The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-07-20

!, M inr iii Calliope along the margin OF tn
he same road wLich NO haa !raxenUJ . ~ ~ r.
NJ s1moT. In their lighter intellectual con. to
,asts What sparks were sometimes struck oot nS
e Ike psY Sat random beams Of light shot
onS then into seeming nothingness and re- =
Vealea an unexpected treasured :,
,,sht rose before the spfscrer's mind with tan
talising dstnctness, faiser ano rsaiiav to-
viaion than he had eyer knowrsne reanty h W 7
frcezinr and starving In the street, sees y
throus s lighted windows the warmth ana Joy =
OF ~ me Rentiy Was NOT pious man. He had q
deep seneiment of reverence, and arm pelie n =
fhss somowhere there Is an inhe1ioie sru.n
thas DESERVES an obedience apsoiuve Sn% hun
MesSs ~ rough handling. and In the oiash OF
oIseds some fssSnIsss sna Rsassoe
4zt SSSSSsnn,ns battles for truth, no had been
Ike 8 traveller at the end Of . long Journey,
when he scarcely oa,Ss . IN n ms nssas eat and
rissp. He had spent too much time and
strength 10 wiping away the mite flung on the
e soSsss to be rsy s0Sa
Tho butterfly you would save from the net
iossa the down from. it, wings with you, . e
Sssurany You dethrone even while defending.
THE feeling that dictated that brutal egotism,
I" Cnsar's wife must net bssuspected, S dMeis
nnS reTs indesd is that soul which sets it's love
as high, after even the most triumphantly re-
nS rs ssasS chilled this
manis heart, and he had NO mind to turn to
Goa, save in q cold recognition OF his power h;.
s sna %,sa Sus despair f did. 'sN Wv
The pain increased, the dizziness came back
He stretched his hand for the gisss ana vial o.
pour out what he could guess to be an ordinaT!
potion. There was no reason why he shoni.
suspect that that bottle might have beel
Standing In the house SO long as to have pad
even the smallest dose Of its contents deadly
As no measured, and tried to recollect hoy
SSa 1 So eSE have seem for him Lethe indeed
iovlaer rattle sud bang at the door Is the next
room proclaimed tho success OF the four.toote
fanda, . dogs head. eager and bright.eye.
Was thurst IN at tho window Of the sick-roou
than, with an almost human CRY of joy, job
Away went bottle and elas.. b;sahang q. A.
epiliipg-no laudanum for Ar. Bentiy tn
day. Down went Mr.. Bentiy among the ESQ 90
pillows, Frustrated by the unexpected onse'
and love, and delight, and absolute devotio
in the form Of an uproarieus skye terrier,
oisSs az opd the ali
speaking az plaiply as though human spec
had been their interpreters.
when the man comprehended, recoveril
from his first confusion, reason and enduren
stood aside and yelled thetr faces ana
Through gueh of tears which were but Z
spray Of o su6siding wave of bitterness I'll
lost Loss sight sight Of the Almighty in o vision Of 4
The night that followed was painful, b
not uhso0thed. The dog, perceiving at on
that his friend wes i'll, became quiet. He !
with head pressed close to the restless ar
and, If the sick man moaned, he answer
and wandered through the whole house
search of help, whined and scratched Mt evt
olossd door, and, finding no one, came at VI
when Mr. Bently seemed very i'll John ran {
on to the balcony, and bnIkCd loudly, as
calling for relief.
. Morning came again. and the sick ma
pain gave place to q dcathlike faiDtness
sultinEf from lack of NOTWITHSTANDING. For thir
ter. and that NO longer ran from The fau
when he tried it. He crept down-stairs' 3,
by stair, holding by the balusters' like Iii
child, There was no water to be seen in
dining and he did not know where
find any. He reached the parlor, lay down
the floor, and prayed for death or JOE IN
misery. ID seemed that death was conf
His hands and feet grew cold with an unr
poured through the windows, all looked {
TO che eyes. His senses seemed to be slo'
reosdng, without pain, without any power
wish on his part 10 recall them. lie lay
Aud while he waited, as one hears sound
dream he heard the door open and shut' 7
a Quick, light step that ran uPsstairs. JIG
stendIpe over his friend, left him, and rus
to the psrlor door, barking wildly, but
unAkla 20 get out, the door having sWNng
In vain ho tried it with his paws, apd thu
his email nose into the crack. 1t was
heavy for him to move.
Suddenly, while MI Bently gazed with
ruid half unconscious eyes OF the creat
the door vas pushed wide open, and . woI
stood on the thresbolds She was nett
yeung nor old, but simply at the age OF
lection, which Is O. variable age, according
the person. Her face was . full oval
white now as hOaF-frOst. All its life seeI
to centre in the large hazel eyes thaS
hair like crown, piled high above the 4,
head in glossy coIls like sculptured am
Over one temple black and gold moth
poised, az though 1t had just alEhted th'
its WiDgs widespleed the long black 70
of . velvet role fell about her superb fo
sweepipR far back from her swift but nudde
arrested step formulating frinEes OF 6
0uiycred against the large white Grms, ed
the chart GrrO& jacket, and ran in = eli