The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-05
In THE VALLEY OF PANEDEN

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In the Valley of Paneden is a grave.
Over the grave the boughs of myrtle and
magnolia. intertwine
A story clings about the spot, beauti-
full and fragrant as the pink and white
blossoms of the trees.
A mission of mercy had brought the fair
faced num- Eulalie from the convent
walls into the valley, where she dwelt for
a while.
YES, do love thee, Yoto," she said to
a dark, earnest-eyed youth, who had met
her in the new abiding place among the
whispering pines.
Il love thee with my hearts deep.
faithful love; but must leave thee my
prince, here in the valley"
Thou dost love me-yes-and in the
same breath dost tell me thou wilt leave
me here to darkness and despair?'
Il must go. But light will come to
thee
Thou are my light, and that is all
ask
This is an earthly passion that will pale
before the Light of which I speak. Fare
well now, my bestowed earthly one
Earthly one! Earthly one? I do not
understand. Thou speakest as if there
were another world-another being thou
There is another world: and in that
WorId another Being we must love and
and sacrifice was taught me long ago; to
him | gave my life once in a day agone,
IV1ng sacrifice 1 worship him with all
my soul, and that is why I go. But be
comforted-thou, too, shalt comel for he
hath chosen thee-and I shall pray that
thou shalt follow soon.''
While she spoke wonder, love, hatred
| and despair passed in succession over the
young man s strong, clear cut, sun
Drowned features.
Born and bred among the wilds of ma
ture, his spirit was free the winds that
swept the prairies. He had no thought of
creed or religion, save as legend half
| remembered, told him by his Indian
mother.
Chou sayest thou lowest me-and thou
knowest that at, love thee. How canst thou
stand: This one thing know-that shalt
But in the land beyond the sun, in
Paradise, I will wait for thee"
mo: shall go with thee, the self-same
path over hill, through valley. thy hand
! in mine, and thou pointing the way, 1
mot now; but thou shalt be with me
| in spirit, my beloved, in the happy path
| leading on to the glorious mountains. Soon
from thine Through the valley of the
| shadow I must go alone"
| mo; by the mysteries thou SpeakeSt,
thou shalt not go alone"
| zone will meet me in the valley and
| the light of the blessed kingdom beyond
the hills"
WHAT Darest thou tell me of another
from my life-lead thee to a kingdom that
| do not know"
ct is our kingdom, thine and mine, that
| this Holy One has prepared for thee and
| me. 1 go first, and thou shalt follow, and
| in that beauteous Paradise of the Father
| we shall dwell forever
''AlI is mystery-darkness. I see nc
mot now, but the Light will come. The
story shall be told again by other lips
Thou will learn the lesson. After my
life my love shall 60 forward to o., th h
laid to rest until a day appointed wher
it shall rise is spiritual beauty"
From the convent gate. whence. the
maiden first came. to the valley of the
pines, a funeral train moved slowly adowr
the mountain path to the valley she hae
loved.
gloom, a chant was sung, prayers were
said, and flowers were strewn over the
sacred dead.
Then the mourning train retraced its
walls, leaving one watcher by the grave
in the silence of grief and the night OF
despair.
A vine-grown monastery now stands IL
the Valley of Paneden, where a grave
rests beneath trees of magnolia and mgr
tie.
: the valley. wooing. the pilgrim to IT
peaceful shrine. A sun Drowned dark
eyed priest reads the prayers, and once II
the year, says mass for the maiden de
On the altar, in season. are placed whit
magnolia blooms and red myrtle dos
: sons symbols of love and of sacrifice
= perpetual requiem over the grave of tn
dead, and on a slab is engraved the sim
: pie inscription: