The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-08-09

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| future to be the attendant of one who could
I.neyer share before the world his triumphs
no she dared not take him at his word,
Hest such sal4shness should recoil on herself
through hisr13eer, but too late, repentance.
TLetltlest and noblest proof Ut love is sa-
cri6ce:
"Leave me, dear Achille," she said, " to
complete mine it is the skeleton have
long looked steadily in the face-so long
that it has almost lost all its terrors to me.
Now. your image. the .menory :of your
priceless love, willsgiye me "a power OF
to come. Whatstho1gh The poet sings 20
Only those who. have been tried by suffer
| ing know what the heart can bear and the
will accomplish
He heard her patiently through. He had
anticipated what she would say by his pre-
vious knowledge of the unseltshness and
self denial of her character; then, kneeling
by her side, and taking her hand, so soft
and white, between his own, he said
"My own love, allow me to be the judge
of what is necessary for my own happiness.
If taking upon myself share of your bur-
den will add to it, why should you, through
mistaken principle, withhold the gift from
me; Your very dependence e4 upon my
nearer to my heart. Oh, hear me, Alice
will so love and guard you in life's de-
light, in deaths dismay-in storm and
sunshine, night and day-in health, in
sickness, and decay that you will never
have cause to look back with regret to the
moment when you listened to my prayer
and entrusted your all to my keeping, but
each day, each hour of your after life shall
sing softly, unsteady to your soul, Glove is
| love, fOrevermOre.'"
Resolution, sacrifice. suffering, all van
ished before the magic of these words,
fhny- nv fhn Of
love that shone in his eyes she made no
answer, but dropping her head upon his
shoulder, suffered him to clasp her passion
ately in his arms-thus tactly giving her
consent to a petition she had no longer
power or words to resist.
A few moments were given to the enjoy
ment of this feeling, whose very depth
rendered it wordless, when Achille, rising
from his knees and taking chair close by
her side, still holding that little hand, now
his own. unfolded to her all his plans for
the speedy realization of his wishes.
Now, my darling, that you have given
yourself to me, just as you are, believing
that your condition will ever remain as it
is, what will you say when tell you that
am not half so disinterested as / seem?
have the fullest intention of seeing you
well woman before you have been my wife,
my own dear wife, two years. You start,
and look as if you thought I was only
playing with your feelings! God forbid
that l should ever be so cruel! Listen to
me, Alice, and will give you such reasons
your consent and faith. There is an estab-
lishment under the patronage of govern
ment, in Wurtemberg, expressly for the
cure of such chronic affections as yours.
All systems. allopathy, homeopathy, hy-
dropathy, electricity, all are brought to
bear upon the cases, and every nine out of
ten that enter. crippled and afflicted, leave
the eSta bllShment entirely cured.
% l. as physician, never have believed
you incurable your youth and energy of
character are greatly in your favor, and 1
feel certain that my convictions will vet be
realized. There, then, 1 will take you to
spend our first year, made doubly happy by
the new hope; so, let there be no delay,
dear one, but give me the right at once to
do all for you that my impatient heart
Prompts.
Some earnest talking. backed by the
evidence of that strong will which occa-
sionally showed itself-for which trait
Alice only loved him the mOre-(tor women
do love to be ruled when they find the
power TO be in superior hand and that
day two weeks was named for the consum-
nation of all their dreams in the present
and hopes III the future.
What busy household that was Aunt
Laura making herself almost as ubiquitous
81 our special artist "-Biddy and Mary
keeping time with their fingers to their
tongues, lhat never seemed 10 TIRE OF TELL
ing what they had always thought of
Misthcr Eugene" and how glad they were
that they had never treated him like any
thing but - rale gintleman," which con-
CALCULATIONS were greatly enhanced when
Achille sent them each an elegant present
on his wedding day. 49,
Time keeps his course alike for those
who are waiting for the bridal OF tie tomb.
A living tomb, too often, the former proves
to many-but not to our Alice.
With this day had disappeared from her
mind all those scruples, anxieties and fears
that had 80 long tortured her, and in their
place stood forth, AS Respondent as her
and glowing hope in the promise of future