Part 3 (1/2)

He passed seventeen days in prison,--yet was totally ignorant of the cause,--when Figueroa cas, he asked whether he co those who had frequently cohter, the latter of as young and beautiful

These, especially the daughter, had h ladies of rank, had deter their way to the shrine of Veronica, in the city of Jaen

This occasioned so great a sensation throughout the city of Alcala that Dr Giruellus, as the guardian of the tonatius was the cause of their action, ordered hi to be fully infornatius said: ”These wo about from place to place to assist the poor they found in the different hospitals I, however, disapproved of their design, on account of the daughter, as quite young and beautiful, representing to theed to assist the poor, Alcala presented a broad enough field for their labors, and they could satisfy their devotion by acco carried to the sick” When Ignatius had finished his account, Figueroa and the notary departed, after writing dohat had taken place

Calisto, a co fronatius, hastened fro, and caht be cast into prison

Ignatius advised hio to the Vicar, who received him kindly, and promised to send him to prison It was necessary, he said, for him to be detained until the return of the woreed hat he and Ignatius had stated

As the confineh the intervention of a professor as a friend of his, obtained his liberation

When Ignatius had been in prison forty-two days, the women returned

He was once more visited by the notary, who ain his freedom It was this: He and his co as the other students, and refrain fro the truths of faith until they had finished four ress in his studies than the rest, yet he confessed that he had not been solidly grounded And this he was alont to say whenever he was questioned

When Ignatius heard the judgment passed upon himself and his companions, he was at a loss what to do, for he saw very little chance of advancing the salvation of souls, hindered as he was for no other reason than that of not having completed a full course of study

He finally resolved to trust the entire affair to the good sense and judg Alcala, he found at Valladolid

To the Archbishop, then, hewith the uth it was not a ment, he determined to act as the Archbishop should advise

The Archbishop received hi to Sala hi hi necessary for his journey, he disainst thenatius promised obedience, but at the same time observed that they were too poor to provide the this, the Vicar himself supplied what they needed, and they set out for Alcala

Four of his companions had already taken up their abode at Salanatius went to church to pray, and was recognized by a pious lady, who, asking his name, conducted him to his companions About ten or twelve days after their arrival at Salanatius had made his confession, pressed hiious wished to see hi the invitation ”in the naht it well for hi, at the sa that many questions would be put to hirim came in company with Calisto

When dinner was over, the Superior, together with the confessor and others, conducted Ignatius to a chapel, and after expressing his pleasure at the good account received of hi a

He was first questioned in reference to his studies Ignatius answered that he had spentthan his coe was not very extensive, as he had never laid a solid foundation

”Why, then, do you preach?” broke in the natius; ”we are wont to talk fas with some, in much the same as after dinner we converse with our host”

”About what divine things?” continued the monk; ”this is the very point upon which ish information”

”About different virtues and vices,” rejoined Ignatius, ”endeavoring to inculcate a love of virtue and a detestation of vice”