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

his iife3riches, pleasures, rank. titles, aye'
''sH W nc .i' Wordai words, and nsthing but
wordsi Thou ssysst,n said Zars, the blood
aushine her dark cheek Is she spoke. tnse
she real Christian loves his enemies; we asS
loss to the Christians How o "o sn cantured
and make slaves Of the womenr
Listen to me-" said Gnnhiida, fs sm mU of
nhiianthropy. nor even by quotations from our
Scr;ntnras. for these thou wilt say, are but
words; bat will tell thee an aneco t%r,aoh
the trnth of it thou canst ascertain tnrousuu
the wicked man who has lately left mo mere ere.
Womsp.n said cara, "be carefnl in what
thou art about to say. can endure low Sn nh
patiently but that ths w ttsmpt to deceive me
to play false with me-to delude me ny any
we'll contrived fiction, OF by any faise Plos .i1e
Fly safety or thy death may depend upon nth, thy
SELF whether thou parratest fact OF aat trne
~"What am about to tell thee IS as G srue
as that am now speaking 70 'ne''
.I am an attentive listener" said cara.
ii will not tellithee, i" said Gunhilda "Whas
Christian onght to 90 aon Ue' and that, too. in
the case where q Turkish woman was 'a'f''
made captive in war: ,.,.,t.d lara.
! "Fairly . captive in war" repea'eI L 49,.
ssstioa e be g, rhAs wSs to
a. With Wsr, that they should in fairness OF IN
Justice be mide to suffer for wn"' '0eS 'A'"o'
.Thns it happened" replied Gunhilda: "s
voman. disguised in male attire, was wounded
by our soldiers, they supposing her to be .
man. She was conducted, as NO. Mounu s.s +bars
| irst seen by our chief Christian pflSss, tne
Bishop of Pay; and he, recognizing tnat sno
person tho soldier supposed to 6s man was ~
reality 4 female, he, for the purpose OF proteoS
ina tS;s nernon1his enemy, too-from the pos
ability sf being exposed to insult-for she was
young and very beautiful.commended her 70
th The Care Of tho lady of highest rank in the
Christian encampmspt. BY that lady :. the .nd
young Turkish woman was recei1ea, :. tant
Tor, was nursed, not merely in the iadys tent,
but placed in her own WI osa e af tSas the wound
she had received was so perieGsy Isat dss
slight scar, which does not in inc least 1e,
the young gEbs ip;aqiss she RE
ceiyed: hut vet it will remain, long as that
| maiden lives, o memorial that Christians 10
practice what they protestant they love
their enemies, and do gooo 70 'no'' wiz '''
them sas 81 .,;. ia tr0s ,n said cara, doubt
ingl Z. trn. az that am speaking to thee," re-
at is a very pretty, a very interesting, nay
more, it is q very moving story-if it be true.
grill how She Elsn must have
felt her heart stirred within her -~nen- sue
found herself in the tent of the CHRISTIAN wo-
man, and so cared for. and so nursed, anu ISL 80 =,
Rnt how am to know that all this Is true
Nothing more easy than to invent such story.
Auy one can invent q story, and swear 10 ~ as
q truth, If all this has occurred it must nave
sons must have names. Thou sayest the Turk
;sh cirl was kindly treated by the Christian
woman how knowest thou thisF
"Because 1 heard the Turkish girl hersel
say" replied Gunhilda, that the Chr,s ST. al
, woman had watched over her with more tna'
n mother's care and tenderness"
"Indeedw said lara, and malicious sa ~ y I
:, gathered around her mouth as she SAID, "
3 course thou canst tell me the name OF ILLS gov
IL cam" meekly replied Gnnhiida, as all
= cast her eyes on the ground although IN osne
I ton it. The name of this Christian woman
. Guphilda, wife to Baldwin, Duke of Bou
I, loggn%e;;" ~ j., z.r. stil, douStiue,v.
"Myself," answered Gunhilda.
= = "Good." continued lara. very good yer
: good story of very good Christlansnof tn
Gunhilda. But we have not yet heard tn
name of the young Turkish girl. OF course
n n cannot be unknown to thee, and thou cans
e nsme~the name, 1 say, of tho Turkish girl
l her name at once woman. No hesitation-n
stammering now. What was the name of til
10 Turkish grlf"
= 1Amine.n replied Gunhilda.
u Anime !" repeated lara. and she bounde
n from the couch on which she had been repo
ing, as if an arrow naQ SLEuck ueE " Lno hoai
g. .: Anime % she repeated and her lip tremble
,, and the pallor of death seemed to come ov,
:" her dark cheek. "Amine! did 1 hear Alright
y Didst thou gay Anime I"
y II said Anime" replied Gunhilda; I'll
Young Turkish girl told me her name WI
q. Anime"
II that her name is Anime 7" said cara, now dee
10 " moved by the words of Gunhilda.
III do" answered Gunbilda; she told n
se that her father was a Christian renegade, al
ae her mother q Turkish woman, and"
" "Her age, her age" exclaimed lara.
i ie al should suppose between seventeen al
lie eighteen years but she also told me her +
n theirs name was Feroz her mothers name
VI do not recollect her ever mentioning"
~ "She was right-she was right-she W
rs right it is an accursed name, and should new
ny he mentioned by the young and innoce
h Anime. Holy Prophet!" exclaimed the il
20 10 petuous Zara, what awful destiny is impen
e. ING over met Are my sins of temper, my n
IL governable passions, my criminal Pitiless wa
IN Tardness at last to burst forth in some tt
e. mendous punishment oh, Prophet look up,
ag me and upon this womau-this Christian! L
no hold how thy follower is abased in her pre-
n ence, The same woman-the same Christi
10 has saved the life of Anime, and the san
hno oov y0H