Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-01-25


t'T--( tcrs of the heart,
which marks the
Breton charac-
ter The tale was related to her by
one ai her friends, the daughter of
the bcroiue, whom | will call Emma
Rosiiia
She was mot perfectly beautiful, but
heT face had an indescribable charm
Her eyes had the most exquisite soft
ness and her delicate eyebrows al
mos; seemed to possess Il soul, while
her skin was 50 fine that it betrayed
the Slightest agitation by flSitive
hlusheS
Little Emma Rosilis went regularly
10 church with her book of hours, and
the truth is that toward the age
of sixteen or eighteen there was no
pIaec in her little soul but for one
youug man. OF about twenty or TWEEN
iy-iwo, whom She saw often, and whom
| win call Emilieu.
Emma had known Emihcn ever
since she had known herself More
uver she dreamed what she did not
think, antil it happened one d. that
she ioand Emilicn was occup' ~ the
entire cavity of her little heart
The JCUng man whom She loved had
a good, though nota strong, nature,
but his simplicity, his absence of all
Dretence, were mos pleasing 70
Emmn She had not known any
young man super To- him. and. in
deed IN the lit world whore she
mo(ed she had not met many young
men Of any ud.
fhis lo7' Emma's soon became
most ate .Nug During entire DAYS
""V WV eH."l' HloV'"hIcss' almost
..9 cue We'e lN d trance ureaih-
i'' "t4"!eu. NaIutally
i'"'n!iB OF "haI
'eu'c"' clthGr TO the one
''f or 10 Hvr IelauIoha'
-ti con" Pahiohs' ler discretion
-''olute Ihat no one knew any
Nhat Elled her
" H.e Elnina '!yeu 0n'y IN her love
G9' "Ial'ie1 ne tIlouRhV I'tIte OF h9r
ne l2"nN ner pleasing as ul1 az the
NoT'u' ouV ne never Vhoush' OF UeIllhB
"er ~
ic WIS Il commonplace and passive
being and then, after all, was he to
blame? Emma was so modest that
shc could scarcely be distinguished
drom her friends-you would have
1aid she sought only to hide herself
One day while she was talking with
her companions at little reunion at
80 1No' - the, Garden many things
we're. Tho ncys which had
n fres nr ali vas tho on,.oool'
inv mr., .'of Emilian 70 AIIo NJ
"A was snoIten of as n certain thing
Esaua heard IL all. Snch was +be
,,onfroi which sbo had oyor ha,.saif
boweyer that mo one snsnected that ~
,,y,,,lyr d bad entcrod ~ baor+ ST.
was avi,gt. arose little while after
and retired without c,v;nT onv sion
Of lhc frightful wound which She had
Just recviFed
Another bit of news was circulated
a few DAYS after. in tie comnanv of
Hle same Young people. assembled in
lbc aitue irurden. Etnmn had entered
as noviee into the community of Ursu-
lines Of the little village of l.. As
she was very MONS this suyrrised no
fnnc. afe.r secret had belonped so ex-
elusively to herself that no one re-
proaehed 6er The idea occurred to
NO one that the marriage of Esnilien
was the eause of her consecratinp her.
SELF 10 religion.
The convent of the Trsulines ad.
nitted divers degrees of RELIGIOUS yo.
caeious By the side of the sisters
bound 70 the order by Il perpetual
VOW. there were pious persons wear
ing n costume which was like that OF
me order. minus the veil. These
n-orliccd the same obseryances. with.
mi a.ssuninr anv permanent obliga.
lions. The greater part tool. the
vows, al the end of some years, but
there was more than one example o.
devoted sisters who re-entered tn,
world after years spent in the con
ven7
/, woe into this class q
,;-,a,, tbo+ moor Emma on
go E,,o,nthip,1 was ne usual /,
- ,,d,niseiGr. in her novitinte' in
i,er cn1duct in the convent
- ~ sbs hecemn n devotoe of the mos
-, N. .o,,,,1a,jt, ,,io,1s as tho others
Tee in fault esteemed bv her su
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