The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-05-17

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me TO distrAction;p but .sheH tell nothing-
nothing till we'fe married. ShelnyA AnE With
truth, 8eonAdence Is the nnrseq flSvs.p Z @3ah
she walnit eso coy, I have nat even kissed her
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run sway; But 1his ID anStaes sscree Tn Is
hear later on uist And defiddife - she looks
Lizzy has q very decided dikro she over.
Of saying, DON'T 30 ia tfoei hW.-she WON'T
call me Paul, only Gs,-" and just do ~ l. badc
you.v I hope she'n explain why this is 60
/ I'm getting terribly afraid Of the step wo're
about to take. feel quite sure 1t was the Rev.
Dan who shot the PaPist on that anniyersasy:
affair and know he'd shoot me if he thought
I had wronged him. Is there any way eut Of
this embarrassment tx ------=====.
What q headache have! We have BEEN sing
ss.s ssa ass sea6
as it rhymes to " rat-tle" in aid Dams song. 1t
goes through my brain still and tomorrow at
!. Ssss 4 to rum and fs S hs. sa.s
all ready, under the rocks, ard we're to cross
the bay. It sounds very rash, when one comes.
to think IT. -But Lizsy, All 20 gentle and,do.-
with her; and ~ she promises to give me az.
plantations for everything later on, hAye
rough tomorrow mornins. win she stiIi fnsiss
on going. Fma poor sort Of sailor at the best
OF times but If there's sea on, shall be sick
bridegroom running off with his bride
suppose this 10 the worst climate in Europe.
d. .. said yesterday that the length of the day
winter; and o dear what IN advantage does
this confer on winter!
Now to bed-though I'm afraid not to sleeps
the question. Who knows when, whore, and
how shall make the next entry in this book ?
But, as MI Dudgeon says, when he finishes his.
tumbler, Such is life such il life n
wonder if Lizzy will insist on euipe ON if
the weather continues like thisi Tm sure no
boatman with q wife and family could be fairly
would have the right to induce poor man to
peril his life, and the support of those who de-
pend upon him, for my own-what shall call
ney as sure % fatei How they sleep here,
through everything! There's that fellow who
minds the COWS, snoring through it all, in the
have been squashed under that fall of masonry.
Was that tap at the doori 1 thought heard
it twice.
Yes. it was Lizzy. She has not been to bed.
Over and over said to myself, If 1 were to
tell her that have foreboding-a distinct
ffO aean of calamity; that dreamed
mountain high, rose above me, and depths
yawned beneath-dark, fathomless, and terri,
BILE; would she mind it Ideclare-on my sa-
cred word of honor, I declare-I think she'd
laugh at me! ....- -.-.
care you readyf" whispered a soft voice ut
the door, and saw at once my doom was pro-,
nounced. -,
Noiselessly, stealthily we crept down the
stairs, and, crossing the little tagged kitchen,
Hndid the heavy bars OF the s door Shall own
stood with the great bolt in my hands, and the
idea flashed across me, "What If L were 70 let
it fall with II crash, and awake the household fD,
Did she divine what was passing IN my hesd
she silently took the bar from me, and put
it away. ..Lf ,.,isT?....'1
swoopng nopwester thaf tiied of the Rery
marrow of my bones She le, the way through
the dark night as though IL were monday, and
/ followed, tuml4ing over stones and rocks and
tufts of heather, and failing into holes, and,
scrambling ont again. like bne drank, could
hear her laughing at me, tooy-shs who SO sell
dom laughed-and it was with difficulty she
could muster gravity enough to say she hoped
had not hurt myself -. -
We gained the pier AZ last, and, guided by a
boat bobbing and tossing some Ave feet down
below. LiEzy sprang in at once, amid the ap-P
plauding cheers of the crew, and then several
voices crled ont, NOW, sr! new your nonoGFs
while two stout fellows pushed me vigorously,
as though to throw me into the sea. I strug-
gled and fought manfully, but In vain. I was
}erked off my legs, and hurled headlong down,
and found myself caught below by some strong
arms though not until had half sprained my
wrist, and barked one of my shinsfram knee to
instep. These sufferings soon gave way to others.
as / became sea-siek, and ley at the bottemcS the
boat, praying we might all go down, aud end ~
misery could no longer endure. That spArsr
struck me, and ballast rolled over me; that
hSavy-footed saffors tfan1pled me- and seenSed'
to dance on mi, were things lfhfieed IioS.1
Great waves broke over the 1oWU5 aad, oauno i'm
sheetA of foam and water aovUr n1eG q xThatuhred
II 1 had that deathlike sickness that makes
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