The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-08-27

she intended to stay awhile. ALI the way she
was thinking of Eva, wondering If the child
Ply. Her heart was very sad. and yet there
was in it no shadow of Turning back. she
had entered upon the path OF the cross. ano
there must be neither faltering nor failing
there. ..u
Who con picture the lonely days, the still
more sorrowful nights Of her solitude ns nome me
and Evaf the torture of each mornings
thoughtsf the first indistinct recollection OF
something the to tSs sor
row that pressed SO heavily upon herI
Meanwhile the little Eva was gradually re,
conclling herself to her changed nfe' nke a..
Young children. When she awoke the nrst
day to find "inamma gone" she had cried e.t-
terly but smiled as quickly at the new Toys
that were put before her. She had called en- Ia.
room where her father was waiting to see her,
and tears came as she noted the vacant place; (
Many q night the little creature had soDbe9
to bsseg gthnps Gray
sterner and paler, for his mind was i'll at ease.
He had said that no affection for his wiIe
should make "sacrifice his principles )" but ne
began to see that he had sacrificed the hapPl-
ness of her whom he had been bound to love
and protect; and for the first time in his life
sts Grey taken
And he had never known how deep and
strong was his love for Marion until now she
was gone from him. Ae could not pear TO see see
filed with her bright presence. sometimes no
almost expected to hear her voice welcome
had tho
| that she was gone-gone by his own act; and
| IL seemed to him that his wretchedness was
more than he could bear He would d put put Eva "a
Beechfeid to rid himself OF ITS manning
memories.
TT is really an unaccountable thing for
Marion to take up these notions. said t MIS-:
were seated at the breakfast table, discussing
the contents of letter that had just arrived.
~ presume she will not expect to be on the
same terms with her friends before. 1t ID
impossible; not to he thought OF. really DO
not see how James could have acted diferent-
ly; and yet Icertainly feel sorry for her, very
; sorry indeed. All these Catholics! they make
dreadful separations in families always
feared what Marion's High-Church notions
would carry her to, aud ;sy fears are reaiizea;
r She is taken from her home, ana cnlio, anu
husband!'
, MT. Danvers was silent. In his own mind
, he considered that " the Catholics" were moi
J wholly the cause of the separation, but he
dared not say so. The secret of Mr.. Danvers
o calm passage over the matrimonial sea, for
: good many years, lay in the fact of his entire
q acauiescence in his wife's opinions, OF what
ever kind they might be and in the presen
=, instance he did not feel that it would be eithe
q safe or advisable to depart from his establish
r ed rule.
IT FLAMES says that he shall shut up his house
a he can't live in that great place alone" SAT-
to sne to
Ia little Eva and her nurse for time. 1t will
m rather Troublesome; children make such di
IN ference in the house Yet don't well kno,
Id James should wish her to be here. Aoweve
IN he is coming to dinner to-day to talk 1T q
ce OVER o,..,
conference with the cook relative to her br
en- theirs entertainment.
,is Mrs Danvers was a little woman considers
10 pbyscally, but full seized as regarded streng
up Of will and opinion; not unklndly, SO long
err she was not opposed; entering very hearti
TT, into plans for other persons comfort or haPp
wa ness, 80 long as they would resign themseiV'
cry to her hands and be managed mat was u
yas secret. Mrs. Danvers was q managing w
man." as her husband had found out in Il
the very early days succeeding their marriage,
wn few contests there had been, in which he hi
been invariably worsted; and then he lear
.rt- resign himself to her governance. There we
md those who congratulated him on the "treasur
he had secured in his clever active wife the
,ow were those who shrugged their shoulders, 81
to spoke contemptuousIy in private OF " pc
the Danvers," saying that he was henpeckeo.
,ise But strong as were all the opinions nc
,ful by Mrs. Danvers, there was one point
. of which she was more assured than any 9th
and this was in her positive certainty I'll
ng- there was no salvation apart from the Bapt
t of chapel she and her husband attended, OF
she course other of the same style and kind.
d. Perhaps in saying mo salvation" ha
ON gone a point too far Tor, although Oelng We
red. sure that heaven would be NANNY compos
5 if of Baptsts, with q thin layer OF the repr
ack entatives of other dissenting bodies, e
q would reluctantly admit that there might
9 its here and there member of the ChuI
tent of England, even of the consid
ion ably advanced; but Romdnist never! ,Th
Iere could be but one place Tor such iooiate
my, SO that Mrs. Danvers had no hesitation in {
ing Gliding her sister-in-law's future state, uni
e in it was impossible to rescue her, before 1t v
had too late, from the downward path into wh
God she had been beguiled. Therefore her conct
for the safety of little Eva was not surprisil
car nor was it strange she should feel such
lain | entire Appreciation of tho step her broti
cen had taken i'll baushing Marion.
the Mrs. Danvers and her brother had b'
It is brought M III the most strict old-fashioi
way ct religious dissent. Sunday was TO Tn