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Show Unisoi's rmh.r. Ottliot lived through the most event-fill event-fill periods of modern France. He waa born In 17X7 amid the mutlerlugs ot the revolution. tittlzot's parents were marrlod by a prescribed Protestant Protest-ant pastor, and bis hlrth was never legally registered. Ills father, who was an advocate, used his talent for public apenklng In the Interests ut the persecuted Protestants, and became a marked man. After living for several weeks In danger of his life, ho was at last arrested, unwillingly enough, by a gendarme who knew and respected him. "Shall I let you escape?" suld the man. "Aro you married?" replied M. Oultot. "Yes, I have two children." chil-dren." "And ao have I," replied the prisoner, "but you would have to pay for me; let ua go ou." They went on, and M. Quliot died on the scaffold a few days later. At tills time Fran-cols, Fran-cols, the future stateamaa, who waa the elder of the two children, waa six and a halt years old, and always preserved pre-served the recollection of going to see bis rather In prison, or what waa euphemistically called the house of Justice. Gentleman's Magailne. |