Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-05-05

relief ws5 great and wnon the pitcher
was empty she sent him TO refill It. Up
on his return she ssiE.
This foot is wrsGgLeG from It's place
and the pain Is almost more than I can
bear. Do you understand surgery"
Her pain ana her anxiety were Sc
great that she forgot to maintain her
sacred forms OF speech, bur the Proph-
I'll did not notice the fact
The Father Will give ME knowledge
as / require.
You must carefully exert the great
strength He mas given you as / direct
Take hold upon this foot thus" and
she fixed his hands upon the heel and
over the instep, and pun upon II with
all your power, straight away. till it is
replaced Mind me not if ! should cry
out or faint; for I know not ii shall
he able to endure it
Even as thou wilt shall ii be: for
the Father hath sent thee to me for
care as thou shalt require"
She placed her uniniured foot iirmly
against the fOot-board OF the bed and
laid hold upon the head-rail with
both hands. Then. nerving herself for
the agony, she bade him pull. His
touch was torture 10 her. yet he was
tender and reyerent and pulled as she
had instructed him; steadily. firmly
straight. When the strain was felt she
screamed. but maintained her position
Perspirstion sushed from every pore
and when the Joint snapped into place
she tainted.
When she revived the Prophet was
kneeliag in prayer at the altar. She
bade him bring water and with great
difficulty she sat up in her place and
bathed the swollen member Then she
said:
Bring bandages that l may bind It
up"
There are none here. l will pray to
the Father ard he will provide"
Again he knelt at the altar and
prayed. This time as a confding child
asks p simple gift from an indulgent
parent, he asked for linen wherewith
TO make bandages as the Chosen Virgin
might have need.
While the Prophet prayed Miss Stel-
la tore from one oi her muslin skirts as
much material as she required and
HlECt DtuLtbtS Win WHICH SuG tlSIlly
bound the injured limb
Having concluded his prayer the
Prophet raturned to her. Seeing that
she was already provided with the
bandages he evinced no surprise what
ever and said in the most matter-of-
fact manner:
Ask ye and ye shall receive mo
good thing will be withhold from them
that ask him Why do the sons of
men refuse TO learn that they should
ask for what they want and want only
that which is good?"
Miss Stella emptied the remainder of
the water upon the bandages and asked
the Prophet TO bring moro which he
did at once without remonstrance or
reluctance. When that was all used
she sent him again. This time he was
gone long and she feared that he had
forgotten her and his errand and had
perhaps gone away for one of his fre-
quent evangelizing trips.
Her spirits fell; the gloom Of the
place acted upon her mind A great
fear of-she knew not what-some-
thing intangible but terr.ule overcame
her
The air OF the subterraneous cell sti-
fed her, the place became an awful
impenetrable prison In the in
accessible bosom of the earth;
why did not the Prophet return?
Could he have forgotten the Virgin?
Had he wandered away to preach
among the people az he often did?
Oh, the horror, the awful horror of
the placel She could not endure it;
she must escape. She got up to go out
but she had not the strength TO stand
Up and she fell to the floor. Feebly
she crawled back upon the bed. She
cried aloud for help. She was sure
that hours had passed since the Proph-
cts departurei She would be left there
to perish alone under the earth out of
the sight of men! Forever out of the
sight of men!
An awful agony OF terror was upon
her; the horror was greater than she
could bear; her reason abdicated to
terror; her mind became chaos; deliri-
lm directed her imagination.
She was no longer alone. She saw
about her a multitude of living terrors
N distorted forms; hideous dwarfs,
horrible giants, grinning clownish
snomes, impish pigmies, forocious
lobgoblins, inhuman creatures in
human forms, with heads of
hawks and owls and ugly birds Of
prey, whose hands and feet were tai
,us, and whose talons and beaks
1inched and pierced and tore her limb!
The whole cave was filled with re-
Julsive reptiles and dangerous beasts.
they hustled and fought each other for
ipace and opportunity to attack her.
they clung to the walls and hung from
he low roof. She was buried in
wriggling Lizards; bats
yhirred and swooped and ducked about
II every direction and some burrowed
II her hair. Kissing serpents crawled
md coiled on every side, lurked among
Ter garments, and with arched necks
hrust up through coiled and writhing
,odies, darted glistening tongues at
Ter from between sparkling eyes in
lark corners; while rats with beady
yes and blistering feet scampered over
Ter quivering body and a thousand
piders. as big as prattllng babes, with
lasped hands formed a circle all about
er and danced, danced, danced up and |
own, all moving at once, up and |
own, up and down, all moving alike |
nd all ready to bite her limb when |
he swapping turtles would let 60 of 1t. |