The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-13
NUMBER A.


with wandering minstrels celebrated this d.
liverance, and from the watch-tower the whfsa
Gag displayed the Blue lion on lie waving
folds.-This ensign. which had onoe waved
from the battlements of Jerusalem, and coan-
memorated so many proud achievements, allied
the hearts Of the citizens with lofty eoursss.
On that day 1t seemed impossible that Flandsrn
should again sigh in the chains Of captivity
for on that day the people remembered the
blood their fathers had shed in behalf OF
liberty. Tears rolled down their checks
those tears which relieve the heart when ID Ia
overfull, when it throbs with too strong and
sublime emotion.
One would have thought that, now his gree
work was done, the Dean of the ClothworkaxB
would have occupied himself in the re-eon--
struction of his plundered and desolated hom0.
But no; he thought neither of the dwelling
nor Of the wealth of which he had been
despoled; the welfare and the peace Ok his
brethren was his first care He know that dis
organization might soon follow upon inaetioDs
and therefore, on that very day, he places NJ
the head of each guild, with the concurrence
of the people, An old experienced master. He
was not chosen to the presidency Of this CONN.,
Gil, no one devolved any duty on himi bus ne
undertook aud accom- pished all. No one vozie~
tured to do anything without him {; bis judG-
ment was in everything an ipjunetioni an@
without issuing single command, his thosghe
was the absolute rule of right to the repuhlfeS'
so trarscendent and all su tduiDg 10 the sway
| of genius.
The French host was, indeed, destroyeds
| but it was certain that Philip the FaiE woal&
| send fresh and moro numerous troops 20
Flanders to avengo the insult put upon him
The greater part of the citizens thought htti0
about this terrible certainty; twas enouEh
for them to enjoy the freedom and the glad
| ness of the moment. Bot Deconnck did mos
share the common joy; he bad almost foEges-
ten the present in his schemes for aveFting
future disaster. He well knew that the eK-
hilaratiop aud courage of . people vanish as
| the approach Of danger, and endeavored pS
| every means in his power to keep alive Wax-
like spirit In tho city. Every guildsman was
provided with good-dsy' or other weaPon'
the banners were put in order and the e01s-
mand issued that all should be ready for eae-
tie ct n moments notice. The guild OF DasonS
began to repair and strengthen the fortin'a-
TONS and the smiths were forbidden to foF4o
any thing but weapons for the people. LEA
} tolls were again mposed, and the city-dueo
collected. By these wise regulations DesoA-
iuck made every thought, every effort OF the
citizens converge to one object and one afR :
and 40 he varded off from his beloved city tbs
manifold evils which . great insurroetion'
how noble soever itS cause, is apt to iphct On
} people. All WAS AS orderly as If the new gov
eminent had existed for years.
Immediately after the victory, aud while the
people we're drinking in every street the wine
of pladness, Deconinck had sent a messenger
} to the ercAmpment ut Damme, to recall sne
remaipipg RuildSmeu, with the women and
children, into the city. Matilda had come
with them, and b ad been offered q msgn'ne@oh
dwelling in the Princes Court; but she pre-
ferred the house of Neuwland, in when sae
J had passed so many hours of sorrow, ana WIZ
which all her dreams were associated SnS
found in the excellent sister Of Adolf . tender
and afectionate friend, into whose hearS sAS
coald pour all the love and all tho gf'eh ~nlS@
overhowed her own. 1t Is, indeed' q oonSoAAr
, ton for us, when our hearts are pierced SsSA
: mortal anguish, TO iOd soul which can I'M
derstand our suffering because itsslf has S1s-
Esred: soul that loves those whom We lows
and whose Wailings are the echo OF our OWL
! So two tender saplings Intervene their ten
J drills, aud, supported by this mutual e@ofSSes
Sofv the devastating hurricane which bOvs
: their frail heads To Us mourning and serFo~
} are q hurricane, whose icy breath chiils the
life and wastes the fire of our souls and DFfn&s
down our head untimely to the grave ~
though each year ofuubaPpineSs Were reckonsd
The sun was rising in glowing SpleodOr for
the fourth time ovAr the free city Of BruRes
> Matilda was sitting in the came room OF Adolf
r Won Hieu wIand's house which she had foEusorly
occupied. Her faithful bird, the beloved
falcon, accompanied her no more--it uas $3.50