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

which I am going to sell for three franos~
This shows the beauty of trade; but every
body can imogine the pleasure for himself
there 10 no use in speaking about it.
About midnight my twelve pipes were down
on the stands, and there was nothing left to
| do bat to broach them.
| While the crowd was dispensing, engaged
Gros to come in the morning to help me- mix
the spirits with water, and We went up, well
| pleased with our days work. We closed the
dou BILE oak door, and fastened the paddock
and went to bed.
| What pleasure it is to own something and
| feel that it is all safe!
This is how my twelve pipes were saved.
You see now, Fritz, what an1ieties and
| fears we had at that time. Nobody was sure
of anything; for you must not suppose that
was the only one living like bird on the
| branch; there were hundreds of Others who
were not able to close their eyes. You should
have seen how the citizens looked every morn
ing when they heard that the Auetrians and
Russians occupied Alsaoe, that the Prussians
were marching upon Sarrebruck, or when an
| order was published for domiciliary visits, or
for days labor to wall up the posterns and
| orilliors OF the place, or to form companies
of fremen to remove at once all infammable
matter, or to report to the governor the stu
| alton of the city treasury, and the list of the
principal persons subject TO the taxes for the
| supply OF shoes, caps bed linen, etc;
each other.
In war times civil life is nothing, and
they will take from you your last shirt, Civ
] fret men of the land are zeros when the gov
l.ernor has spok en.-This is whyL-haxe often,
| thought that everybody who wishes for war,
or at least wants to be a soldier, is either de
mented or half ruined, and hopes to better
himself by the ruin Of everybody else. 1t must
be
But notwithstanding all these troubles
could not lose time, and l spent oil the next
day in mixing my spirits. took off my
cloak, and drew cut with great gusto. Gros
and his boys brought j ags, and emptied
hand. go that by evening these casks were
| brinful of good white brandy, eighteen de-
grees.
had caramel prepared, also, to give the
brandy q good color of old cognac, and when
turned the faucet, and raised the glass be-
| fore the candel and saw that it was exactly
the right tint, was in eostasies, and exclaim-
ed: "Give strong drink unto him that 10 ready
| to perish, and wine unto those that be of
heavy hearts! Let him drink and remember
his misery no more"
Father Gros, standing at my side on HIS
great fat feet smiled quietly, and his boys
| looked we'll pleased.
l filed the glass for them they passed it
! to each other and were delighted with it.
About five o'clock we went upstairs. Safel
on the same day. had brought three work
men, and had them remove our old iron into
the court under the shed. The old rickety
I.storehouse was cleaned. Desmarets, the join
or, put up some shelves behind the door in the
arch, for holding bottles, and glasses, and tin
EmeasuIes, when the time for selling should
come. and bis son put together the planks of
ethe counter. This was all done at once,
Pat time of great pressure, when people like
ITO make good sum of money quickly.
+ looked st it all with good deal of salts
:and Sorle had also come down. 1 showed my
cwife the place behind the counter, and said,
Z" That is the place where you are to sit, with
your feet in loose slippers, aud warm tippet
| on your shoulders and sell our brandy"
| She smiled as she thought of it.
! Our neighbors, Bailly the armorer, Koffel
| the little weaver, and several others, came and
blocked on without speaking they were as
Nonished to see what quick work we were
lSnakipg.
- At Elk O'Clock, just as Desmarets laid aside
His hammer, the sergeant arrived in great
Elee. on his return from the cantine.
"Well, Father Noses" he exclaimed, " the
| york goes onl But there is still something
| Tanting"
What is that, sergeant :"
=" Hi! II is all right, only you must put q
screen up above, or look out for the shellsw
| Il saw that he was right, and we were all we'll
frightened, except the neighbors, who laughed
| to see our surprise.
S'Yts," said the sergeant, 1--WE must have it,"
This took away all my pleasure; saw that
our troubles were not yet at an end.
| Sorle, u fen and went up, while Desmarets
closed the door. Supper was ready; we sat
down thoughtfully, and little safel brought
thu keys.
The noise had ceased without now and
then citizen on patrol passed by.
The sergeant came to smoke his pipe ss
usual. He explained how the screens were
mRde, by crossing beams in the form of q SEN
try box, the two sides supported against the
gables, but while he maintained that it would
hold like an arch, did not think it strong
enough, and saw by Sorle's face that she
thought as did.
We sat there talking till ten O'Clock, and
then all went to bed
About one O'Clock in the morning of the 6tt
of January, the day of the feast of the Kings
the enemy arrived on the hill Of Saverne.
1t was terribly cold, our windows under the
persiennes were white with frost. 1 woke q,
the olook struck one; they we're beating thu
call at the infantry barracks
You can have no idea how it sounded in the
silence of the night.
"Dost thou hear, Mosesi" whispered Sorle
p" Yes, hear" said ], almost without brea h
ing.
After q minute some windows were opened
in our street, and we knew that others to-
were listening; then we heard running, anC
suddenly the cry, To arms! to arms ~
| 1t made ones hair stand on end.
had just risen, and was lighting lamp
when we heard two knocks at our door.
" Come in y said Sorle trembling.
The sergeant opened the door. he was il
| marching cuuipments, with his CATERS on hi