The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-09-10

rsod s rs own desk, Mr.. Stephens, which
M ou Gilmb, when child for bis kisses and caress
rs, have given me.n AZ o'D
arguments, kindly meant, bnt Loaf nnon h,
,s no i1ie, tne quiet girl retired to another roo,
OF u ubiUh btIiUhtng h down her head upon the old de-
n i ~nicn they had spoken, fell into a fit
q weeping, quiet like in al, her actions bnt tn,
it IL Mere et tears which dropped all the same VIII.
Yes" she said, cit is dark bonr. bnt q,
Q dawn" ~ 'o' "a ~ Will I'll
: And md With these words for guide, she too
. Up ner burden, and began to tread the path !
. 1uil of diff to one like her. p"'u
; uhdns isfokMATIoN WANTED of Miles Leste,
wnose tamily left P about thirty vsars aor
ny replying immediately to this advertise
ta' nent' ne will hear of something to his advan
tage. Address, L. B., 1888, ETC.. eto.D
Ot the ten Thousand who read tbis vary o-
uIhary paragraph, nine thousand nine hu ndref
ano nnlnety-nine tossed it aside, with the de
sst vouE na aesre & of being Miles Lester of course
something to his advantage might be. The
| ten-thousandth was a man of tWentvfive o1
.neresoo bouts sitting at breakfast in q shabby
gown. He had a face eninently suprestiye pf
mi mmind, and an eye equally SO of heart, and when
ne ne READ IL hrst smiled an amused, incred ulons
smiIe' and then he road it over again.
Ida, my DEAR" said he, then, to a vonnp
giri sewing at the window, "do YOU think this
osnid, 9, by any altogether unparalleled turn of
anairs, be your humble servant"
he landed it to her, and sho read it, with
a lovely glow rising over her face, which was
io"e,y "oy m n Itself as she did SO.
y On, II 1t should he, Miles" !" she cried with
the eagerness belou ging to youth alone n;f
:. NO" wait miuute, little girln said he
and let Us consider the question If that
npsrnipg we're nere s9methng in plain and
ter. AS It's something to that required ipdi-
Vldoals advantage, it would seem more natn
Ial 10 say cant possibly be Miles Lester.
Anytnlng To my advantage seeming entirely
ture." 9 oe"-
Bot" cried the young girl. her eagerness
despondipg speech, ~ always knew, Miles |
that you deserved success" ''
Don't know about that either, small one"
sal said ne with with most luminous and uncompro-
missing smile, that would assert itself spite
OF any dampeniDg circumstances: "it has
always Away seemed to me l ought to have com
PEELED Pea Su success. cess But I didn't, though, you
Or yet sporting fellow, the saying goes"
No. ana she threw down her work, and
,aught him round the neck with both arms.
but dear fellow, who deprives himself of
'very thing, to keep his mother and sister from
ntering; noble fellow, too hgh-minded to
toop to mean things in order to make money
grand fellow, whose brain is above nettv |
aving-"
4 ihe above dash represents the placing of
lls hand over her rosy lips
stop, or you'll pnt me past all recognition
'ad I'm IN fine fix; go to You to try to a
. @ Identified and you clothe me in all the T
olors of the rainbow. to the utter annjbiio f
on of myself proper o
but if 1t be as suppose it be" V
home, aud she knows me!" d
Here, my compliments to mother with this Ii
aper, Miss Lester, and ask her if after an i'm. e
artlai consideration of the indicated para a
raph, she thinks j could be Miles Lester, a
ersonago whom | have had heretofnre evarT &
'ason to snppCse my self. Add that if with t.
1e unprecedented something to his ADVANTAGE tt
'eked on to the name, she, whose uuerring
dgment has never yet been found want
g, viii! bear witness I'm the man, ri pro
ed to address : L. B., SS5 etc, etc , without N
'lay." wv "-'"ou' IT
She took the paper from his hand and disap- 81
area, ne soIloqu1Zlng meanwhile et
There's divinity that shapes our ends et
Rough bew them we may"
so, on quite good authority, 81
:" There is a tide in the affairs of men," "
;, These considered, it wonld not be impos- n,
de for me to turn out-Miles Lester pre- n,
'us rough hewing,' have been giving to CT
my ends, so far. Let US hone for their | al
kes, who have to share my fate, and who "
shape them anew! - to
lch agitRted indeed: to
Mother says you to come to her bedside
Not injured her, hope, Idaf 7" fa
No; she is glad" de
It was a beautiful room, quite unlike the Sc
b they had just left, which they en- cred 10
yether now beautiful room, elegantly fur as
he'd, and as full of brightness and comfort m
love, with money for its aid, could make it o9
9 windows were little palaces Of bloom and gu
GRANGE, 80 filled were they with lowering th
'nts, and here and there amongst their be
inches hung gilded cages, where tiny cap rig
es spent their lives in song which lost an
elf upon the perfumed air. Costly pictures of
ng on the walls, each one speaking some of
ing poem to the Razer, and the footstep str
'ering that lovely room sunk in what seemed on
lily the green moss of the forest spread
're, with now and then a spray of some deli au
9 wild vine dropped on it by chance. Bot th,
all the beauty of the room could draw tue VII
ention from one object set mercessIy there drc
low, white-covered couch, hoding on it's the
wy pillows a perpetual invalid, a woman
ed with the touch of pain, but faded as the it I
al lily fades, with all the impress of beauty pa,
queenliness still the withered remains q
wnat once was fsirest and loftiest amongst ant
yers. To this couch came Miles Lester .
b beautiful look of tenderness on the face, q
gnihcent in manly resemblance to this she