The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-11-29
rHE MORNING AND

men, when they learnt TO KNOW their ioieo,
become too proud of heart, like the giants of old,
who sought to climb up into heaven"
! He would have proceeded; but at this mo-
ment he was interrupted by sentinel running
breathlessly mp, and calling out aloud to
Breydel:
master Dean, my fellows of the watch have
| sent me to let you know that thick cloud of
dust has been seen rising in the distance from
just before our city-gates, and that q noise as
OF an army in full march is clearly audible.
Some considerable body is leaving the city,
and advancing towards our camp"
ITO arms to arms " cried Breydel in q voice
| that was heard far and near through the en-
campment "each man to his place f-quick "
The work-people hastily seized their arms
| and ran confusedly hither and thither; but
| this was only for a moment. The companies
| were speedily formed, and soon the guildsmen
| might be seen standing firm and motionless in
| their serried phalanx. Breydeps first care was
| to post five hundred chosen men about Matildas
tent to which she had with all speed returned;
| O carriage, too, we'll horsed, was drawn up be-
fore it, and every preparation made for her
escape in case of need then with the whole
remainder of his force he issued from the wood
in full array and ready at all points for battle.
1t was not long they became aware that
it was false alarm The body which raised
the dust was evidently advancing in no kind
of order and it was soon perceptible that
large proper ion of it Consisted of women and
children confusedly mingled together. A
: prominent object was o bier, or rather hand
barrow, borne by men, round which the wo-
men crowded, filling the air with the most
piteous lamentations But although the cause
of alarm no longer existed, the guildsmen still
kept their ranks, resting upon their arms, and
awaiting with anxious curiosity the solution
of the enigma. At last the approaching train
3 drew near and while wives and children
3 pressed through the ranks to embrace n hus-
3 band or u father, frightful spectacle present,
y ed itself to the assembled multitude.
| The four bearers of the bier carried it tc
| within q short distance of the Dean of the
d Butchers, and there set it down upon TIT
=. ground. Upon it lay two female corpses, thei
e clothes dabbled with blood, their features in
D. discernible, being concealed from sight by
h black veil thrown over the heads. The women
r, meanwhile still kept up their cries; one con
"a tinued heart-rendiug "Woe! woeW was al
d that could be heard, till at last q voice ez
10 claimed:
81 "The French soldiers have murdered them
4 Hitherto the guildsmen had looked on silent
m
these fearful words reached their ears, thei
* hearts swelled with revengeful fury, and di
an order would have ensued but for Brey deps lou
lie command:
IA "The first man that leaves the ranks shall |
tn severely punished w he exclaimed.
mi He himself, tortured by terrible present
a ment, rushed impetuously to the bier and to
away the veil thai concealed the faces bu
n boy ha Riuht mi
co, eyes I He uttered not sound, he moved n
in O limb; he stood there as struck with sudd
It and universal palsy. Paler he was than t
me corpses themselves, and his hair stood on oil
cir upon his head. His lips quivering, his ey
IT fixedly bent upon the eyes now glazed in deat
nv one would have said that he felt his last no
!, upon him.
Thus he stood, but for few moments on
sh- Soou with o mighty bound, he spraug forwa
eed in front of the ranks, threw both arms up il
xht the air, and in q voice of agony exclaimed ::
ers "Woe! woe is me- My aged mother ! !
poor sister"
her With these words he Aupg himself into
hey coninck's arms, and 10y powerless and aim
and senseless upon his friends bosom. With vae
dis and wandering eyes he stared around, VIII
for his comrades shuddered with horror and co
the passion. Anon he furiously raised his a
hat but it was instantly caught away out of
, as hand Deconinck now gave the word for
ung to return to their work until further ords
af- The men, indeed, thought of nought else
ong speedy vengeance; but no one ventured to {
,ble pute the command, for they knew that
the Dean of the Clothworkers had been duly
as pointed their general-in-chief Giving We
and therefore, to their feelings in murmurs, Il
er's returned into tbs wood, and resumed, tho'
the unwlliDgly, the labo1s which this lncid
had interrupted.
no. BY Deconnck's care Breydel was speed
RIDER conveyed to his own tent. where, ezhaus
FORK alike in mind and body, he threw hlnseit u
q seat, and rested his head upon the table.
del, said nothing; but when his eyes met 'hos
nee his friend, there was singular expression
and than hitter hooking smile distorted