The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-02-04

Ioid hsf ID 8 burst Of paaI icnass a4est thst
never again would he humble htloeeax pefoee
her end y hssseoid hssss,ss yiss g sSseT
parted. One in Angss. ths ethse An mssk yes
OF tie two girls, M. LAsrsbs bsit loved Lee
path. but his pride MAIDS hiu, cling 70 Em%a
although he knew how heaxtless and vain enc
WAS. He saw too, that while EPma tnncr r 81
own indomitabis disposition and force Of
character, only ehe had directed every impu.sc
int6 the path ofvirtue and honor, while no y,
lowsd himself to DO governed by pre1ad'ce a ain
Whsn grandfather end child mot as ys
what would he not have given never 70
eaid those last cruef words!
( But Leonorss life was now yer
one, and this treatment from er-grand z
coat her many . bitter sigh and tear. BESIDES,
Enms bad implanted thorn Of sorroT d IN nsr
The white rosebud she had seen in William |
Dndley's hand the morning OF his departure
had been hidden in Emua's bosom, had made
word OF love had come from him to her since
sympathy OF affection had reached her sorrow,
ing heart since her poor mothers death and
now that her grandfather cast her on, a. it |
that life was very dark and checrless. She
could not believe him faithless but she feared |
that he felt how unsuited to share his life or |
| ter ofn vain second-rate actress! This he'd al
ways been, and still continued to be her one
abiding fear It lay like a heavy cloud over
careless word. like the one Emma had spoken,
would bring it's desolation full upon her.
Why did he not write who could tell her
not Ellen, who could only say-"He must hare
written, be patient and believe" Not Blanche
whose wistful eyes plead lovingly in defence
Of her absent brothes .His letters are SO few
Kate, absorbed in her own hearttroubles had
little to say or think. only devoted herself
moro and more to her mothers care, as though
to show that grief could not make her forgetful
of that tender, loving invalid. 1t was only
Mr.. Dudley who spoke ont boldly. What is
even to his mother. His heart is plainly torn
| poor Leonora, it's hard Indeed, this having .
| soldier-love." Emma might have explained
both his silence and his sorrow, but she never
such Q vague way that. while it suggested
| much, it really meant but little
1 In the meantime what was William Dudley
doing and what did it all meant Tho rose
| mother - all this bewildering labyrinth of
deceit and sorrow and unoertaintyf
Ss
MT. Latrobe had for years taken from the post
Office all letters addressed to his grand dsugh-
ters, he still continued the habit Of asking for
suppose you will sec her before do;" was his
customary remark as he handed all the mail
matter over to Emma # he ever suspected
, said nothing to Emma and she felt sure that
to Leonora he was eaually reserved.
emit, as many silly, empty-headed girls can be
/ and to about ten of Dudley's own company
0 she wrote long and frequent letters In thes'
8 sociating her name with that of Stanton
o until, in general, easy way, it came to b,
: believed that the chess student had found hi
"mate," and that the good, the sweet the in
y telligont Leonora was his Queen.
al Of course these idle rumors had reached
Dudley's car, as Emma hoped and planned
' they should, and, receiving no answer to hi
Z and fear. A''' '''''' ''' Wv ''"A - 0'"'
9 It was on the eve of battle in which, a
Q Jim had expressed it, Mas William wa
81 Stanton and Dudley, met to talk of home.
!, "You at least get letters, Stanton )" re
a marked Dudley, as he saw q fresh letter in hi
o hand And it must be q pleasant one, too
since it gives you an appetite for even this COLI
3 "Ah, yes; a real messenger of hope an,
4 comfortp His face frightened he spoke
and Dudley half turned away with an enviou
t sigh rising to his lips.
fIt is from Miss Latrobe,n continued Stan
h ton needless of the sudden pallor in Dudley
}, face, and, as he went on to speak of his mother
,. of Idas improved health, etc, he was unawar
that Dudley had walked away and shat he wa
q talking TO himself.
r Leonora had, indeed, written the letter tina
q Dudley saw in his comrades hand; but it wa
K done at the urgent request of Mrs. Stanton
), who, Frustrated with low fever, could no
e perform this duty for herself, aud had en-
d ployed Leonora as her amanuensis. And it ha
il contained news of hope and comfort for Star
< ton, as it detailed Idas altered life and dis
~position-dwelt, with woman's cunning ar
D. upon her growing beauty, and related man
IT proofs of her sweet and changed demeanor.
,e Leonera knew too well that her own imag
II was enshrined in the students heart, and sl
m wished. through regard for him and throug
d love for Dudley, to dethrone herself and plae
e. Ida there sovereign in her stead.
\ But how terrible to Dudley was the apparer
conviction that Leonora had forgotten hin
d that his fears must now shape themselves int
h stern realities.
"The rosebud J" he exclaimed, "the Blu
NJ that Emma begged from me on the morning c
is my departure, could not have persisted soon'
O. than her vows to me-if, indeed"
10 All! why seek to console himself by TIL
IT little "if"f Had lie not proof more tina
,r enoughf Her silence towards himself, h
kind letters to Stanton-all the rumors he ha
= heard.
"Let the morrow comet" was his bite
thought. Little do care if 1t bring Il
~ obi ion, forgetfnlness death!"
q What worth had life now since it was banl