Cross Bulletin May 1915 Vol VI 1915-1916
Vol VI
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Anglo-Hibernian province .
published by the Passionist fathers of the
The Cross .
May , 1915-April , 1916 .
Volume VI .
fathers .
the Passionist
conducted by
monthly magazine conducted by
the Passionist fathers .
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declaration .
pages they claim no other authority than that usually given to narratives
for miraculous events , visions , or apparitions narrated in the following
resting on merely human evidence , and advise presume to pronounce on
of men .
or Blessed is herein given to anyone not canonised or beatified by the
Church , it is done so only in accordance with the custom and opinion
In obedience to the Decree of Urban VIII , the publishers declare that
their authenticity or supernatural character . ' If the appreciation Saint
their authenticity or supernatural character .
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Bulgarian Shepherd's Hymn .
Atmospheric Effect , An
Children and our Angels , The
Antonia ( Highway of the Cross )
Carol of Three Kings , A ...
Bulgaria , Passionist Missions in
Critical Spirit , The
Comforter , The ( Poem ) ...
Critics , The Pope's
Bethlehem , Stars of ( Poem ) .
Calvary ( Highway of the Cross ) .
Battlefield Sketches .
Bulgaria Contra Russia .
Bethlehem , The Star of ( Poem )
Art and Duty ( Poem ) .
Angels .
Annas , the House of ( Highway of the Cross )
Contentment , On
Almond Blossoms .
Awakening , An ( Story )
Alia Tendenda Est Via ( Poem )
Bell Lore .
Descent of the Holy Ghost , The
distance .
By-Thoughs on the Precious Blood
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Cenacle , The ( Highway of the Cross ) ...
Atrium of Antonia , The
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244 , 288 , 34i , 379 .
Lithostrotos , The ( Highway of the Cross )
Lourdes Shrines in the Near and Far East
Gleaning , ( Poem ) .
Fallen in Battle , The
Father Charles of Mt. Argus .
Literature Peril , The Pernicious
Herod's Palace ( Highway of the Cross )
Letters , The ( Story ) .
New Book on the Passion , A
Mother , The ( Poem ) .
392, 437, 480, 513 .
Germany , The Real
Failure Na'Nodlag ( Poem ) ...
Intercession ( Poem
Highway of the Cross , The
Mary Magdalen , St.
Johnsonian Wisdom , Some
Legend of the Lark , The ( Poem ) .
Ex Oppido ( Poem ) .
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6, 46, 90, 151, 200 .
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Felicia Curtis , Death of
Latin Memories ( Poem ) .
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Gorreston Hall , The Owner of ( A Serial Story )
France and Germany : A Contrast
Guild of Blessed Gabriel , The
New Year Homily , A
Gethsemane , ( Highway of the Cross ) .
Mean Streets , A Memory of ( Poem ) .
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Faith , An Act of ( Story ) ' ...
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Holy Road in Daily life and Popular Tradition , The
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Miscellaneous ... .
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Faint Heart and the Fair Ladies , The ( Story )
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Friendship .
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Passionist Missions in Bulgaria .
Shannon's Banks , By ( Story ) .
Patience Sings a Song ( Story )
Pope's Critic's , The
Pope and the War , The
Orvieto ( Poem ) .
Possibilities ( Poem ) "
" The Spent Arrow " ( Story ) "
Retribution ( A Serial Story ) .
Our Rich Relation ( Story )
Paul of the Cross , St.
Sanhedrin , The ( Highway of the Cross ) .
Paul Mary Pakenham , Passionist
Our Lady of the May ( Poem )
Thanksgiving , etc.
Taste in Reading .
Star Myths and Star Truths .
Omnes Dii Gentium ( Poem ) .
Russia goes to Constantinople , If
Perfect Prayer , The ( Poem ) .
Optimist , An ...
Reformation of Murty Mulligan , The ( Story )
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Our Readers , To
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Passionist Convention at Lucca , A Visit to the
Sonnet .
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" The Sins of the Fathers " ( Story ) .
Owner of Goreston Hall , The ( A Serial Story ) 6 , 46, 90,151,
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Powers of Invention , His ( Story )
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Old Letters .
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Wisdom of Babes , The ( Story )
Window , The ( Complete Story )
Wisdom , Some Johnsonian
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War , in Time of ( Sonnet ) ...
Via Dolorosa , The
Victory . The ( Poem )
Yesterday and To-day in the Tyrol
To See and Choose My Path ( Poem ) ...
Val D'Ossola ( Poem ) .
To the " Practical Man " ( Poem )
Touraine , A Visit to
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Della Tenda , The " Raphael ) ...
St. Mary Magdalen ( Le Brun )
Blessed Virgin and St. Anne , The ( Murillo )
Descent of the Holy Ghost , The ( Rubens )
Del Pozzo , The ( Raphael ) ...
Father Charles .
Agony in the Garden , The ( Hoffman ) ...
Bethlehem ( Gherardo delle Notti )
Our Lady of the May
Sacred Heart , The
Mater Dolorosa ( Giovanni Lanfranco ) ...
And they own Soul a sword shall piece " ( Karl
Divine Consoler , The ( Zimmerman ) ...
Crucifixion , The
Soldier's Dream of Bethlehem , The
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Saints Peter and Paul ( Guido Reni )
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THE MADONNA DEL POZZO .
( Raphael .
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Vol. VI .
May , 1915 .
No. 1 .
No .
hoc .
Miscellaneous .
turies must surely bring a thrill of joy and satisfaction to
raging in Ireland during the sixteenth and seventeenth cen-
consummation we all hope and pray for their elevation to
THE recently published Decree of the Sacred Congrega-
the honours of the altar . And the very first words of the
Lion of Rites concerning the Introduction of the Cause
ose who suffered death in the religious persecutions
Irish Catholic heart , as it is a further step towards the
By Lucy M. Curd
On Duty . By Thomas Kelly , 3(
By Rev. H. E. G. Rope , M.A. 2/
Almond Blossons . ( Poem ) .
The Letters . ( Story ) . By
Our Lady of the May
Book Notes , etc. .
Gabriel for Boys and
Magdalen Rock .
The Guild of Blessed
ents .
girls .
1913 .
Latin Memories .
( Poem ) .
1934 1959
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LATIN MEMORIES . ( POEM ) .
By Lucy M. Curd ... 3 .
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Annual S.absorhibition to THR CROSS . Three Shittines , best free .
addressed envelope .
Literary Communications to the Editor , at the same address .
Unsville MSS . will not be returned unless accompanied by stamped
Business Letters to be addressed to the Manager , Mr. Argus , Dublin .
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The priest had gone out to beg the enemy to spare the lives
his body has not been found . " Since then it has been found .
introduced : and we can prev. too that God may soon glorify
Father Van Bladel , " said His Eminence , " fell a victim
the early days of . Christianity the martyrs and confessors
bishops , priests and clerics both secular and regular , laymen
man of seventy-one , was also killed : until now , however ,
gious of his diocese slaughtered in cold blood by the invaders
as martyrs , or to offer them religious veneration of any public
of all " classes , nobles and common folk , women . " Yet these
by the bullets of his murderers . His funeral obscuies were
lay his scapular and medal of the Blessed Virgin , torn open
have taught us better . In his famous Christmas pastoral
days when the desperate attempt was made to wrestle the
treasured jewel of the Faith from the heart of Ireland . As
of Dublin , the document lately issued is far from being a
sermon which Cardinal Mercer preached on that occasion
his final resting place , six months after his death . And one
intermediary with the Judge of the living and the dead . In
help the progress of their Cause . Still we may congratulate
ourselves and rejoice that the long preliminary proceedings
believe that the parish priest of Herent , Van Bladel , an old
to be venerated as a professor of the faith , as a protector and
had fondly thought could never be repeated . Our own days
opposite the Louvain railway station : the breast on which
less " in the Decree , who met their Calvary in those dark
ing nearly every ranks and condition of life : archbishops and
Decree of Beatification ; nor does it give us the right to speak
of the most touching discourses we have ever read was the
His servants on earth and may give us the consolation of
Cardinal Mercier gave the names of thirteen priests or reli-
are at an end and that the Cause has at length been officially
to his charity , to his defence of justice . He can and ought
of the servants of God mentioned in it , without qualification .
of his innocent parishioners that was his sole crime .
kind . Anything of this nature could merely hinder and not
a glorious and enviable title ! The heroes with whom the
able pride " Ireland , " Nursing Mother of Heroes " ! " What
seeing their names one day enrolled in the catalogue of the
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of Belgium . Of another he said : " We have reason to
lives were a foul blot on Christian civilization which men
Decree deals number two hundred and fifty-seven , represent-
celebrated in March in his parish of Herent , where he found
The circumstances in which those heroes laid down their
Decree will have been read by their countrymen with nardon-
are but a small proportion of the multitude , called " count-
accidentally , buried in a pit with other corpses in the square
saints .
has been pointed out in a letter of His Grace the Archbishop
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devotion to duty and regarded by his colleagues in the min-
away to Louvain , from Louvain to Rotselaer , from Rotselaer
self , but that the army might spare his dear parish , might
stry as a saintly priest ? ' He gave you proof of his love for
Mass , before and after the Consecration . Holy Church
mees in their presence , begging and praying - not for him-
past . And what Belgium has been suffering lately gives us
letters of gold in your archives . Pray to him , invoke him :
his garden were your refuge , while he was seized and dragged
Miscellaneous .
churches : to-day you find such names in the Canon of the
three-and-thirty years . It was for love of you that he went
henceforth , yourselves , a hero whose name is inscribed in
standing and in suffering , until the terrible moment , when ,
which , some think , may be given through it to the conversion
place of his martyrdom . " The days of the martyrs are not
without its appearance of reality , is the impetus
your late beloved pastor , who was known far and wide for his
sele , back again to Louvain , where he passed the whole night
with his curate to meet the soldiers of the invader , that he
has been remarked among the English officers and soldiers of
relebrate the feast of the martyr , Charles the Good , who , as
to the good results which Divine Providence may
Injustice ! Injustice ! ' he was hailed by four soldiers to the
One " of the most unexpected , perhaps , though not
your houses , and death to your bodies . His presbytery and
bowed his head respectfully before them , even went on his
some notion of what our own people went through in the
you , his devotion to your spiritual and moral interests , for
he has power before the throne of God's justice , and be
the exercise of piety and charity . ' Is he not the exemplar of
issued that none of you will implore his assistance in vain . "
o Wesemael , from Wesemael through Putkapel and Wil-
the expeditionary force a movement towards Catholicism
and fifty-seven names .
Many persons find a consolation in looking forward
intercession of these heroic confessors . " Well , you have
black days which produced that roll of honour of two hundred
bring even out of the evils and horrors of the war .
inscribed upon a roll of honour and read publicly in the
Then the Cardinal went on to recall to the parishioners
history tells , was killed at Bruges in the cause of justice , in
Catholic review writes as follows : " For some time there
after a Calvary of three days , crying with a loud voice ,
the circumstances of the heroic priest's death . " To-day we
were especially venerated by the faithful . Their names were
granted great sinners remission of their sins through the
old their hands from dealing out fire and destruction to
of England to the Catholic faith . A well-known French
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tary superiors to transfer him to the 1st Zouaves , then en-
among the fervently Catholic people of Flanders and the
attracted their hearts and appealed to their imagination .
ven wait till then , for I have heard of a certain number of
zeal of the Catholic military chaplains , and by the piety and
capacity . But seeing the peril run by France in the fearful
cousin of Archbishop Doulcet , C.P. , details of which have
of the Legion of Honour and raised to the ranks of lieutenant-
make a multitude of inquiries about a religion which has
hat God desired victims of expulsion . He begged his mili-
ebb before the outbreak of hostilities , has been singularly
God as a victim of expulsion for the sins of France-adding
struggle , the thought came to him that the war was in some
ind son telling them that he had offered his life to Almighty
son into the bosom of the Catholic Church . Many will not
and less popularity than personal love . He had begged of
only lately reached us . The count , a retired officer of nearly
lains or ambulance attendants : edited by the devotion and
colonel . His popularity among his men , all whose hard-
of the Comte de Robien , a well-known French Catholic and
plished daily by French priests , whether as soldiers , chap-
faged in the most exposed and dangerous position in the
some extent a consequence of it . Living for several months
leader of his men that in three weeks he was promoted officer
egiment was received into the Church at Nantes , in the
nished . France , where Christianity seemed at rather low
that his only fear was his own unworthiness of such an
the war and was at first employed in some non-combatant
begun to frequent the churches , to assist at Mass , and to
saying that on February with a young captain of an English
honour . He achieved such distinction in the field as a
sixty years of age . rejoined his regiment on the outbreak of
French lines . His petition granted , he wrote to his wife
sense a divine chastisement for the sins of his country and
religious beauty and tenderness the story told of the death
great number of British officers and soldiers will ask admis-
prolific of these . It would be difficult to match , perhaps , for
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that which is noticed in the French army , and is probably to
orth of France , witnessing the prodigies of valour accom-
ships and privations he's shared to the-fullest , was boundless ,
chapel of Our Lady of Consolation , by a Jesuit Father . '
ruty Christian heroism and self-sacrifice which it has fur-
conversions , and I think I am guilty of no indiscretion in
which is somewhat analogous , though it is less intense than
rutalities and excesses , is the great number of instances of
good humour of their Irish comrades , English soldiers have
There is a growing conviction that when the war is over a
Not the least consoling aspect of the war , with all its
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bishop of his diocese have agreed in calling him . " Such
the Divine Infant : God had accepted the noble offering of
country souls that can rise to such heights of heroism .
perfect type of a Christian knight - his general and the
a power . " And surely no one can doubt of the coming
regeneration of France while there are left in that unhappy
on which the Magi had offered their treasures at the feet of
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on the feast of the Epiphany , a shell struck him full in the
die in action and on a feast day . And there is little doubt
chest and he was killed instantaneously . It was the feast
that the sign was given : for as he led his men to the assault
God , as a sign that his sacrifice was accepted , that he might
always marked by a rare beauty and devotion . " The
des , " said Rene Bazin on hearing of his death , " are
id he was killed instantaneously . It was the feast
Elizabeth Christitch .
generous lady came in person from Ealing , bringing a muni-
To the Editor of THE CROSS .
grateful to the kind Irish donors . Yours sincerely ,
Thanks .
to the appeal which you kindly published in THE Cross on
me from Holland as well as from Ireland and England . One
mittens . By the time the cold weather begins I hope to have
the desired number . May our brave soldiers wear them in
behalf of the Serbian soldiers . " Contributions have reached
peace and not in war ! They will , in either contingency ,
for the goodly supply of mittens I have received in response
Reverend Dear Sir , - Please allow me space to thank you
consignment of woolies of all descriptions , including
f the Serbian soldiers . Contributions have reached
April 20 .
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what he was reading , but she envied him for reading any-
tangles of dark brown hair into her eyes and by degrees blew
columns and a half of a sensational sensations being of
The Owner of Gorreston Hall
her brother Leo . She roused herself , and went down among
away the irritation and weariness produced by the recital of
black-reading his office . Not that Femima had any idea of
pear in the sunshine , instead of reddening and blistering as
her fellow-creatures especially towards those who write
everywhere in beautiful confusion , to meet him .
the emotions experienced by the " azure-eyed , golden-haired "
every morning of her existence , Temima's feelings towards
black soutane or rather in a soutane that had once been
could see a grey speech , momentarily growing larger : it was
The sun had tanned the girl into a fine brown , she being
serials for halfpenny dailies were simply murderous .
less lucky mortals do . The soft , warm wind blew little
ordinary mortals the " Greek god . '
he boulders and sweet-smelling herbs and grasses that rioted
a gentleman of the well-known type-seldom encountered by
scarlet geraniums that grew among the rocks sat a man in a
hurting herself by so doing . After reading aloud two
wall running along the rocks , and felt all the better for
How a really clever man like father can sit and listen to
such drivel-and like it-passes my comprehension ! " said
one of those fortunate persons who ripen like a Catharine
idiot , the heroine of the story , upon meeting her " affinity , "
sorts-serial in the " Daily Cackler , " a duty she performed
Author of " Under the Rose , " " In the Dean Years , " etc. , etc.
Far away , along the road running along the bay , Jemima
By Felicia Curtis .
Down below her at some distance among the white and
" Transit gloria mundi , tides Catholica manet . '
chapter I .
the girl to herself for the hundredth time .
EMINA ground her elbows into the unevenness of the
thing that was not " Daily Cackler . '
Down below her at some distance amon
hing that was not " Daily Cackler .
idiot , the heroine of the story , upon meeting her " affinity
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was a strongly-built man , looking about thirty , with a face
ance of superlative excellence , a characteristic that gained
him a great many friends ; it left no cause for jealousy on the
a rapid outline of the two figures on the broken wall . He
the road Jemima had lately traversed , and stopped to make
iers , possibly because he was the only one she had .
lanned to almost copper colour . He removed his hat as he
notions . Jemima sat down on a broken bit of wall and
waited , her shoes white with dust after a couple of yards of
and signed a little to himself , then turned the sigh into a
equipped in the style that means serious work , came along
observed Leo , meditatively .
light easel in one hand , his sketching tools in the other .
well , and did a variety of other things with a similar avoid-
Waiting long ? " inquired Leo affably , nearing her , his
What's the number of the chapter ? '
THE OVERNER OF GORRESTON HALL.
two looked after him with interest .
" What did the heroine do to-day ? " asked the young
like young figure in the grey tweed skirt and white blouse ,
with approving eyes . She greatly admired this brother of
The priest , roused by her passing , looked after the tall .
never bring her down again ! " said Temima viciously ,
From the old chapel , high on the rocks above , whence
over it . A man also equipped with sketching materials , but
she was saying her prayers before a wayside ' shrine . '
No , not long . There was half a column more than usual
hair strangely out of keeping with the tanned face . The
' Thirty-three , and there are usually about ninety chap-
ters , but " with an air of resignation " if this piece of
it was March-was considerable , according to English
He held out the sketching-block , and the two heads bent
diacy ended it would be succeeded by another just as bad . "
Something of the sort . I only wish the villain would
the sun-baked road .
That is just what I've been saving to myself this very
prayer , which was the best thing to do . Femima would have
my sketch ? "
Got carried off by the villain in an aeroplane just when
it , but no one could call father stupid . "
" Didn't she say ' Unhand me , sir-r-r ! " they generally
do , you know ? '
in that daily domination , " replied Femima , looking at him
I should think not , " with decision . " How do you like
thereof . "
part of other amateurs , some of whom could do things even
He sketched rather well , just as he played the violin rather
better .
morning . ' If he were a stupid nersin one could understand
it , but no one could call father stupid . '
nan with a laugh , sitting down beside her .
" I cannot imagine how father can listen to the trash , '
passed the brother and sister , showing a thick crop of fai
been equally surprised by either , herself being the subject
appella gained its name , rang out the Angelus . ' The heat-
" What's the number of the chapter ? "
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nearly nineteen , and I shall be twenty-five next birthday . '
Golden Cup ' he will be blundered : however , there is no-
where else that he can be staying . One of those two hostel-
ries must be battered on him . '
fact is of less importance - was just twelve . You are now
had never learnt to read at all ! '
Sandy ! He was nothing of the sort ! ' How silly you
Your education would have been even more defective in
accuracy you have just said , were seven , and I-though the
usually called " fair " hair . '
Or a Cappella boatman .
can be . Leo ! You are like the man who said all French-
Suppose you had to describe the colour of that interesting
direction of the disappearing artist .
That'street was narrow : ' it was also malodorous as only an
Italian street knows how to be . It was eminently picturesque ,
had case than it is , my dear sister . You , as with your usual
women had red hair ! "
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pater . Where were you ? "
I wish " with a sudden recollection of the serial - " that I
stranger's hair - I don't mean the Frenchwoman or the man
who said what you said he said I consider that is neatly
If at the ' Three Mules ' he will be poisoned ; if at the
veracity - say it was sandy . '
don't want to speak the truth . I-being a worshipper of
You are just chaffing . '
Cappella's one and only street had an inn at each extremity .
As a matter of fact he wasn't .
exactly . People say that out of politeness when they
' I was looking for you this morning . I have a piece of
news to give : wanted to tell it before you went to read to the
us had hair of the very lightest brown-well , it was what is
queried his sister .
autological . Where was I ? '
Am I ? How long is it since we left our native shares
He was sandy . All Scotchmen are sandy . Fact ! "
Lost in a fog of words , as usual . The man who passed
and took to globe-trotting ? "
however .
" Scots who has , etcetera , " hummed Leo , nodding in the
Nothing . You have the soul of a-pedlar . '
Don't be aggravating .
" Let me see , I was seven - I could just read well . I know :
" Or no soul at all . I don't believe you have any news ... .
" What " Scots " ? I don't believe the man is Scotch ? "
What will you give me for it ? "
" It's good news , " said Leo effectively .
Tell it then , " impatiently .
Leo . '
" With mother , writing her letters for her . It's her day
It wasn't . I wonder where he is staying . '
for writing to grandmanna .
What's the news ?
autological . Where was I ? "
for writing to grandmamma . ' What's the new
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unocent soul ; now and then you have escaped that piece of
literature owing to the misdoings of the Italian post-offices ,
seven modern languages beyond that advantage , there has
the scarlet stockings of the postman's grandmother in
to the vernacular-I can ask for the little wooden gun of the
Beyond a liberal education in foreign tongues-confined
Doctor McGregor came from Milan yesterday . "
Didn't he done with us ? '
gardener's daughter , or which would be distinctly improper
Oh . Leo , how tiresome you can be ! Don't I know it ?
at any place where it was possible to make a friend . "
be in one's own country , in one's own house . '
My dear child , do not hug that flattering delusion to your
social , you know . '
England . '
I remember Trevyck quite well . It will just be heavenly to
thing for him . '
Don't use long words , Leo . What's the news ? "
Leo sedately , with ninth dancing in his eyes as he looked at
Perhaps even - no more " Daily' Cackler " I "
Not to mention other insufferably familiar insects ! "
It is possible that such a verdict may be passed , " replied
native air , and all that sort of thing-would be the best
London there must be all sorts of girls . '
me unfit to be seen . '
The Owner of Gorreston Hall .
delight .
Of course ; and they are all older than I am . I'm glad
We are going . '
However , " said Jemima hopefully ,
but we shall go down to Trevyck in June or July . You will
He did . He also told the pater that a summer in England
Leo ! And we are going ? Oh , say we are going , Leo ? "
' That is twelve mortal years we have been roaming
get a London season , Jemima-think of that ! '
More hotels ? '
I'm a nice sort of object for a London season . " returned
No . The granny is taking us in , at any rate for a time :
In a great place like
to say , I shall ' pass in a crowd . '
temima rocked herself to and fro in a very ecstasy of
No more living in trunks !
And you will have the cousins for your guides in matters
as old Barbara used
When are we going , Leo ? '
The ' Daily ( ' over its tool on its native hearth-rug in
tope , " asserted Femima resentfully . " and never stopping
en a good deal wanting in the way of mental equipment . "
he speaker's beautiful , animated face .
faces ! No more mosquitoes
No more everlasting new
soon . '
" To Trevyck ? "
No. To London . '
" I don't care .
the girl , distastefully . " I hope grandmamma will pronounce
he speaker's beautiful , animated face .
shall go down to Trevick in the lovely English summer .
" I hope grandmamma will pronounce
the girl , distastefully .
You will
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with grey , and his waxen ballot contrasted strongly with
such was the fact . It was a secret carefully kept , shared only
have seen a difference in their fire . A mortal disease was
they were . though her father's dark hair was thickly streaked
with his doctor ; a fact which he did his best to believe was a
though , had Temima been skilled in such signs , she would
from her surroundings . Her maid informed the inquiring
That lady was never visible until mid-day . if then . ' There
with climbing plants , they could see the tall , faultlessly -
dressed figure of their father pacing slowly up and down the
the offender dramatically , gathering his sketching materials
there her daughter found her .
Iemima that her lady was in the small drawing-room , and
Mr. Trevvck . Then silence fell , and Iemima felt as she
some , irresponsible pair , whose comradeship was perfect , and
question was put . His surroundings would have been sur
ame finely-cut features , the same dark , luminous eyes ,
Mrs. Trevyck exacted a considerable amount of defence
building standing fairly high above the sea , and tapestried
knew it to be the truth .
THE CROSS .
to read . Viewed from the door , the lady reclining in an
will be all the better for having its owners back again . " said
Leo's healthy tan : but there was the same erect carriage , the
together . " It is about time we made tracks , Jemima . If
enough light being in the room to allow the occupant to see
The persiennes were closed , making a soft twilight , just
upon the elder man , and none of those about him knew that
he way , and she went off to find her mother .
They went off together through the sunshine , a gay , hand-
' How are you this morning , sir ? " inquired Leo : this
was their first " meeting since the previous day .
prised had there been any other .
always did when with her father and Leo-that she was in
as she often thought - what a strikingly " handsome pair
specialists whom he had consulted , though all the while he
the perpetual obligation to carry one's own umbrella ! '
" Yes , father . I am glad . '
" The heat is becoming a little oppressive : and-Trevvck
the answer invariably given by Mr. Trevck when such a
was no rushing in upon her without permission at any time .
How handful of you . Leo ! I abhor people who run down
With an English cook to spoil one's own virtually , and
whose enjoyment of life was intense .
He put his hand into his son's arm , and Jemima thought
" Better ; yes , decidedly better , " was the reply . It was
terrace . He turned as they approached .
' Has Leo told you we are going home , Jemima ? '
their own country ! "
As they heard the house , a rambling , two-storied stone
mistake in the diagnosis of his malady made by the great
England , with all thy faults , I love these still ! " quoted
ou are a good child , I'll take you on the water presently . "
10 .
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Social intercourse had scarcely existed for the Trevicks
pretty foreign fashion . Mrs. Trevyck objected for substan-
blame for defects in that quarter it certainly was not herself .
cated . I really am afraid to think . '
matter of that in Leo's education also-likely to cause horror
jemima went up to her mother and kissed her hand in the
and slightly resorted the remark . " I had plenty of lessons
young man . " that he has just found out that Mr. Peter
well , this is his son-is now staying in the place ; and he
My father asked me to tell you , mother mine , " said the
My dear Iemima ! What a complexion you have ! You
The door opened , admitting Leo , not a little to his mother's
taught splendidly , too .
easy-chair . her feet on an embroidered cushion , looked about
question .
luring those twelve years of wandering by easy stages from
really become 'browner daily ! ' You must try to get your skin
" On what things , mother ? '
we are going ? '
dear grandmamma will say to the way you have been edu-
has sent him an invitation to dinner ,
nto proper order before we go home - I suppose you know
of you , my dear child , if you go there looking like a gipsy or
twenty . A closer inspection removed that impression .
relief . The particular deficiency in Jemima's - and for the
The owner of Gorreston Hall .
the girl bluntly . She secretly felt that if anyone was to
The eyes of Leo and Jemima met ; the girl's asked a
Treyyck felt great difficulty in discussing .
' Oh , my dear child , what a very abrupt manner you
For to-night ? '
in the soul of grandmamma . Lady Gorreston , was one Mrs.
well-brought-up girls ; I do not know what they will think
retton-you remember old Colonel Bretton , father's chum ?
for a girl to make attempts at smart speeches . What your
" There are other things , " began Mrs. Trevyck feels
" it is the mysterious stranger . '
al reasons to any other kind of salutation .
a necessary . "
chapter II .
shall make a refreshing contrast to them , mother
from Leo's tutor as long as he was with us . Mr. Grenton
your father has such extraordinary views on some things . '
' What is the matter with my education , mother ? " asked
have ! "
" Yes . Do you good to see a fresh face , mother mine . "
seat .
' Quite so , Jemima , " said her brother with mock gravity ;
dear . '
" Do not be finnant . darling . It is not at all good style
Yes , mother-when ? " Jemima sat down in a window
" Oh , not before Easter . Your cousins are sure to be very
Jemima sat down in a window
11 .
Quite so , Jemima ,
Yes , mother-when ? "
Oh , not before Easter .
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whose reading was severely supervised by her father , disliked
gave thanks for the glorious sunshine of the passing day .
sion , and psychological twaddle , the chief characters pair off
and shrub , " rising like incense to heaven , as though the earth
but its beautiful surroundings to recommend it . Temima .
herself in dreaming of what the future might have in store
lenty of interesting news to give of people and places well-
than Mr. Trevyck was feverishly anxious to get to it . Often
like partners in a dance . The girl's intellect was too virile
guest , who was making himself agreeable to his hostess ;
but he certainly is better-looking in his rough clothes .
the terrace . The air was heavy with perfume from flower
It was a pleasant dinner . The guest talked well , and had
so thought Peter Bretton , looking anything but picturesque
novel , of the type wherein , after a proper amount of indeci-
for her . Leo's voice beside her presently roused her .
many-tinted waters of the most beautiful of seas , and lost
never , elderly Mr. Grenton had spent with them she had done
her deficiencies .
her best to share Leo's studies , and was keenly conscious of
whose climatic conditions were likely to be beneficial to him
pella , some out-of-the-way , obscure little spot , with nothing
mental observation , glancing across the dinner-table at the
coloured frock makes you look like a picture . '
She looked at herself disparagingly as she dressed for
young man's lips formed the word " Sandy l'
mown to his hosts . After dinner the party went out upon
an , " asserted that functionary approvingly ; " and that rose -
' He looks a gentleman , every inch of him . " was Femima's
one place to another . No sooner had he heard of a place
the grotto , do you think ? '
Then she caught Leo's ever upon her , and that ill-bred
for a background . I have permission to paint it from Mrs.
dinner , with the belated assistance of Larkins , Mrs. Trevyck's
she replied .
emima learned over the parapet . looking away across the
was speaking .
THE CROSS .
Treyyck . '
' You are not sunburnt . Miss Temima : it's just a becoming
mself in the dinner gard of the civilised Englishman .
' No . It will , be dusky , but that makes it look mysterious , "
Bretton , " and I also have an idea that it is just what I want
Mr. Trevyck's man had come up to ' Leo while the guest
Treyck has aroused my curiosity about it , " said Peter
" Mr. Bretton is just going , Temima . " She turned to see
the only style of book he permitted her to read . the " society "
indeed , generally the place recommended was . like Cap-
Do I look very sunburnt . Larkins ? " she asked an xiously .
to relish the food presented to it : during the years that
naid .
the guest standing with Leo . ' Is it too dark for him to see
the guest standing with Leo .
Bretton ,
1/2 .
Is it too dark for him to see
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to-day thinking what an act of extreme self-denial it must
so her companion barred his head .
semicircular in shape : three broad low stems led up to it .
an abundance of climbing plants . The little sanctuary was
imagined that my father would not allow them to come here
the stones in the path are loose . '
any more . They come on some saint's day or other once a
They had reached a broad , moss-grown paved path now .
Father who is a good judge of such things says that
talents in such a place . '
Exciting is the very last term to apply to it . I was only
year , and the former owner of this place always allowed it . "
It was a small ancient building of grey stone , covered with
women's gala dresses . It would have been a great pity to
fully concerned when they knew the place was sold : they
The two ascended the steps : Temima noticed that as he did
They were climbing up a greenery-entangled , fairly broad
" Yes , " I do like Cappella , " she said at last , " though it
indifferent . " Take care just here . Mr. Bretton . Some of
And you do you like Cappella ? "
Yes : it is a pilgrimage path . The people were dread-
" Mr. Trevyck allows it ? "
jemima paused for an instant to consider the question .
he liked it as soon as he saw it . "
garlands , and all sorts of things , to say nothing of the
The girl looked up at him inquiringly .
Show the grotto to Mr. Bretton . Temima will you ? "
be for a scholar like the good padre to bury himself and his
My father wants me . '
stop it . '
speaker stopped and looked back on the wealth of flower and
THE OVER OF GORRESTON HALL .
this statue " is really very fine . " ' Jemima indicated the only
That is the grotto . '
not in the least exciting . '
said Len . " You'll excuse me for a few minutes , Bretton ?
gleamed faintly white .
' Ours too . We have stayed here longer than we have
Her companion laughed .
on level ground ; at the end in a denser shadow something
Yes , of course . It is quite a pretty sight : banners and
doubtless know . '
tree below them . " One finds many such in Italy , as you
so her companion barred his heart
ever" stayed anywhere , though . Father bought this house ;
' It has been a pilgrimage path . I should think . " The
Oh , really . I do not know him . " The tone was utterly
thing the grotto contained . " It is a statue of the Virgin
mean . It is really a picturesque little place . '
The padre ? You mean my father ? "
" It is a good climb . " said Iemima : " sleep , rather . I
path through the myrtle bushes at the back of the
' No . ' I meant the good priest . Father Sebastian . '
he liked it as soon as he saw it . '
I like Cappella . " said Bretton . " This is my first visit . "
13 .
This is my first visit . "
The tone was utterly
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with loving reverence ; the fair , sweet face of the Immaculate
ful observer think that the hard stone must have drunk in the
very sunshine itself . The sculptor's work had been done
marble , of that peculiar glowing yellow that makes the fanci-
The nearest is eighteen miles away , is it not ?
of it ; it was nearly hidden in flowers on the pilgrimage day . '
" We do not go to church , to any church . " she said with
' You are not a Catholic . I think ? No. It must be very
Mother , draped in nun-like swathings , was full of a divine
The statue and pedestal on which it stood were of yellow
THE CROSS .
a feeling of defving something or somebody that was very
refreshing to her spirits . " All this superstitious nonsense "
daubs of pictures , such artificial flowers , such tawdry finerv ! "
with a little gesture towards the statue - " is very nice and
trying to have to go such a distance to an English church .
her ; the Holy Child in her arms stretched His Hands towards
says , though one would not think " so to look into their awful
compassion as she looked down upon the two standing before
It is very , very old : the building itself is well enough .
" You are quoting , are you not ? "
reply . though she knew no reason for that unwillingness .
explanation of her meaning .
Something she could not have defined what in the tone
quoting Mr. Grenton .
" Yes . I have seen it . "
displeased the heater .
but that was a quotation-from Leo's old tutor . '
' Italians have such a keen appreciation of art , so father
I mean that ugly little chapel high on the rocks ? "
" Very slightly ; but my father knew him rather well .
Mary , and must be quite old . The people think a great deal
tiffly : then , her innate truthfulness coming to the front .
" How odd that he should be a clergyman's son , " ex-
I did , or it it were next door , it would not matter . I should
The man looked at her inquiringly , not that he needed any
little chapels . Have you seen the Cappella synagogue , Mr.
I have an idea of my own occasionally . " she replied
Grenton , was it not ? "
but the decorations are killing ! . Never have I seen such
poetical for the ignorant masses , but-
Grenton's father was a parson . '
them .
were utter folly . '
This man was absolutely rude ! She was quoting , too ,
I really do not know where the English church is . and if
not go . '
Bretton ? '
" Yes . You knew him ? "
der that the people love it . "
remima felt intensely irritated . She was unwilling to
mima . " He always said that all religious systems
' It is a beautiful statue , " said Bretton softly . " No won-
said Bretton softly . " No won-
claimed Temima .
" No. 2 "
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said Leo , when at length they paused before the dingy old
I'm sorry you will not let us put you up at the Villa . '
queer feeling of defence , and as she spoke she glanced up
of look the young woman was accustomed to see in eyes
Perhaps when you have done behaving like an idiot , you
their guest back to the " Three Mules , " and allowed the
" He gives himself airs .
gleam of something like dislike , repulsion : not at all the kind
She walked soberly beside her brother as they accompanied
masculine ; and just then , to her great contentment , Leo
Yes , I suppose it does , " replied Temima , again with that
ambling : but it is very good of you to trouble about me , and
appeared at the end of the path .
I am proportionately grateful . '
about pictures , Leo's chief hobby for the time being
in the style of the people of any country wherein I may be
with dignity .
will tell me what you are laughing about ? " observed Jenima
wisine in there , " nodding towards the building , " to put it
hat young lady made no response , rather to her brother's
Whereupon " Leo went off into fits of laughter .
' Father has not allowed us to learn any dogmas , and things
" Oh , my wants are extremely few in number , and my
wo men to do all the talking . The conversation was chief
' I'm extremely glad that man did not accent the invits .
standing outside at the foot of the steps .
" You don't ? ' Why . I think he is about one of the nicest
said Leo cordially , as they said farewell .
His glance and tone included Temima in the thanks , but
inbearable , come to us : we shall be delighted to have you . '
it ? " asked Bretton . " They had left the grotto , and were
of that kind . '
I don't care . I do not like him , and - you were perfectly
My dear child ! How has Bretton managed to offend
surprise .
quickly at her companion and saw in his dark blue eyes a
fellows I've seen for some time . Why don't you like him ? "
THE OVERNER OF CORRESTON HALL. "
mildly . '
" We are atheists , too . " remarked Temima severely .
tion , " remarked Miss Trevyck , with severity , when the two
" I know . ' He was an atheist . '
' Don't be such an echo . Leo . Yes. ARS. ! "
you ?
Atheism means disbelief in the existence of a God , doesn't
Well , if you change your mind , or find the ' Wales '
were on their way home again . " I don't like him at all ! "
Why , a more unassuming , pleasant
Airsp .
ight in what you said about his hair . He is sandy ,
inn . " They are not renowned for the excellence of their
tes of the simplest , " laughed Bretton , " and I like living
appeared at the end of the path .
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the stranger , who has just eaten our bread and salt , is not I'm
His hair may be pea-green for anything I care about its
acquaintance is decidedly not sandy . There is " - with an
lucky enough to possess-I acknowledge my defeat . Sandy .
partner of my joys and devourer of any chocolate I am ever
in those abundant locks of his that absolutely removes them
Though in transcendant glory . He is clad
appearance of profound reflection - a certain touch of gold
Nor when a captive slavery was led
from the imputation of sandiness . My sister-cherished
Him , Him in splendour , Judge of all the dead ;
The angels then best love Him and are glad-
While in the heavy's He vanished from our eyes ;
Nor when the blast of Doomsday trumpets dread
fall upon the neck of every stranger you may take a fancy to ,
Shall clamp and thunder over earth and skies ,
Jose Maria de Navarro .
THE CROSS .
Not grised thus my Lord do I love most ,
With mighty love my heart both then high breaks .
By Him , His earthly mission being sped .
" I did not say that he had offended me . I merely re-
And ' midst the clouds our human gaze copies
action " most unladylike , and should promptly punch the
marked that I do not like him . You do not expect me to
He hangs in blood and anguish for my sake ,
Leo ! What an idiot you can be ! "
colour ! " asserted Jemima with energy ; and-I-do-not
do you ? " inquired Jemima angrily .
But when all bruised , a wondrous holocaust ,
embraced stranger's head . "
I can-at times . But to return to our buttons ; our new
like him ! '
Not when refulgent He from death did rise :
My beloved sister ! I should consider such a course of
Sonnet .
( To be Continued . )
16 .
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the descent of the Holy ghost .
Ghost ... . ( ( Acts I and II . )
of fire , and it sat upon every one of them , and they were all filled with the Holy
And when the days of Pentecost were accomplished they were all
( Rubens .
ether in one place . " and there appeared to them parted tongues as it were
All these were persevering in prayer with ... . Many the Mother of Jesus
All these were persevering in prayer with .
lace ... ... and there appeared to them parted tongues as it we
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outline I must tell you something of the beauties of Lucas .
June ; the heat was oppressive ; it is only those who have
greeted by the Mother President and the Mistress of Novices
four postulants . The house they live in now belonged at one
avenues of shady trees , manles . acacias . times and elms .
wrought and very perfect masonry , around which are planted
From the station vou enter the city by the Porta San Pietro :
the last four years ; it is not their own , however , as , like all
still is a very religious city . ' To satisfy the spiritual wants
as I want in a very inadequate manner to try and describe
way to England . As lay people are not allowed to live in a
railway carriage seemed a veritable bakehouse . In brief
so as to shield them from the hot Lucca summers , it is
Passionist " Convent without special permission from the
walks is all they possess outside their house , but fortunately
to be out and about in the early afternoon , which was the
resolved two years ago to break my journey at Lucca on my
is entirely surrounded by hills and mountains , with the excep-
heavily than any secular institute . Simplicity is the prevail-
a good view of the handsome aqueduct which brings water
I arrived at Lucca on the afternoon of a very hot day in
But I am wandering far from the subject of my pilgrimage ,
which I experienced during my-alas ! too short visit in
is a good three miles in length . Lucas has ever been and
lent ( the title given to the Superior of the Passionist nuns ) .
tion of a gap to the east . From the walls due south one gets
long enough for me , as I had been travelling all day and the
munity at that time consisted of seven professed sisters and
had a most cordial letter of welcome from the Mother Presi-
entirely roofed over by trellis-work of vines , so that the
received a real warm welcome from all the nuns : the com-
the Passionist Convention of Lucca . On my arrival . I was
experienced a real Italian summer that know what it means
ing feature everywhere : their small garden with a few rough
churches and chapels , many of them still in use .
Convent at Lucca .
from the hills to the town . It is composed of 459 arches and
of a population of some 22,000 souls there are about seventy
of Gemma Galgani , and having heard that her most in-
monastic houses , the government seem to tax them more
time I chose for my short journey from Pisa-quite
time to some Franciscans , but the nuns have been there for
imate friend was a nun in the Passionist Convent there I
HAD always wished to visit Lucca , since reading the life
It is a city entirely girded by a stout brick wall of closely-
A Visit to the Passionist
something of the peace and wonderful atmosphere of holiness
Gemma's life-long friend ) . Having entered the enclosure I
the first glimpse of which from outside is so entrancing , as it
Archbishop of Lucca I got leave before quitting Rome and
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refectory , with its stone floor and long wooden tables , leads
remained in the choir for Mass , during the day I used to go
Visit to Passionist convert at LUCCA. 19
to drink out of while they used mugs of commonest crochet .
o'clock : their choir is completely shut off , so that they can
convent of Corneto for Lucca in March , 1905 , two years after
holy souls sang the praises of the Lord , and , as it were , made
I was served with dishes of which they tasted not . ' There is
into the chapel , as to my mind one of the greatest penances
consolation . " Two choir sisters and one lay sister left the
imitate the community , although I took my turn in reading .
their night and day , meditation and needlework give them
the community and begged that they would make no differ-
foundress . In one of her many visions Our Lord showed
tabernacle which holds her Lord and her God . But it is
who wish to assist at the daily Mass said for the nuns at six
late Holy Father . Pius X , named as superior of the new house
her the great esteem He had of the Passionist sisters , the
altar , and having communicated each nun returns to her place
ence on my account . ' My first request was granted , but as
into the garden , where the nuns recreate after meals , ' which
avenging hand of God . ' They claim Gemma' Galvani as their
whom Gemma wrote the words : Jesus will give you this
Mother Gemma ( Buphemia Giannini ) , who was the lifelong
President rings a bell . The chapel is used only for those
themselves ate off the bare boards . They gave me a tumbler
limity of their own lives or how great are their sacrifices .
constant occupation . They rise every night to chant the
kneel one by one at a small door at the side of the high
was allowed to go where I wished , and although I always
While the inhabitants of Lucca were deep in slumber these
in the observance of the silence I was allowed at least to
glory He would derive from the new foundation in Lucas .
she used to observe a wonderful light reflected on the face of
913 , and I am sure many more have entered since .
of consolation which it must be to her-that of looking at the
quies held between Our Lord and Gemma during her costacies :
and the good they would do there . It is notable that our
about her . It was she who wrote down the mysterious collar-
nuns cannot be overlooked by the many houses that surround
Divine Office for about two hours : I was allowed to join them .
their walls . . The convent is of considerable size : the large
as the book is passed from one to the other when the
ever see the tabernacle . ' To receive Holy Communion they
a Passionist nun's life is the giving up of the great source
to the second , well , they laid a tablecloth for me while they
precisely that nun of the Passionist Convent of Corneto to
e of the simplest kind . I asked to be allowed to eat with
rict silence in the refactory , save for the reading aloud , and
Gemma's death . There were eleven in the communist
difficult to make these saintly sisters understand the sub
in the choir while Mass is being offered . Being a visitor
infidante of the holy girl . ' told me many wonderful minors
ropitiation for the sins of many and stayed , how often , the
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quote from the life of Gemma a colloquy she had with Him .
as I offered them to Him ' ; and He ended with these words :
Heavenly Father had need of victims , adding : " How often
been to me that the memory of my happy visit spent within
sion He appeared to her and told her that the justice of His
needed . " It cannot but strike one that Our Lord in the above
intercession for mankind before the Throne of God : they offer
the prayers and petitions of His faithful servant ?
themselves as victims for the sins of mankind . Such is the life
Himself conversed with her and designed to listen to
nore , showed her the great esteem . He had of the Passionist
were , and He said : " They are the daughters of Mr. Passion . "
If thou only knewest how often I have seen Mr. Father talent
phere in which they live ; their penances and their austerities
how very dear they are to Our Lord's Sacred Heart let me
Divine Justice ? It is their most blessed and glorious privilege
in Lucca , and the good they would do there . On one occa-
pleading for the world even as her saintly sisters on earth are
Rome and speak to the Pope of this desirable work : let him
city : a very simple tombstone marks the place where her
must surely save thousands of souls from eternal ruin . To show
love of God . Hidden from the world , they hourly make
tial lives have restrained it . Now again I have presented Him
So been a source of edification have the community of Lucca
she has left her wonderful spirit of prayer and perhaps
risited Gemma's grave in the Campo Santo , outside the
to stand by the Cross of Jesus with Mary His Mother , like
to her sisters of Lucca , for they are one and all filled with the
not hope that Gemma from her throne in Heaven is now
taught by the Incarnate . Wisdom Himself ! " Indeed ,
with victims , but they are few . " She asked Him who they
say that a great chastisement is threatened and victims are
souls and generous victims ! Their heroic acts , their peniten-
Close to Jesus to the last .
who , in order to excite the fervour of His servant more and
passage is referring to the present terrible war , and may we
the beloved disciple ,
summary of her innocent life :
offering themselves as victims to stay the evening . Hand of
sisters , the glory He would derive from the new foundation
holy body rests ; the last words of the inscription is a fitting
THE CROSS .
and can we wonder that it should be otherwise . for Jesus
angels . '
L. F. L.
the servant of God which seemed to radiate her whole being :
Peace be to thee , oh sweet soul , in company with the
their convent walls will never fade away . Before leaving I
By the Cross their station keeping ,
With the mournful Mother weeping ,
have I not withheld it , presenting to Him a group of loved
of these saintly souls : the Passion of Christ is the very atmos-
' Write at once to Padre Germano , and tell him to go to
Gemma , like the apostles , had the privilege of being
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summary of her innocent life :
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expectations . " Perchance , reader , you have one yourself .
fumbling at our garden gate . It is one of those which looks
garden-gate .
hough goodness knows they are a rare species . ' Isn't it
respected relative . I confess we have expectations from him ;
Our Rich Relation .
no fire in the drawing-room . '
in the barnacle style-whenever it does lock .
Last Tuesday , after I had come home from my office . I was
than to have a rich relation from whom you have
exciting ? Do you think that your hopes will ever crystallize
into anything or will you have put your foot into it before
was not betrayed into familiarity
I shall tell you about last Tuesday .
rays of daylight , when looking up I saw Uncle Thomas
they have had time ?
casual visits are of primary importance to us .
Under Thomas is my wife's rich uncle and our most
well ? " And he filled the hall with his large , ' folly presence .
old crank ! He's always sure to come at the wrong time . I
Getting no reply , save an angry hissing sound , I went her-
riedly to the kitchen .
KNOW of nothing that lends a greater diplomacy to life
in't to the fire ? '
bitterly - " I know your Jerry-builts . '
How can I go like this ? " said Molly excitedly . " The
must tidy myself . Bring him into the dining-room-there's
sitting in the window reading the evening paper by the last
While saying this she flung off her apron and ran up the
my wife , who was in the kitchen cooking the dinner .
Molly ! " I cried cautiously , " Here's your uncle ! "
I went out on the landing softly , and called in a low v
dear , " I called after her .
We sat down by the fire .
he door by this . ' There's the knock ! Come on ! '
I opened the door nervously .
boy . I don't think so . I know this house , and the airv
nd in the light of this admission you will see how his most
By this time I knew that he had difficulties with the
stairs .
rou look well . ' Won't you take off your overcoat and come
" Don't forget to lock the children into the top back room ,
But I know his illness for a delusion and a snare , and I
A good screen , " I remarked .
currents that go whistling through it .
Ah , " said Uncle Thomas . " How are you , my boy ? " All
Splendid , sir , splendid , " I replied . " I needn't ask you
Splendid , sir , splendid , " I replied . "
Molly . " I said again , " your uncle , my dear !
Take off my coat ? " he echoed .
He's at
H'm " - and he smiled
currents that go whistling through it . ' H'm " - and he smiled
Take off my coat ? " he echoed . " I don't think's
" I don't think so , my
Ah , " said Uncle Thomas ,
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when I begged him to excuse me while I let my wife know
he interrupted . " For a few three-and-sixpenny electric bells
never indulge in them . I am no smile hypochondriac , Sir ,
interest in his own idea , and was about to dilate further on it ,
think the middle classes are disgracefully housed . I was often
his overcoat . He parted a good deal over the operation ,
unless he changed his position since I left the room . '
thinking that it would be an act of real charity to endow a
He caused a diversion himself by standing up to peel off
Don't talk to me about your gimcrack improvements ! "
I tried to so the him a bit .
voice . " you didn't leave him with the gaslight in his eyes or
cheme for the Improved Housing of the Middle Classes .
the green shade at his back , and he is out of the draughts
soul in my expression .
about Endowment Schemes for no matter what charitable pur-
sitting in a draught ?
pleasant .
As he said this he brightened up considerably from pure
looking from a recent scrub .
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Let him ! " said Molly , ' whose face was red and angry-
so for the young and active , but the death-rate among the old
And he fixed me with his eve , as if he would read my very
is always highest in severe weather . '
sight of screens irritates me . I hate these coddling habits . I
Vhereupon' I tried to turn the conversation .
" I hope , darling , " she then went on in a more amiable
No , " I replied , " I was careful to leave the oil lamp with
" If he did , " said Molly in alarm , " he's sure to have got
On this I thought it was again to turn the conversation .
with one foot in the grave , as some people seem to imagine . "
you are deprived of breathing space in your living-room . I
the chair with the broken leg ! My , dear , Hy , or we are
that he was here . We do not encourage our relative to think
wonder how people live in them . Not a breath of air anywhere .
the whole , I think cold weather is the healthiest and most
And the low ceilings are so depressing .
hen , what an improvement ! Modern conveniences ...
Hurry , my dear . " I said . " your uncle will get impatient "
Lord : " he said . " What stuff houses these are ! " I
Indeed no ! " said I , falling in with his humour . " On
nothing . '
I don't agree with you there . " said uncle . " It may be
undone ! "
" Screen ! " explained my relative . " Screen ! The very
" The ceilings are certainly a bit low , " I acquiesced . " But
pose .
I found my wife struggling into an evening blouse
Very cold to-day , " I said with a shiver .
" She pinned on a piece of jewellery and nailed her blouse .
wind . '
A bitter .
with great cheerfulness ,
" Cold , " he replied with great cheerfulness , " by
able-mile seasonable . We have nothing to grumble about
" but season -
We have nothing to grumble about
Cold , " he replied
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we have never allowed our relative to know this . He thinks
ago to dispense with the services of even a small maid . But
offending vegetable in the kitchen sink . A steak and a savourr
among the ivy-leaves which cluster round the window .
Thanks , " he said . " But I have to catch a train . '
I breathed once more when he waived the invitation .
bubbling up in green seething foam and extinguished the
And what on earth are they about in the kitchen ? " she
grance , I consigned to the ash-bin , where I smothered their
I now hurriedly snatched off a pot of cabbage which was
of an equal disgust , said I wondered what they were about in
Whereupon she , too , made a show of disappearing to the
bit , and Uncle Thomas was induced to take his nose in from
the kitchen , and I went to see .
cries , so to speak , beneath shovelfuls of the all-obliterating
By this time my wife had appeared .
Rich relations are always blunt .
modest table .
the wine the Greenland Burgundy which is decorated at our
rices combined with the Insurance Act have forced us long
But ... ... " but - " I faltered , and then stopped .
kitchen regions for a few minutes .
was here ? " she said in a gentle upbraiding voice .
less woman . " Stay and have pot-luck with us .
Meanwhile I , with a savage aspect and an assumption of
union , which were just beginning to emit an appetizing fra-
pleasant . ' It is really annoying . '
saw you looking better . You seem to be quite over that little
anyhow , he was pretty safe to go . The old gourmet knows
fullest extent , and began taking in deep breaths of cold , fresh
what is at stake -ha ! "
sniffing the air .
By the time she came back the atmosphere had cleared a
" Pon my word , uncle , " she said casually , " I never
sence .
touch of gout .
He walked over to the window which he threw open to its
What a relief ! " he said .
A pity ! " I said awfully to myself . " But nothing to
Scarcely waiting to smile at my own poor joke . I locked the
" Of course , uncle , you'll stay for dinner ? " said the reck-
continued . " Uncle Thomas says the air was quite un-
it criminal for people to let themselves down .
flower or Brussels spronts ? They're all equally maladorous
ened to join our relative once more-only to find him
ash .
" Why did you not let me know sooner that Uncle Thomas
kitchen door and ascended once more into the avuncular pre-
air .
Mr wife tried to coax Uncle Thomas into a cheerful mood . '
Of course there is no " They " in that region . The rise in
pleasant . ' It is really annoying . '
" he said , sniffing tentatively .
" Vabbage ? " he said , sniffing tentatively . " Or is it cauli
I hastened to )
in the cooking .
in the cooking . Ah ! "
UUINNING #
ah ! "
A pity ! " I said ruefully to myself . '
" Why did you not let me know sooner that Uncle
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intuition , guessing all was not right , broke into loud reproach-
was interrupted at length by little Maire who , with feminine
We proceeded with the meal in oppressive silence broken now
and then by my wife's cheerful monologue . This in its turn
ren . This is no new subject with him , but one which in-
variably follows the introduction of our five olive-branches .
which event I , too , would have given vent to my feelings in
about the subsidizing of State Homes for the rearing of child-
ful walls , and looking , half in horror , half in defiance , at Uncle
gamekeeper , I proceeded to the butcher's , only to find that the
He was . All the time dinner was being prepared he spoke
dinner ) he said he would do very well with the potatoes alone .
another manner , known to , but never printed by , the printer .
In an astonishing short space of time Molly appeared
broken down and subdued her heart out on my waistcoat : in
steaks were all gone and that I must have chops of which I
THE CROSS .
nerves , wondering the while if the game were worth the candle .
bought six pounds .
luence of the rain and darkness I tried to recoup my shattered
Thus disguised , a cross between a German student and a
They are most unwholesome food-only fit for ostriches !
But I retired to the garden , where under the healing in-
With uncanny cheerfulness ( he is used to a seven-course
Thus we broke up , and our relative refusing an offer of tea ,
Thomas , refused to be comforted .
My wife is no ordinary woman . If she were she would have
Instead , she cast warning glances from me to the children ,
children .
' But no matter , dear , no matter , ' she went on , " go up
departed .
But it turned out that Uncle Thomas never eats chops .
and I said a sirjoin ! '
But she did nothing of the kind .
" Oh , my love ! " said my wife ( who never loses her temper ) ,
Emily Dowling .
now and talk to Uncle Tom . I am sure he is tired of the
" Poor Uncle Tom . He's so impulsive ! "
with the chops and mashed potatoes .
saying as she tugged the youngest :
2th
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Latin Memories .
Far roll the lonely pastures water-riven
And Labour's immemorial dignity
A golden glow the distant shows uplights ,
Where never cease the tasks and nightingales !
Long sunshine fills the acting blue of heaven
Hung in the measures blue heaven grows
Above the naked Palestrina heights ;
Toucht by the late November sun to gold .
Rose-purple canopies of cloud uploom .
Beneath the flooding sun's unmeasury'd height .
To Cavo curving to the curving shore !
The grey-white Isola , Farnese's hold ,
In colour'd kirtles clad and kerchiefs bright ,
Low roofs scarce break the wild , wide empty
Brushwood or bales of clothes , ' twist Vale and height ,
A plunging mountain-steep of ardent rose .
The many-gated city and her pride .
Girls , women , bearing chestnuts on their head ,
Walk narrow winding paths with graceful tread ,
Bare-shining underneath the hollow sky .
Ofree , unfenced wonderland of dreams !
Moves with them underneath the Latin sky .
Above the dead Veientines' empty tombs ,
High , hidden banks and lonely beds of streams ,
Crowning the ridge between the bosky combes
Don'd over deserts simmering bare and bright .
O ring of mountains from Soracle hoar
Grey wrinkled hills are touch with lilac bloom .
O rolling deserts rich in secret dates ,
Sees lonely coffee and scrub and pasture hide
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some obligation , whose claim upon us is only of the moral
in which he could aid even one being less fortunate than him -
If anyone feels that he can say to himself that he sees no way
The triffing leisure , the doubtful ease which the shirking of
performed in response to the promptings of the better nature
fields of Belgium and France : none shall think of those sturdy
a hundredfold " each little effort in the path of obedience ,
thanks , for as Fielding writes :
a duty ready to hand . ' There is no need to search the high-
that would ensure his fair treatment , the wherewithal for his
duty shown throughout the naval encounters and on the gory
us not forget that we have always , each and every one of us .
duty noble complied with . But unfortunately so many of us
of the grim adherence to the demands of personal obligations
punished in error while we have at our elbow the information
other than their highest duty courageously and well . But let
towards us , then at least equally so have we our reciprocal
suffers when we could at least alleviate his pain ; it may be
or attention and performance . It may be that a fellow-man
Where Duty bids he confidently steers .
obligations towards the community . Wise is he who realises
saver that the pre-eminent content arises from the sense of
with every mention of duty we tend to think that a monopoly
pared with the question of absolute satisfaction which rewards
we are generally blind even to our own most vital self-interest .
of the individual , as well as for the display of courage , calm-
more sunshine into the world . ' be it ever such a tiny beam-
some act or other , whose scene is quite close to us , warning
Ocean's highway . None shall gainsay the admirable sense of
to adjust the angle from which he surveys the humanity
I've done my duty and I've done no more ,
He holds no parlev with unmanly fears ,
for an attention to " the welfare of others as against that
had we know one whom the world has misjudged or perhaps
corporate existence . If society in general has its duties
When I'm not thanked at all , I'm thanked enough ;
In these days when we are so inclined to associate battlefields .
emotions , for the suppression or elimination of self-interest ,
is possessed by the soldier . and then who guard the
For we must remember that we are but units in the vast
arir our ballast of dress on the upper deck , as it were , that
around him .
ness , and perseverance . As Wordsworth says :
on duty .
n a fashion more practical than that of the armchair south-
that rarely dies within us . For these acts let us not look for
and self-sacrificing defenders of home and country as doing
home of creation-atoms in the enormous mechanism of
rider , gives is but a compensation as of ' Dead ' Sea fruit run .
restoration . In a hundred ways we may be able to let a little
ways and the breways , for there is , every moment of our lives .
" then he had better utilise his first spare moment in trying
a b c d e f g h i-000
n a fashion more practical than that of the armchair south-
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neighbourhood of charming scenery , pleasant , though perhaps
nature , so if the gallery goes half into ecstasy when-after
desperate , " Oh ! hang duty , " marches off the stage to seek
inoculated with the germ of sentimentalism like to depict their
temper her reception of the duty-shirker with rather a good
knows very well that any heroine worthy of the name would
twenty seconds of racking thought - the lovesick one with a
leading through a region of waste and unhealthy aspect .
compensate for the ruggedness of the path . Who but a
even than the stars , it only means a poor score for the poor
deal of the cold shoulder that cloaks contempt . Hence not a
of the brand that is analogous to self-interest .
grandeur ? For , even the slightest inconvenience in which
and at other times not a little uneven , the surrounding country ,
rather than suffer a little inconvenience to be always in the
to carry the smile farther , is of such a nature as to more than
one last interview with the maiden whose eyes are brighter
gets lost in the wood of commonsense because there happens
procession of tender joy , give one a glimpse of the beautiful-
to " hold the attention of the audience . " Even the gallery
easily resemble virtue in being its own reward .
alleged heroes as torn ' twixt love and duty . But of course
offensive of traits , associated as it is with the crying officious -
the narrowmindedness of someone with paltry powers who
to be a few trees labelled , " Regulations . " on the outskirts of
things would prefer to travel on a broad and smooth highway
little of the " duty " that we hear of across the footlights is
dramatist who was perhaps hard pushed to find something
sometimes scant , company , and a prospect of ever increasing
Playwrights pandering to the predilections of a populace
neither the love nor the duty can ever be of a very serious
traveller utterly lost to all sense of the perception of finer
innocence strewing blossoms in the pathway of some festive
not to leave its fruit of contentment , of pleasurable satisfac-
obedience to the promptings of conscience involves us fails
ness of some mental who has become a slave to system , with
If the road along which duty points is at times a trifle narrow ,
ness of soul we are won't to associate with the innate knowledge
The charities that soothe , and heal , and bless ,
lion . " To come back to Wordsworth :
Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers .
When simpleness and duty tender it .
To most minds over-zeal in duty is one of the most
These lines , conjuring up as they do the vision of childish
Never can anything be amiss .
of duty well " and noble performed .
Shakespeare write :
THE CROSS .
of duty well and noble performed .
it . Of a different type of perhaps misplaced duty did
The primal duties shine about like stars ;
and it does not need much thought to imagine how duty can
rum .
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from the chief street of Little Walton . A vigorous pull at
inspection of his patient .
the bell brought a man to the door . He peeled with the close
quires my services ?
short examination of the prostrate figure showed that the man
I believe , " and Doctor Fowler darted towards the kitchen
and the man was carried in and Doctor Fowler made a quick
a series of weird , shrill sounds and came to a sudden
had received serious injury . He was unconscious and one
have - " the speaker paused and jumped to the ground .
stand . Colonel Marston started from a reverie that was not
arm hung limp .
were you going . Guy ? " he said .
gaze of the short-sighted at Colonel Marston .
The Letters .
Sir Charles . '
roune Lindwood . Didn't know you were acquainted with
His master followed .
there a red lamp , Jasper ? '
" Yes . there's a room , my housekeeper says , " he reported ,
' To Lindwood . '
to Lindwood . We must go back . '
He has fallen from a bicycle , " the chauffeur said , and a
" Yes , sir . '
Concussion , broken arm , two or three bad cuts . Where
" That can't be helped now .
" HE big car swung round a curve to the accompaniment of
began .
later stopped before a house that stood back some distance
Colonel Marston explained .
' Oh , there are high festivities for the coming of age of
regions and returned in a minute or two .
cided quickly . " In the village three or four miles back was ' nt
of old Doctor Lyle's patients for twelve months . Who re-
explained hastily . " Another moment and we should
" We can't leave the man here , and we can't take him on
' Tony ! Yes , it is Tony ! ' What on earth are you doing
" Don't you know Antony Fowler ! "
" There's a man lying on the road , " that personage
" Why 'tis Marston ! ' he cried holding out an eager hand .
there ? "
We must lift him into the car , " Colonel Marston de-
The injured man was placed in the car , which some minutes
Let us get the chap in . There's a room he can have .
" But you won't get to Lindwood in time - " the chauffeur
Not in time for dinner , '
We must
Following my profession . At least I have taken charge
cided quickly .
Not in time for dinner , " Colonel Marston interrupted .
lolly pleasant and turned to the chauffeur .
' But you won't get to Lindwood in time
regions and returned in a minute or two .
Let us get the chap in .
" Oh , there are
wholly pleasant and turned to the chauffeur
Colonel Marston interrupted :
Who re-
There's a room he can have ,
young Lindwood .
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his hand in excited fashion as Colonel Marston approached .
standing bareheaded on the threshold of the door . He waved
lips as he listened to what Dr. Fowler had to tell .
What a fool you were , Guy ! " Tony burst out . " There
case , and I heard as I went the single of the coins . Later on
appearance . Hope your patient will improve . '
Worse terms of opprobrium rose to Colonel Marston's own
perfect confidence between us would have been ' impossible .
" What on earth is the matter with old Tony ! " the Colonel
once into a regiment bound for India , broke off the engage-
There's to be a ball at Lindwood , so I had better put in an
" Come in ; come in , Guy ! " Tony Fowler cried . " You
' I slipped away as the purse was exchanged for the Morocco
my last sight of her . I went back to London , exchanged at
Betty's Betty Shepard's . Oh , you thundering idiot ! '
To humiliate her ? No. no. Besides , after my knowledge
he words . " In India there was a bit of a skirmish , and after
before the house occupied by Dr. Fowler that gentleman was
go , ' Betty said .
Probably the letters were merely foolish . Many girls write
might have been some explanation . Why didn't you speak to
a second , doubtful whether I should speak or retire . Then
off money . Twilight had come on and I stood bewildered for
Without assigning any cause . " Colonel Marston repeated
day , Tony . "
thought . " He looks like a schoolboy out for holidays .
a green Morocco case in his hand . Betty had in hers a purse
When , exactly at noon on Saturday , the big car drew up
three years' service I was invalided home-worse luck ! "
' Microbe ! " the doctor snorted . " This is you affair
Have you met her since your return from India ? "
can't guess ! ' It is most wonderful ! '
Don't know . " He seems rather run down and a bit
I had a glimpse of Betty speeding back to the house . It was
Without assigning any cause ? " Doctor Fowler inter-
the man asked with a smile .
rupted .
" Yes . And are there two hundred pounds in that purse ? "
Betty said :
Has Betty married ? '
foolish letters . '
THE CROSS .
seedy . '
expect me about mid-day on Saturday . Wish it was Saturn-
" " Are all the letters there ? '
Betty ? "
" " Yes . two hundred sovereigns . Give me the letters and
" I have taken care not to . Now I may as well get a
" No .
What microbe have you discovered , Tony ? '
ment "
' I'll call going back to town . ' Let me see . ' You can
You can
What microbe have you discovered , Tony ? '
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the unconventional surroundings of the wastewater basket . but
the thought that Mary is their Queen , their Mother and their
today ( these words are being written in the middle of April )
filled the air with the beautiful perfume of buttercups and
exected in every Irish uamatic home to honour the Mother of
verses sent in by the competitors ( what a host of poets and
God : the murfur of many voices reciting her own sweet
to my ears they have carried the call of the cuckoo . and have
hands of innocent children filing past , proud and happy in
woodbine and all the other humble wild flowers that summer
prayer , the Rosary ; the May concessions , " with their thou-
high standards of literary critics might all be consigned to
brings us from the hand of God .
through my heart . ' I have seen the altars
ber and set a poetry competition for this month . The
Reading the verses of my boys and girls , many haunting
poetesses we have in the Guild ! ) if judged according to the
for Boys & Girls . "
pictures of the lovely May-time have come
Rules of the Guild .
Blessed Gabriel ,
will be held .
the Guild of Blessed Gabriel .
AM glad that I acted on the suggestion of a valued mem-
Conducted by Francis .
IVV. They will endeavour to bring as many new members as they can into
II : The members will be expected to spread devotion to Blessed Gabriel of
the Guild of
I . The Guild of Blessed Gabriel is a literary circle open to boys and girls
they have brought into my heart the sunshine of the May ,
" The Cross . "
TIT . Then will at all times observe the conditions under which the competitions
May Pictures , before my mind's eye to send a thrill of joy
before my mind's eve to send a thrill of joy
under 18 years of age .
and by living lives worthy of him who is to be their model and guide .
Our Lady of Sources , by practising the virtues of purity , charity and truth ;
A literary
Circle for Young .
20tho-
A Literary Circle for Young Readers of
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Cork's fair towns , come Mai Kearney and Lily Wilkinson ,
into our midst . ' I'm sure the ordeal hasn't been such an
tell me that " spring has come to our mountain valley . " Mr
from all three centres before very long . Other new members
May concessions , and I am sure many another young heart
Mau we all live to see the happy day , Mollie ! Lilian Mary
appeared , but only now has she plucked up courage to come
native town . They are Mary Ellen Cullen , Kathleen Allen
veterans . " Mollie Joyce writes to say how delighted she
Badge by sending along three additional recruits from her
not as high as it should be , but his modesty in this direction
so effectively that the Northern newsagents and booksellers
Maureen Bolton ( Dublin ) , and Mary G. Harris ( do. ) . I
and from the capital of that virile county Eilly Barrett sends
bouquet of fresh flowers , but I should prefer to have them
s that so many new members are thronging into the Guild .
of God . " I plead with the members for a little prayer on my
Kate O'Reilly ( Belfast ) , Willie McGinty ( Castlepollard ) ,
could they get anywhere . I hope my new recruits will work
Brigid Trainor , Katie Magee , Margaret O'Hare , Annie Close .
from Fermov this month , and are heartily welcome-Mary
that account . ' His estimate of his own abilities as a poet is
girl who is not a member of the Guild of Blessed Gabriel . "
thoughtfully encloses a little bunch of sweet-scented flowers to
Ellen Smaul and Mary Barry . From Glanworth , another of
I hope to have the pleasure of welcoming still more recruits
every prayer ! Margaret Ryan is looking forward to the
They bring good news with them , too . THE CROSS was
behalf at the May devotion . ' There are two letters from
most cordial thanks to her for this and for her beautiful
Baster card . May God bless all her life and hearten to her
own poor self . I do not think anything the less of him on
a demand for admission to the Guild that cannot be refused .
she says , " it will soon be a strange thing to meet a boy or
need hardly say that they are each and all as welcome as the
justy city of the North , whose names are Katie O'Neill ,
poets . I am very grateful for May Allen's kind offer of a
beats expectantly at the thought of those marches of the army
must stock more and more copies of our magazine every
I have come to watch eagerly for , and in her letter she
towers of the May-time . And now for a word with the
Brazil has been a reader of THE Cross since the first number
month in future . May Allen , of Arklow , qualities for a
are Vincent and Colette O' Byrne ( Rachmines , Dublin ) , Mary
month ago by sending along five new members from that
Proinsias Mac Thighearnain , who as usual jokes fun at my
completely sold out in Belfast last month - not an extra copy
" If recruits come rolling in like this for some time to come . '
and Andrew Allen , and I welcome them to the Guild . ' Mollie
THE GUILD OF BLESSED GABRIEL .
will fade with the years - if he is to be judged but most other
Nally sends me one of those kind and tender messages that
awful one after all . Two more new members come to us
1961 62m.
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Curtin . Kathleen McCarthy , Mai Kearney , Mai Donovan ,
Mary Harris , Kitty Rice , Sheila Murphy , Rettie Seery ,
Donegan , Josephine M. McEneaney , John Joseph Kennedy
O'Brien , for her pretty Easter card . ' It was kind of her to
the letters sent by Mary Kate O'Reilly , Willie McGinty ,
and Kitty Rice . The following members were late for the
there . Many thanks to my dear little friend , " Maureen
apart from their competition papers , asking
Ellie Sheland , and Una Kelly .
nack , Mollie Joyce , Billy Barrett , and a competitor who sent
a verse entitled " Mary , " but forgot to write either name or
Rathmines , Dublin . Very good verses were sent by Anna
whom I was glad to hear , after a long silence ) . Jennie
early instead of waiting until the last moment . Give your
to be the best sent in " and I was obliged to award him the
Kelly , Brigid Trainor , May Allen , Mollie Boyle , Emily
address on her competition paper .
volume . He is Proinsias Mac Thichearnain . 1/2 1 Inner
salirist ( who is always poking fun " at me ) , but his poem proved
composition a fair chance !
Dublin . Special mention must be made of
Moore . Eileen Somerville , Eileen Kavanagh , John Byrne ,
petition , and I was well pleased with all the
May Allen . Members should strive to prepare their work
deserving of credit . though there were some
THE CROSS .
The pretty Badge , bearing the portrait of Blessed Gabriel .
very halting lines and a good deal of poor
sent in the name of the Guild to the Children's Hospital .
There was again a large entry in the little people's com-
Temple-street , Dublin . Never fear they will be appreciated
In the competition for the best original Mau neem there
Morris , Our Lady's Mount . Harold's Cross .
was a good entry , and all the work was
thyming . I tried to keep the prize away from our Guild
to be admitted to ' membership of the
Badge Winners . five new recruits into the Guild , goes this
be"noticed . - Ed . THE Cross . )
important .
which is awarded to the member who brings
month to Benedicta Kelly , 5 Hemsworth-
will please write a personal note to FRANCIS .
Members under
( Several competitions arrived , this month also , too late to
Vollie Brazil . Brigid Dillon . Little Wilkinson , Mau McCor-
Mollie Ryan , Annie Kavanagh , Maureen O'Brien , Benedicta
Guild .
The Victory .
letters . ' The prize is ' awarded to May
street , Belfast , and to May Allen , Lamberton . Arklow .
I competitions-Crissie Higgins , Katie Kavanagh and
All newcomers .
sink of me . ' Other letters are from Rettie Seery ( from
4 2 .
12 .
I to keep the prize away from our Guild
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St. John's ,
St. Bonaventure's College ,
Newfoundland .
Alas ! your years were few but fruitful ,
Blest for heaven , unknown to fame .
Son of Assisil' Umbria's glory !
Eves , though downcast , speak the message
Raising us where 'er we fall .
Ever listening for our call ,
Richer deeds are now accomplished
Ever guard us , dearest Patron ,
Shrined upon that modest face .
In the Master's vast domain .
Always granting our petitions ,
Dead us on , though life's boat toss ,
To teach us the way to the Truth , the Life ,
Endeared to all who know they name ,
Laden with God's choices grace ,
Benignly beams that saintly visage ,
Tis our welcome to the May .
To stiffie the passions that still are rife-
Doubted not the Saviour's story ,
Merry May-bells , gurgling waters ,
Gladly spurned both wealth and fame .
Dear to us our youthful Patron ,
A prayer for grace in a world of strife .
With we we send a prayer that falters
East your loving eyes upon us ;
Woodland brooks , sweet Nature's daughters ,
( ' His our welcome to the May ) .
THE CROSS .
Protect the readers of The Cross .
( An Acrostic . ) .
Proinsias Mac Thighearnain .
Our Patron .
Terra Nova .
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