The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-07-28

twelve to tfteen nun0feo poor vf0pc"SSo | .
shakos shaped like flower pots, and shoes worn g
ont by marches and counter marches-Pale,
city like Leipzig We did not cut much offs, Of
figure among these students, tho good citizens ems
and smiling : Young women, wso' despite 0"'
. All the fine stories of ny eomrade only made
me feel my situation moro bitterly.
It's trne that We were formerly well rec eaVeo
honestly By those who treated them IKE pro
theirs, aud now doors were slammed IN our
faces We were reduced to the necessity nee ISL Su e.
handsoms, from mornin : TIL night.
the "" oilers erse ps sys At brogne which
stick on his nose till he wins again. The
called Cat and Rat which we played, in
front Of the barracks. A stake was planted IN
the ground, to which two cords we're fasssne eS
other. Their eyes were Sandaged. The cat
was armed with o cudgel and tried to catoh the
rat, who kept out Of the way % mueh % th NO
they kept going around on tiptoe, and exhibit
ing their cunning to the company.
Zinmer told me that in former times Ine
good Germans came in crowds to gee this game,
and you could hear them laugh half leag9e
of when the cat touched the rat with his CLUB.
But times were indeed changed; every ., one
heads; we only lost our labor when we tried
TO interest them in our favor.
During the six weeks we remained a. thro%ah
the city to kill time. We went 6y way o. o. ene
faubourg of Randstatt and pushed as iar as
nothing but bridges, swamps, and wooded
{ islets as far as the eye could reach; There we
) would eat an omelette with bacon at the tavern
. of the Carp, and wash it down with bottle OF
3 white wine. They no longer cave US credit, as
{ after jena believe, on the contrary, that the
innkeeper would have made us pay donols anu
. triple, for the honor of the German Fatherland,
| If INV comrade had not known the price OF eggs
a and bacon and wine as we'll as any Saxon
: among them. NO.
!. hind the reeds Of the E!ster and the Pleisse,
:, we returned to the city accompanied ny the
>, mournful notes of the frogs, when swarm III
"a thousands in the marshes.
!. Sometimes we would stop with folded arms
% at the railing of q bridge and gaze at the old
Of all a,oWpg
se where the Pieisse and the Partha branch off,
and the rivers meet aoogG A.,s st ~ the banae
and seven other faubourgs spreading on; we
. gazed, too, at the Thousand arms OF the Elster
and the Rtssse sro%ne dark in the twilight
although the waters glittered like gold. An
d. this seemed very beautiful.
10 But If we had known that we would one DAY
d. be forced to cross these rivers under the enemy
le, cannon, after having lost the most feariui ano
m the bloodiest of battles, and that entire reg
in which then gladdened our eyes, think tha'
hit the sioht would have made Us sad enough.
n At other times We would walk along tne
n hank of the Pleisse far as Mark-kieeoerg
1t was more than q league, and every helu W as
rs covered with barvests which they were hasten.
ing garner. The people in their greae g m
I'd seemed not to see us, and If asked TOT IN,
formation they pretended not to 4nderstaan an
~ us. thinner always grew angry. helo MN n
oniv souehS a pretext for falling upon us
w. and that we had, besides, orders to humo
them. :s.,, oon,e
y this way, let them look out! We have over
mt mt whelmed them with benefits, and this Is nov
pN' they receive us"
,rs the people toward was what happened n
a' the day after the conclusion of the armistice
when about eleven O'clock we vent sogesn 's
md to battle In the Elster. We had already throw
,uS off our clothes, and thinner, seeing peasan
an approaching, cried, "Holloa, comrade! ls ther
any S Sangegs o h in boldly reped the man..
inn is a good place." q
.. thinner, mistrusting nothing, went some ID
nm. teen feet out. He was good swimmer, OF
his left arm was yet weak, and the strength
the current carried him away 80 quickly TIM
rad he could not even catch the branches OF u
rch willows which hung over him and were ~ ny
IVA that he was carried to q ford, where ne game
footing, he would have been swept betwee
two muddy islands, and certainly lost.
Ter, The peasant stood to see the effect Of his a.
s at @
mt. be laughed, and ran, quicker than could f.
it. low him, to the city. thinner was WIG d WI
ike wrath, and wished to pursue him to conn
at WITT but how could we find him among tnr
I'M or four hundred houses, and If we did hnd ni
ice what could we dot
to Finally we went into the water where the
ily was footing, and its GOODNESS Gained u.s.
no remember how, as we returned to Le'pZi
NE thinner talked of nothing but vengeance ,
ms, "The whole country is against u.s." cried !,
"the citizens look black at us, the women tu
o., their backs, the peasants try to drown us, al
us. the innkeepeEs refuse MS credit, asst we n n
and not conquered Thorn three or four times a.
~ | ali this comes of our extraordinary goodne
,ad We should have declared that wesLere thu
sm- masters. We have granted to the German
hia kings and princes; we have even made duk'
ma counts and barons with the names of their v
tall lagos We have loaded them with honorss a
we see their gratitude!
"Instead OF having ordered us to respect {
inc people, we should be given full power ov
one Them then the thieves would change fae
and treat MS well, ~ they did in 1906. Fol-
is everything; First, oonscriPt: are made
;po, force, for If they WeEe not forced to como tn
% vor,ld aHay NJ hnma OF the O0uacripta ool6i(