The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-01-05

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~ new, that's certain. The fence ia in 4
gooa condition-for letting in stock. After
[eceivlng fresh assurances that it will be
/ al rgae," 60 come on, the preacher goes
! nome, fortunately accompanied by several
wagons and hack, to bring on his folks.
ns 0ester hay naturally enquiries what
luck he had in getting house, and how he
likes his new circuit. He replies "tbe cir
cult seems to be good one, but land his
tone ia slightly troubled.} had much
difficulty in obtaining house it ia NOT
what would wish it to be, but it is the
best could do under the circumstances. ;,
TO hide her own forebodngs, she replied
quickly, "Never mind trust we shall
make out very well. We can't EXPECT to
have everything just ms we would have it.
erery time.n
They have only Il two days. journey be-
fore them, and they are soon on the way.
AS night approaches they begin. to cast
about for a suitable camping ground. A
picturesque spUt is selected near a sprinp :.
the horses arestied. and given a bountifai,
supply of corn and fodder. Some one goes
for water, while another kindies a great
log-heap fre-the evening" repast is soon
prepared. How very good every thing
tastes, eating by the Pickering light of the
camp fire, the moon and stars peeping
through the overhanging branches, and the
quiet horses and white selected wagons ia
view.
Presently small space of ground is
cleared off, the covered wagon bows are
removed and placed near the fire beds are
made down under them, aud the sleepy littlo
ones snugly put to rest. Then Il kind of
family circle is made around the fire. and
while the wood crackles, and golden show
ers OF sparks shoot upward in the dim old
forest, the older members of the group re.
late incidents of travel, anecdotes, perhaps
sing some sweet old songs-learned and
sung under such different circumstances, in
tue fondly remembered past. Ere the fire
burma low, all retire, and dream perchauce
of the new home, which they hope to reach
to morrow or it may be their minds re-
vert to the dear old home, SO far away, and
for few brief hours revel among the
scsnesof childhood and youth, when hope
pictured all things bright and fair in the
dim distant future.
After an early breakfast they start, an
xious to reach their destination, as clouds
begi n to appear, and the prospect of being
out in a storm is anything but agreeable !;
besides, the baby seems quite unwell his
breath comes quick and short /; his restless
! ness increases, and the motion of the ha ok
makes him so sick-oh, if he could only OBJ
| tain enc drink of good cold water. By the
time they arrive the child is alarmingly i'll;
they feel SO glad to reach home. They
drive up to where the gate ought to be,
and to their dismay find the yard covered
with shingles, and the new roof not quite
finished. To occupy the house is simply
impossible: During the pause of indecision,
one of the bI ethren, and old Virginia gen.
tlemen, comes up, and greeting them
kindly, invites them to go over to his house,
near by, and remain until theirs can be
completed. A glance at his neat, but
small cottage, shows evidently that it
would be an imposition on good nature to
accept his kind offer.
The 6r;vars xvho n ra a}so hrat},rar WOW
ture to suggest, .'Wel!, brother make up
your mind what you will do, for VIC told
our folks we would be at home tonight"
'Drive to the church and unload" is the
order they receive. "Therc is no hotel
here, and do not feel at liberty to intrude
of the church in few moments, and there.
ut least, we can obtain shelter from the APP
preaching storm" There was Lasty un-
loading, and then all but ono sat down un-
der the sacred shelter, sad, and silent, for
this was not the kind of getting home an
ticipated,
| How natural that o feeling of DIES ponden-
cy creeps into the mind of that wife and
mother, as she yainly tries to quiet the
wailipg of her sick child aud that she feels
housel+ss, homeless, and in a manner
frieDdless. Oh if she were only where
she could take suitable care of her suffer
| ing infant, and obtain medicine fori it's relief
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tions, the preacher enters, and informs her
that one OF the stewards, whose house at
! fords ample room for all, has rendered to
them an invitation to "come right over and
stay as long as you like" What relief
to sit at a friendly fireside, and obtain
medicine, and the attendance of a coed
physician for the suffering babe. After a
few"days the So called parsonage is com
pleted. Meanwhile the baby is covalescent;
some new acquaintances are formed and
the prospect begins to brighten. A man is
employed to clear away the rubbish, a wo-
man to scrub out the rooms; some good
brother hauls up q load of wood, u FIRE is
made up in the little stove, in the best
room ; the cook stove set up in the dismal
looking shed-room, which ninst do double
duty, as dining-room and kitchen; then
after leave. talking, professions of good
will ard premises on both sides to be rcry
sociable, the preacher and his family are in
stalled In their new home, where they coz
tinue learning the old lesson hotc ''The
Lord will provide" E. II.
ANECDoTE OF JULIEN.-A thrilling incl