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 friends  and  benefactors  who  are  suffering  in  the  prison  of  purgatory. Has it  been  so  with  you ? Pray every  day  for  the  holy souls, and  especially  for  your  relations  and  benefactors.

fter two  years,  Pharao  had  a dream. He thought  he stood  by  the  river  Nile  out  of  which  came  seven  cows, very beautiful  and  fat;  and  they  fed  in  marshy  places. After them came also  seven  others  that  were  lean  and  ill-favoured,  and  they devoured the  fat  ones. Then the  king  awoke.

He slept  again  and  dreamed  another  dream  in  which  he  saw seven ears  of  corn  growing  upon  one  stalk;  and  the  ears  were full and  fair. After these  came  up  seven  other  ears,  thin  and blighted, devouring  all  the  beauty  of  the  former. Pharao awoke the second  time  and,  morning  having  come,  he  sent  for  all  the soothsayers and  wise  men  of  Egypt,  and  related  to  them  his dreams. But no  one  was  found  who  could  interpret  them.

Then the  chief  butler  remembered  Joseph,  and  was  sorry that he  had  so  long  forgotten  him. He told  the  king  that  there was in  the  prison  a Hebrew  youth  who  had  interpreted  dreams for him  and  the  chief  baker,  and  that  all  had  come  to  pass  just as he  said.

The king’s  curiosity  being  excited,  he  ordered  the  youth  to be  brought  before  him. Then he  addressed  him,  saying:  “I  have dreamed dreams,  and  there  is  no  one  that  can  expound  them.