The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-04-09

to do as she wished, and while she
protested her undying love for him, ne
babe her a passionate farewell a''d
vanished into the night.
Returning half-dazed to where E:S-
ans body lay, Dan found that his
fisher friends had planned to take the
body out to sea for burial. They EN-
barked upon Dams boat and he reluc-
family allowed them to carry out tpelr
plan; owing to their unskilled sewing
of the canvas about Evans body, the
covering slipped apart and the corpse
was washed back to land.
Despite the fishermen's protest that
all would be prosecuted if they re-
turned, Dan insisted upon their doing
so. Evans body having been washed
ashore was brought to the church
where the bishop had just finished his
Christmas service. He and the Deem
ster looked upon the face of Ewanano
realized the tragedy; and the latter
haunting his brother with the fact that
If Dan were proved the culprit, the
bishop must pronounce judgment on
his own son.
Dan. who had crept back in the
darkness, witnessed the midnight
burial Of Evan, and after slipping
away. narrowly escaped death when
he fell into an old mine shaft where
he remained for some time prisoner.
Meanwhile his fisherman friends were
arrested as implicated in the murder,
but during their arraignment In court
Dan appeared, pushed his way through
the crowd and announced his guilt.
He was placed in dungeon under
the bishops jurisdiction, and his ia
Their, bowed with grief, visited him
and offered him the means Of escape,
which he refused.
At the close of his trial Dan was
pronounced guilty" and awaited the
death sentence which he felt sure
must follow. A more dreaded fate,
however awaited him. With break
ing heart his father pronounced his
sentence: "This man shall be cut on
from his people. From now
forever, let no tongue speak to him.
Alone let him live, alone die"
AS the people shrank away from him
Dan passed from among them to the
south of the island. where boat, con-
tanning supplies end provisions, was
awaiting him.
For a year Dan dwelt in this boat
stunning his kind, hut at last, unable
to endure the loneliness of the sea, he
erected rude shelter on rocky
island not far from shore, where he
could look upon the habitations OF
men. On the first night that he slept
ashore frightful storm swept lis
boat, leaving him prisoner on the
| island.
Here, for seven years, he spent a
solitary life striving to make his peace
| with God, until at last it seemed to
| him the curse was lifted.
Then at his, cabin door appeared a
dying priest, who had landed half
| fainting from blow received from
the boom of his boat. The priest had
come from Ireland, at the Bishop-of-
| Mans request, to succor the people
from a dreadful scourge, called the
Sweating sickness"
The priest told Dan that he should
| carry on his own unfinished work, con-
vey his message to the bishop, and
help 10 stay the plague. Before ne
died the sanity man outlined the
| ...Al,d- - ho folIoxrod in ordny tO
check the epidemic.
4 And then at last Dan knew the op-
portunity had come to make complete
atonement. Able once morf to reach
| the shore, he went among the suffer
ers. ministered TO their needs and
taught them how to cope with the dis
ease. Soon the epidemic was stayed
while all the people were loud in
praise of the strange priest whose face
seemed to many familiar one.
| The Deemster was among the last
! stricken, and Dan, summoned to his
bedside, arrived in time to ease his
| final sufferings and to be recognized
1 with superstitious horror before his
uncle died. Even as Mona entered the
/ house to reach her fathers bedside
Dan slipped away, and Fastening to
| the bishop gave him the dead priests
| message, and also the assurance that
his son lived and had made atone
ment for his sin.
And now, word went abroad that tist
strange priest, proven to be Danie
Mylrea, had been appointed to sue
coed his late uncle as Deemster, OF
Judge of the island.
This message read by Mona, filled
her with hope and a belief that Oar
should at last come to his own. Ac
companied by one faithful fisherboy
she journeyed to seek him out. onl!
to find him unconscious and i'll unto
death, in bare cabin, where he hat
fallen victim to the disease he hat
so bravely combated.
/ Mona watched beside him until II
4 his last moments he looked upon hel
| with joyful recognition. She muir
4 INJURED the Lords prayer, and as h,
echoed the words, Deliver us from
| evil" his spirit passed.
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