The Irish standard., 1894-10-06

was na dness for her, in her weak state,
to undertake that journey. She received
Holy Communion on the feast of the As
sumption, and the next day. August 16,
after the prayers and blessing given in
the ritual, started by the II o'clock train
for Paris. myself and few other
friends saw her and Sister Julienne off
from Cannon street. She had to be car.
ried in an ir valid chair to the carriage,
and from the train to the boat. must
admit that when I said goodbye to them
grave doubts as to whether she would
ever reach Lourdes.
|. They got as far as Paris the same day,
m ore dead than alive, aid after being
put to bed she remainad there all the
ext day till Saturday afternoon, when
the white train started for Lourdes. 1t
was arranged that the white train should
stop at Poitiers, which is half Way, from
Sunday morning till the following day
to give the pilgrims time TO rest. She
was so i'll when she arrived at Poitiers
that she had to be carried on a stretcher
to the Convent of the Sacred Heart,
whore one of her friends, Mrs. Munster,
had arranged for her and the Sister to
be lodged. When they arrived at the
convent she was too i'll to be taken up
to the bed room which had been pre-
pared for her, so the good nuns had a
bed put up for Der in the school, room on
he ground floor. After resting all day
Sunday they we're to proceed to Lourdea
the following day. On Sunday morning
it was decided to give the Holy Com
mun1on by way of viaticum, for it was
considered very doubtful whether she
would ever arrive at Lourdes alive. No
SO oner had she received Our Lord than
she, as it were by inspiration, got up and
knelt down. Finding she could stand
and walk, she went and knelt at the lit.
tie altar which had been prepared for the
Blessed Sacrament. The priest, followed
by all the nuns, had by this time gone
to administer the holy Communion to
another pilgrim, who was Very i'll III a
room above.
= We can imagine the astebishment OF
the Sisters when they returned and
found the dying pilgrim out Of bed and
kneeling at the little altar some dis
tauce off.
After making her thanksgiving she
dressed and walked to the chapel, which
was some distance from the room she
was IN; and there the candles we're Lii
and Te Deum sung by all the commun
ity to thank God for SO great favor
She walked by herself, but felt weak
At the same time as she regained the use
of her limbs, the bone in her spine re.
turned to it's proper place, and she felt
no more pain in the back. Now the
malady in the stomach seemed to increase
and she suffered the most acute agony
on the journey from Po.tiers to Lourdes
The train arrived at Lourdes about
o'clock on Tuesday morning, and she
was taken az soon as possible to the
grotto and put into the Piscine. NJ
sooner was she in the water than all the
pain in her stomach disappeared an6
she felt quite cured. Since she was
with the pilgrims of the white train bel
lodging was at the Hospital des Doul
eurs.
They now lost no time in letting us
hear of the cure. Her poor mother near
ly tainted when L told her that bel
daughter was cured. She, who a few
hours before could not eat the least
thing without vomiting, Low found TIE
food given to the patients insufficient
SO the Sister took her to the Hote
d'Angleterre, where she devoured two
helpings of chicken, bread and beans
and drank four cups of tea. She was IN
terviewed by large number of doctors
who, after reading the certificate Of he,
malady which she had brought from
London, examined her and pronounced
her cured. She had to leave the certi6
cate with the doctors, but as far as she
| can remember it ran as follows:
I have known and attended Sarah
Arter for three years, during the whole
of which time and for some years pre-
viously she has been quite confined to he1
b ed with loss of power and wasting Of
the lower limbs. Added to this she suf'
| fer from ulcers in the stomach, which
were the cause of great suffering and are
incurable ALEXANDER FoULERToN,
122 Brompton Road
Without a certificate from doctor
saying that she was incurable do not
think she would have been accepted by
the committee to travel by the white train.
Miss AFTER returned on Monday last, got
out of the train, walked down the plat
form, and mounted unaided the bridge
at New Ethan station. She, who ten
days before was nearly dead with the
fationa Of the Journey from London to