The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-09-10
Thank you, Mr. Stephens"
~, You know rhere / found it, Miss Westfort. -
!he rose took deeper glow.

know" she said.
Excuse me, Miss Westfort, but seeing v,
questions. Being one of Mr.. Mobiles executor
nope you will excuse any apparent intrinsic
Snnyt Sn yeGr i priy1te affairs, which, you,
~ can readily bolieve that, sir" was tt
q ready answer.
Q The late Mr.. Noble" he went on. twas
: should have left You out of his will withou
, iuli Gause Is simply impossible"
ne had full cause" This was said wit
Ups that trembled some, and that would hav
| trembled more, but that they were unde
strong control. The roses fed from the cheeks
ned utterly, and whiteness, deadly and unoon
or remorse, such might have been expected
| 20 accompany the words, came over that young
race. In the very whiteness dwelt q strange
| SO sweet, so suffering.
NOV now this visitor was a lawyer. celebrated
alike for his legal sharpness and his skill in
examining e, witnesses; in extracting the truth
rom the most cunning evsders of it I; in CON-
PelIng Lars TO cont tradict themselves, and hon
ost men to stick to the first statement spite of
ha hls learned friends" on the opposite side. To
naVe pa1ked him in giving testimony would
baVe been to work q marvel of the most in
creuioie nature, and would have won for the
Worker thereof an unbounded distinction.
nevertheless before Lucy Westfort's reply he
sat evidently ba filed, reduced even to his won
oeriu Wits end, unable to PROFOUND his next
question. And she said no more. So q silence
BIQeS n
silence must necessarily be, aud after lasting
some minutes, during which he contemplated
Win undivided atten tion the utter unex xpect-
edness of her words, he broke il inst as awk
wardiy as 1t could well be broken, by saying
never expected that reply from you MISS
esttort' Tor, seeing you-where | found the
gloVe-led me to hope you and the late Mr. |
Noble had no QUARREL
And we bad no quarrel, either Mr.. Steph- |
eps' she SAID so calmly, that he again sat I
lew lew moments, most undoubtedly bafd ed. Then
sne, percelvlng how swkwardly he managed
gently: 0' '~''
My uncle's memory, Mt Stephens, is desrer
20 me than if he had made me heiress of all he
eft me out of his will"
The world thinks so, then" said the man of
'usiness and, excuse me, but it is only natu-
hiuk So" ''o iSo'7 10
" What are the faotsf" 1t was such quiet
uesIlon' and SO quietly put, yet it startled
. the moment, it occurred to his keen neroen'
ion. how far from facts the world m ,ght be-.
- The facts - he repeated, dou btfully "F'irst.
ne iate abi,d william Noble brought you up his
"n child, gave you every advantage of educa. ,
on o ana position, aud fitted you to fill the :
lace accorded to you in society as his adopted O
aughter." .1Gtte g
er unchanged, save by look of tenderness o
" the dead stealing over the face. a :,
men, ne gave you to understand, and gave "
5iress' W. " LILO
" " That is mistake" she said, simply.
-, m'stake! y Undoub btediy the legal mind q
od laby rinth now, was lost tb eren was, for ~
e tlme being. helpless. and stunned " "
e." Ny uncle" said the quiet girl, growing 9; 9;
lieter with every word it seemed to him, VI
never In all the course of his great kindness
me, said once. or insinuated once 1bat
onld be his heress, As to giving the void al
understand it, do not believs one person -
ing can say he asserted it to him" p
1iere we're facts scattered unsparingly to =,
g winds! And, as if to prevent even their -
fragments from being gathered for rre
y iutuTe use whatsoever the calm voice, ~
nose oaimness thrilled him as no display of 70
otion could have done, proceeded to add: ;n
On the contrary, Mr.. Stephens NV nncle Ju
TaNs taught to understand that nv adyan. ~ ~
'es OF education might be necessary some Dc Se
day has come" NV
The last words were said in tone of nm PC
io,eu conviction, and with an involuntary
uing OF me arms that spoke determin II alton 4,
Itself. MI Stephens having been allowed All
espite by this time, in which to collect his
Tlldered senses now came to the point, aud
ke Ie- IRON n, the depths of the labyrinth: sit
Wen, Miss Westfort, confess myself nm clio
eTably astonished at this, but a fact reuains all
lch cannot be gainsaid, unfortunately for sal
!: mat is, the late William Mobiles will, del
~ ny "hich you are debarred from all the to
uries and all the delicacies TO which Won
e accustomed from early childhood. mu
mat remains, must remain, nuchap ped " =
. was her sole reply, in the tone of quiet It
viction again used 10
No. Miss Westfort. That is precisely what "
me to say to you Let me ad wise Won to "
ak this will, which, to all appearances at /
It, conflicts with Justice, and W hich. taken ont
my court, most probably will NOT hold. / top
DO all can to further your case, and it is mis-
IN the best course you can take" as
1"u are Kind, MI Stephens" and the qniet Th,
- was as quiet as ever, while it made it's fra
m CITATION, but my uncle's will is 80 sacred pIs
ne, simply because he made it, that l would bra
permit much less ask any court TO break it," tiv,
Consider the matter, Miss Westfort, and itse
T due consideration, l am sure Won will hu1
} another answer. The late William Noble livi
not reflect on the difficulties which beset ent
path OF girl reared as you have been, in yer
'ing her way through the world, or he the
ia have make different will" cat
tie considered everything" she said slo wly. not
d, Mr. Stephens, there is no d difficulty can att,
It my path against which Divine Proyi. "a
30 has not appointed some sure weapon of sno
nee. This was the Lesson he taught me. fad
le ne brought me up as his own child" roy
6ea1titul in theory" said the keen mau of and
world :" but give me preservative of of '
fntnre, al that is lost to you, by this in flow
icable will of his!' Wit
wv the quiet of the girls manner was bro mas