The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . sharp ones; there was the National Guard,with Lafayette at its head, which was ordered about agood deal by the others ; there was a city government ofParis, which was called the Commune and at times had agreat deal to say ; and there were four or five clubs—theJacobins, the Feuillants, the Cordeliers, and the like—whichbegan to give more orders than all the others put knew which of these to obey, and none of themcould keep the Paris mob under control. On June 20th,
The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . sharp ones; there was the National Guard,with Lafayette at its head, which was ordered about agood deal by the others ; there was a city government ofParis, which was called the Commune and at times had agreat deal to say ; and there were four or five clubs—theJacobins, the Feuillants, the Cordeliers, and the like—whichbegan to give more orders than all the others put knew which of these to obey, and none of themcould keep the Paris mob under control. On June 20th, 1792, a mob of thirty thousand men,women, and children, bearing muskets, pikes, knives, andswords, and sharp pieces of iron on the end of bludgeons, 1791-1798] 281 waving flags and singing, burst into the Assembly Cham-ber, and with noise and threats crossed over to the Tuileries,where the king was, broke down the doors, and set Louison a stool which stood on a table, so that all might see the head of the mob were a butcher and a brewer. Said the butcher to the king : Cry, Long live the na-tion !. STORMING THE TUILEKIES Long live the nation ! echoed the king. Prove it, then, roared the butcher, holding out a redcap of liberty on the top of a pike. Louis meekly put on the cap. The brewer insisted that the little prince should also puton a red cap. When he had done so the great crowd wentaway as they had come, having killed nobody this time. A number of nobles, unable to endure the loss of theirold privileges, had shaken the French dust off their feet 282 [n9i-m3 and gone into Germany, where they found friends amongthe kings and nobles of that country, and botli togetheragreed to invade France and wipe the French mobs off theface of the earth. All over Europe kings made commoncause with Louis. Eighty thousand soldiers, fifteen thou-sand of whom were French nobles and their followers, as-sembled at Coblentz to march on Paris. When the newscame the Assembly ordered the c
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