The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-24

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to refuse n lady anything she asks. 80 iss the
straight in the future
while George, Pieking up the boys cost ana
shirt, said in iis usu6 mischieyous way, LOOK
here. boy. the soener You get these tnings On
But tie iibersted black was not to DO cheat
Cd out Of bis gratitude, 90 raising htmset oP
only TO i sgaI =. i So,ub tSs' vet earnest
way for her kind indifference in his behalf
IL am not tho only one entitled to your
Ssahs
his plans, and anxious for his good deed 10 20
known and but .aos It shas
men Who stood around him, and clutehing des-
perately at tho air in the violence OF his I'sroA
ysm, that Ellen guessed his metive anu To-
missing the sailors and the black, Mr.. Davis
turned to Ellen, saying, "Allow me also 70
thank you for your agency In preventing one
called upon to perform. am inclined to be-
lieve that the boy is really what he Representa-
himself, and certainly seems anxious 20 hno
the way back to his master since ne r''kea 30
"Tbat ATTEMPT epeaks volumes In favor Of
his masters kindness. It is not often, De-
lieve, that we hear Of slave yolHntsrny re. re-
polite and Handsome mate beside her.
ave seldom hear the fact mentioned" re-
piled Dr. Dalton. "but the aboltionists OF the
imagine, to conceal all such facts from the
| public car, although have no doubt such In
| stances are Of ffequent-occurrence.
class, Doctor :" asked Mr.. Davis, 81 have the
honor of belonging to tho North myself, and
e .ye.;e to YET ths %oor
b. Si. oei So %o back to Fl: sI masters care
| "Yoa are not Of the genuine sort then MI.
Davis" replied tho Doctor. mo doubt you
woald be read on OF sps asr Hon sxnre.s such
sentiments. However" he continued, II have
always had . partiality for the South. Like
ireland, its women are al Iair ena ts men -,
fanaticism is allowed to have sway, wnen sne
may still more resemble the Emerald Isle In
her sorrows and sufferings, in her heroism ana
nniiiuching valor. God grant that she may
not also resemble her in oppression and in
dOoMw
lyon will sadden us, Doctor. by such dark
forebodings," said Ellen, in whose beautiful
eyes there shone only the light of hope and
"Dear child! resumed the Doctor, you
the sunny South, which shall bring sorrow te
every heart and desolation to every household
If this day should ever come, 0 Ellen! be true
the land o ar it, nay need ps
die for, Let love for ireland grow into love
for the South, SO that every impulse of thought
and action may be one OF pure, unsniiiee
lyon are an enthusiast, Doctor" said thu
young mate, calmly. "No such dire calamity
, as you have Swallowed forth will ever befal
sible to be led astrsy by evil.minded demago
oues-too Jealous Of their liberties to see ont
portion of the community oppressed by an
. nations and too great to forget even for time
j. the lesson of the past"
~ hope it may be always thus, Mr.: Davis
South, there to live and die, unless my OWL
l. native land shakes of her shackles and CALI
a upon her sons to rally round her. Yes. Most
sincerely do hope that the rsma, ,a OF my
Q constitutional liberty
He turned and walked away, leaving Mr.
Davis by Elen's side and well she knew, az
4 she saw him slowly pacing to and fro, with
/ his dark hair dropping across his forehead, his
soft, white hands folded one within the other
= that he was thinking. dreaming perhaps o.
. that bitter past which he had witnessed, ant
of that uncertain future which doomed VI
Q dark and threatening before his prophetic
vision.
= of the morning and spoke of the Captain
q at is true, that we, sailors, are often roug
n and uncouth; but in his case, fear all tn
n roughness of manner comes from the hardnes
I. of the heart. When that is true and tender
IF every thought and word and action corr
st spends"
"a Ellen thought so too, and as she glanced u
10 at the handsome face bending down toward
her, she seemed to know intuitively that tt
IL heart, whose warm blood glowed upon tt
m bronzed cheek was indeed most true an
n tender.
- al once made q passage with Capt. Dea
ed hart" continued the mate, "mauy years az
nd when was q mere boy. He was then ev,
more severe and exacting than he is now. i
in, deed, he was considered cruel by all the me
DIV and was destined on one occasion to reali
ed his total want of human sensbilities. o.
day, when still very inexpert and ignorant
eta sea-faring life, was sent aloft in the rggin
IT'S when through my awkwardness, fell owe
board. The Captain was standing on deck
bs the time and saw me fall. One would thi
mt that my very youth and helplessness mu
n have excited some compassion; but he Meth
extended to me any help himself, nor did
Ike order the men to do So: Fortunately for n
) n the cook good natured, kind-hearted fello
also saw me GO overheard. The nearest thi
list at hind was a coop with three chickens insie
ng WHICH ne ns. :sy p 1850 W T ,~nnoroJ
40 seize mold of it, cling to it and by this mea
ne was finally rescued from my perilous situati
w. oil hoe 10 he Heclr n