The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-02-20

hastily by the way pointed ont to him. and ar
rived at the equare of the cathedral. III
3 crossed it, passed by the remains of the extin
guished bonfire, at which he bad assisted thu
day before I; the bskehouse of the Crntche
half demolished, and still guarded by soldiers
and finally reaching the convent of the capu
chins, and looking at the door of the church
he said TO himself, signing, "The friar gave
me good advice yesterday, when he told me il
would be best for me to wait patiently in the
church" He stopped moment, and seeing
dat many persons guarded the gate through
which be had To pass he felt repugnance to
confront them aud besitated whether IL
would not bs the wisest plan to seek this asy-
! iuIn and deliver his letter. Bnt he soon re-
sumed courage. saying, "a bird of the woods
| ss long as / can be. Who knows mel Ger
taIniy the police cannot DO waiting for me at
all the gates" He looked around, therefore,
and perceivipg that no one appeared to notice
him, and whistliDg as he went, as II from
| carelsssness, he approached the gate: a com
pany of custom house officers, with rein
forcement of Spanish soldiers, were stationed
precisely at its entrance, to keep out persons
from abroad, who might be attracted by the
noise of the tumult, to rush into the city {;
| their atten ton was therefore directed beyond
| the gate, and Reno, taking advantage of
this, contriVed, with quiet and demure look.
TO pass through, if no were some peaceful
traveller but his heart beat violently. He
pursued path on the right to avoid the high
road, and for some distau CO did not dare to look
beh ind him.
On (! on! he passed bsmlets aud villages,
without asking the name of them hoping
that, !" ai.eo 10 VOC Tot4.oy.us !. on. Iii;au, i,
was appro aching Bergamo. tie looked behind
him from time TO time, whilst pressing on
wards, and rubbing first wrist, then & be
other, which bore the red marks from the
painful pressure of the inanacles. His thoughts
were a Confused medley of repentance, an xie-
ty. aud pEeeentment; aEd he Nearily re-
traced the circumstances of the preceding
night, 10 ascertain what had plugged him into
these d tiicnlttes, aud above all, how they came
to know his name. His suspicious rested on
the cutler, whose curiosity he we'll remember
ed, and he had also confused recollection
that after his departure be had continued to
talk, but with whom, lis memory did nos
serve to inform him. The poor fellow was
lost III these speculations the past was "a
chaos.
He then cTdeavored to form some plan for
the future but all other considerations were
soon swallowed up in tho necessity which he
was under of GScertalning the road and to do
this, he was obliged to address himself to
some one. He was reluctant to name Beres-
mo, lest it might excite suspicion why it
shonld, he knew not hut his mind u
prey 10 vague apprehensons of evil. How
ever, BIO could lot do otherwise and, AZ at
Milan, lie acc sted the first passenger wh0ee |
appearance promised favoraby.
fon are "ut o. thc road, ;" replied the travel |
Ter and directed him 20 "A path by which he
might regain tho high road Reno thanked |
him, aud followed tbe direction, with the in
tentl0n, however, Of keepipE the high road in |
sight, with"n! exposing; himself to hazard by
3 aVelliDg on -. The project was more easily
conceived than executed, IN pursuing zi2zss
course, from right to left, and then to tii,,
right, and ende avorinG stIIl to keep the gene
raj direction of the way, he had probably
travelled twelve miles, " hen he Was only six
miles from Mi an and IS TO Bergamu, it Is as u
chance IT Ee WIS not farther from II, than
when he began his journey. He reflected that
this would never do, and he must seek some
other expedie;IS; that which occurred to him.
" las to Inform hlmsel: of the name of some vii.
u oh ia |
BY crossroads, and asking the way to that
Do enabled to avoid the mention of this dread.
I'D Bergamo, which seemed to him so likely to
cause distrust and suspicion.
Whilst he was rejecting on the best m ethod
IF pursuing this plan without awakening con-
ectures. he saw green branch hanging from
he door OF n lonely cottage some distance be.
'ond village: and az he had for some time
cit tho need of reffeshIueut, he thought he
'ou|d no " kill two birds with one stone and
therefore entered the humble dwelling. There
Tas no one within but an old woman, with
Ter dists It by her side, and spindle in her
iaud: IIs asked for a mouthful to eat ; she
'tfered him some cheese and some wine He
accepted the food but refused the wine; OF
which be felt an intnitive horror since tie
vents of the preceding night. The old wo.
nan then began TO assail her guest with en-.
luIries of his trade, his journey, and of the
lews from Milan, of the disturbances of which |
he 3,, bad heard some rumHrs To her question
Where arc you goingi" he replieu. II nn |
obliged to go to many places, but If | fad IA |
moment of time, should like 10 stop awhile |
It the village on the road to BersHn". near
no frontier, but in tho territory Of Milan
that do they call it f-There must be some
'illage there" thought he.
'GHgOnzola, you mesn," replied tho old vvo-
nan.
",Gorgopzola," repeated Rerzo, az if to fix it
n his memory, lis IL far from here 7"
Il don't know for certain; perhaps ten or
twelve miles If one of my children were here,
hey could tell yCu."
And do you think I could reach there by
seepiug on these pleasant paths, without TAX
ing the high road, where there is so much
lust such quantity OF dust! 1t 80 long
since We have had rain =
II think you can. You can ask at the frst
village to the Sht,'-naming
"rhank you said ReDzo, carrying off the
remains of his bread, which WAS much ooarser
than what he had lately eaten from the foot of
the Cross of st. Dionysius and paying the
bill, departed, He took the road to the right,
and with the name of Gorgonzola in his
mouth, from village to village, he succeeded
in reaching it an hour before sunset.
He had on his way Intended to halt here for
some more substantial refreshment he felt
also the need of sleep; but rather than in
dulge himself in this, he would have dropped
dead on the road. His design was to inform
himself, ut the inn, of the distance from the
AddaI TO C0Dtriv6 to obtain soma diraotion IN