The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-09-12
NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER ~ 1880


afistocratic appearance and of refined address
ne ne pore the plebian name of Smith-CharIe
smith six weeks from the date of their frs
tcquainIance, one morning on descending /,
breakfast the unhappy parents found n Sot,
rom l1lzzie, dated the night before saving sb
wa, was leaving to be married privately to fhci
taEjnS ae efs, and she prayed their pardon fo
,aking TINS step. She would return imri,etliate
~ aiter her marriage, and hear that they fnr
gave and loved her from their own lips. Sh,
S 3hiy consented for it to be private becaus,
Sharles told her 1T would ruin all his prospects
! ~ MS Gfnhy knew he was about to marry any
one below them in social rank and. tbst h.
i knew, TOO, liz Graylie would never consent to
1 her entering any family where she would moi
| at once be received as she deserved to be. But
once married, he was sure his relations wonld
sake reasonable view of the matter, and Liz
zie felt sure her parents would forgive her so
that 10 a little time everything wonld he riSht
ana she was convinced her father and mother
only wished for her happiness. She finished
ny SAVING sne would always be their loving,
vainiy did DIR. Graylie put Telegraph and
posi- TO work syaintys were Binauiries made in
al parts OF the town. and the railway officials
TO leave BY the night train for EdihAurgb:
mat young lady had also gone. but in s,othe,
carriage, beth answering TO the descriptiop
g,yefsss but as The tain arrived in Ed in bargh.
at haif an hopr after midnight. SO MANY hairs
haa 1890
had passed, and still tidings of Lizzie.
still chung with woinan's tepacity of hope to
the idea that all would yet be Welt, that Lizzie
had been persuaded to keep the Fact of her
marriage private but that in time they wpull
hear good tidinGs from her. Not so the father,
from the day she left he broke down sho hstt
been the idol Of his heart his soIace and de-
light on his return from his anxious and weary
dules; Pat now, honored and respected as he
still continued personally to be, he felt that a
deep shadow had fallen across his path, Ills
childs fair fame was furnished, and the reeul-
inrfi IL
sweet girlsh face, as he had seen her last were
ever before him; for hours he wonla pace the
garden, hitherto so neatly kept, but he had
not cared to cultivate it since her departure
and weeds and neglect were doing their work
of devastation. One morning when Mrs. Gray
lie noticed that he looked even more worn aud
changed than even she had seen till now, lie
went ont and, taking his garden tools. begun
his old employment again. Glad toobserve it,
thinking it would serve to keep him from
dwelling on the great affiictiop of his life, she
on her part went to her houschdld duties. Half
an honr later he was fonnd dcad--he had fallen
in the act of binding up Observation-Disclosures
faNorlte white rose-bush. No doubt Tcncin-
brances had been too much for him. The heart,
already weakened and diseased, broke ami nc
fell clasping, if not his child something that
she loved. The bereAved widow and deserted
mother laid her hfe,s companion in the grave,
and then turned sadly to her only sustaining
hope-that OF meeting again her lost one.
The day drags through, the storm keeps
out tue sun, aud fifteen months had added
their link to the great chain of eternity, when
at last news came, and came direct from Lizzie
She was again in Edinburgh, she had learned
her fathers death, and implored her mother to
forgive and come to her. There was no delay
in the answer. That night Lizzie was in her
mothers arms No sleep came to them. for
they had much to say To each other Mrs.
Grayie learned that her daughter had been
betrayed by false marriage, performed on
their arrival at Edinburgh by Il man whom iters
betrnyer said was n Clergyman, aud TO her
Scottish n0tious there was II need of croiug TO
church; she believed he=sGiG saiidly married,
but there had been no witness, and directly
afterwards they started for England. There.
he told her that his name was not Smith; that
the marriage must for some time yet be kept
secret, as his father was i'll, and it would ifI-
crense his illness to learn his soI's marriage;
and this being the case all his friends would be
aficnatGd from him. lie made her promise.
too that she would not write home uutil she
had his permission he would learn, he said,
how her parents were and let her know should
anything go wrong. Upon this promise,
and the assurance that he had heard
through his bunker that they were well -ufttf-
resigned to her absence, believing her to be
well married, she had gone on hoping month
after month that she w0ald be- able to return
and sec them, but lac had brought forward
continual reasons for keeping silence, until
about month ago, when he told her that their
marriage was not binding, Rs>~there were
witnesses, Hearing this, she urged him to re-
peat the ceremony legally, but he refused, add
ing that none of his acqnaintances had ever
believed her to be his wife that rs she had
hitherto peeh known as MIS- Smith, she lIad
better continue to keep the name and if sue
wished to leave him, he would settle an income
upon. her, payable upon application at his
bankers To these cruel words aud the know
ledge she now obtained Lizzie made no reply.
Instinctiv0 oily her heart turned to her forsukcn
father anu mothers her first Thought was to dy
to and take refuge with them, and then sick
CHING sense of her position came npoD her--
jlow face them How tell the trnth9 Seeing
her quiet the sOi-djsaat Smith Thought it best
to leave her for time, aud taking up Isis hat
said he would so to the post, and return in
course of an hour. His absence gave her mind
II capHbility of acting which it seemed power
less to do while lie was present She resolved