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    £00 LA SCEUll KOSALIE.

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    ¦ wants of which tliose who suffered never told ; and sometimes families living in a distant part of tlie townand biding their misery as they

    , thoug them as ht from from every Heaven human , from the eye , hand would of find La assistance Soeur Rosalie drop . upon She

    was particularly kind to young men who came up from the provinces to seek loyment in Paris . When these lads called on

    emp herwith a letter of recommendation and a mother ' s blessing as their , sole worldlgoodsshe fairly adopted them if she saw worth

    y , in their characters ; she found them lodgings , made cheap arrangements for their board , pushed them on in their studies and paid

    made their fees herself , and their when guarantee they had . an offer Her of moral any official vigilance clerkshi and p , h she er

    young motherl man y kindness was stud never ying seemed for the to priesthood sleep for , and these she , being made youths very . friend deli One

    promise cate and to given go and to deny see every himself morning every luxury if he had , a fire . Another a , who had left home to work for his familyunder the assurance

    that he would not be liable to military conscri , ption , found himself suddenly arrested in Paris , owing to his substitute having played

    false . La Soeur Rosalie heard of it , Trent off to the Minister of War , obtained the young man's release and a delay of two months , during

    which he might accommodate himself to the new circumstances , saywho ing , " was I would a merchant have given engaged my life in rather large than commercial he should operations go . " Another , had ,

    been detained on a long voyage . A heavy bill was presented at his counter , and his poor wife had received no money to meet it .

    her Hosalie After kindness app , who lying paid did not to the many lapse necessary into friends weakness sum in out vain ; of , she she her knew came own how purse to La to . make Soeur Bufc

    herself obeyed if necessary . A young man to whom she had rendered much service had not turned out well . She told Mm that on

    his next misdemeanor he must leave Paris . Hearing that he had again tion is trespassed waiting for she you sent at Constan for him , tinop and le said your , " Monsieur fare is settled , an , occupa here is

    -, your passport , go and pack up your portmanteau , you must leave „ a to few -night days . " in In . which vain did to settle he promise his affairs , entreat , and ; write he begged to his at relations least fox . *

    She had forecast everything , she was inflexible , and that very evening the young man , over whom she had no authority "but that of

    the ascendancy of her character , left for Constantinople without ever dreaming of disobedience . She knew also how to bring * young men

    into her works of charity . Some of them , busily engaged all the week , * had only Sunday on which they could assist her . She would

    say to these , " You heax _^ d mass this morning ; very well , do not go to ersbut sit down theretake your pen , and serve God now in

    another vesp manner , . " Then she , would dictate to them her numerous letters , explaining to them how to help the poor . Sometimes a troop

    of lads gathered from the different schools might be found in her

    £00 La Sceull Kosalie.

    £ 00 LA _SCEUll KOSALIE .

• Citation
  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1860, page 300, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011860/page/12/