The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-07-17
= FEET OF THEM THAT BRING GLAD rIpIrc

> Isan himself His sister was resting o
the bed, looking almost "a pale and lifeles
% the parent etretched beside her, Will
the hushed silence Of the other shrinkin,
occupants corresponded we'll with th
!ighted candles and the other insignia of ,
} death chamber. And the sight had q mo
mentary effect he pausedin the doorwa,
and stared wildly around. The effect wal
put momentary, however; for he was il
That state of half drunkenness-nOt drunk
enness itself-whenc the violent or evil
tempered are least governable by them.
selves or others. Recovering instantly his
intoxicated and heartless brutality, he ad.
vanced into the room, shouting: "Nell,
understood you had one of the forbidden,
determined to give him chase; but YOU
have given him the start, see.n
Robert, Robert, this is terrible" said
his sister, raising herself, "look there -
she pointed to the corpse.
Yes, see, Nell. He has run the course
we must all run, and distanced us, sup
pose. Well he was highfyer in his day
and deserved a longer course"
ooh, God forgive you, Robert, for having
the heart to speak so. Fallen, fallen as you
were. could not imagine that you could
bring yourself to use such words respect
ing = respecting = Oh, God forgive you
again" She sank her face on her hands.
Nell, you needn't get into the heroics.
can feel as we'll as another; but it wasn't
to cry came here now. I suspected and
heard you intended to bury the old boy ac-
cord1ng to your own forbidden ideas, and
the foolish way he lived but am de-
termined he shall be buried in the lawful
and respectable way BETTING the head of
the Lynches, and without any of the howl
ing OF those drunken beldames and brutes-
perdition to them, what brings them here Z"
He shook his hand and stamped fiercely:
and the women stumbled in confusion out
oftiie room; the few men among them fol-
lowed too, though two or three Of them
paused without the door to watch the issue
OF the scene, burning with rage, and only
prevented by their affection for Ellen and
their veneratiOn for the dead, from laying
violent hands, even in the wake room, on
the ruthless and unnatural son and brother.
i" Robert" said Ellen, starting up and
wiplng away the tears which had been
binding her, 81 have borne with calm
ness wonderful to myself your brutality up
to the present moment. l have not even
once accused you of having fastened the |
death of my darling father by your aban-
dOned and unnatural acts. But now that |
you venture to assert you will inter him,
whose heart you have broken, with rites |
contrary to the faith of those he loved and
hoped in, L discard, at once and forever all |
ties between us, proclaiming you in the |
presence of our fathers corpse, as the mon
ster you are, and telling you to your face,
dear remains of him, to whom your very
name was an abomination for many long
month past"
Outraged grief and affection lent her a
degree OF energy that completely startled
her heartless brother, as she stood con-
fronted with him, proud and erect. with
eye and cheek momentarily flushed from
marble paleness to deep crimson. But the
spirit of partial intoxication supported
him, and he instantly rejoined, with a brutal
laugh: Halo, my little girl, see you're
true game, but you're growing little too
loud, though you may expect to be backed
that, hear, has been lowering around
here latterly with some of his smuggling
friends.. But, my little vixen, you'll soon +
ind that even their mighty back won't be
able to prevent me from burying Sir Ed
nund Lynch in way worthy of his rank
and loyalty, though his wake has not been
Away, heartless and impious renegade,
md pollute not further the presence Of the
iead," she said, stamping her foot and .
,lenching her ANAL hand theoretically.
Begone at once, before patience is utterly
You think I am lone and at
Iour mercy, but you are wrong Some
,wo or three faces, with fierce excitement
;haractered on them, showed themselves at
he door, and fiercely -muttered impreca- ,
ions were uttered" and you think not
'annot at present think--what such terrible
revocation may produce. Away, then, to
'our drunken and dissolute companions,
md no longer disquiet the apartment of the
lead, lest heaven itself should crush Won ,
where you stand" II
Yis, Miss Ellen, darlin'," exclaimed
latty, rushing in, after having been arous- ,
d from long slumber, with her thin, grey {
airs tossed wildly about her withered face |
nd neck and fury flashing from her rbeumed +
We, "let him begone, .afore the sperit itsel'
cts up an sthrangles him on the spot, like '
8 Honreese oh" (black Henry did with his '
n dutiful sen, at his own wake Ito them r
ELS be it tould)-God an the Vergin for /
i've me, that 1 should have a hand in b
airin' SIGH an onnathrel crather. Sure d
nongh it was pinance on me, for some t
errible sins o. thin that came afore me. v
0, masther Robert, masther Robert, how v
an ye look on the dark, eowld face fore b
int We, an think ov all the times it smiled /
We, and that he had ye on his knees, af o
Waen,t even dhrop's blood to ye, am "
pake SO hardenedf" e
" Be silent, you old drunken hellicat, am