The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-11-02

which pervaded some of the apartments
ry in which Ella now was, and which for that
very reason she liked to frequent the mos'
when she visited her sisters home AZ t Asa
away she sits with folded hands, watching the I
tiny occupant of the cradle at her feet, anu
calls to mind the circumstances attenaanS On ~
her first visit in company With her sister, W
the Manor House, and an interview which mao
been held in that very room Tor tnen sne nau
been summoned to arrange ior g.Sing i1 sre,t1
woman who, formerly the house-mald OF ms
deceased mother Mr.. Forester had MADE ms
wife. How largo stretch OF the imag,nih a;on
is necessary, thought Ella, as she sat revolving
these memories of the past, before one couid
conceive that short fifteen months later my
own sister would by this wo%a Thor asa'n fhen
the main sorrow of her own life. the sorrow
which had made her bitter and melancholy
woman, came back Led on tll 's me- s1 hsa e re-,
posed tho utmost love and confidence OF an
ardent and enthusiastic nature, she had tasted
the greatest martifcation it is possible 1or o
hc6.mindcd woman to know, the news only
then arriving that another who possessed tha'
in which she was deficient, the gift of fortune
had already been led to the altar.
As in q mirror before her eyes, she again be,
| holds that painful vision Of the past. lona
r old mother and female friend are pnsy WIN
I fnery in which she shall be arrayed on the
n morrow's morn, and their careful hands are
:, smoothing the folds of the soft White slis
= whilst she, her mind preoccnpied, is wondering
- why he does not come Why tarries he 50
n late : He was to have returned two night nigh
" since" she murmurs half aloud, 4" what cause
" this strange delay 7" And then she hears
footstep on the gravel walk without, and starr
=, ing from the fond hands that would have de
~ tanned her, she PUSHES in her bridal rope
t, greet the welcome guest. Alas, the p1st,DGI
w only meets her gaze, but painful though
ns darts across her mind she snatcnes at sne
n thrown it on the table, turning away with a
r. distracted air, when as by q sudden lmpuiI
he she takes it up again and tears IL hairie ~,
at. that tiny note shall reveal the cause OIL tl
he DELAY. Her eyes fall on two short lines G
IAN out Of newspaper she stane sbs eeeG
rne in one instant that she is the victim OF =
IA most heartless villainy to which woman 9
any DO subjected her features are I,ghba nev
Ivy; fatal paper from the passive hand that ho
r Ine. it. and the friend who had go galy adjust
the tho folds of the wedding dress Dno tn see
her Ella dear Ella, be comforted," says
had gentle voice of Kathleen Fitz Maurice;
h mac thankful that You have escaped beeom
tito the wife of so bad o man as Mr.. smith ]"
Ella be-" -o ,.of q, T. were to {
,iomt ward sounds She seemed as in trance, d
hsels to all around her, alive only to the knowie
a"ca that she had been deceived and next betray
As of that the morning Mou." Sacsiyed betra
all. and humbled woman; her very q9ietuas
the she thus stood, pale and speechiess,
right alarming TO her lal. 5nat nt%nrsts of mass
"'' Suddenly she turned as though about TO IL
near. the room they arose to follow, nuS
urieI slGneu tneh oaoh wiIn g. - w;sb to di
land low and nuShy suioe, w. c,n "a
Ash myself of this silly tinery sut can 5o as
ID her remove it here;" Kathleen she a .tsSs
les of ing OH hast.iS '"o th;s Nand never lie
Yding away,-auo 1nis ,, 1o ,;,,tes the
pesti. parlor shorn of everything 'nau sp to
% No q bridal. And then making % sign TO
sister Graham, Kathleen stepped out OF tne
h;Iom and q moment later was seen by her triI
enteel swiftly across the street IN the S;v;ne
N he errand of the gentle girl. She mao ihue u
= +win tened thither, to mention that Ella Hr
youth would be no DriaS on 'n nosa;ha expediti
ltinual then away WIN al poss'i IT,, cinnamon
them, those 10" illen ,;s 49,, not come TO the
In dis the Driual, W oiu V W. a,.S, tLer not @,
kingly on the m morro" 40. of sTmnathv and co
,nsr@v ton, till the poor stricken Ella should
, mbfcb recovered from this shock.
way of Then Kathleen, the daughter OF
wealthy citizen of Dublin. who failing
,,,.,.s mess had emgrated with the hope OF 20
though ing MS rulnsI 80 ~ ,ros bhat inhabited
had DoWe' d Poo, oa,s,,,ar s;ster tn warn
mi been mother anu anISS;n nth Ella TO: tn
II knew thab she suo"iu -. i, the rnornin
rds had aud return WY tx. ;os nf Mrs G
hey had then, 10 me uusl $3.50 SSay1,rned To Il
md also TINS KIND ho'' ''u '''
,h those tage. ,,.h. l.,
hope to Ella s.u :;S," bar hands we're hot, b
o;u rss flushed and fevorish with eScitemen
z by in a laughed hgrr.y' '''nS rsntIe persunsi
II n small was only a''st 70 ,>rsnare bs
old town sne suheleu "
ut s,tins Poor Mrs Graham, with y heart 1oil
ilu SUI rs inv drove back her tears manfully III I
~: ra;c of the stricken Ella, and Kathleen 81
III -. %o down the smooth white hair, anu pre-
AlS suo Inns on the furrowed brow of the little
hat may lany, sASius, nj h.,r mn still"
,.,,orort Perfectly still was Ella, giving no 81
oItiS 9 i she was conscious of the prozimit;
aug . az" :; friend. aud little as she expected 1t,
T N.Y. 60 had Mt last sunk into slumber, 1rou
Eta H. ,,anJ shs was aroused by light low laugh
- az he her Starting up in the bed, she quick
from ho' that Ella had loft her side, and by tue
.,,oro - n the moon beheld sight which hlled
shall give horror; e,r,hor op1 of tho room tn,
oo sna one of those large double chests OF Oh
Po5Ssv';t to be met with in old fashioned hou'
of the rail- was m0uuIeTi VI ". ,e;5ssntIv maxim O
nd sundry presse3 I"usu, We" orn,i,rnns mn wieldI