The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-16

lived at the end of tho main street, Wltn Mme.
Chamberlan-d,Ecof and Mile. Jeanne, thei.
about three OF four years before. They saw NO I
one in the city, and only three or foIr Sid
Tie Chamberlain loved only the chase: He had
six dogs ut the end Of the ysrd and tw0-horse
carriage. Father Robert, Of the Rae des Ca
man and huntsman. Monsisur dela Yahleris-
Chamberlain always wore hunting ySetsss
leathern cap, and boots and spurs. All the
~, e "a d R 'o oe % Cham
b. ISss very sad whsn pushed open tAe heay
aoos which closed With pulley WHOSE gfesS |
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7 know not, in those days, that the misfortune
Of one wss often the JOY of others, and said
to myself, with my hand on the latch, They
But while l stood thus, the door OF the kit
chen opened, and Mademoiaelle Louise: their
servant, putting ont her head, asked, Who is
ait is 1, Mademoiselle Louise"
"Ah! tits you. Monsieur Joseph. Come this
| way" -. .,;. =,
they rarely entered the high windows, with
blinds, remained closed but there was light
enough for what had to do passed then
Of White marble. MademoiseMe Louise looked
on.
;" You have company, Mademoiselle Louise"
"No, but monsieur ordered me to let no one
in"
"You are very cheerful here"
| "Ah! yes" she said "and it is for the first
time in years; don't know what il the mat
| ter"
My work done, left the house; neditating
on these occurrences, which seemed to me
strange. The idea never entered my mind that
they were rejoicing at our defeat.
! Then l turned the corner Of the street to go
| to Father FeraPs who was called the standard
bearer" because, at the age of forty.hve, he, "a
blacksmith, and fer many years the father OF q
family, had carried the eolors of the volunteers
the Zurich campaign. He had bis. three sons
in the army of Russia, Jean, Louis and George
Feraf George was commandant OF dragons;
| the two others officers of infantry.
! Imagined the grief Of Father Fsral while
was going, but it was nothing to what saw
when entered the room. The poor old man,
blind and bald, was sitting in an armchair be-
hind the stove, his head 10 wed upon his breast
and his sightless eyes open and staring, as il
he saw his three sons stretched at his feet He
not bis sSn
while his face was pale as that OF corpse.
Four or Ave of his old comrades of the times
of the Republic-Father Desmarets, Father
Nivoi old Paradis, and tall old Froissard-had
come to console him. They sat around him in
silence, emoking their pipes, and looking as il
themselves n66Q0Q
From time to time one or the other would
: I say, Come, come, Feral, are we no longer
veterans of the army of the Sambre-and
, Meuae?'
Or, Courage, standard-bearer, courage
. Did we not carry the battery at Fleurusp
Or some other similar remark
= = Bat he did not reply. Every minute he
q sighed, Ills aged, hollow cheeks swelled Their
= he leaned over, and the old friends made signt
r to each other, shaking their heads as if to say
a "This looks bad"
FASTENED to regulate the clock and depart
/ for to the poor old man in such pligh
made my heart bleed:
= When / arrived at home found Monsieur
= ! Gould;n at the work hcnch.
Iou are returned, Joseph" said he. "Well
; "W.ll, Monsieur Goulden, you had reason t.
y stay away. 1t is terrible"
Aud told him all in detail.
!, "Ies, l know it ALL" said he, sadly, bu
- our misfortuues are only beginning. Thes
a. Prussians, and Austrians, and RUSSIANS an,
"a Spansrds-all the nations we have heater
10 since eighteen hundred and four-are nov
~ taking advantage of our ill luck to fall upo
"a us. We gaye them kings and queens they di
N not know from Adam or Eve, and whom the
" did not want, it seems, and now they are goin
to bring back the old ones, with all their train
"a of mobiles, and after pouring out our blood fo
ii the Emperor's brothers, we are about losing a
q first among the first, we will DO last among tn
ID last. While you we're away was thinking Z
ia, ia. oil this. 1t is unavoidable. We relied upo
Id soldiers alone, and now, that we have no NOR
'ia we are nothing"
cb He arose. L set the table, and whilst W
ar were dining in silence, the bells of the steepl'
mr. began to ring.
II "Some one is dead in the cty," said MOI
"a sieur Goulden.
70 Indeed did not hear of it,"
nd Ten minutes after the Rabbi Rose came in
Sc have glass put in his watch.
re "WI.o is dead Z" asked Monsieur Goulden.
N, "Poor old Standard-bearer."
"What! Father Feralp
ne ayes, near an hour ago. Father Demare
no and several others tried to comfort him;
ny last he asked them to read to him the last lie
~ ter of his son George, the oommandant of dr.
PIE goons, in which he says that next spring
ms hoped to embrace his father with o colone
,m epaulettes. AS the old man heard this,
he tried to rie, but fell back with his head up
his knees. That letter had broken his heart
ne Monsieur Goulden made no remark on t
news.
40 "Here is your watch, Monsieur Rose" sa
y, he, handing it back to the rabbi; sit is twel
u SOUS"
he Monsieur Rose departed, and we finished o
III dinner in silence.
lon ".
few days after, the gazette announced th
ad the Emperor was at Paris, and that the XII
Of Roma md the Empress M2rio-IOuise we