. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. IT IS RATHER HARD BREAD. UPPER NORMANDY. 35 Going out on a certain Good Friday barefoot to distribute alms,he saw a leper on the other side of a dirty pond. He waded throughit to the wretched man, gave him alms, then, taking his hand in hisown, kissed it. The act greatly astonished his attendants, but the dis-ease was not communicated to DEATH OF ST. LOUIS. In 1270 he started on a new crusade, but died in Tunis of thepestilence. Visions of the conquest of the Holy City seemed to fill hismind to the last. He was heard to ex
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. IT IS RATHER HARD BREAD. UPPER NORMANDY. 35 Going out on a certain Good Friday barefoot to distribute alms,he saw a leper on the other side of a dirty pond. He waded throughit to the wretched man, gave him alms, then, taking his hand in hisown, kissed it. The act greatly astonished his attendants, but the dis-ease was not communicated to DEATH OF ST. LOUIS. In 1270 he started on a new crusade, but died in Tunis of thepestilence. Visions of the conquest of the Holy City seemed to fill hismind to the last. He was heard to exclaim on his death-bed in histent, Jerusalem ! Jerusalem ! We will go up to Jerusalem ! VS /.\ HlSrOKh LANDi. One of the first places which the Class sought out in Rouen was i |oan \ It is placed on a street fountain near tin- where the unfortunate maid was burned. It disappointed oiuj tourists, and seemed an unworthy tribute to such an heroic < haracter. The great tower, called the rower ol Joan ol An . seemed a more fitting reminder of her achievements. The streets of Rouen are narrow, but arc full of life. Rouen liasParis, and Napoleon said that Havre, Rouen, an<| Paris were one city of \\ hicMthe river Seine was thehighway. The gable-fa< edjtimber-fronted mansionsare interspersed with evadences of modern thrift,and the Rouen ol romanceseems e\ eryw here disappearing in the Rouen of trade
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