The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-02-20
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pegs Reno plum ged like a skittsh horse upo'
the bit. and cried, " Patience, indeed u
but. worthy young man" gard the notary
ait is the only way come On well in thes'
affairs. L. il tTou besome. confess ont ~ WI
soon be over; and since l soc you 80 well ais
posed, feel an inclination 10 serve You, an"
will give YOU another piece OF advice for your
good which is, to pass on quietly, looking
neither to tho right nor left, 80 IA TO attfaO'
notice. II yon do this no one VIII pay any nj
teption to you, and You VIII preserve your
honor In one bonr you will be Mt liberty.
There are - uauy other things to be done,
that your busness will soon he despatc hed
and then will tell then. fou shbil nave
YOUR liberty and no one will know you have
been in the hands of the law. And you,
pursued he, addressing HIS follower IN n tone
of severity, "do him no harm, because L take
him under my protection. You must 90 your
duty, i know; but remember That this Is
worthy and honest youth, who in alittle while
will be at liberty, and who has regard for bis
honor. Let nothing appear but that you are
three peac. able men walking together. You
understand mel and smoothing his PROV, ana
twisting his face into gracious smile, he said
to Rem 70, "a little prude nce-do as tell you;
do not look about : trust 10 one who has Your
interest at heart And now let us beGoIe
And the convoy moved torwardS
Bot of all these tiGe speeches Renzo belieVeu
not n word. He understood very well the
fears Chat pToTaif.1 o7r: the ;Eirc CT -:
notary, and his eThoTtations only served TO
confirm him In his purpose to escape; and TO
this end TO net directly contrary TO the advice
given him. No one mist conclude from tins
that the notary was an inexperienced knave
On the contrary, Lee WAS master OF his trade,
but at the present moment his spirits were
aGitated. AT another time he would have
ridiculed any oDe for pursuing the measures lie
had himself nov employed, but his agitation
had deprived him OF ti- accustomed cunning
and sell. possession. We would recommend,
therefore, to all knayes by trad" to main tain
on oil occasions Their sang JroiG, or, what Is
better, never 10 place themselves III difficult
circumstances.
Reno, then, hardly found himself in the
street, vixen he began 10 look around, and
listen eagerly. There was not, however, an
extraordinary Coucourse Of people; and
although on the GnuntenaEcs of more than one
passer-by ynu cDnid read AN expression OF dis |
content and sedition, yet each one pursued his |
way IN quetness
"Prudence! prudeuce!" murmurod the no.
tary behind him. Your honor, young man, !
your honor"
Bat when Renzo heard three men, WHO were
approaching, talk OF Ia bakery OF Hour con
cealed, of Justice, Go began to make signs to :
them, and cough in such manner as Indicated !
any thing bat cold. They looked attentiVeiy
at tho convoy, and stopped; Others WHO had
passed by tnruCd back, aud kept theDlSc.V -, -
short distance OF.
Take care; be prudent, my good fellow DO
not spoil ali; Your honor, your repntatlon,"
said the notary IN IA low voice, but Undecided
by Reno. The men again tw isted the pegs,
All! ali! Gh!' cried tho prisoner. AT this
cry theCrowd thtckened around; they gathered
from Mi parts OF the street The convoy was
stopped " lie is u wicked fellow, said the
notary i'll whisper TO those nearest him; :" no
is a thief taken In the fact. Draw back and
let justice have it's way" Bat Repzo perceived
that tho occasion was favorable: no sa~ the
officers pale and almost dead with fright. If
i do not help myself now" thought he 81 so
much the worse for me y and raising his voice,
he cried, My friends they are carrying me
off because l cried, Bread! and justice"
yesterday. have done nothing; l an
honest man! Help me, do not abandon NE, my
friends"
He was answered by light murmur, which
soon changed to an unanimous cry in his favor
The officers ordered, requested aud entreated
those nearest them To 80 of and leave their
passage free ; but the crowd continued to press
around. The officers, at the sight of the dan ecr,
left their prisoner, and endeavored to lose
themselves in the throug, for the purpose of
escaping without being observed; ard the no.
tary desired heartily to do the same, but found
IL more difficult account of his black coat
Pale ss death, he endeavored by twisting his
body to work has way through the crowd. He ,
studied to appear IA stranger, who, passing &C. ,
bad found himself in the Gro We Ike
n bit Of straw in TIE ice; and fading himself ,
lace to face with IA man who looked ut him !
more intcnt!y anu sternly than the rest, he
composed his cuuntenarcs to u smile and ,
asked, What IL this confusion y
on! You ugly lavcn!' replied I've. a
raven q raven" rssounded fron all sides. To ,
the cries they added threats, so that, finally,
elbows of Others, he succee ded IN obtaining u
release from the eQuabbe,
CHATTER xiv.
Ely, lily, honest man Here is a convent
there Is Il church this way! this wayr was
shouted TO Reno from every side. The advice
was not necessary; from the moment that he
conceived the hope of extticating himself from
the tAlous of the police he had def ermiued if
he succeeded, to depart Immediately, not only
from the city, hut the dukedom. Because" +
thought be, however they may have pro.
cured it, they have my name GU their books;
and with name and surname, they will take me
again if they choose to do SO" As to au
asylum, he was determined not to have re-
course to it but in the last extremity. "Bs.
cause" thought he, elf can DO bird of the
woods, l will not DO bird of the cage" He |
then determined to seek cousin BSrtolo in the |
territory of Bergamo, who had OF, en- urged him |
10 establish himself there; but to find the road
was the difficulty ! In part of the city Gu |
tirely unknown TO him, he did not know " hich |
gate led to BergSmo; nor if he had known 1t, |
would no have been able to And it, He thought
n moment OF asking directions from his liberia. |
tors, but he had for some time had strange
suspicious with regard to the obliRiug sword
catler, father of four children 30 that he did
not dare openly declare his design, lest, amidst
the crowd, there might be another of the same
stamp. He determined, therefore, to hasten