The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-07-01

as the trains, TO Genoa whore they were com-
PEELED TO wait fortnight q fortnight a.
and scanty clothing could make I'D for means
of transport to their respective countries. At
the end Of that time the ssrangsme; S were
, harm oniously united. were scattered like
l, sves before Q blast. Devioas were then
p aths aud destinies. Some passed to peaceful
homes in England, frelsad, Holland. and Bel
gium Sssome to desolAte sheartbs in Germany
soon to be rendered sven moro desolate still
by sohsm and apostssy. Three or four hum
dred few to the .suceor of their unhappy
mother France, some of whom were even des-,
tined to mipgle their life-blood within o fort
night with the mighty etorrent that deluged
the gallant corps Of the Papaf Zouaaes existed
NO longer. What that parting was God only
knows il was q grief too deep for asterance-
s1s a. oEds SeS
speechless lips, as moist eyes spoke q farewen
too trying for even veteran tongues to whisper
many o hand and every heart pointed upward
to that Heaven where victory even yet awaits
| the sons of the Church
Three weeks later O'Meara stood on the
platform Of London station, Watching fast
disappearing train that bore to . long ex-
pectant mother one of his Zouaye companions.
Several had travelled with him from Genoa
but one by one they had left him, and this,
the last, had just waved his adieu from the
carriage window, and he was alone. Slowly
he wendell bis way back to his hotel where
he stood ct o window, looking down abstract
lights began to twinkle in the shops. tap
Mt the door at length aronsed him, and q flush
of real pleasure overspread his countenance
when two letters were placed in his hand, one
in the hand writing of Father Donovan, the
ether bearing the unmistakable hiei oSlyphlcs
OF his nephew Fred.
What new life and vigor letters from
home &c n infuse into o human heart, even
though it be the sturdy heart of man! In
trics half q dozen orders were given, and in
] less than quarter of an hour the gaudy hre-
n. hr hrt.v Ia
| fire. the dreary world outside was shut out,
| the gaslights above danced on the tea-thiugs
belo ", aud Richard OMeara, sinking back in
| to a chair (the very realz alton of comfort, but
| which he had never even noticed before)
| broke the seal of the priests letter. After
| page or two devoted to the subject of the
the writer mad written it-with flushed cheek
aud kindling eye, it changed lite strains and
| thus continued:
| Ard now for a few words with regard to
| Yourself. Alone" your letter com plains, sin
| o land of strangers who care nothing for you
nor yours, and burdened with the weary
| weight of a life three times offered to God,
and three times thrust back into your arms !"
Courage, my dear boy; watch and watt and
believe me, God will even yet shape your life
to a useful aud happy end. Meantime remem-
three years since: God has changed the cur
rent of the stream but the spring is as strong
and vigorous ever" You even lament the
competency God has given you, because you
| cav, it preoludes the necessity for exertion. /
cannot SEQ it for you have only to do now as
you would have done if you had not possessed
it. There is work for verybody, and every
where, even in the dainty West-end quarter
| where you now are, and where yon seem to
think that folly, fashion, and fnery carry it
all their own way. Non, 0 lsel Look closer.
I will answer for it yon wall see that poverty
and misfortune rule the roost after all, and
that for one face that fannts along self con-
tanned in it's affi aence or independence, you
will ind three at least that will mutely
| yrh '(tOme and
With few moro words of loving counsel,
the letter concluded, and the doctor opened
Fred's 1t was long ard volaminous eplstle;
| and patiently the reader waded through page
after page Of professional news and sporting
Intelligence, longing for the moment when
Fred should descend from the high level of his
NO favorite topics to the humber, but to him
far more interesting, theme of domestic ne We
Hs reached the bottom of the second sheet
NOW for startling piece of news," 1t con,
: Guided. But what was It'll Where was 1T
!. | WAS the question. Not on either of the sheets
already read though he turned and twisted
, them q dozen ways, aud read every page oyel
| again at least dozen times. Ne. Fred with
his characteristic csreiessness, had left the
3 third sheet out of tho letter, and the doctor
: with Sigh, could only resign himself to hi
) disappointment, and wonder, with mixtnr'
D of curiosity aud interest, what the startling
/ he read the two sheets, and was replacing
; them in the envelope, as unenlightened as be
/ fore, when q few lires, written inside 1t
o arrested his attention I have just discovered
t that the Order chosen by Miss Neville for he
o future retirement is that of the Sisters o
= Mercy Had thunderbolt fallen at his feet
j. Richard O'Meara could not possibly bav
o looked whittier or more dumbfounded.
concluded next week.