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XIV.
An Awakening.

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Time was when Phil Strange boosted
that he and his wife had played every
Playground and seaside amusement
park from Coney island to Galveston.
In his battered wardrobe trunks were
parts OF old costumes, scrapbooks of
clippings, and a goodly collection Of
Autographs, some advertising the SUI
pernatural powers OF professor Magi.
Sovereign Of the UnseensWorld," and
others the accomplishments of mile.
lie Garde. Renowned Serpent Enchan-
~tress." In these gnudy portraits Of
"Magi the Mystic no one would have
recognized PM Strange. And even
more difficult would II have been to
trace a resemblance between Mrs.
Strange and the blond, bushy-headed
Mile. lie Garde" of the posters. New
ertheiess, the likenesses at one time
had been considered not too fiattering,
and Phil treasured them as evidences
OF imperishable distinction.
But the Strahges had tired Of public
life. For a long time the wife had
confessed to a lack of interest In her
vocation which amounted almost to a
repugnance. Snake-charming, she had
discovered, was fur from an ideal pro-
fession for q woman Of refinement. 1t
possessed unpleasant features, and
even such euphemistic titles as "Ser-
pent Enchantress" and "Reptilian
Mesmerist" failed to rob the calling
OF a certain odium, a suggestion Of
yulgarity In the minds OF the more
discriminating. This had become so
distressing to Mrs. Strange's finer
s~ensibilities that she had voiced a
yearning 70 forsake the platform and
pit for something more c~ongenial. and
finally she had prevailed upon Phil
to make a change.
The step had not been taken without
misgivings. but a benign Providence
had watched over the pair. Mrs
Strange was a natural seamstress. and
luck had directed her and Phil to q
community which was not only In need
OF a good dressmaker but peculiarly
ripe for the talents OF q B~oothsayer.
Phil. too. had intended to embrace a
new profession but he had soon dis
covered that Jonesville offered better
financial returns to a man OF his ac-
cepted gifts than did the ckoieest Of
seaside concessions. and therefore he
had resumed his old calling uhdeP a
slightly different euise. Before lorg
ne Acknowledged himself well pleased
T.
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and Lille, by Valenciennes, Maubeuge,,
Avesnes, Hirson and Vervins.
1t is by these roads and railways
coming down the valley converging to-
ward Paris and the heart of France
that the German rush was made. 1t
was In utilizing our beautiful French
roads, the convenient network Of rail-
ways, and the canals from the north
and the east that the Boches thought
to reach Paris in a few weeks and par
alyze all resistance and any offensive
effort. "Nach Paris I" they cried, JOY
ously, emptying the cellars of Cham
payne and Brie. Their career ended
wretchedly on the banks of the Marine,
and pursued by the armies of Joffre
and the heroic little English army, they
fell back precipitately to the banks Of
the Aisne.
After the bombardment Of the Cloth
hall of Ypres, the belfry Of Arras, the
cathedral of Reims, and a hundred
other useless outrages on buildings Gel
ebrated for their beauty and their ar
tistic and historic interest, there is
unanimous fear in civilized countries
that the retiring Germans will destroy
the beautiful towns of Belgium and
France. The town of Laon possesses
some remarkable buildings, as well as
museum, art and antiquity, and it has
q library rich in manuscripts. Archie
ologists and tourists recognize the in
terest of the Palais de Justice, the So
issons gate, the CheniZelles postern.
The destruction Of the cathedral will
be an irreparable loss. 1t vas built
in the thirteenth century, is one of
the largest and has been better re-
stored than any other in the north Of
France. Two towers, each $50 feet
high, rise on either side Of the porch.
The west front is-after Notre
Dame de Paris-the most remarkable
Gothic facade for its purity of taste.
1t Is fanked by two towers, each ITO
feet high, surmounted by little two
storied belfry towers, decorated with
colossal figures Of animals represent
ing the oxen which dragged from the
plain to the summit Of the hill the ma
terials required for the building OF
this beautiful monument. The nave
Is 800 feet long, IS feet broad, and 80
feet high; the side aisles inclose 30
chapels. The pulpit is very beautiful.
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upon the figures OF her customers than
hanging python folds about her own,
and he found his own fame growing
with every day. His mediumistic gifts
came into general demand. The coun-
try-people Journeyed miles to consult
him, and Blaze Jones' statement that
they cOnided In the fo%rtune-teller as
they would have conf1ded in a priest
vas scarcely an exaggeration. Phil
did indeed become the repository for
confessions Of many sorts.
Contrary to Blaze's belief, however,
Strange was no Prince of Darkness,
and took little Joy in some of the Sc
crets forced upon him. Phil was a
good man In his way-sO conscientious
that certain information he acquired
weighed him down with a sense Of vi
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Probably It was nicotine poisonin' that
killed twenty acres Of my cotton. too
and maybe II I'd cut out tobacco I'd
have floated that bond issue on the
irrigation ditch. But I was welded to
cigarettes, SO my banks are closin'
down on me. SureI That's what a
man gets for sInokin'."
"And do you attribute all these mis-.
fortunes to Paloma's dressmaker?"
The man nodded gloomily. "That
amt half Everything goes wrong.
I'm scared to pack a weapon for fear
I'll injure myself. Why, I've carried
a bowie knife In my bootleg ever since
I was a babe In arms, you might say
but the other day I jabbed myself
with 1t and nearly got blood-poisonin'.
This fellow, Strange, with his fortune
tellin' and his charms and his c~onjures,
has hocus-pocused the whole neigh
borhood. He's gettin' rich off of the
Mexicans. He knows more secrets
than a parrot"
AIO ~ hOlillhB hOLC lluH a IAINuS
fakir, Mr.. Jones'"
"Yes'ml Just the same, these greas-
ers d vote him into the legislature If
he asked them. Why, he knows who
fetched back Ricardo Guzman's body !
He told me So
Really" Alaire looked up quickly,
then the smile left her face. After a
moment she said, perhaps he could
tell me something / want to know"
mo, don't you get him started"
Blaze cautioned, hastily, cor he'll put a
spell on you like he did on me-"
II want TO know what Ed had to do
with the Guzman affair"
Blaze shook his head slowly. "Well,
he's mixed up somehow with Lewis.
Dave thinks Tad was at the bottom
of the KILN, and he hoped to prove
1t on him; but u government won't
do anything, and he's stumped for the
time bein'. I don't know any more
about Eds dealln's than you do, Miz
Austin all / know is that / got a SER
pent in my household and / can't get
shed of her. I've got a lapful Of
troubles Of my own"
"This is too occult for me-" she de-
clared, rising. "But-I'm interested In
what you say about Mr.. Strange. If
the Mexlcans tell him 20 much, perhaps
he a tell me something. I do hope
you have no more mlsfortunes."
"You stay to supper" Blaze urged
Hospitality. "I1l be in as soon as that
tarantula's gone"
But Alaire declined. After a brief
chat with Paloma, she remounted
Montrose and prepared for the home
ward ride. At the gate, however, she
met Dave Law on his new mare, and
when Dave had learned the object Of
her visit to Jonesyille he insisted upon
accompanying her.
1t was early dusk when they reached
Las Palmas; II was nearly midnight
when Dave threw his leg across his
saddle and started home.
Alalre's parting words rang sweetly
in his ears: 'sThls has been the pleas
ATTEST day I can remember"
The words themselves meant little,
but Dave had caught a wistful under
tone in the speakers voice. and fancied
he had zen In her eyes a queer, half
frightened expression, az Of one just
awakened.
Jose Sanchez had beheld Dave Law
ut the Las Palmas table twice within
a few days. He spent this evening La
boriously composing a letter to his
friend and patron. Gen. Luis Longorio.
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Among the numerous superstiuuns
OF the Cossacks there Is a belief that
they win enter heaven In a better state
Of moral purity II they are ~personally
clean when killed in battle
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and Out OF the Blackness Peered
Paloma's Father.
harbor crude superstitions. and yet
there was no mistaking his earnest
nesc when he said:
II amt sure whether she's to blame.
or her husband, but misfortune has
folded me to herself"
"Howf"
~Weli, I'm sick"
eY0u don't look It."
Il don't exactly feel Il, either, but
4 am. I don't sleep good. my hearts
actin up, I've got rheumatism, my
stomach feels like I'd swallowed some
ching alive"
You're smoking too much" Alaire
affirmed. with conviction.
But skepticism aroused Blaxe's In
dirnafjon. With elaborate sarcasm. he
retorted Il reckon that's why my best
eeam OF mules rain away and dragged
me through 4 ken-acre patch OF grass
nurrs. eh1 IT'S 4 Wonder 4 wasn't
jkiiled. 4 reckon I smoked 70 much
khaf I give a tobacco heart 70 the best
hret.year.old bull In my pasture
|w<ll amehsd hln N <tath. All right
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Accounted For.

"The fellow I bought my car from
said I'd " hear anything knocking
about It,"
swell, he didn't expect you to take
your wife in 1t, probably"
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The Retort Courteous.

He-This bargain hunting shows
your character. You are always look
Ing out for something cheap.
She-Too true. That Is how I came
to marry you.
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snow some scientific sharp saw
there r styles In emotions" II b
lieve II. I know some women Who "A
ways wear thar dtznAty russsa.
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HIPPoDRoME (st. PauD

All those who are of a psychic
nature should not fail to visit the
Hippodrome next week, where be-
ginning Sunday, July %, one of the
biggest features and sensations of
the season is holding forth for the
entire week, and is on par with
Anna Eva Fay and other like mystics.
Billed as Intelligence" it consists
of demonstrations of Psychic, Musical
and Mental Mysticism, which will stag
ger your intellect with wonderment
It features Mahatma, the Cabalistic
Phenomenon, and Miss Crane, the
Occult Pianiste who will play any
selection on the piano, you may re
quest, while blindfolded
This act is conceded to be the
greatest riddle that has ever been
demonstrated on any stage.
Other acts of equal Importance are
the Peerless Potters, Americas pre-
mier gymnasts in seemingly impos-
sible feats.
Clark and Adler offering a new
brand of comedy entertainment dis
pensed for laughing purposes only.
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murln BnnkH
Brief Reviews and Notices

Christopher Columbus: In Poetry,
History and Art. By Sarah Agnes
Ryan. Published by Mayer and
Miller Company, Chicago, Ill.
| This beautiful work from the pen of
Miss Ryan is dedicated to the Knights
OF Columbus. AS the Rev. DIR. McCabe,
President of De Paul University, Chi
cago, says in his introduction, ''the
story OF Columbus will never grow old.
1t is one that charms the more as it
is read more frequently. Yet, for all
that, the world knows too little of
this wonderful character and his more
wonderful work" In the present
work, which was evidently dedicated
by the authors love of the memory of
so renowned a man, Miss Ryan has
brought together the finest gems con-
tr1buted by Poetry, History and Art,
with reference to her great original.
She has gathered these gems together,
set them in a beautiful crown, and
placed it upon the brow of the great
est discoverer of all times, of a man
who trusted in science, but trusted in
God more. Interviewing poetry and
prose, culled from the best sources,
with her own skillful narrative, Miss
Ryan has presented us with a book
which will prove not only interesting
and attractive, but at the same time
most Illuminating on the great subject
of Columbus and his work. Twenty
one full page illustrations on fine art
paper, together with the artistic
makeup of the book, prove it to be
one of the most useful works on the
life of the Great Mariner. We recon-
mend it most highly to every knight
OF Columbus, and to every intelligent
reader of whatever class or creed.
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Catholics in Columbia
THEY HAVE WON IN RECENT
ELECTIONS ON RELIGIOUS
QUESTION.

The Conservative Party won a de.
cisive victory at the elections in Co
lombia. The House of Representa-
tives is made up of So Conservatives,
SO Liberals, and 16 Dissidents. The
victory of the Conservative Party is
all the more important for the Catho-
lies, says the ''Revista Catolica" pub
lished in the Spanish language in Las
Vegas, N. NJ, as the Conservative
committee in a public manifesto
designated the battle as being for and
against the Church. The manifesto
says. ''The difference between two
parties conservative and LiberaD is
to be sought in the religious question
only. The Liberals wish to undermine
the friendly relations existing between
Church and State for thirty years.
"Revista Catolica" adds that public
schools, which are conducted on an
explicitly Catholic basis, are a thorn
in the flesh of the Liberals.
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THE sHUBERT THEATER.

Eugene Walters thrilling play,
The Wolf will be put on at the
Shubert next week by the Shubert
Stock Co. 1t is a dramatic epic of
the great Canadian Hudson Bay coun-
try, and has, for it's heroine, Hilda
McTavish, daughter of an embittered
old Scotchman stationed at one of
the most remote posts of the COM
pany, A railroad engineer, Nc
Donald, comes to their home and is
taken with Hilda. He is recognized,
however, by Jules Beaubien, French
Canadian Woodsman. The capture
of the guilty man has been a life pur-
pose with Jules, and there is a motive
for the terrible fight in which Beau
bien finally kills Mcdonald. The
story has much of the fascinating
atmosphere of the Canadian North,
and is filled with action.
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The Catholic Paper
TWO YEARS COMING VIA LIVER
POOL, TROY, ST. LOUIS.

Two years ago this summer The
Field Afar had an article on the new
ly begun Claver Office in st. Louis.
The article was copied in an October
issue of The Irish Catholic, a paper
published in Liverpool. There was
appended an explanation of The Union
of Masses taken from The Echo from
Africa. Only last week a gentleman
with a good Irish name in Troy, New
York, on reading over an old copy of
the self-same issue of that paper came
across the account of the Sodality of
st. Peter Claver and forthwith sent a
modest offering to the st. Louis office
with the request for sample copy of
The Echo. The incident is a new il
lustration of Cardinal Gibbons saying
that Catholic paper is never too old
to do good.
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DIOCESE OF ST. CLOUD
Diocesan Correspondence Rev. A. .
Preusser, the Cathedral St Cloud.

ST. Cloud: An enthusiastic meeting
of the young ladies of the city was
| held in the ST. Cloud Institute last
| Thursday evening, at which a Young
Ladies League was organized, with
the following members acting as Off
GERS for the term of one year: Pres
| ident, Miss Ludwina Ohotto; vice
president, Miss Carrie Vossberg;
| treasurer, Miss Theresa Schaedler;
recording secretary, Sister Henrietta,
o. S. B. The league is to be of a
social and educational value, and is
| destined to do much good in both
these departments.
St. Joseph: A large assembly of
friends and relatives gathered at ST.
Benedict's Convent Wednesday morn
ing, July II, and completely filed the
spacious chapel known far and wide
| for its beautiful architecture and we'll
balanced finish. The occasion was
| one of more than ordinary importance,
and the hundreds who had been priv
ileged to attend could not but leave
with keen sentiment of satisfaction
that religious life exceeds the compre-
hension of the world, that it's despised
burdens are dear to Gods chosen
ones, and give that peace which the
world cannot give More than earth
ly joy was the share of thirty-tWo
young ladies who on July II solemnly
vowed perpetual virginity to the bride
groom of their SOUL while thirty-nine
gladly took the simple vows, longing
for their expiration when also they
would consecrate themselves to God
forever
The Ri. Rev. Joseph F. Busch was
| the officiating celebrant at the Pontifi-
cal High Mass as well as at the cere-
| mony of profession. At the conclusion
| of the services he addressed a few
words to the newly professed Sisters.
In glowing words he showed how they
had surrendered all that they might be
| the more like unto the Saviour, pure,
humble and obedient, deprived of
earthly riches, but with a claim to
| greater heavenly treasures.
The local community of st. Benedict
| now numbers about 700 members, all
of whom are rendering untold service
to the community and to the satisfac-
ton of all who have learned to know
their ability and appreciate their noble
| work.
Little Falls: The second retreat
! for the Sisters of st. Francis closed
here Friday, July -. Rt. Rev. Jo-
seph F. Busch favored them with a
| closing address in which he acknowl-
edged the meritorious' work they per-
form with no hope of earthly reward
but trusting in the Saviour's promise.
Retreats for the Clergy: The sec
ond retreat for the priests of the Or
der of St. Benedict is being conducted
at ST. Johns Abbey, Collegeville,
Mimi, this week. The Rev. A. Hart
man, S. j., of Mankato, has charge of
the exercises.
| The retreat for the secular clergy
will commence on July %, and will be
preached by the Rt. Rev. Mgr. M.
| Wurst of Wabasha. This retreat will
also be held at ST. Johns Abbey.
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HASTY FRIENDSHIPS
VACATION TIME A DANGEROUS
SEASON FOR GIRLS.

He who runs may read these days
the awful tragedies that so frequent
ly result from hasty friendships.
Time and again one has to ask the
question, when particularly notori-
Gus case is brought before the pub
lie, why will young woman marry a
man about whom she knows practi-
cally nothing. For all she knows he
may have deceived other women, may
have left wife and family in some
other part of the country, may be
the meanest kind of criminal, yet she
puts aside all such possibilities, mar
ries him, and the result is often un-
happiness. In turn he deserts her;
and the whole miserable romance
ends in sorrow and distress, observes
the Boston Pilot.
A prudent girl will beware of
strange men. The fact that a mans
manners are very nice, that he is we'll
dressed, that he is gallant, that he
has all the qualities of the hero of
romance, will not lead sensible girl
to put her trust in him. She knows
enough of the world, her innate mod
esty is warning enough, to be suspi.
cious of the stranger.
A girl at home is very careful OF
her associates. If she values her
good name she is not seen in the com
pany of men that are suspect. She
would be insulted if she were ap
preached on the street going to he1
work. She surrounds herself with
every protection. She would moi
trust herself to the company of q
chance stranger
There is but one course for CIR
to pursue; that is to be as careful in
the picking UP of friends in her vaca
| ton as she is at home.
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Protectorate for Boys
TO BE ESTABLISHED IN ores
CENT CITY BY CHRISTIAN
BROTHERS.

At a meeting of the Board of Cath
olic Charities, held last March in New
Orleans, previous to the death of
Most Rev. Archbishop Blenk, it was
decided, with his endorsement, to in
vite the Christian Brothers to New
Orleans to look over the field with a
view to establishing Catholic Pro-
tectorate for Boys. The death of the
Archbishop prevented final action, but
Very Rev. Jules B. Jeanmard, Admin
istrator of the diocese, extended the
invitation to the Christian Brothers to
come and survey the field Brother
Alton, Superior of the Order at Santa
Fe, N. Mex, is now there for this pur-
pose. With Rev. Raymond Cara, SUI
perintendent of the board, he has Wis
tied various sections of the city for
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THEIR ANCIENT GENTLE ACTIV-
tiles WHERE WAR NOW RACES
Irish MISSIONARIES FIRST
TRAVERSED ROADS NOW OCCU-
PIED BY SOLDIERS.

B. F., writing to the New York Sun,
says:
The Sun recently contained let
ter showing that the present battle
line in France was largely Identical
with that on which julius Caesar met
the Celts of Gaul, and that localities
there still retained their Celtic or
Gaulic appellations and could only be
interpreted through the medium of the
Irish language. The communicates
from the front likewise deal with an
other class of names, derived from a
less remote period, and having an
entirely different connection with Ire
land
1t is now recognized as historical
fact which is not disputed, except by
the ignorant, that in the Middle Ages
Ireland was highly cultured and
learned country, honeycombed with
monasteries, schools and universities,
in which the youth of Europe fiocked
as they had fiocked to Greece, and
whence missionaries and scholars is
sued to regenerate Europe after the
downfall of civilization involved the
destruction of the Roman Empire.
Among the first of this procession of
| Irish philosophers were Pelagius, the
celebrated heresiarch whose Irish
name was Morgan or Mairegain Mari
ner), and Sedulius (ShieD, the theo-
| logical Virgil, in the fifth century; and
one of the last was Duns Scotus, the
| Subtle Doctor and rival of Thomas
Aquinas in the thirteenth century.
In the intervening centuries the
Irish pioneers working on foreign soil
in the promotion of Christianity were
very numerous, and France was one
of the countries that benefited pre-
| eminently by their work. Thus St
| Gibrion. the scene of so much fighting
recently, derives it's name from sixth
century Irish student and anchorite
who with his companions, Helen, Tres
son, Germanus, Veranus, Habeanus
/ Petronus, and three sisters, Franda
| Portia and Porsena, all Irish, erected
| oratories on the River Marine and civ
| ilized the pagan Franks of that re
gion. st. Gobain, not far away, like
wise derives it's name from Gobhan, q
disciple of the famous missioner
Fursa, who founded monasteries and
schools in East Anglia, England
and Lagny, France, and whose
visions, translated from Irish into
Latin inspired Dante. The town Of
Les Boeufs derives its name from
the bullocks that bore the mortal re
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Conservation Of Bishop
FATHER CRlMONT, S. j., WILL RE-
CEIVE EPISCOPAL CONSECRA-
TON JULY 25 IN SEATTLE
CATHEDRAL.

The Very Rev. Joseph Raphael
Crimont, S. J., Prefect-Apostolic of
Alaska since 1904, will receive epis-
copal conservation Wednesday, July
%, in st. James Cathedral, Seattle.
The Most Rev. Archbishop Christie
will be the consecrator, assisted by
Rt. Rev. Edward J. O'Dea, Bishop of
Seattle, and Rt. Rev. Augustine F.
Schinner, Bishop of Spokane.
The Alaska district has been raised
from Prefecture-Apostolic to a
Vicariate-Apostolic, and Father Cri-
mont's new title will be that of Vicar
Apostolic. In his district is a score
of parishes and missions, besides ten
or more missions for the Indians and
Eskimos The missions are in charge
of the Jesuit Fathers. The Sisters
of St. Ann, the Sisters Of Charity OF
Providence, and the Ursuline Nuns
conduct hospitals and schools in the
Vicariate.