The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-01-09

good-by. That solitary letter of yours wa
worse than none at all provoking in you t.
ISlaPse1fht0 silence again. when n fellow
55hohght ne mad got on your track. How soor
do you intend to be off again ?n
Not for while YETI answered " thipl
! shaI remain ct home now. BY the way, how
| is Miss Foster ?-or is She Miss Foster vet D.
! and her grandmother ?"
The old lady died the winter after you left
New York but Helen is living in the home
stead yet. married sister of mine is domi.
J heard me speak of her. She was living in Bal.
timore when you were one of us. Helen is not
married: not for the want of suitors though
| she has refused between ten and fiftv spIend ii
offers, to my certain knowledge"
or course she makes you her conlfdant % /
said quzzingly.
,,I PCS d" toat-a fine ore I'd be- but guess
all these things. She ia an odd girl Not too
pious, although devout Catholic but hard to
please BY the way, am due at Helen's to-
night; won't You Gomez You can't expect her
to call on YOU"
made some excuse; and Fred went off
without nae, promising, however to report me
safe and sound" Although knew thar
sooner or later should meet her / could moi
face the ordeal rs yet: and preferred thar
accidental.
The next yy,eo': t t,1de1| i-tl Il la
two seats remained uuoccupied until the nt itt
douna had -. L -. 81 IN = yrlf,,
tory TITI15.
turncd my eyes from. the stage to meet
those Of Il Lady Who ,sscd-to one of the
rant chairs: and the next moment Fred Ami
tapt, was s:tyiulr. .N'ou hctr Moray ann Glad
We arencnr Vol. Ifc1a- changed. Nellie, don't
YOU think - ~ HIS calsfnauiuiI cNtcrtlcd her
hand in stlrrrrr 'I,fT,..l .,- | erected her n
single "wclrumc home lrlI from her lips, and
that was all
Nryrs; M. 0ld-tjuc sweetness in her voice and
alrhc the old-time charm about her still As
/ looked at her and heard her sneak | real.
.izal how vain had been the dclusion, TINT
promptcd me to seek peace aud discuchant-
iIir,t within tl. .i,borr of. her influence Once
duriho a nn,lsr in the Iuusic. She asked NV
uuiriGn of tE. SINGER must have auI7car2d
constrained and ayqjtw;rrd for have hair
recollection of uuttcrinn some indistinct-rrr1-
swer IIett bcforeth performance was over
| did not care to court misery-rny present sit
-uafion was deplorahlr cuouGh-and was anx-
iors to n,t away from Frrd,s nertfnacitv which
knew would assert itself if we went in COM
many from the ruusi, hall
Aitcrword steadily resisted Ill solicit atoms
from Aruitn un TO cali at his sister';. nlthonrh
he oftcn exIrel sed n desire to Introduce me.
However havinr met him one dav in company
with his brothCr-in.law l promised the latter
rreItlen,s, ~ c,Ii At ms rstidrnrc Not toToTa
dome 80 would haze I.l:lde-mx Conduct appear
rirliculoifs About dusk the next
s'Coinc to Auvcrrnr's with me to night he
said walter has conc to Baltimore on bust
ness. and Helen with him She intends spond-
in.r the winter with some relatives .h1rt
IN. ! am sorry Walter and Nellie are absent
lut you'n get acquainted with the best LITTLE
woman in The world"
iF,,,Ir WIS m, )lf for, present. too
aiJorr,nd The bcs. prportnritv. vent. and re,
ccivcd 4 cordial wcIroi,,r. from Mls-Auvergnc
who was alI-tl4#b h,9s iEolher had described
her, and more
SO this is NJ. MORAY she said as Fred in.
troduccd me. Il have heard of you 80 fire.
uurntlv that know. YOU alfCadv. And Helen
r ms T-7- fTTrrr-ri nm
The evening passed pleasantly As we were
about leaving, our hostess warmly invited me
to renew the visit. Come soon, and as often