The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-06-23

selcctmcu of CharlcStown had formal
ly notilicd|thc superior that the build
Ing was In danger and had sent IL
committee to consult with her as to
her defense, and aske.t permission to
examine the vaults 80 as to be able
to contradict the reports that they
were dungeons for the punishment of
refractory nuns and secret places of
tormen and iniInty. She failed to
appreciate their kind motives, became
furiously indignant, holding them
responsible for the stories they only
repeated, and overwhelmed them
with a torrent of invectives,, refusing
to allow them to examine the build.
ing. Sister Mary John however, ex
planned to the committee the facts
relative to her illness and its results;
they appeared to believe her, and
promised to publish an explanatory
card. They did so in the Monday pa
pers, but it was coupled with an &C:
count of the Suprrior'S arrogance and
her refusal to allow an examination
of the building, and therefore in
creased rather than allaycd the OK
citcmcnt.
AN 1NSOLENT LADY SUPERIOR.
At dancing lessons the superior
ridicnIcd rnsparinSlv even those who
dared tell her she was in danger,
particularly the selectman'> dcIcya-
ton, whom she called vnlgarians and
plebeians, and gloried in her naughty
reception of them, her example ma.
turally injecting the girls. At this
moment the FORTRESS entered to say
another selcctman was in the parlor,
and insisted on seeing her on urgent
business. The superior tlarca out,
and, scolding tho FORTRESS roundly,
ordered her to go back aud shut the
door in his face, If nothing else could
make him 60. The FORTRESS soon re-
appeared: "Madamc, he 'efnses to
90, and-pray hear me, madame he
says the convent is really in great
danger,' she supplicatcd, adding that
the selectman insisted on examining
the cellar, that his fellows mi ght
print an affidavit in the evening pa
pers it might be too late, but with
out such Il publication he would not
answer for the consequences. The
infatuated woman was obdurate, and
only yielded after hysterical appeal
from Sister Mary John, But as this
nun was leading the sclcctman to the
cellars the superior hurried after
them, seized the lantern from the 81,
ter, and thrust it into his hand, fling
open the cellar door, and pointed
down tho steps with pcrcmptory
gesture. There SIR she cried, If
you want to play the spy in my house,
you shall do 1t alone. Go down with
your lantern and look about you at
your leisure-there is no man here to
prevent you." The unfortunate Cit
lzen stepped forward, hesitated, and
at last dauutcd by the imperions wo-
mans eye, suddenly put down the
lantern and fled, pursued by the supe
rior'S deriSive laughter, and tainted
ANONYMOUSLY by the girls who had
crowded the balcony over the en-
trance to see his crestfallen exit. Aud
so
Grim discord rears her snakes devouring
The last departing god has gone
gone, mopping his perspiring face
with a yellow bandanna aud the tar
get for a thousand Arrows of schooI
girl wit.
APPROACH OF THE MOB.
All the pupils went to bed at 7:3O as
usual, after the vesper bell and chant
and the excitement died away. Mis-:
Goddard had slipped on her night
gown over the rest of her clothing
after taking off her frocl1, and had
not been discovered by the nun in
charge of the dormitory at retiring
hour. Unable to sleep from the ex'
element, and as we'll her unwontedly
warm clothing, she stole to the win
dow, raised it very gently and Leaned
out, giving herself up to the illusion
of fancyiug herself out in the night
alone, and all the world else asleep
The convent stood so high that she
seemed lifted up among the stars
No sound was to be heard but the
kiln fires lin the brick making dis
trict at the foot of the hill), the faI
away bark of a dog, or the monoton
Gus droning of the late grasshoppers
So cooling and soothing were thu
breeze and sounds of night that thu
child's head dropped lower and low
er; she made an effort to waken her
self, and opened her sleepy eyes t.
their full width to see a bright falling
star curve down to the lorison. Fo
an instant she watched it; the mex
was the first moment in her life tina
she realized the meaning of the wor
"appalled,n She heard a sound
shout, a howl, what (which child a
she was, she recognized. 1t cam
from more than mile away, for til
moi gave one roar as it crossed Char
lestown bridge, and then observe
profound silence till it reached til
convent grounds.
SURROUNDED BY DEMONS.
Ttere was, then, silence so Ion
maintained that the little watclle
almost fancied she had dreamed tn
cry, when suddenly a borable ye
within a few yards of the window
aud a host of black figures rushe
t. into view, turning the corner of tn
bishops house, rolling over tt
ground, as it seemed in the dim sta
light, like a cloud. She ran to con
panion's bed and shook her, scream
ing, awake up, wake up the me
has really Gomez All the girls sue
denly Weakened, screaming in coucev
and such a scene of confusion as ca
be imagined eusued, the terrific
} children thronging round the not lie
terrified nm. who kent historical