The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-23
NUMBER 90.
THE STRAW-CUTTER'S DAUGHTER.
BY RAoUL DE NAvERY.
Translated from the French by Lady Fullerton. 4,
Continued
CHAPTER ".
dnnttte's Grave.

| @1Rftftes Craze.
Early the next morning, the Able Rerdrea
went to the straw-cutter's house. Il WAS 81.
wretohed place. The walls were damp, black,
ana cracked; the thatch hung, green and
decaying, on the rotten beams; the door vva.
almost of its hinges. The inside was mn
| better. Ragged clothes lay about tho plaea
IN ono corner fowls were pecking on q heap Of
straw; broken plates cabbage-leayes. potato
parIngs, strewed tho floor; and It all looIrea
doubiy disgusting on that fresh sweet morning.
when everything was so bright and beautiful--
when Nature had donned her green roYs.
gemmed with dewdrops, and wreathed her
brow with flowers. But darker vet ia tho coy
trast between the song of the birds, the rustic
OF the breeze, the perfume of the flowers, and
the blasphemy of the man who ignores or
insults the God of whose Uncreated Beauty ALI
this fair world of nature is faint image,
The good PRIEST walked along SLOWLY. ana
thoughfnlly, blessing all tho creatures Of God.
A book was passed through his girdle, but IL
was the open book of Nature that he vas
studying, and his eyes were full of love and
gratitude He drew near to the straw .eufteris
house-it was like blot on the sair lsndscnpc.
Daniel was walking before the door, rejecting
on last nights transactions, and never noticed
the Able Kerdrec till he spoke.
Good morning, my friend come from
lean Patriarche, who has commissioned me fts
lsk your consent TO Armelle's marriage with
lis SON"
Myconsens! Certainly, NJ. rAbbe-wtth alt
ny heart"
u am glad you see no objection: the mar.
iage will be after harvest"
% @ indaed 10 MT oA x;I1
" 1t will be time of leisure then: want
on to give 8 written consent"
Are you afraid that shall 90 back fro,,
~ word 7"
mo; but am afraid that you will pay too
,any visits to Pere Machecoul."
al see; all right La Gervaise, BRING oa (
spcr and ink!"
al have brought everything with me,n said
e priest; " let me read you the form, and
EN- you will only have to sign" And he.
ad: II, Daniel, commonly called a the
raw cutter hereby give my consent TO the
arriage of my daughter Arme1le with Aubin
triarche, younger son of Jean Patriarche Of
e farH of Claiborne"
i You have made mistake, N. Fable; you
We written 'Aubin' instead of Yves.'"
Yves' 1t is for Aubin that jean aud Marths
( yonr daughter"
Well, then, it's a mess" said the straw
ter, " for only last evening promised her
Yves"
1t was rash PROMISE Daniel. Aubin IL y
ing man of unblemshed character and sin
ely attached to Armelle, who returns hi
ction."
All that matters nothing to me. Yves
g me best; and girl must obey her
ler."
Aud do you dare to call yourself by that
, Z" asked the priest indignantly. ibid
not drive the child from her homeH Are
not insulting your dead wife by the
ence of the woman you have put In her
ef What have you done for the poor Rtra
has been brought up by the Patriarchoo
only remember that You are father in
r 70 tyrannise over her: the duties Of n
sr yon sbamelessly forgetl Daniel, beware
'aviDg Gods angerr
'ou may spare Your sermon, II. le. Cure.
long and short of the matter 10 this:
lie is not of age and am her father She
T marries Yves Patriarche, or comes back
="
on have no right to dictate terms," said
Lbbe Kerdrec; lyon lost that right the
ron brought that woman 20 yo0r house,
may engage a servant, suppose and it
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