Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-04
80 5TANIacV rafss assocaud7d
CHAPTER T.
REHINp coNvENr 49,.

1AnuAa q IVuNtlh Va N4o "a luo
Catholic sisterhoods. The building, or
series of buildings, shoots upward from
an eminence thar gives the mOnastic
structure a cOnsDicuity strangely ia
contrast with the lives OF its gentle In
mates-s0me Of whom daily visit the
city TO teach in the parochial schools
, assigned TO their order; others who care
sfOr the orphan. making their lullabies
l-even more tender than their mothers
"a soothing, prayerful song Of heaven
ly praise and appeal In reparati0n for
the m fold sins OF humanity.
In convent reception room, Ia the
9rst year OF the last decade OF the
asent century, two lovers sic opposite
superior. Mother St. Gertrude, the
engaged ia a conversation which
Is with the two young people, and
the nun takes more than q passing
7rest In &C. She stands 10 the rela-
of a mother 80 the girl.
other ST. Gertrude is a woman OF
sium height. She is nearing the
century mark, but the happiness
ioyeG To- her community has kept the
VS. OF time from touching her face
90 0Oks out from her hood like a
taDhs .listic picture OF the Madonna in
unshine, and not dolorous. The man
agement of the large institution over
which she presides, embracing branch
establishments calling for much judg-
meut and knowledge OF fuanciering
necessarily gives her a deeper insight
into the ways of the world than the
average nun can ever gain.
The greatest saints la the calendar
have had the most buoyant OF dispOsi-
tions; the deeds that earned their canon
izaf'0n-acts of startling miracle aud
earprising OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES been
drawn FROM the catacom bS OF ecclesias-
ticism, where they mad been pre-
served with the embalmment Of-WhaJ?
Humor, sweet and subtle; fancy, free
and ford; humanity, broad and blessed
all exercised in exercising evil by eX-
citing joy and awakening the people
into new life that leads TO the eternal,
the hOIiest OF men and women who
have walked in the shadow OF ascetism,
disseminated in their wake the light
and incentive 20 pleasure that kept
their memories halowed until the
church placed upon them the aureole
Of oenedicti0n.
OF this type Is Mother So. Gertrude,
pleasant woman, with a mind as sus-
ceptible 90 uirtd as her heart is 90 suf-
ferIng, her interest ia al her friends,
worldly and religious, aot Ignoring
any feature Of their lives.
Laurence, you know your own mind,
don't you?" she asked, addressing the
young man. Isabel thinks you may
change, IN her ancestry turns out TO
have been piebian.'
Nonsense" said the young man.
1.-THE aristocrat OF to-day was a barba-
rian Yesterday. The old aristOcrat was
0sthrOned and the title c0nhscated by
the savage cOuQueror who assumed,
generally with y0or grace, an air OF
gentlJv he faucied was 10 keeping
with his stolen grandeur. The rank
but the guinea's stamp you know.
Laurence Mangan was about 90 years
of age. TALL athletic aud manly. He was
newspaper man whose caustic articles
had made him feared as his honesty had
made him respected by the politicians
.iwhom be had often thwarted To- their
fdesigns upon the city and county treas
hries. His bearing indicated self depend
.ance-never vanity or offensive pride.
His features were handsome, his char
acter chivalric. A Byronic brow, sur
mounted by curls that distinguish the
sculpture typical of the Greek gods,
rose above eyes whose sparkle-or fire,
40 Won wilI-gave you no better idea OF
his mental strength than Of his physical
energy.
Isabel lie Clair aglow with the
lhealth and beauty of 30 summers, look
.ed az him archly, gratiied with his sen
, siments. but apparently still mistrust-
.ul. as if something hidden in the iu-
ture we're yes 90 come between them.
Laurence, -" she asked, ''are YOU sure
Mother ST.. Gertrude has told you ALLOW
"Of course" interiected the nun. Ell
will rereat 10. because / know 10 viii
give YOU more satisfaction
,sYou needn't" said Laurence. "Let
me- assure Isabel that 90 is herself, not
her ancestry. / am in love with. Cir
'cpmstances may undermine the romauce
bave built around her birth, but 20
cannot change her character. The sins
OF our ancestors, by commission or
omission. mar not us, unless we brood
upon them, and the false social SpirI;
rejects us through fear of their ebu.u-
tion In ourselves. But, / believe -
ana in the enthusiasm OF the moment
be- stepped forward, lifted Isabel from
her chair, aRO pressing her 90 his bosom
kissed the upturned face-"I believe
with the poet Moore:
"Oh. what was love made Tor. 10 ems not the
r-h-o8-b iov and through torment Through
n
49, r6t D asS 1cr. Dr. quilts i'm chat heart
bat know that / love t.ae, Whatever ,aou
arr
He lifted his ewes 90 Mother ST. Ger
trnde. who had herself arisen. She had
meant Co chide one or Che other, prob
ably both, our as she looked 90 Che viii
lowv forn Of her fair pr0toge. heavng
vitb delight. a blush of madenly fer
vor making Isaoel more beautiful than
ever. and 10 wss Laurenca's words that
broke the silence
"Don't mind what I DO, mother; cell
your story"
"It is. very lo1g, resumed the SIS
ter. "IsA5el evidently came of good
family. She was brought 90 this lnsti-
tution nearly twenty years ago by her
father. George Leland. was assistant
sunerior then. Mr. Leland said be had
bov, some years older, being cared
ior elsewhere, We never heard from
aim but once after As she grew up,
Isabel, not knowing or seeing any rela-
tive. took a fancy 90 the name by which
was known 90 the world lie Clair. Ia
was a child's wbim. I humOred DC, just
asl have humored her in other things,
brt she isn't spoiled yet, is she?'
This was intended 20 rally the girl,
who was a Lutte disconnected aud looked
from the sister Co the lover as the story