The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-11-12

with their esteemed Father Presidente
to know that nothing panied him more
than to see them respondent and to
hear them denouncing the vexatious
attitude of the military heads.
II may be mistaken" Father Du-
metz observed; "but there is ample
reason, I think, for believing that this
change is due to sinister forces Sc
cretly at work in Mexico and Spain.
Do you remember what Father Guard
ian wrote little over a year ago?"
"You mean that warning to preserve
harmony with Comandante Rivera p"
Precisely. And the reason he gave
was because they, in Mexico, were
certain that he had secret orders from
such as directed their projects more
to territorial expansion than to the
spiritual conquest of souls. Now, put
two and two together and what do you
get?"
Il wonder" his confrere put in,
what Father Lasuen will say when he
hears of the change"
And Father Palou. How determin-
ed he was last fall to ignore Rivera's
orders and to proceed with the found
ing OF the mission at San Francisco"
10 be candid, at times do wish
our Father Presidente were a little
less forebearing."
There's the rub, Padre. Even pa
thence and forbearance must have a
limit. Father Sierra is too indulgent
and accommodating. Rivera shaped
his policy accordingly; otherwise he
would not have dared to perpetrate
those outrages in that San Diego af-
fair With men like Father Lasuen
and Father Fguer from sheer disgust
demanding permission to return to
the College, with an arrogant and
splteful comandante venting his
spleen on us, with obstacles and dis
appointments crowding in on all
sides
Don't, Padre, don't rehearse that
sad story Father Crespi interrupted.
Remember, it is Gods work we are
engaged in; and He knows who is
best fitted to oversee and direct that
work. This much is certain; only
for our beloved Father Serra-but see,
there he is coming from the chapel
| The next moment the sanity friar
stepped into the room.
well, Padre" he said, turning to
Father Dumetz, "you must be tired
after that long tramp to the rancheria.
| We're you in timer
Yes, your Reverence. But by now,
4 presume, the Indian is in heaven
He was very low when arrived
Just then an Indian youth entered
carrying bowl of atole.
| And how is our Ignacio this even
ing?" Father Sierra asked with a gen.
tie smile.
"Bueno, Padre, bueno," the servant
replied, evidently pleased with this
little token of recognition from one
he loved SO tenderly.
"Ignacio, tell the Fathers how many
adobes you made this afternoon
Setting down the bowl, the Indian
held up both hands.
Fine! Ten adobes! Then you
must be hungry, too."
| 81, 81, Padre, mucho."
"All right. Now hurry over to the
pozolera, and tell Francisco to give
you a good big portion
No wonder the Apostle of California
was SO loved and revered by the child
like neophytes. Their native lalertness
soon detected in him loving father
and true friend. AS to his fellow mis-
sionaries, if some were not-in full &C
cord with his policy, all had to admire
and reverence the man of God whose
imperturbable serenity of mind was
their mainstay in the days of thickest
gloom. No doubt, many a time that
evening, while discussing with him
the reception to be accorded the new