The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-02-11

makes the worst of anything. He wouldn't speak
like that"
ooh, well, you mustn't be 50 miserable. Isn't he
to be brought homeI"
Jennie shock her mead.
Not yet any way. | knew Bob would come to
grief some day, he was so reckless and fearless.
had to come back, ] use and the boys are
coming back-they nave gone TO Aniston to fetch
DR.. Graylng l am glad you are here, Cyril said
Jennie. Its some to speak to. l am so mlser-
able about it. 1t seems years and centuries ago
since We were all in the schoolroom this afternoon
and he full of his jokes"
Yes, it does" said Cyril
I've were all so Jolly after you went away,
laughing at the way you had been taken in" said
Jennie sadly
Taken in = exclaimed Cyril; mot much taking
i'll about burning my letter, but-oh, don't talk
about it. he added as the remembrance of his own
wicked wish rose to his mind
Jennie smiled through her tears
1T wasn't letter at all-yuu such dutfer
you believe everything and can't take joke"
Il saw it." said Cyril firmly, land | have not
heard from Aunt Helen this week, he must have
taken it from the post bag
"Ob, YOU green" said Jennie. "Of
course that's what makes you such good game. Poor
old Bob is iuii of tricks. but he would never touch
the post bag or burn letter. He found an envel-
ope of one of your aunts letters and he decided it
would be capital to make you think it was letter
tina was ALL
Really said Cyril frowning
Yes; why, You might have known"
How could l guess ~ asked Cyril, adding with
dignity. u sorry J. was SO angry.
ooh don't bother" said Jennie. II am sure
Bob would not think of it again. Oh, dear | do
wonder how he is-here is Phil" and Jennie rushed
TO meet her brothers, who brought the news that
D.. Grayling had biked back with them, and
now at the Wilson's houses, where DR., and Mrs.
Derng were we'll as Bob.
The days that followed were very dreadful ones
to all the family of Holmewood. Cyril noted with
not little surprise that apparently careless
they were that the faith strong in them all,
and that in the hour of trouble they turned to the
help the church could give them like trustful chill
dren to their fOrgiving mother, There were masses
said for Bob. the boys and Jennie went to COM
munion for him, and DR.. and Mrs. Derine left their
watch by the bedside to and pray for the life
now trembling in the balance. As Cyril knet that
morning at the altar the words domino non sum
dignus came from a very penitent heart, which had
been cleansed by the precious blood which had
flowed from the thorn-crowned Savior, had been
applied to him in the confessional where he had
made the most thorough and careful confession he
had done for long time.
While the cloud of this great anxiety hung over
l1olmewood Cyril discovered a good many things
which not little astonshed him. He found out
that DR.. Behring'S by-word among the
poor. who owed much to the skill which he placed
at their disposal for payment in money. He
found that much of the reckless talk and apparent
carelessness about religion had been done from a
desire to shock him. This, by no means an admir-
able thing. still less bad than he had imagined
il was. and altogether in many ways he learned
that "things are not always what they SEEM
All danger was over and Bob recovered before
he went back to Italy, after short time in London
with friends of the behring's. For in spite of all he
had to do and think of, DR.. Dering, as he could
not accompany Cyril himself, did not wish him to
be disappointed
Mrs. Chiffon died suddenly that winter III Rome
Just after Cyril had announced his wish of study
ing for the priesthood, and it turned out that he
had vocation.
When he received the tonsllre which is worn in
worn in memory of the of throns, he thought |
he did many times of all that special mystery of
the rosary ment. Between his soul and God there |
was a secret that influenced his whole life-the
speedy realization of sinful wish that had birth in
evil thoughts of hatred and anger For those hours
and days when it was thought Bob would not re-
cover had taught Cyril the meaning of those words
hat "Whoso hateth his brother is murderer"