The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-05-06

..Woati ,hn MooneS's widoS T.
"Eo other. Are 700 not aston'sheo =,
"Not much, because have heard that she y
is contemplating n second marriage with
Protestant. Do you mean to cay she actnAhy
attends our churchT
you notT ,oo, ID !.
very cross. aud told the nan she was walsing
with, Will Summers, that she didn't thinK
Twill Summers, No other than the bride I
groom elect" cried MT Neville, laughing,
.'Ah, bot have seen her since then,; e4
olaf ued Mis- Barbara, looking very RED apa
angry; and it is astonishing What q little
pers1 .sive power will do. ! left her aimos'
persuaded to be a Christian"
Il cav her talking to Father Donovan IN hne
lane yesterday" ssid Fanny qo:etiy. her
eyes were very red, and she passed mo "i'hou'
even looking at me-"
Poor thing then You may be sure sue nao
| been telling him of her conversion 90 que
| truth. II shs had consulted me- suomi" nave
| advised her to have done so by letter, "hioo
| would have written; for We are poor iran
creatures at the best. and Apoiiyon siren g'hehs
| his mi nisters fof their work
Father Donovan would be fattered, am
sure" said Mr. Neville; but he is good
only wish bad the power over my people !
| thai he has over his > and DO heaVeo sucn
deep sigh that Fanny twined her arms Ionna
his peck, and kissed his white bar TO comiore
him. " Who comes nextt no aFAeu' oA''A
pause.
Won FxtLer Donovan Is quite welcome to keep
him."
had q long and beautiful opve'satiou Win
| him on Thursday, and IL ended IN bis promising
10 become a Protestant, and 10 take The pledge
. from you"
"Gve bun! Why, nothing, of course, e&
cept b rritis to mako hun little decent ior
/. Sunday"
n weil-Iutended tIiflo had "a contrary elect Tor
IL must have been under the lLhuehca or IT.
=. tnut ! SAW him in tie gutter that same ihnts-
= d.y evening An, aunt Barbara, expo that
n with all YOUR experience you get taken III
e sometimts, as we'll Us tho rest Oh US W VI
:. :. When one is made the subject of il-timed
. ridcul- one naturally tiuds u oltii ;nIty in re-
II calling names or anything elise" sad Niles Miss
u Barbara, with an Injured alr - on1 VIII give
=, Won a oase ia which l am most deeply inter.
e ested it is that of Tim Murphy and his wife"
\, The Clergyman looked really astonlshsa.
"Wnatl FIN MnIphy down the lanel
A "Yes the very samei ne and bis wife, CON
. WINGED by my reasoning, have consented to
a. allure the errors of Popery, and to 6rlug up
IN thslr children in the Protestant faith" u
n 'WeIl, you do astonish me now, must con.
ir fess," cried her nephew. always imagined
I'd that family to be as hrm as rock Itself IN
No | their reIi gion what can have changed them J
I'd Murphy has lad some loss among MS pigs, !
. believe lately and l.. suppose 'ha' mas mao
~ "Yss. it has; like harrow and plough it has
70 broken up the hard earth and prepared 1t tor
in the good SEED" SAID Sll6S barOaFa.
-. 20 aunt, | quito fo-Rot TO tell you, crieo
~ Harry but VOC remem Der ths last time your
h. friend Mr.. Giles was hersf Well, as You aud he
n were walking bone from oUurch in the after.
or noon, caught Tim Murphy pulling faces De-
70, I'd why, You naughty boy, bow dare yon say
n SnCh thlbRP cFleo mlss bSroStap tuEninS
e- suddenly upon him
an just b, cause he did it; turned the corner
suod-uly and caught HIN At it"
L. =" YJu caught poor Timothy sneez'hR, care
nv for let toll you be uaS bau D very oSu
10 cold in his head this winter; but making
10 well. seeing is believing'" muttereG
mr. Harry be did pull faces, and won't say h'
,as dIdn't for All the aunt Batosras That eve
MIS- nvedp
"a. cit is aston shiny" continued Miss Barbara
.Te how very little interest you, Edward, or an!
m member of your family takes IN the canse o
8o. the Irish ChuIch Missious. l cannot uoder
,er stand it ; to mo the most glorious work In Ih
ted world seems to be that of freeing Ireland iron
the grasp of the Beast. If you mad been Will
not me once or twice lately, what touching scene
NO. YOU might have Witnessed, even here In you
own parish ODly one day last week entered
ed u cabin, where a starving family we're hoddle'
rad together without fire OF clothes, with my Btb
,ct 10 one hand aud loaf in the other IL"
49, eagerly they snatched the food for TIE b dy
on aud as they ate it TOW jDytuty they listened
MT to the tldIugs had brought their souls! w GA
NV cared they, think you for the mnnmerle' I.
,.y their creed, after l bad sp-Dt half an hour i
( / teaching tuem the p,eclUns truths of niue
ear Alb, Edward, If You only sPpc' GATED my Wor
ain as Won ought you would help me, at any ut
,.If with your Influence, aud would not suffer
a, d man who DID TeuOunCe the cegr"din
eaL thraldom of Kome even to drive a plough /"
led the Gseoe lands" ~
be at is pity, my dear aunt" said Mr. NJ
nbs vile, "ThaL YOU srouid waste your time b
tn. entering upon that subject again, seeipg tnar
hen have already told You over and over agar
are that etaunch advocate tor freedom {
opinion. ;, WV
are freedom of opinion, indeed Well, vel
!, of wait till RomanlSm and Fenisnisn h"V
ket worked their will upon you, with hre an
~ nnAt hr,.. tn yYAI "
ATE your fr ed"m of ~piuton be then, wonder
~. cried Miss B Grbars, with gesture worthy
Mis- Csssandra. As to you two RIrls," she co
tinned, sfSer q short pause, al intend to res
her ynu hnth g." m"rroE some e&uac'e .l"tH "
IAN GroaHs Of ireland. That will touch you II an
You buIng will, seeing that every line ID the resn
of personal investigation, aud thai every d
the d ,ction bears the stamp OF having been ora q
ex- by an unbiased mind. Ny friend Mr. GILES b
hen promised write preface to the work, Sud
intend TO devote the proceeds + the sac TO s
funds Of the Ir,sh Cnurch Missions. You "u