The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-04-27


o you now. You shall never marry Tom MuI
dock except with Your own free will and cor
! sent, ashore. AS you say, Winny dear, w
ueiIner want nor covet his share Bnt sur
Winny dear, thought you were for him al
al.nG"
:, Oh, thank yon, thank You Thousand time
father dear; that is SO like you: I knew yo'
wonld not break your Winny's heart"
But Winny Cavana was too honorable ever
tow ard the man she hated, to tell her father o
the COMPENSATION sho had overheard hetweer
old Murdoch and his son at the gate She hat
gained her cause without that
CHATTER XIV.
Tom Murdoch had no fixed purpose in any.
where he went after Winny Cavana left him
discounted npon the road. He wandered on
past Kate Mulveys on toward Shanvilla, but
not with any hope or wish to come across Ed
ward Lennon. His intentions of dealing
with him" were yet distant and underlined.
humiliation he felt at Winny Gavana having
refused him. Although he had complained to
ms father that he did not think she for
him." yet upon due consideration of his per-
sonal appearance, and his position in the coun-
try, he felt persuaded in his own mind that his
father was right, and that nothing was re-
straightforward to work. Tom had limited to
his father, although the old man had not OBJ
served it, or ifso had taken no notice of it, that
there were more reasons than he was aware of
Tor his wishing to secure Winny. Cavanas
ready money at all events; and his exclama-
ton when his father spoke of only the interest
might have awakened him to the dread, at
least. that there was really some cause with
which he was unacquainted, why he dwelt SO
much more on the subject of her fortune than
the land. The fact was Tom Murdoch
was worse young man than any one-except
his Immediate associates-was aware of. In
addition to his other accomplishments per !
haps should rather say bis attributes. he |
possessed degree of worldly cunning which |
would nave suffioed to keep any four ordinary
young men out of trouble. Bat he required it |
all, for he had four times more villany-not to
answer for, for it was unknown, but on his
conscience-tban any young man of like age in
tho parish.
One great keeper of a secrct-for the time
oeing, at least-is plenty of money. With
Pnn OF money you can keep people in the
dark, or blind them with the brightness of the
glare. 70" can keep them in the country, or
you can sen4 them out of it, as circumstances
I ;, Ion can bride people to be silent,
has not plenty of money cauuot thrive lonr
in his villany When his money fails, his
character ooz"s out, until he becomes finally
exposed.
Tom Murdoch had practically learned somc
81 the above truths by his experience in life,
snort as 1T was, better than any ing he had
earned at hathcash national school. The lat
IF part of it was what he now feared, but did
lot wish to learn.
Ton, conld not have been in the habit of go
ng to Dublin, to Armagh, and Sligo Ono one
'ear, where he played cards and bet HIGH
without money of his own surprising even .
aaV hi' expenses of the road (Which was !
'hrewdly snspected) had Deed paid. He could {
lot have sent half-a-dozen Young friends tn
America and compromised scores of actions
ere they came before a court of law, without
MONEY. ne could not have kept n brace of :,
,reyhounds, and a race-mare at Church's hotel .
n Carrlck-on Shannon. as "Mr Harsieu,sr q
'ltnoa1 money; ana more money in all t:.ese =
ases, from the secrecy which required, Il
nan almost the actual cost might involve
There were other smaller matters too which "
increased the necessity for Toin Mnriock to y
Re Re always IN possession Of some ready cash. n
This, from his position heir to Rathcasb
more, and heir presumptiya, if not apparent 81
o Rathcash alongside of it, he had as yes II
oond 10 difficulty in procuring upon his own
lad hitherto avoided mixing M his father,s 81
ane or responsibility in any of his BORROWING Il
ransect,ons. Then there was the usarious in, 81
ate or public, charge apon loans or IN he h
dded to Toms liabilities. If BIO was nreSsoS W
y Panl; he robbed Peter topay him; and
hen e, CATER long foEbearance) lie was pressed
y Peter, he robbed Paul back again Unon
IL these and such-like occasions, Winny CAV m
na . iortuuc' which he said would be paid u
o own was the prouptess guarantee he could :.
o!d out TOR payment; for ultimately ha | in
aid, they could not lose as he must some dav 81
other pop into the old chaps shoes y and Dt
the utime he was navin,, rho l., .N. Iii
,gularly. -'''
Winny Cavanas instinct had rot ,Icc.iv., he
er; but had she known one half AS ,nncf as tn
'me OF Tom Mnrdock's bosom friends could pr
-, -, ohO "ouiu nave openly SDurDCl him, 81
nd not have treated his advances with evan m
10 forced consideration she had done. TIL
he wandered On now toward Shanvi1, ia
lthout, as we have seen, any fixed pnrnose NJ
ersonally humiliated as he lad been hv Win. til
rs refusal of him, his thoughts dwell more tn
ION the fact that he could no LONGER reckon
ION her fortune to pay off the tormentino by
bits which were every day pressing more 1
avIly upon him for he could not Int he lis
we that her refusal of him would get abroad
ne Peters have been robed often enourb ha
"a they would not let the Pauls ficht THAR to
title the best way they could with lem Mur. m,
OK himself; they were safe now, and they sp
build keep themselves SO. They had told =
I'M this,-"not that they doubted him, but aN
cir money was now otherwise employed >; 70
IN began to fear, therefore, that an exposure no
ist soon preak out. be
How could he face his father. too? Ee Sc,
'uld undoubtedly lay his failure to the scnre
ms own lmpetuous and uncouth manner of ne
ekluS her favor; for lie had often charged eff
N with both, particularly toward Winnv su,
vana. One or two of his creditors had given ha
eVenrthe pretence of being civil, and had co,
orn they would go to his father for my IL,
mt, II not promptly settled WITH
t was no great wonder if Tom WANDERED WI
'ough the country with no fixed nnrnus,. auI
finally arrived, tired and ill-humnrod. nj "
fathers house. N' OF fer
me o!a man mad missed him "Irum about the
place all the forenoon, and had naturally do
n VAan