The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-08-19

mo-" said Lord Loring. awe ha,
reason 10 doubt whether Stella woul,
be pleased to see us, and VIC felt reluc
tant TO ineddlc, masked, with a mat
ter of extreme delicacy. l arranget
with the Nuncio (whom have the hon
or to know that we should receiv,
written information of Romuyne's stat,
of health; and OH that understanding
we returned TO England. A weel
since, our news from The embassy wa
SO alarming that Lady Loring at ono,
returned to Paris. Hec first letter in
formed me that she had felt it her dut,
to tell Stella of the critical condition O
Romayne's health. She expressed he,
sense of my wife's kindness most CRATE
fully aud at once removed to Paris. tt
be on the spot if her husband expressed
a wish TO see her. The two ladies are
now sta, ing at the same hotel. have
thus far been detained in London b,
family affairs. But, unless hear of s
change for the better before evening,
follow Lady Loring to Paris by the
mail thain."
1t was needless to trespass further on
Lord Loring's time. thanked him,
and returned to Penrose. He was
sleeping when got to the hotel.
On the table in the sitting-room I
found telegram waiting for me. II
had been sent by Stella, and it contain.
ed these lines.
81 have Just returned from his bed
side, after telling him of the rescue of
Penrose. He desires to see you. There
is no positive suffering; he is sinking
under complete prostration Of the
forces of life. That Is W hat the doctors
tell me. They said, when 1 spoke of
writing to you. "Send q telegram {:
there is no time to lose"
Towards evening Penrose woke. l
showed him the telegram. Through
ont our voyage tho prospect of seeing
iomaync again had been the upper
most thought in his thoughts. In the
extremity of his distress, hc declared
that he would accompany me to Paris
by the night train. Remembering how
severely he had felt the fatigue of the
short railway journey from Ports
mouth, | entreated him TO let mo go
alone. His devotion to Romayne was
not to be reasoned with. While we
were still vainly trying to convince
each other, DR.. Wybrow came in.
To my amazement he sided with
Penrosc. "Oh, get up by all MEANS"
he said; eve will help you to Dress"
We took him out of bed and put on his
dressing gown. lie thanked us, and
saying he would complete his toilet by
himself, sat down in an easy-chair. In
another moment he was asleep again
so soundly asleep that we put him back
in his bed without waking him. Doc
tor WybrOw had fOrseen this result; he
looked at the poor fellows pale peace
ful face with kindly smile.
"There is the treatment" he said,
"that will put our patient back OH his
legs again. Sleeping, eating and drink.
ing; let that be his life for some weeks
to come, and he will be as good a man
as ever. Ii your homeward journey
had been by land, Penroso would have
died on the way. l will take care of
him while you arc in Paris"
At the station l met Lord Loring.
He understood that /, too, had received
bad news, and gave me place in the
coupe carriage which had been reserv.
ed for him. We had scarcely taken
our seats when VIC saw Father Ben
well among the travellers on the plat
form, accompanied by grey-haired
gentleman who was stranger to both
of us. Lord Loring dislikes strangers.
Otherwise might have found myself
travelling to Paris with that detesfable
Jesuit for a companion.
Paris Sd Mdy.-On my arrival at
the hotel was informed that no mes
sage had yet been received from the
embassy.
We found Lady Loring alone at the
breakfast-table, when we had rested
after our night-journey.
"Romayne still lives" she said.
"But his voice has sunk to whisper,
and he is unable to breathe If he tries
to rest In bed. Stella has gone to the
embassy; she hopes to see him to-day
for the second time"
"Only for the second timer' l ex.
claimed.
"YOu forget, MIR. Winterfeld, that
Romayne is a priest. lie was only
consecratcd on the custo mary condition
of an absolute separation from his
wife. On her side-never let her know
that l told You this-Stella signed a
formal document, sent from Rome, as
serting that she consented of her own
free will to the separation. She was
relieved from the performance of an
other formality (Which need not men,
ton more particularly by q special
dispensation. Under these circum.
stances communicated TO me while
Stella and have been together in this
house-the wife's presence at tho bed
side of her dying husband is regarded
by the other priests at the embassy as
a scandal and a proclamation. The kind
hearted Nuncio is blamed for having
exceeded his power, in yielding (even
under protesD to the last wishes of a
dying man. lie Is now In oommunica-
tion with Rome, waiting for the final
instructions which are to guido him."
elias Romayno seen his child2" /
asked.
"Stella has taken the child with her
to-day. II is doubtful in the last degree
whether the poor little boy will be al
lowed 10 enter his fathers room. That
complication Is even more serious than
the other. The dying Romayne per-
sists in his resolution to see the child.
So completely has his way of thinking
been altered by the approach of death,
and by tho closing of the brilliant pros
pect which was before him, that he
even threatens 10 recant, with his last
breath, If his wishes were not compli-
ed with. How 1t will end cannot
even venture to guess"
"Unless The mercifnl course taken
by the Nuncio is confirmed" said Lord
Loring. ''it may end in q revival ol
the protest OF the Catholic priests in
In Germany against the prohibition OF
marriage to the clergy. The movement
began In Silesia In 1926, and was fol
lowed by unions Tor leagues, as We
should call them now In Baden, Wur