The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-01-30
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PART SECOND.
Every one knows that after the revolution OF
|Is30 there was q sort of revival of chouannery
| N Brittany. was then quite young, and co 1l!
have only instincts and feelings in regard to
|Doiicai matters. My family had sent me TO tnea
Eo2isgs at Vannes, where learned little
Latin and little French under the direction
|of the Able Ropert, an excellent man. Ihere
|vere q hundred of us scholars in the second
class, of whom was the youngest still re-
member my fellow-disciples in short jackets and
wooden shoes, and with their long halr ana
twenty-five years. but who because they were
|eollegians and because every condition OF lie
has its privileges, were as thoroughly boys as
myself. They were not so, however, in their
political sentiments, and there, was, perhaps,
hot one of them who was not chouan to the
|fips of his fingers. Our college had deserted
La q body under the first revolution, to 60 and
light in the Landes Under Cadoudal Our SUI
|periors were not little proud of this grand
Heat of arms of our predecessors, and took care
Ito remind us of it from time to time, with q
self-eomplacency that was quite Infectious IL
Is not astonishing, therefore, that sever az, %
vacation of 1881. At our return next term we
sounge OF ones had cars flied with the mar
yelons reeitals of their campaign venture
TO think that they were slightly efnpeAisneo-
There y0ns one who had set fire to q barn ];
others had kept the field for days together
against q company Of movable gendarmery J;
others had plundered a diligence that was tax
lnfy the money from the sub-collector at Ploer-
mel TO Yannes. Guyomar, who was one OF the
aess brilliaat in the class of rhetoric, affirmed
That he had held the popductor. under his knee
for more than half an hour; and although he
had not his equal for turning a Latin verse; ne
was Drouder of this nocturnal expedition than
6f his best distichs. EhaYe always hau g sus-
picion that he borrowed most of his stirring
reports from Jean Slogan, novel that was an
immense favorite with us, for he was by nature
wholly aveTse to anything like dlsordeF an
Violence Then there was Raynat, who poasS-
III Of bgyinp torn down the tri colored flag that
hung over the door of the town hall with his
own hand in open day Three officers OF ~ bpe z
customs wanted to prevent him, but ne hao
shouted TIUg-fe Roi so vigorously, and all the
Fellows of Sarzean and of Port Navaly had
gathered about hiufso promptly, that theson-
eers concluded resistance was quite Impossible
and quietly sheatHed their swords again.
The eldest of our comrades was a peasant
from Saint Allouestre, who was to take orders
n a few months He had two brothers, one OF
whom thesoldest os the family, was farmer,
md the otller who was entering the third class,
lad lust beeu drawn iutbe transcription OF that
ear The name of the brothers was Nayl,
ma although they were peasants they MADE z
tood figure among us, seeing their father was
omethipg of q farmer and that they were ad-
nitted, 6anll bands, to be the, best scholars in
he coiiegs. They were never heard taking
iouanuery and none could have told whether
hey were Whites or Blues. When Guyomar OK
aother Was narrating his exploits to an admir-
q circle, they stopped to listen like the rest
ri without expressing their opinion, content
q themselves at the finest passages with ex-
hanging a mile with each other FOR tne
st 6ll9 y were shy quiet dello"si a. PAO'o1
shaved as girls, always eSactstO the houri
hiking of by themselves OH holidays--ioi
sev were devoted to each other-and so atten-
ge to their religions duties that Able tIohyi
g chaplain always held them up to US as
model. They were my neighbersJ lodging IN
8 Rue dos Chanoines, close by the cathedral
the house of o widow, who Eeptj2 table fol
ehe or ten scholars. have often been to see
em in their little room, where they were al
REQ crowded in, when theeldest brother came
town, and I sat on the bed seeing there were
~ three chairs.
~ family was then living in Belle Isle. tbs
trer that brought me back at the opening o
term vsas obliged to beat through tlle Blor,
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