Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-04-15

said Father o'Mara, smiling little.
"But what has his age to do with it?
-Four candles are enough for your
chapel altar" + ST.. %E ff$j,.jI,,
F"His, age has all to do with II, ~ she
replied. '.tYoua haven't been long in
this parish, father. or you would
know s..s ~
:. He lifted his hands. & s. q :, ,1S$5
"Long!' he exclaimed. my soul!
I've been priest Of this parish sixteen
years come Eastery e 81
s5a5sa1t Is seventeen years since the last
death in the De- valette family. That
was Mlle:J Madeleine's mother. 8 She
pass to- the blessed saints when Mile
Madeleine was. born, the year before
you came. 50 you do not, know our
custom here Of Valette, father
V "Your custom 2" y WIZ %=:.'&' S8,5fSss
'naThe custom 3of the candles. In this
family of Valeste1 they call5tt the hon
or of the. candles . They have that for
hundreds of years, Since the, time OF
the Emperor Charlemagne, in France,
one hears, whenever death comes to
visit one Of this family candles to. the
number Of bis years, one candle for
each year, we're, set jnpon the altar Of
the old chapel at the chateau, In, Nor
mandy. No matter how or where one
Of the family died, peshaps at home,
perhaps far away In battle, there were
the candles supon the altar. 1t isisa
curious custom father. And the old
tales say IT. led to q tragedy once.
iButebecause of that do you think that
the u De Valettes abandoned it2 Not
ttheyl The De Yalettes do not aban-
don custom. 3sf s 5Ss !, $%4y .s.
Yr5"tA tragedy n The priest was inter.
8ested, He leaned forward, resting his
elbows on his ca socked knees Ssz2s&
III Louise went on: RI :ss. \
\. 1T Wasfa De, y alette who; went TO
the crusades. they, sal. He was a
lover, father, and the woman, he loved
was his wife. He left her there a
bride and very Abeauti ful. He was 81
lSgreat soldier, and King Philip, In the
Holy Land, made him count Of I all
yalette. - Normandy. So he rode
home gayiy all the long journey to
kiss his bride again. But AS he passed
by the chapel before he came to the
chateau he saw by the lighted win
dow there were candles on the altar.
So he went In to count them. They
were twenty ia wife, she was TWEEN.
lg. father So he knew. And then he
vet his dagger At the. armpit where
1.-The breastpl plate does 4 not meet the
Ishoulde piece, reac hing his heart that
way. s55 Next day the candles were for
him. y
She finished The priest sat back ia
his chat, folding hia hands 5t3ss1
But that c. ss he said, twas Ia the old
| world and hundreds oees years ago. = sas53
She turned q little Il toS him. $Is sSs
What q That to the master n, she
demande .Its il \ enough for him
that he - ID De Valet Here are NE
~ nisiana. 3ut what al ference has
the new world mad to the De Valettes
when they come here and bring their
cnstoms With them q They build our
chapel yonder,' E she thrust her arm
behind her, Ind icating the window
through which one rni bit see the
heavy spire of. one the one ia
/ Normandy e lose by fiae8 house. lei, Z.
/ she went on rhn,bIing they must
II have their cha pei ven an mist,
i old Tsemaitre, the master kaana here
i one more mouth 10 iced And he can
40 nothing the world but play
the osaai q nos the master: has