The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-10-29

The table cloth must not spoil
Nor with my food my fingers soil;
Must keep m seat when have done
Nor round the table sport or run;
When told TO Iise then must put
My chair away with noiseless foot,
And lift my heart God above,
In praise of al His wondIous love.
[For the Morning Star and Catholic Messenger,
THE TWINS.
Jenny and Dora thought they would have
Z fine time last Sunday. It was all planned
Il up the day before. Dora WAS TO go to church
with Jenny and SIT in her pew. They
were going TO dress as much alike as they
could. "Dora, you must wear your plaid
dress that's nearly the same as mine, and
we'll both have laced up shoes, and blue
striped stockings, and our hats ill be the
only things that won'tlook alike"
ooh, and some people might take US for
sisters, mi ght mt they, Jennyf'
"Of course. They might even take Us
4for twins"
"Oh, won't it be fun though. Now
please, Jenny, if yoa are ready first, don't
4go away and leave me-"
4 "No indeed, aud you mustn't either"
Dora promised, and then went home,
which was across the street from Jenuy's
house. OF course, Jenny had to go with her
half way, and then Dora had to come half
way back, but at last they told each other
Goodnight for good" aud parted such
great friends, that they quite forgot to fl
ish off with I" last tag" az usual.
The next morning, Jenny was just slip
fping the elastic under her hair, when Dora
ran in and helped her to hurry off. Once
pm the banquet, how these little girls talked
And talked. Let's keep step Dora, it looks
30 much nicer. Now when we get in church,
you must remember to do just like me-"
=" All right, l will I'll dip my hand in the
Holy Water Just when you do"
Yes, and we must make our genuflex-
. ion right exactly together"
CAN right, and l'll take out my hank
thief whenever you do" and 80 they chat
led, all the way. In church every thing
tent on smoothly, until they made their
enuf1exion. Then Dora was watching
emmy 30 hard that she forgot to notice
perself, and came near fitting over and
Dumping her noee against the side the pew,
And set Jenny INTO quite giggle. There
vas an old white-haired gentleman in the
pew, reading his prayers so piously that he
sQld not see the lit girls, but be sure they
paw him, and very delighted were they at
she sight of him. He seemed to be
etranger, and they felt sure he would take
hem for twins, and the idea tickled them
more than ever, just as if-silly little things
en old gentleman had not something better
20 do at Mass, than think about them. But
fhey went on with their plan. They stood
hp, sat down, or knelt exactly at the same
lime: when Jenny put up her hand to fix
her hat, so did Dora, when Dora's book
clipped down on the floor, 80 did Jenny's
But that was going it little too far, and
Ibis time il was Dora's turn to laugh, and
that started Jenny off again, for she bad
pnly jnst swallowed down her laugh, it was
All there ready to come up. Well, there
hey sat, trying their best not to laugh, bat
letting fuller and fuller of it every minute,
Pnd every time Jenny got quiet ard hoped
Pie had stopped for good, she would hear
e little choking sound from Dora, and that
~ course would send her right eff again,
&no every time Dora sat up straight Swal
4oWeo bard' ana made up her miad 'Eeve1sto
king with Jenny's smothered pigo,es. ard
then Dora's firm resolution was bruken
All of sudden it came into Dora's mind.
that the old gentleman was about to stooD
town and whisper to her that if thew
didn't both behave themselves he yyouIH
box their ears and turn them out of church.
This awful thought, though it frightened
her very much, Gid not stop the laughing
tit, but only seemed to make it worse and
worse, until at last she felt sure she would
have to scream out loud if something did
not happen very soon to prevent it. Jenny
all the while was thinking pretty much the
same thing, that every body in the church
was looking straight at them, and that GCd
mus, be Furnishing them for making up such
a wicked plan as to play in church, and
ths' sLe never, never would do it again
yer, In spite of all these sober Thoughts the
slGgllng wenC on so bad that she and Dora
were gasping for breath. Presently the
ola gentleman got up and walked out Of
pew lhey were stguck with terror. He
was going TO tell the priest ON them, or
NAY oe to call the sac!lstan to put them out.
atnS minute their iC was over, they sat as
evan "a statues of fright, they dared not
80 look tn see which way he went, but
the leu 10 read their books, as if nothing was
and ha,.'', and both aeked Gods pardon,
mai maj "egSed Him with all their mi ght and
them this lime. and {beV aIwavs n Sop1d
Soo9 eo0u alterWaIds. The old gentleman
lad op oSm aob back and quietly sat down, he
md tho i Eone over to u window to open it;
ROM ' tho little t girls said prayer of thanks
avad ' iiG bottom of their hearts, and be,
Goin ndke penitents to the end Of Mass.
ZEN real nUme, they talked of how they had
tbopnh naughty, and were real sorry for
Ter ryOG po1 they could not help laughing
Cow that was ali Tnen, at tue thought of it,