The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-07-05

AND CATHOLIC MESSENGER,
lying together side by side, and SO close
that their respective occupants could have
eonvefsed easily in Q whisper.
"What is it, Paudeen 7" asked O'Aore;
"have you any message for me, or is there
anything the matter that yon have followed
us SO fart"
ats Mistress HewitsOn who is wanting
to see you," said the boy. She was pre-.
vented leaving as soon as she intended, and
she sent me on before to ask you not to
quit the island until she had spoken to you.
You were gone, however, before could get
would mos lileely be upon Sunday morn
ing, follewsd yoa down here"
BIT IL tou came straight from the main
land, how 10 Il that did not meet yOu in
tho way . asked s,O'MOre suddaHly, .
faith passing rapidly through his mind.
"Becanse didn't come from it at all, ut
all p tAe&Sy anSx cred CURLY :. o. ID "A y1n-
der they,Ee steying now,n he added, point
ing to Aehin Islend; and they do say. in
the, house that Clare Isle will be the next
to follow
"And is it to tell me this that Mistress
Hewitson is about to honor me with q
visit p Roger answered Utterly The
fos1nality, metbinks, was hardly needed,
considering all that her father las robbed
me of already ..s
"Sorrow know; know what she will he
wanting but this, at all events, know for
certain, that it 10 for nothing but what is
good and kind, said Paudeen; adding i'm
mediately afterward in musing tone,
though how she cas- be what she Is, con-
sidering the black blood that is running in
her veins, it needs greater wits than can
boast of to be able to discover"
"Well, well, !" said Roger, I" believe you
are about right there, Paudeen. So now
60 back at once, and say to Mistress Hewitt
son that she shall be obeyed, and that I
ceive her at the landing place"
smothered voice. "If and my grand
father brought this danger to your door, it
is only just that we should share it with
you"
ssShare it, Mistress Nettervillef nay but
you would double it," cried O'Aiore We
hemently. "In the face of anything like
real, present danger, I should infallibly
lose my lite in anxiety for yours. In point
of fact, however, he added, seeing that
she still looked distressed and anxious
" in point of fact, the danger whatever it is)
cannot be immediate, since it is evident
that Mistress Hewitson expects by her in
tended visit to give ME such information as
may enable me to evade it. Probably she
has heard further details concerning those
plHnS O1 CuO OIU HAL, JaCu0T, AT WHICH
yesterday she Obscurely limited. 1t may
even be, as Paudeen seems to think, that
they intend to put an English garrison on
the island, and she may hope to soften mat
ters for us by giving me this previous notice.
Any way, entreat You not to be over
live in perilous times and places, yet still,
and If only for that very reason, it believes
US to keep our common sense intact, and
not to ALLOW II 70 be scared BY every pass
ing cloud that seaIns to threaten US with
After such words as these, Nellie felt
there was nothing for it but to land the
moment the boat reached shore, and Roger
helped her out with . sort of graceful ten
derness, which seemed intended tacitly to
ask forgiveness for the constraint he had
been compelled to put upon her inclina-
tons.
Then he pointed to scarcely discern
IDLE path among the brushwood, and said
hastily:
p "That path will take you straight to the
church. if any one ask you any quest ions,
the watchword is, God, our Lady, and
Roger O'More.' Farewell! Get as near the
altar as you can tell them not to wait for
me, but will be back in time to fetch
YOU
He waited one moment. to make sure
that she understood him, then pushed the
boat out into deep water, and without even
venturing to look back, pursued his way
diligently homeward.c
The breeze had died away, so that he
would, he knew, be infinitely longer in re-
turning to Clare Island than he had been in
coming from it. AS he passed Paudeen, he
had half mind to hail him, but rejecting
that he would probably lose more time by
the .stoppage than he could gain by the
boys assistance, he changed his mind and
went ON his way alone. 1t was hot and |
weary work, but he put all his strength |
and will to it, and did it in a shorter time
than he had expected. Not, however, be-
fore his presence was apparently, sorely !
needed; for just as he neared the harbor,
the deep, angry bay of the wolf-dog MAZDA
reached his ear This was followed by a