The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-10-20

,sst aid thou art willing to obey me in every
yet the first order that e. sny toit,
tress, I give thea, thou refusest oDeoaou
sooorss t ssso sas
that obedienoe which Is my rightr
mi, A An =. FL ' sssst tsns submit
To be indicted upon me, for refusing to do that
which thou now desirest. Take thia ornament,
IL ~. ss and III ssen wbshsr
ally collectively, will. II t t ~'ue a.
trample them under foot, or cast them away ats
if they were so many esse Ssp
long they are arranged as cross, eau yI ;:ys
look upon, and If permitted to touch them, KISS
And why this difference between them in
one shape and in anotherf They are still dta-
monde" observed lara. ,vooa
eff you put the most common piece .. % n"w
have, would submit to torture ana 10 oe1 sn,,
suggest" replied Gunhiida.
"Because they are" said Gunhilda, IN inc
form Of o cross, and cannot LOOK upTr r.coiiec'
without bowling down in reverentiai rec1l.eo s
ton of the suffsrings and death Oh my A''u
God !" said lara, foaming now With hIps Pas.
zion" God there is but one God' ana 0aan'-
A There Is but one God in three Divine Per
sons" in q meak but firm voice said Gunhiioa
| The snow-white upper teeth of lara pressed
her red under lip with violent compressor zoe
as she tried 70 keep down tho rage whion tn n
| calm answer, delivered in . meak voice, OF.
seemed to be vain, for her eyes lighted mp Wild
fierce demonacal fro; and sne wsH on r. ss
when. fortunately for Gunhilda, the sound OF
horses hoofs were heard on the rough. ROCKY
path outside, and cara, rushing to the window
Ha The rna8ap. I perceive, is away back to
his comrades at Antioch OF the camp. AND no
has left, without . word Of advice or OF coo9-
Of 81 alone
Ilons soitA mo! Alone with me, knowing wen
tho adherence entertain for everything tnas
bears the name of Christian. Alone with me,
to do With her as please, to maltreat her ii !
like. to murder her If choose, for here be well
knows no human hand can come to her aio,
and no human voice be raised In pity 10 i"'ei'
"And why has he done this ~ unused cara.
"why has he taken this woman-this miser-
able, helpless woman,from the midst OF n ea
friends and delivered her over thus Is IL sno
"Ghl see it all now" exclaimed cara, clap
ping her hands in her excitement. The CRIME
be haS not the courage with his own hand 70
perpetrate, he hopes my vindictlve hatred 10
Christians, and my ungovernable temper Will
combine to execute.
"Base. unmanly villain that he is, this last act
of his serves to show how lost he is to all sense
" feeiine! He would make of mel see it
now-an instrument as vile-aye, even still
this weak, unprotected Christian woman, cal
culating that L will not only rob, but in con.
: sequence of some unheeded word spoken by
to to Se nes and
. her. who Mt the risk of her own life, saved
mine-and he thinks can do this.
"Holy P5ops ssn am that sTsn Wretch liz,
Selim can think so meanly and SO poorly OF s m.
I as to suppose that shall, in moment OF fury
8 slay her who has saved me from dea hnd y
n o boastng coward like Selim.
"a at must not-cannot-shall not be-eve
die. will not accomplish what he so muc
J. desires. To spite him I will bear all thing
is from this unhappy woman, most hateful to me
d even though she has saved my life, becaus
v Gam not right in thinking" said the petu
b lent and ungovernable cara, turning hercel
o upon Guphilda, that thou art Christian
d III am, thank God Christian" answers
q land II said cara, believe in the missio
It of Mahomet, and therefore am q zoe TO eve.
# the Christians and, wherever and whenever
, have the power, to persecute them"
3, "And therefore," answered Gunhiida, 1T
= my duty to do all in my power to serve you
is for our Lord has told us, if we would relg
IS with Him in heaven, that as long as we are
l. this world we have to do these things, Tor sue
mics, do good to them that hate you, and pra
e for them that prosecute and calumniate You
10 "Good! good! what dost thou mean b
D, good I" asked Zara-"wouldst pity an enem
t. If in thy powerp
a AS hope for salvation, would do So" r.
piled Gunhilda, "and am bound by the wore
W of our scriptures so to act, for they tell us.
o. thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat; if
70 thirst, give him to drink" -,
Il. "Words words, and nothing but words, Ill
IL those the craven hypocrite Selim uses when
talks of his VOW, and Of his paradise Of even
ID the Ignorant to blind tho simple, and to cajo
of the foolish. Thou talkest SO finely and so ge
" erously, now that thou art in my power; b.
,e how wouidst thou treat me if were in thine
ne The scourge would be for my back, the fette
8, for my feet, and perchance the stake for n
|, / body, because would not eat of filthy por
nor swill Intoxicating wine, nor play tho hyp
of crite-as / have known Christians do-pr
tending to be what they were not. Ahl
n know the Christian dogs well" added lara
I . bitter tone. "They are all the same-.pI
and be ssoEnsd as lo
m only to be feared when they abjure Christie
lis ity, and practice the rights of genuine /