Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-06-07
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!. the story is founded on fact" as the
say, and is devoid of that lavish orn,
q mentation which a bona fide anims
story permits for teller, whether h
be a church member or not.
had been left in the convent TO CON
plete my education. A slight lines
: had excused me from the routine Of tn
7 schoolroom, and as / stood in the re
, fectory one morning, struggling witt
, the demon of homesickness, an uncon
trollable desire to look out of the win
dow seized me. Not the window which
overlooked the garden, where / knew
there was nothing of interest to be seer
except a few rowdy sparrows, or per
haps a sister scurrying across the
walled court to the other wing of the
building, but toward the opposite
house, where one of the girls declared
there dwelt a handsome young man,
who had looked out of the window
when we were playing in the yard and
! had twice tried to attract her attention.
/ Had | been less homesick il might have
been a temptation to investigate, and
IL fortune favored me, TO establish a
rival claim, but | thirsted for a sight of
the street, a forbidden pleasure.
Soeur Marie, a lay sister, had taken
me TO task when / first arrived for de-
iberately standing at the front win
dow, where | could see and be seen.
1T looked so bad" said she, for
demoiselle 10 appear before the pub
lie"
Presently a man carrying a box OF
tools came out of the house. Instead
of turning to the right or left, he
crossed the street. The doOr-bell
tangled and a moment later Seour
Marie led the man into the refectory. |
''What are you doing, mademoiselle?"
she asked.
Looking out of the window" Soeur
Marie rolled her eyes.
"Imagines vous," she said to the car
penter, 1.-The demoiselle likes to look out
Of the window. She says that in her
every young girl can look out
into the street all she wants to-"
He shrugged his shoulders politely.
He was much younger than she, and
possibly had broader views. | decided
o cultivate him as far as possible, so
IS to rout utterly the girl whose ad-
nirer lived across the court. There had
lever been any doubt in my mind but
hat he was a valet, and it seemed that
present carpenter promised more ex-
tement than a distant valet.
Soeur Marie hustled around nervous
y. From time to time she eyed me
as though celebrating She
nally beckoned me to follow her into
he hall.
81 have to go down TO the kitchen for
few moments" said she, land don't :
Ike to leave him in there alone. AN
be silver mugs are out in full view, and 4
rho knows when the hour of tempta- :
on approaches? Blessed is he who is ,
repaired TO resist it. Now you are an ,
merican, and it will be proper for :
GU to remain in the room while | am
ownstairs, so just stay and watch the
Jugs but don't go to the window"
Every well, ma soeur," l answered
uietly.
There was evidently a struggle in her :
lind as TO the propriety of this, and :
, betray interest would have settled !.
ny doubt at once.
The carpenter by this time had :
pened the door of what had supposed
as a closet. When I returned TO the y
)om, he was kneeling by a hole in
he floor cut in the bottom of the closet, =
liking measurements.
what are you doing?" asked.
He stopped in his calculations.
"Les BONES seours," he said, have :
wen me a job. wanted 10 put the "
Underwater out in the room, but no,
would look untidy, so they have made 7
lie use the closet for it, which is con- :
airy TO the laws of carpentering!" :,
Are there laws of carpentering? | =,
,ked a
"Oh, mademoiselle! There are laws -,
} everything, but carpentering is one ;,
the most difficult and complicated | :.
arts" Having found already that :,
very Frenchman considered his trade =
D art, proceeded 10 converse amiably. "
lying him with questions, and really =
aving almost as much fun as the day | :,
he charbonnier came and brought my v
lie dog and made him perform tricks =
ntil a. sister came up from behind and q
mt me on an errand. III
The dumb waiter was a concession 10 "
.e march Of time. Who shall say how
any years the patient sisters had | =
'iled up two fights Of stairs, carrying ;,
cry mouthful eaten by the IS or 20 9
1arding scholars, and CARRYING down II
.ery utensil used in the service? q
The meals and the service were Of the =
nplest. The refectory was large. :
ell-lghted room, with whitewasbed q
ais and a bare floor. The only or !"
iment was a large ebony crucifx at :.
le end Of the room. When the girls -
ent TO a meal they walked in two
: two" not dressed in the traditional 3
'ellow, pink and blue" but clad in y
ack mohair aprons, which complete "
covered every vestige Of the dress. a
lch girl halted at her place at the 2
ng black marble table. and. fixing u'