The country parson ; and Albert Savarus ; The peasantry . who had not taken the oath to the Eepublic. Hefound himself in prison at last, justly accused of connivingat the escape of a bishop whose life he had saved; but luckilyfor the hawker, steel files and iron bars were old acquaint-ances of his, and he made his escape. Whereupon the Courtfinding that he failed to put in an appearance, gave judgmentby default, and condemned him to death; and it may be added,that as he never returned to clear himself, he finally diedunder sentence of death. In his religious sentiments his wifeshared; the pars
The country parson ; and Albert Savarus ; The peasantry . who had not taken the oath to the Eepublic. Hefound himself in prison at last, justly accused of connivingat the escape of a bishop whose life he had saved; but luckilyfor the hawker, steel files and iron bars were old acquaint-ances of his, and he made his escape. Whereupon the Courtfinding that he failed to put in an appearance, gave judgmentby default, and condemned him to death; and it may be added,that as he never returned to clear himself, he finally diedunder sentence of death. In his religious sentiments his wifeshared; the parsimonious rule of the household was only re-laxed in the name of religion. Punctually the two paid theirquota for sacramental bread, and gave money for the curate of Saint-E*tienne came to ask for alms, Sauviator his wife gave without fuss or hesitation what they believedto be their due share towards the funds of the parish. Thebroken Virgin on their pillar was decked with sprays of boxwhen Easter came round; and so long as there were flowers,. When Veronique was learning to walk, her father squatted upon hisheels four paces away THE COUNTRY PARSON 9 the passers-by saw that the blue glass bouquet-holders werenever empty, and this especially after Veroniques there was a procession the Sauviats never failed todrape their house with hangings and garlands, and con-tributed to the erection and adornment of the altar—thepride of their street. So Veronique was brought up in the Christian faith. Assoon as she was seven years old, she was educated by a GraySister, an Auvergnate, to whom the Sauviats had renderedsome little service; for both of them were sufficiently oblig-ing so long as their time or their substance was not in ques-tion, and helpful after the manner of the poor, who lendthemselves with a certain heartiness. It was the FranciscanSister who taught Veronique to read and write; she instructedher pupil in the History of the People of God, in the Ca
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