The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-03-19
THE SANCTITY OF LOVE.

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was tall, thin priest, very fanatical, OF
an eestatic but upright soul All his be.
liefs were fixed without ever wavering.
He thought that he penetrated the de-
signs. the wishes. the intentions of the
| creator.
Everything in nature seemed to him
| created with an absolute and admirable
logic. The wherefore" and the ''be.
Cause" were always balanced. The dawns
were made TO render glad your waking
the days To ripen the harvest, the rains
to water them. the evenings TO prepare
for sleeping, and the nights dark for
sleep.
The four seasons corresponded perfect
iy To all the needs Of agriculture: and to
him the suspicion could never have come
that nature has no intentions. and that
all which lives has bent itself. ON the
contrary, to the hard conditions Of differ
ent periods, Of climates and Of matter.
Only he did bate women, he hated
them Internationally. and he despised
them by instinct, lie often repeated
the words Of his Master. w Woman, wha,
have Ia do with theey' and he added
One would almost say that God him
self ~as III pleased with that particular
work Of his hands" Woman WAS the
tenptrvss who had ensnared the first
man; she WAS the being which in feeble,
dangerous. mysteriously troubling. And
even more than her weak body he hated
her loving soul.
lie had often fei, women's tenderness
a. "a. A.
himself 90 t- unasssilsble he grew ex-
asis-rat-i at the need Of loving which
quiser.sl always in their hearts,
Woman, 10 his mind, had only been
created 10 tempt man aud 10 prove him.
fon should no, approach her without
these precautions for defense which YOU
would take and those fears which Won
would cherish. near trap. She was.
indeS'!. Just like a trap. with her arms
extended aud her lips OPEN toward IA
snsu
lie had indulgence uniy for nuns rem.
dennd harmless by their vow; bat hc
treated them harslly Notwithstanding
b-~suse. ever living a; the bottom Of
their chained up hearts. of their chas,-
rned hearts. he i--r-oirod tina, eternal
tenderness which constantly went out 10
him although BE Mas priest.
lie MAS conscious Of IL IN their looks.
more moist with ,seiy than the Looks "a.
mnnss, III thoaT csisiscios. in iheir trans.
i-orts 81 love. which angcrt~i him h,~canse
II WAS wotneii's love aud he was also
conscious If 1t. II that arcurs~.d tender.
n.Ns If their voices when they spoke 10
him. In their lowered eyes. and in the
incokness 81 their tear when he rvIiroy,,d
them.
tum tho doors Of tho convent. and BE-
wen, Of wish long strides, Az though he
had feel before ApIn- danger.
He had niece who lived with her
mother in little honsc near by. liz
was lsrn, un making her SISTER IL char.
lily.
She WAS pretty, and hairlrainei, and
a great icasr. When ;hc able sermon.
izcd she laughed. when be was angry q,
her ehc kissed him ychcmen,ly, press.
Ing him 10 her heart. whils he would
seek inSnlnn;arfly 10 fire. himself from
this embrace, which, Notwithstanding,
made him taste certain swec, jov.
awsking deep within him that sensation
II fa,hcrhooi which siumbers in every
man.
Often he talked in her of God. Of his
God. walking beside her along the foo;.
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had n lover
He .,,crione.a n dreadful cno,,o,
and he stood cbokc.i with ,hc .oan al,
over his faoc. b,in. in the nct of shawn,
when no found himself abIo 4, ,hirL
and srsral oncc ,n,re n. ,-i,ul 81, l. M,
true: Won arr living. Mclan.c,'
But the peasant woman nut her hand
on her heart, MAY our Lord iudrc me n
am living. Monsieur le Cure / tell Won
she goes TO him every evening AS soon
as yonr sister Is in bed They meet
each other beside the river, Ycu have
only To re, there between 10 O'Clock and
midnight, and see for Yourself"