The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-07-08
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- 1srusav fspx NJ AWE axYNDAY JULY 8 1877.

$50 their confidence in each other, and little
90 RESERVATION was there between them. Still
- svery heart hnoweth- Its own sorrow" and
.usxfaifa it IL that there are shadows on every
iffs that even the nearest and desrest fail TO
nn5exstand. Not only 10 1t true, as the moral
Of the med avail legend quantity warnDu MS. that
khere is skeleton In every house, OF whose
existence our neighbours are unconscious, bue
81 e very mueh TO be suspeetcd that there 10
cue In every heart Also--the skeleton perhaps
% something bright and beautiful that onee
80 oure but of which nothing now remains
awe these dead bones that rattle diswaily
.eusuGh In the winds Of memory, IL some IN
oonsoious hand SHOULD open by chance tne
fact, among many other facts NO lees strange
chan tfue, shat, gregarious animal though
man undoubtedly 10, the very Influences and
1raciseiy those that are least perceived by the
Wcrld around him. And it 10 also true that,
fhouRh DO has learned how to nnite ocean with
OCEAN by canal, and continent Wn1n oon III
raain golf, dividing soul from soul and isoiat-
ing one individual from another, that neither
tho subtlest of human intellects nor the ten
desess Of human sympathies shall ever learn TO
TSst each of our three friends had one Of
these grim guests lurking In quiet corner OF
her soul We are assured; what they were, or
whsnce they came, we are by no means pre-
5,aysd TO say. We think, perhaps, that Mrs.
Garsw sometimes heard gentle rattle In the
November twilight when she loved to stand at
rnstling leaves and driving clouds. Did she
wonder how, at that moment, they were driV-
ing and rustling over little caurchyard tar
away, where thirty years before, sue nsa Iaid
tho form of her gay young husbandf Again
wes repeat we cannot tell nor can we say
whether Faupy's recent loss, or Hsrry,s anger
a her conversion, ELECTED those sobs that
shook her bed 80 often in the silent night. Nor
r. &c for as to guess why Maude herself would
often rise and wander away when her friends
wore busy, sometimes to her mothers boud or,
sometimes TO quiet seat beside one OF tne
atiff yew.hedRes and remain there motionless
for an hour together; sPmetimes gazing at
vacancy, sometimes Watching Bat, with
look of mournful interest he could hardly APP
precfate, though he always waggea nls tail In
recognition sfit.
Hut whatever the sources Of these private
rtiefs, not trace of them ever intruded them,
selves into company. Heart IN hSars ana name
on their peaceful way and whether they made
calls or received them, visited the poor or
nureed the sick, worked, read, played or
chatted, happier trio than the ladies OF
Neville Court 1t would have been difficult to
After sundry we'll. contested battles with the
wind for her umbrella Maude reached her des-
fination small and somewhat untidy cabin
On the road to Ballycross In which the mother Of
= numerous family lay sick. After o little
friendly chat with the sufferer, whose infant
ahe washed and dressed, and for whom she
warmed some Of the chicken. broth che had
Brought, as skilfully as an old nurse, Mauds
ses ont on her road home. Fortunately Tim
Murphys well-intended, but somew hat char
scteristic, wish had not been granted, tsat
q piease God, the wind might change as her
ledysbip went home !" but with her enemy at
her back Maude tripped lightly along, her
amply basket on her arm, and her face as
{ bright as health and exercise could make II;
The rain ceased after luncheon, and then
Fanny, accompanied by Mrs. Carew, set of for
= drive to tho Glebe House. Under any cir.
aunatanoss visit to the dear old house would
have been very sad one to 9th the poor on, child
I IND express. For Fred Donovan's piece Of
Information had, in this instance, been true
and the Rev. David Giles, throug the interest
Baliyoross. Yet, painful rs 1t always was to
Both Fanny and Maude to see suoh man in
Ar. NeFilie's place, visit to the Globe House
fhither almost every day, and that attraction
ntranRe to cay, was NO other than aunt Bar
bara. Bitterly indeed had that UNFORTUNATE
woman rned the day on which she hSd sakeI
offeetually had Petrnchio himself tanned hi
nhrew than this rentless little tyrant had sub
iuRated his /; but with this difference between
che latter had been content with breaking
his Catherines spirit, he hsd proceeded syste
1natically to break bis Barbara's heart, an'
shat With the weapon abe herself offered him
:the daily visit from Neville Court, he woul'
doubtless have succeeded. As it was, the poo
NOWe6 soul lived on from day to day In To
eonshine of the bright young hearts that, for
getting the past, did all in their power to com
Sort her. II was o truly piteous sight to Sc
the Eauuk aud once unyieldiuG form of th
aged woman olipg to her young protectors
GIiea cav 1t, and In his impotent wrat
hated them from his heart. Had the
been other than what they were yer
eoon would he have forbidden them hi
house, and barred and barrioaded hi
doers had they persisted. But selfinteree
possessed o golden key that could have marcl
"a straight through into the ceutrs of DAvi
Gilea'a very heart had the enterprise bee
worth tho trouble. Before the facs OF tht
mighty goddess David humbled himself to til
earth. With an ,obsequious smile, and at hs
bidding, he bowed his visitors TO their ca
riage, though he invariably walked back I
the house with snarl, and revenged himse
uDon his helpless wife. Did one fragment
her love for him survive this treatment l
ali probability, yes. Heaven only knows, fC
Heayen alone can fathom the mysteriou
depthe of Woman's Affection.
Although the weather had cleared up suf
aisntly to allow Mrs. Carew and Fanny TO tai
4heir drive, the afternoon continued so dsu
and chilly that, as Maude sat at work in Il
long DRAWN groom, che felt half inclined
order fre and that in the face Of Mrs. Ba
Annsa karribla warning that "to begin fireg