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10 THE OMATU DAILY.IJRE SUNDAY. AUOUvSr 12 , 18tU IIEBTJME OF LOTJHDE8. Jlrlcf Hjnopum of the Portion of.olo'n ( Iron Story Wlilcli Ilim HITII Published. VIRST DAY. , . CHAPTER I. The opening scene of "Ixnirdes , which wns commenced In serial form In Sun day's Ueo of April 15 , la In a Cnr of the "whit trnln , " which curr-les the very sick pilgrim : from Paris to I iurdes. Amons the pilgrims I Marie , d Ouers.ilnt , a young woman , who , fo years , 1ms been bedridden. Htic Is accompanlec by her father nnd the Abbe Pierre Kromcnt. CIIAPTKR II. The Abbe Pierre was the soi of a chemist who lived nt Ncullly. Living nox them wcro M. de Ouersilnt nnd his family. Llttl Marie do CliicrH.iInt nml Plcire plnyed together nnd finally Ml In love with eich other as the : grew up. Mnrle received an Injury which re suited in nearly total paralysis. As she couh never be his wife , Pierre became n priest. CIIAPTKR HI. The suffering In the train I In tense when It stops at Poitiers half an nou for lunch. % UHAITER IV.Sophie Coutcnu tells the stor ; ot the euro accorded to her diseased foot b ; simply dipping It In the \vntor of Ixjurdes. CIIAPTKR V. The Abbe rends the history o Herrmdelle. nnd describes the visions In Un grotto. As the train rolls Into the station a Lourdcs an unknown irmn dies. HKCONO DAY. CHAPTER I , A vivid picture 1s given of thi confusion when the Invalids are landed and con veyed to the hospital. CHAITER II. The hospital Is greatly over crowded. ' ' At . in. the procession to the grotK starts. Kallrer Massals asks the vast conBjesa tlon to pray for a gteat miracle , ns the body o the man who died In the train In to be Im mersed In the pool In hopes that life will lx restored. CHAITER III. The Abbe mocta Ills old friend Dr. Chassalcne. The crowd forces the Audi- ti the pool. The dmd man Is brought In and Im iversed. No mlraclo occurs. On Koing out tin Abbe finds Uiat Marie has been bathed wlthcnl CHAITER IV. Dr. Chassalgne accornpanlei the Abba to the Itureau of Certifications. Li Ortvotte , who had been In th'i last singes o " consumption , cornea ruuhlus In , shouting , . am cured I" CHAPTER V , The Abbe visits Marie , who li losing her faith. He reads to tha Invalids , con Unulns the ntury of IJcrnadette. THIRD DAY. CHAITER I. Pierre discovers tlint Mme. Vol mar , a devout pilgrim , 1ms come to Lourdes t < meet her lover. CHAITER II Herre and M. do GuersaUV meet Mmc. I > v 3snc2U * , Mile , Haymonde am M , da Pcyrelonsuo. to wlibm Raymonde Is en caged. They visit places of Interest. CHAPTER III. Marie , accompanied by hei father and Pierre , watches the truenlflccni torchlight procession. CHAITER IV. Pierre takes Mnrle to thi grotto to remain throughout the night. Ilaror Hulro shows Pierre ihe rnlmculous spring. CHAITER V. Dr. Chnssaigno tells about hli Interview with Hernndette. and describes tin efforts of the Abbe I'eyramale to build a churcl at Lourdes. FOURTH DAY. CHAPTER I. The death ol Mme. Vetu li lvldly portrayed. CHAPTER H. There Is great religious fervoi shown during tha services. In the midst of I Urother Isidore dies. CHAPTER III. As Pierre stands besldi Marie's cart ho remembers that one of th < Physicians called In consul Inllon said she court ! be cured In a perfectly natural way. Suddenly Marie stands up In her carl. She walks to th < llmcau , and her euro Is put on record. CHAITER IV. Marie drags her cart In ( hi procession. Pierre has lost his faith , nnd by hli vows has lost I ho right to lore Marie now thai she can l a wife. CHAPTER V. Dr. Chnsiafgne taVes the Abrx to Dernndetto's room. lie also takes him to thi church that the Abbe 1'cyrnmala started t < build. The ambitions and drrams of Ihe Abbi Peyrnnmlo ore graphically described. FIl-TII DAY. CHAPTER1 I. The abbe Is mimmoned lo tint nlready dead an old lady whose fortune goes lo r crippled hey who has been brought to Lourdei to bo cured. The father regards the old lady'i death ni tv 'divine recompense. CHAITER II. Marie Is annoyed by the alien tlon her cure hnu nttracted. With Pierre ani her father she makes a flnnl visit to the grotto. CHAPTER III. Arnld great confusion the pll Krlms board the white train to take them back t < Paris. With the exception of Marie , the invalid ! are all In about ihe same condition ns whet they arrived. The clergy , however , are cnthusl 4utlo In their assertions ot the miracles tha have been wrought. One lady who came ti Lourdes to pray for the reformation of nn un faithful husband Is filled with Joy lhat he hoj com * to go home with her. She declares It to 1) the greatest miracle of all the healing of r heart. FIFTH DAY Chapter IV. The cnr rolled , rolled on through thi blade night. Eacb ono marto Irl3 arrange inonta , and stretched out to sleep more com fortably. Mmo. Vincent was compelled to Hi down on the scat. A pillow was given ti her , and having become as doctlo as a chili and stupid , she slept In a nightmare's torpor per whllo great , silent tears kept rolllnj down her closed eyes. Kllso Rouquct alsi having an entire scat to herself , made read ] to lie down on H , but , her face alwayi turned to the mirror , she began by ninklii ; an claborato toilet for the night , tying ovei "her head the black kerchief that she hai used to cover her Infirmity , and she lookec to sco It she wcro pretty with the swelllni gene from her Up. And again Pierre wag as tonlshcd to sco that deformity nearly , It no Absolutely cured ; that monster's face tha ono could now examine without horror. Hi was again in a sea of uncertainty. Was 1 not even a real case of lupus ? Was ttsomi Unknown species of ulcer of hysterical or ! gin ? Or must ono admit that certain form ! of lupus not uulllclently studied , resulting from mal-nutrltlon of the skin , could be at- footed by a great mental shock ? It was t miracle , unless In throe wt'Cks , In three months , or In three years It reappeared , a : bad La Grlvotto's consumption. It was , 10 o'clock and the whole car -wai asleep , when Lainotho was passed. Slstei Hyaclntho , who had kept on her knees tin dead of La Grlvotto , could not get up. Slit contented herself by saying as a matter ol form In n low voice In the grinding of tin Wheels : "Silence , silence , my children. " Uut something kept on moving at the bottom tom of a neighboring compartment , a nolst that juinoycU her and that she finally under stood. "Sophie , why do you keep kicking the Beat ? You must go to sleep , my child. " "I am not kicking , sister. It is a kcj rolling undur my shoe. " "What key ? Huud U to me. " She examined it. It was a very poor , verj old' kojr ; blackened , made thin and smootl by usage , ot which the ring had been sol dered and showed the break. All hands fell la tholr pocket , but nobody had lost a key. "I found It In tbo corner , " resumed So phie. "It probably belonged to the man. " " \Vlmt man ? " asked the nun , "Why , the man who died there. " Ho had already been forgotten. Slstei Ilyaclntho remembered. Yes , yes ; It musl certainly have belonged to the man , for she had heard something fall whllo she was sponging bis forehead. She turned the key over ; she continued to look at It a sorry key In all Us nulltipss , n key henceforth useless , that would never again open the unknown lock somewhere In the great world. Otic moment she thought ot putting It In bei pocket In n sort > of pity ( or tbo little plccuol Irpn , so bumble , to mysterious , all that re mained ot the man. Then a devout though ! came to her that she should not keep any thing on this earth , and through the half- opened window alio threw the key , that fell Into the bhckncss ot the night. * "Sophlo , you must not play ; you must sleep , " she resumed , "Come , come , my chil dren , silence. " It was cnly nftor tbo short stop In Bor deaux , nt about half-past 11 o'clock , that sleep was resumed and overtaken by the entire - tire car , Mme , do Jonqulere had boon unable - able to longer struggle against It ; her bead rested against the wooden partition , and. her face was happy In her fatigue. The Kaba- thlor family slept as well , without a breath , whllo not a sound came from the other com partment the one that Sophie Couteau and Hllsa Ilourmet occupied , extended face to face on tha eaU. From time to time a dull groan was heard , a smothered sigh ot soi row or fright that escaped from the lips c the sleeping Mmc. Vincent , ns she was toi lured by bad dreams , There remained wit whlo opened eyes cnly Sister Hynciiithi very much worried over the condition of L Qrlvotte , who was still now , na though ovei powered , breathing with an effort nnd Wit a continuous rattle , From one end to tli other of thi ? moving bedroom , shaken by tli Jolta of the train moving with nil steam 01 the pilgrims and the Inval.ds had Rive Ni ! iisclvc3.up ; limbs were ImnglnK nnd IIKW ! rolling under the lamps' pale , dancing llgh At the end , In the compartment of the te female pilgrims , was a sorry collection ( poor , ugly feccs , old and young , Hat sice seemed to have suddenly struck after hymn , with open mouths. And n h'cnt con passion v/aa duo to these sad people , tlrei crushed by five days ot foolish hcpcs nnd It fln'to ' ecstasies , who would awaken on tli morrow to the stern reality of existence. Then I'lerre felt as though he were alon with Marie. She had not wl5hed to strotc herself on the scat , saying that she had n malneil tea long lying during seven yearn , an he , to make room for M , tie Quersalnt , wli from Ilordeaux had resumed his deep sice Ilko a child's , had gene to sit by her. Th light ot the lamp annoyed her. He pulle the screen , They found themselves In th shade , a transparent , infill.tcly agrccabl shade. At this cmcnt the train must hav been passing over n plain ; It slid In th night ns though flying forever , with a lou and regular noise of beating wings. Throug the window that they had lowered came a exquisite freshness from the black flcldi stretching further than the eye could rcacl without the llttlo , lost light of even a vll lage.Onco Once more the past came bcforo them , tli llttlo house In Neullly , the kiss they had 03 changed near the flowering hedge , under tli trees pierced by the sun. How long ago ths already was , and how his whole llfo had bee perfumed by Itl Then came to him the bll terness of the day when he bacamo a pries She was never destined to be a woman , an ho had consented to be a man no longer , an It was to bo their eternal misfortune , as m turo In Irony would restore her ns a wife an a mother. Still , If ho had retained faith , li would have found In It eternal consolatlot But ho had vainly tried everything to regal It ; his trip to Lourdes , his efforts before th grotto , his hope , at one Instant , that li would nt last believe , If Marie was mlract lously cured ; their total Irremediable rul When the announced euro had been sclentlf cally wrought. And their Idol , so pure an so sorrowful , the long story of their teal slalneil tenderness also passed before hlrr She , herself having discovered his sad secrc had gone to Lourides to ask heaven for th miracle of his conversion. During the torchlight procession , when the had remained alone under the trees In th perfume of unseen roses , they had prayed fc each other , lost In each other , with an anler wish for mutual happiness. Before the grott again she had Implored the Holy Virgin t forget her and to save him , if she could ot tain but one favor from her divine Son. Thci cured , outside of herself. Inspired by love an gratitude , carried by the rails with he wheeled clmlr up to the Basilica , she ha thought that her prayer had been grantci she had cried to him her joy that both c them had been saved together. Ah ! that ll ( that He of affection and charity ! The mis take In which he had left her from that me ment was crushing his heart by its weight It was the heavy stone that now walled hit at the bottom of his voluntary tomb. H recalled the awful shock that had nearl killed him In the shadow of the crypt , hi sobs , his brutal revolt at first , his wish t keep her for himself alone , to possess he as long as ho know her to be his own , a that rambling passion of his awakened vlrlllt that had subsequently little by llttlo bee quieted to sleep again , drowned under th stream of his tears , and. not to destroy 1 her the divine illusion , giving way t brotherly compassion , he had made tha heroic vow to lie to her and It was provln agony. Pierre. In his reverie , trembled ther Would he always have the strength to kec that vow ? At the station , when ha TWO waiting for her , had he not surprised I his heart nn Impatience , a Jealous wish t leave that too well beloved Lourdea , In th vague hope that she would become his ngal at n distance ? If ho had not been a pries then ho would have married her. Wha rapture ; what an existence of adorable happl ness , to give himself up wholly to her , t take her entirely ; to live again In the dea child that would bo born ! There was surel nothing dlvlno without possession , life tha Is complete of Itself and that reproduces His dream then branched off ; ho saw hlmsel married and ho asked himself why thi dream could not be realized. She was n simple as a child ot 10 years ; he would in struct her and would remould n soul. He cure , that she believed she owed to the Hoi Virgin , she would be made to undcrstan came to her from the only Mother , Impasslv and Bcrcne nature. But as he made thi arrangement ot affairs a species ot sacre terror gruw within him , resulting from hi religious education. Great Oed ! did h know If this human happiness with whlc. ho wanted to surround her would ever b worth the holy innocenqe , the chlldls naivete In which she lived ? What re preaches after a time , If flue was not happy And then , what a play on conscience t reject the cassock to marry the girl in Ira c ulously cured but yesterday , to do nwn with her belief sufficiently to got her t consent to the sacrifice ! And yet In tha diiectlon lay bravery ; there lay reason , life the trUe man , the true woman , the ncces snry and gtcat union. Why , then , in ; Cod , did he not dare ? A horrible sadnes misled his reflections ; ho heard nothing bu the suffering of his poor heart. The train rolled along with its cnormou clapping of wings ; there still rcmnlne awake only Sister Hyaclnthc In the wor , out slumbers ot the car , nnd nt this momen Marie , leaning toward 1'lerro , said to hln gently : "It Is strange , my friend , I can scarce ! ; keep up , 1 am so slerpy , and yet I cunno Bleep. " Then with a slight laugh : "I have I'nrls In my head. " "How Paris ? " "Yes , yes. I dream that it Is waiting fo me. Mil I know nothing of that city o Paris , but I shall have to llvo there. " This was agony for Pierre. He had trul ; foreseen it ; she could not bo his ; she won ! belong to others. Paris would take ho from him If Lourdes returned her to him And he pictured that simple girl fatally ac quiring her education as n woman. Th little soul HO spotlessly whlto that rcmnlnei open In the big girl ot 23 years , that sou that Illness had placed aside , far from life far even from novels , would quickly bccom ripe , now that she regained her free flight Ho saw the young ( ; lrl , laughing , strong running everywhere , looking , hearing , meet Ing one day the husband who would complete pleto her education. "Then you look forward to having a gooi time In Paris ? " "I , my friend ; oh , what are you saying Are we rich enough to expect a good time Ko ; I was thinking ot my poor slste Blanche ; I was wondering what I would b able to do In Paris so as to assist her a lit tie. She Is so good ; she gives herself ei much trouble ; \ do not wish to have her con tlnuo alone In earning money. " After another silence , as he himself kcp qulot ami was deeply moved : "Formerly , before I suffered too much , painted miniatures well enough. You re member I made a portrait on paper tha looked very much like him and everybody though very protty. You will help me , won' you ? You will seek ordcrj for portraits fo : me. " Then she ( poke of the new life that shi would lead. She wished to arrange a room draping It with cretonne with small blui ( towers out of her first savings. Dlancbi had spoken to her about the big shops , when everything could be bought at very lov prices. To go out with Blanche , to rut around a lit'If , would bo so much fun foi her who had never seen anything , conflnet to her bed ilnqe childhood. And Plr- quieted for a moment , Buffered gnlti In find Ins In her that burning ilonlro to live , til a anxiety to sec everything , to know ever ) thing , to lotto everything , U wan the flm awakening of the woman she was to bccomi that he had formerly divined , adored ns child , a dear creature of gayety and pnssloi with n mouth Ilko ( lowers , eyes Ilko stars n milky complexion , golden hair , rcsplemlei In the joy of being. "Oh , t shall work nnd work , and , lioslilc : you arc right , Pierre , I will have a goo lime , because there Uno harm In beln merry , Is there ? " "No. surely not , Marie. " "Sundays we will go to the country ol very far Into the woods , where there are fin trees. Wo will also go to the theater , I papa will take us there. I nm told tha there are a great many places that ono ma see. Hut that Is not nil. For that matter , a long as I go out Into the streets and se things I will be so happy , and I will be F gay when I return ! It Isso nice to Hvi Isn't It , Pierre ? " "Yes , yes , Marie , It Is very nice , " A death-like chill had crept over him , H wan wild with regret that he was no longe a man. Why , then , while she thus tcmptc him with her Irritating candor , did ho not te her the truth that Was gnawing him ? H might have seized her , lie might hava wo her. Never had a more awful struggle oc curred In his heart and In his will. At on moment ho wns on the point ot uttering tli Irretrievable words. But she had already resumed the tone of playful child. "Oil , look at my poor papa. He must ci Joy sleeping so soundly ! " Sure enough , on the scat facing them A do ntiersalnt slept with a happy oxprci slon , as though he were In his bed , wlthoi secmlni : to be conscious of the contlnui jolts. The monotonous rolling and pltchln seemed nothing more than n rocking nn made the entire car sleep. It wns an entlt relapse , an unconsciousness of bodies , In tli midst of disordered baggage , that had sllppc from Its place , as though It had bccom drowsy under the fmolty lamplight , and th rhythmic grinding of the wheels kept rlgl on through the unknown darktrcss where th train ran. At times , though , before a Etc tlon , under n bridge , the wind of the race hi came engulfed nnd a tempest suddenly ble' ' Then the rocking grind was resumed ns be fore and continued Indefinitely. Marie gently took Pierre's hand. The seemed lost , alone , with all around them un conscious In the great , grinding peace c the train rushing through the black nlghi Sadness that sad feeling which she had unt then hidden had returned to her , drownln In shade her dark blue eyes. "My good Pierre , you will often como wit us , won't you ? " Ho had felt a thrill as her little ban pressed his. His heart was nt lila lips. H decided to speak. However , ho still re strained himself as he murmured : "Mnrle , I am not always free. A pries cannot go everywhere. " "A priest , " she repeated ; "yes , a prlesl I understand. " Then It was she who spoke , who confos.se the mortal secret that was crushing her heat since their departure. She leaned furthe over nnd resumed In a lower voice : "Listen , my good Pierre. I am terrlbl sad. I look contented , but I have death 1 my soul. You lied to me yesterday. " He was frightened. Ho did not underatan at first. "I lied to you ! How ? " A sort of shame held her back ; she stl ! hesitated at the point of entering the mys tery of a conscience that was not her owr She went on , as a friend , as a. sister : "Yes , you allowed mo to think you ha been saved with me , and It was not trut Pierre ; you did not regain your lost faith. " Great God ! she knew. It was a shock fo him , so great a catastrophe that he forge his own troubles. To begin with , hovlshc to maintain his llo of fraternal charity. "But I assure you so , Marie. "What coul have given you so bad a thought ? " "Oh ! my friend , keep quiet for pity's sake It would hurt me too much to have you 11 any longer. See here. It was back there a the station as wo were about to start whe that unhappy fellow died. Good Abbe Ju dalne got on his knees and said prayers fo the repose of that soul in revolt nnd I felt I all , understood all , when I saw that you dli not get on your knees and that prayers dl not also come to your lips. " "Truly , Marie , I assure you " - "No , no , you didn't pray for the dead you no longer believe. And then , there 4 also another thing , It Is all that I guess , al that comes to me from you , a despair tha cannot hide ; there Is melancholy In your pee eyes when they meet mine. The Holy Vlr gin did not grant my prayer , did not rcstor your faith , and I am very unhappy. " She was crying. A hot tear fell on th hand of the priest , which she had continue to hold. That upset him , be ceased t struggle , confessing all , and In his turn let ting his tears fall , while ho muttered In . very low voice : "Oh , ilurle , I am , too , very unhappy ; oh very unhappy ! " For a moment they kept still In the bltte grief of feeling between each other th abyss of their beliefs. They would never b more closely drawn together. They wor rled especially about their Inability to brim themselves together henceforth , slnco beavei Itself had refused to retle the bond. Sid by side they cried over their separation. "And I , " she resumed , sorrowfully , " who had prayed so much for your conversion I who wns so happy. It had seemed to in that your soul melted Into my soul , nnd 1 was so lovely to have boon saved together- together. I felt strength to live ! Oh strength to uplift the world. " Ho made no response ; his tears kept flow ing without cease. "And to think. " she went on , "that I alon < have been cured ; that I have that great de light without you ! It Is to sec you s lonely , so disconsolate , that tears my heart when I am overwhelmed with grace and Joy Ah , how severe the Holy Virgin has been Why did she not cure your soul at the sam time that she cured my body ? " The last chance had come to him. H should have spoken , broken at last to tha innocent child , the light ot reason , oxplalnei the mlraclo to her , so that life , after havlm accomplished for her the work of health should finish Its triumph by throwing then in each other's arms. - He , too , was cured It would bo common sense after that , and 1 was not because he had lost his faith , I was losing her that brought on his tears But an Invincible pity took possession of bin In his great sorrow. No , no , he would no trouble that soul , ho would not take away It faith , which , perhaps , some day would b Its bole support In the midst ot the trouble of the world. Ono cannot expect of elthe children or women the bitter heroism o reason. Ho had not the strength ; ho ovei thought that he had not the right. U wouli have seemed to him an outrage , a horrli murder. And ho did not speak. Hli tears grew more burning during that Im molatlon of his love , the desperate sacrlllci of his own happiness , so that she should re main candid , Ignorant nnd Joyful. "Oh , Marie , how unhappy I am. Then are none on the highways , none In the prls ons more miserable than I. Oh , Marie If you knew , If you knew how unhappy am ! " She was moved. She seized him In hei trembling arms nnd tried to console hlu with n brotherly hug. At that moment , tin woman awakening In her , she guessed every thing. She , too nobbed that she should bi separated by every human and dlvlno will She had never yet thought of such things She suddenly caught a glimpse of llfo will Its passions , Its struggles , its sufferings She sought for words to appease a llttli bleeding heart , and she whispered very low provoked to find nothing tender enough ti say. say."I know , I know. " She then found words , and as If what shi had to say should only be heard by angels she became uneasy and looked around hei In the car. But It seemed as though sleei had grown still sounder there , Her fathei slept with the Innocence ot a great child Not one of the pllgtlme , not ono of the In vallds had stirred during the rough rochlm that carried them along. Slater Hyacinth * herself , giving way to crushing weariness had shut her eyes after having In her tun : pulled the screen over the lamp of the com partment. There remained only a vagm vhadow , indistinct bodies between nameless objects , hardly apparent , that a breath ol tempest and a furious flight pulled evoi onward In the darkness. She also mlstrustci ! that black country , running to unknown dis tances on either side of the train , where one could not even find out what forests , what rlvem , what hills were being pasted , Awhile * o bright spark * had appeared , distant mills , perhaps sad lamps of workers or of Invalids , but again the night was desp , the sea obscure , Infinite , unnamed , whore one was always further , cUcwbere and nowhere , Marie , then overcome with modest ten n , blushing fn the midst of her tear : put her lips tli Pk'fre'B cnr. "Listen , tny < friend. There I * n great < cret betwen tbdilloly Virgin and me. had sworn to hen that I would tell It t nobody. But you are too unhappy. Yo suffer too miich , , and aha will forgive tin I nm going tq eonOda | t (0 you. " Then , In a whisper : "During the nljtlit of love , you know , th night of buritlfig vcstucy that I passed be fore the grotto , j jjotind myself by an oat ! I promised the Holy Virgin to consecrate m virginity to her It oho cured me. She cure me , nnd npverv-you ihcnr that , 'Pierre- ' never will I tnntry anybody. " Ah ! What , unhoped-for sweetness. He fel as though ( low had fallen upon Ma pool bruised heart. , .It was n dlvlno charm , o delicious belief , . If she belonged to no othe ' she would then n'\w \ ys be a little his. Ho' welt she had understood his trouble nnd wha should be said to him under existence poaal ble for him , Ho wlalieil In hla turn to find some hnpp words to thank her , to promlso that he , tot would belong to none but her , would love he to the end as he had loved her from child hood , ns a dear bslng whoso sole kls : formerly , had been enough to perfume hi whole life. Uut she made him keep qtllel nlready fearful and afraid of spoiling s pure a minute. "No , no , my friend ; do not let us say nn more. It would be wrong , perhaps. I m very tired. I shall sleep quietly now. " And she rested her head against hi shoulder nnd went to sleep nt once , wit ! the confidence of n sister. Ho kept nwnk for n short time , filled with that sad hnppl ness of the renouncement that they had jus tasted together. This tlmo It WHS renll ended. The sacrifice hnd been consuin mated. Ho would llvo alone , outside of th life of other men. Ho would never kno\ woman. Never would a living being b born of htm. He hnd only the consolln pride of this ncccptcd , voluntary sulctdo li the desolate grandeur of existences outsld of nature. But fatigue overcame him , too ; his eyelid closed , ho slept In his turn. Then hi head sank down , his check touched that o his friend , who slept very quietly with he forehead against his shoulder. Their hal became mixed. She had her golden bait her royal tresses , half loosened. The ; waved across his face and ho dreamed litho the odor ot tier hair. Without dniiDt th same dream cf bliss came to them together for their tender faces hnd taken the sam expression of rapture , both laughed to th angels. It wns chaste and passlonat abandon , the innocence of this chance sleep which placed them thus In the arms of caci other , their limbs joined , their lips cool am close , their breaths Intermingling , Ilko nnkei children lying 'In the same cradle. Am such was tholr wedding night , the consum matlon of the spiritual marriage In whlc ! they were to live , a. delicious nnnlhllatloi ot weariness , scarcely a passing dream e mystrcal possession , in the middle ot tha car of misery and suffering that rolled am ever rolled In the black night. Hours am hours sped by , the wheels ground , baggagi swung from the pegs , while the stacked Ciushcd bodies showed only cnormoui fntlgue , the great physical weariness of thi land of miracles on the return of over strained souls. At 5 o'clock , finally , na the sun was rising there was a sudden awakening , n mlstj entry In a largo station , cries of employes opening doors and the contusion of movliif people. They \fero in Poitiers , and tin whole car was up- and In the midst of i clamor of volOos , eWclamatlons and laughs. It was llttlo S6phlo Couteau , who wai getting out thorp , > who wnn saying goouuy She kissed nil thov ladles nnd even cllmbei over the partition rte bid farewell to Slstei Claire des Anges , whom nobody had sect since the preceding evening , hidden In hei corner , slender , ' nnd silent , with her iys terious eyns. T Theu the child returned , tool her little bundle and said pleasant things specially to Slitsr Uyacinthe and to Mme. d ! Jonqulere. i \ "Goodby , my sister ; goodby , madam , j tlrnk you for all your kindnesses. " "You must iroturn next year , my child. " "Oh , my sister , I shall not fall to. It ii my duty. " , . , "And , my dear child , be good and keei strong , so that the Holy Virgin may be proud of you."j "Certainly , madam ; she has been so good it amuses megto rVjturn to see hor. " When sho' , was ori the platform all the pilgrims In the , car leaned out and followed her with bright lootcs , with salutations , wiU shouts. "Next year ! Next year ! " "Yes , yes , many thanks. Next year. " The morning prayer was only to be Bah ! on reaching Chatellerault. After the stop at Poitiers , when the tralr was again under way , with the little frest thrill of morning M. de Guersalnt announces in his gay manner that bo had slept splen didly , notwithstanding- hardness of th ( seat. Mmo. do Jonqulere , too , congratulated herself on the good rest , of which aho hac stood In such need , but was a little Confused however , to have loft Sister Hyaclnthe aon ! < to watch La Grtvotte , who now trembled Ir a high feyor , her horrible cough having re turned. The other pilgrims arranged theli clothes a little , the ten women In the real replaced tholr kerchiefs , rolled their bonnel strings , with a sort of modest uneasiness In their poor and sad ugliness , Ellso Rou- quet , with her face close to her mirror , coule ; not cease examining her nose , her mouth , hei lips , admiring herself , taking In every detail concluding that she was decidedly gettlnj very nlco again. And It was then that Pierre and Marie were again seized by great compassion , Ir looking at Mme. Vincent , that nothing had been able to draw her out ot the stupor Ir which she had fallen , neither the noisy stocli In Poitiers nor the sound of voices since tliej had started again. Yylng on the seat , she had not opened her , eyes , she still dozed , tor mented by awful dreams. And , whllo ble tears kept dropping from her closed lids , she had taken hold of the pillow that she had been compelled to use , she pressed It tightly to her breast In some nightmare of suffering maternity. Her poor , motherly arms , so long weighted with her dying child , her unoccu pied arms , empty for all time to come , had found this pillow in her sleep nnd they had seized it as though It wcro a ghost In blind embrace. But M. Sabathler had a pleasant awaken ing. Whllo Mme. . Sahathlor folded the covers , carefully wrapping his dead legs , ho began to talk with eyes brightened by his visions , Ho said ho had dreamt of Lourdcs , the Holy Virgin had bent over toward him with a smile of benevolent promise. And before Mme. Vincent , that mother whose daughter the Virgin had allowed to die , before La Grlvotte , that unfortunate woman cured by her , but so roughly returned to her mortal ailment , ho expressed great rejoicing. He repeated to M. do Guersalnt , with an air ol absolute certainty : "Oh , sir ! I shall return homo with an easy mind. Next year I shall be cured. Yes , yes ! as that dear little child cried out a while ago , next year , next year ! " It was the Imleirrructlnle Illusion , victorious even over certainty , the eternal hope that would not die , that sprang again , oven firmer , after each defe'ift on'tho ruins of nil. At Cmttellerault ! , Sister Ilynclnthe had the morning prayer' said , the pater and the nvo , the credo , nn jinpeal * ° God , to ask Him for the favor of uflnoiday. Oh , my God , give me enough strength to avoid all evil , to do all Good , to suffer , ay troubles ! HI < i- CHAPTHR V. And the trayel continued , the train rolled , ever rolled. At ) Sainte Mauro the prayers of the morning sflrvlofijwero said and the Credo was sung at f alnti ) Pierre dea Corps. But pious exerclsea.AVprq no longer so much ap preciated , zeal' liau' become less ardent , In the growing fatigue of this return after so long an exaltation' to the souls. So Sister Hyaclntho und ' -arb'eil that It would be a pleasant rela UJon"for all those poor , worn out people to havo' someone read aloud to them ; and she promised that she would allow the abbe to read the end of Bernadotte's life , of which he hnd already on two different oc casions described such marvellous episodes. But they waited to roach les Aubrals. aa they would have about two hours between les Aubrlas and Ktumpes , all the time re quired for finishing the story without being Interrupted. The stations then succeeded one another again In a monotonous repetition of what had been done on the way to Lourdes , throuch thu name plains , They began again with the rosary at AmboUe , nld the first string , the five joyful mysteries ; then , after having sung at Bloli the hymn , "Bless , 0 Tender Mother , " they recited at Beaugeney the second string , the five sorrowful mys teries. The sun since morning bad been veiled by a soft down ot clouds , the country they paused waa very pleasant and rather tad In Its constant faiillke waving. On thu two sides of the ro d In the gray light , tree nnd houses disappeared with the vngu lightness of n droorn , whllo the distant hills buthod In mUt , went more Jilowly. with ni oiisy surfllko swinging. Between Benugene ; nnd les Auhrals the trnln seemed to nldckci Its speed , ever rolling on , with the rliytli mlc.il , persistent grinding ot the wheels tha the stupefied pilgrims were not oven able t hear any more. At last , ns soon as they had left lea Au brnls , they began their luncheon In the cat It was n quarter to 12 o'clock. And whci they had said the Angelus , the three Aves thrice repeated , Pierre pulled from Mnrle' satchel the little book with a blue covet ornamented with n single picture of Ou L'tdy of Lourdcs. Sister Ilynclnthe hai clapped her hands to obtain silence. Th priest was then able to begin his reading ll his fine , resonant voice , while nil nbou awnkcned ; nil the big children's curloslt ; had boon Intensely nrousod by the phoneme nnl talo. Now ll related to the stay li Ncvcrs and to the death of Bernadette. But as ho hnd dona oit the two prc. ious occ.i slons , ho noon censed keeping to the text o the little boook , adding to Its charming re cttnls of what lie knew , what he surmised nnd before him ngaln appeared the true human , piteous story , the one that no on had told and that touched his heart. It wns on July 8 , 1SGC , tlint Bernadette let Lourdca. She started to go Into retreat I , Ncvcrs , nt the Convent of St. Glldard , tin headquarters ot the sisters who served In tin hospital whcro she had learned to read where she hnd lived eight years. She wai then 22 years old ; eight years had pnssoi slnco the Holy Virgin hnd appeared befon her. And her farewells to the grotto , to tin basilica , to all the town she loved wen wet with tears. But she could no longci llvo there In the continual persecution o public curiosity , of visits , of homage and o adoration. Her feeble health wns flnall ) cruelly affected by It. A sincere humllitj nnd n timid love for shade and alienee Inn Inspired In her nt least nn ardent wish U disappear , to hide In unknown darkness hei widespread glory of one divinely saved thai the world would not leave nlono In peace and she only dreamed of simplicity of mind of n calm , ordinary life , devoted to prayei nnd to dally tasks. Her departure was , con sequently , a relief for her nnd for the grotto that was beginning to Interfere with her toe great Innocence and her too heavy afflictions In Novcrs , Saint Glldard must have been paradise. She found there air , sun , xpnclouE rooms and n large yard planted with hand some trees. She did not , however , get qulel and wholly forget the world In the far awnj desert. Hardly twenty days after her ar rival she took the holy garb under the name of Sister Marie Bernard , binding herself only by partial vows. But even there people fol lowed her , and the persecution of the crowd about her began anew. She was followed even Into the cloister by those who felt an unextlngulshable need to draw forgivenes tor their sins frsm her holy person. Ah , to see her. to touch her , to have the pleasure of looking at her. In rubbing , without her knowledge , some medal against her dress ! It wns the credulous passion for fetich ol faithful ones rushing after , pursuing this poor being made into a god , each one wishing to take away his share of hope and of di vine Inspiration. She cried In her weariness , In Impatient revolt , repeating : "Why should they torment me so ? Why am I different from the rest ? " In the long run a real sorrow came over her that she should be a sort of "living curloslty/'ns she had concluded by calling herself , with n sad smile of suffering. She protected herself as well as she could , re fusing to see anybody. She was also pro tected by those around her , very narrowly at times , nnd was only shown to visitors who had the bishop's authorization. The doors of the convent remained closed , and clergymen alone were able to gain admittance as a usual thing. But even they were too numer ous to suit her taste for solitude ; she wns frequently obstinate , and had the priests sent away without having consented to go down to the parlor , ns she was annoyed beforehand to ever describe the same occurrence , to forever submit to the same questions. She was IncciiHod , exasperated , for the sake of the Holy Virgin herself. But at times she had to give In , as the bishop came in person with great men , dignitaries and prelates ; she then showed herself In her serious way , she answered questions politely , as briefly as possible , and she only felt comfortable when allowed to return to her shady corner. Di vinity never weighed more heavily on any being. Ono day. when she was asked Jf she was not proud of the co.-.sfant visits of her bishop , she answered simply ; "Monslgncur does not como to see mo ; ho comes to show me off. " Princes of the church , great militant Catho lics , wished to see- her and wore affected to the point of tears bcforo her ; and , in her horror at being on public exhibition , In the annoyance that they caused to her simplicity , she left them without understanding , very tired and very sad. However , slio had settled down at Saint Glldard. She led there n pleasant life , fixed now In habits that had become dear to her. She was so delicate , so often III , that she became at last quite a skillful needle woman , embroidering finely albs and altar cloths. But frequently all her strength left her and she could not even do these light tasks. When she was not in bed she passed long days In an arm chair , having only the distractions of saying her rosary and of readIng - Ing religious works. Slnco she knew how to read she was interested in books , in pretty stories about conversions , In the great legends In which the saints figured , and also In the fine and frightful dramas In which and plunged back one saw the devil tricked Into hell. But her great tenderness , her constant marveling was for the bible , that prodigious Now Testament , of whose per petual miracle she never wearied. She re membered Bartles' bible , that old yellow book In the family for n hundred years ; she could see her foster father each evening stick In pin nt random and then begin to read aloud from the right hand page , and at that time she already knew so well thodc udmlra- blo stories that she could have continued from memory after no matter what sentence. Now that she read them herself she found them nn eternal surprise , and ever new de light. The recital of the Passion upset her and tragical specially , as nn extraordinary event tlnt had only just occurred. She sobbed with pity , her whole poor suffering frame retained the thrill for hours. Per- liaps In her tears she unconsciously felt the pain of her own passion , the desolate Cal vary that she , too , had tread since her youth , When she was not buffering and she could work In the Infirmary , Bernadetto came and went , filling the building with her llvuly , childish gayety. Until her deatli she re mained simple nnd babyish , loving to laugh , to-romp and to play. She was very small the smallest ono In the convent which led lier companions always to treat her rather is a youngster. Her face became longer , more haggard and lost the freshness of retained their pure and youth ; but her eyes ; llvino brightness ; they were the beautiful ayes of n visionary , In which , as though a limpid sky , passed the flight of dreams. As she became a she grow older and suffered ilttlo bitter and violent , her disposition was spoiled , uneasy and rude at times ; these minor Imperfections for which she felt wcro nortal regrets otter the crisis. She humlll- lated herself , believing herself damned , asking sverybody to forgive her. But , most often , iiow good n daughter ot good God ! She was vivacious , alert ; she was quick In repartee , laughable comments ; she had a peculiar n Utractlvcness which made people adore her. Notwithstanding her great devotion , although ilie passed days In prayer , she did not pro- : lalm a harsh religion , without nn utterance if zeal for the others , but was tolerant and 'ull of pity. No holy nun , In n word , was nero of a woman , with personal attributes , i well marked personality , charming oven In lor childishness. And the gift of child- lood that she retained , that simple inno- : enco , making her still a child , Impelled ihlldren to cherish her , always recognizing n her ono of their own kind ; ull ran to her , limped on her knees , took her neck between heir llttlo arms , and the yard then rever- jerated with tholr wild games , races nnd ihouta , and It waa not she who an the least , or shouted the least , 10 happy was she to become once more a leer , unknown llttlo girl , as she was In the eng past days ot Bartleat Later , It Is said , hat a mother brought to the convent her mralyzed child to have the saint euro It by \ touch. She sobbed to hard that the su > torlor finally consented to the test. But , , s Bernadette refused Indignantly when she vast asked to do miracles , she was not foro- varnuil. but was imply called to carry tha Ick child to the Infirmary. And nh car- led the child ind when she put It on tha ; rouiul the child walked , It was cured. ( To be continued next Sunday. ) Cook's Imperial. World's fair "hlghcit ward , excellent champagne ; good cffcrvei- ence , agreeable bouquet , delicious flavor , " AN OLD MINER'S ' ESCAPE ! Ho Gets Through ' 49 Well Enough , but i Caught Later. llo Toll * Storloi Hint Are Thrilling tif llnrl l ) ) ft 111 * Kicnlfiit Downfall Dtl tliu Up eirutlo Agnln , SAN FRANCISCO , Cal , , June. Few me are better known n round town than old Joala Qulncy , nnd amongst the "boys" he Is know M "Undo Josh. " qnlncy Is almost tli youngest of the pioneers who were actuall cngagc-d In gold mining , and his record Is re garded as phenomenal. Ho Is known to have driven n stage to la\ Gulch for n couple of weeks because no on else could bo found to imderstalio the Jol three drivers nnd four deputy sheriffs havln been "picked ofT" In the two preceding weeks U Is a matter of common notorla'y that h has "looked down the barrel" of Black Bart' gun nml through cool nerve escaped with hi llfo , and the scalps of four horse thieve could bo at his belt If be wcro an Indian , hike n number of other good men , UncI Josh did not make a fortune on the Conutock but ho did make a competency , nnd Invcstci H pretty wisely. He said lie hnd done will hard work that he had earned n rest nnt Intended to have It. Ho was going to rcn easily for the rest of his days. This wns litho the early ' 70s. But "man proposes and Goi disposes. " Kor year ho was a familiar figure In tin down-town hotels , alwnys surrounded by i group of interested people , for Uncle Josh It n good story teller , and though he occasional ! ; took a drink and always smoked n good cigar ho waa never loose In habits , manner 01 dross. About flvo years ago , though , a change wni noted In the sturdy ex-miner. Ho wns m longer himself. Ho had been always n bache lor , though there were plenty of good glrli who would have boon proud to have callei htm husband , but nil the blandishments ol the fair sex wcro apparently wasted on him Still In all the vigor of his manhood , ho all o i sudden began to dissipate. First It was wlno then a return to nn excess of draw poker and eventually he seemed to lose his grlj altogether. Vice heaped upon vice until "tin man of Iron nerve , ' " as he wns once faceti ously called , was a complete physical and moral wreck. That waa about four years ago. ago.Slnco then until about n year ago , ho wan- .lered around to his old haunts getting weak- jr and shakier every day , alwnys getting n little help from his friends of old. Last summer ho disappeared altogether , nnd those tvlio wcro accustomed to meeting him gave up Uncle Josh for dead. A week ago , how- 3ver , he turned up looking so much Ilko the man ho wns before lie began to dissipate that quite a number of people thought or said they thought It was his ghost. Yester- lay , surrounded by n score or more of old- .Imors , he explained his disappearance nnd remarkable reappearance. The gist of the itory Is this : A few ot his frlneds , more out of charity .ban anything else , went to him about a year igo , and made him a business proposition to ; o back to the mines. They had a claim and vero willing to give him an Interest If ho votild superintend the mine. Ho would glad- y have gone , but his nerve was broken. 'You can get around all right , " said ono , 'If you only consent to place yourself In mnds which I know to be competent. " Uncle losh consented. His friend a big grain lealer took him to the Hudson Medical In- itltute , 1032 Market street , Sun Francisco , California. His case was carefully examined > y the specialists there , nnd at the close ot ho examination the chief consulting physl- ilan said : "You have a good chance to bo veil again. Your constitution Is not en- Irely ruined. " Then he prescribed their ; reat Specific for nervous disorders and de leted physical condition The Great Hudyan , O.wlt and this wreck ot a man , Inside of wo months , waa superintending operations it the minp. Winding up his story last light. Mr. Qulncy said : "That must bo n .vondcrfully . potent drug , or combination ot .hem , although they assure me It is purely rcKCtablo , for it actually restored mo to life n a couple of months. Ot course I give the lectors credit for unusual skill too , for whilst couple of friends of ; was up In the mines n the Institute , got nine , just by writing to They heir diseases correctly diagnosed. lever came near the city at all , and they are loth strong and healthy now. " that the de- Continuing , Mr. Qulncy said relopment of the mine bad far exceeded his nest sanguine expectations , and that ns well is being in perfect health , ho was financially in tbo "up grade" again. Now York Press. toast and tea , " 'Please mnke me some ' with my book , " 'Oh , wnlt till I'm done paid .she ; with a frown \nd she turned her liead nnd pout , a ' out. her refusal be wnsn't put lut by Ic looked with a smile nt her , did he , with avidity. book she devoured \s the ' ready , \.nd said , "I know when they're With' pleasure extreme I will drink nnd cut , the fonm of the for your bread Is light as Vnd sea the , tonst you mnkc is done to a T ; t's cr-unl has never been innde in this town , Jrlsp , nnd in color a golden brown , Vnd ix necturous draught is the tea you mnke , \ . Joy to sec , a delight to tnke " ihu arose from the lounge with a smile on her lip , Uid out to the kitchen passed with a skip " , Vnd ere he could sny "Jack Iloblnson" she , Vas busy preparing his toast and tea , a-.i//is yoi.it AHOUT i'iti.ivnitun Hev. Francis Winter , who preached In iath , Me , , In tbo lost halt ot the eighteenth entury , possessed eminent tact and decision. 'bo parish hnd fallen behind In the payment if his salary. Continental money was legal endsr , but the fixed day wns near when it voiild be worthless. A deacon of the church was treasurer of he parish , says Youth's Companion. The tlea was cntertntued of paying Mr. Winter n the Saturday preceding the Monday on i'hlch Continental money would cease to be pgal tender. The collector was despatched . Uli the worthless bills on Saturday after- loon , ( i ml found the parson at home. "I think , Father Winter , " snld ho , "that 'ou have a bill against the parish ? " "I have. " 'I thought. " went on the collector , "that ou might be In need of money , und so I ame to settle with you" The parson took In the situation nt once. lo know that refusal of a legal tender would 01 felt the debt. "Aro you not the collector ? " ho asked. "I nm. " "I receive my money from the treasurer , " aid the parson. The collector saw his mistake and hurried ack to send the treasurer to the rescue. leantlmc the parson donned his Sunday lothes , nnd said to Mrs. Winter , "Wife , I hall exchange tomorrow. " Without further explanation ha mounted Is horse and rode away , and not too soon , or the treasurer speedily appeared with his ockcts full ot Continental money. "Where is Mr. Winter ? " he Inquired In aste , "Gone oft to exchange , " was his wife's re ly ; and when she wna questioned further , lie good lady confessed 'that she really did ot know whether ho had gone to George- iwn to exchange with I'arbon Hmerson , or 3 Harpswoll Neck to exchange with Mr. laton. On Sunday an "exchange" filled the ' ulplt , and on Monday the clover parson's ues were still unpaid. Up In one of Michigan's thriving counties IIV84 a man wha I * about M rrfmnUut of n dollar or two n n man can well bo and be decent , nays the Detroit Fro I'res * . Ho Is n. farmer In comfortable circumstances , nnd being thrifty , honest , Industrious and n bachelor , ho was considered qulto the catch of the nctghborhoood , notwithstanding his painful ex.ictnosa In money matters. Ho flnnlly married a widow worth In her own right $10.000 , nnd shortly afterward n frleiul met htm , "Allow me , " ho Mid , "to conRrnlulnto you. That marriage was worth n clean $10,000 to you. " "No , " ho replied , "not qulto that much. " 'Indeed ? I thought there wns every cent ot ten thousand In It. " "Oh , no , " and lie sighed n lltlla ; "I had to | my n dollar for the marriage license , " Years ago nn old hard-shell preacher , who lived on the bonier In the days when the Indians were nt wnr with the whites , was making preparations ono morning to go to liln church , miles awny , through u country Infested with savngcs. Ho wna carefully loading his old flint lock rtflo to take nlong when a friend present remarked : "What ore you going to take that Rim nlong for , old man ? lon'l you know that It It Is foreordained for the Indians to kill you the gun won't save you ? " "That's very true , " said the old man , ns ho deliberately rammed the bull homo. "But suppose that It Is foreordained that the Ind an shall bo killed ? Now , how would the good Lard carry out his purpose It I didn't Imvo my gun along ? " That closed the debate. "I2r-our revival has mullet ] In so mnny accessions to the church , " said the minister , loaning back In his chnlr nnd putting the tips of his fingers together , "that I unit ah I think It would not be a bad Idea for my salary to bo Increased. " "I'm afraid we can't do It , brother , " re plied the deacon. 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