The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-30

every kind in that poor unfortunate country after
the Danes and the Cromwellians-the thefs-got
the supper hand over the people"
THAT may have been So" replied Mrs. Jennings.
I've been wonderin', ma am where them statues
do be made, and what they cost said Jane, after
pause. In foreign parts, suppose,
Usually" rejoined Mrs Jennings. Though
they make them in this country sometimes"
I'm not meanin' them painted stucco things"
said Jane. Il seen one of St. Patrick in town in
holy infancy that I'd like to smash wild club.
Twas terrible"
"Some of them are very ugly, Jane" replied
Mrs. Jennings. I'm Italy you see beautiful stat
ues"
eyes, ma'am; of marblel"
yes of marble"
"Them's the kind | like. They have a couple
in the cathedral They're very expensive"
"Oh very"
maybe worth hundreds of dollars, maaml"
'Yes indeed"
Jane sighed as she lifted the empty clothes bas-
ket. I'D like to see a statue raised to Mary Nc
Dillon" she said, wistfully she passed into the
house.
A few weeks after this she was again at Mrs.
Jennings, and that lady again sitting the
garden bench
Mrs. Jennings, ma'am," she inquired, coming
forward from where she had been hanging up
clothes you does often be going Italy Mary tells
me.'
Every three or four years." was the reply.
know
"a sculptor? What is that, ma ann"
He makes statues" replied Mrs. Jennings,
smlingy, with the recollection of a former CONVEX
sation in her mind
"He makes statues! Out of marbleF' inquired
Jane eagerly.
eyes, Jane"
"And does he make good ones"
They are said to be-"
"Well, now, It's the Lord Himself has hand in
this. Would he carve out statue of Mary Nc
Dillon?"
HE might but it would cost good deal
Jane"
Il know that, ma am, and I'll say about
it now but will be talking of it. please God another
day I'm late wild the washin' it is"
What can Jane have in her mind? Surely
she is not thinking of having one made" thought
Mrs. Jennings. poor creature, she seems to be
entirely wrapped up in that idea of Mary McDi-
lon"
The next day the priest called and told her
Jane had been to see him. She wanted to know
if he would accept statue of MARY McDillon"
for the church, provided she, Jane, would pay for
it. He had assured that he would, and she had
then given him an idea of the design she would
like best, to consist of two figures, one of Our
Lord in the home of the Pharisee, with Magdalen
wiping His feet with her hair.
Il think it's time that poor neglected creature
should be remembered in statue" said Jane
'And the like of that she kneelin' at the feet of
the Savior, would put courage in many a sorrowful
and sinful heart. If you'll go to Mrs. Jennings,
Father, and have her find out from her brother,
the scul ptor, what he'd charge for such statue,
Jane Maloney will pay the bill"
"But, Father, could she do it I" asked Mrs. Jen-
nings. Don't you think she is little off,"
Not bit of it," answered the priest. IF you
will undertake the preliminaries, get design for
us, and learn the price, rest assured that when the
work is ready Jane will pay for it, even if she has
to sell her house and lot. But that she will not
have to do, for any one viii be glad to help her"
Il have never heard of anything like it." said
Mrs Jennings. at will entail privations upon her,
no doubt"
ut may, but I do not know" said the priest.
"If such be the case, she will not only endure, but
she will enjoy them, thinking of what waits at the
end. She is good soul, one of Gods chosen
friends and children. She has had this purpose in
mind long time, and thinks that the day has
rived to execute it. And there is family pride
at the root of it also, Mrs Jennings. She is firm
" persuaded that Mary Magdalen of her own
race and blood, and feels delighted, doubt, that
she has been awarded the privilege of perpetuating
her blessed memory in this way"
"And you have not been able to disabuse her
mind of the opinion, Father!"
II have never tried to do it," rejoined the
priest eff it does her any good and it must, let
her think it. She deserves all the pleasure and
ISOLATION she can get out of it,"
Mrs Jennings wrote to her brother, who sub
mitted several designs. all of which were shown
to Jane She selected the one which all pronounced
the most perfect and beautiful, and in order to
expedite the work sent deposit of one hundred
dollars to the sculptor The statue when complet-
ed was to cost five hundred dollars At the end of
two years it was ready, and so the money. Jane
had refused to accept any assistance in paying
for it, the honor and pride of the McDillons for
bidding that it should be in any the offering
Of charity.