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LN, - o = KYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, Chapter I.—The opening scen “onrdes In o, crowded whit train,” which s from Parls to Lourdos Augiist day, p uncomfortabl re propped T by g the pil wint, & pailidly beautiful fa s had to He | accompanied by he find (he Sfoere From: aring the croms of Ben pilgrims i partment are Vincent, who b taki & Baby 0 > culous Mme. Ma s Journeyini to Lourdes to besescty the Virgin to reform her dissipated hus band; M. Sabathier, formerly o professor in th 4 Charlemaene, who has lost the use of hig i & mattr maker, La atte, dylng of consumption, ‘an Fiiza Rouquet. with lier face frightfufly iafured by o fupus. Sister Hya fou of the mirncuioun curea ef by Loutdes, and ls interrupte what all hellave (0 he the dying fos of an un known passenser Chapter 11 The Abbe Plerre falls fntoa rovorie and peviews his own life. e was the son of n chemist who Tived at kitled by an explosis mother, thinking the chomiat's Tor his scientifie rescarch priexthood. Living wore M Viatonary archi tect, and his 1 Marlo de Guersaint and’ Plerre i gether and finally fell in Tove with enc 0y grew up. Then Murle fell off received an injury i and resulted in nearly o e never b hin wite, *continued his st came u pelest, Meanwhile, nfier father's booica, he had come to doubt som tenchings of e church. Marie became very re Tiglous, and finally ‘Plerre consented to accom- pany fior on the pilgrimage (0 Lourdes 11The aufferiig n (he train fa in- tense whon it stops at Poltiers. A doctor iy found o examine the uninown man, who Is aupposed to be dying. The doctor proves to bo an old friend of Sister Tiyncinihe, whom sho nurked when ho was i poor student, | The man {8 beyany his ld, and a pricst with the holy oils i went fo Chapter 1V.—Just as the train starts Couteau, a young girl, ket in the car. Sh the story of (he miraculous cure necorded to her dlnensed foot by sin ping I In fhe wator at. Lo up the faith of the ure of belng cured. Chap g the hist the vial o bruary 11, 1868, nadette was sent out’ to gather wood dent, strolled into the of the gl was o dency” of ' he Tha Abbo also gives based on the extensive Second Dy, Chaptor 1.1 ital tritin rives In Lourdes. Reception and care of th flicted detaiiod Chiapter 1L—The procession to the formed after a brief rest i the great A bright, clouless August mornife ron buayant anticipations of the et fowt, almont superhuman strength . Father Fourcarde oxhorts the suffering 1o pray With ardor suflicfent {0 reach heasen. Chapter 111L—Plerre, & prey o conflicting emotions, 1§ overcome’ with repugnance and. e tires from the holy pool, He' mosts Dr. Ch safgne, hitherto ‘an unbeifever, and derives con solation from (; o beffef In’ the mirac ulous waters, Futile attempt to ralse the dead o life. CHAPTER 1V. Dr. Chassaigne was waiting for Plerre In front of the Bureau of Certifications. But again he found a solld mass of people, stop- ping the Invalids who entered, questioning and talking to them as they came out, when- ever the news of a fresh miracle was spread, such as a blind man restored to sight, a deat man who heard once morc or a paralytic who was able to use his limbs. Plerre had great dificulty in pushing by the rabble, ““Well,” ho asked the doctor, “are we to see a miracle—a real Incontestable one?” The doctor smiled. His recently restored falth had made him indulgent: “Ah, abbe! a miracle Is not made to order —God Intervenes only when It pleases Him.” The door was closely guarded by two in- mates of the hospitality. But they were ac- quainted with the doctor, and with a respect- ful salutation allowed him to enter with his companion. The bureau where all the verifi- cations were attested was wretchedly situated in a miserable wooden house, with but two rooms, a mnarrow antechamber and an in- sufficlently large apartment for general pur- poses. It was a mooted plan to improve this branch of the work by placing it in larger quarters next year, under one of the arches of the ramparts of Rosary, that In fact was already being arranged for that purpose. In the antechamber, that contained only a wooden seat, Plerre noticed two invalids sit- ting, walting for their turn, in the charge of two of the associates. But he was surprised on entering the large room to find what a number of persons were crowded there, while the suffocating heat caused by the thin board walls, overheated by the sun, was burn ing hot. It was a square room, perfectly bare, painted a light yellow, with but one window, the glass of which was whitewashed to prevent the pushing crowd outside from looking into the office. They did not eyen dare to raise the window to get some fresh alr, for instantly a lot of curious heads wero poked In. The furniture was most meager two pine tables of differont height placed end to end had not even a cover; a kind of great cupboard stuffed with untidy looking papers, portfolios, registers and pamphlets and about thirty cane bottomed chairs and two old armchairs for the Invallds filled the entire floor. Dr. Bonamy at once greeted Dr. Chassalgne with great cordiality, for the latter was re garded as one of the latest and most glorious victorles of the Grotto. He placed a chair and also asked Plerre to sit down, recogniz ing his cloth. Then with an intensely polite manner, he said, “Will you permit me to continuo, my dear confrere? We were just in the midst of examining this young lady.” The woman In question was deaf, a peasant about 20 years old, who was seated in one of the armchairs. Instcad of listening, as he very tired, and his head was fairly ng, Pierre amused hmself by looking about and trying to find out how many ofi- olals there were in the room. There might bo nearly fitty, for many were standing with their backs against the wall. There were five in front of the tables, the chief of the service of the pools in the middle, continu- ally consulting an enormous register; a Father of the Assumptionists, and three youhg men from tho seminary, who acted as Seoretarios, were writing, looking over the papers and classing them after each examina tlon. Pierre Interested himself specially in one of the Fathers of the Immaculate Con- ception, Father Dargetes, the editor-in-chief of the fournal of the Groito, who had been inted out to him that morning. He had s small, thin face, with sharp eyes, pointed nose and a finely drawn mouth, that never ceased smiling, He was seated modestly at the end of the lower of the two tables, taking notes for his newspaper. OFf the entire com munity he alone appearcd during the three of the national pilgrimage. But behind him, " Uke some concentrated, yot hidden force, organizing all and supervising all might be felt the strength of the order tu which be belonged. Bosides theso persons the other oceupants of the room consisted merely of the curious tho witnesses, about twenty doctors and Soveral priests. The doctors had come from _all parts of tho country and maintained most an absoluto allence. Some fow at fi od to ask questions, and pxchanged side glances among themselves, BAt seamed more anxious to watch one an ather than to vorify the facts submitted to them for examination. ~Who were they Names were given that were utterly un own. But one had caused any stir that ot a celebrated doctor in a Catholie 8t Yiat Gay Dr. Bonamy, Xho did Ret wit all while he conducted o o r::"nu"flol d the invalids, gave all his at; tentlon to the small blonde man, a writer of i jome lalent, who was assoclated with one Qflf < COPYRIGHT BY JAMES GORDON BENNETT» 1894 of the most widely read newspapers in Par. and whom chance had brought that very morning to Lourdes. Was not this a per son to bo converted with an influence and publicity to be used? 8o the doctor had insisted on him taking th and acted toward him with smiling nature, giving him a full view, telling him there was nothing to hide, that all was done in broad daylight We only ask for enlightenment,” he said “We are always glad to invite the investi gation of men of good Intentior Then as the account of the pretended cure of the deaf woman seemed to be very con fused, he spoke -rather harshly to her “Come, come, young woman, this is only the beginning; you must come again,” add | Ing In an undertone: t one listepad, they all say they are od But we only accept actual cu a8 cloar as day, Notice I say cures, and not miracles, for we doctors do not allow ourselyes to interpret, we are merely here to verify that the invalids brought for ex amination before us retain no further traces of illness.” He strutted about, taking pleasure in his own honesty, being neither more silly nor more untruthful than the rest, believing without real certainty, knowing that the obscure sciences are so full of surprises that what appears impossible 1s often re ized, and in his declining years as a prac titioner this situation connected with th grotto was most welcome, even If it po ssed its bad as well as its good points, but was on the whole most satisfactory At a question from the Parisian journalist he oxplained his methods, Every Invalid on the pilgrimage had his papers, among which was almost always a certificate from the doctor who had taken charge of the case, sometimes there were even certifi- cates from several doctors, reports from hospitals, a whole account of the iliness, Consequently, it a cure was effected and the person healed came to the bureau, it was only necessary to refer to his papers and road tho certificates in order to ascertain what had been the malady, and thus verify by examination if the illness had really dis- appeared. As Pierre sat there he became more calm and able to use his mind again, &0 he listened. Only the heat bothered him now Greatly interested in the explications given by Dr. Bonamy, he would gladly have glven his opinion had it not been for his cloth. His soutane condemned him to keep In the background He was, therefore, much pleased to hear the small blonde man formu- late objections that seemed at once appar- ent. Was it not a pity to have one physi- diagnose the case and then another physician to certify to the cure? It might certainly give rise to a continual cause for error. It would be much better to have a medical commission examine all the inval- {ds as soon as they arrived at Lourdes and write them out In an official re- port to be approved by the same commission in _each case of heal- ing. But Dr. Bonamy would not allow this iden, saying, with some degree of jus- tice, that one commission alone would not suffice for such an immense undertaking. Think of it. Examine 1,000 invalids in a morning! Then all the different theories and opposite dlagnoses would greatly in- crease the uncertainty. Any preliminary examination of the Invalids was an utter Impossibility and the cause for mistakes would only bo enlarged. In this case it was necessary to hold to the certificates given by the physiclans of each invalid and consider them final. Heaps of papers were opened on one of the tables and the certifi- cates were read to the Parisian journalist. Many were extremely short. Others, better written, specified the diseases clearly. Sey- eral of the physicians’ signatures were even witnessed by the magor of the town. Yet a doubt was still felt to be invincible. Who were these doctors? Had they the nece sary scientific authority? Had they, per- haps, acquiesced under unknown circum- stances or to purely personal interests? Ono was tempted to make a special inquiry Into each case. From the moment that all hung on the papers brought by the invalid there must needs be a very careful supervision of the documents, for it all amounted to nothing the moment a severe critic could not establish the absolute certainty of the facts. Turning very red, Dr. Bonamy got angry. “That fs what we are doing, that s just what we are doing. AS s00n as a cure seems fnexplicatle by natural means, we at once in- stitute a minute inquiry, and ask the person wRo has been healed to return to be ex- amined again. And you notice that we are surrounded by all the great lghts. Thes gentlemen Ilistening to us are nearly all physicians, come here from every part of France. We bescech them to speak out their doubts, to discuss any case with us, and a each meeting a detaled official report is made. You hear, gentlemen; protest if any- thing here offends your ideas of truth.” Not one of the assistants moved. The ater number of doctors present, being Catholics, bowed, of course. As to the others, the incredulons and purely selentific, they looked interested themselves in certain phenomena,declined through courtesy to enter into any ? that, anyhow, would be useless; then went away whenever thelr manly intégrity was too much imposed upon and they feit annoyed As 1o one spoke Dr. Bonamy was trium- phant. When the fournalist asked him it he was the only doctor engaged in this tre mendous work: “Absolutely alone; but my functions as doctor of the grotto are not so complicated, for they merely consist, as 1 sald before, of verifying the cures when they are made Presently he continued, adding with a smile, “Ah, I forgot; I have Raboin, who helps' me get things into some kind of ordor.” He showed by pointing to a big man ot about 40, gray, with a bullet head like that of a dog. He was an exaggerated type of believer, one who was so exalted that he would not even speak of miracles. He was not quite happy in consequence in his posi- tion in the Burean of Verifications, for he was always in a towering rage If any one Qiscussed a cure. The appeal just made to the physician had made him beside himselt, and Doctor Bonamy was forced to appeas him: Jome, come, Raboin, my friend; be still ery sincere opinion has a right to be ex- pressed.” But the invalids were now coming in man_ whose body was covered with eczema was brought in, 50 that when he took off his shirt a white powder fell from his skin. He had not been cured, but reported merely that he came each year to Lourdes and went away relieved. Then followed a lady, a countess, alarmingly thin, with a most ex- traordinary history. Originally cured of consumption seven years before by the Holy Virgin, she had had four children and had again fallen a vietim to the same disease, and had now the morphine habit, but was already relieved by her first bath, and ex- pected that ve'y night to join in the torch- light procession with twenty-seven members of her family brought to Lourdes by her. Then came a woman aficted with nervous aphonia, who, after month* of absolute speechlessness, had suddenly recovered her voice when the Holy Sacrament had been carrfed past at the service of the fourth hour. “Gentlemen,” declared Dr. Bonamy, with the affectation of a savant with very broad fdeas, “‘you know that when it Is a question of & nervous disease we do not retain such cases. However, notice that this woman had been nursed for si¢ months at Salpetriere Yet she was obliged to come here.to have her tongue set free at once.” Ho felt provoked, howover, because he would like to have shown a really fine ca to the man from Parls, such as were some- times to be found in the procession at the fourth hour, which was the special hour of grace and exaltation, when the Holy Virgin interceded for her elect. Up to this the cures that had been recorded were doubtful and without Interest. Outside could be heard the moaning, the groaniag of the this girl had been verified that morning, and she was cured, what for_the grotto, n undeniable 1 forward a extorior sores. 1 men consider A poor nutriti \ young glrl had just come in tes of Tupus man with his fam Plerre had recognized Sophie Couteau, the He smiled sadly While Dr. miraculously Eling Rouquot the lotion and ratucn each day to b a beginning. in this case.’ was quite upset details to the little blonde man, who listened a carles of the b There fs nothing Mgbte Now the bureau amputation, an awful sore that sup. purated, all cured in a moment at the first | t ‘I am cured! She then told hody they could not bathe her man about it at first; that shf had her graceful supplicated that commanded attention after recetving the formal 1 go to chureh, and I was obliged to keep It constantly wrapp things ran out voire, the doctor, who had made an incision . though she had been sweating and a piece of the bone, which would have made = tingling all over , excited and radiant, went and sos unable to keep quiet such a desi ked my foot to be cured nothing left on my foot prostrated on bench of the rallway carriage, coughing and Dr. Bonamy followed every word with an straight, activ her eyes sparkling with lifs bad given He could not recognize her | her cheeks flaming, all the joys and desires that back to her, “Gentlemen,” words of your Rivolre saw my foot “No matter whether it the deyil who has cured this child it AM CURED, sems to me to be a most Interesting case. Let us see.’” He asked for La Grivotte's papers. they could not be found am documents that littered the two tables, the young men everything upside down, the seryice himself and Jook the same to me. The fact remaius that she is cured.” They all laughed, the cffect of the saying And, Sophie, tell what you said ang (Lhe heapast the directress of your ward. Soments many cloths ; for my foot, and I sald to her: Virgin is very kind to cure me the first day, for by tomorrow my store would have be exhansted.” Fresh laughter w the “chief of himself, he discovered the paper under the largo register that lay open before him found it contained three medical certificates, three gave e as one of advanced consumption, made more specially complicated by s heard, a general satis- faction to find her so sweet, even If she had manner and with the ance of truth: nervous ante- nodded his to say that such a record left absolutely no Then, for a long while, he sounded He murmured: I hear nothing.” must touch quickly shown, white, very clean, even well cared for, with the scar under the ankle, a long scar, whose white edges bore testimony of the gravity Several of the doctors who drew near looked at it without speaking. doubt already the Invalld's lungs. “I can hear nothing. “Or hardly anything.' Then, turning to the twenty doctors who were there, “Gentlemen, kindly lend me their light on we are here to learn and discus: ve or thirty an entirely would not have cost her any more. Virgin had chosen to leave a scar it was to that for his part he_must once his place was filled by an other, and this was much more categorical He heard nothing and safd that the woman consumptive. followed; all ended by coming, who maintained a qniet Confusion reigned as each gave his opinion that differed from the next, and 5 hubbub that could not distinguish what was said. Dargeles alone pre solute serenity, of those e the miracle had entered further demonstrating of bone and skin had been supplied ins! was of course inexplic: 11" interrupted save five or by natural means, the little blond man 80 many things but a finger cut 'hen he added 4 bis calm and “IF 1 possessed a spring that healed thus all wounds I should startle the whole world. I do not know just how I should do it was already taking his notes at a corner of Somewhat apart, Plerre and Dr Chassalgne oount of the nolse were not overheard those pools that sald the young priest miracles 8o exactly master of the an extraordinary power, Think of such most divine! 1 saw jusi “Those pools where needs ho a all as clear as mania and craze for antiseptic pre Ho discussed his of executive cautions rec a fearful blow from such Having agreed that all the Invalids could not he examined upon their arrival, he went on to agk w! should not nasty disease does not kill all the invallds? Adyersaries indeed laugh.' The doctor stopped him “No, no, my child; even if the baths are not cloan they are not dangerous. The heat r attains more than established exterlor sores. would be at the most thirty subjects, who would be submitted to a preliminasy exami- commission. would then be prepared, and the sores might even be photographed cured, it only remained for the commission of the water degrees Reaumur, Then, if they were There are no cases of cholera, nor typhus, nor varioloid, nor scarlet fever, nor measles. questions of internal diseases, there always oxisted a dificuly in diagnos- The evidence would be plain Bonamy said: we only ask for en- The dificulty would be to get If you know how little ever, It Is certainly rofula, tumors, ule consumption transmissabl The old sores that are feared and On this point, cancers and named are water in the baths. lightenment such a commission. ofter no risk of contagion I assure you, thers 48 no need for the Holy a new iden Virgin to interfere.t Ho was relleved by the arrival of a fresh While little Sophie Couteau was put- ting on her shoe and stocking, already for- gotten, Elise Rouquet, with her hideous face, womay in all_her periods, cases of rheumatism, heark troubles and cons. half slead and sweating?" Bhere are certain heroie lated that since early morning she had been bathing her face with a rag at the fountain, and It seemed to her that and flery looking dry up and get less red wretched girl, asures that An_ oy ath consumptive, cortain circumstances it might had already commenced to night surely kill a look far less horrible. This caused a- fresh the subject Mttle blonde tdea of establishing a spectal it the condition of something supernatfiral does exist still am willing to toncede that cures must ted by natural means. immersion in cold wa! terlor sores thanks to the that appears to us them; in fact, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. MAY 20, 1894--TWENTY PAGES, 0 stupld and cruel. Ah! what we do not know! It is what we do not know He once more began to rave In his anger his hatred of sclence, that he now dis trusted ever sinea ho had been left dis tracted and powerless to ald the agony of his wife and daughte You ask for certainty, Surely medicine will not be able to give it to yo Listen to these gentlemen for an instant and you will b ediffed! Ia it not splendid, their perfoct confusion, in which every opinion are thoroughly understood, down to smallost phase of this evolution. Ther remedies whose effects have been studied with most scrupnlous cire, but what i known or can be known is the relation c the remedy to the disease, for every invalid constitutes a dfsease, and cach time must frosh experience That is why the tice of medicine Is an art, because one an never establish a settled rule; curing always depends on chance or some luck cir umstance found by the genius of the physt clan, So when these people all come here to discuss It makes me laugh when they talk about the absolute laws of sclence Where are such laws to be found in medi cine? Lot them show them to me.” He did not intend to say more, but was overcome by his feeling: “I told you that I now believed, But I can easily ‘understand that our good friend, Dr. Bonamy, is not at all aroused, and that he invites physicians from all over the world hers to study these miracies. The greater the number of d the less will trath bo proven in the midst of the battle of nosss and the methods for their treatment If they cannot agree about an exterior sore they will never do so regarding afy internal troible, the existence of which one will deny, while the other will positively affirm 1t to be there. So why should not the whole thing be a miracle? For whether in the end nature acts or some unknown power, the doctors themselves are often much surprised to see a result that they barely predicte Things certainly are very badly aged here. Certificates from unknown doctors do not amount to much. There should be a strict supervision over such documents. But even if you permit absolute scientific regu lations, you would be very stupid, my dear child, it 'you imagined that a thorough con- ction would exist in all minds. The fault In man, and there is no more herole undertaking than to establish as a fact the very least of trulsms.’ Plerre began now to comprehend what this all meant—all that was taking place at Lourdes—this extraordinary spectacle at which the world had assisted for years, amid th devoted adoration of some and ‘the mock- ing laughter of others. Certainly.. the whole matter was very badly understood—almost fgnored; but a hidden force moved it on first the suggestion, then the perturbation of anticipation, the fascination of the journey, the prayers and the hymns, a growing exul tation and finally the healing breath, the unknown power that separated itself from the masses in o marked crisis of faith. He even fancied it rather stupid not to helieve in these frauds. The facts themselyes were very great, but at the same time far more simple. It was not necessary for the fathers of the grotto to condescend to lie—they must only needs add to the confusion to utilize the universal Ignorance. oy might even confess that all was done fn good faith—the unknown doctors wl e the certificatcs, the comforted invalids who fancied them selves cured and the enthusinstic witnesses who vowed they hadl scen. After all this, it was cvidenfly impossible to prove whether there had cr had not been a miracle. From that moment did not the miracle become an actual fact to the larger number for all those who suffered and for those who had need for hope? Seeing they were falking somewhat apart from the others, Dr. Bonamy approached, and Piorre dared to ask him: In about what proportion are the cures effected? “About 10 per cent,” he answered. Then seaing that the young priest had nothing to say in rebuttal, he added with good nature “Oh, we should easily obtain a larger per- contage; they would all say they were cured it we would listen. But I must confess that I am here to rather superintend these mira- cles, My only unction is to suppress too much zeal and not to allow saintly things to he ridiculed. In fact, my bureau fs an office to approve when the recorded cures seem conclusive.”” Here he was interrupted by low mutterings. It was Raboin, who was greatly enraged. “Recorded cures—re- corded cures, what do they amount to? The miracle goes on forever. To those who be- lieve what is the use of verifying? They need only bow and belteye. To those who do not belleve what good does it do them? They will never be convinced. It s simply stupid what they are doing here.” Dr. Bonamy ordered him to stop talking. “Raboin, you are a rebel. I shall tell Father Capdetarthe that I no longer want you here If you sow such sceds of disobedi- ence.” This man was right, however, even if he id show his teeth always ready to bite when his faith was assalled. ~Plerre looked at him sympathetically. Al this task in the bureau of verifications, so badly done at best, was indeed useless; wounding to the real be- lievers, insufficient to those who doubted, was the miracle ever proven? It must be credited. Nothing could be understood the moment God Intervened. In all the centuries of absolute belief science had never been able to explain the existence of God. What was science doing now? It morely swal lowed up faith, but decreased itself. No, no; down on your knees, kiss the ground and believe! or else go away. There was no possible compromise. The moment an ex- amination began there was no stopping, there could be but a fatal end to doubt Plerre was greatly perturbed by the ex- traordinary bits of conversation he heard about him. Bellevers were talking about miracles with the greatest familiarity and unheard of tranquillity. The most stu- pendous facts merely filled them with serenity. Another and still another miracle! and they related the imaginations of tho 1l one with a smile, without oven the slightest protestation of their own reason They _evidently lived in the midst of snch a vislonary fever that nothing surprised them And It was not only simple souls, childlike illiterate or hallucinated brains, like that of Raboin, but there were also clevgr people with cultivated minds—students, Dr. Bonamy and others. It was ineredible. And Plerre felt his own uneasiness increase, a dull augur that must end by breaking out. His biain was working like that of some poor wretch who has been thrown into the water, who seems to feel the waves from all around cover and strangle him, and he thought that minds such as that of Dr.. Chassaigne, who have sunk under a blind belief, must first have struggled through such an’ unrest and battle before the final shipwreck came. He looked at him, and saw him infinitely sad, struck down by destiny, like a feeble child, who cries, henceforth alone in the world. Yet he could not restrain the cry of protestation that rose to his lips >, no; If one may not know all, even it one may never attain it, that is ro argu ment to cease learning. It is not right that the unknown should feed on debility and ig norance. On the contrary, it should be our eternal hope that one day these (hings will be explained, and we should have Lut one ideal—that of marching forward to the un known to acquire it, that slow victory over mind through the misery of our body and our intelligence. Ah! Reason, it is for thee I suffer, but It is from thee also that I r celve all my strength! When thou diest the whole being dies also! Content to relinquish all happiness, 1 have but the ardent wish to satisfy thee more and more!" Tears were forming in Dr. Chassalgne's eyes. He was doubtless thinking about his dear dead ones. He murmured presently “Reason, reason; yes, it certalnly Is a source of great pride, the dignity of !iving But there i also love, which s the all power- ful motive in life, the sole good to he ac quired, and when it is lost His volce broke in a sob. As he wechani cally turned over the papers before the table he found one that bor ters the name of Mario de Guersaint opened it and read the certificates of the 1wo doctors, who had come to the conclusion that she suffered from a paralysis of the marrows. He continued “Look here, my child. I know that you have a great affection for Mile. de Guersaint What would you say if she were cured here { find certificates here, signed by honorable names, and you know that paralysis of this nature 18 almost incurab Well, if this young person were suddenly to run and Jump, as I bhave seen so many others do, Would you not feel very happy? Would you not finally admit the intervention of some supernatural power Plerre was about to answer, when ke sud denly remembered the consultation with his cousin, Beauclair, who had predicted the miracle Itke a clap of thunitor apon nwaken ing, an exultation of the entire being, nnd ho felt his misgivings Incroase, so simply said Indoed T showld be happy. And you are right; It is oniy ne to wish for hap piness in all the turmoll of this world could no longer remain thore. The lown his face. Dr, Bonamy was dictating to ne of the mon from the seminary tha r f the examination of La Grivotte Father Dargeles, overlooki i sometimes whispered in his ear to ask to modify some phras Otherwi tumult still kept on around them. The d usslon among the doctors had turned row upon technical points, of interest cnly In th pectal case under contem oIt was Impossible to breathe between iliss ten walls, and a_nausen turned hoth :tomachs and brains. The little blonde man, the influ ential writer from Paris, had heen chliged to away, disgusted mot to ha en A miracle. Plerre sald to Dr. 7h us get out of here. 1 feel I They went out at the same time as La Irivotte, who was being excused. At once at the very door, they fell into a perfect wave of people, pushing, crushing one an jther to see the miraculously cured woman News of the miracle had already got about, and every one hurried to gaze at the elect one, to question her, to touch her. And she, with her crimson cheeks and flaming oyes, could only repeat, with her triumphant air, “I am cured! I am cured!” Cries drowned her voice and she was ov whelmed in the clamor of the rabble " she was lost to view as though under; then she suddenly re appeared close to Plerre and the doctor who were trying to escape. They had Just met the commandant, one of whose manias was to go down to the pools and to the grotto to get provoked. Tightly buttoned In his frock coat, like a soldier, he was still leaning on his stick with lts silver knob, dragging his left leg slightly, that had been stiffened by a second stroke of paralysis. His face reddened, his eyes flashed with anger when La Grivotte pushed him to pass by, repeating in the midst of the enthusiasm of the mobbing crowd “I am cured! [ am cured “Well,” he cried, seized with sudden anger, “so much the worse for you my young woman.’ They exclaimed and began to laugh, for he was well known and his mania for death was pardoned. But when he stammered onfused words, saying it was a shame to want to live when ones had neither beauty nor fortune, and that this girl should hav preferred to die rather than to suffer again, people around him commenced to scold, and Abbe Judaine, who was passing, tried to stop him. He took him aside. “Do_be silent, my friend. It s scanda- lous! Why do you thus rave against the greatness of God, who grants favors by somemmes helping our suffercrs? You ought to fall on your own knees, I tell you, and beseech him to give you back the use of your to allow you to live ten years Tonger. Then he nearly strangled “Who, I ask, for ten years of life, when the best day of my lfe will be the one on which I go? To be as mean, as low as these thonsands of invalids that I see her in rows, in mortal terror of death, bemoan ing their weakness, the unavowed possion for living? Ah, no, I should be ashamed May,_ I die, and that at once. It would be good no longer to exist.” Finding himself near Dr. Chassalgne, Pierre, who had finally got clear of the crowd of pilgrims on the edge of the Gave, addressed the doctor, whom he often m “Did they not attempt to resuscitate a man a short time ago? They told me about | i» and I nearly died! Hein doctor, do you understand? 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