The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-04-05

~ fWho gives the signal u
1.-THE rider himself when he is fairly seated /;
but Tiberius will tell him when to mount"
r go ON with your description of his dress
and his looks. Does he seem afraid Z"
''He still wears that queer sword should
have fancied it cumbersome to him. Afraid
should say not, No sign Of it.
"Ter omnesw
At first, this dialogue was sustained in q
whisper bnt as the lull of all noise was again
gradually replaced by that hoarse hum, which
is blsQ4Bout of hundred thousand low toned
murmured words, Piso and the child Caligula
raised their own voices, and the last exclana-
ton of Piso was as loud as it was sudden.
elias any thing further taken place Z"
"Why, yes," said Cneius Piso; "and some.
thing which do not understand. That old
freedman fthe youth, together with Thellus the
gladiator, have approached him, and Thellus
holds in each hand a sort of truncheon about
o yard or more long; the top of which for more
than foot is black; the rest is sheathed or pla-
ted in bronze the black top of the truncheon
is thick the rest, which is sheated in the
metal, is much thinner. The freedman who
is by Thellus's eide holds small horn lantern
in one hand, and. tenders with the other a
pax VI WHICH SiofOo W LILO SouoS5
master, who is even now putting them on
AS he puts on his gloves, he looks round the
benches he is looking our way now. What
can he meant He has the audacity to wave
his hand, and smile, and nod in this direc-
ton :"
The slave whom we have mentioned as form
ing the fourth in this group was no other than
Claudus, whose part Paulus was now perform
ing.
by your leave, most honored lords" said
Claudus, ~ think am the person whom that
valiant youth is salutiug."
"True," said Piso; she has taken your de-
stined office to-day, has he not ?"
eyes, my lord" returned Claudius; "and
having caught sight of me, he beckoned to me
doubtless, to bid me have good courage"
"Well J" ejaculcted Piso, "that is q good
joke. thiak it is you who ought to beckon
to him to have good courage He needs it
more than you" MI
A moment after this remark, Cneius Piso
suddenly turned to the child Caliguls, and i'm
formed him that Tiberius was signing to him
(Piso) to go down into the arens, and mount
one of the spare horses and, although un-
he mustgo.
"And how shall know what occurs ." cried
the passionate, voluble boy. "It is like pluck
ing out one of my eyes. Herod Agrippa here
speaks Latan with such q dreadful, greasy
accent, and so slowly he is but learning the
language"
Piso rose and said, 'I have no choice but to
obey you have the slave Claudius with you
he not only speaks fuently, but I'll answer for
it he will watch all the stages of the struggle
with at least as much attention as any per-
son in all this crowd will! His liberty, his
wedding, and fifty thousand sesteTces are at
stake" -"T'''' '-.
Saying this, he descended the steps of the
narrow gangway which was with scores of
similar stairs) the means contrived for reach
ing and quitting the higher seats in the tenn
porary circus. A few moments afterwards, he
was seen in the arena riding by the side Of
Tiberius to and fro.
tTo be coptinued.)