The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-07-25

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poftun,ity Of Sassyine fhis Into eSs61ll ION, ne
met On the .pablie road one q these sAoHeess |
aalaea Jeminy sss.sstbina /. TIE priest made 9,
s ss@ il v sid sis marked poiissnsss doed
Mani =. Sly saia Jenny. looking rstheF suf
rsised Shat the prisss shgnzd FeeeGnizc and
saiuto hirn. az ann glad " sec ypus Jsrnrny |
have been thinking . good deal about you Of
IAte,r said the priest. Why, naybe you mis- |
take me for so.se one else, SIR said Jenny.
ana u. "a and fi have Seen fhiaEine. Jenny. he
coptinned that your condition could and
ought to be bettered considerablyD Why,
don't know what yon mean, or what yos can
do for men @Ohf Indeed am sure cam
said the priest; but before 60 any further,
not the least notion of asking You to turn Ca
tholic, but think can put you in way OF
lettering yourself, Jenny, and You can remain
parish. Now, isn't that fair, Jenny" said Fa-
ther Murphy. 1t is very fair, indeed said
Jenny, " but don't know, what you mean.
those two girls that went to church last week 7"
"Oh! yss1 said Jenny, STRENGTHENING himself
up, sand the whole country win soon turn
afso.n- -"well," said the priest, "we needn't
talk about that just now but, Johnny, don't
you think that the money they got might nave
been laid out much better on you, and the hkcs
considered q matter of course; there was no
necessity of arguing on that point, but Jenny
had not, probably, looked at the bearing of the
affair on himself Sei1Ie. Mhen, VT encs to
admit it. "Well, sir /! believe you are right
in that" he replied, " but don't know what
Won ruean OR what you are driving at" "Why,
/ told you already, Jenny" said the priest,
+" that don't want you to turn, but though
you don't turn, Jenny, do you think it would
if spS.s the
Jenny, csatching the plan at once, believe
You are right but how can that be done ]"
"Nothing is easier" said Father Murphy, You
come up where 1 live. Come up to my house
Tomorrow let somebody see you on the way
We can talk over anything you please, and III
engage you'll not loose by it." Jenny entered
way to the priests house. Not far from 1T, he
met q Catholic woman, from whom he inquired
if Father Murphy was at home. Father
Murphy! why what do you want Of Father
Murphy 7" said the woman. "Oh" said Jem-
my, " these times n man must be thinking OF
his soul" s:cOh, the Lord be praised" said the
| woman, " who woftit have ever thought of
| Jenny SO and turning Catholics" and l
| need not tell you that the news soon tew
through the parish. Jenny in the meantime
went to the priests house, and after a long
/ chapel, letting some passers- by sec him moving
| in and out. He took him into the sacristy, and
after some talk there, :. this viii be Your CON
! my confession says Johnny, exulting in what
4 he knew was w come. = ....-..
| =, Ire nriest with the yarInest expressions OF
gratitude, for he knew we'll what was ~
for him. Snow, Jenny" the priest said to
him when he was leaving, "there is one thing
Ss ths eGss
/ "anything you ask me, sir shall be done
thsS ssssa tie a pla#E made man Is ,s Msl
that yon don't go back too cheap. 0et all you
can. ga" oh sir" said Jenny, leave that tc
4 49,
home when the parson came to pay him visit
After the usual salutations and inquiries, the
parson said, Jenny, have been thinking o.
Won are not as well provided as i would wish
, and ] have situation for yon Jenny, wher'
J you will receive SO much a week." Jemm!
! Thought that was net bad, and inwafdly thank
i ed Father Murphy, but he remembered his in
junction not to go back cheap, aud he replied
! III am thankful indeed, sir, but you know Nv
: large family, and il takes q great deal :
!, the parson, 81 have situation for your oldes
4 daughter also, where she will receive yer
: handsome wages Better, and better" sal
: Jenny to himself, but he was resolved not
piled, a the poor girl has clothes fit for sue
3 | place, and ! am ashamed to send her as 81
= is.b "Oh that will be settled says the pa
, son, here is an order with which you can g
4 all the clothes she wants." The skoneeRs, b
; their contact with the native population, hay
= imbibed much of their shrewdness, and Jemm
10 turned it to good account. he found out il
"a Vulnerable wants.
T. Under one plea OF another he eontrived to 4
n as deep as he could into the parsons purse, hi
"A finally had to stop when he could think of n
n thing more. After all this was arranged, Il
is parson quietly remarked, Now, Jenny, Q
"a sorry to hear that you arc weak in the faitf
lis q Oil well, sir" said Jenny, when a man
ID weak in the stomach he cannot be strong
anything else. But How, sir, you can trust m'
is Next day, as he had promised, he called
,u Father Murphy to report progress, aud retur
K ed his warmest thanks. Father Murphy, no
Is ever, wasn't done.
ar "Now, Jenny" he said {" Since you ha
in Jared so we'll yourself, wouldn't it be kind o
TO to put your brother-in-law in the way of ma
to ing penny also I" oh, by the powers" 50
.. JENNY, I" am afraid that would be going t
far" '"ohi never mind" says the prizes
re "fon't YOU think he has q better right to I
to money that's going than those that have be
81, him to help his brotheE-in-law, and he to
r. good care 60 make dive into the parse
cd purse, and not to 90 back cheap either and
IL 1 the secret was whispered round among the 8
he aeess of the parish, and all tried their hands
ne it. and the parson had to buy back his o.
a