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JUGGLER TO OURLADY
By ANATOLE FRANCE
In the time of King Louis, there
lived in France a poor juggler, native
of Compiegnc, named Barnabas, who
went among the villages doing /eats
of strength and skill. On market
days he would spread out on the pub-
lis square an old carpet very much
worn, and, after having attracted the
children and the gazing bumpkins
by some suituble pleasantries which
be bad adopted from an old juggler
and which never changed at all, he
would assume grotesque attitudes and
balance a plate on his nose.
The crowd at first looked at him
with indifference. But when, stand
ing on his hands with his head down
ward, he tossed in the air six sopper
balls which glittered in the sun, and
.caught them again with his feet; or
when, by bending backward until his
neck touched his heels, he gave his
body the form a perfect wheel, and
in that posture juggled with twelve
knives, a murmur of admiration rose
from the onlookers, ami pieces of
money rained upon the carpet.
However, like the majority of those
who live by their talents, Barnabas
uf Compiegnc had much difficulty in
living. Earning his bread by the
sweat of his brow, before more than
his part of the miseries connected
with the fall of Adam, our father.
Moreover, he was unable to work as
much as he would have wished. In
order to show off his fine accomplish
ment, he needed the warmth of the
nun and the light of day, just as do
the trees in order to produce their
blossoms and fruits.
In winter he was nothing more than
a tree despoiled of its foliage ami to
appearance dead. The frozen earth
was hard for the juggler. And, like
the grasshopper of which Marie of
Trance tells, he suffered from cold
and from hunger in the bnd season.
Bat, since he possessed a simple
heart, he bore his ills in patience.
He had never reflected upon the
origin of riches, nor upon the ine
quality of human conditions. He be
lieved firmly that, if this world is evil,
the other cannot fail to be good, and
thia hope sustained him. He did not
mutate the thieving mountebanks and
miscreants who have sold their souls
*o the devil. Re never blasphemed
■the name of Gor; he lived honestly,
and, although he had no wife, he did
not covet his neighbor’s, for woman is
thr enemy of strong men, as appears
fan history of Samson, which is re-
jported in the Scriptures.
In truth, he had not a spirit which
turned to carnal desires, and it would
fame cost him more to renounce the
jugs than the women. For, nlthough
without failing in sobriety, he loved
Id drink when it was warm. He was
a good man, fearing God and very
Aaoout toward the Ilolv Virgin. He
■fad never failed, when he entered a
church, to kneel before the image of
the Mother of God and address to her
this prayer: “Madame, take cure of
life until it may please God that
1 die, and when I am dead, cause me
to have the joys of paradise.’ ’
II
Well, then, on a certain evening
after a day of rain, while he was
walking, sad and bent, carrying un
der his arm his bills and knives wrap
ped up in his old carpet ,an<l seeking:
fur some barn in which he might lie
down supperless, he saw on the road
■a monk who was traveling the same
way, and saluted him decorously. As
they were walking at an equal pace,
"Comrade,” said the monk, "how
rentes it that you are habited all in
green? Is it not for the purpose of
taking the character of a fool in
•ante mystery play?”
•Mot for that purpose, father," re
sponded Barnabas. “Such as you see
me, I am named Barnabas, and I am
by calling a juggler. It would be the
most beautiful occupation in the
world if one could eat every day.”
“Friend Barnabas,” replied the
monk, “tuke care what you say. There
is no more beautiful callign than the
monastic state. Therein one cele
brates the praises of God, the Virgin
and the saints, and the lifg of a monk
is a perpetual canticle to the Lord.
Barnabas answered: “Father, I con
fess that J have spoken like an igno
ramus. Your calling may not be
compared with' mine, and although
there is some merit in dancing while
holding on the tip of the nose a coin
balanced on a stick, this merit floes
not approach yours. I should like
very well to sing every day, as ,you
do, Father, the office of the most
Holy Virgin, to whom 1 have vowed
a particular devotion. I would right
willingly renounce my calling, in
which I am known from Soissons to
Beauvais, in more than six hundred
towns and villages, in order to em
brace the monastic life.”
The monk was touched by the sim
plicity of the juggler, and, as he did
not lack discernment, he recognized
in Barnabas one of those men of
good purpose whereof our Lord said:
“Let peace abide with them on earth!”
This is why he replied to him:
“Friend Barnabas, come with me, and
1 will enable you to enter the monas
tery of which 1 am the prior. He who
conducted Hary the Egyptian through
the desert has placed me on your path
to lead you in the way of salvation.”
This is how Barnabas became a monk.
In the monastery where he was
received, the brethren emously sol
emnized the eult of the Holy Virgin,
and each one employed in her service
all the knowledge and all the ability
which God had given him.
The prior, for, his part, composed
books which, according to the rules
of scholasticism, treated of the vir
tues of the Mother of God. Friar
Maurice with a learned hand copied
these dissertations on leaves of vel
lum.
Friar Alexander painted fine min-
atures, wherein one could see the
Queen of Heaven seated upon the
throne of Solomon, at the foot of
which four lions kept vigil. Around
her haloed head fluttered seven doves,
which are the seven gifts of the Holy
Spirit; gifts of fear, piety, science,
night, intelligence, and wisdom. She
had for companions six golden-haired
Virgins: Humility, Prudence, Retire
ment, Respect, Virginity, and Obedi
ence. At her feet two small figures,
nude and quite white, were standing
in a suppliant attitude. They were
souls who .implored her all-powerful
intecession for their salvation—and
certainly not in vain.
On another page Friar Alexander
represented Eve gazing upon Mary,
so that thus one might see at the
same time the sin and the redemp
tion, the woman humilated and the
Virgin exalted. Furthermore, in this
book one might admire the Well of
Living Waters, the Fountain, the
Lilly, the Moon, the Sun, and the
closed Garden which is spoken of in
the Canticle, the Gate of Heaven
and the Seat of God, and there were
also several images of the Virgin.
Friar Marbode was, similarly, one
of the most affectionate children of
Mary. He carved images in stone
without ceasing, so that his beard,
his eyebrows, and his hair were white
with dust, and his eyes were perpet
ually swollen and tearful; but he was
full of strength and joy in his ad
vanced age, and, visibly, the Queen
of Paradise protected the old age of
he rehild. Marbode represented her
seated on a bishop’s throne, her brow
encircled by n nimbus whose orb was
of pearls, and he took pains that the
folds of her rob* should cover the
feet of one of whom the prophet said:
“M* beloved is like a closed garden.”
At times, also, he gave her the fea
tures of a child full of grace, and she
seemed to sny: Lord, thou art my
Lord!”—Psalm 21:11. They had also
in the monastery several poets, who
composed, in Latin, both prose and
hymins in honor of the most high
happy Virgin Mary,/and there was
even found one Pieardinn, who set
forth the miracles of ourlady in ordi
nary language and in rhymed verses.
III.
Seeing such a concourse of praises
and such a beautiful in-gathering of
works, Barnabas lamented to himself
his ignorance and his simplicity.
Alas! he sighed as he walked along
in the little garden of Ahe convent,
“I am very fortunate not to he able,
like my brothers ,to praise worthily
the Holy Mother of God to whom 1
have pledged the tenderness of my
heart. Alas! Alas! 1 am a rude and
artless man, nnd 1 have for your
service, Madam the Virgin, neither
edifying sermons, nor tracts properly
divided according to the> rules, nor
fine paintings, nor statues exactly
sculptured, nor verse counted by feet
and marehnig in measure. I hnve
nothing, alas!’* He moaned in this
manner and abandoned; himself to
sadness. i
One night that the monks were
recreating by conversing, he heard
on eof them relate the history of a
religious who did not know how to
recite anything but the Ave Maria.
This monk was disdained for his ig
norance but having died, there came
forth from his lips five roses in hon
or of the five letters in the name of
Maria, and his sanctity was thus man
ifested. While listening to this re
cital Barnabas admired once again
the bounty of the Virgin; but he was
not consoled by the example of that
happy death, for his heart was full
of zeal, and he desired to serve the
glory of his Lady who was in Heav
en. He sought the means without be
ing able to find them, and every day
he grieved the more.
One morning, however, having
awakened full of joy, he ran to the
chapel and stayed there alone for
more than an hour. He returned there
after dinner and beginning from
that moment he went every day into
the chapel at the hour when it was
deserted, and there he passd a large
part of the time which the other
monks consecrated to the liberal and
the mechanical arts. No more was
he sad and no longer did he com
plain. A conduct so singular aroused
the curiosity cf the monks. They
asked themselves in the community
why Friar Barnabas made retreats
so frequent. The Prior, whose duty
is it to ignore nothing in the conduct
of his monks, resolved to observe
Barnabas during his solitude. One
day that he was closeted itr the chap-
e las his custom was, Dom Prior went
to observe through the windows of
the door what was going on in the
interior.
They saw Barnabas, who, before the
altar of the Holy Virgin, head down
ward, feet in air—was juggling with
six brass balls and twelve knives.
He was doing honor to the Holy-
Mother of God the feats which had
brought to him the most applause.
Not comprehending that this simple
man was thus "placing his talent and
his knowledge at the service of the
Holy Virgin, the two elders cried out
at the sacrilege.
The Prior- understood that Barna
bas had an innocent heart; but he
thought that he had fallen into de
mentia. All three were preparing to
drag him vigorously from the chapel
when they saw the Holy Virgin des
cend the steps of the altar in order
to wipe with a fold of her blue mantle
the sweat which hurst from the brow
of her juggler. Then the Prjor, pros
trating his face against the marble
slabs, recited these words:
“Blessed are the pure In heart, for
they shall see God!” “Amen,” re
sponded the elders ns they kissed the
arth.
LEAVE TO SELL LAND |
Georgia, Decatur County. |
Notice is hereby given that the un- 1
dersigned has applied to the Ordi
nary of said county for leave to sell
land belonging to the estate of Felix ’
Flanders for the payment of debts.
Said application will be heard at the
regular term of the Court of Ordi
nary for said county to be held on the
first Monday in January, 1921.
This Dec. 8. 1920.
W. E. SMITH, Administrator,
on estate of Felix Flanders.
PETITION FOR CHARTER
Georgia, Decatur County.
To the Superior Court of said County:
The petition of Bainbridge Grocery
Company respectfully shows:
1. That is was incorporated under
an order of the'Judge of the Superior
Court of said county on the 11th day
of November, 1912, for twenty (20)
years, with the rights and privileges
conferred thereunder, and was duly
organized as a corporation under said
order.
2. Your petitioner desires to
amend its charter by having conferred
upon it the following additional rights
and privileges: (a) It desires the
right to carry on the business of for
profit to itself, a bonded public ware
houseman, under the terms and pro
visions of Section 2910, etc., seq., of
the Code of Georgia of 1910, and
thereunder to qualify as such and car
ry on such business; (b) It desires the
further right to deal in for profit to
itself, stocks, bonds, securities, real
estate and all other things of value.
3. Petitioner desires its charter
extended for the additional period of
twenty years, with all the rights, priv
ileges and immunities given it under
the original order and this amend
ment, said twenty years to date from
the date of the order granting this
amendment.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner prays
that ’ an order be passed conferring
upon petitioner the additional rights
and privileges as stated hereinbefore.
HARTSFIELD and CONGER,
Petitioner’s Attorneys.
Filed in office this, the 24th day of
November, 1920.
E. A. WIMBERLEY,
Deputy Clerk Superior Court.
Georgia, Decatur County.
I, E. A. Wimberley, Deputy Clerk
of the Superior Court of said county,
hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true and correct copy of the applica
tion for charter as the same appears
of file in this officaf This Nov. 24,
1920.
E. A. WIMBERLEY.
Deputy Clerk Superior Court.
CITATION—Year’s Support.
Georgia, Decatur County. .
To All Whom it May Concern:
Notice is hereby given, that thej
appraisers appointed to set apart and
assign a year’s suport to May Bouie,
the widow of Lee Bouie, deceased,
have filed their award, and unless
good and sufficient cause is shown,
the same will be made the judgment |
of the Court at the January Term.j
1921, of the Court of Ordinary. I
This Dee. 9, 1920.
T. B. MAXWELL,
Ordinary Decatur County.
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