| Show revolutionary archives where can ie be found in the city of parl paris the mort most curious deposit of historical records recardo re at the boub ise house the foreign office the pala paia palace cc of justice the city hall hail oi or I 1 he the prefecture of police by n no 0 mean means many of these splendid buildings building s were burned bythe by twe thu commune and their records destroyed but rut the deposit I 1 am going to tell kohout hldi hidi de defiance flance to flame arld arid petroleum le u m for it la Is contained d in the betly af f ht henr nr the fourths Fou hgr it nito lito in lri af that chit niona monarch J pout neur keefa W bridgeo bridge o on n thib the ibsh do not image ne reader that I 1 am joking hem hema is the story in it a few words thi thlu t equi alalue was erected during the restoration of the bourbon dynasty at wili which ch time the counterrevolution counter revolution was in full blast revolutionary evolutionary It ideas idea 8 being prosecuted and condemned sought a refuge everywhere the royalist police pursued with an animosity all disloyal or suspected documents and the political works and pamphlets of the tho republic were threatened with merciless mercile ss de da tion A number of patri patriot lots deeply affected by this persecution mel net nel and hatched a very sin fin singular guiar gulan plot the statue was to be prepared prel ared nothing was easier than to buy f fhe the b e work mens cooperation operation co aaion aud and cause them thed to hide in id the inside of the brass horse a complete collection of publications these statues are set up by piecemeal the head being placed in position last of all this thia constituted a ready hiding place which would elude the most moat subtle searches searcher A call to the patriots was made a vast quantity of suspected doku docu documents was collected and tills this criminal libra ilbra library ry was wab confusedly burled buried in the insides the royal steed this Is id by no mean 3 a literary joke but a perfectly authentic an which winch was related by an eyewitness eye witness of the operation to a reporter of le temps remps a daily paper of paris barts and lately made known to the great delight of the french radicals now what will wiil marshal macma macca lions hons government say on tills this dell dali cate henry the fourths statue is inviolable any mutilation of it would be considered consider eil etl almost sacrilege who then theu would be bold enough to make an investigation a or of the contents of the e equine alne portion thereof la rege bege eranee france rance may exper experience lenco ienco a change chanze i 0 of government ern ment and a royal joyal ora dra or ruler once more recover despotic sway anti antl yet these democratic publications would repose e la lii peace and it may be ald aid fraid that chaty by the per for manee manre of his hia whis so jong long unknown plot the french revolution has been immortalized for were wera ail all a 11 its 1 Ls adherents banished from the world J its archives would certainly repose in safety in the belly of henry the fourth fourths august charger louis louls A bertrann BERTRAND |
