The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-09
Love VISITS THE GL0|sTER
Able Richer Would RenouHce
His Vows and Marry.
DESIRED TO WE'D HIS WARD
With ny His Supe-
riors. He Repeots and Will Enter
Trappist Monastery. While the
Girl Will Go Into the SeclnsiOn of
\ Convent Near Montreal.

Ottawa, Ont, Sept. 9.-Tt is not an IN
usual thing in the little parish Of Mason,
in LabelIe county, for the citizens 70 in
terest themselves in the love affairs of
tIeir neighbors, Though only to the exte mt
or pleasantly gossiping over the events In
purely friendly and patro nizing way; but
there has Just now occurred a love at
fair In which the parish priest, Abbe
Kicker. and his exceedingly pretty ward,
Miss Josephine Date. are the main figures
that caused no end OF ''taIk,' and some
scandal tinged the many comments there
on. that Spread to aud fro throughout the
parish. The excitement originated when,
deaf alike to the refnonsuances of lay
friends and his severe clerical brethren.
Ahbe Richer announced his determination
lug girl of his clioice.
when Baptist Cote died eleven years ago
he left Josephin e, an orpan OF six. No one
iu the parish seemed willing To add to his
ALREADY large family by adopting the girl.
Soitcame about that Able Richer. the cure
AZ the parish, hav wing sought In vain for some
one to adopt the cfriid. determined 10 bring
her up in his own name. The good people
hal NJ fs uIt to find with THE arrangement,
as the Young cure was the richest man in
the netg ghborhood
Josephine grew to be a winsome girl, and
the abbe took such pride In his pretty
charge that he gave her an education far
above the attainncnts of the other parish
maidens. Last spring, when Josephine
reached her seventeenth year,the Teachers
place Ia the school in the neighboring pa rish
became vacant aud jose ephine was sue
cessfuI applicant for ne position.
/. was only W len she had left the house
that Abbe Richer learned how the girl had
grown into iis heart. Something 80 essen
tial IL his happiness seemed la have been
torn froiu hinn. that the more he brooded
over her absence the more intolerable life
at the manse appeared 10 be without the
girl. Strive as be would. the pretty face
OF Josephine haunted him, till one day last
June ne gave up the Struggle. confessed his
case to Josephine, and told her OF his de-
termination To quit the priesthood and make
her has WIFE, 70
quiescea in his plans for the future, showed
that her fpelingsfo for the Abbe were stronger
than ttose Of Hlerefilial affection. and then
1t was thai Aibe Richer obtained three
months leave of absence and retired TO his
own Comfortable estate at Notre Game de
Ia Sale. that he nlight he near the object %
his affection.
When his term OF leave had almost ex-
pred, Ahbe Richer wrote to the bishop in
forming him tbat he desired to renounce
his vows and Iease tie priesthood. The
bishop at once sent for Father Manein and
charged him with the duty of bringing
Abbe Richer To a sense OF his religious duty.
Twice last week the reverend father called
upon theabbe only to he denied a. Init tance.
On Friday last, how ever. he succeeded in
ha wing an udienc~ with the ahbe.
What Iassed between themis not known.
but four hours later Father Mangin an
nounced that the able had repentesl of his
digression from the path of duty and would
seek the forgiveness OF the church. More
than that he took the repentant aohe away
with him and gave orders that Miss Jose
phine mtIstmake ready for her departure for
a convent.
The scere at the enforced parting nf lovers
was most ffecting. The Able wept like u
child, amt tho girl declared she would rather
die IL an be tax en- ava from the AbDr. But
Father Mangin was inexorablc. The full
penalty ofthe church must Denoted out, a nd
rs Josephine was the ward Of the church
she was bound to obey it's decisions. So the
two were parted.
Josephine willgointo sccluslon in convent
near Montreal. The Abbe will spend two or
perhaps three yearsin the Trappist ,:ionas-
terry among the silent monks of Okla.