The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-05-29

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"Psuline, you ere NO lonssr Calvin Seward
d She would have thrown hersclf at his keet
4 his stern look and manner forbade Il, ana .
2 MIN covering her eyes, she turned and totter
Ing from his presence, had barely time o.
D strength to reach her chamber, whom she fsl]
swoonirg into the arms Of her maid.
CHAprER Xxx
! Moro than two years have elapsed since the
circumstances contested with the devolopment
Of Our heroins's profession Of the Catholic faith
and which are already known 20 the reader,
. transpired. The dark olouds which 20 gloomily
overshadowed tho prospects Of Mr.. Seward q
that time burst but too suddenly and too
Hereby upon his devoted head. He had
scarcely recovered from the shook Of his
daughter'. conversion whom he reesived
another blow, second only in its severity to
the first. Within three months after the dis
closure BY his attorney of the difficulties CON
nected with the Eglenton estate, that beauti-
full country-.est had passed out Of his hands.
Mr.. Seward had scarcely risen from the anx-
ieties incident to this trial when smother Of
far more serious character befell him; it was
too much for mere human nature unaided by
tho supporting hand of true religion to bear
and he sank beneath the weighty burden.
The nature of this difficulty has been
alluded to by himself in his advice TO his then
l
the uncertainty attendant upon the investment
| of capital in stocks and also that he himself
already had reason to fear he shonld repent of
having sacrificed his real estate and thrown
his capital into the stock market. The expes
rienoe of every week confirmed this impression.
1t was just at the time also when the comma
| nifty was paralyzed by a universal suspension
and depression of the monetary systems of the
country; and before he could save himself, he
was hurled from the pinnacle Of affInence to
almost absolute want and he stood amidst the
n
rnincd; disconsoasts, aud kroken.hearted man.
He had not the spirit of true religion to ans
remorseless waves Of corroding want, he sank
hopelessly prey to the hideous monsters of
that bonndiess sea Of dark despair.
the announcement of their changed circum-
stances with heroic frmness. From the mo-
mont when her father uttered the cruel fiat of
enee, she had never been permitted to return
to it. She lived an exile in her fathers house
bnt when by the inscrutable permission Of q
been lavishly showered upon them, was
snatched away, and when they were thus
obliged to seek o humber and moro contracted /
abode, she knew from her knowledge that tho
distance which separated them must now be
diminished.
The shock, as has been already seen, pros
trated her father. The duty of procuring .
now rendered imperative thus devolved upon
herself. With the remnant of furniture that
renamed to them after the breaking M or
Mordant Hall, she succeeded in rendering their
new home comparatively comf0rtable. MIR.
Seward was conveyed thither, alike insensible
Of the change and I'd. xh9se was the gentle un,
smoothed his bed of anguish.
CHAPTER XXI,
1t has previously been intimated that MIR.
Neville's presence in the library had been ex-
pected by Mr.. Seward pursuant to his last visit
to Pauline. But, as is known to the reader,
MIR: Neville hurriediy left Merchant Hall with,
RiYffy Mr Retvn dnf Hf n
proposal. This did not arise from want Of
desire to repose the knowledge of his disap-
loved and-reyered- rs q SOD, and approached.
him as such whenever he needed advice, but il
arose partly because Of the pain he knew
he should infict as the bearer of such
tumnlt Of passion and disappointment that
racked his mind and rendered hina almost irres-
ponsible for what he did.
He rushed from the hall and rode EDWARDS
through the streets towards his hotel, regard
lese alike of friend or stranger, and three hours
afterwar while Mr.. Seward was still await
ing him in the library, the unhappy and dis
youth had embarked In . Wcst India
packet and was far ont of sight of the scene
both Of bis happiness and Of HE misery.
Morning found him tossed to and fro upon
the broad Atlantic.
After tedious and dismal voyage Of about
three weeks, he once more found himself at has
paternai estates in the West Indies. Tobag0,
though small, IL one Of the most beautiful Of
the Caribbee islands. Its soil IL rich and fer
tile ; 1t BbOunds In all the trOptcot ptnntB, ana
produces in inexbaustible abundance all the
fruits common to the neighboring Islands.
Here was the luxurious home of Eugene Ne
vile. Here in this ter(Atria paradise adorned
with every luxury, CROWDED with every delight,
was he to bury the remembrance Of his disap-
pointment and forget his grief.
Scarcely two weeks had elapsed when he re-
ceived n letter from Mr. Seward, imparAtivsly
urging his instant return. On Recovering ffOEn
the shock of his daughters announcements, his
first inquiry was for Eugene. Findihg that he
bad not returned to the hall, be immediately
tispatched servant to his hotel, and vhen
be received the unexpected information o. his
sudden departure, dispatched the letfeK I'm it
ne 1amented Eugene's hasty and, Ms no termed
It, rash precipitancy; censured him TOR not
having first made him acquainted with the do
Termination of his daughter; cursed the fAish
which he said had by hypocrisy aud double
dealing first corrupted the pure mind Of his
daughter, and contaminated the vIIlany By
persuading her to desert the faith Of her chfId-
hood TO embrace that deteStable sdOlatry, and
ended by urging him to return without \ aso-
nent's delay that ks ssssaz Es-0s fauiine 10
sssnme thOee views and Obligations which che
lad taken it upon hexself 70 reject
"Xes," he exclaimed, 81 viii 10 hut not 70 Z,
Jim. Oh, thas Z could fy from myself sa&
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