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ANHERolc NUN.


| Extraordinary Record of Mother Mary
| Teresa, n French Sister of Charity.
| In presence of all the French troops
guarding the capital of Tonquin. the
Governor-General recently bestowed
the cross of the Legion of Honor on a
nun, Mother Mary Teresa, superioress
OF the Sisters of Charity in that en-
pire. The troops were drawn up in
the principal plaza of the city. in a
square surrounding platform on
which were the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and
his staff When an aid-de-camp was
sent to bring the nun he found her in
the hospital consoling soldier who
was having his leg amputated. She
refused to leave the bedside until the
operation was completed. and then
followed the officer t, the square,
where she was received by the General
in person and led up to the platform
amid the 'yful EXPLANATIONS of the
soldiers The General then COM
manded silence. and in II solemn and
impressive tone addressed her as fol-
lows:
Mother Mary Teresa. when you
were twenty years If age you received
wound from cannon ball while as
sising one Of the wounded on the fl I'D
OF Balaklava. In 1859 the Smell from
a mitrailleuse laid you PROSTATE in the
front rank on the battlefield of Ma
genta. Since then you have been in
Syria, in China and in Mexico, and if
you were not wounded it is not be-
cause you have not exposed yourself
to the shot of gun I'm d cannon and the
sabers and lances OF the enemy. In
1870 you were taken up in Reischoffen
covered with many saber wounds
among heap of dead cuirassers.
Such deeds of heroism you have
crowned few weeks ago with one of
the most heroic actions which history
records. A grenade fell upon the am
bulance which was under your charge;
it did not burst, but it might have done
so at any moment and caused new
wounds in the bodies of those who were
already wounded; but there you were
you took up the grenade in your
arms. you smiled upon the wounded.
who looked at you with feelings of dis
may, not for themselves. but for you,
and you carried it away to a distance
of eighty-meters. On laying it down,
you noticed that it was going to burst;
you threw yourself on the ground; il
burst; you were covered with blood,
but when persons came to your assist
ance. you rose up smiling. as is your
wont, and said. That is nothing You
are scarcely recovered from you,
wound. and you return to the hospita
whence l have just now summo ed
you"
During these words of praise the
good nun held her head modestly cas-
down. with her eyes fix ed on her cruel
fix. that hung by her side. Then the
General made her kneel down and
drawing his sword, touched her lightly
with it three times on the shoulder and
PINNED the cross of the Legion of
Honor on her habit, saying with "a
quivering voice:
Il put upon you the cross of the
brave, in the name of the French peo-
pie and army; no one has gained it by
more deeds of herosm, nor by a
life so completely spent in self-abnega-
ton for the benefit Of your brothers
and the service Of your country. Sol.
dlers, present arms!'
The troops saluted. the drums and
bugies rang out the air was filled
with acclamations. and all was jnbila.
ton and excitement, as mother Mary
Teresa rose up. her face suffused witt
bushes, and asked: General, have
you finished with meP'
Yes" said he.
well. then. l am going back to my
wounded soldier in the hospitalr'-
Brooklyn Citizen.