The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-12-04


= ance on her fidelity. And the even: prove
. !na =; ne was right not to have placed any fait
q na 40, asr, one night after the termination q
one OF their not unfreqnent scenes, in til
course OF which she had exhausted her Who'll
u vEcaDIiafy OF abusive terms on his head
WINE VIM ne. IN return, threatened chastisemen
! anu exR1Asion, she bade adieu to FfoIliot'
! a4eyer without conc farewell to Rol
Il, ang With her, as the companion of he
! | n.y. ~ I'D ~ Gayen, who had remained in til,
i Hs Tnee Sir Roberts death, ane
y LUZ. 80 deoentures, to the amount O
couPie q Thousand pounds. So successfully
t tI d'a th they prosecute their ht, that
ward TOT the apprehension of the plunderers
they managed to turn the plate aud iewelry
t INTO money receive the amount of the deben.
they scattered the pillase, while it lasted will,
q zeat ~ untfring as its former owner had az
er93ed In amassing it,
ea nGt now wrote to Arthnr, entreatng him
ne Keaign to him Frolli0t's Grove and the
4 PrgperEy attached to it, but they wonld be en-
o an,S astween them, Che expressed the firm
I con ac5t0n ~ the Lottery to make Sir John dis
gorge 1lA cntires or at least a portion of the
oidsS isa IS ssg,y, returned most de-
, o,uea, tn9ngl eePeotfnliy refusal, ex-
pressing his high relish for his profession. and
stating that onand terms would he ever return
20 reside ~ thed1rcve or its locality Thrown
aoS Withs on himssf without friends
macy with persons he had before looked down
on, acquired habits of intemperance to which
ne mad never been addicted previously, and
IL s. linn Rh % tb had
vhatwith thOse habits and some other cbaneS
ae e ne met with, Ct his death, few years
sum lie had been the possessor of, was the six
thousand pounds refunded by Sir John. and
Which he he'd once invested in the. funds.
a nI SUD ne drew she week before his death,
Escsitots Grove he had, by degrees; parted
With, - his son, from Ills present positon-
could never, of course, inherit it; and of its |
Chan covered the funeral expenses
Ono Thousand of the six Arthur rc-transmit-
TED to the benevolent rector to be distributed
m charities, that the name of his family
might, in after times, be remembered with
blessings, as it had been hitherto named only
with curses. Need we tell the reader it was
promptly, judieiously and Literally applied,
without sectarian distinction OF PARTIALLY.
The ebb of fortunes tide swept with it more
OF worldly ccmfort and hope from the attorney |
than even from Ffolliot. The reader will re-
our early pages, to an only son of his that.
after having nearly attained his profession
led the parental roof and enlisted and the
eas IN mars conduct IN the army was it APP
wise act in entering it, He was as dssoIute
wa lnsubordinate there as he was at home, SO
hat punishment, and not promotion, was APP :
,ortioned to him by his superiors as his .
lesert; and before he was a second year in
he service, having struck his SERGEANT :
me day III n fit of drunken passion, three hun !
red lashes were awarded to him by court mar a
ial.
Smarting under tho pain and disgrace of a
his public punishment, he deserted lie was, :
owever, speedily captured and again punish f
d.. A second time he deserted with the same | l.
esult. third time, and he was branded on ~
he back as an irreclaimable offender, and ex- y
eiied the corps, with drums beating and flies II
laying. !.
The world was now before him, and he tnrn. II
d his thoughts on home Home accordingly T.
Q came to torment and disgrace his gripine q
nd unloving father.
The attorney could not, of course, and would :,
OF sanction the expelled deserter, and young "
aker resorted to crime aud fraud for the | ~
maintenance of his evil life. =.
He soon connected himself with a noted y.
and of " minions of the moon;" was appre- a.
anded in a midnight exploit, and suffered, ia -
'nsequence, a long imprisonment-an inn al
risonment neither sympathized with, nor in d.
~ manner alleviated by his father. y.
This utter abandonment pressed heavily on %
IS mind, and shortly after his liberation ~
,vtng learned that his father had just receiv- ne
a considerable sum, he, with three Of his e.
mpanions, entered the home of his child 20
'od and plundered it of money and valua bles 81
Well We're 1T trusting even to that; butt I'M ou
me resistance, when the prodigate son of an ~
parent, excited by drink and the O.
membrance of his fathers heartlessness |
ring his Incarceration, assaulted him so
olently that he never completely recovered
I'm; jos, effects, though he survived for many "
'nths after. For this crime through the vim cis,
tive feelings of the elder Baker, Adam Ba- c.it
r, junior, was transported for life on the a -"
dence of servant, and the considerable gre
,perty for which the attorney had waded yea
years through fraud and chicanery, de- tho
nded to a remote and disliked relative. grei
Is opposite to the closing career of the two pect
sonages of our tale just mentioned, as he But
$ unlike them in character, that of the recC
rthy rector. a
lime, the alleviator of all human woe, had thsr
usual influence on him, too, by gradually - :,
tening down the bitterness of his grief for ~
loss of his beautiful, gifted and angel SO
lded child, till the recollection of her be- to g
10 sweet and soothing remembrance, aud tihe
had the qualification of seeing his other
ldren growing up, if not with her beauty of II
son, at least endowed, to a considerable ex- leoot
3, with the moro enduring beauties of q -
ID sin15lar to hers In the progress of few -
rs he was promoted from the parish, "a an"
ch he had been such q blessing to a dean IN
Ian elevation which enlarged the sphere Aus
ais usefulness, and enabled him TO fling elder
9 frequently the shield of his protection serv
tfa Orar,po aa1o and Al