The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-15

the help Of the Chnrch, at my lastr Msthurin
turn to the other soldiers. and say, 'unloose
the men, The Colonel nod his head and say.
and they ali Il 20, for Mathur .nI tell rIpi them to 50.
Mn aE6SSTS0S Soy Il ao ysr' afraid SU ,S SS'G 70 Of n. w s"i.
diers.. Lift. him up and bring him in the
f tRs, altar. M! MstS RaiGs T Io%i % az !, The 'h %o S'S tor q a
him, but the Colonel say, i have rive yopmy
word. Give mo comfort Of che Church baoro
he turn roun' to everybody dat san BY, and
toll, them to say the prayers for the sick, Nv.
crybody gst him down on his knees and say
the prayer; everybody say:
deliver him. oh. Lord, from Thy wrath And
the face Of the English soldier It get vsE'
SS1Si "n And i'i Just 's %s M Mat tsrT s sSp at sG sGe last Sss
dat his sins they are forgive. he die. Then
SM NJ sa2 tn h %n ss 60 .a SEss to met srk Ds Ss NJ Ml ssSSss
$50. dat is the ting that .Mathurin do to
save the patriots from the. bullets. Yer we'll.
then men they 20 free. and when the Governor
~ Quebec ho hear tho truth, he say It is ali
ani hanpy. becos he link Ills sins are forgive.
But then there is Mathprin and his sin to pre-.
aGMd there he is i. " priest rTsst ,r Tns cure he come back
body come near him n his house, nobody, go
in him school. and he work on the blackboar'
and he write on the slate. bui there is no
TO sneak Il, Mathurin. Not til the next sun
Gay, then the cure send word for Matl'uria 70
s stems If 7" tn the ., chnrt,; .o M Mat rr,G . come ne i to the
,Mathnrin. you have sin n great sin. II
II Tns &c 200 years aE9, You would be put to
mat, Is no matter, am ready, to die now. |
d ,hid T. to save the fathers of the children and
world. The sin IS mine!'.-
that IS good: the. wives have their husbands
who confess his sins the English soldier TO
h. is forgive. The Spirit of God was upon
MIN when be die, becos'. you speak in the
Who take upon you ths holy thing, you shall
sniiSr: for penance al your life you shall
pennLce for. the poor Mathurin. Then he set
him other tings 70 do, and every, Sunday for
the way to tha church, but the cure say. Not
yet ar. YOU forgive At the end CT the year
blow through him. Every day he 20 to him
school and write on tie Slackboar' and mark
on the slate and call tho roll Of the school.
Bnt there is no answer for there is no child.
But all the time the wives of the men dat he
have save and the Children. they pray for bin.
And by and by all the village tnev pray for
him, they are SO sorry.
1t Is so for two years. and then they say
eh"f b,s M E5e n IN , ne go SRa to hIe and H ,h c" mnn w come
-. NhN hANA Wv lAhS W iA'oN
life he save. they come to the cure and ask
him to take the psnanee from Mathurln. =,
The cure say, Wait till next sunday Sc
next Sunday Mathurin is carry TO the church
he is too weak to walk on Lis knees. The
cure he stan at the altar and he read a letter
from the Pope, which say dat Mathurin his
penance is over and he is forgive: dat the Pop,
himself pray for Mathurin to save his soul
so Mathurin all at once he stan up. and
his face ii smile and smile, and he strctcl
out his arms as If they are on "A cross. and b,
gay. Lord. am ready to CO. and he fall down
But the cure catch him AS lie fall. and Math
URN lay, Tile childern-let them come to mt
that may teach them before | die And al
the Children in the church they come close u
him. and he sit up and smile. and Re say:
" 1t IL tho class in 'rithmetic. How much Il
three times FOUR And them all answer, 'Thre,
times four is twelve And h. say. May thu
twelve Apostles pray for me- Then he ask
Glass in gcography-how far is 1t roun' thu
world: And suty answer. 'Twenty-foul
thousand miles He say. 'Good-it is not 81
far to God. The school is over all the time,
He Is dead.
"When the cure lay down after he max
the sign upon him. ne kiss his face and say
Nathurin. now you are q priest unto Cod"
That was Angelo Rouvier's story of Mathu
rim. the master OF the school. for whom tn
women and the children pray in the parish o
Pontiac, though the school has been Gismisse,
these hundred years.