The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-04-29
NUMBER 10.
THE LADY
NEVILLE COURT,
Il TALE OF THE TINES.
tContinued.)
CHAPTER w.

| CHAPTER ~.
Add where was Richard o'Msara while those
same htteen yeare were passing with rapid
| wing over the round world, feokfnR ik In t6eiT
| ooursasend the lives of the little men anon n.
with sunshine and shadow, gladness and sos.
row-where was he Sometimes In one plaoe.
sometimes another, changing, under their in.
nnsnce from q boy into . youth, aud from .
yonth into man. Not often In the dear f" old
for soon after Sir Morcar's death Dr. OMearn
sent bis son abroad, and from that time for
| ward, by the dispensstion of Proyideuoo. he
and Richard were seldom together
The first two or three years the bow grant .,
foreign colleges. whence the reports transmits.
ted home from time to time by his 50 eriors had
been more than SUFFICIENT to crafty his fathers
pride. As soon as his eduoatiop was COM
plotted, DIR. OMesras who intended him for his
own profession, sent him to London, whore he
remalnfd some years as q medical student. He
passed one examination after another with tina
greatest credit, qualified, and for some time
praeticed in Dobiin. But for many q long dav
one gnawing doubt had harsssed the young
mans soni and at last he wrote to his father.
Never did son receive warmer heaetier re.
spouse; and within q month after wards Rich
TaS at D90,y For two brief
very sunshine Of the old name life. Al last.
one morning, q letter reached him bearing thc
words, NO vocation Only to God did the
Richard did he even whisper IL.
Disappointed in his desires of entering the
Richard O'Meara returned TO his
PLob0ooIOus 6ttOE bOm0 years spent b9-
fore in private practice, he obtained the neat
Of surgeon in the navy, and for three years
wandered from one country to another, in the
Iaannel hset. At hrst he had been stationed
of the Irish coast, and had found free usut on-
portunities Of visiting bic father but Iatterfy
bis lot had been cast in the Mediterranean and
nus years passed without . visit home. Sud-
1enIy the Fbunderer was recalled, and mt ONT
u commission; and on the wings of The wind
)Meara flew home, while awaiting another
appointment.
Rot thu warp 6rak
nat hobbl9d down TO the gate to meet him
Iecided long wavering balance, and that
cry night saw Riobard's resignation posted
o the Admiralty. Fer the Arst time in kis iife
he old doctor not only RETAINED from oppo-
ing, but even seemed to sanction a proceeding
nat appeared pref ndicial to his sons welfare.
Tor Was ;his the only instance in which he
eemed to have grown unmindful of it, A few
avs later letter arrived from o London pbysf-
ian, making OMeara an offer Of partuership;
ut although grateful smile ct first yersDraa1
BIO fathers face, the instant after il passed
way, and = somewhat trou bled look succeeded
:. Richard observed IL, and naturally attrf.
nted 1t to the Old mans nnwillDgness to part
nth him again, in bis fast-inc reasinR helpless.
ess. Bat u far higher ir fiuence was ct work
! Dr. u aearA's heart In the many long and
met hours that he had passed alone since his
ibjects OF thought bad wearied and troubled
III DAY after day, and those had been his two
nfuihi:ed promises. Over and over again
aude Neville in her PrOtestaDtisuD and BaIIv-
oss IN Its misery, seemed go rise before him
1d tacitIy upbraid him. Yet what could he
ave done to save hem, be asked. that he had
1t tried to dof Nothing" said his Coincidence
often as he asked the question. Bot inst a.
ten the tOrmentiUR thought retuFusd. At
at, one day, the idea stole into his mind that
in three yeaTs Maude would be OF age, great
IRngeS must then take place, and he had
'Ruu to reflect how much he then might have
zen able TO effect, had the stout heart and
ropg will OF other days been his portion still.
l6 while he thought, another idea came in the
AXE of the frst, snd from that moment the
d man had prayed that the stout haaiS and
roDg viii of his might even yet be per-
tilted to redeem bis fathers promise. Full
ell be compTehepded what Q aacrihcs of
chard's future hopes aud prospects thia
Ould involve bat DIR. O'Aeara stood where
must one day stand-on the threshold of
ernity, and estimated sacrifices rs all will
en- estimate them, 1S their true value.
Still IL was not an easy position for an
eotionats heart, and even while the Physi-
,n's letter lay before him, the poor old doc
10 was sadly divided. He, however, resolved
FAX for itself; determining simply to point
the good he might effect, yet IN no way to
and persuade bin that he wac the man to
.ct 1t, bat to leave the issue to God. He &C.
dinghy collected his remaining 6neTRiss, and
" calmly and gently pointed out she exact
ldttion Of the people round them. Ocos-
nal details Richard had heard before, bot
i'd the excitement Of his ever. changing
Ger, they had made bub . slight impEessiOB,
oept general idea that the Neville estate
! fallen into eho hands Of severe agont,
hard O'@oaFa bad been aluleat "a the dark
eS41ing the horac % his ri tldhoc& aE0M che