, 1859-01-07
THE STORY Of A YOUNG PRIEST,

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stt"asse 4ulet enhlc oseT me- oul IL was OIL
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-. - s'''4'!e'' ~ tnc !spose "u.c1 hteals over
roui >en1s ai.Il WIS eal'en 10 1eona. l
hal stflsch aud had grown out"ardly calm !;
!! holHd mat peace was ncar-ah, l little
hoe~ 1nyscH:
WAS Walking ore day 10 the Via Nuo:a.
Hhen man. e'!ueht1y a foreigner, brushed
hurr1eu's against me- then asqu1ckly checked
h',hsS1i-
lou aie priest, nc SAID, and when
'o"Go ae~en'' 0aeeu nasl'i5' laay, sEran-
~ Hsic'.iaS ueeA nutt- y lali 4'rom neF
nelsS-nc !ea1 ,uas sae II dylne--come TO 'ler
1"i s'!e testcs .ac cohsolatlon OF fellglon.
'oIle"ed h.nf INTO lhe courtyard Of
pa4ace neaF' anu passed up LUG great stalr-
cat WIN IN oppression at my heart tor
WHICH couIa no' account Know now that
IL was oneol those strange nfesentlmentas sent
10 loreWarn us Of events that arc to Affect
Whole life, but to which in our blindness we
pay no heed.
Ne passed through many chambers, and
at length entered darkcned room where a
group Ut frightened attendants were gathered.
The circle divided a. appeared; [ saw the
low couch upon which the sufferer lay, and
turned tull upon NE was the FACET was
Generals
nat passed over me cannot describe !;
could neither movr nor speak, but stood
rooted t" The floor. She did not movs-the
pali'd Ups were qarsed-the wild eyes gazed
into mine with m eager, frightened stare, but
net hcr spoke nor stirred. Then loathing
signed temptation, and had been too weak
to resist il. was to look upon her with no
common feelings Of humanity-such dreams
belonged to past existence; they could
have no part in my present life, into which I
had brought only the remembrance Of past
joys that haunted nc like ghosts crushed
and broken he art, unworthy to he cast upon
the Shrine where they had forced me to oIe1
it.
There stood like one blinded By sud.
den excess Of light; Mt length broken word:
strove to frame themselves upon my lips, hui
even in ny ear they sounded unfamiliar and
strange, like the echo of some language only
halt understood. Still Gencrra did not speal
nor move those burning eyes never oucs
wandered from my face. and In their depth:
there was Il terrible anguish skin to Ahe suf
ferins in nlg own soul. There vas no one il
the apartment frmiliar with nv appearance
and possibly the attendant did not remark my
emotion, or deemed it only the effect produc
| I'd hr that suffering face.
They went OUT and left rs torcthpr. I'm
| even ,hcn fhc smell a}d not le.ve nv se,+c-
| Genc7a nasse,l lrr baul ucroks her evcs As !
her sicht was Lswildered. md a flush jved III,
! nal,or of hrr tace. Word. of such VIA in
sanity rushed to nv lips. lint I grew tain
from the c13rt made 10 controli mvse}f:
could not endure it. tbr trenzy il nv sou1 wa
bearing away ali power Of reflection.
caught that cold hand in mine-my face va
| bending over hcrs-my ewes frightened h+