The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-05-23
NUMBER is.
THE INVASION:
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YEGOF THE FOOL.
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CHAPTER XIV.

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CHAPTER XIV.
For three days food had been entirely want
ing. Still Dives gave no sign. How often
during those long days of agony did the noun.
ta,neers strain their eyes towards Phalsbourg
How often did they listen to the low murmur
Of the breeze, thinking 1t bore upon it the
SQUAD OF the smuggler's footstepsl
In the midst of the torments Of hunger, the
nineteenth day since the arrival Of the partisaus
on Fslkenstsiu dragged away They no longer
spoke to each other; bnt seated on the earth.
their feshless faces gazing ct vacancy, they
passed hours as in q dream. Sometimes they
would turn sparkling Dyes upon each other az
IL ready to satisfy their hunger at the expense
OF comrades life; then all would again sink
into gloomy calm.
Once Yegofs raven, winging its way from
peak to peak, came near this scene of misery
but old Materne brought his rifle to his
shoulder, and the bird of i'll omen few back at
its utmost speed, uttering mournfnl cries, and
| the old hunters piece fell harmless.
And now, as If the horrors of hunger were
not enough to fill the measure of their misery,
they only opened their lips to accuse or
threaten each other.
Louise was delirious; her great blue eyes,
instead Of living objects, saw spoctres AeetipR
over them, sweeping the tree-tops and lighting
upon the old tower.
"Food-food at last! I" would she cry.
And then the others, carried away by fury,
shrieked that she was mocking them, and babe
her beware.
jerome alone remained calm and collected
but the great quantity of snow he had eaten in
his pangs kept his body and bony face covered
with q cold sweat,
DR.. Lorquin knotted q handkerchief around
his waist, and drew it tighter and tighter, pre-
tending that he thus satisfied his cravings. He
sat against the wall of the tower with closed
eyes, which from hour to hour he opened, say
ing:
"We are at the first, second, third period.
Another day, and all will be overp
Then he would deliver dissertations on the
Drnds, on odin, Brahma, Pythsgoras, quoting
Latin and Greek, all announcing the approach
ing TRANSPORTATION of the people of HarberR
into wolves, foxes, and all sorts of animals.
81" be cried, 81 will be q lion will eat
fifteen pounds Of beef o day."
But soon recollecting himself he continued:
''No, would rather DO . man. will preach
peace, brotherly love, Justice All my friends!
been doing on the other side OF the Rhine for
The last ten yearsf By what right did we
place masters over those nations Why did
We not rather exchange thoaght, feeling, the
products Of our arts and industry with them9
Why did we not meet them sS brothers, in
tesd of trying to enslave tbemf We should
lave been we'll received. How they, poor
Eretches, must have suffered during ten years
u violence and rapinel Now they are aveDg-
ng themselves. God is just. Nay the male
LECTION of heaven fall on those who divide
lstions TO Cypress them!"
After . few moments of excitement like thiss
10 would sink exhausted against the wall,
nurmuring:
Bread emily morSel Of brosdt I"
Msterne's boys, seated among the bushes,
heir rifles ct their shoulders, seemed awaiting
he sight Of game, which mover appeared; but
be thought of their eternal resting place sus-
aimed their expiring strength.
A few, in the sgonieS of fever, accused jean
lAude Of being the author of their misery in
ringing them to Falkenstein.
Hullin, with moro than human energy, yet
Ame and went, Watching all that passed in the
alleys, but speaking no word.
Sometimes he would advance to the very
lge Of the rock. With jaws pressed firmly to-
ether, and ashing eyes, to zee Yegof seated
efore great FIRE on the meadoWs Of Beside
henes, ia the middle of troop of COssacks.
nee the snemy's arrival in the valley OF
barnes, this had been the FOOLS eonstant