The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-09-01

taste it I never was so merry as SINCE Sf{xTf
it. Do know what am doing quo''
II looked on the poor boyss he spsake to me !
He had been q thin, pale. we$Ey . n0y ~ al
little girl ri and yet tSsre he wasTin oaxsrn
covered Win the dried bones d Che dead,
skull in his bend n. Ssesa. nansa n,s
a man whose senses Msrs betrayed BY stro1g
drink or como Into ioating opiate. By the side
Of the shnll Jay. on fresh green isat, h hSne
and I Of sklcS be sppsared to have eaten very
II saw that, whatever was the cause. ,t tho
TO see if could discover something that might
".RaipS,' said /, can you toll me where
can see the woodman's SOD
"Oh yes, can !" he answered; he is out
in hs Forest OGsns for yss
the hut you will be nicely trapped. They win
bring the two of you down here, and give you
such DELICIOUS Ike ms mt 10 r noM
father into Que of the large barrels over. there
| in the corner, and they will make q birds nest
Of your head, as they intend to mase OF mine mine;
He! he! Won't that be rare sport for us, Guy
But, Guy-I say, Guy, don't you now ask me
any more questions, am becoming SO sleepy
there, Guy, play with my birds nest wnhe L
"'And as he uttered the words his head fell
| heavily on his hands. apd in moment atse! r.
| wards his loud snore Tiled the cavern, US IL
with an awful sound.
| nor to be, as most probably would have been,
most awfully frightened by. it, when beard
the noise of q desperate struggle, as II tHo
! strong men were wrestling in deadly encopn-
4 ter. although no word was uttered by either
+ of them. The struggle continued; there vas
I the thick breathing of men, who were painting
| other in q mortal emil brace. Then there was o
pause, aud then fall which shook the very
earth "a silence for an instant, aud then there
| was the shrieking cry of man III agony
"Help! help! help! my someone, come
quickly !-stab the villain in the back as he
holds mo down to the earth, and as holl him,
"The words that heard were not spoken by
my fatler. I rushed to where l saw the chink
of light aud when gained it found 1t was
but tho creyice of a thick door opening into the
cabin of the woodman, aud 1 had not the
strength to open it, for it was bolted on the
other side. The crevice, however, was a large
the cabin; and on the floor l observed my
father locked, in the embrace of the woodman
my father holding the woodman down. but a,
tho same time his arms were graspcd close
within those of the PROSTATE man, VINO was
= writhng in rage beneath him:
s'I drew forth an arrow with the intention
at tn 81 ha
a flict any serious injury upon him, when saw
the door of the hut suddenly. open, and tn
+ woodman's son, with a long, sharp knife IN Ill
q hand, rush in.
"iIurry! hurry hurry = gaspel the wood
. man, now nearly exhausted by the struggle
n | run your knife into the back OF TINS Villain
7 he cannot turn upon you nor harm you. u
a | not put the knife hurriedly into him, but SLOW
y iy, lest you should touch upon bone Do j
well-do it deliberately-drivet the knife home
~ never stop until you have buried it in his hes'
e. up to the very handle
e. eel will will, father, have
- "VENGEANCEw
~ "The very word the boy spoke" said old Gu
- of Mascop, starting up; - but 'cho mere la
N now given utterapce TO IL ~ - ~,
ri | of your comrades" 49,
- the soldier of Mascon.
20 Alfred pointed to the pilgrim, who again 10
70 with his face resting upon the earth, and wa
n. heard, if in bis devotion, giving audible ea
preston to holy thoughts, with the words
r. Vengeance is mine, saith tie Lord"
If Guy of Mascon, whose demeanor had becom
ne from this time forward more excited than
~ had been by any of the preceding incidents {
ne the day, now resumed his seat, and thus col
so ~ watched the boy as his father spoke t
n him, clench hard his teeth, and walk slowl
ce round the two men as they lay on the cart
d. back of my father, and went fumbling abou
q. with his fingers, as If searching for the spe
er into which he should plunge his knife he the
a knife, in order that he might grasp it as
w dagger, and give greater strength to the blow
ht as he did 90, took slow, deliberate, dires
dS aim Az nlu1s buu oS MS EiSue MANU- 90 ~
,e, very act of being uplifted, an arrow transfxe
ar his arm with such force as to drive it not onl
on back, but to send the glittering knife clatte
Ia | ing against tho wall. Ia o moment secon
o. arrow SCARED his forehead from eyebrow
he eyebrow, binding him with blood and the
n third arrow struck the rufiau father on tt
It. floor in the head, and its discharge was follow
cd by the thick dark blood flowing out, an
nv dnrkeniug the red hair of the painting savsg
x almost on the same instant the skrieks
the father and of the son were heard. and tt
xt words they uttered were the same"
VS. "VENGEANCEp
nv "VeHgeance 10 mine. saith the Lord :" murmure
ito again the pious pilgrim in the same still actio
ed of quiescent devotion.
There was q slight tremor on the lip of oil
III Guy of Mascon at this renewed interruption
ad but apparently unattended to by him, as
eel thus Proceeded
nd "Up to that moment not one word had bee
d. spoken by my father. He had, despite Ii
ks watchfulness, been suddenly pouneed upo
n from behind by the woodmau, ON entering tt
cabin, had struggled with him. and at last, b
To main strength and activity, overthrow hin
d. although he could not release his hands so
~ to use his sword or dagger. He had, without
he murmur or cry, perceived the son preparing
Id infiict mortal wound upon him; and it WI