The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-05-07

drink TO the health of she nobIeman, who i
Gore In sueh good compaDy-in youdsr car
70 the car in which poor Renzo was seated
Lhen brutally composing his features to al
ex pression ofsgravity, he bowed profoundly
| saying, VIII you permit, my dear master,
poor devil of q nsonatte to taste q little win,
| from your cellarf Do now. because we lead
| rough lives, and moreover, we are doing you
| the favor to take you ride inCo the country
ana besides, you are not accustomed to wine
and il might harm your lordship; but the poor
n'ondt6 have good stomschs"
His companions laughed loudly; he took the
| dagon and before he drank, turned again ia
| Keno, and with an air of insulting ompassion
said, The devil, with whom you have made a
compact. must be very young; if we had not
saved you, you would have been none the bet.
ter for his assistance"
His companions laughed louder than before,
ana ne applied the fagon to his lips.
Leave some for usi some for usp cried
those from the forward car. After having
taken as much as he wanted, he returned the
nsgon to bis companions. who passed it on /;
the last of the company having emptied it.
threw i6 on the pavement, crying "Long liye
the pestilence - Then they comm need singing
lewd song, in which they were accompanied
informal music, blended with the tipeling of
the bells, tho noise of the wheels and of the
horses feet, resounded in the empty silence of
tne streets echoed through the houses. wiring
ing Cne hearts OF the Very few who still in
habited them
But the danger of the precedi ug m oment had
rendered more than tolerable to Renzo, the
company OF these wretches aud the dead thew
were about to utter and even this music was
almost agreeable to his ears, as it relieved him
from the embarrassment of such conversation
fie rseorned thanks To Providence for having
him to escape from his peril. without
receiving OF doing injury; and he PRAYED
Cod to help him now to deliver himself from
his lloerators. He kept on the watch to seiz.
tne hrst opportunity of quietly quitting the
car, without exciting the opposition of his pro.
At last they reached the Lag .retto At the
appearance of commssary, one of the two
SsondtH who were on the Car with Repzo Jumped
70 the ground, in order to speak with him
herzo hastily quitting the car, said to the
other, =" thank you for your kindness; God
Go, go, poor posoner, y replied he, ait will |
not be You who will destroy Milan"
Fortunately no one heard him. Renzo has |
'ened EDWARDS by the wall, crossed the bridge |
passed the convent of the cspuchins and then
perceived the angle of the lszarerto. In front
'f the inolosure q horrible scene presented it,
elf to his view. Arrived in front of the lazs-
etto, throngs OF sick were pressing into the
venues which led to the building; some were
eated or lying in the ditch, which bordered
he road on either side, their strength not
having sufficed to enable them to reach their
'sy lum, or who, having Quilted il in despera
ion, were too weak to go further; Others wan
Tered by themselves, stupt fed, aud inssnsib'e |
o their condition one was quite animated
elating his imaginations 10 a miserab BILE COM
'anlon, who was stretched on the ground, op-
PRESSED by suffering another was fnrious from
esp4ir; u third more horrible still! was sing
ng, ia voice above all the rest and win
eart-rending hilariGy. one OF the popular songs
/ love CAV and playful, which the Miauese
all ri{taReUe
Already weary, and coHfouuded at the view
so much misery concentrated within so
mall a space our poor REM reached the gate
f the lazaretto. He crossed the threshold
nd stood tor q moment motioness under the
ortico.