The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-08-10

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denly and without evasion.
Ny own personal Inspection OF the
house of Good Shepherd OF Carthage
In this city proved 10 BE- extremely In.
terettlng. This convent ia located on
a commanding hili aud IL surrounded
By les acres OF good Ohio land. The
convent proper is composed Of some
is buildings which are surrounded b.
a hiEh strong board fence. While
wc are Eiven 10 understand that the
sisters Of the convent OF Good Shep-
herd are very poor hnaneially-in fact.
have been told BY them eevcral
times. that their order was heavily In
debt, still this convent IL building one
of the most magnihcent oathedrals In
this section OF the countryside esti.
mated cost IL t75. 10000. but the sister
superior told me that she expected the
actual cost would approximate $780,.
10000.
For the purposes OF this story I must
omit, AZ this time. a detailed descrlp-
ton OF this immense and fateful instl.
tuition. The important thing that I
desire 70 bring before you at this
time In this story IL my interview
with the girls who escaped. During
this visit TO the convent at Carthage,
] had the pleasure OF the company oi
my very good friend, Rev. John A.
Hergct. the fearless and beloved Pas.
tor OF the Great Ninth Street Baptls,
church, OF this city, where General
Miles and Rev. Barnett spoke on their
visit 20 Cincinnati Rev. Herget ID
vitality Interested In this question. as
20 whether America shall be "domt
nantly Catholic" or not, and no has
publicly taken his stand In no uncer.
tain words against this terrible DON'T
nation. Il might be well 10 mention
the fact that ] took upon myself the
responsibility OF introducing Rev. Her.
get simply as "My friend. Mr.. Her.
get, who Is Interested In charity" The
introduction which I had previously
secured from certain unnameable
sources opened the doors before us
like magic. Truly, the ways OF a stan
correspondent for The Menace are past
finding out.
During our tour OF the many build.
ings, and the various points OF inter.
est. accompanied by the sister su-
perior, and her companion. (another OF
the white robed nuns, We we're shown
into the school room reserved for the
girls, ranging from 10 10 rs years In
age. Previously, the sister superior
had mentioned, In our conversation,
the girls who ran away, and as we en-.
tered this room. she said. "Mr. ....,
this Is the class 90 which Louise Faag
and Cora Harp belonged, the girls who
ran away, you know"
While your correspondent succeeded
In betraying only a passing interest
u this remark. yet this little remark
acted like an electric shock, and be-
came very much awake-here Fate
seemed TO be playing directly into our
hands, for az last was 10 see the most
talked OF girl, perhaps, In all Cincin.
natl. As is customary. on our en-.
trance, all the girls In the room stood
up and greeted us In unison, saying
good afternoon" and remained stand.
ing until We were seated. Then at
the suggestion OF the mother superior
they sang for US, and one very intelli-
gent girl recited.
| was seated Just beside the sister
superior, a very pleasant-faced, cour.
teous, middle-aged lady. Leaning to-
ward me, she asked, Would you like
to speak 10 Louise Faag, or Cora Harp
the girls who ran away? Because
II you do, We want you TO feel at per.
feet liberty 10 talk with them, or ask
anything you wish. Sister" said she,
turning TO the sister in charge Of the
room, please have Louise and Cora
come forward and stand Just here be.
fore the gentlemen"
In a moment two girls came forward
and stood before me, dressed in their
pitifully plain, little blue gingham uni.
forms OF slavery. Fearing to betray too
much interest, after one long search.
ing glance at each OF the girls, turned
to the sister and said, "oh, no, don't
believe care to speak to these girls,
or ask them anything just now.
However, as we were leaving this
building, jusrsas We had paused and
we're all standing upon the cement
platform In front Of the entrance. |
turned carelessly 20 the sister su-
perior and said. by the way, be
lieve after all IL II is not imposing
upon your courtesy that | would ike