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Show m The Cure's Hint. Canon Delaumosne, the cure of Nan-terre, Nan-terre, who has just died at the age of 97, retained full use of his faculties to his last day. Cardinal Richard, the late archbishop of Paris, tried on several occasions to induce him to retire from active work and at last, finding suggestions sug-gestions useless, sent one of his vicars to visit him with instructions that he must bring back with him the resignation of the almost centenarian cure. The cure received the cardinal archbishop's arch-bishop's envoy with the utmost cordiality cordial-ity and begged him to share his modest meal, an invitation which was accepted, as the vicar was not in too great a hurry to approach his. delicate task. Before the meal the canoi proposed a little walk just to arouse the appetite and took his guest straight to the cemetery, where he showed ,him his tomb, all ready, with a marble ' plate thus inscribed: in-scribed: v-( "Monsieur, the Capon Delaumosne, born in 1512, died, curie of Nanterre, in The vicar understood; he lunched with the canon and nevVr broached the subject which had brought him to Nanterre. Nan-terre. "Nanterre is a small sururb of Paris, but it is on record thai the canon, preaching "in his church oe day to pilgrims pil-grims who had gathered fnpm all quarters quar-ters for the veneration of Si Genevieve, began with the words: "People of Pu-teaux, Pu-teaux, Courb.evoie, Paris an 1 other suburbs sub-urbs of Nanterre." 0 Thou who lovest not afione The swift success, the Inistant goal, But hast a lenient eye to inark The failures of th' inconstant soul. Consider not my little worth--The mean achievement, scamped in . act, , The high resolve and low result, The dream that durst not fjace the fact. But count, the reach of my deWre, Let this be something in Thy sight 1 have not in the slothful dark Forgot the Vision and the H eight. Neither my body nor my soul To earth's low ease will yiojld consent. con-sent. , I I praise Thee for my will to rjtrive, I bless Thy goal of discontent, l , Charles G. D. Ijtoberts. |
