The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-01-21

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~ feared Il would be ies' 30, Mas Clifford,
for you eco osr hearts d mighty sore jes' new,
and Q blue uniform with brass bnttons scts
on tender Ss sP sss
words. He only knew that Kate, tho idol OF
his heart. the vision Of his dreams, the object
OF AL his hopes, had Refused 20 go him. Then
ther. and no strode ont Of the house with the
:" Hs has done this. He has forbidden her to
A. Jim closed and looked tho door behind
him. he muttered to himself: .
Poor Mas Clifford poor Misc Katei They've
got . mighty hard road before thsm.
Il wss hard indeed, and Mrs. Dudley alone
know the struggle between love and pride, be-
tween . woman's love and patriotism that
wrung her daughters heart.
Hates ear, she bowed her head and wept
convulsivsly.
Here WAS bright dream fsded, sweet hope
gonsi The image Of her brother OIL, IN n,s gIey
on his young 7see the hope Of victory, bearing
all the privations Of his lot with dauntlsss
courage, clingtsg to the thoughts OF homo an. ND
him-came and stood between her heart and
him whose name had stirred its peaceful wa
tara into agony and gloom;
Rrieving for both clifford and her sister, and
pct, timid and shrinking - she was she felt
that she, too, would have acted and spoken In
tho same manner.
Colonel Owen was determined to have IN
interview with Kate and that very evening
he returned to the house and ssked to see Mr..
Daley.
the truth from her own lips;" he said in reply
to Mr. Dudley's assurance that he had not in
fuenced his daughter, and that she still refus-
At last Kate yielded to her mothers advice.
that it was better to have an explanation with
Colonel Owen, rather than allow him to enter
tain such %s o,
one dearer to her than all else except her honor.
Mr.. Dudley rose to neet his daughter ~ che
entered the parlor, and led her himself towards
trsversing the room during the half hour b.
had been kept waiting.
my darling" he said, a. he turned to leave
her, "your own true heart must alone be your
guide today; but. Whatever BE- its decision,
remember always that your mothers love and
your fatherf confidence arc both unchanging
and unbounded."
wonted color NJ she answered:
"Thank YOU dearest father. for this assurance:
but you do mo an injustice to suppose that I
springs from the consciousness Of doing right.
As soon as Mr. Dudley loft the room, Clifford
advanced towards his betrothed, but reading
on her beautiful face Welcome little , in 20.
arms across his breast and gazed upon her
half in pride and half in sadness.
els it thus we meet; my own belovedp
derness moved her moro than any other greet
ing could have done, rendering her for q mo-
ment silent through emotion:
Dropping his arms from N. his heasying breast,
figure, he bent his proud head before her and
raised ono arm to draw her to his heart.
"No! now she exclaimed, springing from
him. "In that uniform can acknowledge You
OnlV q 0tran0eE-p6yor q fri6ndW
"Frendl" he repeated bitterly. Friend
Do you disavow all doarer titlesf Do you
"Yes n che answered firmly. When prom
ised you my hand you were my brothers
You are his enemy. You were my
fathers countrymals.no,o you are MS conquer
ao,o you are the representation of tyranny and
wrong! Then you were entitled to all my love
-noO you cannot claim even my esteem"
Bitter, bitter words for her TO say or for him
TO hear!
at is not So" he replied earnestly. "My
for your father is unchanged, and
in words. am not an enemy to your Country
as you are pleased to call this section of the |
Union; am opposed only to . cause, in my
opinion, both unnatural and unjust"
She turned upon him an unutterable look of |
scorn, and her lips curled with pride as she |
questioned rather than affirmed:
And you are quite prepared and willing to |
go tomorrow to drag an old man to prison |
fort, or to cut down with your bayonets the |
only son of his old agep
liam prepared to do my duty only"
"Your duty What has the South or it's peo-
pie done, that you should deem it your duty |
TO desolate both her homes and their hearts 81 |
'My answer would not satisfy you now. But |
what has my sense of duty OF your feeling of |
patriotism to do with our mutual lovef All!
my darling, do not make me believe that you
have ceased to be the gentle, loving maiden
whose heart was given opoe to me-"
Enough ~ was the proud answer. az am |
, Southern maiden, and should scorn to waste |
70 much time with my countrys enemy. My |
heart is mine alone and-God's.'
Her sweet veice trembled for q moment, ss
The looked into his face with eyes that said,
farewell forever"
fTo be continued.)
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