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.LA SCEUR ROSALIE. SOT
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tomorrow we are going * to pillage the archbishop ' s palace . _" But : faubourg she , as " usual with , characteristic defended the reputation and warmth of tlie ; men saying of her 6 * They belove did d
not know we had those holy energy priests in our house , but if they had they would certainlhave helped us to protect them ; " and it was a
fact that , during the y Moodiest days of June , some nuns , devoted to the teaching of little girlsbecame aware of threats to destroy their
house bfireand in mortal , alarm sent to tell La Sceur Rosalie . She , sent back y word , for them not to fear , and that very evening she
* despatched a party of armed men to protect the house , and the one in command told the rest to make no noise lest the nuns and their
little charges should have a bad night ! As she always acted on a simple rule of Christian love , and did
not mix up with politics , she interfered to save the victims of defeat just as heartily as if she had never tried to prevent them from
rising ; and in the troubles succeeding the accession of Louis Philippe , men of all parties became compromised , and so flew to La Soeur
Rosalie . She never refused her aid , but hid them , disguised and got some of them off to places of safety . She was at last denounced
as having helped rebels to escape , and the head of the common police , who was very grateful to her for some past services , sent to
warn her of her danger . But she would not cease in endeavoringfco save lives , and at last the prefet de policeM . Gisquet , provoked
_^ by the escape of a man of some importance , signed an order for her arrest , and gave it to his first functionary to put into execution thero
and then . " Policeman X " implored the prefet to spare this insult to the _" Mother of the Poor ; " said he , " Her arrest would arouse
the whole Faubourg Saint Marceau , and would prove the signal for a riot we should never l » e able to quell ; the whole population -would
rise in her defence . " " This'Soeur Rosalie is then a very powerful person , " exclaimed the prefet" I'll go and see her . " Off he went
to the Rue de l'Epee-de-Bois _^ , where he found the usual crowd assembled . La Scour , who had never seeahim before , received him
with her usual politeness , asked him to wait until she had finished her business , and then , apologising for having kept him waiting-,
asked in what way she could render him assistance ! " Madame , " . replied M . Gisquet" I am not come to ask , but rather to give
, ( hel i Do p ; you I a know m the prefe ma Soeur t de police " said . " M La . Gisquet Sceur increased , " that you in her are civility heavily .
compromised , " etc ., etc ., etc . " Monsieur le prefet" replied La Soeur Rosalie , " I am a Sister of
Charity , and carry no political flag . I help the unfortunate whenever I find them , and I promise that if ever you are pursued yourself
and come to me to help you , you shall not be turned away . " M . Gisquet could not resist smiling , and perhaps in his heart
trembling also ; for in those days of revolution no man knew who might be next amenable to the temporary law . Finding he could make
no impression on her , lie took his leave , saying he should let her off
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1860, page 307, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011860/page/19/
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