The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-02-23

Brewers life when public affairs oce9pieI, ave
time SO entirely as to make IL ees .a ore afraid
That NJ Brewer himself so called the article OF
a "missus, at home" Mrs. Brewer had 9e %n.
"a widow adyyoun MO aesired to be house
keeper-to be treated confdentially, ~; ahu or
one Of the family-to u widower-w'1t o,nd
without children."-On inquiry, IL mas
determined that the owner of the house , .na
she was to keep should have been the hnsoanu
of one wife, undoubtedly dead the 49, WY ,wov
of putting the plain fact of q single man, or =
meant ali that and when Mrs. Smith ente tf'a
ON the honsekeeping she ,a actea and %p married
MI. Brewer Neither had ever repented. Le.
that be understood. Only, Mr. Brewer WIZ d;oa
he knew he could live in a great mouse, sci Of
off silver keep o ur-in-haud, or Paeh "
hounds, or enter on any other legitimate "Sue
of spending money, did none OF them ouo
eased his mind and his pocket by suei 't the
presence of tho beautiful Mary Morier. ne
tried curious experiments of what a man womb
do with ten pounds. He had dangerous no no
being cured of their moral diseases by the al.
ministration of a hundred year In - so the
roupdabout ways he had put the idea TO tue
proof, and not always WIN sa HI;.tVuc,odv
could guess where he ieuud ItItnaS ,,S eo
| were people in the world who could 20
straighter in prosperity tnan nn ,as Thing
to be suffered. He had applied to Frotes.a IAN
divine on that subject, illustrated In the case
Of a starving family, that that might DC, oniy
it was no concern OF ms ia anu rasnlt was thriv
ing, thankful family in Australia to whom i "a,
Brewer was always, ever after, sendlng Vaiu !.
ble commodities, and receiving no"er-se.us
and skins of gaudy feathered birds III return
Mr.. Brewer had daughter, Claudia her
| uvos "a Rible name" SAID DEeWci,
and bowed his head, and felt he had done ms $
duty by the girl. What more could he 90
She went to school, and was at school Mhen
| he was paving money in Mrs. Moriers parlor.
She was then ten years old; and being n clever
child, she had, in the holidays just over, CHOSEN
to talk French, and nothing else, to Ifiena
whom she had allowed to bring with her. "A
thing that had caused great perturbation IN
the soul of her honest father, who prayed
in wordess, but real anxiety, that the Bio BID
name might not be thrown away on the me, g,, at
tongued little gypsy. 1t will be perceived that
Claudia was q difficulty.
Now, when Mr. Brewer was gone out out 81 o mrs
Morier's house, the mother took up the money ,
wiped her eyes, and said, "What a good boy
George was" And Mary said "yes )" and kne"
in her heart that if there had been any chance
of George living, Mr. Brewer would never nave
done that.
) George died. There was money, just enough
for all wants. Lucia came homo engaged to
be married to Mr.. Erskine. And when she
was gone there went with her a certain seven
hundred pounds, her fortune settLed|",eh la =
children. The loss made the two who were
left very poor. Lucia sent her mother gus
but tho regular and to be reckoned on elgnt
and-twenty pounds o year were gone She
] who had eaten, drank, and dressed was gone
too-bnt still it was q loss; aud Mary and bel
mother were poor. Also, Mary had long beer
y engaged to be married to the son OF yonnge
t branch of a great country family house, Lans
dowue Lorimcr by name. lie was IN an at
}. torney's Office in Marston. In that old-worl.
N llace, the attorney, himself0t comfy 1atni
= ", was a great man. 1t was hard to see Lnci
t marry q man of money and land, young Lorime
thou ght, so he adv sed Mary to assert their In
!; dependence of all earthly considerations, AM
+, marry too. Aud they did SO.
y The young man had no father OF mother
It He had angry uncles and insolent aunts, an
II family friends all to he respected an
+. prophets of evil, every Of them. He had
;" also II place in the Office, clear head, a dc
d termined will, handsome person good pod
a gree, and beautiful wife. She, also, had lie
S. eight-and.twenty pounds year. But the
n gave it back regularly to Mrs. Morier; for, go
10 know, they, the young people, acre younG, an
N they could work. Mrs. Morier never sper
p this money. She and Jeniier, the prime. mir
If lister of that court of loyal love, put it b,
$, against the evil day, and they had just enoug
p for themselves and the cat to live upon will
t. out it.
L The county families asked their impruder
as kinsman to visit them with his bride. Ho
&c they flouted her. How they advised her. Ho
at they congratulated her that she had ever bee
OF poor. HOW tney assured uer I!aI sne w u
I be poor forever. How, too, they feared thu
ls Lansdowne would never bear hard work, nj
v anxiety nor any other of those troubles whit
IT were so very sure to happen. How surprise
or they were ut tho three pretty silk dresses, tt
IN one plain white muslin, and the smart be
is white net. How they scorned when the
We heard that she aud Jenifer, and her mothe
he and girl at eightpence day, had made the
IT, all. And then, how they summed themselves
is her wonderful beauty, and accepted the work
ir. praises of If, and kept the triumph themselv
n and handed over to her the gravest warDin
CO of it's being dangerous gift.
l." Dangerous, indeed! it was the pride of Lo
ur mer's life. And Mary accomplished,
ry more really accomplished than the lazy, ha
Is taught creatures who had never said to the
sre selves that they might have to play and Sir
in and speak French and Italian, for their own
to their ohldren's bread. Mary had said it
1g, herself many time since her heart had be
ost given to the man who her husband.
an true, brave, loving heart it was, and that VIII
an her common sense had whispered to it tt
md heart was strong to do and would he fOu
her doing if the day of necessity ever came
d at that Castle Dangerous where the bride 6
md bridegroom were staying, Mary outsh
an others, and was not the better loved for tn
and old Lady Caroline crowned the
umph by ordering piano-forte for the L