The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-11

wonder if cormae knows this story Of the
Fatal Candle"
The good OLD woman smiled I. aaaowing,y
her nalf q1ssy, she asked Pc yoa not Z
exnect him here before. sunset ~ IL
Minny turned hastily round ndSseated !
herself opposite small mirror, adorned by ,
one of those highly carved frames whici'
were popular az the toilets of our grand {
mammas. She did 80 with o double view of9
completing her evening toilet, and at the
same time screening herself from the inqui-
sitive clauces of her sharp old relative, while
she continued the conversation. ~
"He promised to be here before, !" she re
piled, "but it is q long way" 1;
0I hope he will not turn~his eyes upon
the Rock, if he should>be detained after
nightfall. I suspect, Minny, that his eyes
will be wandering in another direction.
think he will be safe, after all.
/" Fer shame, aunt Norry. You ought to
be- ashamed of yourself, an old woman OF
your kind to speak in that way. Come now,
and tell me something funny, while am
that friehtful adventure of the candle out OF
my head. Would not that be good figure
for a Banshee Z" she added, shaking out her
| long bright hair with one hand, in the man
ner which is often attributed to the warning
| spirit, and casting at the same time q not
indifferent glance at the mirror above men- |
| toned.
"Partly, indeed, but the Banshee (mean-
| ing no offense at the same time) is far from
being so young OF SO blooming in the cheeks;
and, by All accounts, the eyes tell a different
| storyfrom yOurs-a story of death and not
ofmarriage. Merry would the Banshee be,
THAT would be going TO get young Mr.
Cormac for a husband Tomorrow morning
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continue to talk such nonsense"
ooh, bubboo!-rest easy, darling, ana
I'll say nothing. Well, what story is it I'm
to be telling you"
+" Something funny"
"Oyeh, my heart is bothered with 'em for
stories don't know what I'll tell you.
al don't know. Only middling, be-
; lieve."
"Well, Th tell you a story of boy that
logged Europe for 'cuteness, so that II you
have a mind to be ready with an answer for
every cross question that'll be put to you,
: YOU can learn it after him "a thing that
, may be useful to you one time or another,
3 when the charge of the house is left IN your
: hands,"
"Well, let me hear it."
t nI will, then, 10 that. Go on with your
dressing, and FL have my story done before
f YOU are ready t., receive Mr. Cormac.
b So saying, she drew stool near her
: niece, and, leaning forward VIII Der chin
: on her hand, commenced the 1oilo"ins
: tale -
# "There was couple there, long ago.
a and they had son that they didn't know
d rightly what was it they'd do with him
It for they had not money to get him Lati1
enough for a priest, aud there was only
,e poor call for day laborers in the country
70 tPu tell YOU what I'll do says the father
m sI'll make thief of him. says be
A. sorrow q better trade there is going
ell than roguery, or more money ,inSs mae Ie'
s. for boy that would be INDUSTRIOUS ~.
IL, true for YOU says the wife, making answe
III to him; but where will you get maste
ri for him, OF who'll take him for an appren
es tice in such business p 'pll tell 70!
MT that says the husband to her again. III
en- send him to Kerry. Sorrow better nan
EN- than there about the mountains there-an
at III be bound he'll come back to us a goo
ct. hand at his business says he. Well an
ng good, they sent OFF the boy to Kerry, an
", bound him for seven years to thief thu
d. was we'll known ia these parts, and counte
on a very clever rnan in his line. They hear
ed no more of aim for seven years, nor bardi
,e- knew that they were out, when he walks
it into them one morning, with his save
S. here and took his seat at the table alol
+ is with thehi-a hne, nanusonie tau, =,
,ck mighty we'll spoken. Well, Num- says u
wn fatRer. hope you're master o. your bus
ness p pretty we'll for that, father sa
he Iwait till we can have trial OF l
ing with all my heart says the iatner ' ~
hope to see that you haven't been MAXI
81 a bad use of your time while you we
ch awayr Well, the news ran among Z
ale neighbors, what fine, able thief Nun h
d come home, and the landlord himself car
to hear of it among the rest. So when
3 in father went to his work the next morning,
too made up to him, and Well says me- :,
1 is queer thing I'm toiu ao I:ne SoT, a ~
ung you had your son bouna W ~ on,o n,, =" or,
lar- and that mes come noh1 W -,
ugh hand at the business; sl.aeS o,,;+a ,,ro
the in himself. well, Pll tell You what II
WAS says the gentleman h"Vo " 49, +
side my stable, ana in.pus ahat ,r up bs
this shat he's reported to be, let him come
y. steal him out from among the people
X of night; and if he does, he shalt have