The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-10

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ladies with u.s. and that they become rather vocal
and demOnstrative after breakfast, while the
grave cures In charge Of them gently smile. they
do not repress the joyous laughter on those bright
young faces, beaming with health and happiness.
| FRENCH CORN LANDS.
| On leaving Les Aubrais we pass through the
| most fertile lands OF France. A slight shower
| comes on. 'Tt is raining grains OF wheat" says
| the French Duke, who has large estates In the
| neighbOrh00d. There are many more ancient
| castles still outstanding In Touraine than In any
| other part Of France.
A JOLLY PILGRIMAGE.
Much comforted BY my breakfast, I asked the
| Able who sat nearest to me whether he consid-
| cred that pilgrimage performed under clrcum-
stances so extremely comfortable was equally agree
| able to the religious idea q pilgrimage done
under difficulties. The Able, who had been silent
| and reserved before. bent eagerly to answer
my question. was trespassing on his ground.
| and he was all on the alert to warn me,
armed cap-a-pte, too, with dogma and argument to
| belabor me soundlyM did not 60. He replied,
with the wise craft OF the Church, that In the first
place we must not require from feeble mortality too
much, for by so doing we Invariably end by getting
| nothing. To persuade people to 60 on pilgrim
age at all is q considerable thing when you come to
| think OF It. To make 1t uncomfortable would be
| rash.
| "And,n said the cure Of Cchy, taking up also
his weapons and pressing up to the support Of his
reverend brother, stake notice n0tez otera) that
body overtasked and fatigued, worn out by priva-
tionA win hardly contain mind strong enough for
the iervor Of prayer. What we want is earnest
suppcation to the throne Of God for affairs and
our country, not pale faces and aching heads"
At eleven O'Clock we sing the save, Maria Stella"
At twelve we have the "Angelus" and the Second
Chaplet OF the Rosary" pray the Virgin Mary to
deliver France from the anguish which torments
her children; to give intelligence and the merits OF
the chastisement they have to all French people.
We beseech the sanity Virgin, by the agony and
afiicti0ns Of her divine Son, to restore the
OF glory to France. We beseech her to restore to
France her sacred mission, and to give her courage
to fulfill her duty with faith and with love. We
mplore the Holy Virgin by the griefs and death Of
her Son to convert and to save France. No doubt
our breakfast helps us here for we do 1t Justify.
OPINIONS OF FRENCH DUKE.
The prayers being over the Duke took the frag-
ments or the conversation had just had with the
two priests in our carriage. 'Look you" fVoyez
uoaIs), said he 'nve years ago it would have been
next to impossible to collect dozen pilgrims;
now they may be numbered by tens and by hun
dreds OF thousands. Possibly they are not all very
devout, but they have each little devotion. Now,
confines are small COINS but il you have q great
many q them they pake up round sum. Several
81 my poorer tenants pay my steward in sous. I
find they come to Just the same thing as francs in
his accounts. D'atuears," remarked His Grace,
"We do not all take things SO easily little girl,
who is my niece, impressed upon fne only yester-
DAY her conviction that I ought not to 60 on my
pilgrimage In Q first GLASS carriage, and that
should travel In the third class par orttcatt0."
ma J0t ma petite fHe rat rep0ndu (said the
Duke) uous en- pGrlez oten uotre atse. Vous restez
chez pousi" "Besides," observed His Grace drily,
~ am seventy three years old"
ANECDOTE OF MARSHAL LIE BoEUF.
The French Duke being then in humor for con-
versation turned to politics. and remarked that he
| expected telegram from Versailles which would
inform HIM Of the results of the want Of confidence
| motion which came on in the National Assembly
| last night, though he could not doubt that the
| government OF Marshal MacMahon would have q
| large majority. scar c'est I'm hornete hornne."
said he, and is in way responsible for our dis.
| astrous war with Prussia"
"Who is responsible" asked, wishing to proht
by the knowledge OF man 80 highly placed, so old.
so experienced and who seemed to me SO wlse
ssThe Empress he replied. 81 happen to know,
| and, as was not informed Of the fact under the
| seal of secrecy, commit no breach OF confidence
| In repeating 1t. happen to know that Marshal
| lie Beuf told the Emperor very frankly the true
state of the case, and that France was not ready
I for war;"
"If you speak thus" cried the Empress, "vosss
| etes un ldchen Now, to call q French soldier
'Qdcher is to call him something worse than cow
ard, and had l, who am an old soldier, continued
the Duke been in LIE Beurs place, would not have
| kicked the Empress, because she Is woman, and
| for that reason only. But would have placed my
resignation at once on the council table. Marshal
| lie BGuf acted otherwise. He went down to the
Chamber and declared that all was ready for war;"
ARRIVAL AT TOURS.
| Many priests and pilgrims from Evreux, in Nor
| mandy, joined US at Tours. We left Paris about
| hve hundred persons. Our number was now
| doubled. 'H y a un monde Jour COTS crazy
| crowd'O, said mner's girl, dancing with de-
light at the sight Of US. "7tes done CITE a6dtre;"
| and she wondered, as miiners' girls will,
| not very reverently.
| We were detained q long time at the railway
| station &C Tours, while we formed in procession.
The ladies led the way; the men followed. We
| were ranged in single file, and Immediately began
singing. golden cross was borne aloft between
| two immense wax candles, and the banner OF the
| Virgin Mary, upheld by the Vic0mte de Damas sup
| ported by the Pere Bailly and the Grand Vicar Of
the Diocese, followed. In this order we went,
chanting through the streets, In presence or an
immense crowd collected to witness our pro-
| ceedlngs.
| CANrIcLE OF THE SACRED HEART.
| This was the song that we sung:-
Pity, o God! It is for our country
| That we pray at the loot OF this altar;
| Our hands are bound, our faces sad
We turn looks To heaven.
| Chorus
| God Of Clemency,
| God the Protector
| Save Rome save Francel
| In the name OF the Sacred Heart.
|