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

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haired. both beautiful with that beauty which q
comes from o cheerful piety, perfecs iose NV ~
sympathy with each other, ana tne teco isl p
s sIPs Of da hsppy had
hand in hand, and only the womaps SOLE "
brown eyes and the mans blue ones the other =,
brunette. Again the sunshine shown IN
their faces, bringing ous che hIe ssippMin n q
that time had araW int for thoagSt, for pa
tience. for sadness, for sorrow. but not one TOT
hate, or wrath, or envy had the truthfnl graves
Of Faith and love had half efaced tho marks b
So in my dream they came down , agatii =, their
the lofty arch of elms, with the hgns IN ca
vision But, stretching out my hands 70 H.
| it dissolved, and awoke. Ia,
It was SUNRISE glorioas with color ano sun :
| meas and q faint haze over the Landscape maze
it look less like morning than the p,c.u.., ba
q morning But looking out, l saw tnas .ne
elns instead Of their thick la golden Hssp Of SIN
envy limb and trembling hair Ane Of sTtE =, n ne
ly drawn on the azure Background; s. IN nnS
nsS Of t6e Saa bssp guinea and
each tree it's vertical shape was sio"'nsis 'n
, bossed on the green sward. ...,d.
- Going down stairs, I found my friends stano-
J ing under sweet-brier trellis just o1ts'oe sne
door. They turned Immediately, with pleas pleas
ant welcome. How gentle ana senu o. ;nSn-
WAYS werei And yet they were never shuv
; I'M. "Without haste, and without rest"
seemed to be their motto. .,...s |
was the willie house on Creme sss sss Ths
u family have not yet returned from their . sum
70 mer visiting, and only ono servant was there,
no one was much inoonyenienSeo p SIS v soe
10 | soe the elmsf My husband was just quoting
70 aprepos, from that poem on old age yen read
us last night:
And lsayss Ap FAST and let ah' truthful '0nNS
Look ut the morning glory trellis! It is all
IS, purple, this morning I like that color best
n. when this fine chill comes into the All. FinA
/ did not speak of the fire since she had
ag dropped the suhject for l knew that IN me tae
nd house that had been burned she had spent the
,e first years of her married life, that there her
Eve children had been born and had died. Bnt
RS. after breakfast she asked me to Walk rouno W
rer table in an ca stern bay of the sitting
room, and there his mornings we're awsy
ones correspondence drops off little whes
)h one gets to be seventy-fve years old" ne said
isy than one letter in day. But our friends ar
it, kind. We have piles Of little notes that re
quire no answer"
the 1 sat by him while Mrs. Raymond went t
i'm attend to some household duties before goin
out. " How Impossible it is to tell just VIII
cad people are charming !" said as she lett u;
LAY If I say that Mrs. Raymond Is beautiful;
,. good, that her nature is harmonious, still
'ver have not described her,"
r it, "Don't try TO-" he replied with slow smil
Indeed, 1 scarcely like to describe, or hes
ntly described one love, any more than woul
like to see analysed flower cherish won t.l
generously reveal or what1 Involuntary pc
if ceiye. To purposely study character, OF
g at mpst be intrusive and inquisitive must pen
nd" tfate into recesses and reserves which shou
ord be sacred. There Is q certain coarseness
Q an feeling in it. Mrs. Browning says that 'beir
oods sss Ssne toeeu1sS and she is TO
eeps there is no companion. more obnoxious than
sure person of that peering, unscrupu!ou1 ecre, WI
scans my form and features as If there we
when no sensitive, observant soul behind the
now, notes every word, act, impulse, and expr'
OF sion and is, know, all the time engaged
HIM summing up my items, 9pd labelling me as
longing to certain class and genus. Besid
ebel- those are not the persons who understand
isap- man nature. That knowledge is best acquil
most by intuition not inquisition. Souls are to
vent seen, as some stars are, by looking q lit
away from them. So treated, their shy bea
ere q become visible to you unawares."
y the did not reply; and, as if recolecting that
might, Internationally. have seemed to inclI
wife, pc among the "obnoxions," he turned will
him gracious smile that was half for me and
for her. "Elizabeth is sincere" he said, p
d be- nouncing the last word with fullness 9
emphasis that arrested my attentinn toward
Instinctiyely, glanced up at the genealog!
word SO impressively introduced. Sine c.
without wax; therefore, pure honey. 1t '
a crown for a wife's head, that word spoil
with such tenderness and honor.
d the wreath of purple velvet panses lay in
The hair, q full black veil fell around her shot
next ers, and rck-hued cashrere shawl
y had wrapped about her.
r pas She came TO the Winde"5 lalu hef nauo
husky her husbands shoulder, and said Good /
d out dear!"
He echoed the word, they looked at Q
nth q other with O momentary smile, then We "
night out.
were The ruins OF the lire we're sClll smok
;" she when we reached them, but not one stone
I see timber was left standing. After q while
crossed the secluded street, and seated
eined selves on a messy rock q little back u
INNER among the trees An old PINE WIN . crin
hair arabesque of vine running 1hrouRn IL, 81
t her. guard over us and kept OIL the sun, the Az
night, mellow and fragrant, and bird sang no"
% was then.
!, bou- Every room OF that house was 1nl
. then with her cheek resting upon her hand,
eaut- into reverie which dld not seek TO lnter
said. l could guess how the wails were ou'i
again by her imagination, how she crossed
turned threshold as a bride, how doors opened
,me to shut, how chairs and tables and pictures {