The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-25

should lose her again ana forever. skllful
physician whom he consnited recommended
marriage as the best and ouly means OF cure
and assured him she would irfIllbly soon be
herself again could she only le pIevaiiCd upon
10 enter into :his view. Forthwith the colonel
bethought him of his TRASHY comrade the
to turn Monicas thoughts that way. lie
| found her by no means insensihle to his youn K
friends attentions and good qualities. but love
| for him there was none i'll her; her heart
| remained cold as ice toward him. TnIs
grievtd the father sadly he saw his sole
resource failing him,-thnt npon which all his
hopes OF SAVING hls child were staked. Daily
now be would e1banst his Ingenuity To Rad
out from her what she desired, what no conld
| do to please her. what it could be TINT set her
mind Ill at Ease; she only answered sac " as
not i'll. and generally cohtIiyed to pnt AN eud
| To hi- questioning by caresses or s'milar nr'Ih-
crs. All that he ooald get ont OF her as that
she hnd an enruest longing after the hratts Of
BrAbant; ~ fact, that she was in hammer
hom, sick,
More Nan once he had promised Der a long
vsit to the moot If pen, Jhut her health
might Ge resro cd by tao genial influence of
her native All; bat the rapid thickenIng of
to" evth's"t tho AR ever and again prevented
the acc"U' 'Ftishuieut OF tnis project.
AT last. toward the eLd of 1913 by cehsei. ~
sOllcitatioD, the colonel bad oh,aiurd FROM the
Minister of the War Department tho ptomise
of u three months leave of absence tor tae
next spring. The thought Of revIsiting the
scenes of her yoGte soened to give new lIfo to
Monica. But soon there Came news of disaster
from the North; nearly the whole of the
French army had pershod by The enemy ara
the elements, and u" one could furesee what
tulHht be TIE constq qaeHces OF tLis defeat. Sne |
unI'erbal shuddrr mad como upon the soldiers |
left behind in France at the terrible news. |
Foe colonel could not conceal all this from |
Monica, and she saw only too we'll that hur
visit 70 her dear krmpen was now indt Eni' ely |
pos pOned.
MEANWHILE the Emperor suddenly returned
without his army, and dscree of the Senate
by which $50. coo young men were
called 10 arms. At TIE same tims the colo |
nol received ondors to join the army in Germany
with bis IeGiueut. lie mad only llms to
place his daughter under proper care at Paris,
and, III .ts $40 was, tore hImself from her, 70
follow NLFOlcur over the Ruluo
SxInont.s ntier~ard no recei ed - sho ia
he knee ~ Dresden, which, th"nEh he re-
'INoTrrt lett hIm seriously lame for lIfe. HIS
5 is.. L" r"iurn Z" Pui- vas now readily com
i!Icd WIKI. Tncru tie found 81 Dnlca thinner
han ho had LETT ner, ~iIh her old transparent
'"'tnrrs All" "atrty "y's, ta:i'es, mud given
~ To her diC3uS
IN .h,r n,uJ only tHn ch"rls remained
Yh'oh were NOT wholly u,.s,runK,-her love To
.inl aud :" h.I native cCaI,a.
! II" CuipIri lI.uIyu!A'tlY made AL pfrpara- ,
IONS In l.. iu.4ng w,ih NOuICL TO u .lhAni. Il
nIiah.n h"n~a aai already been t.k"u aud
Hin go. i g.: ia,n at -. wcrv HIS v1as for
40 u .iir VA e." p!Ic,r>y "r rrI . cHvntIy- -
'ac' il lie mug. n"rLuul Of No but ma
" G'I 40 U.on tHp"'I Itnt 81 p'e-an', "kIIo
'e - ..r ".,> Ssh raging ,
Il s'w 1't -. ""d ,H"y srt out for their d"s'i-
Ltn.H. Ep;h'u.; occurred 10 disturb them on
tcir h!ad 1.ausn vi they Lad actually Il
'ached hntwrIp aud were npproachinG the II
DOR OF their nr" ah,d-. fncu, hs Monica was !,
ccldeniiy l1okInE tl"m tAc laHo-wlndDw, h
le sudd"hiy gave loud cry, a5 Of alarm, II
hich made the colonel start from his scat III =
frght u
L" rls q iestions rs to the cause, she only re- I
led L
" It's nothing, father; | saw a poor fellow
tue street 80 wrcichedIy dressed, and yet 2S
ith sDch expression in bis eyes! But it's over
w; Em quite quiet agaIu." u,
IConcluded NEXT week -,