The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-04-04
NUM- MBER g.

am OH tor Swltzetland IN D week. at latest,
the remainder of our munitions will be here.
Give me my boots"
Drawing on the last, and wrapping thick
red wooden scarf about his neck, the smuggler
took from hook on the wall herdman's
dark green coat which he threw over his
shoulders; then, covering his head with q.
broad fet hat and seizing oudgel, he cried
do not forget what say, old woman, if
you do, beware! Forward, Jean-C n-Claudew
Iullin followed his host without even bid
ding Hexe-Baizel farewell, and she, for her
part, deigned not to see her departing guest to
the door. When they had reached the foot of
the cliff, Dives stopped, saying:
"You are going to the mountain villages, are
you not, Hullinr
Eyes; l must give the alarm"
"Do not forget Materne of Hengst and his
two SONS, and Lsbarbe of Dagsbourg, and
Jerome of Saint-Qnirin. Tell them there will
be powder and ball in plenty that Catherine
Lefevre and 1, Marc-Dives, will see to it,"
Fear not, Mark; know my men"
They shook hands warmly and parted the
smuggler vending his way to the right toward
Donon, Hullin taking the path to the left to-
ward the Sarre.
The distance was rapidly widening between
them, when Hullin called out:
"Halloo, Marc Tell Catherine, as you pass,
that all goes we'll, aud that have gone among
the villages"
The other replied by nod, and the two pur-
sued their different ways.
CHAPTER vi.
An unusual agitation regned along the en-
tire line of the Vosges; rumors of the coming
invasion spread from village to village. Ped
lars, wagoners tinkers, all that wandering
population which is constantly floating from
mountain to plain, from plain to mountain,
brought each day budgets of strange news
from Alsace and the banks of the Rhine. They
said that every town was being put in a state
of defence that the roads to Metz, to Nancy,
Huningne, and Strasbourg, were black with
army and provision wagons. On every side
were to he seen caissons Of powder, shells, and
shot, and cavalry, infantry, and artillery hur-
rying to their posts. Marshal Victor, with
twelve thousand men, yet held the Saverne
road, but the draw-bridSes of all the fortified
towns were raised from seven in the evening
until eight in the morning.
Things looked gloomy enough, but the
greater number thought only of defending
their homes, and Jean Claude was everywhere
well received.
The same day, at about five in the evening,
he reached the top of Hengst, and stopped at
the dwelling of the hunter patriarch, old
Materne. There he passed the night; for in
" inter the days are short aud the roads diff
cult. Materne promised to keep watch over
the defiIe of Zorn with his two sons, Kasper
and Frantz, and to respond to the first signaI
l,,t l., 4 IL, ry,,,, I'LL.
Early the next day, Jean Claude arrived at
Dagsbourg to see his friend Labarbe tie wood
.u,ter. They went together to the hamlets
lround, to light in all hearts the love of
Labarbe accompanied Hul!in to the
cottage of the Anabaptst Nickle, grave ard
,espectabIe man, but they could not draw him
nto their glorious enterprise. lie had but one
eply to all their arguments. at is we'll" he
aid; it is doubtless right; but the Scrip
ures say that he who takes up the sword
hall perish by the sword" He promised,
however, to pray for the good cause, and that
vas all they could obtain from him.
They went thence to Walsch, where they
ound Daniel IIirsch, ancient gunner in the
iavy, who promised to bring with him all the
nen of his commune.
Here Labarbe left Jean -CIaude to pursue his
o0te alone,
For a week more our brave friend wandered
Her the mountains, from Soldateuthal, to
oonsberg, from Meienthal to Voyer, Grey,
etit-Mont, Suint-Sauvcur, and the ninth day
G fonnd Himself at the shoe. maker Jeromes,
t Saint Qujrin. They visited together the
eGIe of BIanru, after which Holm, entirely
ltisGed with the results of his journey, turned
nee more toward his village,
Since two o'clock in the afternoon he had
cen pressing on at q brisk pace, thiaking Of
10 life Of tao camp, the biYouao, the crash Of