The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-29
| tho ecstatic change in Bernadottc's features
There she is" she exclaimed. and she
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ihere she Is. she exclaimed, and she
beckons me to draw nearer"
Well do as she plainly wishes" her two
comes hero. Is she II soul from pnrgatory
implorng to have masses offered for her ?
Beg her to write her wishes on this paper"
Bernadette took the paper. pen. and ink and
back gradually into the interior of the niche.
Bernalette lost sight OF her for moment and
opening into the one above There she could
SEQ tho figure again. being much nearer.
Holding up writing materials she spoke as
with her hand to tho = omen. who were comm <
up to listen; to stop where they were. The
ana she said: Il have no need to write what
haye to say to you. have only to ask of you
l." said the figure. promise that will make
you happy not in this world, but in the one to
appariton ii they might come with her in her
visits during tho fifteen days.
MAY Way The gI t snswSred,
;, Then she vanished leaving behind the br!l-
liant, supernatural light which faded away
tie light came rst and he aprarition
atterward: and that the apnarition vanished
sfh % nS4y s heT
,n o h SSs ns she S9 na1
return home related what had happened in
the grotto and the promise she had made. Her
neEsed and the lS s2u being market day Viz
news spread throughout tho department and
to the nearest cities VI 6earn.
DOUBTS EXPRESSED.
When Bernadetto went to the grotto the next
Day Day, more than hundred persons had assem-
there. ana on ths sunday following several
that she saw and Heard a vision iny I to
them. On the subject. Of tho crcdibiity Of
what she asserted opinions were varying
m m n itNa f,f
ny professional and social position. claiming
to be too Intelligent to behave in supernatural
s s eSuS No" t w aar tG @am ans
s6sG Of her features and The tears she
they had ever seen or heard Of. So that her sin
certify, could not he called in question. con
Guided. without taking tho trouble to 90 with
Of hallucination brought on by catalcpsy. Rut
Dr. poHous. ~ respectable physician. NJ Drifo.
lawyer, and othor members Of tho bar. JUS
tlce fouEht and Il host OF others, more fair
minded, determined to scrutinze tho phcnom-
ena during tho full term OF the liltoen days
very much moved hythetalk OF the town every
whore kept aloof.. The curate Of l.ourdes. Abs
thhsyr Eratts rnS EreS ksg
net to 60 there with the crowd Of speclators.
met with the approval of Mgr. Laurence.
ordinary Of the di2cese; ,
crowd OF several thousand persons went TO tho
grotto before sunrise. Bcrnadctte. accompan-
led by some members Of her family. who had
knelt before the niche. Her bonminG face in
pSaaSi t Who ne 6 OF fns Dr.
seeming to DO conscious Of it. The beats w"p ere
calm ana regular. The learned Doctor con.
any diseased condition. Tho aDparition
moved SO that the child had to enter tho lower
recess recess, when she noticed an expression OF pro-
mnr RIM ,"Whatisto Ie done for You p, ~
apparition vanished.
THE PEASANT GIRL ARRESTED.
That afternoon. when Bornadctto was com.
ing out OF the church after vespcrs n police
% Sfef her Fl took F to
We're indignant and wanted 10 interfere but u
priest who happened to be leaving tho church
publ C authority have its way Nevertheless n
number OF them followed TO the Commissary's
2 pI Of which ths outer door was locked after
Bofnadotte was taken in. JacomctS theory
was that the poor girl was an imposter aim
ing at making moh,y 10y n fraud which. no
began to ply her rapldlywith questions, taking
down her answers that were given in sincere
spd frs Sad mann niiSo much to the surprise Of
whose lodgings were in the same house, who
had sat down in IA" room to Listen.
bo draw SIsomet na en]sd his nterrogat@ry
in legal form and read it to Ternadctte, Who
objected to cGrta In PARTS. affirming that they
nm air Of great rage, told her that she was
lying. trying to deceive tho public; that il she
would have her arrested by tho gendarmes.
She. although .stupeilcd with horror. told
him that no might take that course II he
could not alter it. NJ. Estrade. who had been
an attentive listener during the interrogatory.
pressed by the girls unmistaIable SIN
certify; just then, there was, a pounding
at the door by, somobody who In
who insisted on taking his daughter home.
The Compulsory then subsidized to coaxing
tone. told him that his daughter was liable to
be locked UP for what she had done; that he
would let her or that time II her father would