The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-30

me- unsrateful. But that did. not prevent my
blowing the line of march. ,;..+..A
and soon sf found ourssives Without the gl:eis.
md nsle tho frozen Rhine. Across Inc as nv"
gpsarsa and on the h H.st oa e ana
The battalion descended % she river. bsnk'
ana crossed upon the ice The seen, 49, as nnan
thsre was train Of gosdss wagons sntssfSste
sSs river ON We s ooIs1asd
ave hours through the mountains. sqmets@1es
we discovered villages in the dsa!es, spd e. e.
leave leave home, would rather 20 as ssoldier than
otherwise. At least we shall see sometning
new every day, aud II we are iocky enough
ever to return how much we will nave 20 IAN
Yes. said I; "but would like better to
have lese to talk about and to live qaIe'.y,
scconst of others, Who remain safe at home
while we climb about here on the ice"
"You do not care for glory" said he' y" an"
SetA And nd answered him Glory is not for such
as we, Zebede; it it is for Others, who live Wei,
we'll s sp ss TT hsSS ssssasss
glory, too. in the bargain, when we nave won
f by dint of sweat, fasting and broken bones s
But poor wretches like us, forced away from
! their habits of labor and industry, and, may
= hap q limb, get but little of your glory. Many
10 nIyq
:, work men, have made money during the CON
4 scripts sevspiEears Of war, have opened shop,
+ ar s men 81 postion-city councillor.
And when the others, who have returned from
seeking glory by. killing their yellow men
those old friends turn cold shoulder upon
Il them, and if the soldier has red nose through
# drinking brandy which was necessary to Keep eel
~ his blood. warm in the rain, the snow, the
r. forced march. while they were drinking gooG
~ Wine, they say, There goes a drunkard! and
= the poor conscript. who only asked to pc 10!
. stay at homo and work, becomes a sort OF beg
at gar This is what think about the matter
y Zebede; cannot see the justice OF al! TINS
sp and wopldd rather have these friends Of gio!s
a. 90 fight themselves and leave US to remain II
ee Well,0 he replied ~ think much as you do
~ but as we are forced to fight, tits as well to sa!
W ~ looking miserable, people viii laugh at us:"
az Conyersing thus, We reached large river
af which, the sergeant told US was the Main, an:
Va near it, upon our road was a little village. w
To- did not know the name of the village bu
nd there we halted
40 bought some brandy, wine aud bread. lnos
40 who had no money crunched their ration G
40 biscuits aud gazed wistfully at ther'more fol
= 7 Abont Eve in the. evening we arrived q
Az Frankfort, which is city yet older than ma!
cd. ence and full of Jews. They took us 10 plae
''' and the Baden Chasseurs were IN barracas-
old old buildings which were formerly hosPita
he as was tol1 "uG Ioi 1890 ,ndar the wall.
hat iareS 5atu, w. ~ hnrsss we're stable
Ter; Denea.u AZ, .nso" ~ aIova tho n,en
90 We arrived at this place after passn throul
~, innumerable little streets, SO narrow that
= could scarcely the stars between the chil
news. Captain Florentin, and the two lieute
r. ants Clavel and Bretonville, were awaiting =
SUE After sell-can our sergeants led ably dstac
I'll. menus W .,iE III 1;rJo,yo ona +
for were eIea' naiis VIII l' 49,. haas AN
WV" Sergeant Pinto hung his lantern to the pill
lar in the middle; each man placed his piece
r I the rack, and took off his knapsack, his blou
,a co., and his shoes, without speaking Zebede N
nv bedfellow.~ God knows we were slice
,f,, enough. -.Twentyyminutes after, we were
N ried in sluuber. ..-.T ... -
my 80 dfo be Continued