The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-05-14
AN INFAMoUs CREATURE.

alleged escaped nun. who has held the
boards during the past week In Century
hall, has left the city fer ether fields.
but it is doubtful if she will succeed
anywhere else in victimzing as many
poor deludcd morta!s as she has in Min
neapolis. That so many OF our PEOPLE
woman is a disgrace to the fair name o.
our city. Ii will take long time 10
cleanse the walls Of Century hall from
the stencil which has arisen from the
vile epithets of this notorious character.
The lessee Of Century hall may go ahead
with his dirty work OF renting it for pur-
poses of this kind. but he can rest as
sured that there is a very large per-
centage OF respectable people Of this
city who will remember the recent in
suit. or the woman herself The Irish
Standard gives a truthful story Of her
life. as narrated by Rev. Father Keana
last Sunday evening at the Church of
the immaculate Conception. In the
said:
Twenty-Five years ago John Henry
Newman had to write in England: IF
you would have some direct downright
proof that Catholicism is what Protest
antism would make it to be- you must
lie"
Is it possible that in this country The
Protestant position still requires the
sacrifice of the eighth commandment for
its support? Thou shalt not bear false
witness against thy neighbcr" must go,
must disappear" A large. and | am
assured. Il respectable body of church.
going people in this city would seem to
bear out this suspicion. There are
many ever in the market where "horrid
disclosures of Romiah crime are re-
tailed. eager to lind even enc real and
live sin in holy places to mock at us
withal.
EX-prlests and eXnrns have been hired
to SANDER lis. 1t matters little that they
found their inspiration in the delirium
Of dcbanrh, they supply the staple-pan-
dering to stupid bigotry and prurient
imaginatiunS.
The cX-Nun of kcnmaIc refusing to
endorse certain revelations" wrote:
Il know this statement of truth will li-
vide me from the class OF Pr0testunts
who support only those who make state
ments which agree with their pre-
conceived ideas. have been made to
suffer mucn by persons of this class,
protesting to be Christians, because
knew to be false. or indorse tho e which
doubted" So it is: these people must
be enabled to detect all sorts Of wicked
ness in our priests and nuns. Nor will
they always be disappointed.
Look at that poor, degraded creature,
Mrs. Shepherd. She has been ruled ont
OF every court in the English speaking
world. No matter. Rt. Row. McNamair
is in il felons cell in the South, Slattery
in an lIdinburg prison. the ether lights
from Rome have gone ont in Disgrace
for want OF something better. we'll fee
her.
Mrs. Shepherd has been Eelorc the
American public for fifteen years She
is the founder and organizer of the
Loyal Women Of American Liberty"
and the Protestant Protective Associa-
ton in Canada owes its existence to her
efforts. She was born about the ycar
in Il court at Toronto, Canada, that she
did not know who her father was. Re-
garding her speculati0ns in this intricate
matter. she wrote to the Lady of thu
land: "Parkyn said ii wonid he a good
thing for The people of Cornish to fancy
] was sCme relation to Lord Archibald
Douglas. gave out he was my father,
for had no idea he was Il priest" 1t
was discovered that Rev. Lord Archibald
was younger than Margaret, and her
claim to such paternity was refuted
Margaret tells the story of her life SO
we'll that We must allow her to speak.
In 1856 she wrote to the Convent, Bris-
toll. England:
II left India after my first husbands
death, with another man. who left me
and returned to India. | went to a MIR.
Truetitt. The Introduction led to an in
timacy between us, and he furnished a
house for me at Brighton l left Brigh-
ton owing several bills. AS ! was ex-
pectng my confinement and did not wish
the people to know, | took lodgings in
Camden town. The doctor who confined
me was called Westley. married enc of.
his sons. We were In dreadful poverty,
and Mr. Truetitt helped me. My hus-
band one day suggested that | should go
to Mr.. Truefitt's bankers and represent
myself as his daughter. and obtain a
checkbook. did so, and made out sew
eral checks, all of which had changed,
amounting to something like so pounds,
but the money soon Went There were
warrants cut for both Of lis. Imade the
acquaintance Of Sir Ashley Cooper, and
as my husband had been il-treating me,
thought that II sinned for him ght
as we'll do so for myself. forged Sir