The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-12-03

serapbim. Sing away, poor little thingsI You
shall never want for anything whilst live.
when they get old and have no children they
attach themselves to the poor animals under
| their charge. Yes: have even more to love
these are my little neghbors. just like my own
| cniidren they brighten up the house very
mncn' and without ahem it would be some
woat gloomy, though always try to be oceu-
pied, as you see. Bot wont yon take somethin
TO eatf You have not breakfasted. Now, lis
ten to me-we win breakfast together. You
bave been 30 kind to ms. you might favor us
with this mark of friendship"
George, seeing no chance to speak, made a
sign in the afirmative)
" say us, for what you have done for them
is the same as if it had been done for me. You
have really discovered the most noble manner
of obliging them-giving them work for it is
not easy to find work. Their friends say they
ought TO go to Paris, where they could always
their native place; they wonld rather stay
here nnder the protection of some old friends.
And still talking, she continued to set the
table.
I'VE are going to have fresh eggs and good
coffee. 1 take great pains with my coffee, for
It is the only thing she is fond of, this little
Jeanne. When she has worked hard all day,
and comes down here in the evening, give
her nice cup of it; then, tired out, she throws
herself back in the arm chair, and sleeps while
her sister sews. But for myself, l am sure,
II were to drink a cup of c. flee in the eve
ming l couldn't shut my eyes-but youth !
And as we look at her. sleeping calmly, her
sister ard cannot help admiring (we do it in
an undertone) her frank, open nature for we
watch over her like child. She's not such a
child, either: she is the man of the house for
courage and resolution her sister Anna, who
could carry her like feather is q great deal
more timid, and would do nothing without con-
sultipg her."
The little table was set with extreme care,
and George assigned place opposite the win
dow. The sun now flooded the square with
light, and through the interstices OF the foliage
one perceived the distant horizon and the blue
mountains.
George, though reared in refinement, never
disdsiRed the society of plain, simple people
when he found them honest and obliging, for
he valued good principles and qualities of
heart far beyond those artificial qualifications
which regulate worldly intercourse. With un-
feigned gratitude he enjoyed this improvised
hospitality and the beautiful spectacle pre-
sented to him through the halfopened window,
which was bordored with roses bending their
curious heads even into the room. Perhaps,
too, he wished to begin his new role of obser-
yer, and hoped to draw from SO facile o source
some information about the past life of his
proteges
How do you 6nd theae eggsf hope they
are cooked to suit you they are Cochin Chinas;
they lay all the year round. I am going to
little garden
When the boasted coff,e was served with
Jug OF excellent cream, George led the CONVEX |
two ladies.
"You were acquainted with their mother,
were you not :" said he.
Oh yes knew her WELL" replied Madame
live here. was her dearest friend, and we
often speak of her. Madame Duval was left
widow with two children. She had g. fficient |
sam from her husbands business and her
OWN Work TO educate and raise these children {; |
but this sum she imprudently entrusted to
1ouotiui hands. 1t gave her a great deal of
trouble and anxiety, not for herself but for her
daughters. Then sickness came, then weak |
ness, ana at last aOrrOw. RuE cannot |
tell the whole of this sad story. Jeanne was |
.lxteen years old, Anna nineteen, when she |
lied and left them to me, but did not tell me |
anything about her business affairs. The poor
'hiidren were in sad state indeed-no means,
1othlng to do, everything failed at once. Per-
naps you have noticed that white lock in l
night. 1 walked and walked through the |
grand avenues of the forest with these two |
pale, care worn figures, for hoped that being |
'lred out in body would calm their mnds-not |
word could get out of them.
at last religion, love of occupation, the |
1esire OF doing what would please their mother
I sEe were living, gave them u little courage
md life. have entire faith in Providence,
md had been always expecting aid for them
rom some quarter, when the good God sent
Ion for as sure as this egg is a real Cochin
Ihine, y n you are an honest, worthy young man,
u. George. l am very good at reading facee,
IND answer for you. / receive you with all
ny heart, just as their own mother would do
still here to watch over them-but here, they
he beautiful picturesf 1 have seen them car
ying mp magnificent fowers-they must work
'ery hard: Mind, above all, don't breathe one
Ford of what have told yon {; for their sorrow
80 sacred that they don't allow every body
o speak of it; and then they have good deal
# pride. Don't be very long, and come back
o see me meanwhile will! clear off the table
md put things in order, for I cannot bear
Each one to his little whims."
Thanking her, George timidly assembled the
teps leading to the little apartment above
md
himself In room hung round with pictures.
,eanne was seated before table loaded with
lowers.
She arose, looking very pale, and leaning
against the back of a chair.
q Already !" she exclaimed, in an altered
Joice.
Mademoiselle," replied George, "this is a
7ery simple word on your part, and perhaps
lot uncalled for. The painful impression it
lss produced on me must not interfere With
your work. This one woId has reminded me
'f my duty. believe it allowable for me to
come and see your work, but then ought to
have awaited your orders, OF at least req quested
permission. Will you pardon me 7" And max