, 1876-02-20

the last OF the sufferers there vss \ 7oune f.
male saint, whose ostansible crime waa thst of
Matching chickens out OF eggs without the AZ
slstance o; the mothar-hen, but whose real
turnitude consisted in the possession Of per
| sonA charms against which tho chastity uf =
certain priest MAS not proof. tie topic Was
abandoned a. being altogether 20, like an oc-
| culIenco Of our own day, in which tho poor VIC
tim OF 1us. is m2de the scapegoat
for the sacerdotsl lecher, to gain
Tho history of smother and former sfG1 line. % Ie.
me rathee relate an incident in which ths men-
| ton OF very plaiseworthy charity will uecessa-
| 1ily be made, aud in which it is hoped, tbs
xeaders sympathy will be cordislIy enlisted
While shooting in the ueizhborhooI Of Ecija~
"A considerable town between Seville and Cor
dosa, on the route to Nadrd,-we entered =
small roadside inn, or posQda, for the purposes
! OF refseshren:. The landl2dy's appearance
| struck as at once froa1 her comparative yolsh
| ancholy which shaded her entiro expression gave
an additional intereet, in which We all seemed to
participate. In the courae Of our COLI
versatlon, aud while the fair yet
$40 E;9. ,.;s yo1as hostess vas providing u4
walking the name Of La Cuna. the Founding
Hospital Of Seville, happened to be incidentally
mentioned: THIS building stands in street
Of the same name, and is supported bv q small
dn:y on gEnn sold in the market. Overt the door
ID inscribed quotation from tho Latin Version
OF the Psalms OF David; in English thus:
When my father and my mother fo1sake ms,
the Lord saketh me up" 1t is nnder the man.
agemeut ct some Sisters Of Charity, and con-
Quoted in the best possible way. We could not
but notice that, at the mention Of the nslne OF
tho Hospital, our hostess seemed a. first Rue-
p1c,ous ot us and Nc wondered why. Think
ing tneta might be some mystery ahhut
tion,ng i. again; bur, though We spoke Of it in
tho most apparent Indifference, it was evident
that the young laudiady was disturbed We re-
sumcd oar sport aheld soon after, and thought
nothing OF the incident. The uoxt week our
visit TO the little posad1 was renewed; and,
after pleasant recognition. the landiady-ths
Sonora Maria, as ne bad NOW begun to cnil her.
waited upon US with less shyness aud dxttuss
than she had shown on our previous visit, es-
pecially when abe had heard. IS she frankly
abroad, strangers to the whole country
around, and visiting her inn merely
in pursuit Of exercise, and the game which ts 80
abundant on tho Aenlf. Our acquaintance with
liked the house. aud ita situation WAS found to
be most convenient for us. 1t Vas not long be-
fore I ventnred to ask Maria,-who, BY this
time, We had discovered TO be wldow-why che
mention of La Cnna a. our first visit had given
he1 so much uueas;ness- 6he was evidently
startled at tile question. thong she made no at
tempt to evade it, and at length put her CONT
donce entirely IN our hsnds. She had had No.
gotnllon lately in view, she sa1d. IN connection
with this very In Cuna but it lad failed; aud
il We, WHO we're sha kneV, SO powerful
with the great folk in Seville (her
simple mode Of complimenting us). would under
take something for ner, she would be so happy
md so indebted to us. There was total want
OF aGectation about this young creature, and wa
we're detet mined to be her frlends- Bat to o0e
Of our party alone would abs communicate tho
business that was to be done. and in this COM
nunlcation came tho story winch accounted fnr
tue shade that ovothuug her young brow.
6he wes the daughter OF small farmer who
li7ed near the sierra, into whose house .
diers against the brlsands who iufest these
regions. had been brought. The officer ~as
so severely hurt that he could not ba
removed, aud Aiaria became hia nurse. Alas
that abe should have cherished viper that eame
to life but to sting her! To sATe her fair patoo+
tho ,nnoceDt Offspring Of her base betrayal Was
consigned by the Cure to La Cnn0, and certain
rari.s we're noted BY which the child might bo
thereafter identified. Iu time Maria had baen
innkeeper whose widow she now was. and, "a
sbo had no children OF her marriage, shs
yesrned in her heart for the babe OF her youth
The Cure who had conducted the delicate affair
was now dead, and She had but recently made
elforts for the recovery Of her infant.
which, for the want OF good man-
agement had failed: and these efforts had
been made iuat before our accidental acqualnt-
ancs ut tho posdda hence her excitement II
the mention Of La Cuna-
By tha assistance OF worthy attacho OF tho
Cathedral, the business on which We vera NOW
engaged for Ma1,a'a sake WAS successfully con-
duc:ed. sad we had tho qualification Of wlsness-
ing the happy meeting Of ths mother with hex
child.