The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-10-31
From the Hibcrnian MaRazlne.l
THE CAPUCHIN OF BRUGES.
(Concluded.)

Wholly occupied with bis wife, Herbert paid |
Ss ssns neds9 When s length
he lperceived them, he few into o frenzy OF
passion, asking them how they dared stand
fhus in bis presence f-and ended by ordering |
sstha ostiffs who coald thus treat woman to !
get out of his sight presently" w.
But the orderly remained unmoved. Were
his hands free at the moment, Herbert wonld
have unquestionably run him through for pre- |
sumlpg to disobey bis orders, snch was the
irritated state Of his feelings. But he oonld
ing that chung to him for support. Stamping
his foot In rage, he demanded what he want
cd, or why he remained there
dtPris'ner, sir" was the sergeants reply, as
he mechanically touched his hat.
"What prisoner
"The woman, sir"
s.Heayens and earth! do you mean to drive
me mad, man Z" and the soldier recoiled for an
instant ct the voice and look of his officer.
"Cont help it. sir.gen'rarS orders. Woman
came to the camp three times, sir-supposed
to BIO spy, and ordered to be hanged"
"Hanged" In q second his burthen was
laid on the camp bed. and the sergeant laid
felled an OK.
The guard now interposed and from them
he that the b mad oesn
of Sir Hardress Walters orders. Twice already
she had been logged back, but she came out
efaiS c orders y sentenced to exeoution. The
soldier added that old rebel calling himself
her father, when he heard of the sentence,
ordered him to be instantly logged back. "she
was to have been hanged" he continued, eat
sunset, but she broke loose from them and ran
toward his tent as he had SEEN"
"Touoh not o hair of her head, on your peril"
exclaimed Herbert 40 the corporal concluded,
and kissing the pallid lips Of his wife, he rush
cd ont Of the tent to seek the general, just as
returning consciousness revealed to Ely the
name of her deliverer.
"Walter, my own dear husband. Oh! come
back, don't lesve me-" were the last words he
heard as he few toward the tent of the com.
nsnder-in.chief, more like maniac than any
thing else.
mad, or she is," said o tall weaver from Lam
beth, who wore the badge Of o lance corporal.
cay Ia he, and sore wrathful to boot, replied
butcher from Newgate. "BSt We are the
sufferers, and shall, I fear, be late for supper.
The gallows, however, Is ready to hand, thank
God, and we shall make short work OF 1t when
The name of God on the lips of such a mis-
creant, and on such an occasion, makes rs
almost shudder. But, reader, these were
Crumwellian times, and such were Cromwell
Ian customs.
Herbert found Ireton and his second in com.
could not have unclaimed two such incarnate
demons on that same evening. The object OF
his visit was soon explained. But 1t seemed
only to supply subject Of mirth to his superior
NPooh, pooh man." said the commander in.
chief, "you are, fear, grown quite o papist,
SOu
would act had you been at the 1attas in
Drosbeda or Wexfordf" and Ireton slipped his
hoax with q devilish leer.
'But, general, abe Is my wife," gssped Her
SFolly, man I" rejoined Waller "no faith to
be kept with heretics, you know, and all these
Irish are such. You will easily find another,
trow you, when We sack the city one Of these
Herbert beeded not the coarse jest of the
speaker, but, turning to the general, implored
him to turn q seTious ear to q matter on which
the happiness of his life depended. But lretor
seemed inclined to laugh it off as an excellent
joke. ;S.%
Driven to desparation, the brave colder
who never before feared or supplicated any
man, sank on his knees, and with tears o
agony besought him to cancel walters iniqui
tous sentence. He even asked him TO do 30 II
memory of the act by which, at the risk Of hi
own life, be saved his at Naseby. Aud IretoI
seemed almost inclined to relent, and nope be
gan to brigbte in the heart of the suppllant
when whisper from Waller to the genera
blasted them for ever. He had himself in per
son given the order for execution, and hi
callous heart was too obdurate to feel com
Function even for q bad act Summoniug al
orderly he gave him some Instructions In In III al
Communicated chief to make his report of thu
progress of the trenches under his command il
the Kings leland. This was but o feiut T.
turn his attention from the main object of hi
visit His report was, however, quickly made
and as there was no other pretext for detainin
him he rose to depart. There was somethin
moro than heudish in the laugh of Hardres
waller as he wished him safe home, and goo
nights rest.
That night, q heart-broken man knelt be
meath the Gibbet erected on the green sward i
front of King Johns castle. For him all earth
ly happiness was now over; and there, in tn
presence of tho pale moon that looked sientl
on his sorrow, that cold October night, h
vowed eternal fealty to his wife in heaven
eternal hatred to her murderers. There
strange Rdmixture of reverence and irreligior
of love and hatred, in his feelings and sent
ments, no doubt; but the camp of Cromwell
was but an Indifferent soho DOL for the culture G
Christian ethics. Beside, his brain was, 70
the time, astray from sorrow aud outrage
feeling; he followed but the dictates of huma
passion unrestraiued by either reason Q
religion His heart and his hopes were alread
buried in the grave that was soon to clos
over the remSins of his fret and only love
and, from that night out, though his life was
long and . chequered one, he was never know
TO smile, till he became an inmate of the mon
astery where We found him at the commence
ment of our narrative.
The remainder of tho siege was blan
chapter in his life. BY nature q soldier, b
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