The Red Cloud chief., 1889-04-26
THE CHARTREUSE MONKS.


LAs ssA LsgssAs Csass~ses VIA sAs
Anet~0t Fseneh Monastery.
A native Of Grenoble who has known
this ancien; monastery aud its inhab-
itants all his life. and has visited il en-
Ouvrier en- artistic and en- touriste az
all seasons o: the year. gives an ar
count in one of the French newspapers
Of some o! the lore and legends con-
necied with lis history. at is always
with sense Of fresh pleasure" says
the writer % the article. 'fha; l knock
a, the h~ospitable gate of the monks.
behind which b brother makes HI ex-
animation OF the arrival. in order TO
weed out lady visitors. who are no, adj
mitted- And with what a formidable
appetite, sharpened by a walk OF six
or seven hours. | sit down - table in
one Of the three large halls bearing the
names OF ancient French provinces. and
into one OF Which the pe-e procureur
Il believe that i what they call himD
shows travellers according 10 their
position. "a. far rs the latter can be
judged o! by their dress and their man
ners.
in all the three halls. al al the dif.
ferent table,. tn. food i exactly alike.
II is the price only which varies. those
who appear the Weather among the
visitors paving slightly more than the
rest. As 10 the fare. il i, always simple
but abundant. and delic.oGsiy prepared
that: Is - say. fish omalets, yegc-
tables and butter are an al advantageous
change from III. meat OF the ordinary
table d'hote. The butter especially
good heavens. what butter il Is! a
reritable cream. innocent OF the exist
ence o! such a thing as margarine.
Then there i. the inevitable little glass
of yellow liquor. which is first offered
As an appetizer. and then again handed
around a ades-ert. Nobody complains
OF the fare. for at this place the liquor
is genuine and not like il Is on the ter
races Of certain large boulevard cafes.
Il have heard an eyewitness tell
the story Of "A lady who entered the
monastery. dressed in mems clothes.
AT the side Of her lord and master.
The fraud had been successfully ac-
complished. and the fair intruder
visited calmly the curiositics Of the
cloi-ter- which We're shown and ex-
planned by "A lay brother. But habit
becomes ,ccond nature. and nature ID
n terrible habit. All AT once the lady
in the dress cat called ont. Pardon
me. brother. but where has my hus-
band gomez The poor monk vas first
quite stupeiied At hearing "A sweet voice
come from behind the s;iH. white col-
lar, and looked terror-stricken upon
the hypocritical ovcrcoat and the fall
lacious trousers. Then ON servants
came up. carrying an old armchair,
into which they put the intruder and
carried her out Of the monastery gate.
Here j. Il story which does credit
10 the old General du Chartrcuse. who
is said to be most independent and
s~tiif-neckeG among the followers of the
Holy Father. IL was in the terrible
year Of 1870. After the frs, defeats.
which filled with surprise and with woe
French hearts all over the country.
sorn. young people nj Grcnobl. founded
n Republican society Of young men
whose objcc, l. was To assist by every
possible means in the defense Of the
country. This society had the happy
idea of organizing "A stage play for he
benefit Of the wounded. which VA, IA
~prodigious success and realized 1000
francs. an ainouu which the directors
Of the Grcnoble Theatcr had never be-
fore realized.
NV. had. before the PLAY was per-
formed. sent 4 number Of tichc'S To the
variou, authorities and no'ahilitic- Of
the district. among others to IN" Gen
CT Of the tnIr;-cI>c. IA the superior
~ the Jesuits. and 10 the Bishop. The
Bi-hOp returned the tickets. bat added
no money. The Je-uits kept them aud
forgot 10 pay for them. But from the
General Of the Char,rcu-e we got "A let
ter 10 this effect: 'DrBtlcmcn. we re-
greet not 10 d. abb. - be- present at the
entertainment yoI are about 20 give FOR
the benefit o! our wounded soldiers.
but n We should like 10 participate a.
much as possible in your charitable aud
patriotic object we ar. happy To send
YOU "A check for three hundred francs
The graceful aud gracious note was
concluded with n few words Of thanks
FOR having remembered the inmates Of
u mnnnA.n-r '-Inrlnu Iinns