Show TALE OF REIGN pathos patho of little NIc nicolas execution overcame and nearly killed spectator Opec titor of iron iran norve M X Leno Len troa otres book on the expert ances of the gascon royal royalist lat tho the baron do de datz batz an english version of which has just appeared was first published in parts some years ago and it to 19 surprising that it was not translate td before 1910 oe de batz was wag one of tho the strangest figures of the french revolution he la is said to have bave used blo enormous ehor moua balth jn in bringing about distrust among the ho revolutionary leaders and in crippling finance and thus had much to do with the end of the butchery there was one terrible Inel incident dent of the executions preceding tho the fallo fall t of thus narrated by M lonatro in tola this volume 1 A I certain man of great strength V und and aaa of those athletic people who are all muscle end and have bavo to no nerves I 1 wagered that he bo tt would watch vatch tb ohp 9 execution att close quarters without flinching Wl whether urther ho he stood with the executioner or ar not I 1 do not knot par a long alma ho he bore bora it unmoved but when nicole came upon the scaffold and arranged her self dvor the plank and said gently to the executioner monsieur shall I 1 be all right like that his bis head swarn swam and him sight eight failed him his immense strength tb nate gave way war and he fell to tho the ground a moment ho be was thought to ba doad and was carried bome 11 |