The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-09-10
LAK AND CATHOLIC MESSENGER SUNDAY SEPTEMBER TO- 1876

kiss her in her CRADLE before he went out, he
sunk on his knees, and thus l found him. life
gone. They called it heart disease, but think
his heart literally broke in that hour"
"And you, my mother" kneeling and fervent.
ly kissing her hand, "worked for Us, till you
lost your health, and now, when prosperity has
come. You cannot enjoy it,
can that ia of the divine ordering my dear
| 10 have succeeded in bringing you up, worthy
| could have desired on earth, the only one
worth living for when he was gone. And II
| 10 oy some touch of the same divine hand that
TINS restitution has come about. 1t is all we
have to prove William Mobiles guilt; let us
| aWeli nightly on that. This Lacy Westfort is
his sisters only child, both of her parent ts died
year. years ago; g Some of the property should, by
| night, be hers, therefore"
She must be found"
1t was three years before she was found,
however, and then it happened in this wise:
Miles Lester could never entirely give up his
brought him. Therefore, by fits and starts, he
finished the picture, whereof mention has been
made before in this story; took it to an art
exhibit at distant city, and labelled it
" The Darkest Hour" Having been literally
wrung from his heart, he hoped it would prove
a success.
STRANGE" said director of the exhibition,
we have companion picture for that by an
other hand-a lady's, Before the Dawn"
1t was fine beyond all description, an indis-
tlnot landscape exquitely pencilled !; white
SeAo LII weary dbtlGuuo 1OOkluR OUT
along a road; one rosy ray of light piercing
the gloom, and just about to burst upon a
beautiful mansion with flower crowned gates
wide open. and white arms of an gels extended
10 receive the traveller, UNCONSCIOUS that rest
Is so near, till that ray of dawn has done its
wondroEs work.
So marvellously painted, one feels Inclined
to wait TILL the light comes ?! said Miles Lester
What a lesson for the hu
man soul Who is the ladyi'
"a Miss Westfort, stranger here, and a !
n nInnr 1tp- nl-,~
will Introduce her. She is a person worth
moving l assure you; person who has won
,reat fame as an artist in short time though
ne began here only as teacher of drawing"
Miles Lester turned and watched the ad-
ancing figure of the person he had vanly
ought for 30 long; the person he had adjured
n advertisements under the plea of some
hing to her advantage" :" the person he had
rown to consider a myth, though tangible
nd eagerly cherished and furtively admired
VIC ylaenoes that she once had been confronted
II Inn everywhere in the mansion of the late
VILLAIN Noble. He-well, what is the use of (
roionging this narrative unnecessarily espe-
ally when know my readers are so inteili-
ent; he had been losing his heart to the myth .
snclng reality, |
Which state of affairs effectually put stop
any trouble about the suggestion in the will | :
# wheu said suggestion was carried ont il =
as included in an account of q certain fash-
naole wedding, under the caption of pre-
nts, and averred that the "happy BRIDE
oom," had presented the "lovely bride" with I
private purse of $50 900 as wedding-gif5
go you see it did not make so very much =,
terence after all, about the xplicable will Al
the late William Noble. The fortunate L
satee AYERS to this day, that the best for
ne 1t brought to him, was his meeting with
Q artistic OF the wonderful picture which made N
nous the name of Mrs. Miles Lester. te
As for the :" poor little thing" she, too, had =
Wedding one fair morning: for
NOW, you know, laurence" she said, al L
We time to be married" Il