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LOCKSMITH AND GUNSMITH. T HE French Revolution had begun by the Taking of the Bastile by the people of Paris on the Fourteenth of July, 1789, but it seemed to have reached the high tide by King Loui…
THE THREE ODDITIES. T HE locksmith lifted his tumbler to his eye’s level, admired the liquor with pleasure, and said after sipping it with gratification: “Bless you, yes, plenty of locksmiths at Par…
THE UNDYING MAN. I T was the more easy for the pretended gunsmith to blend with the crowd as it was numerous. It was the advance guard of the procession around the King, Queen and the Prince Royal, …
FATALITY. G ILBERT followed his guide half-way up the slope where stood a handsome house. The foregoer pulled out a key and opened a side door intended for the master to go in or come out without th…
THE CANDLE OMEN. I N the meantime the Royal Family had continued their road to Paris. The pace was so slow and delayed that it was six o’clock before the carriage containing so much sorrow, hatred, …
THE REVOLUTION IN THE COUNTRY. O UR intention being to temporarily abandon the fortunes of our high and mighty characters to follow those of more humble but perhaps no less engaging heroes, we take …
THE ABDICATION IN A FARMHOUSE. A FTER having appeased the duties of obedience, Pitou wished to satisfy the cravings of his heart. It is sweet to obey when the order chimes in with one’s secret sympa…
ANOTHER BLOW. A S everybody in his village would be abed by ten o’clock, Pitou was glad to find accommodation at the inn, where he slept till seven in the morning. At that hour everybody had risen. …
PITOU BECOMES A TACTICIAN. O UR hero’s fall was deep. How could he go back to his friends without the arms? How, after having had so much confidence shown in him, tell them that their leader was a b…
THE LOVER’S PARTING. M ANY times after drill, and that followed nights spent in learning the tactics, Pitou would wander in the skirts of Boursonne Wood to see how faithful Catherine was to her love…
