The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-05-12
From the Catholic World
MIR, BASHER'S SACRIFICE,
AND WHY HE MADE 1T.

AND WHY HE MADE IT. '
s;,n,, hecause Colonel Dolickem srould feed 9
himself with his knife at table. But what !
Could the vulgar habit of the colonel have 10
do with such q sacrifice ON the part OF Sl !:
Basher' Nevertheless it is true, amE n Never
have made it. Colonel Dolickem cut ms
mouth and severed his hopes at one blow as ~
we're Fact! And this is the way IL came
about. ., ,,,,+ What
Mr. Basher, you are aware, was not %nas
might be called marrying man. certainly
not. Ihave heard him say, over ana over
again, in what might possibly b Se he would
much prefer cutting his throat. Not tnaS ne
had any aversion to such O state OF life, or that
he had made any VOW OF cSl.'a an;ysht have
i;IeJ to marty MI, Basher could have done go |
any day, if MI. Basher had been the lady, and
the lady had been the man. as no Soung a ,nuS
line prophecies, such as popping the questlon,
buying the ring, seeking the priest, putting up
the banns and the like to doing any ~; OF tb na
there were little expectations cherished ny
MI. Basher's acquaintance of ever wishing
ioy to o Mrs. Basher. "Pd rever come through
it alive" he would say. But he DID, as you
shall hear. ,,,
There is one thing Mr.. Basher could do, and
do more perfectly than any man ever knew,
the title we gave him the first ming he was
Introduced at our club 1t may be said that
blushipg was his normal condition. :" DO you
know" said Healy, the great portrait painter,
to me one day, speaking of Basher as o sub
iect. that IseYef painted o man whose COM
plexion SO difficult to determine nl as tnae
OF ySss sad warm reoned the
artist. "Warm does not express it, say red
hot.D Old ladies would offer him their fans In
the street-cars and mischevous So thE- I hats
look first at him, and then toy WIN tne
dangling ends of their ribbons, as much as 10
say: Just this shade, Newsboys, seeing
him pass, hailed one another with the me NORM
ton that "your uncle had beets for dinner"
and willy policemen logged his steps under the
impression that he was making OIL with some
thing that lay heavy on his conscience.
But Mr.. Basher's blushing face was notnlhg
to his blushing heart, mind, or soul, or what,
ever it is that bushes inside of a man, and
causes him to feel weak and faint, to get
shaky at the knees and buugling in speech.
That he never finished n complete sentence Is
q fact too well known to need confirmation.
ing Miss Criggles was obliged to come to 81 his
rescue; for, when he had got as far as Z" Miss
Criggles, will you have7--"if that ready-witted
young lady (thirty, if she was day, you
what he just then lost the power OF saying,
"me for your own" do not think We would
have seen q Mrs. Basher to this day.
He had no better success in his attempts to
converse with children. l remember, as he
sat one day in my parlor, twiddling his thumbs
breaking down in his remarks, and his oo I;,
coming and going in rapid succession, my lit
tie danghter Dolly climbed upon his knee
and covered him with confusion by saying tt
"Mi'ter Bashy, does 100 say 100 pray
ersp ~. ,,,n,orsa Mr.
Basher ia reply, his knees beginning to invol
"What does 700 say 7" persisted the litti'
fairy, shaking her curls and giving him al
arch look. ~ don't think 100 do"
"Why-why-do you a" Mr.. Basher go
",Cause 700 never members what 'oo's think
in bout"
stare vacantly at the wall, and smile smile
that is often seen on board ship as soon n:
she reaches rough water. Certainly, IL
another sense little Dolly had put MI. bashel
But I'm forgetting about the sacrifice. You
know what q sensation the cards produced
The receivers whose eyes hrst Tell upon tha' o
Miss Rosina Criggles, expected, OF course t.
read "Col. Washington Dolickem on UNI
other. That was o conclusion every ooy nae
arrived at for more than six months previous previous
and if the bold, heavy card of Col. Dolcken
did not accompany the delicately scented
somewhat thinner and smaller one OF n.is S
Criggles, it would be, doubtless, inc syn
weeski. of the Russian Embassy, OF Major
Thwackenout, of the Ninth Fuesyhers, az
Tom Wagstaff used to call them. That same
rSe nsysr T BSs as sne crgges
None but your generals and your colonies
and your majors ever get their feet under tue
mahogany at Camp Criggles." said d. Tom an q,
n pretty mess they make of it," rms was 10
allusion to the everlasting on dts ABOUT Lne
duel, or the cowhiding, or some such other
agreeable encounter which was daily expected
TO come off between the rival combatants ioE
the hand, and l may add, the tive-twentles OF
the charming Rosina.
You should have heard Tom when he heard
the news. ,,,,.
Rasher: Look again. Some OTHER Basher-
some general, colonel, major, or turkey cock
in-boots Basher. MOI Our Basher1 linen
draw n men across that line in the spelling
hooi, Faint heart never won fair lady, for
DiI f nrrs has done the deed, and none so