The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-04
SISTER URSULA'S CLIMB.
By Isudyard Ikipiinr.
oopgrish. 1893 BY RUiVdrd 6fPfns.

ATT. "a Iivnd bas long since gone to his
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| In n,uo,ose citv OF n lind that shall be
| ,.moI.ss a ,ioh wan lived alone His wealth
bad honebt him a luxurious fat on the NTH
| noor NJ n roa.brieI mansion. whose Criilea
ware Of hammered iron. and whose halls were
n, in,nta martha When he need ed al ton q an zee.
| coals his letters n meal. n messenger. or q
carriage he pressed an electric button aud
bis wants were satisfied almost rs swiftly as
even petulant wealth could expect An exceed
ingly svi,t lif. bore him to and from
his rooms. and in his rooms he had
gathered about him all that his eve
Observation-Disclosures in rich cases with felted
hinges worries from all the world rugs. lamps.
cushions, couches. engravings. AMI rings with
encravings upon them. miniatures OF pretty
women, scientific toys and china from Persia
He nd friends and acquaintance as many as
he could beiriend or know: and some said
that more than ono woman had given him her
whole love Therefore. he could have lacked
nothing whatever.
One day u hot sickness touched him with it's
finger. and he became no more than sick
man alone among his possessions. tho sport
OF dreams and devils and shadows. sometimes
a log and sometimes lunntic crying in de-
lifium. Before his friends forsooE him alto
Gether. as healthy hrutes will forsake tho
wounded. they saw that he was efficiently
doctored. and tho expensive physician who
called upon him at first three times day. and
later only once. caused him to be nurscd by
nun. Science is good" said the physician.
but for steady. continuous nursing. with no
science in it. religion is better-and know
Sister Ursula"
Sp al cE n N W. n n
and fairly pretty. hut. above all. skilfu!.
When he got better he would give the con-
vent and not Sister Ursula, u thank Offering
which would be spent among the poor whom
Sister Ursula chiefly attended. At first the
man knew nothing OF the nuns eSistence-he
was in the country beyond allcreeds-but later
a white coifed face came and went across his
visions. and at last. spent and broken. no woho
to see very quiet young woman in black.
moving about his room. He was too weak to
speak: too weak almost to cling to life any
more In his despair he thought that it was
not worth clinging to: but the woman
was at least "a woman. and alive The
touch of her fngers in his as she gave
him the medicine was warm. She testi-
fed to the existence OF world full OF
women also alivc-tho world no was be-
ginning to disbc!ieve In. He watched her sit
ting in tho sunshine by tho winaow. and
counted the light creeping down from bead to
bead OF the rosary at her waist They then
moved his bed to the window that he might
look down upon the stately avenue that ran by
the fiat house. and watch the people going to
and fro about their business. But the change.
instead OF cheering. cast him into deeper m ell
ancholy. 1t was nearly 100 feet. sheer drop.
to those healthy people walking SO fast. and
the mere distance depressed him unutterably.
a nj uif Ia If VII All DE-
that his friends had left and he tried to play
with the knobs OF the desk close to the head Of
his bed. and he was very. very wretohod.
One morning he turned his face away from
the sunlight and took no interest in anything.
while the hand turned hack upon the dial 81
swiftly that 1t almost alarmed the doctor. He
said to himself: Bored. eh2 Yes. You're
Just the kind OF over. ucated. over-renned
man that would drop his hold on life through
sheer boredom. You've been most interest
Ing case 80 lar. and won't lose YOU He said
to Sister Ursula that he would send an entiro-
ly fresh prescription. and that Sister Ursula
must give 1t to the invalid every 20 minutes
without fail. Also ii the man responded. it
might be we'll to talk to him a little He
needs cheering up There is nothing the mat
ter with him now: but he won't nick m"
There cnn be few no,nts ~ svno,a,h,. -
tween man born. bred. trained. and sold for
and to the world and n good nun mazda for tbo
...;a. - o.h. tL; W. '''o
service Of o'her things' sister rsnlas voice
was very sweet. but the matter OF her speech
did not interest. The invalid lay s,iIl Iootirc,
on, -, ,ha ,rinho n'' .h .as .''Ii' iooA'n
out vi the W'hoo" upon thc street all dressed
in its Sunday afternoon en- ptiness. Then no
shut his eyes. The doctors hov rano,t tia
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oooi. sister Ursula stepped out into the hail.
not to disturb the sleeper. and took the medi-
cine from the boys hand. Then the M sbot
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Gown, aha even US she turned the wind OF its
lock door of the rooms with n click only a li,,ia
mora loud thar tha L. -, H.. 80, -" t'.'te
more iouu 'hah inc reap OF her terrified heart.
Sister Ursula tried tho door softly. but rich
men with many hundred pounds worth of
hroo nv, +hon,.,I,,o ~
Drie-a- orac Duy themselves very well-nade
doors that fasten with singularly cunning
locks. Then the lift returned with the boy in
cborro ,nr On eonr nc his g., -' w, ;"
si'..I e, UNI 80 sooi d MS SUNDAY and rather
distracted attention was drawn to the state Of
"""n W Wv oane"ieh' ana s'ehS 10 tho
caretaker. who doubtless had II duplicate Il cy.
To tho basement. therefore. Sister UrsuIn
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