tjc nronosed thai thp
;kiuiu, as
pastime, l ' , ,f ' '
more to etnki
Inlf13' ha
imjui'coh un.to
. i
uuu inua whose
r -
iar opprrspion a
was at once W '
bccomip r f'
thcv- ; .
cruelty, xvorioui
v Ctcama z.a!oui fof ,V,u"0"tf
) the; .rich or poor, pea.S
. Having fortnei Iheir plnh?r PnftCttV
fed to hn-ei ihr.... .f ' u,eU.n.ra.
Prwca wu ' ; 7. "? ii
" "L,u into comL.. " .
-"iion..
lified, in part the hand ofru?r fl iJvn
assassins of the f,Thrco NigvJ,:a9s', 0r
, The needTJ-fike alilletto badv .
the heart- but'tha para nf thm ril'v'W
intact. -I'hero wis another diiTorcneftf
In every in$iapcethc rnurderejavercv'f
of property; and, noted for their opprcsV
and viqes. ,Abd what confirmed the IV -fec.t
at j'aris id his opinion that the rou
ders jn .the rhy were tho work of nobleV, '
was the, fact that every man who was sev
cre:ly,murdered-in all the departments dur. .
ing a period of three months, occupied
the estate of 'some executed nobleman.
All attempts to discover tho perpetrators
of these acts lailcd, as they hid. done the
autnors oi hQ murders n Pari. ' Thm
thirty; reassembled aiftho exniration f
tlieeroJ of abs n.'c, and not one man was
wanting at the hour and place; . They re
ported -nine hundred deaths of uiucpcrs of
the. nobles and. of oppressors of mankind.
'The project of once mora dipping their
hands in A.tiiej fives of the Bourgeois was
again proposed, but rejected.- Many' other"
wdd scheme and' stronger projects were
suggested. and abandoned. A new idea'
;wa started at length by one of .the most
HiHJcuU;ii. tin proposed that a certain ,
Prince, Henri di t, who had been boriv; f ;
ar peasant khould bo taken and his "crown; '
be brpught" before them, in attestation- of, . i
ihe'dced; and lie; who, performed it shouid r v b '
bind ihe whole thirty to himself, to do his"; J
wilJ' in every ihing.'- The "attempt was ' i '
miile,.a certain time being set in which to I - '
effect, it ,by each one, but it failed. Pierre . !
Robert undertook it hsi of all, andetbrri- J -ed,
after fourteen day's absence the timn I
given being .twpy.four days: -and 'as we i ' - i
llavc seen laid' before them the crown of'' '
..the murdered prince and tyrant. " . 1
-.-... . ...j naauasiuaiivii iiiiwu ail IjUIOJMJ Willi Yr .
amizwien;: not, because it was a new thin"
for a Prince to -be murdered, but because
the hand; that gave the blow was "recogniz- l-
edas the author of ".The. Murder of the "
rHircO NfghtsV at Paris., The Prince had j.
been pierced (o the heart wiih-'a slender '
weapon, as fioe as a needle,' which scarcely I
left a isjblu wound; and his right earteut
cc4 o" precisely as th(se of the victinn
at Paris. , j 1
Spcculution Mas now rife .as to the mys'.;t '
teri.jus agency-tjf their crimei. The au- ,
ihors of them pecmod'to bear a chanrtJ'-', '
hfe, to,be-invisible,, and to be possessed nt
ubiqui-y. .'The murder of the Prince had z
been perpetrated thirteen hondfed mile
from PaVis tho eccne of thi former deeds.' ( .
Alt rope waj in "amazement. . livery,
means was set on foot to discover the, in- - ' l
visible bxnd. 'K very-man' wati'hed hi - i
fellyw, and wawaiched in bis turn by fltc - ' ' - ,
Police. The tctest vigilance in .th
Paport system was enforced, and France '- .
tv-ca,hi3 Argus-eyed.'; The conc'ave of
iniriy unoingi urn wietr impunity was
"M1!1 10 oc lovavjro, oroKe up 10 meei, oy
- " t t' , :t ' . 3
command of him who was now heir ma.
t;i. ;.!.. i :. . 1 1 ' . . .
rr, 'one year and a day front that night;
and in ihe woodjdei Boulogne? at a tree call-'
ed LouiOaH. ' Kach one, by his com-f
rnandjr pledged j hjrnself by at solemn, oath
(for so much hid blood, becomo their sus-
tenancej.to put (someone to death ere fnki.
night on ihejfji't of vhenrionof every
month, whttlro' thai" one were friend or
foe! j This pledge given and secured in it
pcjforrnincc, by. a most fearful penalty,.
these men of liiood parted, rone by one,
each (oset'k hisjown for!une,' and sworn to
the blrcd of thfcir race Familiar'.y witli
blood had made them demons. - The no
ble and cornmaijiding figure of their chief,
Pierre Robert, as lie stood.up among them .
to receive their adieus, his handsome dark
face and ' nobly jexpandc.d i Vff seemed' at
second L'ucifti or . hi. iriiir'-r.inatiuTt' Jm
the body; well p.tcd to rile iryby hU
iron ' will. Reiengl 1 for the' blood of hi'
fathers: had .brought-' with it upon'his freart 1
th fearful curse of bbod thirstiness and
hatred of mankind. . r
' ? At the end of 'the year and a-d.iv there
was a mi J night meeting held' in the' Bois '
de Boulogne. '-There were bui Uocnty.
ttven of ihe V -Thirty" nreem. V.a. 1
iliese, 1 ittcr had performed bis-'aTibtted task
in obcGWe u4iVj wilr' to'whh -
ch he -had
4 oy un own oatji
r-i . - .1 - . . 11 v iiuu.
T 7, f'and and mur.
l- "9'J have done well, codferes " said
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