The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-05-25
From the Catholic World
.ALL-HALLOW EVE /;
OR. THE TEST OF FUTURITY.
Continued.)
CHAPTER XXI.

lSafters were now lying quiet. They were
Nke line ball at billiards which cannot De
played at, and there was nothing ito go o9t
aO by any ofthe players 10 tins dO~S,e n IN
osen. the most remote locality, wh,eh Sreases
some previous excitement, and forms the Sub
iject or conversation In oil ranks. sometla,es
= ntaenie. chase afve-sovereigus stakes, with
Hfty or o hundred added" forms speculation
for the rich with farmers olass-raee 1or
twenty pounds, without any stakes Tor horses
great cricket-match once "came of" not
Sery far from the locality OF our stoEys when
O. Major WI lived Mt Mount Campbell be,
tween the officers of the garrison at Boyle and
aloeal club, We belonged to the major's pro-
vince of constabulary ut the time' Shoi no
members, were privileged to take part therein.
The thing was rather new m that Paft Oh the
ypoeld ID che time, bat had been well adSer,
sise6 In the newspapers of the rich, and
through the police for the poor; and the CON
sequence was-the weather being very hne-
Shnt n concourse of net less than thousand
Dersous were assembled TO witness the game
There can be little doubt that some OF the
yoanRer portion, at least OF our d'dmdts per
.soa~ in this tale were spectators upon the oe
aaaion. 1t was within their county, and rot
m unreasonable distance from the homes we
are now writing of.
January and February had now passed by in
the calm mouosony of nothing to excite the in
habitnuts of the Rathcashes.N Valentines Day,
indeed, had created n slight stir amongst some
Of the girls who had bachelors or thought they
AAa ana many message az given W SAosc
Seing into c. o. s, to "be sure and ask at the
pOst-ofiice for n letter for me-" land for me, :"
hapd for me-" A few, very few indeed, got
"elsntines, and many very mary DID , not:
sty of heart had subsidized on the part of the
girls; some FROM Standardization at what they
TOt, and others from disappointment at what
abey did not
During this time Tom Murdoch had seen
Winny CavAna occasionally. 1t would he quite
impossible, with one common lane to both
apart, that any plan of Winny's lees than to
Sal eeclasioR, ooold have prevented thei
UCIuetimes looming across one another; au'
fetal seelnsion was a thing that Winny Cav
ana would not subject herself TO on account o
any man "EARt ever stepped in shoe-leather.
~What had abe To him, or to DO afraid OF hin
hat Let him miua his own business and she'
Eind hegs- Bat for one half hour she'd neve
- GAUs hsrseh mp on his account. Let him lie
her aionesn
= gree Of knowledge of the female heart, nor
certain amount of tact to come round one,
the least questionable way at all events, Z
- noS 70 foster any difference which migt
ASR society, nor did he geek to avoid it, Whe
thAy met, which vas really always by acc
aent, he vas civil, and sufficiently attentiN
- show that he harbored no iu-WiA 0gaiu
AoR, 0na respected her enough to make
yp5Sth HE while not to break with her.
wa NoW osrtasa-of walk homo with her
5SnaAVs from mass. On these occasions h
SNs6er vSSS. fenorally with her, but this To
eoDaf1eRe3 rather - Be wished for than othe
Iviee a 10 oluld not venture. even If alor
- ro6oW Sh6 fSE0idde0' s0e3ect. Bat he kns
The fatkeEFhaa apPEOSed Of his snit, and
wish Was COW 20 -eatAblish CONSTANT civil
and kindness Of npapners which would he
him a. lsast On his siaa, IL u did not heip
IN SWEETNESS to mako Winng herself think o'
Ter of him. ..s. .-...
What had passed between Winny and En-
. vas not likely in . human heart 80 keep
sAo constrained indifference which that you
nan had hardened himself with toward b.
He had, therefore, upon two or three Su
asys ventured again to go TO the chapel
Rathcash. -.
II is not very easy to account for, or to Q
plain how such minor matters fell out,
ShSther they are irstiuetively arranged IL
promptu; but upon each occasion of Euo
having re-appeared at Rathoash chapel, To
aurdOck's walk home with Winny was spo
ed !; more particularly il it so happened th
her father did not 60 10 prayers.
Emon.a-knook was never devoid of q cousi
szable portion. of selE-estcem and resPe'