strangers, had only the sight of one eye, and command of her native language, but confiding in her whose heavenly commission she was fulfilling, she courageously prepared for the journey.

The novice who accompanied Sister Adele could fortunately speak a little English. Together they travelled through Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and some of the Eastern states. Very few turned a deaf ear to their appeal, and the result of their labors, a magnificent convent and adjoining church, to-day mark the spot where our Blessed Lady stood, and commissioned Adele to undertake the work of instructing the little ones so dear to the Sacred Heart of her compassionate Son, and of whom He said "Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not, for of such are the kingdom of God." Miss Eliza Allen Starr in her own inimitable style, writes touchingly that," this humble school of instruction for these wandering lambs of the fold of Christ has changed the wilderness into a garden of delights to the Saviour of souls."

Many wonderful cures both spiritual and corporal, have been, and are daily being wrought there. The numerous crutches and many inscriptions left by grateful hearts are proofs of this. Sister Adele's band of helpers now numbers nineteen, but she herself gives the instruction in Christian doctrine.

It was on one of our Sweet Lady's most beautiful feasts, that of her glorious Assumption, that the writer had the happiness of visiting this favored shrine and of listening to Sister Adele explaining, to a class of very young children, the meaning of the Feast. Whenever she mentioned our Blessed Lady's name it seemed, by the look of rapture which overspread her face, as if she was once again favored by a vision of the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary.

Boys and girls, the Editor asks as a particular favor that each one of you will try to fill at least one card so as to obtain THE ROSARY for some hospital or prison. As the magazine comes to you in your pleasant houses where you enjoy the care and love of fond parents, be grateful to God and our Lady, and remember the poor who are sick in hospitals and the unhappy people who are in prisons. How good it will be to send THE ROSARY to them!

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DEAR LITTLE CHILDREN OF THE ROSARY:

With this number we begin our second year together. And it is our Blessed Mother's month too. The Editor is glad for this and happy also to be with the little ones. He hopes that during the new ROSARY year all the Children of the Rosary will continue faithful to the dear Lady and Queen of Heaven. But particularly during this month they will try to show their love for their Blessed Mother by being "extra good."

We wish, dear Children, to have you around our dear Lord, as you see the little ones in the beautiful picture that we give you.

When our Lord lived among the people on earth, He blessed and embraced the little children becanse they were good and innocent, and he loved to have them near Him. So, dear children, are you loved and we wish to have you bound together, under the protection of the Blessed Virgin who loves you more tenderly than even your parents love you.

You will all, therefore, try to be true children of the Rosary. You will try to say the Beads every day; you will study the instructions on the mysteries; and you will love our Lord and our Lady more and more day by day.

You will all become young soldiers of the Angelic Warfare, taking St. Thomas Aquinas for your patron. You will also remember the poor and the sick in the hospitals and prisons, and you will try to get the Magazine for them. Read what AQUINAS has arranged for you and try to help.

But we shall not expect that you will work always. We want you to read the stories we give you, so that you may enjoy yourselves in this way. Every month we shall give you something new. Aquinas will get lots of nice pictures and stories and prizes for the children of the Rosary.

But to deserve these you must pray, you must love God and His Blessed Mother, you must study, you must live like good children of the Rosary. God bless you all. Pray for

THE EDITOR

Do you know, dear children, that there are young folks, and older ones, too, who are living in poorhouses, or in asylums, or, alas! some in prisons or houses of correction, and perhaps they never see a good book never have one to read, and yet many of them would enjoy them as much as you do, and all would be better for the reading of them, as, we hope, you all are. It has made the Editor feel very, very badly to think that he has not been able to send THE ROSARY to all these poor people free of cost to them, but it takes, oh, so much money to "run a magazine," as literary people say, that truly, dear children, he could not afford to send so many copies free. But if everybody would only help him, then poor people would be made happy by the monthly visit of THE ROSARY, that you all greet so gladly.

Do you see this little picture of a rosary, boys and girls? Do you notice that the large beads are finished while the small ones are just 150 little rings? Now, we have this rosary printed on cards for all who desire to help send the magazine to the poor.

Ask all those whom you know to make one or more beads, that is with pen or pencil to fill in the little rings, giving one cent for each. You will thus collect $1.50, the price for which THE ROSARY will be sent to any poor person, or charitable institution, or prisoner, as you desire to send it, though the regular price is now $2.00 a year.

You see that on the card there is a place for the name and address of the poor person, or the institution and for your own name and address. Fill these blanks and then send the card to Rev. J. L. O'Neil, O. P,, New York. He will send the magazine to the poor whom you name, and will send a pretty autograph album to you.

It was evening in May. The Brooklyn Bridge was crowded. At the entrance passengers pushed and jostled one another rudely. On the promenade could be heard the hurrying tread of many feet, and at either side sounded the heavy rolling of the cable cars.

As John Malone pursued his way amid the throng of pedestrians toward New York's sister city, his young heart was sick and sad.