The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-16
7 PERE SADEsTES. !

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A September sun had fully seven -oieb1hs'
| Of its labor completed Along the psth. ~
the garden connectcd with tho Church a
the Resurrection, strode majestic pcrs
6adestes. the scholarly, eloquent pastor.
He was singulariy handsome man In his
simple cassock, bsrretta and shining low
quarter shoes He was about 40 years Of
age, tall, dorid, sustere. with intellectual
features. No ono thought him kind
man. He was unvaryingly storm, cold,
unemotional
The Resurrection parish did not require
Me mercies OF benign nature. Ihcy
wanted elegance, eloquence and cxclualyc-
ness. They had them In Pere Sadcstcs,
The priest turned In his walk.
A fashionably dressed young man stood
before him.
Good afternoon, father. Ind you 40
IeisuBss"
Quite. What can / do for youi"
"Are we alone, fathers"
Absolutely"
The young man raised beseeching eyes
70 the placid face which shone with jus
| tice and resolution. He laid his gloved,
trembling hands in the priest'A Tears
| coursed down his cheeks.
Father, am in awful troubled Ny
Godl What will become Of my poor moth
err"
| He sank upon his knees.
Pere Sadestes did not caress nor sootho
him He folded his huge arms In an atti-
tude Of patient waiting.
When his paroxysm subsidized, the young
man arose.
I'VE will repair to the house." said the
priest, leading the way.
They entered the study. The priest closed
the door. The young man dropped into .
chair and again surrendered to his cmo-
tions. Pere Sadestcs stood calmly by his
desk 4
"You just spoke Of your mother, Fran
els. IL judge her correctly. she would
prefer you master your feelings.
This seemed to fortify the young man.
He grew calmer.
What Is your trouble"
~ have committed forgery, father"
Pere Sadestcs smiled.
Nothing worses"
"Isn't that bad enough father'"
"Not to call forth spasms Of grief from
Fran Is Rignold. Millionaires should
neither forge nor trcmble over 1t. How
much Is this forgery, and upon whom:
"For $4,000 Upon my employer"
"When did it happeni"
"A year ego, but was discovered ycste~-
day"
why don't you adjust itf"
IT cannot. am penniless.
"Why does not your mother extricat>
your"
.She, too, Is without means"
Pere Sadestes smiled again.
II can do nothing for YOU"
Father, you
The priest had left the room.
An hour later lady was shown into che
priests library.
''You know me, father, do you nots"
II know you, madam"
"You have declined to rescue my SON.
fathers''
''I have madam"
'sYou forget, Father Sadestes, you owe
something to our family 1t Ill becomes you
% forget"
II am not aware that I am in debt to
your family. madam"
WAS it not my father who started you
In lifef Did he not leave you $lc0. 900 In
his will'"
True; both true"
"Then, father, have right to ask yoa
20 come to Francis relief You musr loan
him the money to rectify his wrong"
The priest smiled.
Il have no money, madam"
''No money!"
"Not dollar"
sWhat do you mean, fatherf"
"Your fathers legacy has been exhaust
Cd"
|, I'm charity, presume" /" said the lady,
with snecr.
1T is gone. I can do nothing, even II
would"
''Then he must go to prison, fathcri
Think of my dlsgraco'' !.
Tho priest smiled again.
"For my sake, father! For tho sake Of
the child Of your benefactorl'
Make you such an appeal, inndamf
How dare your 1t is true your saintcd fa-
ther--dear old DIR. Bcrmine--took me, q
ragged loaferof q boy, and sent me to school.
Upon his counsel entered the prizes; hood.
At his death l received 500, 600. had
purposed employing part Of that sum I'M
reclaiming our family property SO could
give my aged mother home With tho
balance I intended educating my INDECENT
nephews and nieces. But before could
carry out my projects God sent poor
woman to me with an appeal stronger
than that of my own family. This woman
had been outcast by her family, and her
father had ignored her in his will. Sho
married a man who committed forgery
To her surviving family she appealed for
the means which was her right, that sho
might save her husband from felons
fate. She was refused She was driven
from their doors. She came to me--tho
playmate OF her childhood. She cast hcr-i
self upon my mercy. l paid tho price OF
her husbands liberty with tho means nc
my command"
Your heart was touched, father"
1T was, madam. She was your sistcr!''
William A. Lewis in Cincinnati PosA