The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-09-23
DISCIPLINE.
"a hamper for NJ. lie Cure"


'Baen. Be good enough to open it, SUI
Zanne."
Suzanne did as she was told. NJ. 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 its 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
chin. Had he not been a priest, you
might have fancied that he was little
sensual. But he had 1orsworn the world.
! Still there is something interesting even
! to priest i'll q turkey at Christmas time.
/ He went up to the bird slill pendent from
I the hand of Suzanne. He even went so
/ far AS to apply his thumb and toreiinger
to the breast--not an eager pinch, but one
calm and critical, such as became man
/ Oh his profession.
~ plump bird, Suzanne, ell ~
For a moment Suzanne was entbusi-
aStic. 1t was a turkey OF Il thousand.
She might have seen largeI-yes, that was
quite pUsslb!o-Dht neEer, no, never
+ pUimper one. Would NJ. 10 Lule put
himself 10 the trouble 10 notice tie depth
i OF flesh upon The breastDone?
She held The bird up higher as she
spoke. Then. all az once. 4 change cane
over her expression.
~ vii! have it on Christmas Day"
said The cure, and his eyes lwiGkied.
Nus, Nj. lie Cure began Susanne,
a little ilniiaiy.
~ eli, what is it?''
at mas, perhaps. been little TOO long
on the way" saIu suzanne.
y on mean il Nil! not Keep"
III wouid he i,or!ect il Nj. Ie Care Would
have IL to-day"
''but lnaL Is Impossible It's Friday
III Advent, TOO
IL wlil not keep ill Sunday"
''Oh, GEAR" sa.d Tie Cure. Let ME
lool. at lhu laoeI, ,ouznuc.'i
II was true. 1he bird had not come
lSin-t. Ii hao apparently been .lliasont
10 some Out-ui-tilc-Way place, where X
l;ui remained several days, probably in
some close apartment.
ut wGuld ne Il thousand pities Ter so
fine d bird 10 Dc thEo" nuWay," rcaitI led
The cure, As II 20 himself otlunuu
agreed win Linn, respectfully. ye;
eagerly
Aid yet, what is 20 be doaeg' contiu-
ued the Nurc.
The Cure ~&S 3 good man, or he might
have solN Ell tie ptobloin III Il inoment; 81
rather there Wuuid !.itNc hettI 40 lru3,4e!u
10 solve. Bui lie is iuli uI Problems lur
good people. Others lla.- walk s.ralEht
10 their abf Get, bul the s,.,oi ti.tu must sit
down ana thluk tie !t-Ilcr oar III all its
/ bearings NJ. le Cute dIu NOT actually Sit
down; on she contrary, be walked up aud
down The room. Ivory tisue he came
near the turkey he suIlIed Il lite. an.
said TO hauseii that Tic bird certainly
would not keep. his WAS tue one firui
iact which ne hatt 20 20 upon. NJ, lnore
MAS one otner. IL WAS Il nae bird, Il very
fine bir', az! exceedingly fine bird; It's
pluupness VA. qulle Remarkable Most
turkeys have Il very sharp ul eastbouc,
( needing sometimes, inuU,d. Il kin,i OF
surgical oper;tlt0!; 10 reduce il 10 Il seeniy
Level when OF Tie table. lat tils tnrkey
seemed 10 be all meat. surely it bust lie
SIN 10 waste "a u!lu IKE Iili,. ItINe Il 10
The poor? so, cor,o.niy Hot. /; is not
good or Inc sohI nr.tltlI. even OF LAe
poor, 10 est lI,YheA on 4 fid IN No
vent. rue, Ihes naSe 10 et5trve OH IL
good maily ncsn uAjs, tut you can't lal-
auce things ia tu.s way; without q dis
pensatlOh no one can cat meat on any
Friday, much less q itIday in Advent.
And only the Bishop can grant dispen-
Satlun.
1t is terrible 10 think what am amount
Of evi! has been brouG nt. abs>dt by women.
/ When tie Cure asllen that question,
"N hat is to be d0nc?' he asked it in ali
! innocence. Was suzanne as innocent
/ when she replied:
''fhe turkoy can lie done, NJ. 10 Cure"
"N eli, yes, said the Cure, taking his
three chins III his right hand and citress-
ing them, there can be no harm in that"
Suzanne waited to near no more. FAX
! ing the turkey with her, she loft tile
room. The Cure returned 10 his desk
''It 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 ne even caught him
/ self writing 1.-The turkeys Of Egypt" 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 a kind of dispensati0n from
work. So he put down his pen and lay
4 back in his great leathern armchair.
/ Then something happened which had Of
/ ten happened beiore-he actually fell
asleep. on see, with only double
chin man gets to sleep quite easily in
the afternoon, and the Cure had a treble
chin.
And he had dream-the dream OF
really good man-all innocence and COM
fort. 1t was the simplest dream in The
world. lie was merely sitting at his Ia
bic, with a serviette tucked under Lis
three chins, and the turkey was before
him, and he was eating OF it, That was
the whole dream. Very simple, You say,
but then the turkey was done to turn.
He was just saying, - on Will find
some nice picllings on the back, Suzanne"
when he awoke. 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 per-
yaded 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. | wonder what O'Clock
it is" He pulled out his watch. Dear
me, it is already o."
At the Cure dined, and Suzanne was
punctualty ITSELF At that very moment
She put in her head. IN. lie Cure, Le
diner est serUi," she said
The Cure got up and walked across the
hall into the other room, his dining
room. What delicious SMELL 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-
quisite oders under his very nose. There
was a terrible mental struggle. He
turned at first very red-the blush that
waits upon a crime; then very pale-he
was forming a stern resolve; then nearly
blue-this was the Strengthening effect of