The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-06-09

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CHAPTER XvIII.-CoNTrNuED.
"You can put people to sleepp
ANYBODY" Sister Paul opened her
aded ives very wide. ..But that is
not natural" she add d in a per-
picked tone. "And what is not nat
ural cannot be right"
"And is all right that is natural?"
asked Unorna thoughtfully.
1T is not natural" repeated the
other. chow do you do it? Do you
use strange words and herbs and in
carnations"
Unorna laughed again, but the nun
seemed shocked by her levity, and
she forced herself t. be grave.
mo. indeedr' she answered. II
look into their eyes, and tell them to
sleep-and they do. Poor Sister PAUL.
You are behind the age in the dear
old convent here! The thing is done
In half the great hospitals of Europe
every day, and men and women are
cured in that way of diseases that
paralyze them in body as well as in
mind. Men study to learn how it is
done-it Is IS common to-day as a
means of healing as the medicines yor
know by name and taste. IL is calle.,
hypnotism."
And again the sister .ssoaasa .her-
self.
Il have heard the " ~"
she said, as though i I ere
was something dlabo.t- And
do you heal the sick ia ~
means OF this-tE.Eg'
Sometimes" Ua1ra .~--u.
There is an old nai., .:..lce.
whom I have kept VII. many
years by making him - & glea
deal" Unorna smiled L Ii: 10.
"But have you no words y:1
N%othingP"
Nothing. 1t is my will. That is
all.n
But if it is of good, and not oil the
evil one, there should be a prayer
with it. Could you not say u prayer
with it, Unorna?"
Il dare say l could" replied the
other, trying not to laugh. ..But
that would be doing two things at
once-my will would be weakened"
1T cannot be of good" said the
nun, ut is not natural, and it is
not true that the prayer can detract
the will from the performance of a
good Decd She shook her head
energetically than usual. land
it is not good, either, that you should
be called a witch. you who have lived
here among u.s."
ut is not my fault" exclaimed
Unorna, somewhat annoyed by her
persistence. '.And, besides, Sister
Paul, even if the. devil is in it. it
would be right all the same"
The nun held up her hands in holy
horror, and her jaw dropped.
"My child! my child! How can you
say such things to me?"
st is very true, ..Unorna answered,
quietly smiling at her amazement.
IF people who are i'll are made we'll,
is ii not a real good, even if the evil
one does it? Is it not good to make
him do good, if one can. even against
his will?"
mo, nor cried Sister Paul, in
great distress. .'Do not talk like
that-let us not talk of it at all!
Whatever it is, it is bad, and l do not
understand it, and I am sure that none
of us here could, no matter how well
you explained it. Unorna, my dear
child, then say d prayer each time,
against temptation and the DEVILS
works.
With that the good nun crossed her
self a third time, and, unconsciously,
from force of habit, began to tell her;
beads with n hand, mechanically
smoothing her broad starched collar
with the other. Unorna was silent
for a few minutes, plucking at the
sable lining of the cloak which lay be-
side her upon the sofa where she had
dropped it.
LET us talk of other things" she
said at last. Talk OF the other lady
who is here. Who is she? What
brings her into retreat at this time of
yeargn
Poor thing-yes, she is very un-
happy answered Sister Paul. st
is a sad story, SO far as I have heard
it. Her father is just dead, and she
is alone in the world. The abhess
received a letter yesterday from the
cardinal archbishop, requesting that
she would receive her. and this morn
ing she came. His eminence knew
her father, it appears. She is only to
be here for a short time, I believe,
until her relations come to take
her home to her own country.
Her father was taken ill
in a country place ear the city,
which he had hired for the shooting
season, and the poor girl was left all
alone out there. The cardinal thought
she would be safer and perhaps less
unhappy with us while she is wait
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