The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-06-12
PAULINE;
A TALE OF REAL LIFE.
fC0utinued.l

Mr.. La Zourk somewhat imploringly con.
tinued, Has Miss Seward no word Of encour.
fervently to love bert"
"Mr. La Zourk, Miss Seward lie utterly at a
| loss to discover when, or where, either by word
| or manner, she has ever given Mr.. La Zourk
the slightest encouragcmentto hope that any
thing that he might have to say upon such .
! subject would be patiently listened to by her.
ALAS! Miss Seward, have nothing to plead
in exteDuation of my temerity but Miss Sew
ards clemency."
Miss Seward was touched by the melancholy
| tone in which the young gentlemen addressed
Miss Seward appreciates all the honor which
Mr. La Zourk proposes to her; and she hopes
Mr.. La Zourk will regard it as final and impe-
rative, that under no circumstances whatso-
ever will 1t be agreeable to Miss Seward to ex-
perience q renewal of this subject"
1t was some time before Mr.. La Zourk could
recover frnp tho astonishment and chagrin
| which so Unexpected termination Of the af-
fair produced. He attempted to offer reasons
to Miss Seward why this shoald not be made
by her the final reply to his suit but finding
her unalterably settled in the determination
which she had expressed, he withdrew, even
moro conscious than he had ever before been
Of her worth and ,superiority. Pauline, con-
eaa q os
that something GDusual, and Of q painful
nature had occurred. She approached him
and threw her arms around his neck. She at
tempted to speak, but her voice failing her,
she sank silently by his side.
Be comforted, my love-" be said, edo not
distress yourself to tell me what has happened
posed"
CHAPTER XIII.
Painful though it be to contemplate them,
the sorrowfui fortunes of little Marie now de-
had attempted to snatch her from the happy
home of her benefactI ess was only momentarily
foiled. Before proceeding, however, it becomes
necessary to explain. When her mother ar
ir1f v>nsr
reduced her to the necessity of seeking the
hnmblest lodgings for herself and daughter.
These she procured, but had scarcely entered
the wretched chamber, when her health, long
enfeebled by her sufferings, suddenly declined.
Soon afterwards she died.
A few doors from the house where Marie's
mother died lived two of the most debased and
deplorable of wretches. They were q man {if
a man he could be called) aud his wife. They
snbsisted by begging through the day, and by
plundering at night. They had reduced beg
ging to q system, and had o number of chill
dren trained to act their parts on all the
various occasions to which their operations
gave rise. BY means of q false pretense the
man one day got little Marie, whom he met
crying in the street, to go with him to his den,
and here it was that her real SORROWS COM
menced; here it was that her gentle nature
was wounded aud lacerated by every species
of cruelty; here was she beaten and bruised
until she had not the strength longer to resist
the determined efforts of her tormentors to
mould her to their nefarIous practices. Several
they ventured to send her out to beg, and
when at last they had humbltd her suffi GENTLY
TO inspire her with the obedience of fear they
sent her forth tattess isi5 = sriTaff
basket on her arm. Being unscqnainted with
the streets, she lost her way, and never return
ed to her tOrmentors.
interchangeable were the efforts made to re-
cover her, and inexhaustible the imprecatiOns
of vengeance to be heaped upon her inoffsnsve
head when discovered. They were q long
time fruitless, when ut last, after year had
elapsed, she was unexpectedly encountered in
the street, and her changed circumstances and
place of abode at once made known. From
this period q perpetual watch was set over her
every motion.
Sire repaired to the grotto on that fatal af-
ternoop, unconscious that her lynx eyed enemy
was watching every movement She had fin
ished her devotions when the mouth of the
cave was suddenly darkened, and turning she
beheld the miserable wretch whom she had
much cause to dread. She sprang for
ward. and was ont of the cave before the
coon overlook the fragile child and held her
in his powerful grasp. He tied up her mouth
to prevent her from screaming, and SION
carried her off in q cart to his " refcbed abode
III the city. Here she was cruelty treated. luz
capable of making any defence or of exertihg
herself to escape from her miseries, she EnOaned
her plant in secret.
CHAPTER XIV. -
Two travellers were urging their toilsome
way through a wilderness of snow along one
OF the rugged passes of the Alps. A clear
morning in the Alps is ever inspiring. The
glorious sun had lit up the glaciers of Mount
St. Gotbard with all it's splendOr aud efful-
gence. Our travellers resolved TO pass the
summit at every hazard. To the waruiDgs Of
nature and several remOnstI snces from NOUN
taipeeTs, who saw that storm WAS approach
ing, they turned n deaf tar.
+ Tn~y proceeded with courageous hearts and
determined wills. For h0urs they kept on
their rugged and varying course with unhesi-
tatiDg nrmness. Night lowered upOu the
Tn tina nF hair afe
tom. Trusting in heaven, they pressed on.
The passes Of St. GotbSrd, the SimplOn,