The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-12-14

g STAR AND CATHOLIC MESS
meet again, love, never to part till death shall
separate MS" she said. And those verde shsh :,
never DO forgotten On the sseesa q the Srose J,
aiono, g y W. ~ sss.r aid By
.ften were they pondefsa 6ysF in the heart Of p
Then, not daring to look d Kathleen eftsr .
this last embraces, the poor GIL hurried from =
the house, under the protection of DARYL. II
Silent motionle:s o. statue: kas ~ h; m
Mary had left her. At length she held out nor
arms, as though in the sct Of again clasping
her to her heart and then she gave soS
denly the chamber was flooded with the bright
rays of . glorious sunset, and lighted mp, IN
tapestry work, made BY Mary some years
q BY this sign thou shalt conquer"
SEQ her moro. Oh, Mary, my hearts treasure
how hard is this parting ~ said the desolate
mourner remembering tho day on which MN, Wl1n
present. "Ah, and it was on this day, too,
this very day, this Fading Of the Cross she gave
it me-" she said, and for q time she wept those
| are wrung by terrible sorrow.
Then sha knelt her down before tho holy |
sign and few IN passedh In spe And
then, rising she drew forth pom and ink, ana,
| at first scarcely conscious of what she was
doing, she sketched tho following lines:
In this my hour of darkest desolation,
isa ip haii n = .svson
Beseeohing Thee 70 give M peace and rest.
My life seems tinged with more than mortal ssrrsw'
s nay jSy Try ncP Fine aes S M onoss to
That strength need its thorny path 70 tread.
al pny on has
R Fos To- nf1 stand s Beneath Thy holy rood
Perobance I've we'll loved what Thou hast given,
Thee in , trss1mr a sssy ren
That Which Kept back my soul from things absve.
though this
Ali is there not ns vse%sn s, mossow;
The pale rays of the moon had lighted up
= the little chamber the pen had fallen from
. the hand of the suffering woman, the sight OF
!. the cross had suggested those simple WORDS,
4 and rs she slowly traced the lines, molly
= thou phts and feelings had filed her sorrowlng
- heart; she had verify stood by the Cross OF
" Cavalry, and had become resigned and tran,
d quill, and unconsciously she rested her heao
10 broken some two hours later by tho entrance
10 of young girl who, for the present, was to
~ attend on Kathleen.
IT CHAPTER XIII.
st. JosepEs Asylans.
al really think our good friend, Father Vim
cent, is right, and that, suffering as you arc
no remittance from Canada, end your sm IA
FL offer 80 kindly made by the man aging commit
,is tee, and enter St. Josephs without further de
D. These words were spoken by the Presiden
no of one of Catholic Ireland's noblest charities
that of st. Joseph's Asylum. the only one, "
ed believe, throughout the United Kingdom to
10 the maintenance, not of her who has faller
TX tbut of the chaste and virtuone woman wht
nd alone aud unaided, has fought tho battle :
he head of the aged parent, has graded in be
nal arms the helpless brother or sister in the
six of infancy or childhood, has taken to her ge,
IN, kle care the orphan niece or nephew, and whe
,ht soon after, the old head is laid low tho youu
ra' ones have taken to themselves new ties, o
bal have a Sssn 9oe ON IN nr eS9 dm
aav strength, with years Of anxious care has begt
to fail, people leok colby at her, and say, N
cod you are too old" when she seeks to be emplo
ed or, If devoted to the fine arts, new app
led. cants for public favor have sprung up, and o
!, OF patrons have passed to the better world az
,ev years, where shall the lonely woman turn t
ave helpf sho who, regardless of herself, had
,ur nobly helped others shall he be left to ssarv
one To the honor of Ireland, her sops and daue
me tsrs were the first to hold ont a helping ha
vou. to this large class of suffering humanity H'
and long will England or Scotland be without 81
ave an institution, and who among the wom
me kind of either land moro worthy OF suppo
,ater But let return.
Sc The speaker of the few words W have q
that ted. man we'll advanced IN years. seen
nave | willing to await in patient silence the ass
pos the hapless lady to whom he address
nder them, and once or tw,se ne looked ,
have at the priest, VINO sa' near 'pe ooueu on " II
and che reclined.
need 1t was evident gresS sCIugsie vas 20
liter counted on such an end TO her well-spent t
her ing life. Not that she was too proud to acc
auoy. the aids of charity, if God willed her to .!
the very poor; not that she did not, to tho +
lille appreciates tho wel-mesnt kindness of
appi friends who ovsTlookea many cusee any ~ 2,
little but because it was very terrible to bel
there know that all her efforts had been fruitl
and that che had turned all her life from one
and ployment to another, too constant to yield
ct ia failure was apparent too energetic not to n
rarv's new efforts and till very lately, onconrsf
q the tho hope shat prosperous days might
be hers.
Mary The eyes OF the unhappy lazy were
eS ON and her kind friends the big tears fall
after another, but still she spoke no word.
ne. ma She was communing with herself, perhaI
i best prayer, for they heard the words, " My 6
is on fall from her lips, and then oame forth q