The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-01

AZ the boy had brought 40 together. % II vas
me cne,tlop sSou. the Duke What h.pps"sd
1 had asked her. And she had answered. No
one knew
aheld in guessing before I guessed that hermit
monk of the Canadian forests would give me.
without . word spoken. full answer to that Queo-
ton. what happened!"
It came about in this way: Tho boy. now
eleven. and / went together last summer to Can
John. but In the meantime We were doing Mon
treal and Quebec together. TN at last morning
a caleche. to take q train for Roberval The lit
tie station filled with voluble French Cana
the Central STATION in Ns~ York NEVER
Suddenly he caught my hand. Look. mother.
glanced up. startled. straight into the widely
opened blue eyes Of tall man close to me-the
priest. But he did not notice me. He was star
ing at Philip ~ II astounded by the child's face.
to indifference. knew thi. striking and pictur-
from the monastery which stands like . lonely
sentinel beyond the farhest edge OF civilization.
Mistassini.
Again the monk passed Anywhere. in any
dress. the man would have been remarkable. His
white gown tapped about his angles q foot below
the long black cape, and his big figure swung along
with q vigor which made think of soldiers and
lighting more than Of monks and monasteries. He
carried his big square head a. the saying TO- like
Prince. Yet the blue eyes were furtive with shy
like the eye: Of Wild thip S unused to p.S
have been anywhere from forty to seventy.
In few seconds he disappeared: but when at
rafting way We went to our seats in the tumble
down parlor car. both of us were enchanted to ind
strong. square-jawed face was impenetrable. his
eyes were fixed . book of prayers. but Ne
ened ,he s ne pSs nd s1e" ana
which TRANSPORTED his whole look with gentle
ness caught my breath in astonishment. for 1t
my experience The child turned to me In wonder
The cars bumped along. creeping up mountains
only thread which ties the ancient French settle
ment of Roberval to the civilized world. Az they
bumped tried DIM, not to stare at the splendid statue
withdrawn. big yellow topaz ring which he
wore drew my eyes like magnet. whatever
tried to do found myself gazing at the stone
Why should he wear q ring. wondered. His eyes
hardly lifted. from his prayer book for an hour.
restless and he picked up folder Of the railroad
lying by him and read 1t here and there. and
book. Then he stopped reading and stared from
the window his massive face Get into sad lines the
S Sus sess eyes essns At Of
ries. wondered. lay back Of the. face which had
softened 20 extraordinarily to smile at Philip.
recalled the account I had read of the Trappist
monks. the most forbidding OF all brotherhoods
how they may never speak even to one another
how they dig part Of their own graves every day.
l shivered as thought Of these and other srue-
Meanwhile the monk had gone hack to the fold
err: he read it restlessly for half . page and
tossed 1t from him. It was evident that he
kill his thoughts. An Impulse too quick Tor rea-
son made me DO thing which ! could not he !,
hand and held 1t to him.
Wont you have this!" asked.
wonderful smile changed the stern face again Mt
terly He was on his feet, and making me
and the action were like words. and in two min
utes he was devouring the pages like . starved
man: it was ~ II an Earth citizen exiled to Mar
should have the nrst news from his world. While
he read. the togeling car tossed the folder at my
feet. and picked it mp Il was An :dysrtissment
gave pictures and descriptions Of places to be
reached by that road. Turning the page I camc
Mstassini River read it: i vas bare ss 70
yet full Of signihcance. % cav the hen Of tho
nns lensth~se Of The Ssss vss ss .icsre
shifted the leaf and saw . group Of whits-robei
men: and in the center. the only one seated
nsure. and ON his hand one ceuid 60 piain1. even
Under nssa ass
Of the La Trappe Convent on the Aissassias." Ny
In the meantime Philip vas bsiss ssea, att
sance. We were in the last car: asl - insa.sed.
with the winning and plausibas na.ss whirh
the only part Of the train really sues - carry
him. Pleading With him to Be careful. veak:v
him closely and he held the rail - premssr'
get was not comfortable. All this the Ahhss:
knew-he did not look mp. Jet knew he know :.
The car bounced on N especial boulder. and f,s
lifted his head sharply. and threw gIe1ce aa :.s
boy. clinging enchanted outside: thea he toos-i
squarely over ut me and shook his head she
have ordered the younsster n: but aid NOT
only smiled gratefully and went out. and saw i. .
Philip was steady and braced with both hands and
decided that he was safe. % I went back e the
folder. and my conjectures - to Who this won
derful priest might have been. Ten minutes
later the train began to slow down heavily for .
station. Then 1t backed. humping harder. saw
the monk put down the magazine and % g the
open door of the car where the boy stood. NV
him lay his hand on the Hight hair and saw
Philip look mp and say word In his friendly way:
and the Abbott smiled hack and shook his head
with closed lips Then suddenly. - II IN . play.
saw him catch the boy in his arms and huF1 hin
backward into the passage: the whole train shook
and slid NJ our car plunged against some huge Oh
stacle, and Tying mas Of black and white shot
through the air from the platform.