The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-23

n'alS, l'aI !'ildi!llI. ana Frightening, VII
in Il very short time the windows be-
gan to glow like openings in 4 wall of
flame. As the building burned, the
rioters Withdrew, their last act before
leaving the mn>irrnnm being t" threw a
piano bodily ont Of tie wiu,i"w. All
this time l."li~AS charge slept on her
lap, mn:trrinL in urtu'us a|'out her
mother in New Orleans, hrr Aunt Fanny
and her doll.
THE INMATES NESClLD.
AS with wild yell the rioters .liSap.
pcarcd men were heard moving Stra,|i!v
behind the fence, which they began to
tear down. Fortunately they proved to
be friends, Mr.. Cutter aud some others.
They broke a gap in the fence and publ
ed the fuyi'ives through as noiSrIr>sly as
might be; then they stumbled down
through pota,o-tlrld to Mr.. Cutters
house. After waiting here a while III
full sight of the blazing ruin, Sister
Mary John rclap>i,lg into drlrinm. -
their host hurried them away. for the
mob was on the supcri"r> trail. Near.
ly a mile away, up Winter hill, they
halted, and knocked at several snhStar-
tial dwellings, but /" one would "prn or
even answer. Finally, as they were
about to move further, a night capped
old gentleman, Mr.. Joseph Adams, bob
bed his head ont of the window. took
them in, locked the doors, put ont the
lights, aud the mob went by seeking in
teIIig,ncc Of the mus hiding place, did
some excellent dramatic "bH>nr>S,' cx-
pressing s|ccpineSs, surprise, and disgust
at being raped up to have such absurd
questions put to him, llcl to the rioters
like Il good hearted Christian gentle.
man, and sent them on a FOOLS GRAND.
Meanwhile the superior had recovered
her spirits and was banterily the girls.
Feeling mxIously in her poke; she
found her snuff box, and her face bright
encl. "OId friend, | didn't forget yo,,
thcn,' she said, but the box WAS empty.
"ii | only had a clean pocket-bandhrr
chief and some suutf,' she said, II
should be happy.'
JuDlLANT ruRlTANS.
Only an outline has, of course been
given here of the story. The convent
was mobbed, robbed, aud burned by a
body Of from sixty to one hundred men,
most of them Boston truckmcn, while
two thousand men, old and young, stood
quietly by and iuterposed not. In fact,
after the work was done, rioters and
spectators fraternizcd and returned to
the city in stream, jccripy the girls as
their friends and parents removed them,
and singing and dancing while bearing
part Of the spoil. The Ursuliuc colnlnu-
nifty at last left the nciglborhood OF
Boston, and all sorts of scandalpns sto.
ries were set ahoat about its members
and the state refused to pay the Ca,ho.
lies for the damages they had incurred
Nor has it ever yet made rcparation.
| Mrs. Whitney closes her book with
an auccdolt of her meeting aftcrward al
a ball a mildle-agel dandy, who tolC
her, in pause III the conversation, that
he had been "onc Of a large party o
young gentlemen" who followed the
rioters to Charleston out Of curiosity
+ and sat on the grass to watch the burn
ing of the convent. Sand did you III
nothing to prevent it ?" she asked, flash
ing round upon him Indignantly. "Wh!
-a-no," he answered, Il little discon.
crrtrd; "thcre didn't seem to be any
thing we could do; and, in fact, | WASH
acquainted with any Of the yong ladic
Of the school at that time. There were
! some very pretty girls there, 50 | have
:, heard, but You see. hadn't been intro
troduced. If ! had known any Of them
. of course, | should havc-4Ah =! there i
; our waltz at last. "AlIow me!' sex
cuse me-" said Miss Go'\lard, coldl
, drawing back. shut don't like a frebl
, partner. | like to be held up tirnl
, when | waltz, and that arm must y
weak indeed which had not strength t
t uplift itself in defense Of helpless womc
e and children.