Miranda; A Tale of the French Revolution - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 Excerpt: ...the dense mass as they filled the court. Twenty of the assailants fell ' dead and wounded. The crowd pressed back; some took shelter in the corps de garde, near walls, behind stones, while others turned back across the bridge, to relate how De Eaunay, after entrapping them across the pont-levis, had treacherously massacred them. This false statement, receiving at the time full cre¡ dit and belief, added to the fury of Pa¡ ris, which was still further roused by j one of the dying being borne about on a I plank through the whole town. Charles Clement and Gracchus Antiboul, aware of this rumor, rushed to contradict it, but in vain. It was over all Paris. " This fortress is impregnable save by cannon," said Antiboul, " there are two on the Place deGrove; let us go fetch them." " Willingly," replied Charles. Tournay and Bonnemer were at hand. They called them; and they again summoning some friends, the whole party, well armed, rushed towards the Hotel de Ville. At the corner of the Rue St. Antoine, they were startled to find themselves in front of the detachment of the grenadiers of the company of Ruffeville. They wera two hundred. The party commanded by Charles was but fifty. He ordered a halt. "Present arms!" cried the officer commanding the grenadiers. " Present arms!" replied Charles, enthusiastically.. The two armed companies saluted one another. They were marching in the same cause. " Vive les grenadiers.'" cried the people. " Vive les Parisiens.'" replied the soldiers. « And the two bodies of insurgents separated with mutual marks of affection. " Who goes there?" cried Charles Clement the next instant, again meeting soldiers. ' The fusiliers of the company of Lu...