The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-06-14
Written for the Morning Star
LOST FAITH;
OR,
THE II WO 81 $ T e IL s.
by JACQUELINE.
CHAPTER ".


A few weeks after the conversation detailed
above, Mr.. Stewart surprised his wife very
much one day, by asking her How she would
like to try her hand ut housekeepingw
IS don't know how you feel, my love-" he
said, "but /, for one, am heartily tired of this
kind of life where you see the same things to
eat every day, where everything is so cooked and
served as to prevent even the most vivid mag
ination from dreaming of variety; and where
You have to encounter hundred pair of
strange eyes every time you want to put some
00h, Charlesn exclaimed Kate with delight,
lit is the very thing have been longing for
but didn't like to propose it, because feared
Won wouldn't be comfortable under such a nov
ice i'm the mysteries of housekeeping, l fear
/ shall prove to- be. That is part of my edu-
cation, you know, that has been sadly neglect
ed but, with good will, great deal OF am
whose wonderful assistance have heard young
housekeepers expatiate upon with so much
gratitude, am sure, if You will only nave pa
thence with me, that 1 shall get along very
nicely" ~'o-
patting the little hand that lay within his
own "but the next cOnsidera ton is the amount
of money necessary; for you see, it would be
against my interest to draw too large sum
out of my business just now and yet, You have
ity at home, with so many little darkies to
dance attendance on all your wants, that l
fear my little wife would not be content with n
s,enage on q small scale now"
"Indeed, Charles, you have a poor idea OF
how little care for anything beyond positive
comfort and good taste; and am sure that
you have both the means and generosity suffi-
Gent to indulge these Beside. You know that
1 have an abundance of handsome led and
table linen given me by mamma then al! my
silver, too that papa gave me; ana, III addition
to these valuablcs, l have few hundred dol
lars laid away, that papa has been sending me
for pin money, and for which I have had no
use {; SO let us have the house just as quick as
possible, and bid joyous adien to our six
months probation of hotel life
So it was all settled, and III few weeks Kate
found herself in a home which. without any os-
tentatious display, yet afforded every lmaSm-
able comfort for the bodies wants. and greeted
the eve with such pleasant sense of perfect
order, harmony in color and ornament, that
made this little home a-perfcct bDoa to look
upon and enjoy.
Mrs Field had been interchangeable in aiding
Kate in her labors, and never lost an opportu-
nifty of q suggestive word on the all-important
subject that never left her thoughts. Thus, on
one occasion, when the two friends went out
making purchases together she urged Kate to
buy a very pretty little statuette of the Blessed
Virgin and an ivory cruelty, both of which she
had placed in Mrs. Stewards dressing-room, on
IA bracket, which answered the purpose of a mini
allure altar. BY the side of these she laid her
prayef=book, Testament, and kempis, and
trusted much to the daily presence OF these
sacred and associative memorials to keep, at
least, the remembrance of her faith green IN
heart. With the exception of an occaslonat at
tendance at high mass with Mrs t1eid Kate
never ventured to invoke her husbands ire by
any allusiop to the forbidden subject, ana
since he had sought an occasion TO talk To ncl
on the confessional, and lay his solemn prom
Dition on it's practise, she had never dared as
obey him; so, thus she now lived entirely ont
side of the performance OF her religious duties.
/. few months after being settled in her new
home her first child was born. hut her happl-
ness was married Ivy tho fear of Mr.. Stewart
raising objections Il HE baptism of her infant.
which fears, when ail- summoned courage to
s.2:ak on the sp's:2t. :! - l41s realized