The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-04-20

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rise him up out Of poverty, than to spoil 9
good chance for . friend by Joining you're e
them that has enough without itf Why didna
i Winny Cavanef" And be stopped short, en-
tjoying the evident copfnsiou be had caused.
4 Winny thought, too. for o few moments in
OF Tom Murdock's having overheard her con
1 versaton with Kate Mulvey from behind some
hedge. But the result % her calculations was
that it W as impossi be taRas tEIIti. s.st y
| Shswas right. 1t was q mere paraphrase Of
l her own Question to him, and only shows how
two clever people may hit upon the same idea
aud express 1t ia nearly the same language
ciona in she quarter already intimated.s o.
Yes, see how it il" he exclaimed break.
ing the silence. and giving way to his qngov,
to that wbelp, that shall never be, at all events
ill go to your father this moment, and let, hi N
know what's going on"
| And who do you dare to call "A whslp,'
Tom Murdockf If it be Edward Lennon, let
me tell yon that his little finger il worth your
whole head and heart-body and bones togeth-
| err"
"There-there-she acknowledges it. Bot
I'll put q spoke in that whe.p's wheel-for it
was him l called whelp, since you must
know-see if don't: 80 let him look out,
| ! have acknowledged nothing, Tom Muir.
dock. A word beyond common civility neve:
passed between Edward Lennon and myself /;
and take care how yon venture to Interfere be-
| tween my father and me. You have got your
answer, and have sworn to it. You have no
| right to interfere further" rv..f. ie Us.
| BY this time they had reached the end of the
| lane again and Winny with her heart on fire.
and her face in o flame, hurried to the house.
| Fortun ately her father had not returned from
| the fields, and rushing to her own room, she
locked the door, took off her bonnet and cloak
! and I" threw herself" (I believe that is the
proper expression,) upon the bed. Perhaps a
sensation novelist would add that she " burst
into an agony of tears"
,
Winny lay for nearly An hour meditating
| upon the past, the present, and the future.
Upon the whole she did not regret what had
occurred, either before or after she had met
accustomed selfpossession sooner than she had
supposed possible.
One grand object had boen attained. Tom
Murdoch had come to the point, and she had
given him his final and irrevocab'e answer, If
she had twenty fathers laundering parental
authority in her ears. spot of blue sky had
appeared too in the cast, aoevs tho outline OF
Shanvilla mountain, in which the morning
star Of her young life might coon arise, and
shine brightly through the finsy elouds-for
she could call them Aotbibg bat himsy now
which had hitherto darkensd her hopes.
What if Tom Murdoch was villain land
she believed he was what dared he-what
could he do = Pshaw, nothing! Bot. oh that
;hs between herself ar. and her
might be plain sailing before me-"
But Winuy, surprising all these matters
fairly overland the battle with your father is
as it is certain to be straightforward and de-
termined upon yours-thero will still be q
donbtful blank npon your mind and in your
heart, and ono the solution of which you cam
not, even with Kate Mnlvey's assistance, seek
Oh occasion to fill Up. All no, you must trust
to chance for time and. opportunity for that
most important of all your interviews And
what if you be mistaken after all, aud, if mis-
taken, crushed for ever by the result !
Let Winny alone for that. Wou,ei seldom
mako q bad guess in such a case. ~
Wipny's mental and nervous system having
both regained their ordinary degrees of compo.
sure, she left the room, and proceeded through
the house upon her usual :9eeppations She
was not, however, quite free from o certain de-
gree OF anxiety ut the anticipated interview
with her father. He bad not 10 any way init
mated his in Intention to ask certain questions
teuching any comm un icatIon she might have
received from Tom Murdoch, together with
her answers thereto and yet che felt certain
that on the first favorable occasion he would
ask tho Questions, without any notice what
ever. She had subsidized for the day, after u
very exciting morning upon two different sub
iects. Yes she called them different, though
they were pretty much akin; and she would
now prefer a. cessation of her anxiety for the
RENAME of that afternoon at least.
So far she was fortc2ate. Her father did
not come in until it was very late and being
much fatigued by his etew Tdship of the day,
be did not appear ipcli0ed to enter upon any
important subject, but fell asleep in his arm
chair after o hasty and (Winny observed)
scarce ly-IOncneQ dinner.
W Winuy was an affectionste good child. She
was devoteiiy fond of her father. with whose
image word associRted all her thoughts OF hap
piness and love since she was able to clasp is
knees aud clanbsr to his lap. Even yet no
absolute allegiance of decided nature claim.
ed the disoyasy OF her heart; bat she felt
TINT the time was not far distant when either
he must abdicste his royalty, or she must re-
bel. J. -
1T is clearly my duty now, " she said to her
self, not to delay this business about Top,
upon the chance Of his being the first to speak
of it to-morrsw, before the cares and 1abors
OF the day occapy his mind, and perhaps make
him ever go little bit cross. will tell him
what has happened. I am afraid he win be
very angry with me for refusing that man ! |
bntit cannot be helped; not fer all the gold
they both possess would marry Tom Muir
dock / s6ali aot betray bis sordid vilIutny. I
.thowerer. until all other rescurses fail but,
kua~ M, father will scoTn the felio@as do
wb.i he tnn-A the whole truth- but All, l
have 10 wtrness. - haught she, land they will |
make Q liar of me-, -aI-az----s-s
If the cid man coIsld have over porceiv ed
any ditFere pee in the kind aud affectioparo ar
tention ", u nitnrmir bestowed upon him by |
his fond daught6t, perhaps it might have been |
upon THAT RightAffer he W oke FROM . rather I
len gtheRed naPin his easy chair. ffH ,s; .. ~