The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-04-21
alsralug Star and Catholic Messenger:
E1W opIEANs, SUNDAY, APRIL. H. is's'

that some rather signal tokens OF spPrecls.ion, D,
Of his devotion should be shown ~. honts
-course all very Irish, the boSnIet s. tha ssrrissc
= mile before It reached its destination, ana IN,
a;ated on dragging him and his nePnews av 'ao
peril of their lives, down the steep oeocSo San.
Esatle DAly. It was laughable perhaps
n;tisS,e- display, but it Was thing to have
Zen once. IL would give him something 70
faIk of on his return home, and WIN INC ; o1nGi
experiences Of his visit, ienc hs,S forth on Irish
Cueatiops to his English friends. lie was u1s
at all disposed to take 1t afnles Iss. o
brother.in.iaw should have besIoweu .;onai
pains on making his welcome so truly nationai.
The person who uds disposed TO take ~ SntsS s
was the tall, dark-eyed, gentleman 'nkeioo .hs
ing lad of eighteen, who sat far pAeA Ia ~ VI.
rarr;a0e with his hat well sloucheo over nis
eyes during the trumphal progress, nud VINO
seemed. for the two hours and hali curing
which it lasted, to be intentiy 9eeup,eu po,in 10
efforts to keep his handsome heau % naithar
stra;ght bet ween his shoulders, thar neiuer
the men With grinning faces, VINO pokeu 'nea p
heads in ut the window of the carriage on .nS
right nor the women with up,tnrheo eSSS ena
hands raised in blessing to the lett, shoulo nhse
reaeon 10 suppose that he had inclined quar-
ter of an inch their way.
Sir Charles, who had been considerably star:
lied not to ssy frightened at the nrst on" -,
of the crowd, and who till he was laaa,y a for' ~
nj chit of Castle Daily, was never quite comtor-
xably sure that this was not q hioooh rioI ns
Ind got among, was sornPolous IN IaSln8 VI.
his hat at regular Intervals. ana niu'.ei"s . "
word or two in answer to the JOKES ana e1
rlnmstions of his wild wslcomers. but fsl-
ham only opened his lips once or twice 70 Ieply
rather comtemptuously to Sir Chariee spHiou'
YSa an. are ,s1ns sGps 'ts se4e any mischief
brewing, eh F-whenever they came IN slRn'
of new beaoon-light glnring from an oVeI
hanging preoipice or when the Joyous .unu,o
round the carriage threatened to degenerate
into f ght, through the determination OF tnose
who were behind to push themselves INTO
position to gain nearer Wow Oh 'ls ''ou
pants. ,,.,a ro- ha;no
uueaHy 1t was another element OF ridicule In
the proceedings; and oh ! what 1901 he Ielt'
stttiuH up there without the chance OF escape,
while o crowd of grinniug men ana holt tpie
gaunt old women stared ut him and passed re,
marks among each other upon his grown ana
bis good looks If he had not understood
every word they said, lrieh as weu as rug y
81 would have mattered less. The struggle to
keen his head still and his eyes staring steaul-
ly straight before him might have been relax- relax
ed, if he could have avoided catching, every
now and again, q familiar word, phrase,
syeet tone among the hubbub, that In spite OF
himself quickened his heart.beats suddenly,
and exposed him to the horrible danger OF iind-
ing that bis dignity and reserve were SttnS
fellow as he was, might be reduced to the rotht
of sharing the laughing, weeping; shouting;
hRnd-shaking excitement OF the iuiots rounu
him. He could hardly bear to believe In such
n possibility but something that came IN
his throat, and the disgusting tendency bis
eyes had 10 wink and smart as If there were
tears in them, put him upon his mette and
rave him resolution to preserve the wooden
attitude of his oountenance through all the
appeals that met his ears
"Sure it's himself then. Bless'nGs on th'
day l see him agen, though it's nothing ont &
look of his jet black hair, that beats the worlt
for beauty, that brightens me eyes yet. histe
Pelham, dear, Tm trying hard to get at ye: bu
the boys won't let me az oil. Pm ould Moll.
Tally, the first nurse you ever bad, avourneen
who had you in my arms before your owl
mother, and did what was right by you
with the Holy Water-sn took you upstair
before you ever was down, that l might 30
you rise in grandeur step for every year 9
your life and never forgetting old friends j
the height of the good luck thatn come t
.you.n
"Mr. Pelham, your honor, this way-9ive
turn of your eyes this way-and you'll &c
one that's thought OF you night and day sine
you Was gone, I with the red hHir-Denni
Malaohy-Hill Dennis, the boys call me. Sur
ill houA fnrU r1t