The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-11-29
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uttering single piercing cry, fell dead upou
the lifeless body of her child.

uttering single piercing cry, fell dead upou
the lifeless body Of her child.
| All this scene Of horror had occupied but a
! few short moments; and the mother and
daughter had already exchanged this world
for better, ere the other soldiers had hnished
| their scramble for tho contents Of the caakss.
When that was over, and every thing that the
loft contained Of any value appropriated. thu
plunderers left the house, to repeat the like
elsewhere; while throughout tho city the nm
happy burghers, driven from their habitatisn
by force or terror, wandered through tha
streets, exposed to the insults Of their oppros-
sors, and deeming themselves fortunate to
escape 30 easily. At last, about midday o
strong party of men-at.arms traversed the city
to call back the troops, Messire de Chatillen
deemlng that the honor of the French crown
was now sufficiently revenged; and proclsma-
tion was at the same time made, that all might
freely bury their dead. and return without fsar
to their homes.
Some Of Breyders Claward friends now prost
ceeded to his house, took up the bodies Of his
mother and sister, aud conveyed them On q
bier TO the gate Leading towards Damme. Hexa
was to be seen new spectacle Of misexy,
enough to move with pity the hardest heast.
Crowds Of wailing mothers, weeping children.
and men feeble with age, were beseeehing ON
sheir knees for permission to leave the city
while the soldisrs. whose orders were to koep
the gates closed, disregardsd their entreasies,
and only made q mock of their tears and
Thus they waited and sapplips
GATED for some time in vain, till one OF the
women conceived the happy thought Of ofEeg-
Ing her ornaments % o bride 10 the guaEas
and many others following her example, thess
speedily lay NO inoonsiderabls pile OF costss
lewelry before tho gate.
Greedily the venal merceparies caught ct tho
ZlitterinG ransom, and promised to open the
gates IL all the articles of price which the
women bore about them were forth vita de-
ivered mp. The bargain was soon concluded.
Each one bastened to throw down whatever Of
Talue she had upon her, and the gates wcgo
opened amid shout of gladness from ths
liberated multitude. Mothers took their child
en- in their arms, sons supported their aged
parents; and thus they streamed forth from
he town, tho men who carried the oorpees o.
3reydei's family following them through che
;ate, which was Immediately after closed upta
be fngitives.
CHAPTER XVI
Jan Breydel and his seven hundred butcher
ad pitched their camp near the small town Of
'amme,s in the immediate neighborhood Of
ruges. Three Thousand guildsmen from tbs
Their companies had also voluntarily placed
,emselves nnder his command; 30 tha4 he
ow found himself at the head of force, no6
umerous indeed, but formidable from its faas-
Sc and devoted courage; for there was nee .
an among them whose heart was not pos
ssed with the single thought of liberty and
,ngeanoe. The wood which the Dean had
lected as the place Of encampment Was
ickly crowded for a considerable space with
IT'S and tents; and on the morning OF the
tn of May, little before De ChaMllonis
try into Bruges, numberless 1res were
lokiDg in front of the lines. Few, however,
the guildsmen were visible about the tents.
: women and children there were indeed
ough but it was only here and there that a.
lRle man showed himself, and he was evil
ntly Q sentinel on duty. At some little
tauce from the actual camp, behind the
es which spread their branches over tbs
It's, was an open space free from tFees and
irely unoccupied. From this quarter might
heard necessarily q confused murmGr Of
ces, the mOnotony Of which was ever and
N relieved by the sharp heavy reSound
EorEmen's implements. TIE hammers rang
N the anvils, and in the wood the largest
~ came laundering down under the axes Of
butchers. Here long wooden shafts were
1g rounded and smOothed aud pointed With
there stood piles Of pixies and 'good-dAya'
5y for use. Elsewhere the baSket-malurs
@ busily engaged in manufacturing frame-
ks for bueklsrs, which were then handed
I to the tanners to be covered With or
as. The carpenters were at work uPun tha
W eiege-aTtttEery oa the day, eNpsriaiag