The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-03-07

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neyartheIess to whom Eugene Beanaessert Is. in.
aepted ior the medical aud clerical aid that
seek 20 assuege his last earthly moIaeIits
\ There was no warning of how few those mo-
ments were in tho suase tones of DIR Vermont
| as ne teit she pulse and looked steasiily into
the eyes OF his patient. He morely-obseryed,
addressing the nurse, that M. Beandesert must
be kent as quiet as possible and then turned
away. with q slight gesture to the able, who
ioiloWed him to the door, where few vhis-
pered words passed between them
The look and naAner of the able as he
again turned towa the sick man. revealed
clearly as speech the Significance of those whis-
pered words; and Jules Delpech starting up.
hnrriedly embracing and bidding his friend
adieu, rs If for q brief time. only pressed one
OF tne cold hands Of q girl sitting by the head
OF the he'd in both his own, softly suggested
ment. Nsre
The nurse, at a sign from the ,abbe, did tho
same, ana then the reverend Gentleman re-
quested the girl to permit him TO speaR for a
lew minutes with her fatber alone. The an.
swer was an outburst of c0nyuisive grief--pas
sionate EXPLANATIONS ri refusal, which the
able could only partially calm by consenting
that she should reIp1in whilst he "Reminiscences
the last rites of the Church to the now ayow-.
ealy dying sufferer; whose thoughts, whilst
fuiIy comprchending, a., he seemed to do, fhe
&sbeis meaning and ptirIOse, were neyertheless
IF one might judge by the feeble demonstrsl.
lions permitted by his fast-failing strength
with his child, with the earthly fatnrc OF that
young life and but slightly improssed BY the
immineneo of his own Slefh and tie ilsis,ss.s.s4
r. Il tolinM:cs ssalefnn sssEtls
And now, whilst the abbe is fulfilling his APP
pointed function, I may briefly pass in review
the previous incidents of the Gfe-career thus
closing-ciosing prematureiy, there can be no
question, as far as life is recl1oned by length of
soi ~ was no longer ago than the autumn
a. go 90. sla1 the etrtn OF Engene beaunesert
Une "a % general 81 That
anu a-s.eue, ms Niie nee nFessoni S11eh7
oe ., OF faris, was celebrated in that city
VIII rn nhueki po,hp ana ectdt.
j, GHuus e9uichly evergreen ana dafkened the
lusuFe tnat seemed 20 await the child
yen. oeaudesert was killed at Marengoi aud
ms WIDOW, 70 Wnem, by tbe provisions OF the
ante-nuPu9l contract, her whole fortune re-
OF y, = M iaH,p5, and gradually became
30 nrst- born, that after his
teh.n piTthaay she never again beheld him,
ana aaed WITHOUT expressing wish to DO so.
~ - pEopapte snaG tnfS unnatural feeilng was
Aslsea alo eohniEned by the efxiHy-eoneeInpt=
1us tzeAthient Ehlch tne Sslsblt.n wife OF SeHl.
pe9nSesert ma met with irom Aer<hnsbandss
naughty Iamly, Madame Ia Baronne de Want
pre- Pre-, 1en. beandeseEts widowed and ehildless
sIsteT, had especially never Decn AT pains TO
SeneeaI hsE als1aln OF her hrotheEs ignn lie NJ.
nance ID, ~ and no sooner Has 1T nscertained that
1.ls now. married widow eylnced decided
tttsfftst-s ny firSr
union, than madame Ia =Baronne becardE his
noaa4e paf.san anu pasrone5s anu an arrange
mehb was nnally come to by which the guar
S9lanSplpe OF d, the Ihst male scion OF the noble
nous. OF beandesert was legally transferred
from the rot"F'@ mother to the aristocratic
aunt.
Madame de Vautpre discharged her new self
imposed duties, everybody agreed in the most
liberal, exemplary manner. Eugene Beaute-
sert's education was conducted by the first
his purse was supplied without stint
or grudge; and he had but Just completed his |
eighteenth year when Madame la Baronne OBJ
tafned the high favor and honorof a commits
sion in the Garde Royale for her fortunate
nephew. But, as most of us know, OF have |
heard, blood is stronger than water; and Eu- |
genes precocieusly manifested tastes, antipa- |
thies, predilectfcns-all clearly traceable to his