Storming Of The Bastile

Om Un: íhurteoutli ol .nily, ín tlic IW9, the jipople ol' Puriscóse Ín ih-ir íiugíit liiul look tho liaatíle. H w;is ítn obiillilioii of popular son li - I ni.".ii ftgainst the tj'rant of t lio ilay, ml the ólti priíon haJ beoouw o lious ou rtccouiH Of tlie political eecipts Whicli li;ul bccn bario t wilh li ;ms wiihin iis wÁils. Ou Umt , : , v the tnio íiml glttrious oomíiiiiiii.cineía ol' Uic Ficncli rcvolülioii lok - 1 1)0 pmMr.ition oi' ttle nio'.iarciiv and Llie inauíuralion uf the rule of l he peoplc. An incident of the stQVrtiiiig of íha BasLile occxirs to us, as we record the above fnet, which is, iK-rhaps nt Véry geperïiUy knuwii to Engiisu rruders. Il is a bil of the roiiiimoe oí lii-iory Which will b?hr rccDriiim here, il Us'.im I iiiLf l.lic Sayiug tlüit iHtól is pfcuiuigüf ilim Botioii. A gii'l o! siitecn, an.t ot' rcinai-kíiblc boftlity, Mllë. de Motnsegey, iauj;htei" i ihe f.oiiiinan ;iia ot artiilci-y ol' the Basiii', lolgjing in a jjci-üuoriiig quartcr, k'ariwtl hy the regular did ol' the ca'miin lint, hoi' t'athcr'fl liie was in danser. JLe was lier wol, and insLiiictdnMV lier IxroaKls liis siuc at once. blie ni-!ird throuh tho crowd with dishevel le I li-.iir, calliitg her P.itlmrt nnms, Ka I .a-kiu, u 1 1 1 y lo be peniiittod to Uie with liiml At iirst the crowd feil back :tad made way for so lovoly a visión, ani ies;iecteil Uie filial itt'ectioji Uiut aeiiuilcd Uie soliiu:r's dau-hter; Uut sCiddenly :i m:iu ol the iM J' dvunk with tnry n,,,l llwi f.:irll:ltri .II' 1 llU SCCllC. t-llOlllcl to Jiis coniraúos : "Lèt tM inuiislur wlio is liiing luscaiihun upon uscease, or ieL Inin beliold hii vn ilauglilor idevflUi'eil by Uie lhúifcn Ifetui'o his Sbyeff" and wliili: t!TU TOdtf. held tlio klcl'Jftulüss tiy, a liiftj) otrttruw and cl ups wi-re luwiily iur in tlio (ïuuleol tlm-coüit yfitl. jqf-'ne terina .wcifeslioutoír tt) tho ft-ülifiy oílicor; "IjutQo repljjttniinii f tliours ol llie uuteu was iMJlieXun i Milu, "tle i i (■! Ini-uwu upon B ! P'le 1 Aubln Bonne■, a gakn,. ■'■'-', savel HiorWc the i-k$oI 1U8.MW BW, and siic , wa.-f 1-iif.uu-Jrt to ■ ii-'.ss i'1 ;' iDunn,-; hou ■: Hor .lulher had j; giHutorubecii Killed by a pisiui shot. j),. jl,;ui iióf "l fte Bastilej jtiiKÜii the loi-uv -ji'i'i "i Utacked hy uu' peuplc uu.1 uu: ï'cyiijar sol Uiers cöntuiud. tisuJavea a wiiite haudiRM, safreSiui-oa and v:is brutally niuruired. LainaMine spcaks ot' lliüi ihiis : -.Sik;)] was i lip deáth ol' %l. dï Launav. The viciini oí' honor, j,,,. 9ujy . Bi i-civd with his last bi-futh 'the suuiiL wliieh his master hul ioilti .c:d to liilll. 'i'lie bourl, the e royalista tui i thu puople riiHVè udioiily 'ci-i en niiii tlicir ini1 ris'i lu:!ii', üiuii-uowii'.iic aud their , ;. üiá i;iuIl vi; ítiat ol the i couj, of Marshal au i'ogítt and M. , .. i'.i ■ . i,'. 1 1. y, ho kndivv ucM how to u-i.imor i-ellvo ni;ii Df his dn111 De LinuuiU's (Astil euded tueflmous d.iy 'ol iQ 1'UWteeniU of Julytliü beiiiniuy; of Aio Fienclï rcviiution, wlucli ï-epubiiomi France lias 110W Hi.iü_;unu:d as ü, uuLiunal lioli.iay. Truly, the pages oï üisiury Iww vvitli vi+'id .u;i,i-B.s.