The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-06-03
Star and Catholic Messenger.
HKw ORLEANS, SUNDAY, JUNE is17.

professor, IL was with n Sigh OF relief that hi
entered his own hall door ard proceeded t.
hang his hat on his own peg. This last in ten
tion was, however, frustrated, seeing that the
said peg was already occupied by q rough
round, plebeian. looking hat that stared in his
face with the assurance of an upstart who
feels himself quite ut home. As the servauts
friends were supposed TO come to another
door, the clergyman looked at she article with
eome surprise, but surm;sing that old Joseph
had taken advantage of his absence to receive
his visitor in style, he displaced the intruder
with smile and walked OFF to the drawing.
room. But another surprise was in store for
him there, In the form of pair of legs clad in
garments evidently very near relations to the
hat, and which were stretched In tho most
comfortable manner possible across one side OF
tho fireplace. The upper part of the form to
1tmes; but the newspaper being lowered at
'Mr. Neville's approach. there was revealed to
bis astonished gaze the fat. coarse. SQUAD
features of the Rev. David Giles, who was re.
olininE in his owr favorite chair, in his own
fnvOrite corner.
Great was Mr.. Nevills's ANNOYANCE; for if
there was a person in the world he disi K ed
and deepised to o degree almost amounting to
m antipathy, it was the inquisitive. sensuous
low-bred little man before him. The respect
due to his aunt snd the dnties of hospitality,
however, induced him To hide his vexation
much M he conld and with the best grace he
could muster he received Miss Barbsrs's ex-
planation of the unwelcome apparition, and
welcomed Mr.. Giles to his house for az long as
he chose to stay. Still, notwithstanding Mr.
Neville's epdeavor to appear hospitabls. such
very decided air of coldness and constraint
Pervaded every word he uttered that anybody
bub Hr. Giles would have perceived at once
that he was an nnwelcams visitor. hauda
who stood by. as much ohagrined at the iptrn-
sion rs the master of the house, fondly hoped
shat Mr.. Giles would take nmbrage at her un-
ole's manner; but il others have "reckoned
without their host, she reokcned without their
gnest who, on the contrary, expressed himself
no delighted with the oordiality of his "brothsr
SVAf ftn lnrA hat haa aniI Ia. .hst,l ns.,1.
make the Globe House of BAllycross his head-
quarters for the three weeks during which it
was TO be bis privilege to preach the GLORIOUS
cause" in the neighborhood
What this glorious csuse was, nobody knew
cared to ask; though they did know and
care very much that the social harmony of
their meals and happy evenings should be in
terrupted by the presence of this very often |
shan they had imagined; for Mr.. Giles, delight |
cd at having secured bed and board on such |
easy terms, felt in no way Inclined to jeopar- |
disc bis good fortune by intruding unwelcome
matters on his entertainers; and, though he |
groaned in spirit over their blindness of heart, |
he confined his conversation, and that in an |
uudertone, to Miss Barbara, who, only too de- |
lighted to monopolise the dear mans" oom-
muuication to hereelf, sat and looked like one |
in the seventh heaven.
With Saturday came a suggestion from Miss |
Barbara, that during Mr., Giles stay at Beily-
cross he should take the duty on Sunday after
noon. Slightly influenced perhaps by the
recollection that 1t would save the prepara-
tion OF that second sermon, always the greater
task of the two, with his usual essiness Mr..
Neville consented and when on the third
Sunday it was stipulated that u collection
should conclude the services. he asked no
questions but consented to that also. On
each afternoon Mr.. Neville had been present,
and when on the two first Sundays the preacher
hammered away Mt justification by faith
alone" and assurance be had only shrugged |
his shou ders, for they were Just the vapId, |
a Cte1
from the man. When, however, the third SER |
mon thundered over mis- head. and bowling, |
raving, and gesticulsting Mr.. Giles advocated /
the canse of the Irish Church Missions. always
Mr Neville's utter aoUminaton, the poor
mans emotions may be better imagined than |
described. Fortunately for all parties con-
cerued, this sermon was tho finale 10 the three
weeks visitation the Glebe House had been
called upon 80 endure. The very next morning
Mr Giles started for the railway station in his
hosts pony haetou, but not before the bonn
tilul hand of Miss Barbara had piled its va
cant seat with several hampers of good cheer,
the fruits of the rector's ponltry-yard, dairy,
and store cupboards.
To console herself for his departure aunt
Barbara determined to pay q visit to their mu
tual Protsge and fsvorite, that most hopeful of
converts, Tim Murphy. Bat alas for human
gratitude! Whatever the Atheniaus may have
said about it, thre was certainly no altar in Its
honor to be found in Tim Murphys heart
for no sooner did that misguided individual
catch sight of Il very familiar bonnet coming
in the direction of his cabin than hs hasteDed
to put two poughed fields and three stone
wallis between himself and his domcile, thus
unRallautly leaving Blddy "to do the honors'
to the visitor
"Good morning, Mrs. Murphy said Miss
Barbara, entering 30 nnoeremonionsly that
Biddy bad hardly time To thrust Der short
pipe out of sight.
"Good morning, my lady, aard the latter, ~
she rose from the three-iegged stool on which
she had been industEousIy watching the
boiling of the potatoes, and as she spoke she
placed the only chair she possessed for the &C
oommodstion of her visitor land good luck To
you"
"Proofl l smell smoke ~ said Miss Barbara
ABgrily "bless me, who has been smokiugf"
"Ab, my lady, sure an its the wind we had
last week has got in to the chimhey."
mean"
"Ah. then its the potatoes beginning to
burn, l expect" raid B,ddy, walking to the
fire ana unoovering the pot with the utmost
gravity. "YOud rever think, ma'am, how
much bnrnt potatoes smells like tobacco!'
"Stu6 and nonsense, woman! Do Won
think Pm fool 7" cried Mics Barbara. Now
1 tell you what it is, Mrs. Murphv am not
going to give money 60 have it pufEod away in
tobacco SUOkel just peaHe to tell Timothy