The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-25

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ceremony and had peen $500
fore he was a priest. fy,at
-ro al, this Margaret answers
she would not be an evil WorIa. -
1hX princess Marie. remembering ~
promise to young Gerard. anno "
the appointment OF Brother =.
be vicar one could find Brother
rr.,,srt--.no one until Margaret fouI4
him IN the person OF the ners
Hoid,v she went to the cell when
she was sure, and confronted the ns
NIT. He stared at her ana ran 80
to the woods. There. Immersed IA ~
water, he prayed wildly 70 ooo ~
liver him from temptation. .
Gerard was on the way to become
r.ii~Icu. maniac All his. brilliant
MIND. All his great soul had become
bent on the task of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and penance for his sins.
Margaret dragged herself away, cry
ing. "Csruell Cruel! Cruelp He had
thrown her down when he tore himseif
away. He heard the anguish In her
voice as she went, and IT frozs mug
more than the Icy water. 4
He felt an almost uncontroilaple I'M
pulse to curse his church. Horrifien.
he prayed more madly than ever. He
bitter cold of the winter night fell on
him. Then. hardly able to move. ne
crawled to his cave.
candle was burning in 1t. It's light
fell on a little child child with
golden hair and tender skin AMI cheeks
like q peach. 1t smiled at him. He
kneit down beside the lovely vision.
AT first his disordered thoughts made
him think the visitor a cherub from
heaven. Then he realized that 1t was
q human being. Something broke
within him. It was his wild spirit.
He wept. and sanity returned to Gerard.
timorous hand was laid on his
she said. "You cannot reject u.s."
ss#s So
And SO love. pure. unselfish. UNI
worldly, brought him back from mad
ness. Brother Clement came forth from
his hermit's cell and became the Vicar
of Gouda. The great storm was over.
The wind had gone down.
Now and then loud wave would stili
come roaring. reminding them of the
fearful tempest that had been But
except for that, the years passed gent
ly and not unkindly The Vicar of
Goudag lived for his parish, and nter
saii that not only human beings, but
the very beasts and birds were hap
pier there than elsewhere in all Hol-S
land.
Margaret glorious in Remuneration,
was content to see the lover of her
youth fulfilling a noble destiny She
poured out her wealth to make possible
his good works Though these two
might not go through life side by side.
their souls were mated in pure and
ideal companionship.
So ten years passed beautifully and
graciously, ana with them was Denys,
who returned broken from the English
wars to live by the side of his beloved
Gerard. for whose sake he swallowed
even his dislike for monks.
The little yellow-haired laddia
Gerard grew apace and began to show
the promise of the man he was to be-
the man of whom his country was 50
proud that to this day there Is shown
the house where the great Erasmus was
born. d
One day Margaret died. very peace
fully; very gently, very patiently as she
had lived. Her last word was "Jesul"
But before she uttered 1t she smiled
radiantly. for the Vicar of Gouda, lean
ing above her, had whispered:
Il was priest. ] had charge Of thy
soul. But now the good fight is won!
Never was woman loved so tenderly as
thou by me-"
A fortnight sfterwasi a pale, bowed
figure entered the Dominican convent
near Gouda, rs a novice, on probation.
begun.
In few days he lag in his cell, .iy-
ing. just before dawn one morning he
said; I come, love. come"
Day broke and displayed his face
turned upward in silent rapture and his
hands together as Margaret had held
hers.
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