The New York herald., 1873-08-23


TIE eject which authority in his person had pro-
duced upon the miller, and not half liking the
Dcowltng looks of the crowd behind him, Father
BOubrons beware beware beware win let
your daughter on this time, on condition that she
does not 20 again TO the grotto. Ii l catch her
there shall be innexible, and you know that n. lie
PrOcureur Imperial does not understand q JOKE
Now n. the Procureur ImperiaI was the most ter
sible shape that French justice could assume in the
eyes of the Pyrenees mountaineers.
GAS you please, SIR" replied the frightened mil
Yer; "her mother ano will forbid her to disobey
POUR ORDERS"
"A cunning little mink that.' observed Police.
nan Jacomet, Rodding pleasantly to the Receiver
General Of Taxes. who had witnessed these pro-
eeedings.
''she is quite sincere" replied the Receiver
General, drYly. SO Policeman Jacomet pricked up
his ears. Suppose the thing should take some un-
loreseen shape, worth the noise he had stirred up
about i'll "Mercy on us! shall get reprimanded
and perhaps lose my placer So Policeman Jacomet
was somewhat dismayed at his immediate outlook
Of nay and promotion. Possibly he reasoned with
himself ut will be better to
HUSH UP THIS BUSINESS AFTER ALL.n
Therefore no report of Jacomets doings can now
be found, though the archives OF the Prefecture Of
the Hautes-Pyrenees have been ransacked over
md over again to bring it to light Neither would
Monsieur le Procureur General permit to any one
perusal and inspection Of the documents trans
mitted to him on the subject. Also the Minister OF
Public Worship was quite rude when appeal was
made to him; and the Minister Of the Interior
knitted his brow. Herein is q marvellous thing
which fully displays the might, majesty and do
minion OF the French system OF justice. "PoOh,
pooh virgin Mary indeed paying no taxes The
State knows no such person."
"Pooh, p0ohl" chorused Scribe and Pharisee.
I'VE don't know such person; she Is not in
society.n
On the next day, February 20, 1858, the vast
crowd which waited Tor Bernadette at the gr0tto
booked In vain for her appearance. Her parents
lad sent her on to school before sunrise, in obedi-
ence to the legal mandate. The pious sisterhood,
which took charge OF her, called her SO naughty
girl" and scolded her. They did not want to have
, dispute with Policeman JacOmet; and when they
sent Bernadette home to dinner at noon they relig-
lOqsly believed that they had taken the nonsense
ant OF her.
BERNADErrE AT THE GRoTTo.
The church bells sounded the "Angeus,u as the
little seer went with dropping head and sorrowful
heart upon her way. But all at once she was
Beized with mysterious impulse which neither
policeman nor sisterhood could control, and she
Bet of running as fast as her little legs could
carry her to the grotto. She appeared to herself
TO be gently borne along by an irresistible power,
and she felt an extreme sense OF peace
and happiness. Did not something of this
sort happen to Elijah, and to st. Philip, to
st. Ida OF Louvain, and to ST. Joseph Of Copper
tno, and to st. Rose of Lima2 And how can
any person who believes or pretends to believe in
the Old or the New Testament assert that 1t is I'M
possibleP The crowd which fingered still around
the grotto saw her come; but this time there was
no divine radiance upon her face. She prayed as
usual upon her bended knees, she prayed with
tears and sighs, but the celestial vision did not
sppear that day to her longing eyes.
''Why have you abandoned meSn cried the child,
weeping; and when the crowd interrogated her
she answered sobbing, that she had seen nothing,
and that "the lady" was not there Then the
crowd laughed at her, and this, she said after
wards was the hardest trial OF all. Poor little
3hing, 'the lady" had not promised to make her
happy In this world, and she was now standing
amid the dust Of her hopes. That dust we all have
srodden.
Policeman Jac0met. finding that mis- orders had
been infringed, threatened to send the whole Sou
,ir0ns family to jail, but consulting the Pro.
cureur Imperial that functlonary did not see how
Jhe thing could be done decenty. In the first
place they were for lling criminal information
against her for spreading false news, in order to
ret her within the penal code; but 1t had been
proved to demonstration that she had never once
sontradicted herself, and one else could say
whether her news was false or true Besides, o
troublesome opinion was gaining ground that M.
lscomet was one of those persons sometimes en-
ployed by the French officials to stir up public
trouble In disaffected districts for political pur.
poses; and it was known that the government
had good reason to believe that the opinions Of
the Lourdes people inclined toward legitimacy and
the Bourb0ns
On the 23d OF February, 1858, therefore, Berna-
Aette suffered to 60 to the grotto at dawn, un-
molested, and she saw the Virgin.
BxRNADETTE's CONVERSATION WITH THE VIRGIN.
"Bernadette," said the Divine Mother; and what
said the voice which aforetime called to the child
Hamuel9
.Here am ~ replied Bernadette; and that
snswer has been also heard by the listening ages.
81 have secret to tell you for yourself alone,"
said the Virgin. "Wi you promise me never to
repeat 1t to any one in this worldS"
81 promise you,' answered Bernadette; and
what the Virgin next said has never been told by
Bernadette to mortal ears There are things, says
one Of the apostles, who also saw vision,
whether in the body or out of the body he could
not te-"there are things not lawful TO be ut
tered"
"And now my daughter" said the Virgin, when
she had delivered her divine message to the
little shepherdess, 'g0 and tell the priests that
desire chapel shall be erected in this place. and
dedicated to me-" And having thus spoken she
gradually vanished out OF the light which sur.
rounded her, and the light followed after her.
TIE DoUBrINe CURE
Bernadette bore the Virgins second message to
the Cure Of Lourdes a somewhat rude and impa-
tient elderly gentleman, though OF approved faith.
n le Cure snubbed her at first, aud then he looked
" her. The mans large head was constantly try
Ing to prevent his large heart getting the better Of
10. He saw before him little child, who intimated
to him In q clear and direct manner q formal CON-
mand from on high, and he remembered who had
lsid, "Sufrcr little children TO come unto me, lor OF
such s the kingdom OF heaven;' "And whoever