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Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

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CHAPTER II.<br />

\. social Oircle, <strong>in</strong> which <strong>the</strong> conversation turns upon Catholic<br />

Schools and Priestcran- Protestant and Romish Institutions<br />

compared-Policy of <strong>the</strong> Hierarchy discussed.<br />

"I TDINX it so strange, Mrs. May, to hear that Ara-<br />

»ella is ttend<strong>in</strong>g a Catholic <strong>in</strong>stitution I" said Mrs.<br />

~lenn, address<strong>in</strong>g a very fashionable-look<strong>in</strong>g lady who<br />

-at next her.<br />

"It is not Iier choice, but m<strong>in</strong>e i" responded Mrs.<br />

JIay.<br />

"That is still more s<strong>in</strong>gular - that you, a Protest-<br />

mt, should prefer educat<strong>in</strong>g your daughter at a<br />

aomish school, <strong>in</strong>deed surprises me much !"<br />

"I cherish no religious prejudices, Mrs. Glenn."<br />

"That is well; I wish all <strong>the</strong> world could say as<br />

nuch. For my own part, I belong to no church-<br />

lave never been identified with any religious denom-<br />

.nation whatever; but I cannot help regard<strong>in</strong>g it as<br />

very <strong>in</strong>consistent, and exceed<strong>in</strong>gly <strong>in</strong>judicious, <strong>in</strong><br />

Protestant parents, to place <strong>the</strong>ir children <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

lands and under <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>fluence of papists, for <strong>in</strong>s trueion."<br />

"lIow remarkable I I can see noth<strong>in</strong>g to be afraid<br />

f <strong>in</strong> Catholic schools. More than half <strong>the</strong> young<br />

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