The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-07-22
CHAPTER ".
EImleU L0ret.

The old hslEtimbered mansion of Elmley
Lovet lay ensconced on the slope of an undu
lsting park, studded with magnificent elms,
which must have been the hereditary occu-
pants of it's soil from very early times as the
name of Elnley Occurring in Doomsday)
would seem TO indicate. The N auor-bouse hau
for several generations been the property of
the family of Townshend, and its present
owner was Henry Townshend, an active jas
tice of tho Peace, man verGing upop sixty
In ell the shire there was scarcely more
jealous adm illustrator of the law, or one who
took more decided interest in those public
questions, touching which many of the squire
aTchy were then comparatively supipe. He
a fair specimen OF an EnglIsh country
gentleman of the period in height abo1t II 20
feet ten, with grey hair, grey eyes, pfoult-
nently aqniine nose, and a healthy complex
ion. His person was stout without being cor
pulent, eud although come y asss too perem~-
tory aud decided in tone, there was an air of
frankness Rbea=-hin which rather predis-
posed stranger in his favor. He sd been
moderate PresbY tariau dnrtng tee early days
of the Common wealth. ard al admirer OF the
great Richard Baxter of X tdfrrai osfSr Dat
he was not welded 70 any particnl Ar form Of
Chnrch poisg, aud had ssronE'y resented
Oiiver'a arbitrary Intervention IN the estAh-
listment of the board of tTiers : 20 taet,
when the restoration took p ace, he was ready
for tue re-ests Dl.sument of episcop2cyr An'i
was qnite willing for al recommendation sncn
as Wun}d have met rbe approval % the follow
CHS of either .hrr or Baxter. II is true IN a.
the Cavaliers ! the frat Parliament Of Charles
2
bat the High Church fever had now substded
aud there ample room Tor thos1 ee"i
Presby tsUiaus who were gradually accHnT o
dating themselves to Anghcauism, and hecou'
ing the nucleus of tue so called Evapgelic2! %
Low Church party of n later cav. lie agreed
| with Lord Halifax and Sir William CovantT!
| that EnSlishmen opght to be trimmerS on pTin
| cple, aud to keep the ria media between al
extremes. His wife, Dame Am Townshend
| had spent her early life in the immediate
| ueighborhood of Kidderminster, and had beet
! o devout disciple of Richard Baxter. Although
she ahhorred Popery, aud was aVerse to Pre-
lacy in the abstract, she WAS of too kindly aD'
| charitable disposition to hate either PRpists o
Prelatists Individually, save when the.
CHANGED TO cross or thwart her own favorit
| ministers, Although she rarely came in TIL
way of recusRnts, yet when she did happen Il
meet them, she felt disposed to make allow
ances for their benighted condition, reg ATdinj
them as fellow. Christians, despite the falls
woman of fifty, with remains of good look
showing that she had once been handsome
and with engaging manners and sweet exureS
sion of conntenance. OF her two sons, Henri,
and Robert, the elder was at home, and tn
second at Oxford, where he was preparing TO
Anglican orders. Her daughter Dorothy wa
q girl of two-and-twenty, with dark hair
deep blue eyes, and a face which, withou
being perfectly regular, was singularly at
traotive.
Delightful as was the aspect of the blRc
and white half-timbered manor-holse. will
its undulating park and majestic elms, ii
chief charm in the eyes of the young cavalier
of the ncighborhood consisted in that exquit
tie gem which it enclosed, the light-hearte
and lovely daughter OF its lord aud master
Dorothy Towpshend WAS recognized Rs one {