The record-union., 1893-09-23
DISCIPLINE.
"a hammer for M. le Cnra.u

A hamper Tor M. lie cure"
"Baen. Be good enough to open it, Su-
zanne."
Suzanne did as she was told. N. lie
Cure, in soutane, sat at his desk, awaiting
this new revelation. He had great faith
in the unseen-as regarded parcels.
so, monsieur, via lie beau dindon."
She had extracted the turkey from the
hamper, and was now holding it up for
admiration by the legs. The turkey could
not but hang it's head. If it was the mo-
ment of Suzanne's triumph, it was also
the moment of the turkeys humiliation.
Life is an uneven balance; the elevation
Of one scale means always the depression
of the other
M. le Cure got up with dignity. he was
short and stout, with small eyes, and
plump cheeks, and thick lips, and treble
might have tancied that he was a little
sensual. But he had torsworn the world.
Still, there is something interesting even
to priest III turkey at Christmas time.
/ lie went up to the bird slill pendent from
/ the hand of Suzanne. He even Went SO
! far as To apply his thumb and iorehnger
! TO the breast-not an eager pinch, but one
calm and critical, such as became man
oI his professions.
~ plump bird, Suzanne, ehY'
For moment Suzanne was entbusi-
astic. II was turkey OF thousand.
She might have seen arger-yeS, that was
quite pussiblo-buL never, no, never Il
/ piumper one. Would NJ. lie cure put
] himself to the trouble to notice the depth
/ OF flesh upon the breast9one?
She neld tho bird Up higher as she
spoke. Then. All a. once, Il cbange came
oyer her expression.
~ Wiz have it OH Christmas Day"
I said tie care. aid his eyes tWiGkleG.
''lf,ty, NJ. lc Cure-'' began ousanne,
a little tInilaiy.
~ eli, what is t?''
1T nas, perhaps, been liltle 700 long
on the way" salu suzanne.
~ on lucan il viii not keep"
III Notsid be porleet il NJ. le Care would
have il to-day"
but tnat =, iupossible II is friday
"itwlA not koep Til Sunday
'.Oh, @elr," ,a,u The Care. Let NE
look ut the label, 9uztuuc."
IL was iruc. 1ho bird mad not come
Tying. ii hat! apparently been .ilissuI4t
10 some out-ot-the-Way place, " here il
ll;ti remained several days, probably in
some close apartment.
1T WGUlu fse Il thousand Diltes TOR so
/ fine {, bird 10 bu lhroWnuWay, " rcula. i<ed
the cure. as II 10 hIuiselL Suzanne
agreed with him, re, Dcc,itnIy, ye;
eagerly
Mid yet, what is 70 be doae?'' contm-
ued Inc Durc
The Cure was good man, or he might
have solN ed tie plObluiu an Il lnouent; or
rather there Wpuid :.;tN Z ,cctI lao prui.eu
10 soive. But he - luli 81 Problems ior
gn0d people. UtAers ma, walk straight
To Their Oh ,ect buL The ,utIi II.t.I must sit
Gown ana thluk tie iii-ttcr uut III al its
bearings. NJ. le Cure diu not actually Sit
down; on he contrary, he walked up aId
down the room. 4-NeIy tlsne he c;lltu
near the turkey he smiled !, lite. and
said 10 hauseu !hat the Lisii ,eriaInIY
would not keep. hs Was lbo one firm
lact which he had 20 20 upon. No, tnore
Was one Otncr Il WAS Il iIue bird, II very
line bir'i. All exceedingly hne bird; It's
pllhupness Wa. quUe reuarkablc Most
turkeys have very sharp bleastb0ne,
needing sonnet ines, indoed. II kin OF
surgical operation; 10 reuurGiL 10 Il Seenily
level when on the tAble. bat tbs turkey
seemed 10 be all meat. Suiely il bust he
Il sin 10 waste a u!!u Ike lhI,. tt4Ne Il 10
the Iou}? 80, CtT4,..Hiy HGt. 1; is not
good or the soul br,tith. even ot Lae
poor, 10 eat lltrI,e3 Oh 4 iri0 J IN .\u-
vent. Irut, they iaSe 10 staree on Il
good many mesa dtj :, bttt Sou can't Gal-
auce things in tit.s way; without dis-
peusailOn no one can cat meat OH auy
Friday, much less Il friday in Advent.
And only the Bishop can grant a dispen-
Sation.
1t is terrible TO think what an amount
ofevii has been brou -uk ab0at by women.
( When tie Cure asker that question,
"W hat is TO be done?" he asked it in all
/ innocence. Was Suzanne as innocent
( when she replied:
The turkey can be done NJ. 10 Cure"
''N eli, yes, said the Cure, taking his
three china III his right hand and caress-
ing them, there can DC no harm in that.
Suzanne waited to near no more. FAX
| ing the turkey with her, she loft the
room. The Cure returned to his desk.
''lt is a curious thing" he said to him
self, that there is nothing in the Bible
about turkeys" He had forgotten for
the moment that turkeys came originally
/ from America.
Then he went on with his sermon. 1t
was about sins Of the desh, and he found
/ it very hard work. His mind seemed all
! in confusion. Once ho even caught him
/ self writing 1.-THE turkeys of Egyptv in
stead Of ''the flesh pots of Egypt This
made him smile, and when yOu are alone
and smile to yourlelf you generally
mean it as Il kind of dispensaton from
work. SO he put down his pen and lay
/ back in his great leathern armchair.
/ Then something happened which had Of
/ ten happened betore-he actually fell
/ asleep. You see, with only IA double
/ chin man gets to sleep quite easily in
/ the afternoon, and the Cure had treble
chin.
! And he had a dream-the dream OF q
! really good man-all innocence and COM
1 fort. 1t was the simplest dream in the
/ world. lie was merely sitting at his ia
| BILE, with n seryiette tucked under lis
three chins, and the turkey was before
! him, and he was eating OF il. That was
the whole dream. Very simple, you say,
but then the turkey was done TO a turn.
He was just saying, You will lind
! some nice pickings on the back, Suzanne"
when he awolle. He rubbed his eyes; he
was astonished that the turkey was no
longer before them, and yet-now he un
derstood it all. The door was open, and
the exquisite odor OF roast turkey pers
vaded the room. Suzanne was certainly
| cooking the bird.
| The Cure signed. Life is full OF dis
| Illusions. Il wish [ had not awoke," he
said, little peevishly. The dream was
nicer than this. l wonder what O'Clock
it is" He pulled out his watch. Dear
| me, it is already D."
At ) the Cure dined, and Suzanne was
punctuality itself. At that very moment
She put in her head. IN. lie Cure, Le
diner est se1Ui," she said.
The Cure got up and walked across the
hall into the other room, his dining
room. What delicious smelli He tried
! to froWn.
| Suzanne lifted the cover. Yes, it was
/ true! There was the turkey, plump and
brown and juicy, exhaling the most ex-
J quisite oders under his very nose. There
! was a terrible mental struggle He
| turned at first very red-the blush that
waits upon crime; then very pale-he
was forming a stern resolve; then nearly