Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-05-23

| which | am still feeling he hddeu
with sigh Of intense enjoyment.
"You had twclvemonthT inquired
Henry, scanning his solemn clerical
brother from head to foot with aston
| ishmcnt
"You may well look surprised said
KeppcI, "and wonder whaI parsons
have to do with the inside Of a jail"
II have experienced the honor OF
persecution, Henry" explained Gcorg"
with deep satisfaction. "fhc rigols OF
my captivity were greatly aoftrncd by
HE sympathy Of faithful people,
"Itigors indccd!' growIcd KcppcI.
'"rhr bcggar was in clover. and almost
on his parole. But, as tell George,
he would have got double the tim',
ana been cHshirrcd into the Bargain if
| had been In command
"Rut, my dear George asked Henry,
"wIat were you prosecuted for? ANA
how could You he imprisoned! !
Thought the fires Of Smiihlicld, the
memory Of which you used to be so
fond Of recalling, were cXtlnGlllshcd
centuries ago"
"You are mistaken, Henry" returned
George, II his grulfcst Dass. "ln the
ScClsiOn OF your dungeon you have
been spared even the knowledge of the
awful evils we in the world have been
called upon to face. Never was the
enemy Of mankind more active than in
these latter evil days. The Catholic
church IL bcleaguerrd by all the
powers Of darkness, ana those Of her
priests who dare to be faithful are
hurled into dungeons"
"rhe Catholic church? Why, |
Thought you were one of the strongest
pillars Of Professionalism, and re-
nounced the scarlet woman and all
her works? am glad to see that per-
SccutIon and dungeons haze not per
mancntly damaged you"
l<cppel remembered the solemn ten
ant of the near chamber in time to
Stilc II burst OF laughter, while George
looked cmlarra sscd, and stammercd
II good dead.
"Ah, Henry" he replied, you are
thinking of twenty years ago, when |
was in the depths; ! have advanced
greatly since then"
You don't mean to say you are Il
RtualistY asked Henry, cycling his
brothers. slccrdotal appearance with
alrrrtionntc amusement.
"My dear Henry" said Keppcl, in
tcrTuptinE Georges disclaimer of this
term, "rTlnt fellow is the Rltunllst,
the ring leader of them all. What the
service would come to II mulineclr
were let down as lightly as he is,
Heaven only knows persecution in
decd"
Henry smiled, GLOW TINS would
have amused Cyldl!" he said, invoIun
larily. mo, George; am not mock
ing he added. in response to II panied
look on his brothers face; for, as he
learned subsequently, Cyril had been
wont to tease his reverend brother Il
good deal on the extreme 70 which he
had vecrcd from his ultra Protestant
opinions. "lf you think II your duty
to differ from your bishop, every one
must honor You for going 10 prison
about 1t. But your tcnets used to be
so very extreme In the other direction,
Tell me about you children"
Every effort was made to keep Cy-
rlls funeral as private rs possible, burt
In vain, Lillian, who was co-cXcrutor
with the bishop. had SO much to oc-
cupy her IN her fathers illness. and
her great anxiety To spare Marion and
Evcrard the slightest suspicion OF tine
tragedy which killed their father. that
she left the funeral ARRANGEMENTS TO
the bishop, only stipulating for rN-
trrmc privacy. Ey some prrNr rse dos
tiny, the bishop misunderstood her
Wishes and those of the Family, which
were that Cyril'S remains should 10
taken to Malhnurnc, and nj the last
moment II was diSeoN cred that all was
arranged for an intcrment IN the cathc-
dryl burial ground.
Ththrr, therefore. the deans re-
mains were borne Ivy the hands of
those who had loved him and volun-
lccrcd for this service, aud the
mourncrS. ON following their dead into
the cathedral, were dismaycd to find
1t thrungel from end to end 10y people,
who wore mourning, and many of
whom bore wrtErthS tor the dead.
They had feared Il curious crowd but
the majority of this crowd were anu
mated 10y something better than Curl
oNity, Those who accepted the dean 5
terrible revelations came to honor his
prnitcurc and respect his fallen estate;
many clergy came In the spirit which
moved his brothers seer to do honor 10
the remains OF the diSohcdirut pr tphHt.
Rut the public NJ large utterly re-
fused all crrdrnvr to his guilt, not only
nj the time OF the funeral, but even
after Am.a'S confession had been made
public Not Il woman IN RclminStrr
and not many men, held the golden.
mouthrl prcachrr and large hearted
phjlaunhroplst ~ be guilty Tho uurs.
lou was largely discussed IN the press
aS we'll us ia private circles instances
Of similar self ACCUSE tons Of lalftnr
Cotton crimes by those whose minds
had been consumed 10y long hroodiuG