The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-04-25

rsturn to Falkenstein tonight; why eau SoH
not take them with you T.
"Rnt where shall put them T. a..
"Parblcu /! In the prison OF Aoreson"'h0A'
we cannot keep them here"
At understand, Jean-Claude. And II 1hey
attempt to escape on the way, will plant my
rapier between their shoulders"
"You mustw
Thav reached the door, and Hullin, seeing
Materne, cried joyonsly:
| ayon here. old friend have been seeking
Won for an hour. Where were you y
ave were carrying old Rochars TO 'he no'-
pital." ii.
Jean Claude dropped his head sadly; ous ms
low at the result of the days battle BOON sSin0"
the upper hand, and he said: IL
eyes, it is mournful, indeed. But suon Is
the fortune of war. Are you or your BULB
hurtp I
mNot scratch,n - saz.
..nnanl Heaven Msterne those who passed
through this days work may wen teJo'oe.
ayesp cried Marc-Dives, laughing, z" saw
old Materne ready to beat q retreat wltnon'
those little cannon-shoSs' thihgS ~oui" D
had different ending"
Materne Redeemed and glanced angrily at the
d smuggler. u,.
ct is very possible" he answered OUT
vi.hont the cannon shots at the beginning, we
shon,d not have needed those at the end, ana
old Rochart and fifty brave fellows would YET
:. bavs legs and arms--a thing which would not
m have hurt victory"
"Bah w interrupted Hullin, who saw dis
.v pute likely to arise. Quit this discussioh'
of Every man has done his duty.
20 Then addressing Materne, he added:
- "I have sent q flag of trnce to Framont, 10
oh tell the enemy to remove their wonndeo' Anes
- will arrive in about An hour, doubtless AND
Won must order our outposts to let them ad'
- vance f; but without arms, and with torcnes.
I'd they come otherwise, fire on them"
~. 81 will go at once," replied the old hunter
no. "Return with your sons and have suppe
va with us at the farmhouse, when you have car
aka ried out your orders"
ID every well, Jean-Claude."
Hullin ordered Frantz and Kasper to hav
large bivouac-fres lighted for the night an
. Marc to have his horses fed and to go at ONO
for more ammunition, and, seeing them depai
ba on their way, he entered the farmhouse
CHAPTER XVII.
At the end of dark passage through tn
am bouse was the farm-yard to which five OF 81
vell-worn steps descended. To the lett wei
or the barn and the press and to the rlght' u
SAID stables and the dove-cote, the dark shape
the last standing sharply outlined against 81
hS'o gray, misty sky. Opposite the oosr was b
"o' wash house.
Not a sound was heard. Hullin, after t
n@n' wild and stormy day, was impressed with
deen silence. He gazed at the tufts of strs
hanging between the rafters of the barn.
$685. barrows the ploughs, the carts, half hidden
uged 49, .Ioor, Of the sheds. with an indefpa
their - &c o.,mpaas and satisfaction. Fo
NJ " were roosting along the wall, and cat hed
like q flash, and disappeared In the cell
Hullin seemed waking from dream.
pale After few moments of silent revere,
turued slowly toward the wash-house,
the three windows of which shone through
darkness. The kitchen of the farmhouse
not large enough to prepare food Tor three
four hundred men, and the work had been
ried thither.
Master Jean Claude heard the childish v
of Ionise giving orders in a tone reso
praEe that it astonished him.
AXE of nco,,. co,ne Katel. hurry. 1t is ne
s.. time for supper, and the poor fellows mus
,nsieur t...u 1,a. 70 tbink-6obtipp since az
IL 10 this morning, and not eaten morsel !
Lessele, move yourself. Salt pepper|
Ill no' Jean-Claude's heart beat at that voice.
NOW could not avoid peeriug through the glass
fore entering. The kitchen was large
o have ,on ond With white washed walls A
fire of beech-loes cracked and blaZed upol
hearth, in the midst of which appeared
choking hloct s;des of an immense Dot. The chin
high and narrow, was scarcely large enou
y carry off the pillows of smoke that 9
around Naor tba fire. was the graceful figure of L.
]. The IL nm hr the briyhtest tints that flashed
g. The the hearth. bustlipr. active, coming, G
arm ieh tasting sauces, trying the meat, aPpro
and criticisinG.
d opera III. t,ro dorobters of the Anabaptis
, . TALL dried up, and pale, with large, flat
The pipe oo.ad n oroat sboes. hair bound with
around -;hno,. it, a little Knot and a long 90
anu TO blue stuff hanging down to her heels
other, chubby, and waddling along
Die We'll goose, forming q strange contrast with
,aid the ~, .o1.-4..t h.-..o1e ,o,tod