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"THE"HIS INTERVIEW WITH MAXIMIN. 195CHAPTER XIV.The Cure of Ars and La Salette.Cure of Ars," says M. Monnin,"had been one ofthe first to believe in the appearance of the Blessed Virginto the little shepherds of the Alps, and to rejoice in thepledge of hope thus given to the As world." a proof ofthis, we have a letter addressed by him to the Bishop ofGrenoble, in which he expresses his great confidence inOur Lady of Salette, and states the fact of his havingblessed and distributed a great number of medals andpictures representing the apparition.In the autumn of 1850 Maximin came to Ars. TheAbbe* Raymond was then acting as the coadjutorof theholy cure. In order to put the boy s veracity to the test.he received him coldly, and told him that, though he mighthave deceived others, he would not deceive the Cur ofArs.He reminded him of a case of some young girlswhohad invented a story of an apparitionsome thirty yearsbefore, and who had lately come to acknowledge theirimposture. Maximin at last said, in a temper (aswe aretold he had done before on similar occasions), Well, haveit then that I am a liar, and have seen nothing."Thenext day he had two interviews with M. le Cure, one inthe sacristy, and the other behind the altar.Maximin did not make a very favourable impression atArs. Those who saw him there were struck in the samemanner as the Bishop of Orleans, who thus describes himin his account of a visit to La Salette in 1849 :"Ihaveseen many children in my life," says Mgr. Dupanloup;"but seldom or never one who gaveme so painful an