The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-19
INTERESTING
"REMINISCENCES
OF a Catholic Missionary
Tragic Death of Fathers
Verdict, Keralum and
De I.usirac.
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Father kerulam was an eX
cellent religious and scrupnS
lousy exact in the discharge Of
his duties. He practised holy
poverty to such an extent as to
be frequently rebulled by his
superiors. His delight was to
wear the old cassocks, which
others had cast aside. He was
careful never to modest any one,
aud was ever ready to help his
brothers in religion under any
circumstance. Once when he
had returned from visit to 100
ranches entrusted to his care
and zeal, be reached Browns
Vile at II o'clock at night, but
in order not to disturb the com
munity, he lay down and went
TO sleep near the graveyard.
His sight was very poor and on
this account be frequently lost
his way aud was obliged to
sleep upon the damp, cold
ground. Once he lost his way
and had nothing to eat for
three days except mesquite
beans; and the pears OF the
cactus plants, both growing so
profusely in southwest Texas,
the former a food for cattle and
horses, and the latter a food for
cattle when there is no grass
or anything else for them to
eat. One day a Protestant saw
him walking along the street
with some boards on his shou d
: or and a hammer in his hand
He said 10 his wife, who was a
Catholic: 81 wondered where
Father Kerulam was going with
that strange burden. ! thought
to myself that he must be- bound
on mission of charity. So,
t followed him and saw HIM enter
, a poor iacal, or hat built D
stakes and straw, on the border
of the town. When he arrived
! there, he immediately set tt
work to make a coffin for {
poor dead woman, whose corps,
was lying on the ground. Poo
I Father we'll Go remember The
: last time that he went fortt
, fram our midst To visit the dis
tant and iaboriouS mission,
! assigned to his loving care anC
1 apostolic zeal Just before de
parting he said TO ne; It have
a prpsentimpnt that l shall
never die al home, but ii | los'
Il my way in the woods and tinc
b myself on the point OF death,
shall set my horse free, for i
would be- sad thing for Tia,
poor animal to die Of huhge
and thirst" AS he set out.
heard his Superior s%: TIKI
. is the last time shall srnc
n him 10 the ranches, his sight i
= 800 bad" Ills pIesentimen
turned out TO be too true for h
J never returned.
h His horse was found grazinl
on the prairie with its lalia
- hanging from its neck. TIL
question was; what had bpcom
e of the poor unfortunate mis-
a sionary. Father Olivier, o. NJ
/, now Superior of lie house u
Eagle Pasn, was sent out Wit
. number Of men to search fo
: him. They searched every moo
q and corner between the las
= place which Father KrrulaI
had visited, and the Que wlic
II he intended 10 visit next. Fo
d several days they searched bu
1 all in vain No trace Of hiI
could be found. Again VIVA
- had become ofhim? There wrr
n, many suppositioDs, but uolI
|. ling certain. The first was b
had been murdered by a maj
whom be had refused to MARI
on account of an impeachment
Id "ligameD." The second, that i
le had surprised u band Of rancI
> eros who were in the ACT I
hanging man, and that the
d killed HIM in order to silenC
r the only witness of their erin
The thing remained q miste7