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’ READ “THE SECRET E’JiARREACE," BEGINFJIFJG PM NEXT V“."i'EEK'S L’ DCEP.
ILL., SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1907.
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5l'he Damnaiian of Father‘ Fiizgeitaid.
tcopvrfght by w, 1). Boyce co.) or boys and girls, with a few adults. tol- limp from the bier. Yes, it was luerceaos- se :1 n seeing who it was that cam-1
Q CHAPTER L lowed or crorvaed close in catch A glimpse ihe beautirui Mercedes iiiaturin. lhe pride inlo Iheir presence, and an new Wh -
‘I O .‘ M “b t,,., “eh or the dripping form that lay uncovered and pet or the school and parish. pcred words. passed out and let! the priest
W1. is 811019 99?“ "'79 0“ - ‘I uhnn the bier. Recovering hlmsc-ll. lhe yonng (aim-r ni'- aione niih the dead. '
lion: a‘ raw: Priest. as he gassed hur- “There must be some mistake! It can- dt-red the men to (':Irl"y their hurticn him He went at once an i aned over the urn
rierii, .ov maps at the parish house in not, it cannot be-Mercedes!" ganpeg the the house. then. quietly dispersing the covered casket. gazlnglong and steadragtiy
his robe and lot. .anxiously into the (ace; priest. his face blanching whiter still. as crowd. slowly pasta:-cl up the steps and upon the tiowcr-covered corpse‘ He
0‘ me ' um“ crowd of s‘.h,,(,,K,,,,i he ionkmi upon the scene. closed the door heinna hnn. n 5 V 9 , H. a
n O ‘ in has dmmm, h(“w.,. “Yes. it 15 Mercedes Millurln and she did After listening to the tragic tale of svif- neriect or mould as the lilies which they
M?“ J9 M“ W‘ ' it on purpose. because?-" destruction and glvimz a raw Instructions us held. The fiouvr-like nice turned up to his
exclaimed one. ; Np! waiting to hear [hr rest the priest to the disposal or the ramains. t a priest own, xivaled in its loveliness and 115 purity,
“Mir God!" burst from the Mme "I19 01 hurried on, harcheaded. half-way down lht: hurtird to his (‘haunlmr and closeted him-- the roses that clustered against its coldness.
the priest‘ He staggered like .1 drunken 'kv]o(‘l( to meet the and provost-ainn. s in. ’ 5 n a
man and 1‘ men against [he post or the onn glanve at the dam: and he turned Night had mien ere he emerged. Learn. corhn with n izroan, the anguish of which
Etgps for gup’V0l'L away with a stifled grmn. inst that the unrortunnte girl had been pre- rnigiiz have rent the heart of any listener.
. - "Look, I!‘ are bringing her now-there here was no mistaking the perfect (en-< pared for burial mid home to the church He remmnati silent or some time, then rose
they cnnie rrnrn lhe lake with her. father!” turosl rhnpei. he went at once to look upon the and looked dngaln into the cold. beautiful I!
cried his Informant. or day, . remains. race of the NHL 5 '
Turning nmi looking in the dirN‘tlcm ihal of gnivlvn hair that sire" me .As he stepped “llhln the dimly llghled His nails cit-nched deep into his flesh wlilir
she pointed hr raw four men coining toward gleaming in the phadowli-sm Mm: ll-mre was place he glanced at the casket than upon auyvnwnhed lrnuird agony. The rim: (sutures ‘ -
him bearing 5:. stretcher, while a wild throng no HIIFIBKLHZ the little vihlic hand that tell the lwa nuns who knelt in prayer. They at his pallld, haggard race. tontrncttd palm‘ .
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