The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1863-07-23
CHAPTER II.

The two boats reachei La MiiBeras raener ~"
In the evening. and rnocred coee ''se'ner'
Thsnts W Eutbs the vetsti0n Neru ien y"
e Gun Q, rs 1.r,'. SIP hsd I,' a.. loo, 4
clouds B I'd dis.pl cared from his brow. 'eyuas
msn made nc sl.ust,n 10 whst hsd rsse'!
Old bostn'ss,sr, who sppre tsted his '.sr 's.
h IN IN III nd nes, w N - would have 10 uha
hsrd u pay him n thauks. 1900,
lme other tosts were sifssdy moorsd D.
Mellerse. The crews we're scaus Ancts,
had assembled 70 take supper ioes her
Jitqies trmsinsd IN Vie barge by h,m en- m.A
ing bis SUI per, as usual, on few cru-w Of car.
70 him,
~ the inn, Meru had found Goodman soriei, M
hth,r OF the service - and Who ia some old onss
hess long since passed With . Nantes lawyer ~ne
wished to show lis literary sttsinmen.s, hsd os~1
named by him TIE "Sss.or o. the Loire" h' soSl.
Paniohs hsd taken this Hcmeiio sluson On hh
insa OF las for rh,sioguoni 81 nickname ana
bad upc nscously modified IL BY commonly calling
him Father Ses.To,s' twty-Noss!. The OLD
,sssss bad long ago rvsa op .n a.:
boat 70 Orleaus Tor one OF his grsndsons, whe
WAS kept away by ckuess.
hsru and be hsd been sequainssd In she Ia ven.
Gee war, and 10th remembered thas sh.ir ~
mtesins had hsnpensd at toe very plsce whsreshey
now loud themselves again.
"Do you remember. my I'D" said soriel, who,
IN rish' q LIS ninety winters called every one n1
who WAS not ss old a. himself ~ was The dAy We
great afmv Was routed' DO you ZEN noef ~
those miserable wrstohss cpowdins Together on 'hs
banks. and praying to God and man VI uke then
over 70 . other sdet They were fol 'oss, shols
and. and here were eight b,s,s fr hem ~ r
YES" spNed Merl; "then, TOO, 70 se BE vo
men run whom our boats came nssrl II was, 'Ists
my wounded husbsnd-my hhr-my son MS
poor lad. The dear ersstures Levsr asked 70 -
tAk en- Themselves"
"Oh, u wsss greA, day" resumed Sorisi. 'Ir.uN
you, my lad. never think VI without fee ing
thrill to the marrow Of my bones. Il was shen I,
saw NJ de Hon, hamp, who vas just dying T1lsk
holy man was weak thAt you could hardly hear
him syeak. So be kept making SINS 70 the priesh
Who was stsndny by him, to come close N order ~
hear him and when the bys ands.s Asted what
be VAS saying, the priest wsys repeated The ssmo
thing-'pour kill the prisOners'"
"The Blues killed plenty o! ours however," Cd.
served Meru with bttsra,ss
"As we did thers" piled the cid man IA
that time No one cared for another mans
life and Il Is . grea, vosder thas any 0os
shere was 10 keep H. When you had saved
10 from the guiliotus or the bullet you had
still 70 saw IL from hunger, and THAI
no lille matter We bargenen found
even ths Lore had become hsld OF bate. Here,
the batter sent shot into under pre'enee thai
We were serving the Whites there, ths Royalsh
frcd uJon US from behind the willows under pre-
,encs Ma, We vsre esrryisg provisions :. .ss
Blues 80 more boats appeared upon 'hs
river, and the bargenien took 70 begging, uniess
they hired themselves W Garner"
"And became dvocssvs ~ cried hevu. "feS
zee know that ,hsrs have been those in the rver-
,'rvi - who made tho oirs mo great grave:
bu, - true y ! am Chr stan ! ever mees
With one Of them, " Il revenge shs Innocent bia.d
upon him with my own hand"
To be Continued.