The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-02-17


does no. make one sbudderW
eyes" said che. az hope our sergeant Will
not be wounded; hope he will come back
aMay the Lord watch over him! - replied,
iumping from my bed and lighting candle.
could not control myself l dressed myself
ss quickly as if 1 were going to run away ana
after wards / listened to that terrible rolllng,
which came nearer or died away with every
When once dressed, 1 opened window, to
try to see something: The street was shil i
black but towards the ramparts, above the
dark line of the arsenal bestions, was stretched
line of red.
The smoke of powder is red on account of the
musket shots which light it up. 1t looked nke
q great.fre All the windows in the street
were open nothing could be seen, but heard
our neighbor the armorer cay to his WIRE, IL
is growing warm down therel 1t is the begin.
got the big drum yet; that will come by and
The woman did not answer. and thought,
" Is it possible to jest about such Things! IL 10
against nature"
The cold was 30 severe that after five or Six
minutes shut the window. Sorle got up ana
made q fire in the stove.
The whole city was in commotlon; men we're
shouting and dogs barking. Safel, who had
been wakened by all these noises, went TO Dress
himself in the warm room. looked very ten
derly this poor little one. his eyes Still heavy
with sleep; and as I thought that we were to
be fred upon, that we must hide ourselves in
cellars, and all of us be in danger or being
killed for matters which did not concern us,
and about which nobody had asked our opln-
ion WAS full of indignation. But what dis
tressed 70 most was to hear Zeften sob and say
that it would have been bett for her and her
children to stay with Barucn at saverne and
all die together.
the casemates were open, and that every body
might take their mattresses there, and that
there must be tubs full of water in every honse
and the wells left open in case OF hre.
Think Fritz, what ideas these orders suG-
gested.
some of our neigbbors-Lisbeth Dubourg
Bevel Rupert, Camus's dang and some
others-came to us exolaimins, We are all
losti"
Their husbands had gone out, right and left,
to see what they could see, and lnese women
hung on Zeffen and Sorle's necks, repeating
again and again, oh, dear! oh, dear! what
miseryW
I could have wished them all to the devil,
for instead of comforting us they only Increased
our fears; but at snch times women NV Will get ge,t
talk reason to them they like these loud cry
ings and groanings.
Just as the clock struck eight, Bailey the
armorer came to find his wife: he had come
from the ramparts. "The Russians" he said,
shave come down in mass from Quatre-Ven
to the very gate, filing the whole plain-Cos-
sacks, Baskirs and rabble! Why don't they
fire down upon them from the rsmpartsf The
governor is betraying u.s."
"Where are our soldiers !" asked.
,"Retreating f" exclaimed he. The wound.
ed came back two hours ago, and our men stay
yonder, with folded arms"
His bony face shook with rage. He led away
his wife; then others came crying out, The
enemy has advanced to the lower part OF the
gardens, upon the glacs," l was astonshed
at these things.
The women had gone away to cry somewhere
else, and just then great noise OF wheels was
heard from the direction of the rampant. l
1O0k . Of thn nd or1 yron N
from the arsenal, some citizen gunners-old
Goulden, Holender, Jacob Cloutier and Bar
rier-golIoped at its sides; Captain Jovis ran
in the nfe9 the captain
" Tell him to come down."
Baker Chanoine, the brigadier of the second
battery, came up. opened the door.
"What do you want of me 7" 1 asked in the
stairway.
"Come down, Noses" said Chanoine, and ]
Captain Jovis, q tall old man, with his face
covered with sweat, in spite of the cold, said
to me, " You are Moses, the iron-merchantW
"Yes, sir"
"Open your storehouse. Your iron is re-
quired for the defence OF the oity."
So / had to lead all these people into my
court, under the shed. The captain, on look
| ing round, saw some ca st-iron bars, which were
used at that time for closing up the backs Of
pounds each, and 1 sold good many 10 the
vicinity of the city: There was no lack of old
nails. rusty bolts and old iron of all sorts.
"ThiO is what We want" said he. Break ur
| these bare, and take away the old iron, quick.
The others, with the help of our two axes
began at once to break up everything. Some
of them filled q basket with the pieces of cast
| iron, and ran with it to the wagon.
The captain looked at hia watch, and said
"Make h1stel We have just ten minutesp
| Thought to myself" They have no need O.
credit; they take what they please it is more
| convenient
| All nv hars and old iron were broken !,
pieces-more than fifteen hundred pounds Of
| iron.
AS they were starting to run to the rsmparta
grape shot, Noses Thou carst get ready th!
pennies. Well come and take them to-mor
| row."
The wagon started through the crowd whicl
ran behind it, and followed too.
(To be continued.)
RnnTS AND SHnES-HATS-