The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-10-01

one except yourself. That was a very
pretty song, Pet
Z The canary ruffied his feathers and
gave. little chirp-satisfied to have
won attention at last.
There is DR.. La Motto now, Sister,"
said the Mother as she saw tall man
coming up the walk. DR.. La Motto
was the adopted son of the late Capt.
La Motto.
Capt. La Motto had been one of the
pioneers of Dakota. Having been a
lake navigator, in his declining years
he purchased lovely home in Cali
fornia near st. Mary's Academy.
b. There he died a few years before
our story opens. He left his immense
wealth to his adopted son.
Like his foster father, DR.. La Motto
was a devout Catholic He was equal
ly noted for his skill and his charity
especially to orphans.
lcHt"Dr La Motte," said the Mother Su-
perior, rising to greet the physician
E.Iewish you to meet Sister Annunciata
Her health has been failing in the east,
and we thought our California sunshine
would bring the roses to her cheeks -
II1 Roses, indeed" laughed the little
Sister, giving her hand to DR.. La Motto
in greeting. TITS too late for roses
why, I'm seventy-three years old. But"
kr-peering into the physicians blue
/ eyes with her faded brown ones,
sswhere have seen you before?"
lgQi"La Motto; yes, La Motte," she con-
| tinued, isn't that the name of the man
who adopted little Johnny Carroll"
yes, Sister, answered DR.. La
Motto, "that is the name, and | am
Johnny Carol. Capt La Motto adopt.
ed me-"
l43"Ah! l remember now" said the lit
tie nun. Your mother was dear
friend of mine, and it was when was
at st. Johns Orphanage that Capt La
Motto adopted YOU.
Iag"Tell me about my mother" plead
ed the physician.
lrYour mother was a dear friend of
mine," continued Sister Annunciata.
She married John Carroll Your IA
Their was wealthy when he married
Agnes ODonnell. For a few years
their life was a very happy one, then
your father invested in oil stocks and
lost everything. The shock killed him;
and your mother was left a widow,
with two children to care for. You
were four; your sister, Agnes, two
years old.
Your mother made brave struggle
to support you both, but she followed
her husband in a few months"
Poor mother sighed Dr. La Motto
Il After her death the children were
brought to st. Johns. You were there
two years. when Capt. La Motto came
one day. He wanted one child-a lit
1 tie boy. He then adopted you. You
were six at the time. Shortly after
this. was sent to ST. Margaret's Con-
vent. | received permission to take
little Agnes to the convent. She re-
manned there until, she was eighteen.
/ prayed that one day she would be-
come nun"
Sister Annunciata sighed softly.
| & One summer, though, she spent her
vacation with class-mate, and it was
at her home she met Alan Elmslie
They soon learned to love each other
He was poor but Industrious, and a
good Catholic. So one morning they
were married in the convent chapel
isShe was lovely bride, soft, golden
Icurls and sweet gray eyes,
IL And then ?" asked the physician, as
the Sister paused in her story.
The young husband took her to
Franklin, Ohio. They were very hap
lpy. Then I heard that Mr.. Elmslie
lost his life trying to save q friend