The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-06-09
TR MORaa STAR AND CATHOLIC aEssBaBR SUAF JUNE 1878

oertainties Of tho post here do me the aervice
somesbiDe else eli than @ your r. return home.n Bid, Bride
Thornley, remarked to her brother as she met
bim as the garden gate, one late Septembei
day about . week after Anne OFlaherty's
| visit. Heres another day gone, and still NO
letters from Lesbia or the Maynards. What
can it mean ~
"It means that Mike Casey has overturned
| into Ballyowen. and has broken two Of his
own ribs and the oars back, all of which will
take eome mending TO restore them even to
their original crazy condition."
~ hope it was not till after he had posted
our letters to LesbiA.'
That's all you think Of, you strong-minded
womsp Il was three da,s agon
over Mike Casey and the oar-the catastrophe
has been due so long. By the way he drives
he ought to break his ribs every day and
But, having heard this, had you the sense to
drive roond by Ballyowsn and inquire for
letters :"
well, Father Peter is holding o station at
st. PAtrick's we'll; the man at the shop where
the post Office 10 has gone to his duty; aud the
woman aad boy can neisher speak English nor
read writing. Popular people 60 In and turn
the letters over for themselves, and take what
they like but sm not to be trusted. think
I could have come over the old woman with
half-a-crown to let me have my turn at the
rummage, IL Peter Lynch, who wss sitting in
side the office calmly picking bis mistress let
ters from q heap, had not said something in
Irish that strengthened her virtue to resist
temptation."
''You had to go away empty-handed
"Yes, and with q conviction amounting to
certainty that packet Of letters, which l
sspisd ON q sheff, stuck between . tPesofe jar
and . bundle of candles, had our names upon
them. could not COLLAR Peter Lynch, jump
over the counter and seize them. could III
az don't mind waiting, if the letters are
there. was beginning to fear the child might
be i'll, or something wrong with her. John, I
don't think | shall be easy now, till we have
her with us.o
"If you were not Bride should ask why the
company of q sister who 10 a great heiress is
more desirable than that of one who has moth
mgr 7..o.,.
for having suoh q detestable thought. You
ought to have admired my perfect reasonable.
ness 10 having kept down my longing for the
child when / could not have her company. Let
discuss plans for bringing her here. loan allow
that this place is beautiful. nowI see fair
prospect of getting away from it."
here into proper training, and can resign with
credit to myself. Please to attach some i'm
portsDce to my career; don't efface me all at
once into Miss Lesbia May nard's guardian"
''Trust me for sta nding up for your dignity
and career when once have you safe ont of
the nest Of enemies. 1 wish oould cure my
self of always feeling here as il every word we
be twisted to your injury. 1 wonder where
that red-cloaked old woman whose head see
bobbing up behing the wall sprang from
did not see her when we turned last"
81 saw her hobbliDg down the road half an
hour ago. 1 suspect she 10 one Of your beggars
whom, contrary to all principle, you weakly
allow to haunt the house STILL"
"As fer as that one is concerned can't help
myself, for can't get rid of her. see who it
is now-old Molly Malaohy, the plague of my
life. One day when was gardening by this
gate, and she had just left the house with q
basketful of broken meat, Miss O'Flaherty
passed, and overheard conversation be
tween the two. Miss O'Flaherty reproached
her with her meapness in begging from us, and
she excused herself on the plea of fleeing the
Egyptisns.'
~ think thet rather good Go and see
what che wan's aud send her eff"
"Send her # yunrseif. It y"u think it's 40
easy. / wonder RblL the lesss shs vii
consent to tsku from you before she etirs from
the gaten
"You imagine that shall be weak enough
to give her spyrhiDgp
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