The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-18

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extreme. Upon these occasions the
board would be spread more plenti-
fully than usual, generous wines and
even liquors would be handed round,
and the pleasures Of the table were apt
to be long drawn out.
"!f then hard for a company ofjovi-
al fellows to behave like mutes at n
funeral when faring on potato soup
and haricot beans, washed down with
water from the fountain, was 1t not
outrageous, ever irrational, to expect
them to be downcast and monosylla-
bic when hidden to a sumptuous ban
quet.
"The Superior might frown and look
guinness itself. as he tossed of his
final glass Of ripe old Burgundy or
sparkling champagne. The brothers
made piteous attempts to put on q
rueful countenance and restrain the
too ready tongue. All in vain. Eyes
sparkled, lips curled upwards, cheeks
elowcd, as one good story after anoth-
er elected roars OF laughter. The SUI
perior at last could bear it no longer.
Calling the elders of the fraternity be-
fore him, he demonstrated briefly and
tartly.
"'Really, we'll, really, such astateof
things was passing belief. High spirits
and uproarious mirth were pardonable
among q set Of schoolboys on the
V of breaking up, but the
case OF men vowed to a religious voca-
ton was quitS'Sditferent. Really
ahem-in fact, dhe long and the short
OF the matter is, that unless q decor
Gus sobrlety OF demeanor is at once
strlven alter and attained, all celebra-
lions that nave hitherto taken the
shape OF a festival must be stopped,
and lasts, even sterner notifications
OF the flesh, be substituted for such
lndul!ences as the canons OF their or.
der not only sanctioned, but encour-
aged"
"'The crestfallen delegates were then
dismissed, and the monks took coun-
sci together. For the moment they
looked miserable enough. The Supe-
rior must have been more than salts
fled with such a demeanor, could it be
looked upon rs lasting. Not much
seemed forthcomingin theway OF COM
fort or advice, till, when each mem
Der OF the conclave had said his say,
the youngest OF them all, Father
Chrystal, by name, opened his lips.
"This Father Chrystal was quite a
genius, IN no common way either. He
was not only a good botanist, but a
skillful herbalist and simpler, cogni-
zant with the medicinal properties
and virtues generally OF q vast num-.
Der OF plants. Whenever anyone fell
i'll inside the monastery walls, or met
with an accident, Father Chrystal was
the physician sent for. His balms,
syrups, decoctions and miscellaneous
remedies brought III quite a little reve
nue. to thehouse, being known through
out that quarter OF France.
FEATHER Crystal, with twinkling
eyes and countenance u%nabashed,
now uniolded his plan. He had long
been in the possession, he said, OF an
interesting, a most valuable secret, II
secret that, were he n civilian and
able to indulge in commercial specula-
ton, would certainly make his for
tune. More than one unworked mine
OF gold, indeed, was his. There
was not IL monk or lav-brother
in the house who he'd not told
him that q dozen times. His
e%yewater, for instance! Patented and
sold as a medicine, such a remedy
must bring III II handsome income.
Then his cure for seal Is, burns and
bruises-but pshaw. these were mere
baGatclles, tribes not worth thinking
about, Mt least, talking about lust
then, A matter much more import
ant had come to the fore.
Then Father Chrystal began to
quote Greek, for, as we'll as being n
tirst-rate naturalist, he was q fair
scholar. They must all have read, he
continued, OF the wonderful nostrums
OF the ancient love-philtres, aphro-
disiacs, as the classic writer's called
them, and soforth. Buthehad struck
out q wholly new line for himself. He
had invented On elixir such as the
world had never yet heard OF, and
which yet in sc complex u civilization
as that of the nineteenth century,
must have extraordinary value. They
were all familiar with the wine that
maketh glad the heart of man. But
would not the winethat sobered mems
spirits have it's use also?"
"At any rate. it nicely meets our
case he said. This day SEN night is
the festival OF our patron saint. 1t
will be my turn to act as steward on
that occasion. Mind and drink every
thing ] offer you. A light ~etfervescing
wine shall hand round pretty freely
is the draught especially to be INDUCED
in. Whilst tickling the palate and re.
freshing the body, it's effect on the
mind is curious and palpable. The
first portion imbibed diffuses pensive
gravity; empty your glass, and the
muscles OF the face take a downward
curve; drink deep, and you become
apparently a prey to intense detection
and melancholy tie
"The monks hearkened, all alta q:
ton, and one and all with the utn-th'
alacrity promised to obey. ywn t
their order concerning Father lection
tails elixir was somewhat dnmnow lal
the fact that it induced mel through
preston. That was surela brethre
Portable enough OF itself; nee peered
the solution of n knottow Chryst'
was caught at. What at ant. l
over, would a Temporal I'M full sta
spirits do them? Th'by the the tri
least, be spared those, from about,
pleasant alternatives; and, trumpe
Supcrior-rigorous I.penances His Eli
wine, an increase cshness. A ton, O.
perhaps-who ccf the turnl- the wo,
savoring of meough 1t vas "And
scourge still foythe ancestral ed the
ture OF every emahtleplece OF at l.
no more W we'll, there 1T Father
sword hang added
an EnglisE day came duly could
was! presence OF visitors, brew?
"The distant houses, lent at one
round,P 10 the celebration. it is no
digniteo an inviting an appe- leave b
addiihat was spread in the relatio,
'Irlum that DAY. Trout, decorol
ti,Ene river; melons IN the per- certain