The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-03-15
for the poor, young girl who had crossed
the ocean only to meet this great SORROW ON
tho shoye.s grsAl.g is,s,,. ltiea = -
'GfTAPTER VI

J 1878 sfssi,' CHAPTER vi. ''e-,'f''7 = - :.
Aunt Polly was the only servant Of the
Widow Brown, a. poor Georgia mother
was called, and o most true and faithful one
and bereavements Of her mistress ;.,clin8ina
to her through good and III, advising her IN
prosperity, consoling her in affection, and
at all times sympath HIKING in her joys and
sorrows. The morning after the arrival OF
the ship bearing the sad intelligence OF
Georges death to- his widowed mother,
Aunt, POlly's face was mOurnful in it's ex-
preston, while her quivering lips carried on
q low, murmuring colloquy which did not
at all interfere with her usual routine of
work. stl.-3
Poor missus! Her boys done gone,
too It's mighty hard, but de Lord knows
best. Yes, honey, de Lord knows best"
Aunt Polly was sincere Christian, and
had often cOmfOrted her own poor heart by
this same assurance. l-2 - 80, -.
-" Mas George was Il berry good son, dat
glory" = :.
hope and consolation, as She went about
her kitchen, busting off the stove and pol
fishing the tins and coppers.- Stopping sud-
denly in her work to wipe her honest eyes,
she exclaimed, 81 suppose Jim is dead,
too! It's dreadful long time since dat
boy done gone away u
dam acquaintance on the Northumberland,
whose reprieye had been due to Georges
tender-hearted foresight; and she little
thought that the same ship which bore to
her widowed mistress the browning sorrow
of her life, had brought back to his old
home her own truant son. ~ =
Jim, too, was a good son. she said,
going toward the door to shake the strip of
faded carpeting that adorned her clean and
cozy kitchen; only at times he was mighty
foaiisfl T. p = Fl.
just as she reached the door, who should
meet her but Jim himself; thin. and not
over tidy, but with a broad grin upon his
face, and I'm unmistakable look of affection
in his eyes. = - -, -. = e..
ode Lord, bless us! Amt dis !. jim!
Whar did you come from 7, She caught
him by the arm, pulled him into the room
then turning suddenly away from him, sat
down upon achair, and burst into a hearty
fit of crying. +"a ~ .isit'2 80 f.'-'h "5
Jim cried, too, but in a quiet sort of way,
still standing in the place where his mother
had left him, and brushing his eyes first
with one coat sleeve and then with the
other. F.-.l +; r.r.,g..
At last Aunt Polly looked up from her
apron, saw Jim standing before her, safe
and sound, and concluded that the strip of
carpet again needed her attention.
Rising hastily from her seat, and seizing
hold Of it, she hurried to the door, shook
tue Iaueu piece mOSC thoroughly, giving IL
three parting satisfactory blows against the |
side of the house, and then spreading it out
in it's accustomed place, with the greatestt
neatness and precision. 1t was not until
all this was accomplished that she turned
once more toward poor Jim, who had been
moving about and jumping out of her way
during all the performance, and who was !
very anxious to. receive some attention |
himself. !5..zl..-e ..t.-... |
Seeing that his mothers thoughts had at |
last come back to him, he asked: .s 49,, tto |
How is Mrs. Brown and Mas George
md all de rest of you, nanny 7"
"Mas' George! Why it's jes' one hour a |
Mis- that he was dead, drowned, and never
heard from morc.'
x w hat Him on don't say so, nfani-
my! Vas dat Mas Georgc!' ~
Jim did not belong to Mrs. Brown. His
master, Mr.. Dudley, lived ut quite a dis
Who only visited his mother on Sundays or
holidays, knew Mas George" more by
name than by acquaintance, and, as the
7oung sailor was often away, Jims reeollec
ion of him had been so vague that it never
occurred to his mind that the bright eyed
ailor-boy, and Widow Browns only, dar-
ing son, were the same individual.
George himself had found out the rela-1
ionship between Jim and his mothers old,
aithfuI slave but-as he did net wish the
aptain's notice directed toward himself in
he boys affair, he had refrained from
making himself known.
AS the whole, bitter, terrible truth
lawned upon Jim's understanding, his heart
experienced keen and two fold pang; for,
While lamentinathe noble boy, he sympa
hized most tenUGfly with the bereaved and
leselate mother.
Beginning at once, he related to his
neither the whole of the sad story, with an
lccount of his own concealment and dis
,overy on board the ship; his narrow es-
ape from terrible hogging, and Mas
Georges" agency in procuring his release.
inns heart failed to find expressions of
grateful praise for his young beneiactor, as
le dwelt upon his sudden fate and lonely
yrova for visions of hie na1a stil1 face !