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was contingent on his being able to $pare two Brothers
who could teach in English. In a letter to Brother Paul
in Louisville, he explained that he was considering the
idea of recalling Brother Vincent and Brother Ignatius,
the two teachers at St. Patrick's where all the lessons were
taught in English. He gave as his reason that he felt
four Brothers could take care of four classrooms, the two
at St. Patrick's and the two at the Eighth Street School.
One Brother to one classroom did not take into consid-
eration the population of the individual classroom. He
also informed Brother Paul that he was withdrawing
Brother Philip, the cook, whom he would replace by
sending Brother Stephen from Manchester.
Since he was attempting to break the news to Brother
Paul gently, he gave no definite orders and he set no
date for the contemplated recall. Everything \,vas to
take place in the indefinite future.
In October, 1856, Brother Stephen, after visiting his
relatives in Atterdorn, Germany, started for Louisville.
f{e was given enough money to get to Manchester. There
he was to enlist the aid of Brother Stanislaus, the Su-
perior, to pay his passage to the States. In New York
City he was to call on J. G. Ross, the Founder's friend,
and ask him to provide the train fare to Louisville.
That December the Founder was $urprised to have
Brother Vincent and Brother Ignatius walk into his
room at "Het Walletje." When he asked what happened,
they explained: "You sent for us. We came as soon as
we could. We waited for Brother Philip and we were
delayed two weeks in Boston. We sailed from there on
December third."
Further questioning brought out the fact that Brother
Philip had died on All Souls Day. He had suffered a
relapse after apparent recovery from scarlet fever. They
had not seen Brother Stephen.