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CHAPTER xxxvHI.
The Hidden Thief.

mo VIOucU lutCts
As he turned from the 70 where
these late exciting scenes had &C.
CURED, there was one-Count Fred
erick-who gazed back with . look OF
inquiry to the solitary occupant who
tarried there. Kitty Gray. wrapped
in her own anxieties, did not catch
this look of solitude, but as they all
passed out and left her to her W de-
vices, robbed now ven Of tho aid OF
her faithful servant, she cast herself
upon q couch in sudden access OF ap'
prehension.
Then she paused, her breath held.
her heart sitting her lungs for just an
instant. It seemed to her that she
felt in the couch beneath her some
suspicious movement-yes, 1t must be
so! She sprang across the room to
tho door, her first instinct that OF
flight, but halted and found conceal
ment beyond tho first curtain OF the
alcove. Her eyes were fastened on
the cover Of the couch which but now
she had occupied.
Yes, she saw tho lid move, saw q
hand appear beneath its edge-saw
a man slowly crowd himself out from
this hiding place within the body OF
! the couch! 1t was the face OF n OF the
apache banda face that she saw
turned q~uestioningly into the room,
which evidently he thought now va
cant. Surely Blake had abundant re-
tainly he himself did not tarry. A
moment, and he was out Of the win
dow and passed from sight as had
his fellows. :.
There was no time for Kitty to call
for aid, even had there been aid which
she could have summoned. sne
wasted no time in utilities. but her
own fashion of self.help, resolved to
lose no opportunity to end certain OF
these complexities. Without time for
thought she sprang after the man, nc
definite plan in her mind. AS she dio
so. she called out once more, almos,
by instinct, upon the one friend who
thus far had not failed her. "Ro
leau!" she cried,-"Roleau!"
But the faithful Roleau did not hear
his mistress summon him. By this
time he was in the front part Of the
hotel, himself in charge Of the oficerf
Of the law.
On his way to the station house II
charge of the gendarmes he weighed
deliberately the chances Of success
one bold man might have against
these others now torn by tndecision
for certainty the g%endarmes them
selves had come out Of this with none
too much glory, and were In no tot
good conceit Of themselves. They
walked loosely, heads down, dreadint
what lay ahead. 1t WAS no great fea'
for Roleau, half guarded. to sprint
away from them at speed, and ono.
more to gain the front Of the hotel
He passed rapidly to the desk.
"Padron." he said to the clerk wit
stood there. himself i%rresolute, "th'
captain has asked me to inquire OF he
excellency-" and he did not step Il
specify as to the nature Of that In
quiry. He sprang to the stair, IN
deferred, ran down the hall, and ono
more found open the door OF the roon
which but now he had left.
He entered eagerly, gazed abou
him-and stood ~dumfounded for
moment. There was no trace OF III
mistress. The room nee more wa
altogether empty.
To him there was only one conclr
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-13

KITTY Gray, newspaper woman, finds In
q curso shop hAh Of q broken coin, the
muttlated inscription on which srouses
har curtosity n hads her. 1t the order
q her managing editor. TO 50 to the prn-
capality OF Gretxhofen to piece out the
story suggested by the inscription. She Is
followed, and on arrival In Gretxhonen
her adventures while chasing the secret
e The broken coin OeGtn
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are not what they ought to be; but be
not misled thereby. and see that you
do better."-From THE Basis Of Mo.
rality," by Arthur Schopenhauer.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-13

pected turn In the history Of the Rari-
tan to see whether or not some OF the
forgotten canals cannot be made sery-
iceable in time OF emergency.
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His Grievance,

A proper man Is young always. Herr
Foschwitz, aged fifty years and cap
tain in the landwehr. married about
the time the war began Il wife not yet
twenty. Since the war has been drag
ging on and he has continued ut the
front, lie has spoken often to his COM
rades about u matter very near his
heart.
IF this fighting business keeps up
much longer" says he, "when It's over
III find myself tied to m old woman"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-07-13

When nm employee is discharged he
experiences relief from that hired feel
ing.
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SYNOPSIS

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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-29
THE HOLY NAMES.

We are now prepared to fill or
ders for copies Of the Most Rev
erend Archbishop's Pastoral on
THE Reverence Due to the Holy
Names OF God and Of the Re-
deemer, which we have issued in
pamphlet form under the title OF
"'The Holy Names The pam
phlet consists Of sixteen pages,
printed in clear type, on good pa
per-. and retails for five cents a
copy or three dollars a hundred.
The purpose of the Pastoral, as
we have already pointed out, is
to inculcate greater respect for
the sacred names of God and of
the Saviour, by recalling all that
they connote in the supernatural
order, and suggesting means
whereby the faithful can make
PREPARATION for the insults offered
to the eternal majesty of the Most
High by the detestable vice of
profanity which is so prevalent in
our day. The Pastoral urges
priests charged with the care of
souls to establish branches of the
Holy Nome Society in their par
ishes, and by means Of quarterly
meetings and frequent Com
.munion to engender and foster
greater love for the names of the
Creator and OF the Redeemer, and
to give public cdification by the
reverence with which the mem
.bers use the Holy Names.
All who belong to the Holy
Name Society should be provided
with copies Of this pamphlet in
order that they may familiarize
themselves with its contents, and
put into practice i'll daily life the
suggestions which it contains for
making PREPARATION for the oppro-
brium heaped upon God and the
Saviour by blasphemers. 1t is,
moreover, an excellent brochure
to place in the bookrack in the
vestibule Of the church. 1t should
have the widest dissemination
among the faithful in order that
each one may be inspired to do
what he or she can to honor the
one Name, under heaven, given to
men whereby they must be saved.
Send orders, accompanied by
cash, to this office and the pam
phlets, i'll any quantity, will be
forwarded without delay.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-29
DECREASED PRODUCTION OF
WHISKY.

Says Golfers Weekly: According
to the Wall Street Journal. Of New
York City: Production of whisky in
Kentucky i'll January was 19S0,000
gallons, against G,102,i52 gallons i'll
January, 1914; production in Pennsyl-
yania was 1,073,S08 gallons in January,
against 1924 year ago, and i'll
Maryland 506,919 gallons, against $751;
582 last year. Whisky bottled in bond
in January was 691, 5O8 gallons, coul-
pared with 92S,1S7 i'll January, 1914.
1.-THE decrease in Kentucky's pro-
ductiOn of whisky amounts to GG%:
per cent; in Pennsylvania it is about
33 per cent; in Maryland more than
40 per cent. These figures (aDd
others, for February, March, and other
months, more recently ayailable) in
dictate that the distillers, who can
look ahead like anyone else, see that
within few years the commercial de-
mand for whisky will fall off at IN
preccdented speed. The distillers are
buying newspaper space i'll more than
one city to argue that prohibition
doesn't prohibit-that more liquor
than ever is being drunk in this coun-
try; but this is bluff. They are
meanwhile curtailing production and
quietly discounting their own funeral.
Better times are ahead for these
United States"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-29

splendid morning sky; then, swelling
by degrees, they blend, melt, 1ningle
into magnificent concert. 1t is now
but one mass of sOnorous vibrations,
issuing necessarily from the innumer-
able steeples, which floats, undulates,
bounds, whirIs over the city, and ex-
pands far beyond the horizon the
deafening circles of it's oscillations.
That sea of harmony, however, is
it has not lost it's transparency; you
see it in each group of notes that
has flown from the belfries, winding
along apart; you may follow the
dialogue, by turns low and shrill;
you may see the octaves skipping from
steeple to steeple; you watch them
springing, light, mingled, sonorous,
from the silver bell; dropping dull,
faint and feeble from the wooden;
you admire the rich gamut necessarily
running up and down the seven bells
of st. Eustache; you see clear and
rapid notes dart about in all direc-
lions, make three or four luminous
ZigZags, and vanish like lightning.
Down yonder the abbey of ST. Martin
sends forth it's harsh, sharp tones
here the bastile raises its sinister and
husky voice; at the other extremity,
it is the great tower of the Louvre,
with its cOunter-tenor. The royal
chimes of the palace throw out inces-
sanity on all sides, respondent thrills
upon which falls, at measured inter.
walls, the heavy toll from the belfry of
NOtre Dame, which makes them
sparkle like the anvil under the ham
mer. From time to time you see
tones of all shape proceeding from the
triple peal of st. German des Pres
passing before you.
Then again, at intervals, this mass
of sublime sound opens and makes
way for the strette of the Ave Maria,
which glistens like an aigrette of
stars. Beneath, in the deepest part
OF the concert, you distinguish con-
fusedly the singing within the
churches, which transpires through
the vibrating pores of their vaults.
Verify, this is an opera which is
well worth listening to. In an ordi.
nary way, the noise issuing from
Paris in the daytime is the talking
OF the city; in this case it is the sing.
ing OF the city. Lend your ear then
to this tutti of steeples; diffuse over
the whole the buzz of half a million
OF human beings, the eternal murmur
of the river, the infinite piping of the
wind, the grave and distant quartet of
the four forests, placed like immense
organs on the four hills OF the hori-
zon; soften down, as with demi-
tint, all that is too shrill and too harsh
i'll the central mass of the sound. and
say, if you know anything in the world
more rich, more gladdening, more
dazzling, than the tumult of bells:
than that furnace of music; than those
ten thousand braZen tones, breathed
all at once from flutes of stone three
hundred feet high; than that city
which is but one orchestra; than that
symphony rushing and roaring like
tempest.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-29
THE SPREAD OF THE ROSARY

The general intention Of the
League Of the Sacred Heart for
May, as recommended by Our
Holy Father Pope Benedict XIV,
is ''The Spread Of the Rosary
For. many. ce4ltifies in the
Church of God tile Rosary has
been a favorite devotion. The
form Of prayer is SO simple and
the prayers and meditations are
so sublime that the popularity of
the devotion is not surprising. 1t
can be taught to the simple little
child and it appeals to the most
learned. By his recommendation
our Holy Father shows his desire
that the use Of the Rosary should
be even more widespread.
Pope Leo XIII was most insist
ent i'll urging upon the faithful
the daily recitation Of these
beautiful prayers, not merely dur
ing the month of October, which
is dedicated i'll d special manner
to the Holy Rosary, but also
throughout the year. Many Cath
olic families used to have the
pious practice Of saying the
Rosary every day, at least during
the holy season of Lent. We fear
that such practices are not SO COM
mon nowadays.
The power Of the Rosary has
often been attested ill the history
of the Church, as we learn from
the letters of many Supreme Pom
tii1s, and every Catholic who says
it daily has, no doubt, experienced
the wonderful effects oil our
Lady's intercession III preserving
her clients from evil OF body and
soul. Catholic parents should
train their children from the ear
Hest years to love the Rosary. 1t
will be a strong protection Tor
them throughout their lives.
An additional motive for fidel-
ity may be found in the numerous
lndulgences granted by the Holy
See to those who carry the Rosary
about their person and say it de-
Evoutly. They afford us frequent
opportunity of blotting out our
own temporal punishment and of
helping the poor souls in Purga-
tory.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-29
DEAD CATHOLIC INDIANS
THEIR MEMORY HELD SACRED
BY "DESERT CHILDRENv OF
PIMAs AND PAPAGo TRIBES.

Anyone who visits the Arizona In
| dian Reservations of the Pima and
PapagO tribes, can not but be deeply
impressed by the cleanliness and order
that prevails in the Catholic Indian
cemeteries, says the Franciscan Her.
aid. These last resting places of these
who have died piously in the Lord,
form a silent but sharp contrast to
the utter neglect, GOODNESS and hope
lessness of the pagan Indian burial
places.
An indescribable air of sacredness
seems to surround the graves of
Christ5 poor. bidding the stranger to
tread carefully, as the ground on
which he stands is holy.
Long rows of sandy mounds, each
neatly shaped and crowned by u
humble wooden cross, mark the
graves of the Desert Children" who
during life professed their faith in
the Crucified, and who fell asleep in
death buoyed up by the hope that
their Redeemer would raise them up
again in glory on the Last Day. Each
year after sunset on the eve of All
Souls Day, the love of the Catholic
Indians for their departed is most
touchingly manifested. When all
have assembled at the Mission
Church, a procession is formed and
wends it's way silently and devoutly
to the cemetery. Arriving there the
Indians plant two lighted candles at
the head and two more at the foot
is formed again and, headed by the
chief Of the tribe, passes from grave
to grave, the Indians reciting the
while the decades of the Rosary i'll
Spanish and English alternately.
A halt of q few minutes is made at
each mound, and then, as the pro-
cession moves on, the relatives of the
deceased remain standing at the
grave. Nor do the prayers cease until
the last glimmering candle has been
consumed.
A priest who .beheld this demon
stration for the first time last year,
when about five hundred Indians
were present, remarked afterWaTd
that it was the most touching and
soul-stirring All Souls celebration
lie had ever Witnessed. The seven
to eight hundred candles that flick
cred on the sandy graves and made
it appear as if by some mysterious
power piece of the starry heavens
had been transferred to the barren
desert waste lent an unearthly
splendor to the scene, while the ear
nest demeanor and devout prayers of
the poor Indians filled him with rever-
entail awe. Fired with holy enthu-
siasm the Reverend Father, standing
at the foot of the weather-beaten
semblage on the Catholic doctrine of
purgatory, and assured them that
their pious prayers would go a long
way toward relieving the suffering |
souls.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-29

population OF the United States
shows u gain of 254, 799 for the
past year. And this, notwithstand-
ing. the fact that 43 dioceses out
OF u total OF 101 made no change
in the population figure The total
number OF Catholics in the United
States, according to the directory,
is 1G,564, 100. This is, i'll the
opinion of well-informed prelates,
a conservative estimate. 1t would
undoubtedly be nearer the mark
to place the Catholic population
in the heighborhood of 1S,O0O,000.
Ii the bigots continue their &C
tiyity with the same zeal for jus
tice and truth which has distin-
grtiShed them in the past, they
will aid greatly in adding to the
number of Catholics who acEnowl-
edge allegiance to the Stars and
Stripes. In the realm of bigotry,
"every knock is a boost. -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-29

The Easter sunshine, coming
after the dreary weather that pre-
vailed during Holy Week, seemed
reflection Of the joy and glad
ness which filled the heart of
Christendom as it throbbed re-
sponsive to the sacred import OF
the Resurrection morn. 1t helped
to make more real 'the day which
the Lord hath made 1t was
more in keeping with the spirit OF
the season; it removed the. last
shadow Of an excuse that any one
could have for failing to celc-
brate Easter i'll truly Christian
manner. AS Il consequence, de-
vout worshippers thronged the
churches at all the Masses. The
altar rails were crowded from
early morning. 1t comforted the
priests, wearied with the unusual
exactions of the Holy Week
services, to see the fruit Of the
long hours spent in the confes-
sional the previous day, The
scene was fitting elimination
Of the lenten period.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-29
HOLY WEEK SERVICES.

For the second time in the brief
life of the new Cathedral of st.
Paul, the impressive services of
Holy Week found adequate and
appropriate setting within it's hal
lowed walls. Its spacious sanctu-
airy easily accommodated the en-
tire student body of st. Paul Semi
nary-two hundred and ten strong
who, under the direction of the
choirmaster, Reverend Francis
Missia, had entire charge of the
musical program on Palm Sunday
and Easter Sunday. The trained
choir of forty seminarians who
chanted the Tenebrae, and partic-
ipated III the morning services OH
the last three days Of Holy Week
received wcll-merited praise from
all who were privileged to assist
at these exercises, and listen to
their splendid rendition OF the
sacred music of the Church. The
singing was really enchanting,
giving evidence Of careful prepa-
ration OH the part Of the students,
and Of successful training I'M
der the sEilful direction Of the
chOirmaster.
And then, the congregations
Despite the unfayOrable weather
conditions, the vast edifice was
thronged with devout worshippers
at all the services, and the spirit
Of devotion and reverence with
which they followed the cere-
monies showed deep-seated piety
which was truly edifying.
The Holy Week services brought
into bold relief one very notice
able defect in the new Cathedral
one which, unfortunately, can
not bds remedied. 1t is admittedly
too small to accommodate all who
would like to crowd into it during
Holy Week, especially. One won
ders where all the people come
from; and the wonder grows when
one takes into consideration that
there are twenty-six other Catho-
lie churches in the city, each one
Of which makes its appeal to d
large congregation.
The climax of attendance at the
Ixxl. l.
ter Sunday when, from early
Imorning until the final Alleluia of
the last Mass was sung, every par
| ish church i'll the diocese was filled
at each service. It was grand
manifestation of faith, especially
when one takes into consideration
1.-The numbers who received Holy
Communion. Tt was consoling
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-29
BELLS OF EASTER
WRITTEN BY FATHER FABER BE
FORE HIS CONVERSION.

After the silence of Good Friday
and Easter-eve / shall never forget
the hour when Easter dawned on
Venice. The sun was just rising, and
there rose such a bewildering and
multitudinous harmony of bells from
every steeple in the city, that they
raised the feelings almost into excite
ment. 1t was an Easter hymn such
as never heard before. 1t reminded
me of a description Of the bells Of
Paris:
Ascend on the morning OF a high
festival, at sunrise, ON Easter or
Whit-Sunday, to some elevated point,
from which you may overlook the
whole capital, and listen to the
awakening of the bells. Behold, at a
signal proceeding from heaven. for
it is the sun himself that gives it.
those thousand churches trembling
all at once. At first solitary tinkles
pass from church to church, as when
musicians give notice that they are
going to begin. Then see, for at
certain times the ear too seems to
be endued with sight, see how, all
of a sudden, at the same moment,
there rises from each steeple, as it
were O column of sound, cloud of
harmony.
At first, the vibration Of each bell
rises straight, pure, and in manner
separate from the others. into the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-29
The EASTER LILY
LEGEND ABOUT THIS SAINT
AMONG FLOWERS.

The lily is regarded as saint
among flowers, and the reason lilies
are SO largely used in the decoration
of churches is not only because they
are the most perfect of floral types,
but because of their symbolic mean
ing. One beautiful old belief about
the lily relates that the candidates for
the Virgin Mary's hand after having
sought the Lords blessing each left
his own staff in the temple in the
evening. The next morning, the dry
rod OF Joseph was found green and
blossomed with lily flowers.
Another pretty legend is that Mary,
on her way to the temple plucked a
lily and upon pressing it to her breast
1t became white. Lilly of the Virgin
Madonna Flower" and several other
mystical names were given to the lily
and have reference to this legend.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-29
A GOOD TEST.

Not long ago an investigation was
made at great British ship-building
establishment to discover the loss to
lab0rers from the habit of drink. Two
groups of eight men otherwise as
equal as possible) were selected: one
abstainers, the other moderate drink
crs. They were kept ignorant Of the
test. At the end of the year it was
found that the sober men, on an aver
age, earned $3.50 more than the aver
age drinker. The lowest steady man
earned annually fifty dollars more
than the highest drinking man, These
losses we're due to illness and
drunkenness. Subtracting what the
drinkers paid for liquor, it was found
that the abstainer, on an average, took
home to his family nearly $400 more
than his drinking mate. A mighty
argument for abstinence from the
point of view of industrial efficiency!
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-29

According to the Living
Church. of Milwaukee, an organ
OF the Episcopal Church, it costs
$1,316 to transform a Latin
American Catholic into an Episco-
palian. Even at, that, we are in
clined to think that the change is
only external. A bad Catholic
may make Il good Episcopalian,
but the Catholics Of Latin Amer
lea are too well Informed about
their religion to accept the tcnets
oil Episcopalianism. Why do the
Protestant sects insist OH spend.
ing SO much money foolishly III
South America? Why DON t they
so to China or some other heather
country where there is less oppo-
sition to their religious propa-
ganda, and where the cost Of con-
version is merely nominal? At the
above rate. it is not difficult to
compute what it will cost to bring
the pure light of the gospel to the
Inhabitants Of South America.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-29

The Holy Father has granted a
plenary indulgence, on the usual
conditions, to all who, OH the first
Friday i'll May, receive Holy Com
munion, and pray for his intcn-
ton, namely, an early and lasting
peace. Thus does Pope Benedict
ever keep i'll mind the greatest
need OF the Christian world at the
present time. He desires that the
faithful join with him in petition.
ing the Prince Of Peace to touch
the hearts OF the belligerents, and
stay the devastating march OF
horrid war. 1t is a noble appeal
and should meet with universal
response.