Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-01-12

A FAIRY TALE FOR GRowM-U Ps.


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go az. .'a ~" "a Nv nu'io"
in, VIII sha, - " ~ M - na %. ana ~" .,,n
denly. II struck him fi1,t his MIND VS.
n ora : % INN .',', .as MINI W. i
rtnrn y,,n >, LII
~ nress !, ,,non his nn,"as mndN an en- hi,,,
,he eject or heinz imnrisoned : no the
ohio, ,,o,Ls ~. L,an s,,nh no,ditians
mattered nothing. for mos, monks are
like most men yor, simnle Rnt not
so Irnath,s
AS soon - he eo,,la wall, h. wan,
ia leather C,rnrinon tb" nr;nr I'D
begged for the favor of n roo,nier rell
Old Jr.tber cnrorir,, .,pilod gontiv ord
granted the ren,,esi '
NO brother within INV memory re-
,lanted the nrior .has a,or cn,nn,, inoa
of his cell on me ground of size. can
it he that tn. good Iynatius' heart has
drifted away from nrayer and media
tom"
Nothing more was made of the mat
ter and the placid life of the 1nonasterv
rolled on The seasons changed olives
grew and ripened as of wore. busy
hands titled and cultivated those rich
uplans acres of Tuscany that Law above
the Certosa. and mathis and vespers
ware S,,,p ,ftcr Tho ,ncio,t w.o ~ 49,
brother there were trouble by unhans
piness. then no one knew it. The Ger
tosa is a spot dedicated to neither han
pincss nor u~nhappiness in the worldly
sense. but only to pjous work and
prayer
One sweet day in April the prior
glanced up from a sacred parchment
upon the leggio before him to find
Brother Ignatius in his presence.
Again said he. 81 stand before
you Il suppliant. nv father. feel NV
self a prisoner in my cell. The walls
seem to press upon me and hinder my
thought. / seek the ind ,leence of y
larger and roomier cell"
XIV III OOCIlN
Hinder your thought" he repeated
slowly after Ignatius. as though tast-
ing the words upon his ongue. "Well."
he added with decision, II shall make
you the porter. the keeper of the gate,
my brother, and you will have the
gate house to yourself, the constant
freedom of the our yard and the
grounds. and a free view at all times
of the plains and DAD of Tuscany"
Your Indulgence. my father. is
greater h a ! deserve" the monk re-
piled contritely. Had he been asking
too much? But his spirit exulted in
the change His mind should now have
Il free range like the very clouds
overhead II was undreamed of free
dom
Time slipped On The ranquil life
OF the Certosa that knows no change,
nor wishes any. giided away into the
hopeful future, OF which alone it takes
but MS eyes Told CT q deepening spir-
iipas welfare asla Inc years and "A
sreaisE ssadsHe.fs for the heaven to
Hascn al 1kpsres1- Brother Ignatius
ALONE remained unchanged An eager
ness fl@d aErsssss1 crsgs Into his eyes,
out u Naz 1sDa sosa'ard heaven AS
Keeper OF ara sSase ne was in closer
tosFSsrs with mundane life thar were
ang ~ 1ss sregsaa-n
PlaGrT-as lsssssss3 h5E door and wan
deresss scr4nge-s- ;5-essasng on. whipped
Tsrssappz by rasn ~ cares. horses driven
by impatient cr5Te-x. @Is the busy life
tfaf OF thu ce-roasa- folk TO whom
psszSA- and meditation are words rather
thaasp fhe daily portion OF life.
ssAatsgs gay. sax ali this end
.ess .sa-cans OF days ard an eaperness
sTept INTO his eyes. 4, seemed to him
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