The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-11-30

effects | am very sure that | will carry nv happy
temperament with me to the grave that awaits me
at the end of my journey
Il awed by her enthusiasm. vet I am but
mortal and hope, the comforter still whispered to
my heart, and babe me make another effort
Admitting all you have said to be true, Carrie
you own you believed Susan to be my choice May
not hope that now that you know nv real feeling
there may, be chanpe in your plans?
No, Frank. As a brother, 1 looked upon
you and, as brother, | still hope to claim you
other than that you can never be to me-
1T is, then. as ] believed I exclaimed excited
~ The shadow of another love, hopeless no
doubt, comes between u.s."
Another of the worlds charitable concluded
the last words, and she was passiontossed torn and
bleeding, is thrown aside as a worthless bauble by
him at whose shrine it offered then and not till
then, does she carry it to the service of the Great
Master: No, Frank Bertram, lou Judge me i'll if
you believe that OF me. The heart | offer is I'M
ruttled by breath of earthly passion. From the
day that first learned to appreciate the self-sacri-
hclng devotion of those holy women, it has been
mny hope and trust that one day / might be one of
them. Unworthy, perhaps, still my prayer has been
answered. You have said that Susie was better
fitted for the position. Again YOU are wrong Her
heart has acknowledged another love. ! may speak
freely, standing | do on the threshold of my
new life She, as well as both you and |, has been
deceived. You understand my meaning. Let me
not hope IN vain, and, when at prayer may the day
come when, united L breathe the names of
brother and sister,
I'VE had reached the house as she concluded the
last words, and she gone before had sufficient
ly recovered my establishment to frame an answer.
l did not see her again. as she avoided an inter
view, believing it wouldsb be painful to both At
first L was too stunned by my unlocked for disap-
polntment to give heed to her parting words. but,
gradually, for sorrow is not immortal I began to
think of Susie in the light Carrie had placed her.
and found new subjects of admiration. She GER
talnly had not her sisters temperament but there
was depth of feeling, uprghtness of soul that
compelled, first my admiration then my love, and
within year after Carries departure, | proposed
a second time and met no refusal
On the LIST of November. in the Church of the
Convent, of which Carrie was an inmate, during
the solemn morning service of the Catholic
church. both sisters knelt to pronounce their sep
arate VOWS. one in the garb of Sister of Charity
the other in the bridal robes. 1t had been Carries
wish that both ceremonies should take place at the
same time, and her wish had been granted.
Both trod faithfully in the separate paths
they had chosen. Susie still lives to be comfort
to her husband and the idol of her children, who
can name but being who to them can equal
her, and that is Aunt Carrie, or Sister Agnes"
What became of herr" questioned Alice, eager
ly.
After many years of usefulness, where her
pleasant face and bright cheerful manner did much
to make pain and sickness less irksome two years
ago she lay down her life in the service of the sick
and carried with her. as she had predicted the same
cheerful, happy heart that she had consecrated to
the service of God and her follow-creatIIres"