Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-14

foul and internal, the pestilence lying dormant in the hidden places of the land awoke.
 l There was the silence of death with out: no. wind stirred the leaves: the very wild beasts had fled in terror.
 leaving their hpunts vacant and
 dumb; the earth seemed to shudder
 as if in horror of the grewsome flood
 her surface would have to drink that
 night. A red light flashed it's glare
 upon the darkness: a savage yell
 broke the tension of the awful mo-
 ment; womans scream pierced the very heart of nature; 8 stream of
 blood gleamed near the flames-the
 red plague had come, and the woods
 were filled with the fitting forms of
 human demons as the bloodthirsty
 Iroquois rushed to the attack.
 After her recovery Renee had given
 herself over to her new work with
 an enthusiasm that the nuns applaud
 ed. Until she regained her strength
 she was kept employed with her
 needle. Eventually she was permitted
 to carry out her great desire, that of
 nursing the sick. Soon the fame of
 "L'Ange," the beautiful nurse, spread
 through all the town and many tales
 were told of her angelic sweetness by
 the poor fellows after their recovery.
 She was kept busy with her merciful
 ministrations, for the hand of disease
 lay heavy on the place that winter,
 and many settlers, their strength re-
 duced by the scarcity of provisions,
 due to the crop's failure of the previ-
 ous season. fell victims to numerous
 diseases and were brought to the nuns for their gentle care.
 Often calls came from the outlying seigniories for nurses to go and attend those too i'll to be removed to the city. These were cheerfully answered by the nuns, Renee going several times, herself. It was in response to one of these demands in early spring that she begged permission of Frontenac to go The comte hesitated an instant, be- cause the seigniory to which she was summoned lay some ten leagues. up the river, farther off than any previous call had been. But as there was no special reason for fearing immediate trouble with the Indians, and he could send goodly party to escort her, he could not find it in his heart to refuse her urgent request.
 The little settlement to which she went consisted of half dozen farms, each with a house of the farmer upon it. At spot centrally located was the home of the seigneur, flanked with various buildings. among which was a blockhouse where was kept the pow der and other warlike munitions, in- cluding a small cannon. This was built to serve as the last defense against an attacking force. About the group of buildings was palisade, with a bastion erected at each corner. In times of trouble with the Indians the retired to this enclosure, aban- doning temporarily their homes. The seigneur and his wife had spent the winter in Montreal, leaving affairs in charge of the head farmer. Through improper management two of the servants employed about the seigniory had fallen i'll with scurvy and were in good chance of dying from sheer neg lect, hence the urgent message for help sent to Quebec.
 When Renee arrived there she found besides the sick men a couple of half grown girls, two boys, sons of the seigneur, aged 10 and 12, and an old man of 80, also the wife of one of the farmers, who stayed to do the cook ing. and two soldiers loaned by From tenac to guard the seigneur's posses sions in his absence The other de- pendants were scattered about on the farms with their families, all hands at work as befitted the season. 7
 Renee managed within few days after her arrival to secure some order out of the confusion, and her attention to cleanliness and matters of diet soon showed good results in the improved condition of her patients. The little spare time she had for herself she usually spent in walking down to the place or strolling along the bank of the stream. One afternoon while standing with the younger of the two boys looking up and down the river, while he played at skipping stones, she noticed several times a sound as of the mufiied reports of fire arms. Thinking 1t strange. she gazed in the direction from whence the noise came, and was surprised to see wom- an suddenly emerge from the woods and run speeding across tte clearing towards the house. "The Iroquois!" she cried in terror. Renee's young stopped his play. and. after shading his eyes and gazing intently an instant, seized her hand, exclaim- ing, Run, mademoiselle, run! Here come the Indians!" and as he spoke she saw some 50 or 60 painted savages break from cover. As they sped to- wards the gate. the brave boy urged her on, yet keeping a pace behind so as to guard her. The distance was but short. and the Indians, seeing they could not capture them, stopped and began to fire. The bullets whizzed by the ears of the fugitives, but they remained unhurt. The woman reached the gate before them and would have shut it in their faces had not Renee called to her to wait. Once inside, the two fastened it securely. Renee has, tened to find inc men btlt m one vas