Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-15
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, IN DUBLIN.

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a calamity like this. And, lifting his
| hand, he made the snow vanish in
the twinkling of an eye.
This enormously increased his pres
| tige. 1t saved him from the stake
| The people began to murmur against
| Lucetmal.
Curses" said this black villair
of almost 1000 years ago. II must
| get this guy or he'll get me-"
| The gods are very angry with you.
he continued, turning to the multi
tude. You have defied them by not
burning this impudent fellow as he
| deserves. You have irritated them BY
| even looking at his magic. When the
gods send snow they mean for the
snow to stay. They will have their
revenge. They will shut out the sur
from you forever. Come, darkness
and curse this land"
And the magician. waving his wand
| and describing calbalistic figures In
| the air, caused the sun to become
| overloaded and the darkness of mid.
| night to come over the countryside
| at MONDAY. Then on all hands
went up moaning and lamentation.
But again Patrick came to the
| rescue. With only a prayer fnot sc
Impressive as the necromancing, but
| evidently more powerfully he reversed
| the process and changed midnight
| into MONDAY.
This, said Lucetmal, was more bad
| magic for which the kingdom OF
| Temoria would suffer previously. His
| gods might be taking a day off, but
| just wait
But Patrick was becoming dis
| gusted with this exchange of magic
| Not only was Lucetmal a nuisance
but he threatened to become a dan
| gerous nuisance.
So Patrick made him a straight
business-like proposition. with all the
| people for witnesses
| We will trade cloaks,' said Pat
rick; go into yonder cottage and lock
| the doors. Then some of these good
people will be kind enough to set the
building on fire. The one whose gods
| are best will come out alive. The
| other will perish"
Now poor old Lucetmal, in a half
hearted sort of way, believed in his
| own magic. He had added tricks of his
| own, but the great bulk of his NEGRO
NANCY had been taught him by his
fathers. He never was sure that IL
| wasn't going to work. Also he must
have been a villain of considerable
| personal courage. He accepted the
L
| matched building.
| When the flames were burned out
| the audience saw Patrick standing
unframed in the midst of the ashes
| but the cloak of Lucetmal which he
| had worn had been burned completely
| off his shoulders without the flames
| touching his flesh. On the other hand
Lucetmal was aheap of ashes-but Pat
| rick's cloak which he had worn was
| lying on the ground, not even scorch-
ed.
That, of course, was the end of Door
] old Lucetmal. He had died like a. hero
| for his false gods-a true Druid to
| the last, despite his cruelty. 1t might
| be possible to duplicate the incident
| from the Legendary of the American
Indians.
| This is real magic" said the swine
herds of Temoria, nudging each other
1T is not magic" said Patrick at
| is Christ
| At any rate, that is what he may be
imagined as having said, although
Muirchu fails to quote him. But II
was enough to. convert no less a per-
| sonage in those parts than Loiguire
king of Temoria, who on that Easter
day knelt at the feet of the saint and
accepted the living word.
| X X X
. L HEN L dtTlCh ieII 1emOrla ana his
fame spread all over Ireland
but there were other Lucetmals tc
conquer. One of these, it is re-
lated, decided to finish Patrick with
| out recourse to magic but by plain
| trickery. The. saint was not easily
trapped, but he had never beer
known to refuse a call of distress OF
to pass by a sick man on the roads
So the magician set a trap for him. He
l., IL goII
| a blanket and then sent for the great
! magician on a pretense that the man
was dying and in need of spiritual
| consolation. OF course the fellow was
in perfect health.
II will not CO." Patrick told the
messenger.
This was contrary to all precedent
NO" continued the saint, Il will
not go, because it is too late. The
| poor man is dead"
The messenger protested that this
was not SO. But Patrick was stub
born, and it afterward was found
that the unfortunate decoy had died
at the exact moment that the mes
| senger came to the saint.
| Gradually, Patrick established
Christianity among the heather Irish
and his fame spread to the lands be.
yond the seas
In mis- lO6th year st. Patrick saw
death approaching. He had been q
young man so long that he was grow
ing tired and longing for the reward
of it all. When he died there was
no night for IL days, but the sun re.
manned always bright in the sky
For IL days." says Muirchu, might
did not come down and wrap the
world with dusky wings and He's.
perus did not bring on the shadow.
that show stars"
1t was months before real night
came again, but even at midnight
there was a sort of semi-twilight
Tighter than night"
Thus st. Patrick passed from the
green land of his sufferings, his la.
bors and his victories. Twelve angel.
came down from heaven and KEEP
watch over his tomb.
Then the angels flew away t.
heaven, but left behind them over al