The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-02-25
(Contiuued.)
CHAPTER XXXH.

CHAPTER XXXH
Essw men, indeed, possessed his secret of hap
tyssHess, or owning it, ever used 1t as he did
Msst If his confidence In Gods goodness was
sEni n,ited, his true heart knew its own SORROW
~aesd felt all the stings of fortune keenly. nc
<z,e . lonely man. No one in the world called
ss.sa son OF brother, and hence his generous
lns..rt had CHING to Mrs. Brown and Ellen. He
.,rsesd tho first as he felt he had loved his mo-
sfrsr; towards the latter he cherished all the
sf.avation Of a brother with still holier, deep
AuDt Pouy's words had stirred his heart
grr,st deeply; bat like the pool of Bethsaida,
cicero came with the troubled waters an angel
r Healing and happiness; Inc teachings or
sssn the contrary, shed u light around his
cSsaughts and works and deeds which shone
EE1b, as Aunt Polly truly expressed IT., in the
crying hard to make others happy" What
.ssser troubles trials or temptations. befel him.
sxnz Faith, Ike Aaron upholdins Moses arm,
Izcstained him too until over sorrow, doubt or
sssn the victory was won.
re know Ellen did not return his love: but
rs did not know that she had given her heart
isr7o annther's keeping This had flashed upon
aasm with the sure conviction of truth, as soon
,,s Aunt Polly had spoken, and it was this that
TO found hard to bear. 1t took from him
eli aim in life; it changed the current of his
F.aak, az it were, upon his own useless being
s5ut through all that evenings lonely medi-
SaAeions, osrDe tho thought that Higher Power
;..iasn tho will of man, had ordered what he
,ssss to bear and what he was to enjoy. He
n-s,coGnized the intervening hand OF God be-
saTeen our human hopes and their accomplish
megat, his gracions Providence in the affairs
-sx g poor, weak heart, as well as in those of
1.lfd ons.
of / can only see her happy, shall be con-
Isapt--Wbat can have become of Daviss'
.as .ShuuIht, remembering that noSletter had
,azme from him for many months, though he
ksss promised faithfully to write often and
c1erularly. Could an answer have been given
"a. soNeiPs inquiry, he wonld have mentally
ae.-n Mr.. Davis sitting like himself that night,
.s silent wat cher in a room as lonely and DESC
}Taee a. tho one he occupied thinking too.
, ,sre himself, of cherished friends, and fondly
..-ssralling Ellep's memory with the same Sill
-rssre wish for her happiness.
After reaching Brazil, where he pnrposed to
xsxIprove his mind, his health and his purse,
Tanres Davis had been stricken down with
rS5se-, and brought very near to deaths shad
ssvy presence. Recovering slowly from this,
si.s uneasiuess in regard to his mothers action,
aNs anxiety concerning the fate of friends in
1lsev Orleans, all preyed upon his mind to such
10 extent that many months elapsed before his
issssltlI restored.
Ihe blockade had eifecr1ally cnt him OFT
Sg>1n al! communication with Louisiana and
AL his entrcating letters to his mother had
$si,ed 10 make her see the injustice a:.tl wick
1T ness of her courSe.
At last New Orleans fell, and the accounts
u lich reached him OF Tia. brutality OF its w.
Mt aud tho suffcriugs OF its luhnbifants de- !
,srmiu.h HIM 10 repair thther immediately !
AID, placing his fate in Ellcns hands, ask her /,
~ decide u io- him.
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