Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-07-01
CHAPTER XIX.

over -anxiousness, Master Score.
taryl too eager for your FIRST entry
upon the field OF Marsi --ha. hal--the
token Of Q green soldier, o callow
martialist; but II Ia natural, and
well wear of when you have fought
half-a.dozen Of these bouts went
through II oil myself. In my prem
ticeship / could neither sleep nor
eat--faith | will not say drink-at
the contemplation Of the pitched
tield, but was ever taken up with
thought OF making ready. There
was always some tag In my banda.
lier TO be looked to-ao1ne strap
lawry- furnishing 81 muske-
toon, pike or sword 10 be- cared for:
- works Of snpererogati0nl az the.
Church has ii But e liz pleasant 10
behold how Ia the wars corrects
qualmish appetite, and contents
one with his accommodation II
teaches the stomach the custom OF
instant service. So keep yourself
cool. Master Verheyden, -itIs acard-
Inal point Of diseretion And. I
beseeoh you. be nos fancIftxa Id your
c,nceit OF skill with your Weapon;
for though you play we'll, you have
O swordsman to deal with. / have
seen some whipsters who were
over fantastic and dainty Ia their
love of the qurrel; and u was as
much as their tutors could do to
bring them 10 that modesty Of opin-
ion which put should them on the
necessary cautions of fence. Such
hawklings get their lesson in good
time: this world has store OF rubbers
for q vaulting temper. pray, you,
therefore, Master Secretary, bear
| yourself humbly, as II were. Rem.
ember, this ID your first quarrel"
1 You shall find me tractable In all
Il things. worthy Captain, TO your
better experience.
II have seen, continued Dann-
trees, almost as many OF these
dudgeon. prickings as the renown-
ed Claude de Ia Chastre himself;
and have found. In nine chances out
LOT ten, your cool and CHEEKY gentle
Imam 70 get theodds Of your choleric
hot blood. have o comrade In
Flanders who was master In this
sort-and, by the bell and condle q
| priest A most comical church.
man, trulyl His name was Roger
IO'Brien, an Irish Jesuit, and most
notable for many perfections both Of
the book and the sword. From q
liking TO his old trade--for he serv.
ed with Prince Rupert before be
took up the cassock-he must need,
for fancy, put on the red coal
; again, and buckle his cheese. toas.
ter TO his thigh. and. In this dis.
guise, throw himself abroad anon.
gst the lanskennets and swash- buck.
lers Of Flanders. There | met him,
/, and We iourneyed together 10 Paris.
I Ha, hs, hal saw him foil the whole
S0Fbonne on great prize question
There was a thesis debated--s
: lquodlibet wrangle concerning some
knot In the cobweb of theology
where the whole world was challeng
ed TO the dispute. Therenpon. ms
. | Irish friend and 'myself-both ID
livery went staggering 10 10 sec
and hear how these FrenchmeE
Ichopped their logic. The thesis
was debated 10 Latin; when presen-
tly, 70 the smazement Of all- myself
no less then others--up rises my
4 priest TO say somewhat 10 the point
|. Well, q Spanish cavalier there pre-
5 sent, thinking my comrade could be
!. no other then man OF the wars II
: bis cups, rudely pulls him by the
; skirt to take his seat; but be n0wiss
needing this Interruption. pressed
!. on In bis discourse, and poured ouI
Isuch q food 81 choice Las mos
2 select In phrase and apt insrRnment
: that the ainszement Of the company
: ives greatly increaed. and our pries
! tiy martialist won the whole glory
OF the day. The Sorbonne WA
D mute. and the assembly In On ecs
) tasy Of wonder. Whereupon, dc
!. parting, Father O'BFien touches th,
Spanish cavalier upon the shoulder
: and whispers In bis ear challenge
TO meet him. at sunset, In TIL
. chErchyard 81 81. Genevlev0, which
]. the spaniard could not choose avoid
: 1 went with my friend 10 the rem
devious and on The way, am0ngs
! other discourse touching the or
Z FanQoment Of the duel, / shall no
!. fcrQgs his commendatiOn of this yir
tue 81 c0olpess, BY which ! have
more than once profted: ios be was
Master Verheydep, most exper