The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-03-03

his needs. And vet he was not the only Con-
federate soldier dependent upon their DSunay
and recipient of their disinterested k,nonese.
In every house might be found two, three, OF
moro sick, wounded, or disabled soldiers VINO,
without any other claim upon this generous
people except that they Were ssS Snd ciesreG
into health and strength again; by nanas, anu
voices kind as those Of their own mothers or
Noble Alabama! May her reward come one
day. whom the men whose lives she renewed,
and whose hands she strengthened, VIII ne
permitted to return her generous bounty an
William found his mother really looking
better; and, though she wept upon ma neck,
Of sorrow u th tbs she rejoiced more at his
recovery than she grieved over his loss:
"My boy yet" she said, with her sweet,
cheerful smile beamnG on him even through
her tears. Then, lifting up the armless Sleeve
she continued: .
"This was the mans first tribute to his
country. Does he regret the gift Tsa -.
mo indeed, my mother. Although until
| this moment, have felt an envious pang tnat
| henceforth had but one arm with when 10
you to y now Chased it
forever" He held her closely to him, and
thanked her for her brave, yet loving words.
for her cherished hSother; that. sitf,ne It
home with his loved ones, and petteI W MI,
he realized that an arm was the sinailess loss
he could have suffered, while it gave III return
felt himself in u fair way to be spoiled.
He soon learned to use the lett arm ana
hand most sklfully; and the first Specimen or
his new penmanship was a long letter L" hrr
who, silently, faithfully, lovingly, had waited
trusted, loved him through it ali.
CHATTER xxxv.
:, Tic Petition Granted.
Ida Stanto was indeed changed Under
the influence and teaching of Leonora she had
become lovely, amiable and intellectual ,;.l
| Har apl. M
passionate emotions, were tender with love
and bright with intelligence. The very de-
formity of person that had once made her an
: object of pity and aversion, seemed almost to
] have disappeared. The bent shoulder lifted
itself, rs it were, with her moral nature, into
grace and symmetry; and slight inequality
with the other roupded limb-which the toilet
easily concealed-was all that was lett OF the
u poor, peevish, distorted and once unhappy
others she must first secure their esteem, and
d that the surest way to retain both was to
prove herself worthy of these feelings. :,
J, She no longer sought to win StantOn's regard
by word or wish, but rather shrank from all
Q display of affection on her part, rs we'll as
from any declaration of it on his. But it came
. at last.
II Just before one of the last terrible battles in
II Virginia, Clarence sent her letter freighted
with all his love, and eloquent with all his
hopes and fears
8, II he should fall in the approaching battle,
s she would only learn how thoughts of her had
!; blessed and cheered him even in the hour of
0eACl-SUOulO
her to know that life held no greater reward
Than that day her his own.
'e And he did survive, unframed and, in her
70 Joy and thaukfulness, she wrote him all the
1. tender sayings his heart craved SO much and
ID her own had known so long. Only at the
close of her letter did she refer in bantering,
u pleasant way, to his own old saying, Z" yAnt
ut Gully in Egypt, ancient Egypt, did brotheE Sud
His Hnswer came" Call me brother. 2,sver.
~ friend, companion, any tender name you
es please, 80 You reserve that higher holer, hap
lis pier one which l shall claim whenever my
is country can spare me from her ranks"
IS, And Leonora, too, bad found her reward.
For the letter, written in left, hand characters,
w came in due time, and accomplished more
Cd than stanton's proxy one one had done towards
er now, no doubt, no bitterness of heart remain
de ing; only the tcondition of her grandfather,
to and Emma's heartless conduct threw a shadow
&c over her peaceful, happy heart.
She had gone to the bedside of the former to
y. take her place as nurse and comforter, and
in though he could not speak to her, she forgot
OF told her once he would Rercr speak to he
al again -. --.., ---.,,,a g e,,s,
ment; for he was stricken even more terribl!
er than her father had been, and to no one coult
We he speak the feelings smothered III his breast
II The girl whom he had tempted from M, ne
of now and, while he lay gasping and helpless
she went on with her Wedding preparations
,t heartless to the last.
J
Id very rosebud which she had used as a weapo
N against her sisters peace, she threw into he
" lap one day as n token of her Willie,
IN bidding her prize it until he came to give he
,r a whole wreath of buds and blossoms 1t ha
al been to her trivial matter to plan and decei'
ia aud wound her sisters heart; now it SCENE
,e, equally trivial to give comfort, hope and 70
NJ Leonora, Ida, even Emma in her heartle
way-each had some happiness, some CLEAN
hit of future bliss. some hope of true enJoymen
,er only Ellen found life still dreary-st'll full
asst thorns and rugged places. r
H. How O'Nen ever procured passports f
ar himself and her, how he passed Federal al
Confederate lines with small delay, reachir
for his destination just one day before the las
in none could tell
interchangeable, hopeful, brave and tender
fa- bore Ellen safely over land and river, throut
cen picket-guards ana vloette-staILons, unti
i'm, stood with her in Palmyra and learned tb
there was time for her to wee the doomed ana
rm- to receive his parting words.
lgh Davis, as ONeil learned, had indeed be
to msled by rumor, and had reached Palmyra
had whence lie expected so easily to ma Ike his W
lite through to the Confcderacy-onlyto be arrest
o is as a Confederate sympathizer and to be held
e of al ybn n