The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-20
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and God knows how / can repay this honor
This very afternoon, IL you will IL 90, the
Friday Market-place shall be filed with your
trusty townsmen and can assure You that
in my butchers you have u thousand iiona In
your host; the sooner the better, noble Count;
our axes are beginning to rust"
Master Breydel," said Guy, "you are g.
brave and worthy vassal of my father. Tho
land in which such men live can never lsnR
remain enslaved. thank you for your hearty
goodwill"
A smile of satisfaction showed how nsueh
pleasure Brsydsps words had given to tine
circle of knights; but the Dean turned back
again. and whispered in Deconincks car. Z" /
pray you, master. be not angry with me for
speaking thus to the Count. You are and will
ever be my superior; for without your counsel
should do but little good. My words have
not caused you displeasurep
The Dean of the Ciothworkers pressed Brey~
deps hand in sign of friendship and perfect
accord.
master Decsninck," inquired Guy, "havs
you made known to the guilds my former ro-
questf will the requisite gold be provided for
mep
"The guilds of Bruges place all their wealth.
at your disposal, noble Count" was the an
swer. "If you will bat send some Of your
servants with command in writing to this
Guildhall, as many marks of silver will be d.
livered to them as You may require. The
guilds beseech you not to spare them freedoms
can never cost them too dear"
just as Guy was about to acknowledge sha
goodwill and confidence of the citizens with
words of gratitude, the door Of the BAH
was opened, and every eye was fixed Wish
establishment on q monk, who entered boldly
and unlimited, and drew near to the Dean.
robe of thick brown cloth was confined by q
prdle around his loins; a black hood over
hung his face and 20 concealed his features a.
to render it impossible to recognize him. de
seemed very old for his body was bent, ana
long beard fioeted on his breast. With hasty
and furtive glances, he regarded the knights
who were present; and his keen eye seemed to
pierce the low eat depth of their hearts. ADOLF
van Nienwland recognized in him the Same
monk who had brought him the letter OF
Robert de Bethune, and was about to greet btm
with loud voice; bot the gestures OF Enc
monk were so extraordinary, that the Wordo
died away on the lips of the young man. All
who were present began to kiDdle With anger
the daring looks which the unknown bent On
them were such as they would not wiiIiogiy
endure; yet they gave no indication OF their
dispIeasure, for they saw that the riddle would
soon be solved.
When the monk had well scrutiniEed each OF
those who were present, ne ioosed mis- CIRCLE
from his loins, threw his robe and his hood on
the ground, and remained standing in the
middle Of the hall. He raised his head
proudIy; he was a man of about thirty years
of age, tall and OF noble Frame Ee i"okSa
roupd upon the knights as though he saids DO
ye not recognise mel
The answer did not come quickly enougnt
and he cried out; "Yoa are astonished, mes
slres, to find fox under this coat; yet he has
lain concealed in it for two years"
"weIeou,e. welcome, dear Diederik, good
friend r' exclaimed the mobiles all at once Eve
thought you hsd been long since dead"
"Then you may thank God that have risen
a0aip.n continued Diederik. '"No, was nOe
dead our captive brother and Adolf van
Eieu Wand can bear testimony to that. have
beeu able to console ali for as an itineTA1t
priest had access to the prisons; and may
God forRive me the vile Latin have utteCed~
Yes, you may laugh, measures, bat i nave
spoken Latin. I bring you, moreover news
from all our hapless couutrymen for their Faia-
tives and friends."
Some of the knights wished 10 make more
psrticuiar inquiry concerning the fate Of the
prisoners; but he put them aside, and con-
tinued: "For Coda sake, cease these aues-
tious; 1 have far more important tidiDgo to
announce 70 you. Hear, and trembio nOti for
1 bring you evil news. You have shaken on
the woke, and have fought and won the battle
Of freedom; grieve that could NOS shasa
this Joy with you. Honor t. yen, bEqge
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