Several days had elapsed since the departure of Metch-cher-us-ah-may
and the people began to inquire why she returned no more to the house
at night-fall. They went in search of her and found the wood baskets
she had used here on earth, left on top of the high rock where she had
taken her flight. Her brother then informed them that his sister had
gone to Werse-on-now as he had beheld the vision himself. The parents
recalling to mind the harsh words spoken of their dark suspicions
concerning their saint-like daughter, wept and wailed most bitterly,
and were bowed down with heavy hearts and sad regrets, that one so true
could no longer stay on earth; that God should so early call the divine
and true to His Eternal Home.
The brother who had loved his sister so devotedly, recalled to memory
the tender devotion of her trying years of patience. Heart wrung with
the strange pathetic life of his sister and the charm of its beautiful
ending, he wept until his proud heart seemed broken asunder. Weeping
tears of blood it seemed, from the heart that loved so much, for the
gentle hand that touched his brow, the hallowed form, the low voice and
cheering smile was gone forever.
After a few days, the bitter wailing of her parents and the intense
grief of her brother was answered by the gentle Saint herself. Her
spirit came earthward in a shadowy image, or o’quirlth, and appeared
before her loved ones, soothing them with gentle words of compassion
in their dark hours of grief and sad regrets, assuring them that she
dwelt safely beyond the Pearly Gates of Heaven, in the infinite
meadows of beauty and light. Their misgivings no longer wounded,
for her spirit survived in peace and happiness and for them to weep
bitterly no more. Her spirit faded from the earth, leaving her parents
assured of the eternal years of her greatness, a Saint in Heaven.
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