The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12
ME EUCHARIsTIC SEAL.

,rov with the excitement of race with
r3lsl0 me- nav DEAR" said the old lady to her
5elter 1,ln+ess de Fremont, you really must
p ct with that child. She is altogether
Di55 Won spoil her too much. She will never
ril' N 5eyout like her sisters, but worldly,
aa; @ who will bring your gray hairs with
~ the grave"
Nv don't feel anxious about Jeanette,
is' aar1ewered the Countess with a smile
% merry. happy nature, but she has an
e.. heart and a great desire to do right, and
s.' fonl+ TO find with her. l feel that I can
1G,I for all nay dear children"
M ,.on will see you will seew muttered the
~ W creature Chat child is too frivolous
~ nretty to turn out any good" and she
.orted with virtuous Indignation, for she was
+bose poor souls who, although very pious in
-sr always see the dark side of things and the
N their neighbours eye. She was decided
oil her relatives, especially to the De Pire-
!. 70 whom she was now making a painfully
Ts chateau in which they lived was one of the
/. Iaoutiful of Touraine, that land of stately
e and was surrounded by a magnificent park
7s,rjens that were the pride of the whole coun-
rb The family, which consisted of the Count
1 irmntess and their six children, was of the
|. Hood of France, and was a particularly happy
/ rv pious and devoted to works of charity.
m one side of the chateau, but built much far
hck so that it could not be seen by any one
rEDg in front of the house, was an exquisite
Ia chapel, on which every succeeding genera
4 had delighted to lavish costly offerings Holy
was said there every morning by NJ Fable
Frs the boys tutor. and at the time when these
~s happened the Blessed Sacrament was re-
I'D there and the whole family and many of the
Drients We'd with enc another in their devotion
their Eucharistie Lord, making Him long visits
a decorating His altar with the choicest flowers
len little Jeanette did not fail to do so, and
lagh too restless to enjoy staying long in the
re her visits to it were very frequent and fer
nt ones, and she perhaps thought of our dear
nd during the day as often, if not oftener, than
her apparently more devout sisters.
can't think, she said to Yvonne one day,
by You need to stay so long in the chapel. I just
n and say to our dear Lord, oh! my Jesus, I
gyou 80 much, so muchl / give you my heart. L
ltT to be good and please you, please help me to
one saint, and bless me and all those / love-
nj feel that He besses me- and II leave the chap
ceiling quite good and happy, but / am not holy
clever enough to say long prayers as you do"
Jemnette, fair and rosy, with her merry blue
and masses Of fair, wavy hair, was indeed a
Iast in every way to her two elder sisters,
enc and Yvonne, both dark and rather quiet,
Gus girls, especially Yyonne, who was already
ed upon as future num- Sweet as she was,
3 vas nothing nunlike about little Jeanette;
was too fond Of fun and mischief, and with her
" buoyant nature, was more inclined to romp
her brothers, ride her pony or row on the lake,
she was to partake of her sisters occupations
was tender-hearted and affectionate, and
H. clever child, very painstaking at her lessons
a great favorite with Mademoiselle Maurier.
goyeTness. Indeed, she was faYorite with
one except Mademoiselle de Mibreuil, who,
the child's father called her my sunbeam"
rked snappishly that "My whirlwind1 would
more applicable .-..-..--.-..
ne OF the last days of the old year there had
great ball at the chateau, to which all the
ny round had been invited, The younger chill
however, had been sent to bed after having had i
Y at the first dance, and MademoiseIle Maui
before ,, taking them to their rooms, had gone
mem to the chapel to say night prayers, as
GOD Able was away on his holidays.
e guests had been gone several hours and the
household, tagged out by the entertainment
le work 1t had entailed, was sleeping soundly
all Of a sudden, one of the man-servants tore
On the corridors, banging at the doors. and |
ing; -. -
/. = Fire! Fly for your lives! The chateau
minute all was indescribabIe horror and con-
" Mademoiselle Maurier and the children slept i
3. upper story Of the house. In an incredibly !
Nlle She managed to dress and help the chill
y 10 the same Jeannette, being the youngest, |
course, her chief anxiety, and she seized |
white wooden dress that the child had worn the |
US evening, and slipped it on her, afterward
-Is Aer up IN heavy plaid shawl Then, fol-
ny Jhe Others she went to the head Of the
Se but found it a mass of flamest For min
~ stood panicstriczen. Then Mademoiselle |
7 recovered her presence of mind and said
Is Try the servants stairway" They rushed
Iu found 1t still practicable, though volumes
me were pouring upward. They had CROPPED
'y down one flight of stairs and were start
wa The second when Jeannette suddenly ex-
Wonder ,, llder if any one has thought of Aunt de
VI and, in spite Of Mademoiselle's en-
; she insisted upon rushing back and along
o9d floor corridor to the old lady's apart
"here she found her dressed but too totally
ana unneryed to leave her room. Jeannette's
eo9lness seemed to bring her to her senses,
allowed the child to lead her to the head of
.ents' staircase, where Mademoiselle and the
having seen the other children safe, had run
u Il n search of them. Together they helped
laqy down, and soon the whole family, in
'goq clnging together before the blazing edi-
: II nad been for so many centuries the happy
their ancestors.
09u9 a and his wife, though intensely thank