The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-03-17
THE BLOCKADE
AN EPISODE OF The
END OF THE EMPIRE.
tContinred.)

S,..o.t tn the top Of the table. Lttie S"
put the white pieces in woou ga soJls saiu
..yW. have sold twice as much as Usual; NO
vaore We raise the price the better u se,s ns,
was going to reply thai s,,' sor these women,
evrn the beet Of them, do not KNOW i;,,l,
hen the ser geapt came in to take IA "a" ,.r,;sd
.0i,as. He wore his foraging oos'' ~ of rod
hung across his oare k'nu '' ~
.Te he. hel" ssid be. as he saw the ns ro,is
Won onebt TO be satisfied with this days "ofh'
f.sSes .Yes not bad, sergeant" joyfaly replied;
~I think" said he, as he sat down anu us%su ,asu
the little glass of herry-erandy, "h'"n h; that
"a mat nopred out for him, IL tninN tnaC
nft.r one or two sorties mere. you Will 40 ior
ooIcnsi OF the shop-keePetss- u L! 90 Sni.-i'o
muoh the better !; l am very gao Vi
Then Laughing heartily, he said.
al Va thsr Moses see what ha'o here
theae ,asoals of kaiserlicks deny themselves
nothing" os hi. bau anE
began to draw out PAIR o, ,an ma.ten' sinok.
With fox-skin, then some COED WOODEN sfo stoGk
inas. and q large knife with morn hahu,o .ho
and blades of very fine steel. ho 'p0n'u '''
Nv wife and children, leaning over us, ,oox .s
al on with eager eyes. ThrustinR ms Laho
into sort of portfolio IN atn,s tne s,uu a. surronnd
ed with O orole Of gold In the 6h"pe VI
watoh, 6ut larger
licked. then Sorle then Zeffep, and Safei
IVA were All surprised at ueeinG Q work OF sucn
beauty, and even touched, for the mlhiaIuIe I
represented 9 fair young woman anu '"' io'''
nhildren ns fresh rOse bucs.
onMSI .Wsm that do You think of that : asked
Sho sergeant. u,
ssYes but what 10 1t worth " go
7 took the miniature and examined 1t.
s.To any ono else, ssrgoant,' said l, \ should
nay that It was worth fifty france pat .sqi. sps
roid alone is worth moro, ana ehouio e: ~
nate it at hundred francs We can weigh IT,.
"And the portrait, Father Moses
'Tbe portrait is worth nothing gDa to me; "a ana no,
sell in this country they are of no value eA
S,Spt to the family. -, .,,
that bye And-bye"
'Do you read German 7" he aoAed'
s'Very we'll" an;
"Ah. good! am curious TO near wann AZ, tnr
kaiseriick had to writo. See, 1T is a letter
Ne vas keeping it doubtless for the baggage
master to send it to Germany: But We cam
too COON What does 1T say r. >,.,a
He handed me letter addressed to MADAM
Roe5:g. Stuttgart No. s Bergstrasse. Tha
letter Fritz, here it is. Sorle has Kept ~;
will tell you more about the i"uo"ehr 'n"n
""A' BIEGKLBERG, Feb, %, 1Sl4
"DEAR AuRKLIA: Thy good letter OF J"S
nary 29th reached Cobentz TOO late IN
regiment W 80 on it's way to Alsace.
sWe have had a gTsAt mary discomfort
from rain and snow. The regiment came mr.
TO Bitche of tie most terrible torts Po.s
BILE built upon rocks up in ths SKY. we VT
IN take pnrt in blocksdnE 1t, but n new ord'
sent us on farther to tho fort OF Lpt%elstsi.,
The mountain, where we remained Two DAYS
the village Ui Petersbach, to summon IN
IittJe nlpcs q surrender. The veterans "
hold it having replied by osnncn, our colon
did not Judge 1T necessary TO storm H. An
thank God we received orders To go Al
I,IookAde another fortress surrounded by Ro
villages which furnish US provisions in abun
anoe this is Phalsh9rg, couple OF ieagu
from Sayerne. We relieve, here. the Austrl
regiment of VogegesanKr which has left
Lorraine.
where, and it fills me now with joy. Embr'
little Sabrina and our dear little Henry for
\ hundred times, and receive my embra'
yourself, too. thou dear, adored wife!
"Ah when shall we be together again
our little pharmacy When shall see ag'
my vials nicely labelled upon their shelv
With the heads of Asoulapius and Hip
crates above the doorf When shall take
eoribed formulasf When Lhall have the
of sitting again in my comfortable arm-oh
in front of good fire, in onr back shop,
hear Henry's little wooden horse roll upon
floor Henry whom 80 long for 7 And tn
dear, adored wife, when wilt thou exolai
1T is my Henryp thou seest me ret
croUned with palms OF victory"
s'These Germans" interrupted tho serge
arc blockhca ads IA " ell AS asses! They are
have palms of victory" What silly lott
Bot Sorle and Zsf1en listened ~ read,
tears in their eyes. They held our little
in their arms, and !, too, thinking that Bar
might have been in the same condition as
poor man. was greatly moved.
Now, Fritz, hear the end
we are here in al old tito-kiln, within II
of the cannon of the fort. A few shells
fired upon the city every evening by orde
the Russian General, Berdiaiw, with the
of making the inhabitants decide to open
gates That must be before long; they
short of provisions! Then we shall be
fortably lodged in the citizens houses, til
end of this glorious campaign and that
be soon, for the raGulsr armies have all p
without resistance, and we hear daily of
victories in Champagne. Bonaparto 10 ii
retreat feld. mArshals Blucher and Sch
zsnberg have united their forces, and are
Ave OF six days march from Paris"
"WhAtf WHAT What is thati
does he say 7" stammered ont the serR
leaning over toward the letter. Read
againP
looked at him he was very pale, an
cheeks shook with anger.
"He says that Generals Blucher and Sch
zenberR are near Paris"
'Near PArisl They The rAscAls"