The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-09-24
low waters. Ko, do you know if there Is hsh
a.a1ar Tho uoo1a

added |,
Father Stocks, and meet me on the way WIN ,
The child rushed at full speed through the
pools of water, and soon disappeared. Ill
"Ko, how are they all at our nouse-"o' ,
hopeT - ,,.onh as if to
engage him to keep silence, and as tne i"''o'
seemed much astonished, Ko said -, z..,, q
"Take your basket, Joseph; wlll ,i,ina wn,h
short distance with you, for nave So"o'Ns
particular to communicate TO YOU IA .ho;, |
The women and Fishermen, loaded with their
meta and fl She's bade sdieu to Joseph uheai nn .no
evening, when they would again 60 ouo 20 sIn .hs
Joseph went in an opposite dife''''n "--
*Weil, Ko, what have you to tell me = said said
Joseph. You rarely are "a meesehs's "a e''N
| Ko related the adventure of the wonndea
| Young nan, and endeavored TO convince ooseph
| that Bella had acted imprndentiy III in.ro oLa |
| cing a d. ing stranger into the house. lie spoke
| likewise of the watch which he supposed 1nS
wounded man around his neck, ana
| which might be of gold,
| Does no one know who he isT
"Ithink 1 know. l was talking this morning
| with Jan Zwartz, of Ghyvelde, ana ne spohe
of terrible contest which hau eahen ps'e and
| French 0endarmes You know there has oeen u
band of smuggers prowling about Dunklrk
for some time. Their chief is young man
named Bosncq am certain that the stranger
is Bosacq himself, and it is not at all surpfis-
ing that he should fear the scatold" :.
| Z 1t nay possibly be eo ko; but how Goes 10
/, | hannen that according to your account, h9 has
, not "a single piece of money about HIM II, ne ~, IS
, evidently u man who has been attacked pv
robbers." l.
mo, Joseph; the gendGrmeS supposed him to
be dead, and they einptled his pockets"
n 1.-The law forblds that" A.,
= "But these people care not for the law; they
l. appropriate to themselves whatever comes in D
t6eir way, even what they find on our beach"
.Bat, 10, / am impatient to know the state
| of affairs at Simon 8. Tell me ABOUT the ihah'
= You say that he will certain ly diep
!. "How can he livef His skull is fractured in
n several places; be has lost quantity OF plooo'
u u and he is consumed by burning fever"
- '"Have you seen him since yesterday morn
d inggT INIT Amt Clara came to our house in
- the afternoon to beg of me to be clrcumspecI
10 and to speak to no one of what had happened
40 40 The doctor advised secrecy. l don't kno"
% what they fear. Perhaps they suspect theS ,h
-. are har boring the smuggler Bosacq But ina
,1 does not coEcern me. l will observe perlec
! silence with every one b9t yourself -, :,
IN They had now reached path whiGh leo II
Ia ~, opposite directions Ko stopped at the eros
ne road. .. 1,,4bo
uo po Stocks 7" asked the fisherman ~,
N "a" "Business calls to the strand IN IN
IA | noig hborhood of Coxyda,' replied no. late
his in the morning will return as am desirou
,nr of learning the condition OF the Stranger.
her He had gone but lew SaFne, "neh he o"'ie
Nv | TO the fisherman
OF Joseph, do your best to discover wha |
"a wears around his neck. 1t must be OF gol
NJ. ~ for these smuggers are rich, and they spei
TO The fisherman walked on in deep thougf
ePn sometimes talking to himself In reality,
, felt no respect for those peops, who, II
49, thieves in the night, convey across the irontl'
'oA often by bioodshed, goods prohiblted oy ia'
but his heart was touched py the tnouBnC
I'M On arriving at the cabin of Father Stock,
pibU ptba stopped q moment, and looked through !
u window. He was surprised to find every tni
40 quiet. The blind man was at work upon
81 net; Bella was seated by the hearth, prepari
pA' some vegetables for dinner; Auut clara
InnL bat for
oohO H4 "What 10 the meaning of thisf" Has
. cry Raven of the Beach been trcking me b!
'use Has doleful history ~ asked the fisherman as
Nor. Iir Hush Josephp said Bella, in whisI
y .,iS g. "Thers ia q wounded man in the house do
Sind disturb him. Put down your basket; ana cS
!. 'uu t here: will tell you something wonderful
tber al have heard ell from the Vagrant OF
smS. .nrI3 Strand" replied the fisherman in low Il
'ooiO The stranger, then, is not deadp
"Don't talk SO loud" said Aunt Clara.
Ill you imagine that you are still Mt seaf
sI,a's boy, you must be tired; go home and rest y
y sup ''Dead w replied the young girl "no ind'
ill he will certainly recover. Until last even
tha he was in great danger; his fever was rag
along anu Cne Itt luz ~ Soctor he became or
Largo ally more tranquil; he has been sleeping
nearly eight hours his breathing is reg
10 Nv and the fever has entirely left him
"Do you know who he is, Bella y
70 70, eur @ mo he is we'll dressed, and is young n
= - the Joseph lowered his voice and sald' IN
sLets | riously:
SAe's' q He is Bosacq. the chief of the smuggl
slowly bela turneI ei;p5 piu 60 n Amt Clara snran
skip hahus oI ,!D Ino otIH1 ~ tar ,
large ut.erins ~ ~ u
ng bad :, nI nosASI of Tho .rngylsrs, , The cruel
:, and ue ontHa id ot wy IiIIaS Frnr or Ave ner
little VINO mas SlLe"uy nS 80 hjnn os thair dnt
o boy Decause 'heS oPP''0o "1"i 90
sh the quireo! .L+ - ;,,ros0;hla
above an aSsSssn 1 ~, 80 sroaotad ravelation
pleas EHo.teu ", ~ yrnottan tbot the noise thew
lightly had nao an s ,ha N.tent from alec
forti- mSklns M SfSI ~ PPoiS Won that ~
ldhood JosePu' 1oSop tpran,%,;n, uritb emotion.
"Ko Smell"
zen by ;, me VagranT 1s Hn 'ue Oh" an"
y "s IL . But, Bella, right or wrong, he who
uds of no1ning naUuiIS e 1S 2martS of Ghvvelde
rocked hearu IL from SHu Nv I've ~ Sown hetwee
oN1 'N0 French gendarmeS and the smuggler Bosa
I'd their Inc oin1 n1a 4t;"OS tho vomen