The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-05-03

| Ilol l'ItNtIl, Uut l}tliSillT ilhEStlI i)N
general cleaning on those days OF the
entire premises. from the top Of the liant
ern in the tower to the last step in front
of the house
| You could not argue with Pedro. He
only smiled back upon YOU as sWeetly
and softly us molasses. Melyyna, en-
| deav0ring to urge him to energy. found
herself III the position Of al active ant
| WailnG through the IoWny recesseS OF a
feather bed, which well represented his
| mind.
Pedro was six feet, two inches in
height, and amable as Il dove His wife
senslbly accepted him as he was, and he
had his two days in toWn-a very mild
| dissipation. however, since the Minorrans
are too indolent todo ANYTHING more than
smoke, lie in the sun and eat salads
heavily dressed in oil. They said The
serene and august wife Of our friend is
we'll, We trust ," And, The island does
it not remain lonely y And then the
salad WAS pressed upon him again For
| they all considered Pedro a man OF strange
and varied experiences. Had he not mai'-
lied Il woman OF Wondtl--uf an energy
untathnmable And he lived with her
alone in Il lighthouse. ON an island alone,
mind You. without a friend or relation
Near.
Ihc six feet that walked over the
beautiful beach of the southern ocean
were those OF Keith, Darlington, and Sis
ter st. Luke.
Nov go, Miss Luke Mclvyna had
said. waving her cnergclically away with
the SKINNER Us she stood irreSnllIte at
Che kitchen door "TWill do You Il POW
! cr of good, ;tntl they re Nee, quiet gentle
! men who Mill see t" You and make things
pleasant. Bless You, know what they
are. They amt none of the miserable,
good lor-nnthing race about here \ our
convent is fifty miles off, amt il And
besides: Nuu We're brought over here half
dead for me toruIr up now, warn't You
The Sister acknowledged that she was,
and Melvyna went on.
''Nou see, things is different tp north,
and | understand EN-, but Nuu don't.
Now Nou lest go right along and hey a
pleasant Wall. and I'll hey a nice bowl Of
yensun broth ready tnr you when You
come back. Go right along now" The
SKINNER waved again, and the Sister
went.
ea, she's taken the veil, and is a nun
for good and ;tll," rNplaIned MelENMa to
her new guests the evening ul their ar
rival. when the SHY little SISTER had re
treated to her own room above '.IhcN
thought she was lying, and she was SO
long about it, and useless on their hands.
that they sent her mp here to the village
for sea ain, and to he red ol her. | guess.
i any rate there Sll" WAS in one Of them
crowded, dirty old houses. and sol lest
brought her over here. i'o tell the truth
gentlemen the real bottom of it-mv
baby died last wear and and Miss Luke
she WAS 50 good I'll never forget it. |
amt Il Catholic fur from it; hate tn.
But she seen lis coming up from the boat
with our little coffin. and She came out
and brought flowers to lay on it, and fol-
lowed to the grave. feeble as She was:
and she even put in her little black shawl,
because the sand W,lS wet this miserable
halt-atioat land. YOU know and couldn't
abeal to see the coffin sci down into il.
And said to myself then that III never
hate Il Catholic again, gentlemen. | don't
love em yet, and don't know as | ever
shell; bat Miss Luke. she's different.
Consumption WE'LL | hardly know.
She's a sight better than She was when
she come. !d like to make her we'll
again, and, somcway, can't help a~ilN-
ing to, for WAS q nurse by trade once.
But then what's the use ! She'll only
hey To 90 back to that OLD convent T.
And McllNna clashed her pans together
III her NeNltlon. lis she Il good Catholic,
| do You say Heavens and earth, yes.
| Shes hW religious my. | couldn't be-
gin to tell She believes every word OF
all that rubbish those old nuns have told
her. She thinks it's beautiful to be the
bride OF heaven and, as far as that goes,
! don't know but she's right tain't much
the other kind is Wuth," pursued MelNy-
na, with fine contempt for mankind in
general. AS to freedom. they've a. good
as showed her off their hands, haven't
they? And guess | can do Us | like any
way on my own island. There Wasn't amy
man about their old convent, ;,s can
learn and 50 Miss Luke, She hain't been
taught to run away from 'en like most
nuns. Ol course, if they knew. they
would be sending over here after her;
but they don't know. and them priests in
the village are TOO fat and lazy to earn
their salt, let alone caring what has be
come Of her. / guess, if they think Of her
at all, they think that she died, and that
they buried her III their crowded sunken
old graveyard. They're SO Slow and
sleepy that they forget half the time who
they're burying. But Miss Luke, she
ought to 90 out in the air, and She is So
afraid Of everything that it don't do her
no good to go alone ! haven't got the
time to 81" and ST" if YOU will let her
walk along the beach with YOU once in Il
while, ii Will do her 4 sight oi good and
give her an appetite although what |
want her to have All appetite for am
sure don't know for cf she gets we'll,
of course she'll go back to the convent.
Want to go, TA0 she does She loves
the place, and feels lost and strange any
where else. She was taken there when
she was IL baby, and it is all the home she
has. sire doesn't know they wanted to
be red of her, and she wouldn't believe it
el | was to tell her forty times. She loves
them all dearly, and prays every day to
go back there. Spanish Yes, | sup
pose so; she don't know herself what
she is exactly. She speaks English well
though, don't She Yes Sister st. Llk,
is her name : and :; heathenish name ii is
for Il woman, in my opinion. / call her
Miss Luke. Convert her Couldn't amy
more convert her than You could convert
a white gull. and make a land bird of
him. It's his nature to ride Oh the water
and be wet all the time. Towels couldn't
dry him not if You fetched Il thousand" +"
''Our good hostess is a woman of dis
elimination, and sorely perpleNed, there
for, over her proteyce," said Keith, as the
two young men sought their room, Il loft
under the peaked roof, which was to be
their abode for some weeks, when they
We're not alloat. "As Il nurse She feels L
professional pride in curing, while as u
CalVinist she would almost rather kill
than cure, if her patient is to 60 back to
the popish convent. But the little Sister
looks very fragile. She will probably save
trouble I'LL around by fading away"
''She is about rs faded now us woman
can be" answered Carrngton.
The two friends, or rather companions,
Dlun0rI info all thr phases af tho Snnt},