The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-11-23

source of emolumeut. 1 do not see her at re- o
guiar intervals; she comes as it were by tits y
" And when you saw the lady, did you trace t
no resemblance between her features and the 9
po%%issipner Of police, SLOWED hoy sJ you ~
Il neither noticed any resemblance when
she first called on me. or later" answered Mr.. 9
Hughes; "the person who sold me that Por- @
trait is q widow, and much older think than
the lady for whom this is intended" I,
-" will donble the reward have already l
offered, Mr.. Hughes if whom she calls again
you will undertake to have her watched. If I
she be not herself the person who stole away
my poor child, then she must be on intimate
terms with her ), or how could she have any,
| thing to do with this portrait At any rate
| we shall have clue to her whereabouts, II
we do not possess 1t already. / must now
der some refreshments for you first y
Mr.. Hughes accepted the offer, having pro
| missed to neglect no means for tracing the lady
to her home when next che should visit bis
shop; and then, having discussed to his salts
faction the cold fowl and sherry which MI.
Forester had ordered to be taken to him, he
repaired to the Golden Fleece, as the small
wayside inn was called, and engaged bed for
the night.
village. In some mystical way, unknown to
himself, the cause of MIR. Hughess journey to
Ashleige Thorpe was already known; and
when he entered the Same parlor, he was
addressed by some half-dozen persons, who ct
one and the same time eagerly inquired if he
had seen the lady who had stolen the child;
and if he thought it possible he should be able
to claim the reward, by being the means of re-
storing it to its parentsf
"There be great Joy up at the Manor House
tn night" said the village schoolmaster, - be-
cause Mrs. Forester hath another little boy ;
but happen he'll not make amends for loss OF
t'other, which nearly cost the mother her
life."
"Ah, a cunning wench was that sister of
O. hers" chimed in the village barber; she iaid
her plans we'll t Squire hath never been
able to lay hands on her 1t nogh sent t. lady
out of her moind."
ait may be the Squire's wife's family are not
sound here" touching his forehead signih
cantly as he spoke, don't forget, not l, that
Miss Graham was uncommon bad when she
came to these parts-touched she certainly
were-folk said as how she had been in some
great trouble afore she coined to the Manol
House. She were q beautiful woman, but sht
always looked unhappy somehow"
every unfortunate very" said Mr.. Hughes
as if to himself, when the din of voices hat
ceased. Somehow an idea now seemed to pos
sess him that the lady who had SO frequentl!
called at his shop was the identical Miss era
. ham, and he began to feel no small anger Will
scanned the strangers features 80 carelessiy
as not to discover the elegant and hand
m, speotaoles, and Grape veil, and had thus, III
nd less she should turn up again, lest the chanc
me which had been within his reach of claimln
in the handsome reward Mr.. Forester had offere
set for the recovery of his child. And he wer
home in the morning fully determined nc
q only to be on the alert for her next appearance
on narrowly, whether she wore widows cap
. not. $50 -.., i.
y the remarks he had made about seeing IL
~ portrait on q previous occasion, for it was on
the after she had left that he remembered t,
" | photograph he had seen. Guided then by tt
ing GINNING which not unfrequently dictates I'll
air motions of those who are non compos 'nent
cry Ella at once made the resolve, not only nev'
gto again to the shop of Nlr. Hughes, who real
the paid we'll for her skillfnl productions, but n
ion, again to stray to the other side of Westmins
8 as bridge. In fact, to go back to her old trade
te rovernrss. bad as it was, rather than risk 6
the Other visit to Regent Street, and thereby p
IT IN haps, by some terrible mischance, to lose
nee, Meanwhile, that same darling was frequen
very rs great o source of anxiety as of love; p
and n mSs i t would do later was quest
and she often asked herself, and then did her b
the to drive it from her mind and would press
bow to her bosom, rain o shower of tears
hue, his sweet little face, and smile through tn
'llot- same tears when his little arms encircled
ran neck, and the baby lips lisped out the VIZ
with " Mamma "-the word she loved the best
the hear, but to which she had no claim. saw
OF her own feyered imag inatlon.
Dung CHAPTER Nj
KING 1 Looking at the Future.
little Several years may pass over our heads.
ape leave but small trace of their out ward proSr
nutes save that which they exercise over curse
train. individually, Tor the mohotony OF c ouh
louse may remain unbroken for ten or fifteen ye
same unless perchanoe the rude hand of death 8
3 the have snatched away one OF more WHOM
,stiur have dearly loved, the busy work OF
omei shall have placed thousands of miles betW
l am, us and our dearest triends. ,
Ash However, no SUCH changes ha1 passed
With the heads OF Ella Graham ana haInieen
innate Maurice. lhese Two women, "n"' AIlinE
ed till such very different motives, were each cha
with the maintenance and education OF
ure n children of others, and whose days for q
On, to space of time had passed on without any
nee / change-each working hard never ma
n
day" as the phrase goes, but often WANT
;olden shilling for the common necessaries of life
close In TINS manner seVeral years nau PasSeu
vn, by in noting the Tapluiy awakening lhee..ie
give of EDWARD, as Ella Ior ne[ own Ieasons =
second to call tine boy whom sue hSu stolen hMAy
as YOU was often puzzled to how to answer
a. and questions he would put to her. Childhoo
of the proverbially an inquisitive age, aud it
be borne in mind that Elias mental mfr
ger, al often tended to make her rather o4s sS
awing thus on one occasion, %nen sne s@s wiz
hand work IN hand, out hef thoaghts In aFeat u