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EARLY JESUITS OF MICHIGAN.
dug out under a large rotten tree which shielded it on one side, and supported by some fir branches which sheltered it from the wind. I entered on the other side, almost flat on my face, but creeping in I found a treasure, a poor woman, abandoned by her husband and by her daughter, who had left her two dying children, one about two and the other about three years old. I spoke of the faith to this poor, afflicted creature who listened to me with pleasure. "Brother, " says she, "I know well that our folks reject thy words, but for
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