The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-10
Morning Star and Catholic Messenger.
NV ORLEANS SUNDAY. MAY 10. 1874.

heavy strain that was to be. put upon his
resources seemed to cxeT else sort of economy,
and without bounding into the full fury OF
his speed, settled down into n long and steady
stride which soon carried him abreast of the
lcgionaIies Paulus here drew reins and said
You can teiher the horses hcreabouts, ard
leave them to Craze. Then como on at n
Gcod pace my men; there may be pGrsrers
behind rice forw ard on purpose to bring
help back. Halt AZ Cortona; apply at the
Quastor for your lodgings and subsistence
and on my return II m Fcrrara, will pick yOu
up"
And lie vent forward at an easy cantcE, with
the dark waters Of Thrasym meme upon his left
hand. Coriona was considerably to the left of
the straight line rs The crow flies but ling
this direction, he calculated upon striking the
Apennine claip whore there was an easy pass,
familiar to him since early boyhood from the
military lectures of his father, who used to
point out to the child upon a diagram the
exact spot, before Ficsole and near Pistoia,
where Hannibal had led his army across those
mountains. lie therefore held on, within
Etruria, passed through Florence, where but
few persons were yet out of bed left Fiesole
on his right, and reached Pistoia q little after
performed the eighty miles from point some
what below Lake Thrasymene in about seven
hours. Here he halted to give both himself
and his beast refreshments and some two hours
of rest. He then passed the mountains, aud
rode of to the north east, by Claterva and
Bologna, along the road to Ierrara.
CHATTER ".
No sooner was the protection of her
Pauluss presence removed than the Lady
Aglais determined to avail herself of the cor
dial hospitality and orrortuue retreat which
had been rrofered to her and to Agatha by
their aged kiusman, Marcus Lepidus Hmilius,
who was now living in such systematic OBJ
security, although his energy had once striddcn
abreast OF gigantic enterprises, and had shared
with two rivals only, the dominion of the
world.
Aglais, with the aid of Crispus and Crispina,
took her plans to escape notice, and to leave
no trace of her destination when she should
have departed from the inn. Yet, in spite of
the astuteness of the Greek lady and the pru-
dencc of her allies, events proved that both an
enemy and friend respectively had been
playing far deeper game against her and in
defence of her.
author, who, as the reader will remember,
secured the wanderers n reception in Crispus's
inn the night of their arrival, had once after
ward called upon them. During that visit
Aglas could not fail to be struck by something
unusually ardent (for SO self possessed and
courtly person as Vellcius Paterculus) in the
tone of his inquiries after Agatha's health and
spirits.
Now, the evening before the intended de-
parture of the ladies to Marcuss castle, Girls
pima entered their sitting room, and brought u
request from The military tribune in question
that they would favor him with short inter
view Cri.pina ordered to show him the
way to their apartments and in few min
utes he entered, holding his military casque in
his left hand, ant-rbowing low. Tho door
being closed, Vcleus having taken n seat, and
few courteous inquiries of the usual sort
having been intcrchauged he said:
So you would leave us tomorrow I"
They were very much surprised. He smiled,
and continued
You have good cansc to change your resi-
dence; and if you could reach the cx-trium-
vir's castle at Monte CiIrcllo. without the
positive certainty existing that you had taken
refuge there, tie place has hiding resources
winch world, think, Illustrate any direct
search after You 81 after your lovely daughter.
once, during the civil wats, your brother in
law, Marcus Lcpidue succ ,>fUlIy cludcd nur-
SUIT III the same ihuGrl. .Gifcc. I, - IA,
work Il Greek architect and is a master.
rieco of structural ingenuity. Tho whole
building, at the time tc which alrntc. was
me'h'oicnl'y "rorc>o1; an nc,ount was rem
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