The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-09-27
..o..r.o .rAR AND CATHOLIC MESSENGER.
.1.w oR7EANs. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER y. 1--WE
AZ OLD woMAN's WILL

Sometime in her life, they ,n,,t1 ~
Gringe had been = 9on oe long while before,
Inus; :. "~as hard to believe when 70" loohsu q
n nu1a ~ ve1low and shriveled ana psI.-
q. ny, to believe of many an ola ualus I
nf whom old men say" sne was
;r, when | first knew her. ao,o {
girI ,, M4e She had had stores of handsome
.,othcs such as girls wore when sne vac
c;r. was plain, for she wore theeh sui. honse
SEVENTY she used to come OUT Oh nei no,so
To collect her rents in thrcauol'e III IaIts
short WASTED and scant- sklrted VIII ne t,1i
nnca woven in rich tinted flowers, anu iuli
= finger wide, fastened by tarnlsneo ouck'es'
IN = bonnrt- like Il coal-scuttle, WIN
monltine bird of Paradise, with one , ie'.no.
in its tail, on the crown anu ~ Hrr sI;n,
wifi buckles and sharp toes mapping sup.
shoI and tattered as she walked. oho M1e |
Immensely rich, but she had never pousnv
~ narment for long years, and lived on stale
loayes aud weak tea, all alohe LII 'ne po''
est of her own houses. c;,1 md
companion dweltOeneath her iool-h GO s"i
green parrot, with one eye, VINO sMu Iii dar
emnly in her ring, without WORD ali Jay nni
but said at to dask IN irs Polly wants
90 5, and was covered up for the hlsh., ~
darkness, with o shawl; and who, on Deins
uncovered to the sunshine, lnvarnoiy .e
marked: "Good morning, Tii 1lg,vi sIo
morning. There its store OF Eno"le9ge
ended. for Mrs. Gringe, fearful OF pelng
tempted to extravaganza, had never ..9e"'
it to ask for crackers.
Mrs. Gringe had, it seemed, outliyed na u
man love. Her husband sne only sRne he he
died, owed her a dollsr. Her daognter sue
alluded to as "jade, who married man
without a penny" ouov
Of her earlier friends she never even
thought, but she loved po1y, Tue un !d'l o,I
bird it was, but 80 great treasure IN Mrs'
Grinpe,s ewes, that she never saw rag
man a wandering tinker, or vagrant boy
in her street, without feeling sure he was
on the watch to steal POOL poor f taa and sweet
ened the coffee, she could not do without
molasses. She kept in the closet Il NIUE
bowl of lump-sugar, for the raVenous peak
Of poor Poll, and doled out LUMP q Gay
that at last her love for Poll would be her
rnin. She made no secret of her feelings
ali her tenants knew tall her nelshn9rs'
1t was a Joke with all who knew Mrs
Grunge, for to one and all she haa s;lia'
uf know no man or woman worth one o.
p,,,v,s clows.n and said it too i'll sobel
earnest. , hoo
maker in IL third floor, OF which MIS-. Nrlh 3
collected the rent monthly any. i ne I and
MIGHTY love for becr-but, despite the l'!t
ter failing, a rigid Methodist. OFTEN ne als
coursed eloguently on the waste OF aIec
ton. Once-alas! it was when IN ne ,' Ia
snent the price of a pair OF CATERS IN are
he insisted on praying that "the heart OF OF
Mrs. Gringe might be turned from parrots
and was only deferred by the veheneno u.
claration of his wife, that to speak Oh pau
rots in prayers was siniul ILL I;a1in ~
times he regarded the mlspie'SeA e "
sort of holy horror. o.:o o,,,f
He had even said to Mrs. Grunge, avn
as are landladies in poor men eyes ~
"And, arter all, mum, what Us is a parf
hit a thing without soul, mum
And had been silenced by:
81 never knew one to be guzznns 81
Perkins, like some shoemakers, wlth sol
a deal tougher than those they put on I'LL
cheating, ripping boots" nm l.. NJ
Perkins never spoke OF poli 10 M
crinae again; but she bore the remark
mind as another might the words OF Q
who spoke disparagngly OF her pS.oS;
went SO far as to take Poll in her contidei
and tell her the story. ..
she asked; and Poll glared with her
eve as though she understood-openea
heak. ruminated on the propriety OF shrl
ing: "We'l Perkins him. sad lnste;
Gringe, Polly wants to 60" ana was ga
ened for slumber with shawl.
1t might have been better tor the sh
maker to have held his peace. Better, {
tainly. had he known how hard vii
was creeping on, and customers iaii1 M
and beer gong up as "eAt 'e uo ".
not quite sure that Mrs. Gringe might
have relented little, in a hard snow -sto
with the last young Perkins, three we
old, and six more as hungry as no break
= Forthcoming; but as it was, the insul
Polly was to be avenged, and she exercl
her power vindictively.
"Not day" she said, Pack,
and baggage. I've wanted you out 4
long time. Now 60" And Perkins TO
a hand cart, and somewhere a cellar,
With the snow in his face, and his
shivering in her thin clothes, with the
and wrinlklcd baby at her bosom, Ierl
grew humble.
"A day nd be favor, num-" he 5
"She'd be stronger, aud mebbe l O.