SISTER LUCRETIA, S. C. S. P. I want it strictly understood by my readers that all the letters I have here produced were written by me while I was yet a sister at St. Vincent's Hospital, and superintendent of the third floor of that institution. I could tell the same facts without the evidence of these letters, and in a great many less words, but I wish to let the world know that I knew while there that the governing heads of the institution were doing nothing to better the then existing conditions of inharmony and discord among the sisters; but, on the other hand, were making matters worse for them by transferring older sisters who were acquainted with the work and supplanting them with younger sisters who were ignorant in the care of the sick. In a few words the wrongs could be summed up as follows: National hatred and jealousy; The rule of the system compelling the sisters to report on the other sisters to the superior, which means a great many false reports; The employment of sisters who had no previous experience, and the transferring of those who did know about the care of the sick; Superiors who were absolutely unqualified for hospital work; Non-care of sick sisters; Ignorance and blind obedience; The numberless religious practices which took us away from the sick, very often when they needed the most careful attention; Besides the taking care of the sick, the many other obligations which the sisters were called upon to perform--such as laundry work, janitor work, kitchen work, etc. And no one to go to for redress in case of wrong. CHAPTER X. MY REMOVAL FROM ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL. On the tenth of July, 1911, I went to Vancouver, Washington, for my annual retreat. Immediately upon my return to St. Vincent's, July 19, I was summoned to the room of the Provincial Superior, Mother Nazareth, and she informed me that I had been "nominated" to go to Cranbrook, B. C., saying that as my health had not been very good for some time, the change would be good for me. I had undergone a very serious operation some time before this, from which I had not fully recovered. The nervous strain caused by the troubles within the order had not been of any physical benefit to me, owing to the weakened condition of my system from the operation. So I told Mother Nazareth that I did not think that going up in the mountains where the climate was so cold would be very beneficial to my health. I also told her that I did not think that my health was the reason for my removal, but that it was on account of reports, and I wished to know what some of them were. She refused to tell me, and I told her that if she did not care to, or would not, I would go to higher authority, the Superior General. Talk about system, and the traveling of news! On July 21st, two days after I was informed that I was to go to Cranbrook, I received the following letter: House of Providence, Vancouver, Wash., July 20, 1911.