The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-01-07

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1''""Ho]y Mothiesl:pp ppresafze az Us! Whst
was 1t odarlint?T Have }yee.sI &c. seen. a
Ban.bia ?"l 'ish III , e1>''5 ''2
81 do notkno~; Kats," she answered,
looking enquirns1y at her own M; hands
stained with blood!:L .,isJ q z:i
| "Och, scharc; tbat)baste Nv Twin. a..
zys bin here, has he 2" .-,.,,: -.
"Do not tell any one, Kate"
"Och, the soakin Ingin. But i've I.
mind to 60 an take the duds af lin, roll
i'm up in tdhc ould ironin' blanket, an
throw i'm out wid the rist av thin,
down in the market, this blissid
mint! Isn't it a shame 10 the
father Nv me, an to the dacint man
that II take me before the praist be-
fore long, plaiso God, to hev the likes
Nv i'm goin' about dressed up like a.
christian !" '' . "
While she talked, she was making
Margaret lie down, and ovetturpiug. a
dozen things in getting Water and bath
ing her head. Adreadful thought oc-
cured to her, and .bleached her cherry
lips to divid blue. i: :: :&:'..
"schnze e'didn't misuse ye! Yces
wus all alone Z, :: r. -. ;,
'Oh, no, Kate Oh, mol or re would
not both be alive; but he talked so-
and have not,killed, finnH' s,:s.:
! She made an >efort5to rhs, but: Kate
laid her: hack ON tho pillow, saying:
"sehure' 4heone!'.p', iaisths butcherin
b business H'ff :1e'dl ~ be goin' intQl An: what
xqd ysest dlQQoa wid, the er,thur when
he's kilt? Thare isn't mate enough on,
i'm n to ',a!' make dippet i'm! r fer hungry dog!
lie down m vid ye, y,.N ARD 81 thank NJ tie. blis-
sed vargin that preserved ysW:: g., .:
az As SAG spete eke.!sl !sAe !s!psk upon her
knees, crossed herself, repeating .'H.,)
Mary" and taking cruci6x from her
bosom held il before Margaret . mo.
nient, then Kissed ana returned 1; lItd11i i to
1'its' resting: place. That ixaomanIth.t ::s
mother 10 a position s ;5'f ,,s power to hear
and grant the prayer ioaf va women and
children IN distress! Where would
Catholicism be to-day without her :?
No woman or child goes to male bel per
or father With the full confidence she
or it approaches a woman; d d mother.
Many a'womau goes prematurely t, the
grave from 'unwilliugness to tell j. .nnalo
physician her symptoms of disease, and
many a just cause is lost from the dread
which women have Of appearing before
a tribunal Of men. Women want the
aid and sympathy, Of women in, every
extremity, every hour Of real distress,
and by recognising and >providing~ fo1
this natural want, both in the power as
cribed to the Virgin Mary, md in4hat
conferred upon religious:os sipteshoods,
Catholicism eF1 has entFepeAed, itself ID a
stryopsholdd 'd f1qmE f1y which it.vilb hs Ai@.
cult to q di.lodse' od1'; it, hy: tho blank scar
fridge: Of l.l Pl'rotestant,sm 2 which .bo ol:
ish'es all the hhonorsg. s which mythology
and Judaism accorded to: voman,r Jas
priestes.s, judge, military commander,
inspired prophecies and counselor Of
kings, as we'll as the order Of deaconcss,
messenger Of the tidings Of a risen
Saviour, and fellov-laborer 10 spreading
a gospel in which there was "nelther
Jew nor Greek, male nor female, bond
nor free"
| AS Kate finished her prayer she
arose, and resumlng her work of bath
ing Margaret's head; said -
"Schure, an its sick ye are,,t I'M I'll
run. fur the docther!"'': : ::::.-
"No, no; l, am not. sick: Do not
let any enc come !" and she lay trying
to collect her Thoughts. Something
appeared to tell her that heri i'l PURPOSE li,1,t
Of thought was murder; but She re:
jected the thought. 1t was q slmaaafter
Of course. He must be- Killed, killed,
crushed, .trampled. For. a time She
even forgot why; all that had passed
between zen them lay in, the background,
and " b"eH mental; vision; vas filed with
the picture r. Of svepgeance ). but; while
her souls eyes were shut to- all sights,
the e.f Heard tS te oae s, 81 WHISPER a:f Of 9mul
der" After some tiina:'1 THE spent t tbs, thpl,.ah :h.
sat upright, aud leaning her ia face II; fot.
ward: in: her. Asnds; ythoughs'~it D
4shudder:, s4s< j sies!.na 1.4i;ss* s'''o
T. 1"An2I iasade;l my father x'iSg xisSg i !,
.; ssui!eside.s Shall IIevekbeh ms4aerer Il
-.:<>sT The thought ,zesoaed her; addsipedk.
Ing ing quietly 70 Kate, aheeaid: Sc .s,:! !:
,"Pnt some mustard on, MY wristsahd
ankles Kate, Eat, as yon sasa,x !: nae do-with
Rufus. l11 r.; Put Al gqet vet cloth on my, head
It aches. Let me be,quiet, and I think
1 shall be we'll by dinner time" -:
The thought of insanity or. Hines.
there called up ali her self.reliance.
She must and would Be calm " and a, we'll
ind strong. What Vas Twinz;y; to + her,
that she should permit him thus to un.
settle her mind? A poor, pulling sen.
timentalist! Shame on her, to be dis.
turbed by anything he could say: or do!
A m entail AID moral pigmy, Lilliput,
who might be put into thimble and
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