The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

,-araerabering her own eNpeEieAN0' -,
with the young girl to the roonis 49, 49,.
she insisted upon remalnlng raarna
for the rest of the night. Mile 5e@nne 5s
,.st,,-red 10 her bed. while the sefVale
-1sds herself comfortable upon coucn
sIosrside. They had put the lignI our
hut a few minutes when asain
sound Of the mysterious rappinss a.
the same old gold snunooN upon 80
mahogany table whicn s.ooo 90 S-t.,-
fhe wall in the room adjoining. lneS
iistered a few moments. then. as the
ran1fnx continued. they arose ana ie
49, r.1dle Mile. Jeanne. who knew no
fear and prided herself upon an Sneilo
absence OF superstition leu en1 sI-.
candle in hand The old servant -s..s n1....s
less brave. despite her own
followed close behind
Mile. Jeanne drew back the ooit anu
dunr open the door. What ala IneS
SEQ Monsieur walking slowly up anu
down the room as had been his won ~
life. He appeared not to see tnenn' anu
they strangely enough, not at All W
rinsd by the apps rition. spoke no "oEu-
They stood thus for sew Hno.s Hnonlenss'
and then. much to their amazemeht.
thew saw the old gentleman drop upon
his knees az a prize dieu In the posture
Of one who says his morning pray yers-
when he had finished he rose. and'
turning 20 his visitors, said to them IN
his accustomed tone and voice.
1T is only I. Jeanne and Clementine;
come near and fear nothing
Then Mile Jeanne and the servant
approached him, and the latter, joyful
at the boon of seeing and hearing the
voice of her old master, said
''Oh. sir allow me to call your chill
dren. They would be so glad to see
you and to hear what you have told
U.S.
NO, no, am not permitted TO speak
TO them. can speak only to you and
TO Mile. jeanne" And then, glancing
about furtiveiy, as II to make sure that
he was not overheard and motioninS
the servant to close the door behind, he
said. looking at his granddaughter, My
child. the prayers of my grandchild
and the vows 1 made to ST. Anne be-
fore I died obtained for me the grace
of perfect contrition- I am not In
Paradise. I shall not so there until
you have made the pilgrimage 70 ST.
Anne on my behalf. You must go on
foot and return in the same way. Dur
ing the journey you must feed only on
bread and water. You must remain five
days at st. Annes and have mass said
for me. During your time there you
must live like others. but on your re-
turn journey gou should remember to
feed only on bread and water. Your
\ inmate at my grave"
He finished what he was saying with
a characteristic motion OF his thin
white hand over and backward across
his snowy hair. and with the same
we'll remembered smile twitching about
his lips, vanished, as it were, into thin
air.
Mile. Jeanne and the servant went
quietly to Nine. de Bazus and told her
all the wonderful things that had hap
pened. The latter advised them both
10 keep the matter profoundly secret.
This they did with such success that
no one in all that region. with the ex-
ception OF three persons-the parish
priest, the confessor Of the young lady.
and the servant. and NJ de Bosset. a
retired magistrate and a most serious
and pfous man--were informed OF the
strange experience The latter. who
had long been most intimate friend
OF the family, called on the priest and
asked him to question Nine. de Bazus
and Clementine on the subject. But
the priest referred the question TO their
confessor. adding that he was very
prudent priest and that he would not
treat the matter lightly. but that when
the coufsssor had examined INTO its
details he would then look into the
subject, IL il deserved his attention
The remainder OF the story is best
told in the words OF Father Liot him
self:
THE simplicity and eandor OF the
witnesses to this supernatural phenom-
enen, and doubtless, also. the character
OF the secret revelations. decided the
priest to authorize Mile. Jeanne to take
the pilgrimage. NJ. de Bosset offered
to accompany her as an escort. The
priest. however. objected and chose for
her companion serious, good woman,
who. I believe, never understood the
ohiAct Of this pil~rin1aZe
The travellers started on their jour
ney taking letters OF introduction from
the eurate of Guingamp to the priests
OF Sc. Anne. having first offered pray
ers at the tomb OF the deceased. Jeanne
usually strong and robust. felt as soon
as she had started as II she were car
rying q heavy weight which hlndered
her advance. She went with bare feet,
that il. she bought thick woollen
stockings. 80 as 20 be able to go with
out boots. She experienced much Diff
Guilty In walking and the weight which
oppressed her was so great that these
poor women were more than dftsen
} days in reaching Auray. During her
sojourn at st. Anne's Jeanne lost the
sense of carrying burden, but she felt
1t again as she returned and only got
finally rid OF II at the tomb OF Mon
sieur. The latter circumstance may
seem absurd. but to Jeanne It was no
laughing matter, for the burden made
scars on her shoulders which had not
disappeared at the close Of last Lent.
Nine. de Baxus and NJ de Bosset saw
with their own eyes Jeanne.s Scared
shoulders
II received all these details from the
cuFate. one OF the most earnest priests
ever knew. II. de Bosset. TO whom I
acted rs confessor during Lent, re-
peated to ma the details He even went
so far as to kindly bring Jeanne to the
curate'a house. that / might in his
presence have all the details from her
. own lips. / will only conclude by af-
firming the accuracy Of the facts
have stated. I should be willing to
swear to this at the hour of my death"