Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1880

pg 519       as this spontaneous and sudden Indian generous act did.
                  When he returned to France in 1846, Father Sorin distributed 
             the seven Indian rings among the seven chapels of the Blessed 
             Virgin he knew best, where they are preserved as interesting 
             mementos.
                  Father Sorin would have been delighted to spend the remainder 
             of the day with his new and beloved spiritual children; but he was 
             due at home that evening.  By 1 o'clock he started back with his 
             interpreter and driver.  At 11 he reached his quarters, where he 
             found a good Brother looking for him, in his room, and taking care 
             of a log seven feet long which he had been pushing into the 
             chimney as it burned away.  The journey had been long and cold, 
             but the heart had enjoyed it beyond expression.  Such days 
             lengthen a man's life.
                  At twelve he was fast asleep in the same bed on which Father 
             Badin, the protopriest, his successor the saintly Deseille, and