The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-02-03

Pareid PL"n1id have liked to have us with th I'm, and
after what had just happened, IN being MAJ
treated by o Mon borne, you can oeiieve 'nHs R,t
it was enough to receive such good news auo
in spite of all our misfortunes, saia 10 my
self, as 1 thought of FIichsrd: Sut IL is
onlv to me tn at you can be an ass You may
harm me here, but you can't hurt my boys:
You are nothing but q miserable Seoretary ..
mayoralty. while au going to sell my sP,ii'
will nut my little Safel at your side, under tne
market, aad he will bsckon to everybody .sne saHe
s going into yorr shop; and he wan n, se, '1g and
he will make you die Of anger"
The tears came into my eyes as thought Oh
1t, and ended by embracing sorle' WIN
smiled, full of satisfaction.
Then, after dinner, went to my cellar, S onS
of the finest in the city, twelve ieet hlgn auu
thirty five feet long, all bnilt OF hewn sSonS,
| oven, and ev en- improved wine IN the long run.
As my spirits of wine might arrive Deiore
the end of the month, 1 arranged fonr tatSe tSe
we'll, cut in the rook, bad enough water for
mixing it. ,,o-o.;ved
| the old architect, Kroner, who was waihink
across the market, his measuring Suck ohaef
"Ah /" said i, 'come down q minute into my
| cellar do you think Ii VIII Do sAis "s'
Wv We went down together. He examined it,
measured the stones and the thickness Oh .Ge aie
|
feet of earth over the keystone When tne
bombs enter here, Moses, it will be over win
all of us. You may sleep with oo'h eHi'
shut 9 4ha
I We took a good drink of WHO from tte
spout, and went up in good spirits. a.,
just as we set forth on the pavement, a door
there was q sound of glass broken. KRONER
raised his nose, and said: LOOK yohuer
Moses, at Camus' steps! something ID goins
on" .., ,;,ad
We stopped and saw at the top of the rallied
staircase n sergeant of veterans, IN gray
COAT, with bis muske5 dangling, dFegsiIlgg aaea nlg
man clung to the door with both hands to Keep
, himself from falling; he succeeded at ias0 ~
getting loose, by tearing the collar from N nus
, coat, aud the door shut with noise hAe
"If war begins now between citizens and
soldiers" said Kroner, "the Germans anu
Russians will have fine sport"
, bolted within, tried to force 1t open WIN
, blows from the butt end of his mueket, whloh
ed great N.. 'HS We Watching
, it all, when we saw Burguet come along tne 40
passage in front, and begin to talk vehemently
, with the sergeant. At frst the man dld not
= seem to hear him. but after moment ne
/ raised his musket to his shoulder with rouge
! movement, and went down the street, WIN
his shoulders up and his face dark ana furious !.
: He passed by us like - wild boar. lie was q
. veteran with three chevrons, sunburnt; VIII .
gray mustache, large, straight Wrinkles toe
\. whole length of his oneek5, anu e4uoho oain
a He mutteTed as he PISSED us, and went lnto
: the little inn of the Tine Pigeons. -, -,
Burguet followed at distance, with MS
9 broad nat down to his eyebrows, Wrappeu ~
4 his beaver cloth great coat, his head tnroWn
n back, and his hands In his pockets' ne
3. | smiled.
o Well" said I, "whnt has been going on at
q "Oh,, said he, "it is Sergeant Trobert, Of
k the fifth company of veterans, who hao jas,
Q been playing his tricks. The old fello" wan. III,
= 1 h la nd
d last fortni Sht he has had five different loog
al ings, and cannot get along with anyoouy
70 Everybody complains OF bin, but he away way
1t makes excuses which the Governor auo 0oin
r mander think excellent"
"And at Camus' houssT
% "Camps has not too much room for his Owl
IN family, He wished to send the sergeant 10 Us
inn but the SCI geaut had already CHOSEN Va
ut mus b ii to sleep in, had spread ms cloai
~ upon IT, and said, MY billet ID TOT this place
s. am very comfortable here, and do not Wis,
le to change" Old Camus was VeNed, ana nnal
Id ~, as you have just seen, the sergeant tried
pull him out ana beat him"
V This was the tenth of December. lt wa
'J. already very cold. Every night, after hVe O
,e six O'Clock, the roof and pavements wer
re covered with frost. There was no more nos
We without, because people kept at home' aroun
- 1 found sorle in the kitchen, preparing on
Dr. supper. The red fame flickered upon tn
IA a are 1s now before my eyes, Fritz-the mothe
ug washing the plates at the stone SINK, near u
ais gray window; little Safel blowing In ms o.
iron pipe his cheeks round az an apple, b
his long curly hair all disordered, and myself 81
ting on the stool, holding coal to light II
pipe. Yes, it all seems here present!
nd We said nothing. We were happy in thinl
re ing of the spirits of wine that were comin
of the boys that were doing 80 well, OF Il
7in good supper that was cooking. And wi
would ever have thought, then, that twent
ice five days afterwards the oily would be 'su
rits rounded by enemies, and shells Kissing IN q
airf
ID vi.
ks. You know that Frichard, the secretary
as the mayoralty, disliked me. He was q lit
ing yellow, dried up old man, with red wig, Il
of ears and hollow cheeks. Ihls rascal was oe
and on doing me injury, aud he soon found
opportunity.
hen AS the time of the blockade drew near
ug, people were more ana more anxious 70 BE se
and the day after received the good ne
tor FROM AmericA-it was Friday, a mar ket day
first so many of the Alsaclan ana Lorraine peo
n.y came With their great dossers and panniere
fruit, eggs, butter, cheese poultry, etc, 81
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