The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-12-06
alorning Star and Catholic Messenger


liatening attentively to q sound as of distant
footsteps which caught their ears; but it soon
died away, and then Breydel resumed:
1The French savages have murdered my
moor aged mother. I saw with my own eyes
how the sword had pierced her heart through
and hrough,-that heart 80 full of love for me.
They had no pity on her. because che had
given birth to q right unbending Fiemlngi
and now will have pity on them so shaii
avenge my country and my own blooo To-
gsther."
sShall we give quarter, master' Shall we
make prisoners ="
~MayI perish if make n single prisoner, or
grant one single man his life! Do they give
ouarterf No, they murder for murders sake,
and trample tho corpses OF our brethren uhoef
their horses hoofs. And think you, Martin,
that I. who have the bloody shade of my dear
mother ever before my eyes, can 80 much as
look upon Frenchman withsut breaking into
a f,t of downright madnessf oh, should tear
them with my teeth, were my axe to break
with the multitude of it's victims! But that
can never be; my good axe ID the long-tried
friend and faithful partner of my life"
"Listen, master, again there's NOISE III Ine
direction of Damme. Wait moment"
He put his ear to the ground, then raised his
head again:
~Master, the weavers are not Tar on ne
said may be some four bowshots"
"Come then, let US up Do you pass quietly
along the ranks, and take care that the men
lie still. will go and meet Deconinck, that
he may know what part of the wood is left
open for his people,"
In n few moments four thousand weavers
To-, .,fNI Il
Immediately lay down upon the ground in
silence, according to the orders they had re-
ceiyed The stiffness was but little broken by
their arrival, and all was soon perfectly quiet
again. A few men only might have been seen
to pass from company to company, bearing the
order to the captains to meet at the eastern
end of the wood.
Thither accordingly, they all repaired, ant
grouped themselves round Deconinck to re
csive his instructions, who proceeded thus t.
address them:
tsMy brothers, this days sun must shine upo'
US as freemen light us to our graves. Arr
yourselves, therefore, with all the oourag
which the thought of country and liberty ca
kindle in your bosoms; bethink you that it
for the CITY in which the bones of our father
rest. for the city in which our own cradle
stood, that we are this day in arms. And re
member,-no quarter! Kill, is the word
fisath to every Freuchmnn who falls into you
hands! that not root of foreign tares ma
remain to choke our wheat. We or they mu:
die! Is there one among you that can entertai
n spark of compassion for those who have {
cruelty murdered our brothers, on the gallov
and under the boots Of their horsesf for tt
-l,o haxr ir,,nr M
full Count in foul breach of faith, and poson'
his innocent childi"
Allow, sullen, terrible murmur followed, al
seemed to hover for moment under the owe
arching branches.
.They shall die |" was the universal Re
y ponse.
"Well, them" pursued Deconinck, this
SFeshall once more be free. But that is Il
enough we shall still need stout hearts
make good our freedom for the French XII
xil soon have new Amy in the field sgair
ns; Of that doabt pot."
$50 much thsSatter," interrupted Breyd
tsthere will only be<so many more ohildl
woeping for their fatheSs, as do now for
moor murdered mother. God rest her soul y
The interruption had broken the flow
Deconinok's harangue; lest therefore, tt
might fail him, he proceeded at epce to
the necessary instructions:
r. .' swell, then" he said, ''now hear what
have to do. AS soon as the clock Of St. CT
strikes three, you must got your men u
their feet, aud bring them into the road
close order l shall be on before you under
City-walls, with body of my own PEG
The gates will almost instantly be open to
by the Edwards inside ; do you theA marc
rs quietly as possible, and each of you
the direction shall now give you. Ma
Breydel, with the Butchers, will occupy
Spey Gate, and then all the streets re
about Snaggaert's Bridge. Master Linder
Won take possession of the Catherine {
and advance your men into the adjacent ST.
up to Our Lady's Church. The curriers'
shoemakers are to occupy the Client Gate,
from thence to the Castle. The other gu
under the Dean of the Masons, will hold
nanma Gate and all the neighborhood o