The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-22

n1shed anterOOm dr1ly lighted through the eaDOrate Augustin was shown into the sanctum of the great Potentates of the world of finance passed out, and behind them streaed thick circles of punge;nt smoke automobile The sanctun, too was filed with thought Father Augustin from sanctuary of Ali Saints, and he pictured ElzabeM at prayer in the bowed above the elasped; taperng fingers A quick f5aP 9 @ pam peiosd hIs near en ne chine held the strand of ElizabetRs destiny in his
 Ezabeths father came forward toward the priest with outstretched hand and the manner of exagger- ence
 'eFIow do you do?" he said. and, perceiving the thing wrong with Elizabeth? Is she il1?'
 Wondering, Father Augustin withheld his hand
 soa Sos sos a a a oad lf sa Bs9 lessTning if your fear was unfounded or not?9
 We who play the game, he said, must play it in season and out Ten minutes suffice sometimes to
 Ten minutes, said Father Augustin, "also suffice
 What talk is this of souls 4ndoine," said Elizsbeths M father impatently I Elizabeth ill or
 she is in good hesith said the Abe And of her undoing at least of her own accord there
 Then, without further preamble. the Abbe trouble. He spoke simply, in the homely, straight zes in h5 oud ai Rav touched the famous banker; but the calm, dispas- his brief his slightly exotic English the charm of
 o o @ s9d e hs s eoaas e m @ means expunged, moved the fnancier more than he Perhaps too. indirectly. though not without de Iteration the deft touch of the Abbes home1y eio- and-siver rose-garden of youth, through which all pass Pad De19Te 9 eneng the sombeT tasesses of man 6naneier apd-who lpows?,,perhaps even priest; shaken the citadel of woTidlness and cynicism in which the 6nancier sat intrenched?
 After al1,' he said the Abbe conc1udedS "I her father and must decide. Young Gaston Dever- chaGaeter .Gua. a w. What @ more gan Elizabeth ask3. he light the divine spark heaFt without which marriage is noeery and love the synonym of lust st., in love- objected the hnancier. I have Gaston fo win womans heart as also stabler qualities which which guarantee happiness !1s ,. wistfu wooing voice he spoke of the quaint sweetly ors for romance and will have it at all costs The land of love is the land of adventure, and who having the veil of mystery torn rudey away before
 e by a aan @ eS hand7 5e3 2n 1 if our dis romance, and the friend lover found without kth of soul and dearer kin of flesh than one who is heralded by prolific Introduction and fastidous visit
 Not muscle moved in the great bankers face in m h abBy eyed a5 9sng sn h eha e Iay fHm dragons with gargoyle heads looked forth, he
 Father Augustin told him.
 Thus it happened that Elizabeth was permitted to spend Christmas at the convent, and as if the ele please her. it began to snow shortly before three o'clock Christmas Eve Like shower of right eousness the feathery flakes descended. It had raned in the morning, and the wind which had whipped the rain against the sonber front of the building increased to gale when the rain stopped and it's boisterous breath transformed the 1ichen- covered walls frosted silver that icc1es hung upon every corrice. Then, the wind having pranced and howled and wept its fill it settled down to
 Elizabeth, peering forth from her window-seat ir the library, said:
 "Le bon Den has caused all this to come to pass for because am here this holy night, for surely An1en.'
 The next morning Elizabeth said her prayers upon Gods perishable snow-scupture while saying them After dressing breakfast. and Elizabeth and Sister Veronica, who was the youngest sister in convent themselves shove1ing snow Something the roof caught E1izabeth's eye and she clapped her hands delighted1y, like any child Then all the nuns must come and see the wonder when they all assembled, and stood hudd1ed gether in the bit of path which had been cleared of snow, Elizabeth pointed upward to of the niches in the building, and cried:
 'See how unesthetc Saint Peter s There is cic1e the tip of his nose.
 At this of the nuns were shocked, pre- others shook their fingers at Elizabeth in gentle ad rnonishment, but little Sister Veronica laughed so heartily that the tears came with the laughter aud away swiftly as her en1bonPolnt would permit lest Sister Veronica's hi1ar1ty her ris- bilities and she suffer 9 dinlnutlon of dignity thereby.
 Later when Elizabeth came into the reception room, her eyes shining and her cheeks red ppa in serious consultation. She about to with draw, but Mother Philippa said:
 Come in, my child. The good Father had a derfuf adventure last night after leaving the chapel