, 1870-12-11

eaithy and p1irceiy families. Others set ont /
rof1owful to, home. while the remnant re-
Eumed tnetr weasy march along the Italian |
peninsula
He received them into his presence, but re-
fused to Absolve them from their vow he
even sent word to thetr comrades who bad
the crusade, fhAt they would be
held to their obligation whea they baca0a
u.eu. But giving the poor dupes no asstas-
apce, he commanded them to return home
Another exhibition OF nearly equAl nurnbefs
also eet out ut about the sa,ne time from Co
losne by smother route. The nsoe OF their
leader il unknown. They had similar COM
paniorehip Of girls, subbera and bad Eomeu-
Their routs lay through SaAhia and SR'tzer-
land; and they suffered the same prisat.ons
.nd I'D iaee 1es ss'f IS sr anaes
eesre. pur.aea he ' p.,h q tbe
ST. Gothald, and descended into Lom-
Lan:y: They found here no hospitality.
Mt1a'E they passed BY Ravenna. Aniona,
sira1ai, B;shop of Cremota. asserted dat
meihets ate their children Every day macy
oE tho troop pe.ished Eith hunger. or vera
nj as they struggled avay ea.rcL:ns for
food. " the original q, ,0G0 bat tHo O. :hrea
Thousand reached Hriadisi.
IN th!s city the5 mot with extreme cru.:r
from the inhabitants. The E:-.e 4.,> j.
coyed away aud Nalszeate, snJ ,3e bcva
fasest little better. 1Ihs Dtss.sr i: the tom
fpallE succeeded III freeing many Of s4.em
from their absurd deluslon, and perst-a led
however, firtd still with enthusiasm, would
not abandon the crusade, aud embarked for
the Orient. They were never Aeard Of more.
Whether they we're shipwrecked. kidnapped,
eD-lased. or uAsssc1ed, history does not in
form uH.
The survivors who failed 70 reich the end Of
their fearful Journeys Jared badly The girls
esreciailr remained IN considerable NUMBERS
1t the different towns along the route. and
formed q la1Ee element OF the deprived popu-
laticn. Tho boys who persisted in returning
encountered the SINE ha1dships which they
bad previously met, but under what dit9ereht
circumstances! They came in troops with
songs; thcy returned ssngly and in silence,
sccfaIg TO all men. Day by day there arrived
struggling into Cologne, or the other cities
from which they had departed, groups
Of theee victims Of sad dciusion,
their ht aas dropping in ehAme, their eyes
red with teare, and their clothing in :ass.
ners and their csosses. They weze asked
WEere they lad been, and they replied they
did Eot krow." They only knew OF days OF
varied suffering. They knew not, In their ie-
notsnce, what Ind Leen their route, what lands
ihsy had trsversed, CT what they bad seen.
lo !uuger, Aid then they had turned home
ward. but there VA. many naches by the
Thine aud the Mostl!e, bE the Meu=e and the
I4ppe, who wcpt long years Tor children des4i
O. forever Lost to their love. The winter had
passed and the spring hsd come and gone be-
Their adventures are weli.nieh lost oat Of his
tory. Lut for generations they weIe tbs theue
VI tales At the German freaides.
Tie fate Of the French chlldten WAS lang
unknown Europe had passed through Won
ee1fnl ehapgea- Pops Innocent had titled it
With turmoil and civil WAT; but even his suc-
cstsfNt enterprises had ended disastruusIy-
The Emperor Frederick was DO more manage
able than Ohio: for he brayed excomuuni,a-
ton iteelf. aud went on = crusade in defiance
OF the POPE. King John signed the great
charter which abridged this power Of the
Church in Epglacd, King rhiAp fell short OF
Liz ambitious purposes, and the kingdom OF
Granada get outvied Ar1agon aud CASTLE.
| But ihe i've thousand French children that
| embarked at Marsei1tes were not heard froul
| not even the Emperor Frederick, when he &c.
! conquered Jerusalem, learned, 1t indeed III
| bought. any Information concerning them.
| ln 1880 an old priest Arrived IN Europe. wht
Aseetted that lie had accompanied that expe
clifton. His story Was written down and hi:
te.n preserved with great cafe. It WAS -.
and terrible enough
Southwest ct Sardinia is an island. LOAF
EEinl4. hatti, callsd San F!et1o-pzobablr
corruption OF the old Roman name .Accipi
i.ona'. aud is greatly frequeuted by falcons
He1e tie li1rt calamity met tue ships.
.tein3 stusc. two of the veeucfs went to pieces
and every soul on boart-mp1e than thous
Ar;!--rtlislNd.
| Several Of the remaining vessels put int
| ort al Enieiah, about = hundted mules ess
III Algicre. The wretchcd children had bee
betrayed The two merchants who gratu
| tort]@ f,1tnielcd ships for tue yoyaGe, the o'
| riest declared, were rlaye-traders. and ha
taken advantage Of their nttlees heir!essncf
10 eel! tlen, to the Sasacens OF DArhAEy. l,
famotr ~ this was. it was in perfect Keepiu
with the character aud practice OF the me
Middle Ages. Noae Of tho children enslavs
at Euiciah ever recovered theiE freedom
| Ihe remaining vessels sailei tu Alexander
where the nthalpy captvts were sooA plact
! in the market aud dispersei among shalr 90
. | eIat purchasers. Tne Sultan bought 400
conveyed by csraraua 10 bagdsd. Here
meeting Of ssracen princes was held. befo
! whom several OF the young cfnsxdets VIC
| brought. They II fused to embrace the III
lem fat.h, and eighteen were pnt to death.
, The CHI prizes, affirmed that tntre were re
| I eral hut drel OF thesa children yet suEviyi
ia 1880, eyesr uaa OF whom still uiaiusaiu
tde'itr to the Christian faith.
) Tie indignation agsinet the two mezchsr
E | vaB lLtcil.e. They were compelled TO d
: fiem A1ar-eilles. and made their home
: Sicily. Or this Island ti1e Emperor Frederi
j | WAS king but district at it WAS still in {
+ AnpGs Of the SaEaeene- Their E1,r bargain
| with the two merchants 10 kidnhp frederic
or, II tli- could not be accom- plisheti, TO mi
der liEl. The plot sas discovered, aud t
: EniE. bis two eon-. and tie merchants, VI
: arrested sad hanged.
= Sixty tlt.n-sri families were beFeay
= threrell tLis wild de!u-iou. in which AIN,
= ltD, ,0tN cblidren Of both se1es were enGaE1
4 Thu sine over WHICH II extended. from
b1Eit ming. at st. Deny and Cologne, to
t sce1 e Of n,ar,ylau,u II! Bsglad, was but eit
j nol tls.
!. Ftre Gregory TX. who meanwhile had
y | cedcl 10 the rapal chair. was greatly mo,
! at the ea,f termination Of the chifdren's Ct
: +at:e. lie resolved to commemorate their Il
I hv suitable monument. aud accotdln
1 | fausel = church to be bail: on tho isllud
q | SaI. rletro, in which the bones OF many Of |
j | sturutecheI children we're etshtiued.
' ! endowed it sufficiently for the support
= Twelve rsehen,as. and gave 1t tie name OF !
= | .HrxiG .sts-aruaf lhaoN oNN!inas-the Church
the New 1nnocensr. II bscame 4 place OF !
!. srlR.aSe. and "a coE:iEued for three OF n
l. cehluties. Ent changes occurred: tue isls
n was shau!oned. Anc the church went to rul
l. In 1881 party of Christian captises
II captd f1cm Ea1hArr, and established tht
!. selves ~ co'M isfs at San Piettn. They fol-
10 the rnin+ Of IL. church, for which they ca
r. not srconns. TAc children who Ind pesis
10 i'll the storm bad BEEN forgotten.