The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-06-04

1t 10 game, n0tbi6g more" he answered
Iut you think you viii make . hundred dollar
lit won't do"
! cannot lind that. and you certainly remem
Der that he had ono ~ she anxousiy inquired
Certainly saw his watch,"' he replied.
vel. Well SIR DO yoa know where 1t is" sh'
"Wby 1t was buried with him ~ he excl.im
cd, didn's you SEQ the ribbon about hi
Eyes, sir, I saw the ribbon she replied
"and the watch had been taken of. / ex
amined It myself"
"That's = lie. for 1 know the watch wa.
then ordered her to go below, and not try any
more swindliug on him.
When they reached Liverpool, the Captain
| told Mary that che could remain on the shil
until Mr.. Drolls friends could be heard from
q permisson she WAS obliged to accept, as she
was left without money. In due season Mr.
greeted her very kindly, and listened with in.
terest to her account of tho long and patient
suffering, last illness, death and burial of his
brother. To his demand for his brothers mon-
ey and watch. the Captain returned the same
answer as he had done to Mary. Finding that
his protests and arguments were useless MIR.
Droll told the Captain to have the baggage
put ashore aud they would leave him.
/ want the passage money for your brother
| and THE fast young lady" replied the Captain.
My brother wrote me the day before he
| loII new 1Ork, Tepiteu DAT. OrOll, =CnaC ne u0u
paid the passage money"
| "Well, sir, l don't care what he wrote you.
The passage money haslnot been paid" replied
the captain.
"He would not toll lie about it, Captain"
said Mr.. DrOll, "and can show you the letter"
~ don't want to see the letter." replied the
Captain, want the money, aud will have
" The passage was paid" said Mary, feeling
in tho pocket Of her sack for tho paper, aud
here II the receipt"
writing of Mr.. Peter Droll, and was for the
passage of himself and niece hut in the hurry
aud excitement of getting ready to leave New
York, be bad neglected to get it signed The Cap
tain's triumph was complete, and without fur
Their argument Mr.. Droll asked the amount of
the bill.
"well, as there has been some msunder-
standing" replied the Captain. II will let You
off with twenty pounds, although it nnght to
be It least forty, as had the trouble of nurs-
ing and attending him in his last illnessw
To this Mr.. DrOll made no other reply than
to pay the money aud order the baggage put
on shore"
When they arrived at the hotel where Mr..
Drol had stopped he procured a room for
Mary, where she was comfortable and could
enjoy a little repose.
"You must be worn ont my dear child" he
said to her, land we will therefore remain here
q few days, so that you can get rested and re-
cover from the fatigue and excitement of the
events of your voyage. After that we will go
up to Scotland where can promise that you
Will Do cordially welcomed
CHAPTER XIX.
The steady perseverance with which he I'M
dertook the dnties devolving upon him and the
tact and ability that he displayed In business,
soon gained for Philip the entire confidence OF
his employer. He bad decided advantage in
being a favorite with Mrs. MacOurty, who
treat ed him as she would have done a son, aud
never tired in her praises of him to her hus-
band. In addition to this his father had been
an esteemed friend of Mr.. Maconruy's, and a
man who had stood without oiemlsh OF re-
proach in social aud business circles. Many
of his evenings were spent at Mr. Macourty's
and here every thing was done to
make the time pleasant to hin. He accom-
panied Mrs. Macourty and Annie, sometimes
v It'll George and Cecilia, in her visits to their
friends, and was thus soon introduced into a
large and agreeable circle of acqnantances,
from whom he received numerous invitations
to parties and social gatherings that took up
much of his spare time. On Sundays and 9TH
er holy days, he occupied . seat in Mr.. Ma
courty's pew at ST. Patrick's, and was atten- |
tive to his duties, earning an enviable reputa-
tion everywhere he went. Mrs. Macourty of
ten talked with him about her little daughter
in whose rescue he had manifested 30 much in
terest at the time she was kidnapped. He
sympathized with her sincerely in her grief at
that loss and entered fully into the hope that
SINE day, the child would yet be recovered.
subject, he always listened with interest, and
kept up his part of the conversation in O man
ner that showed his heart was in the matter
wonder
that her heart warmed to him, and that be
soon became with her almost as dearly loved
as one of her own children.
One of his first acts after entering the office
of MIR. Macourty, was to write to Mary, aud
Inform her of his good fortune This letter
was written with great care, read, corrected
aud rewritten, for now that they were separ-
ated by SO many miles of distance he felt more
delicacy in addressing her, than be had done
WI en- they were together. After finishing tho |
letter to his satisfaction, he directed IL to her
at she town in Scotland where he knew she
was going with Mr.. Drol, and carried it to the |
post Office to mail it himself Months rolled |
away and there cSme no answer. Had she for |
gotten him This question required to him |
frequently, and began to possess far more in I
tel est than be had ever thought 1t would. He |
remembered the pleasant hours they had pass- |
ed together, the child-ike innocence Of her
manner, her cheerful disposition, and her
words of encouragement, and the thought that |
other friends now filled her mind, and had
upon his heart. He would often run over the
list of those he now visited, and compare |
them with her, bnt there was none so beauti-
full and good as she was. At last, his letter
came back to him. 1t was returned through
hA nao a.