The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-07-08
NUMBER 92.
THE LADY
N EVILLE COURT.
4 TALE OF THE TIMES.
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1t was o tempestuous day, and CAST AFR
gust or q wild autumn gale, jnst fresh from the
west to east. Perhaps among the cities ahH
| towns Of busy Ulster 10 hushed It's voice !: I,sr-
hape it grew eomewhat tame before is ressked.
che low land or Leinster. But aeruas ruSla&
Killarney and among the mountains Of O0s-
naught 1t reveiled unressrained, only sohhfna
itself to sleep from time to time. like { EsEfst
trees that crested the hills and crcWaed shs
valleys. How 1t moaned round Croaah pafrf-l
OF how IT, clustered among tbs cabins of
and tree-tops Of Neville Court, bearing % a.
bosom, az IL passed, shower after shower AZ
witheTed leaves, that swept along the lanes
the bor hsas tn sssy sospd
cheerless scene for the day was as dreary IS
driving wind, beating rain, and autumn chill
Neville. as she stepped bIiskiy out Of tse
lodge gates and picked her way over q puddle.
booted and waterproofed for an srrand 81
charity, l." not what It, would have been three
years sgo, thank Godp And aha was fight
For look where she might, improvement nee
her eye. Roads, once almost Impossible, had
been drained snd nsHdea neat whisa nlt-
heaps OF gray stones, that for time immenne-
rial had on mbered the ground, had once again
taken the form Of fepces--not quite, perhaps,
Cows and sheep browsed in the felds arouna
her I; pigs, OF every degree Of fairness aud
ieanness, granted Mt her ss she passed aud
though the dog potato. patches looked desclaeo
enough in the rain, she gladdened her eye aud
her heart with the mounds In the middle; for
did not each whisper it's happy little secret
Of winter provisions for its owner. Byight
smiles and loving reversnees greeted her fsom
every mon. woman, aud child she passed end
although shoes and stcckings evidently ranked
sS articles of l1xury in Neville Town, Ma1As
knew that ut Mass on Sunday not bare foot
woHld be seen-a pitch of prosperity raroly
stained by . Connaught village. or oo0Fne
mach nnoh YET remained to be done; end a. che
ID itself TO her critical eye and refined tssto.
But, like philosopher, che RETAINED from de-
'l0riDR evils che could NOT remedy.
But the improvements that had met her ere
hat morning were by no means the only osEzg
hat Mics Neville bad eGeoted on her eakass
FOR nearly two years had Father Donovan re.
DICED in funds placed ct his disposal, for
ormiDg clothing and burial societies, soup
Iitohen and savings bank. At BalIycross tie
walls of q new Catholic schoo1house were fiAse
tsipH into view, aud plans had already he0n
ent in for enIBrgiDg the church and beautifys
pg the sanctuary. AS to Mr.. COlquhoun, he
sd never even been seen in the village after
fiss Neville's arrival, though where he had
one to nobody knew and nobody cared. Bet
hey did know that in his place there wea
kindly comical old mana certain H. lag
encs Reynolds-who, though very dragon
q the interests a bis lady, had yet won fk2
earie OF the whole village, q sort of fustso
aySrd in his wsy-as lSmb-iike in time Of
eace as be WAS terrific in moments of war. Ae
,ast SO thought the children, who would eas
is gingerbread and grin constantly In MA
zoe at the very moment he was threatening
leir elders with the utmost teFTcrs OF the Law
nless the rent was paid.
And Maude beTselt-what of her9 Had abe
70 changed during the past three yearsf Har
lends, had the question been proposed 10
lem, would have replied unhesitatingly that
le was just the same as ever !" which an
yer on FaDny's lips would have meant thaS
ande was still her model, help, and consola-
on, all in one. Ga Mrs. Barton &c won1d
I'VE been the same ~ II the dear old lady had
oked AS you over Der specsscles, end qaitefy
annotated the word :" Perfection For our
Ives, We ehonld gay, that II Maudo Neyilis
rs altered, 1t was with that iDdescGibabla
notifying change that great OOrEOye and
eat Joys stamp upon earnest cbGrnotsra
sorrow Certainly had been hers sinee isst Ne
W her, and that too deep for WoSd0, Whan
10 had been called 20 stand beside the aeath-
ID Of her beloved uncle, striving 70 reaasurO
,gself IN his good faith. and Ia his deer con-
itiOn for the love Of idseuess and ease thsS
ID blemiShed hi0 otherwise ViEtuous life.
" too, had she known Gqually ubattefhblo
ID that when Fanny, her darling Fa1nY. had
few months later embraced the C0tholio
ligion, and when she and Mrs. CareW had
bod beside the font, where the hand 81
.theF Donovan had made her co9Bin one with
T in faith as well &C heart.
Since her fathers death Fanny had resided
sh her, and anything happier or calmer thnn
Q life Of our friends sc Neville OcoEt ie would
difacnlt 20 imagine. For the happiness of
oh member Of tbe nttle fnmily seemed -
insist 10 securing that OF she Osheras and IL shs
nsina We'd wits each oeheE - allowing eaENz
rev every mark % attention ttns She fl1pl1
.sotIenate of daaghtors eonia ronaaE, ehe, "a
8 raets Wete1co cveg her ennxEea With tNr
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