The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-10-14

read as follows:
N.Y. Hell besoreS Csasin-I write this In mnch
fear and trcpdation, for II were discovered
know not what would befall me. After we
met nj Worcester, it was rumored yon had
gone back to Dsrbyshire aud acknowledge
was prone 90 further such rumors lest they
borhood. By degrees it hath come to light
that you have been tarrying all the
while At Harrington. which is all the
more grievons to father and mother
that you have held aloof from u.s. and neve:
once come nigh Elmley to visit your own kins-
folk. This too giveth color to what hath been
msicionsly reported touching your molina
tions to Papistry and suohlike. when fathes
told Dame Dorothy of what had been nOised
abroad concerning yo1, she took mp the cndgels
in your behoof, and avouched that you had
certes gone back TO Dsrbyshire. or she would
have heard of your presence. For q season he
was suisted by these assurances, but of late
hath been freshly informed ny Master Rogers
that you are dwelling with Dame Mary Yste,
snd are confirming to their s9Perstitions. ne
hath sssn tks parsou at e huddeafey, and hath
sent b i'm to discover whether you DO still true
TO your Church, and hath resolved TO make
you testify to your conformity by calling upon
you to take the oaths. ! hope, my dear Coz,
that you will consent to prove to the world
that you are yet, what / shall ever believe yen
TO be, q true aud God. fearing Protestant at
heart, aud that albeit you love Mistress Clara,
and intend to make her your wife, you Will
not be led away by human affection from tee
Gospel light in which you have been born
and bred, but will rather, by Gods blessing,
lead that gracious and lovely young lady to
lay aside the vain teachings Of your Jesuiticai
priests, and embrace the reformed faith,
which You know to be true. l have written
this only on surmise that you be still at Har-
vingtou but am not without hope that you
may have gone hence, as l dread the trouble
that may come upon yourself and hosts II
| father persistent in having you brought before
| the Justices. Nevertheless, whatever be.
| tideth. you will never lack the prayers and
heartfelt sympathy of your loving cousin,
D.T.
"Wbat good girl yonr cousin Dora is, y
Gervase had handed to her, F." che hath sacri-
feed her own heart for you, dear Gervase, for
arm persuaded she loves you. An you see
| that your rides and walks with your merry
cousin won her heart" she pursued srchly /;
land only hope that you were gniltless in
striving to win her affections by your pretty
speeches and soft words, or should be
tempted to deem you an arrant hIrt, and TO De
jealous of your cousin"
"Clara! can you doubt me 7" he returned
| in an injured tone.
so seriously" che replied, for I am sure the
girl hath lost her heart to you"
"She hateth Papists rejoined Gervase:
"She therefore proveth the depth of her
| affection, seeing that despite your leanings
she still loveth you." answered Mistress
Finch.
"a cousinly love,o quoth saohsverill. ~
| only felt for her as shonld for q sister If
] had been blessed with one"
is that true, Gervase |"
"On my word of honor, that hath bsen all
| that ever felt towards her"
| "She is as good as any sister," returned
Clara; "and for my part, shall ever esteem
her SUCH"
! They then discussed the momentnous ques-
| tion as to what was best to be done under the
circumstances, and it was resolved that he
| should lose no time in escaping from the
| dangers which threatened his sojourn at Hsr-
vpgton. That very night he made HE pre-
| ofta nIarE ar sail HvhI
| was yet dark, took bis departure from his be-
| trothed and his kind hosts, and rode by anfrs-
quented ways to Wollashull. 1t was agreed
| That he should receive early tidings of all that
transpred during his absence, and Dame
Yate assured him that she would strive to
make arrangements for Clara to visit the
Iiaufords daring the spring, in order that the
lovers might once more he thrown together
without danger of discovery. Clara replied tC
Doras note in q few brief words, announcing
that Cervase was no longer at Harrington.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Prisoner.
The C astle ut Worcester was only fragnen
of the grand old fortress of Urso d'A6'tot
! overhAn2ing the Severn, and commanding
, foe view of the Malvern Hills, where tn
Norman kings had held their Court, and wher
+ Sir William de Bsauchamp had defied Simo'
de Montfort, who only gained access TO
through the treachery of the citizens. Even il
Lslaud's time it ruin, for that worth!
Rntiqaary meHtions that half the base court
| area, WAS tnen WltDln GD6 wall OF tDe Sabn
a edral Close, and that the dungeon keep wa
overgrown with brushwood. II stood on tn
, south side of the Minister and it's bulwark
: overhupg the Severn. IL was entered through
: the massive old gateway called Edgar's To~et
a which alone remsins to testify to- it's forme
. magnifcence. The rampant from tn
= northern corner of the gateway towards tn
4 river, and the exterior mote might still b
traced st the period of our narrative. Tn
: duugeon-keep we'll as certain debris of tn
Z inner bayle, mad been repaired, to be used 70
: tue purposes of a county prison. Betwee
: these two Fragments of the ancient fortres
= there was q spacious courtyard, on the NORTH
. ern side whereof other buildings had bee
erected. The whole waS enclosed by q loft
T. wall constructed chiefly out of the remains {
y the Norman Castle.
: The dungeon was used for the worst c1ass
= criminals, who were enclosed in this dark dam
a | subterranean vault with letters on their o.
- kles, aud a chain connecting several Prisope
: togeth her, 30 that every movement OF eacn W.
a fel6 by all his comrades ia misfortune. III
n ! atmosphere was suoh as to engender ga
favers which, even as late as the days of u
A philanthropist, John Howard, rendered We
N cester gaoi notorious for it's insalubrity, d
- spite the hesithiness of it's elevated Posltic
A. The debtors occupied the building at the eas
"a ern extremity of the enclosure, where it W
~ also usual to incarcerate unconVicted feloI