The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-02-03
s1ey1Inr Star and Catholic MESSENGER.
-TT opITANs, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY ). Use.

we frat went down to the French gate.
Hendricks Of wheeSarroM%S % were b;sh ESus could % be
~esn the road to Metz on the right aud the
road to Paris on the left. .o,a,.r.
There, above, crowds OF lanorere, so,uSh .h
ard citizeps, were heaping mp mass Oh eartn
In the form OF o triangle, at least twenty hVs
feat in height, and two hundred In ieng'n anu
breadth. ,..s 18th |
hIr Epy. aiass that this bastion was command |
n by The hill opposite, and 60 everybody was |
ses TO work to place two pieces on . ieVe' WIN
II was the same everywhere else The inte-
riors of these bastions. with these pias,os, % .h
were shut in all around for seven ISes @ f.Tn n.o
Them except from the sky. In tho turf ;,s. hoS.
ever, were dug narrow openings. isrger VIII
cat, like tunnels; the mouths OF tne cannon'
us,fnh were raised upon immense Carriages,
were drawn out through these aPertnres tney
spoUld be pushed forward aud DacKwatu, anu
furned In all directions by mesns OF RreaS
Iovara passed in rings over the hind wnees Oh
Ibad not yet heard the sound of these forty
sight Founders. But the mere sighI U: so Sno'u ~
on their platforms gave me terri9ie aoes o.
Shair mower Even Sorle said: " 1t Is. nue.
Moses; 1t is we'll doueW ,.,. ,,,
She was right, for within tne oas.,oIn anainsd ni
,vaa In complete order not weed remetneu,
and upon the side were piled great ppSS h'ie"
With earth to protect the artilerymen. s
In the midst of all this news oai,.e arIa naI,u hu
go Jozsns: we could not go into the street
.,rikhout scrtng courier pass.-
ped before the Bockhold house. near 'He ueI,
nan gate where the governor lived. a c'rcie
formed around the house, the courier monnteu,
then the news spread through the city tnhs
the allies were concentrated az af tan ~ pbIna
our troops guarded the islands OF the hhlhe'
thnt the oonscripts from 1903 to lSl4 were re-
called tn at those of 1915 woulo form 1ne TO-
serve oorps at Metz, at botaeaun' aS.a,nhla
that the deputies were going TO ASsetho'e' ;
then that the gates had been smut upon snein'
etc, etc.
Tbere came also smuggers of all sorts frem
Grauftha, Pirmssens and kaseratSer' tbair had
and Others from the villages arouna, ~ho
secretly scattered the proclamations oI Alex
.aying that they did not make war upon
france but upon tine Emperor alone, 20 pre-
vent his further desolation Of Europe. Ihey
spoke of the abolition OF dItles S H5G t OF fnow
OF all sorts. The people ae h'gn' oiu no' AN0"
Tsnt one 6ne morning it was all explained;
It was the eighth OF ninth OF neS oothes when
heard the rolling Of drum az the ooFnee VI
Ehe main street. A. .
~v;ndov and leaned out to hear the announce
mants. Parmentier opened his paper, young
EnRelheider kept nj his drum m-beatlDg' ana 'ne
paople assembled. . -
Then Psrmeptier read that the governor o.
khs place ordered all citizens to present them
oelyes at the mayoralty between eight IN TN,
morning and six in the evening, wi!houn M ialI
To receive their muskets and cartridge boxes
and that those who did not come would b.
court-martialed. 800 =,
vna able to march was on his way, and the oil
men were to defend the forth cations sopeI
minded men-oi&zens-men accustomeo TO llv
inc uuietly at home and attending TO tnei
own affairs; now they must mount the ram
parts and every day run the risk OF leS'n
their lives! a :;
divnntion made me also speechless. Not u
after q quartvr of an hour, when asdfesse'
did say: oino to n
unvoralty to yet my musket and cartridge-oox K
Then she exclaimed: Moses, who Won'
have believed that you would have 10 10 80 AL
-6obt at your age7 Oh, what misery y
@eEnd TRn6Wefed :: TT r. tbB Lord 3 viii. :
Then Istarted with a sad heart. Little 8
fel followed me. ,,. ID,
vuet was coming down the msyoraity stsp
which swaImed with men ne mao ms MUSE
on bis shoulder. and said with q snlIe a..
HAh we'll Moses We are going TO tul
MAcoAbees in our old age"
His cheerfulness encouraged me, and I
piled: =, ;. .h0v oon take ration
man. heads of families, and make them destr
4henselvesi l cannot comprehend IL
there is sense in it," e
they can't get thruShes, they must take blao
birds" 5
"Come. Moses, don't be SO disoonsolate; Il
is only formalty. We have troops emo" enEu
1nonnt guard IL sorties are to be made,
attacks repulsed, they will not take you
are not of an age to run, or to give oayot
stroke You are gray end bald Oon'''
Yes" 1 said. shat is very true. BurGS ES
I am broken down-more 30, Perhaps' IN
THAT is WE'LL" said he, "but 60 and ta
your musket and cartridge box" :,
"Aud are We not going to stay IN inc
SNo, now ho cried, laughing aloud 1--WE
going to live quietly at home"
We shook hands with me, and went un'
4he arch OF the mRyorality, The stalrN
was crowded with people, and we heard nai
called out. ~-
And there. Fritz. you Should have seen
looks of the Robinots, tue Gourdiers, the
rinoTs, people WIG every day II in vST 0Bd,n tn
= little Work-you should have seen 81
straiShten themselyss up, look at you PITY
Iy over the shoulder, blow in their cheeks