The Black Veil.
An English pap r states that Father Ignatius " lately put the black veil on a sister of the English Benedictine Congregation , -x whp(h ad r cpmpjetedf iierj-j tgfdi years' noviciate. 'After a very gorgeous ceremony, the girl was laid on a bier, covered with a pall, and carried away to a dark cell, where she was to spend the/resrtipf jher Vi lite r in.:spjitude^;.j The priest told his' own view of his sHare m th» ! < wretched- transaction, m these words :—^ G«od»-people r .l^m M jeLther > going to perform an. acton of. the most horrible _cmeity/ for xirhfdb'" l deserve, that our gracious Queen should have me huner- or I^m going to > perform. W most righteous, useful, and merciful action, m helping this young novice to make so 'tremendous a (sacrifice .of. iher; Ufe.' J (I
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 33, 14 March 1883, Page 2
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138The Black Veil. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 33, 14 March 1883, Page 2
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