The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-22

glish confrere says. that an author of liter
allure and newspaper both do themselves
honor in making known one great country
TO And # co nS5 live s otb
erwise than at my own work table. L should
like to go myself.
said to me one day: If I were not so old
/ should like to go first to study the In
dies, Palestine and Egypt-that is to say,
the dead civilizations. i should try to I'M
derstand what caused them to perish Then
should go to America to study civiiZa-
ton which is rising and ascertain If it con-
tains from Its birth the seeds of death.
Now this theory had struck me so for
chilly that when 1 learned OF the departure
of Bourget l saw that Taine had used the
and that that vas the object of his jour
ney. But. alasi / will no. go. / am only
wood chopper, and when l return l will
which the Herald readers will have the first
opportunity to peruse.
THE NEXT lola ROMANCE.
"There are my notes. you see. 1 have
1910 pages of them. That shows you my
plan is detailed and laid out. 1 could sit
down now at my desk and finish it. But
that would not be easy, forsooth, and it
would be long. 1 confess that my most diff
ficult work will be to make it as short as
possible. But my subject brushes me.
"Just think, to tell the story of modern
miracle. 1t is astonishing what is taking
place and has taken place in that little
corner of the Pyrenees. 1 have made a
thorough study of the question. 1 am GER
tain that Bernadette. the little shepherdess
who saw the virgin and who gave birth
to the pilgrimage, acted in good faith tn
legend of the free thinkers true that tells
the story of the beautiful lady who, being
found in the grotto, avoided the scandal
- car1ffn h0rS n IA 10
ION that matter the imperial government
caused an investigation to be made after
the miracle OF FEB: =, 1898 Inc miracle 4S,,e
the papers in the case have disappeared
all trace of them was lost in 1875 when
the clerical reaction came into power with
who was very simple and pious, ana who
could not read or write. may have been
suffering from an attack of hysteriai
1T is possible, but 1 will not pronounce
an opinion on Ii until / have submitted to
the doctors all the documents that L have
gathered in regard to her. In any case she
is a systematic being and one TO be pitied,
for, created TO live like all women. she
dies at the age of thirty-five without hav-
ing been woman, mother or wife-dtes in a
convent because she had seen the Virgin,
But she is not the heroine of my book,
which has TO do with our times MY BOOK
will be divided into five days, equal 10
five parts, each composed of five chapters.
1t will be the history of a pilgrimage start
ing from Paris going to Logrde 5a ana ,TSa re e
show without bias or feltishlike devotion.
but also without irrelgion. all that faith,
whether we'll or i'll understood, inspires /
desire TO picture the pilgrims on their
knees, with arms outstretched, singing
canticles for hours at time, but will
also describe the vendors who sell wax
tapers and those who sell other things with
the wax taperS.
but what is curious from philosophical
point OF view is that this Lourdes country.
situated In an out of the way place. where
no one went before the miracle and where
all the old-time virtues were preserved has
become since the miracle. when pilgrims
from all parts of the earth gather there,
constituting a great emotional movement of
humanity, place which contains neighbor-
hoods where there is more vice than virtue.