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

| bags, flour, all topsy-turyy."
"And the nusketeers -
"The musketeers had the wears house t
guard. One can't sing and carry the cross toe
It was done in the twinkling of an eye, say
Plumber, plunder; every thing was carrie'
off. And then they proposed the amusemen
of yesterday, to burn what remained in tii'
square, and make a bonfire. Aud immedistel.
| they began, the rasGals to drag every thinj
ont of the house when one among them
Guess what fine proposal be made !"
| "W hat I"
what! to gather everything in the shop il
a heap. and sgt fire to it and the shop at thu
| same time. No sooner said than done"
Did they set fire to it 7"
"Wait bit. An honest man in the neigh
borhood bad as Inspiration from Heaven. He
ran into the house, assembled the stairs, took 6
| crucifix, and hung iS in front of a window
| took from the head of bed two wax candles
which had been blessed, lit them, and placed
them right and left OF the crncifx. The crowd
! looked up; there is little fear of God yet in
| Milan, it must be con Messed the crowd re-
tired-a few would have been sacriegious
| enough to set fire to paradise itself; but see-
ing the rest not of their opinion, they were
obliged to be quiet. Guess what happened
then, All the lords of the cathedral in pro.
cession, with the cross elevated, aud in pom
tifcal robes I; and my lord the arch priest be-
gan TO preach on one side, and my lord the
penitenzeire on the other and then others here
and there: But. honest people. what uould you
do Is this the example you set to yosr children ?
Return to your homes 1; goa shall hare bread at a
fair price; you can see. yourselves the rate is a
Ired at erery corner
Was it true?'
Can you doubt it , Do you think the lord )
of the cathedral wonld come in their robes and
declare falsehoods -
Add hat did the people do p
by little and little they dispersed they
ran 10 the corners OF The streets the cate was
there for those who knew how to read. Eight
ounces of bread for a penny'
''"hat good fortune"
"Ihe vine is tine. if its froitfnlness coutin-
ues. Do yon know how mach -four has been
cons1m med since Yesterday AS much would
supply tue dukedom two months"
And have they made no good law for us
country peoplof"
''Wha5 they have done at Milan is for tho
city alone. know not what to tell you; fo1
multi has entirely ceased for the present,
bavo not told sou all Yet. Here is tho best
What! s there anything more ?"
Yesterday evening, this morning they
Lave arrested some OF the leaders, and they
have been told that fnnr will be hung. Hardly
was this known, when everyone betook him
self home by the shortest road, so as no. to be
tho fitch. Milan, when l left it, resembed q
convent of monks"
But will they really hing them %
Undoubtedly, aud very soou," replied the
And what will the people do ~
The people will go TO see them," said the
They desired so much to see
nan hung, that the rascals were about to sat
sly tier curiosity on the superintendept of
provision. They viii see instead four rogues,
accompanied by cIpuchins and friars of the
GOOD death; well, they have richly deserved
t. IL is proyideree, you see; it was
,essary thing. Tney had begun to enter the
shops, and take what they wanted, WITHOUT
outtiCg their baud to their purse. If they had
lad been suffered to go on their own way, after
bread, it would have been wine, and then
else--and assure you, as an honest
nan, keeping a shop, it WAS not "A very apreea-
ole idea"
''Assuredly not" said one of the auditors.
'Assuredly not,,' repeated the others in
chorus.
and" continued the merchant, ait had
been in preparation long while. There was q
league, you know r.
"a league!
"a league. Cabals instigated by the Navar-
reese, by that cardinal of France, you know,
who has halt barbarous name, and who every
day offers some new etfrnnt to the crown of
Spain. But be aims chiefly at Milan, because
he knows. the kn.ve, that the strength of tho
king lies there"
Indeed ~
would you have a proof of itf Those WIS
made the most noise were strangers people
who were never seen before in Milan. / have
forgotten, after all, to tell you something l
heard one ofthese had been caught in an inn
When this chord was touched poor Renzo
felta cold shiver, and couid with difficulty
conceal bis agitation. No one however per
celved IL, ana the orator proceeded
They do not yet know whence he came, by
whom he was sent, nor what kind of a man
he was but he was certainly one of the lead
ers. Yesterday in the height of the tumnlt
be played the devil then, not content with
that, he began to eShort, and propose q fine
thing truly to murder all the lords! Rascal !
how would poor people live, if the lords were
killed He was taken, however, and they
found on him an enormous packet of letters,
after which they were taking him to prison.
But what do you think his companions, who
were keeping watch round the inn, came
in great force, and delivered him The
rogue
And what has become of him l"
1t is not known. He has escaped, or is con-
cealed in Milan. These people fud lodging
and concealment any where, although they
have neither honse nor home of their own
The devil helps them; but they are sometimes
taken IN the snare, when they least expect it.
When the pear is ripe, it must fall. 1t is we'll
known that,these letters are in the hands of
the government, that they contain an account
OF the whole plot, that many people are i'm.
plicated, that they have turned the city upside
down. and would have done much worse some
say the bakers are rogues, and SO say I {: but
they ought to be hanged at least in legal
manner. There certainly is corn concealed
and the government ought to have spies and