Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-11-18

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this caw 9 he wrote with all the fervor
and fore Of his pen
The arrest Of the Archbishop and his
felowsufrcrcrS, on the 9th Of April,
was q first shock which disturbed
CASTOR Morjemars faith in the men
who ruled PARIS That act appeared
miusadablc even in the eyes Of one
who held The sancuty of the priest
hood somewhat lightly The Spotless
reputation and noble character of the
chief victim made the detu Sacrilege.
Castor did not measure the words in
which he denounced this arrest He
had expressed himself SUongl, also
upon the Imprisonment of Citoycn Bon
jean, the good President. From that
hour The Red Flag was suspected
paper The man who was not with
The Commune, heart and hand; in It's
worst lollicS its Hoodi,st crimes. was
q marked man.
The dcuuuciation of GuSmyc Chau,
dey the journalist by VemtSch, the
editor Of the infamous Pcre Duchenc.
followed within twenty four hours 10y
Ibis arrest and Imprisonment was the
next rude bow Again CASTOR de.
nouuccd the tyrants Of the Hotel de
Nillc; and this time retaliation was
Immediate The Red l'hg was sup
pressed, and proprietor ana contributors
were threatened with arrest Gastdus
occupation was gone His economies
Of the past had been exhausted hy the
evil days of the siege. and he found
himself prunicSS,
Tie was not altogether dishdutcucd
He sat himself down to write satirjcal
ballads, which were printed, secretly
mt the old office, and sold by hawl,crs
in the streets; and in these days of
feycrhcat and perpetual agitation, the
pubic pence flowed freely for the pur-
chase of sQuihs which hit right or
left, Versailles or Paris, Republic or
Commune, The little household In the
Rue, cit To- Occur fragile bark to be-
tossed on such a tcmpesuous sea, man
aged thus TO breast the waves gallant
lv for a little while longer. and Dur
and's kindly offer of help was refused,
as not yet needed.
soon after hearing OF the arrest OF
the Archbishop and the other priests,
Castor made a pilgrimage a little way
out Of Paris He went to visit his old
friends the Dominican monks, ut the
school OF Albert the Great ana TO as
certain for himself whether any storm
cloud was darkeniug over those de.
fcuccloSs heads Who could tell where
those IN power might look for their
next victims? Priests and sergents de
vile Wcrt the betcs uoires Of the Com
mnards
An was tranquil at the Dominican
School The house had been turned into
an ambulance by the fathers during
the sicgd; ana II was still used for the
same purpose under the Commune.
The Domluicans could have no affection
/ for a government which turned
churches into clubs forbade public
worship, and imprisoned priests; but
! they were ready to give shelter 60 the
wounded Fedcrals and to attend then
with that divine charity which ask,
no questions rs to the creed Of the
sufferer They had a right to suppose
=. NAT thd Geneva Cross would protcc
their homes.
out of doors they did not pass with
ont insults The house had the rcputa
ton Of being rich and the Communard
began to talk OF hidden treasures, anC
Of n rCacuonary spirit among thu
fathers. The Dominicans let them 81!
their say. turned a deaf car 60 opprO
brious cpithets, appeared in public a
HtFe as possible and conGdcd them
selves 10 the mercy of God. Gastol
saw Father Capticr, the good prior
offered to serve him in any way within
his power which, unhapply was Of tn
smallest thanked him for all his good
ness in the past and talked with hin
Of the future, which was not fun o
promise. Aud so they parted, each try
ing 10 cheer The other with hopeful
speech. each oppressed by the drca,
of impending troubles.
SerIzicr. the colonel Of the 18Th l.
? gion, had established his head-quarter
, in nObleman's chateau adjoining th
+ Dominican School, ana looked with n
= garden lay within sight Of his drawing
room windows The seizure of the for
! friendly cyd upon The fathers, who's
J AFT Issy aggravated the already daf
r gerous position Of the monks. IN
! Fdlcrals. forced to evacuate their pos
D ton. fell back upon Arcueil an
e Cachan. and the 18Th legion cncampe
{ in The enyirons Of the Dominican Schoo
I The fathers began 70 fear that IN
:, Geneva Cross would not protect then
forever.
f on May 18th fire broke out In tn
y roof Of thd chateau occupied by Serzlei
= The Domlnlcans hurried to the rescue
Y tucked up their robes and succeede
@ in extlngllshing the flames. Scribe
O sent for them, and they appeared o'
G fore him, expecting TO be thanked an
g prai~ a.
T. 10 their surprise, they were treate
z rs spies sergents de vile In disguise
e they we're accused Of having themselye
q set fire to the roof, which was to ser7
r as n signal to the Versailles. They pr
tested but In vain.