The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-03-28

We, in a few DAYS what tunults, what shFieks, |
what crashing of cannon and clasteripg Oh
muskets will fiji the air :"
Powder was the first necessity, and we nave
seen how Catherine Lefevre turned her
thong hts to Marc Dives, the smuggleI: but she
did not speak of bis aniable heipmate, Hexe-
BABEL
The compile lived at the other side of Falken-
STEIN beneath tie cliff which the ruins
stood. They had followed ont for themselves
a very comfortable den, although IL possessed
bat Que entrance and two li!t|e windows, but
run or limited that il communicated with an
Gent subterraneau passages. These last, how
ever, the customhouse Off eials Were never able
to discover, Notwithstanding several visits
| they II ade the worthy pair with this object In
view Jean-Claude aud MarcDives knew one
another fran infancy; they had many time
! together driven the owl and the hawk fIopl
their nests, and still one another at least
once a week at the mill. Hullin placed
full reliance upon the smuggler, but be some
what mi-trusted Madame Hexe- Ba'zei. How
ever" said he, as he nea,ed their douiici!e, I'VE
shall See
He had lighted his pipe, aud from time 10
time turned 10 contemplate the immense
Nothing can he more maguifi sent than the
view OF spow-covered wooded mountains,
rising peak after peak far into the pale blue
sky until sight is lost in distance, and separ
ated by dark valleys, each with its torrent
flowing over messy stones, green and polished
like bronze.
And then the silence the silence of winter
broken only by the football on the soft, white
ground or the dash of snow falling from the
higher branches of the firs TO the lower, which
bend beneath the weight; or mayhap the shEill
- screams OF pair of eagles, whirling far above
. the tree-tops, startle the ear. But all this
must be and felt, it cannot be described
About an hour after his departure from the
- village, Hullin, climbing over rock after rock
reached the foot of the cliff of Arboussiers. Z
o sort of terrace, full of stones, and only three
or four feet in width, entirely surrounds thl
> mass of granite. The narrow way, itself SUI
W rounded only by the tops of trees shootn
- from the precipice below, seems dangerous, bu
d. is scarcely so in reality, for dizziness is a
that 10 TO be feared in passing along it, Abov
J; the ruin-covered rock overhangs the path
:, Jean-Claude approached the smuggler's re
=. treat. He halted few moments upon the tel
n then advanced along the passage, which d.
!, scribed q halfcircle and terminated in q note
"a in the rock. At its end he perceived the tw
ho windows of the cave and the haif-cpen door.
-. At the same moment Hexe-Baizel appeare
Ia sweeping the threshold with huge broom
- green ,twigs. She was short and witheret
her head covered with mass of dishevelle
red hair, her cheeks hollow, her nose ponte
~. .ol
:, her mouth small and garnished with vel
90 white teeth. Her costume consisted OF sho
and very dirty wooden gown, and her sma
. muscular arms bare to the elbow, nc
"a wthstauding the intense cod of winter
80. such a height; a pair of WORKOUT slippe
1870 haf-covered her feet.
"Ha, good morning., Hexe Bazel," cri
the
usual, see"
J., Hexe Babel turned like startled weaz
''0 She shook her hair, and her yes flashed Fl
But she Gained herself at once, and said, il
short, dry voice, as if speaking to herself:
Hullin the SHOEMAKER! What does
sh- want here"
Oh 81 want to my friend Mark, beauti
Do Hexe-Bazel," replied Jean-Claude. eve ha
of business together
hos "What businessf"
the "Ah that is affair. Come, let me pa
9TH l must speak to him."
With Marc is asleep"
able "Well, we must wake him. Time presst
ssed SO saying Hn1tfH7 bent beneath the dc
Their way and entered the cave, which was irregu
vers in shape and scanned with numerous fssure
coat it's walls Near the entrance, the rock, ris
at is suddenly, formed a sort of natural hear h,
the which burned few Goals and some branc
be- of the juniper. The cooking utensils of HI
nled Babel consisted Of an iron pot AT earthen
orn- two cracked plates, and three or four pc v
forks; her furniture, of wooden stool, ~
hoes to split wood, salt box fas stoned TO the 70
'uise wall, and her great broom of green twigs.
the right, her kitchen opened upon, ano-
cavern by an irregulary shaped aper
wider at the top than below, aud closed
not two planks aud a cross bar.
"Well, where is Marc 7" asked Hulln S