The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-08-13

lied I" exclaimed Mary.
Mary. MARY, what do mean :" Philip sn1i0uS's
Nary took the cross and examined it closely,
while the varying expressions OF her race.
showed the deep emotions that filed her neaf'
"When my mother was dying in Brooklyn,
she said to Philip, while all present listened
with intense interest she whom you s ss ss
ing to me, she called me to her and told me
that she was not my mother, this scene re-
lated to our kind friends here when they aG-
dertook the care of me, and assumed the posi-
tions of mother and father, which they nave
"Yes, YES, I remember it all, Mary, DEAR"
ned Mary, "for Mrs. Collins could tell me no
moro, than that I had been stolen from my
when was quite young. and the only evil
deuce that remained was this cross, bearing
the initials of my mothers maiden name-here
you see them c. NJ. c." Il.
Friends stood mute with surprise at this
sudden discovery of one 80 long mo1rneo Us
lost, but when Mrs. Macourty threw her arms
kisses, the ladies and children laughed and
cried in turns, while the gentlemen $1,000 $1,000
hands with each other, and hastily wlpeae
away the tears that -acOuld come in spite VI
manhood and an effort at serenity.
Mr.. Macourty embraced his daughter, a a
feelingly expressed the joy he felt ut her ais
~ knew there was something that drew me
to YOU" said Annie, embracing her sister al,
foctionately, flor when first saw you iove se,
you, there was a secret charm that pouh1 NJ, NY
heart that I could not understand. ihe4
when you were going to marry Phllp,
thought it might be that. for l always loved
him. and she cast merry, roguisn iooA s ~
Philip, who was as proud and happy as 1t was
possible to be.
!" why did you part with this precious me-
mento of your lost home Z" inquired Mr. ma
,vrI,.. ~, bod oil
"You remember kind friend Peter
Droll," she said to Philip, " it is to him that
owe my education, he was to me o kind and
indulgent friend, brother father could
not have been more So.
AZ know it WE'LL" replied Philip, fpoor
Uncle Peter, he sleeps beneath the waves OF
"Yes-but we thought-everybody said,
that a trip to his home in Scotland would re-
store his broken health, she sadly replied, as
she remembered disappointed she. sue lad I'D
got money enough he would start on the voy-
age. At last, one evening he said that II he
had only fifty dollars more he would be able
to go at once had this cross, it was very
dear to me. but his life was ut stake, he had
never hesitated in acts of kindness towards
me, and parted with it, hoping that would
be able to buy it again when we returned 10
New York, as we had planed to do"
I'VE Purchased it, through an agent, said !,
Mrs. Macourty, Sand tried in every way to ma
out who had sold it at the shop where IL was
| found.'
81 sold it for sixty dollars, to pawn ker.
q Mr. Emanuel" Mary continued, and one on
day when We were in New York, L goe the
from 70 ths
| Der it we'll, to buy it back. The man himself
was not in, and the clerk told me the cross had
not been there since ne came a;me ,n'0 inc S'''''
Yes. we heard of that visit in our in
quiries," said Mr.. Macourty, but we never
dreamed, of course, that you were the person son.
thought of breakfast, the recognition had
been so sudden, aud there were so many things
to be said, and so many to say them, that the
time few away unheeded by any one present
At last, however one of the servants ventured
in to remind Mr.. Mcdonald tnat the Iaple Wa
waiting, and they immediately repaired to the
dinning-room where an elegant rePas' was oui'
In the evening the house was Brilliant!
lighted and filed with friends who congratu
lated the young couple on their happy union
and MANY of them having heard of the event
of the morning, expressed their pleasure t.
, Mrs. Macourty, that she had regained her los
daughter, after so many years OF suspense an
| sorrow. The party was one that was much ell
, loved and often talked of after wards, by thos
f who we're present. 1t was long past the moo
of night" before the company separated. an
Philip and his young bride were duly escorts
l to, and installed in their now home
CONCLUSION.
Every story has on end, and this is perhaI
L u
{ low the fortunes of our friends to the preseu
= time, period of ten years years that tn
Q reader need not be told have been full of man
| and varying changes and events OF thrlilin
= interest to every American home.
). The name of Percy MacVain is often mel
q toned in commercial circles with respect an
esteem The friends that he injured by IL
i, one great wrong of his life, have long sin'
ID forgiven him and cherish now the memory
a his many stirling qualities of head and hear
ii Little hands have been taught to decorate b
resting place with garlands of flowers al
g. wreaths of evergreens; and when Au Sam
ly Day returns, with its beautiful custom of Vi
lie iting the houses of the dead there are fe
graves orpamented with more elegance al
as taste than that where rests the talented, b
n maynard Percy MacVain.
n Sam Sellwell holds his own against the tro
ng bles and cares of old father Tune, remarkab
ne WELL and is now clerk in one of the leadil
re dry goods emporiums of Canal street in t
Crescent City. He met the Saffron Knight
q sometimes known as yellow fever, the hr
de summer of his residence there, and havi
N, come off victorious, is now firm in the bell