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254,
IS 254.2 Story of an Emigrant.
gious disease or apoisonous snake is simply a dispensation
of Providence by which they are called away to a better life.
As an illustration of this fact I mention the following
incident: One day while I was inspecting an American vessel a
Hindoo laborer fell overboard, and a Norwegian sailor
plunged into the water and saved him. After being brought
safely on the deck the Hindoo became so angry at the
Norwegian that he could have killed him, simply because he had
prevented his entering paradise. Such occurrences are quite
frequent.
I mentioned that I met a sister of mercy at the death-bed
of an American cholera patient in the hospital. I cannot
neglect this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude
to these noble women, the modern nuns of the Catholic
church. I have seen them in the dens of degradation and
wretchedness in the American cities, among the sick,
wounded and dying soldiers 011 the battle-fields of the South;
I have seen them in an Arabian sea-port, searching for
poverty-stricken travelers, among the cholera patients and
among the unfortunate inmates of the prisons of India,
always performing the same angelic duty, helping the poor,
tending the sick, and comforting the despondent. Of
course I am 110 Catholic, nor is it my intention to defend the
Catholic faith; but I wish to acknowledge my appreciation
of and pay mv respect to the noble work which the priests
and nuns of that church are carrying on among the lowly
and erring members of our race.
The Hindoos are the most polite and clever people I ever
saw. Their manners are exquisitely fine; 110 rudeness, 110
profanity, no intemperance is to be found among them, not
even among the lowest classes. As has been said already,
the higher classes are exceedingly polished and cleanly; all
treat their parents and old people with marked respect. I
shall narrate a few incidents to illustrate this: Shortly after
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