The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-03-10

tba S,,Iisrd table, suddenly o young man,
soldier, entered, looking round III oil u'fe0
tiurs
lie saw US at last, and npproacheo us VIZ w
His forspirg cap in his hand BuiGuet Ioohu
up and recognized him; saw MIN Iurn .1a
tho desertcr, on the contrary, was very pa''
h. tried to speak, bnt could not say "oru.
"Ab my friend!" said Burguet, mere yon
are, safeW .,,Ibave
come TO- thank yon for myself, for my father
anG for my motherH ,.uL.,
"Ah wsaid Bnrguet, coughing, "it is all right
it il oil right| .,d
asked him softly, You are gl ID to live =
"oh, yes sir" replied the o0nsoF'p" ''
glad" ,ooLiro
"Yes" said BurEuet, in low voice, iooRinE Snn;
mt the clocE; at would have been Oil over now!
And suddenly beginning to use tho thou he
said. "Thou hsst had nothing WIN Wn,oa sou ="
drink my heath, and have mol ahoIher 7ou'
sos,s give him Il hundred soua; >.
l gave him ten francs. The deserter tried TO
thank me. ~ ;.; "co
and take a drink with thy comrades De
haDpy and do not desert again.
us made as if ho would follow Solomon,s g
playing; but en- the deserter saioi th.,hf
Won. TOO, for her who is expecting me- he
look ed AT me sideways, not knowing what 10
answer, 50 much was be moved. Iheu l sald
to the conecript, 1--WE arc very glad sna. we
: >
| the health of your advocate, ana tehaVe your
| self we'll" IN 4,
He leek ea a+-ns for moment longer, as Il
he were unable to move; We saw pis % .nHuA h baS
his face, q thousand times better than DC nan
bueu able to utter them. AT length ne Slowly
went ont. saluting us, and BurgueC hn'sheu MS
cup of coffee. h+
had passed. But soon the thought of seelng
my family seized me. E
| Bnrguet was like q soul in purgatory. Every
an
minute he got up to look on, as one OF nn9' i;s
back then he sat down with melancnoIy
look. should have been very sorry to piagne
| him any longer, and, as the clock struok ei9nI,
bade him good evening, "hich o'iuon''S
Good night, Noses" said he, leading me to
the door. "My compliments to Madame sorle'
| and Madame Zeffen."
"N "Ihank You I shall not forget it."
Iwent, very glad to return home, where l
arrived in few minutes. Sorie saw ~ once
that was in good spirits. for, meeting her at
the door of our little kitchen, 1 embraced her
"It Is all right, sor!e," said I, "all just
right!". III r;ab,v
She laupbed, and we went into the room
| where Zaden was undressing David. The puoI
little fellow, in his shirt, came and offered me
his check to kiss. Whenever dined In hne
city / used to bring him some OF the dessert
and in spite of his sleepy eyes, he soon fcuno
You see, Fritz, what makes grandfather:
happy is to find out how br6ht ana seusio''
their grandchildren are. " -,
, | We were all of ua very happy. aAt length
having rat down, gave them an Acco91t ~
the day, setting forth the eloqn"nce OF bui
met, and the poor deserterS happiness. Ahe1
, all listened aIteutively. Satei, seated o1 Vi!
knees. W hsprre, 10 me, ave have sold tht''
= hundred francs worth of brandyH
This news pleased mo greatly: wien OF
makes an outlay, he ought TO profit D, it.
About ten O'Clock, after Icdcn haC wishet
us good night, went down and shnt fEo oo"'
, ana pnt the hey underneath for the aeFgean
Z II he should come IN late.
Nothiny extraordinary occurred for severe
!, dav. rae governor had tho plants and busEc
- | rrHv;ry il, the crevices of the ramPRrta tor
: away TO mako dysCrtiOu less easy, and Ae Loi
- bale the uflicers hc,ug too rough with TIE mei
y which had IA good cnec'.
/ A. tETa TIme, hundreds 0f tfuUsTrTE III ztu7
trians RusslnEs, Bavarians, ard MuTtembn
d rers, by squndrons and regiments. pas'
around the c.iy beyond tho range Of our car
}. non and marched upon PARIS.
= Then there were t9TIblU batties III Shen
payne but we knew nothing of them.
Q, The uniforms changed every day outside th
city our old soldiers on top of the rampar
a recognized all the different nations they IA
rs been ii Ehting for twenty years.
10 Our seargeant came regularly after tho Ca
10 to take me upon the arsenal bRstlon citizet
were there all the tine, talking aboat the Il
o yasioH which did not come to an end.
e, 1t was wonderful! In the direction of
o, Jean, on the edge of the forest of La Bonn
it Fontaine, we saw. for hours at "a time, caval1
ye and infantry defing, and then conveys
or powder and balls, aud then cannon, and the
sd tiles of bayonets, helmets, red, and green, 81
4. blne GOATS, lances, peasants' wsgons oover'
On with cloth-all these passed, passed like
ne river.
So On this broad white plateau, surrounded
he forests, we could see everything.
rr Now and then some COssacks or dragoo
would leave the maia body, and ..ush on g
be Looping to the very foot ofthe glacs, in the Ia
We dcS DANES, or near the iiitle chapel. instant
one of our old marine hrtIlierymen w"r
al stretch out his grey moustsches upon q ra
i'd part gun, aud slowly take aim; the hystand'
,st would all gather round him, even the CHI
rcn, who would creep bet Your legs: fe
X. less OF balls or sbels-and the heavy rifle <
] would 20 ctl!
We Many time l have seen tho Cossack
he Uhlau fall from his saddle, aud the horse II
back To the squadron with his brldie or
,eu heck The people would shout 18th JOY I!
lre wcnld climb up the ramparts and l'
;" down. aud the gunner would rub his hands
len say Zone more out of the way
,dy At other times these o!d men, with IL
= L hot ann