The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-04-14

and he leaves the last communica-
ion of f. L. unanswered. He receives no
more Of those interesting mssives. Lizzie,
thoroughly frightened, stops this amusement
But at last the Nemesis, circumstance, over |
lakes berthe Circumstance of meeting Mr:
Frederick Schuyler at a party. A very small
apparently, but pregnans .t wn5n
ing not far off from him, in all the blaze OF
gas-light and full dress. He has never seen
Elinor at this advantage, but the perfect pro
him at once. Yet those blonde locks and the
light laughing eyes-these are neither like
Elinor's nor the picture. Lovely this face Ger
pleasing him more. The remarkable resem-
blance, however, has 30 startled him, that he
actually trembles as he asks friend who has
been talking with her to tell him her name.
"Do you know her first nanei" he says,
with forced composure.
"Oh! yes. Lizzie Lennox and arc old
friends let me introduce YOU" And in the
brief interval before he is presented be only
remembers that it is L. L. and not Il. L., the
lady of the photograph but not OF the CORE
spondeuce.
Lizzie passed this ordeal with a frightened,
throbbing heart, but polite, calm exterior,
thankful to be very soon claimed for the next
dances, and to leave Mr.. Schuyler for the
but not an evii-minded girl. Weak, vain, self
isb, but not bad-hearted-she has really felt
troubled by the mean way in which she has re-
fused to clear her cousin Of the suspicion ci9s
ishness has prevailed in the matter. To pro-
tect herself has seemed to her Of more conse-
quence than to clear Elinor. And the possible
consequence of her parents knowing all about
this little escapade has not seemed to her at all
pleasans to contemplate. And 80 she has been
vaoillating between the desire to do right and
ceived Elinor's letter. She is equally ignorant
of how much she may be known to Nr. Schuy-
Ter, or how far she may be protected by her
Cousins magniminity. She moreover finds Mr..
spection. as handsome face generally is bet
ter than photograph of it. Meanwhile, that
gentleman has recollected that Elizabeth and
Lizzie are the same name. He has been
watching this airy, graceful dancer, and he
has seen that she has been observing him.
Elinor is absolved from all blame in his mind.
The only shred of mystery left is the name in
that book of hers. Lizzie, resting after her
last round dance, sees him approach with both
dread and pleasure. He wastes time in
predatory remarks, hnt says, Miss Lennex,
are you related to a Miss Elinor Lloyd?'
Lizzie has the command of this situation
better than Mr.. Schuyler. She knows the full
purport of the question, but being asked by
Elinor in a letter to speak the truth while she
can yet hide it. and by handsome Fred Schuy-
Ter looking into her eyes, and knowing her for
the girl he has been flirting with, are two very
different matters. Here she may make vir-
tue of necessity, and perhaps a conquest at the
by the light of our motives, how very much
the virtue in them seems to pale.
Lizzie says with charming candor, ooh yes,
she is my cousin do you know herr
EYES, Miss Lennox, and saw your name in
q book she had-Bnrnaby Rudge-and it ap-
peared to have been quite attentively read,
from the marginal notes saw"
Lizzie shows q mOmentary establishment.
"Why, Mr.. Schuyler, the only copy OF Dickens
Barnaby Ridge have is at home in the New
Riverside set papa gave me only lateiy-since"
seen ELY last. Besides, don't make notes on
the margins of my books, and am quite sure
Ely would not in mine. think it could not
ssa 2ls y saw i, y: EliasSeth Lennox and
from Your brother Robert"
Lizzie laughs merrily, and she looks the very
image of innocent fun as she responds to this
triumphant assertion.
sob! that's good joke Ny brother Robert!
Why, that's papa! Aud the name is his sisters.
She is Elinors mother. Why didn't she tell
such glance as would once have been a chal-
lenge irresistible. He keeps mp the badinage
but he is answering that question. "Wny did
she not tell you Z" in a manner not fattering
to Miss Lennox, but very much so to Miss
Lloyd. The former young lady is not quite
pleased with his distracted manner. True
meuts her, but she is not satisfied. She is
wishing that this was the first intercourse she
has had with Mr.. Schuyler, and that he had
nothing to remember of Lizzie Lennox, and no
tive sense that she does not stand as well as
her cousin in his estimation, and that her
chance would have been better if she had
never written to him. He, however, generous.
ly makes no a:lusion to that correspondence.
He is ashamed of it for her, and heartily
wishes it had never been. He is thinking how
he can make his peace with her cousin, of
whom he feels glad to think SO well, when he
is startled by the words.
"Eiinor and / are not friends now as we
were once-before she became a Catholic"
Miss Lloyd Catholic! I"
Yes, MIR. Schuyler, did You not know that 7
~ of the family are Protestants except her.
an mother was SO very liberal as to allow
ITO be educated at a convent of those Sisters
Charity, and this is the result. / have
neN been intimate with her since"
Mr3Schuyler is very uncomfortably aston
ished by this information. He has had pleas
ant thoughts of the possible consequence of
his reconciliation with Elinor. She las SO
much risen in his estimation by this solution
OF the picture mystery and her generous, hon
orable forbearance toward Lizzie, that he is |
thinking how very pleasant it would be to
pass his life with such a companion. She GER
tainly has proved herself very Trustworthy. |
Bnt a Catholic That changes the aspect of
affairs. Does he want a wife of that faith 7
Would not the coquettish blonde beauty be
more desirablef And yet he cannot say that t
The ways of Miss Lennox altogether please |