The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-07-07

lhHH REAPERB HARvksT HYMN.
SIT is o dismal place." John explained to
Lesbia. 81 don't know how we car let them
90 into It while We live here. Bride finds
fault with Castle .ly bat, tell you, it's .
palace compared with the other house.
long, low, sbambling. barrack-like bulldog,
low pass ages reeking with damp. The
O'Roopes hsve been living in half Q dozen
rooms and of course they allowed every kind
Of dilspiason ts to hsr s1 os the sooss
One does not know whether to wonder most
at the folly of building such mansion in that
out.of the world nook. or the stupidity OF let
ting 1t rot to pieces once 1t was there.
"Connor was talking to me about Eagles
Edge the other day." remarked Lesbia. "He
hsd great deal to say about the grand enter
Galway-that bis grandfather and great
grandfather used to hold there. And there
are stories about the place too-dreadfni
stories Of fatal duels fought across tables in
coast @ coming and Ading in the old cellars.
and passages that lead to nothing, and start
ling the ladies, who knew nothing Of what
mysterious Fittings to and fro of nights. l
should be frightened out of my vita to spend
. winter in snch . place but don't believe
Ellen will mind and Connor likes it-he
would far rather live there than in q common
place comfortable house"
ST can quite believe 1t of him bat his in.
difference to deoency does not, trust, extend
10 t00 resi- Oh VIC ioluby. hoe now
suspected Pelham Of sympathzing with the
insane vanity that values itself on having
spendthrift aucestors, and living in houses
stained with their crimes. Yet he looked,
thought. rather blank yesterday evening,
when, after letting him know the state of the
roof at Eagles Edge, / advised him to give mp
all thought Of inhabiting that lonely spot, and
content himself with house In Bailyowen."
"John, yon had the cruelty :"
"Crueltyp
"Yes, to expect tho Days t, come down to
living In o house in o town."
"Wby not, If the town house is the best
place to live in 7"
s'If were they, wouid rather bear any
thing than lower the dignity of the family in
have been looked up to ss kings and queens"
"Pinohbsck dignity, II it wants pile Of
mouldy bricks to perch upon. aw sorry you
are Hdeptiae such Enoetens' sns -, .,.m
always. There have been times, and times
long before ever saw the Dalys, when sat
on those conservatory steps at Uncle May
nard's, and wished could wish myself into q
descendant Of o noble family"
'Natural aspirations for . school girl, but
too senseless to be tolerated In enyone who
has passed beyond that gushing period of ex-
"I feel the same still, however. am often
unhappy to think that no Thornley, ever did
anything interesting, aud that u1cle May
ness"
"HonestIy--wbioh certainly gives you much
less right to be proud Of it, thsh II one OF your
aucestors had stolen it from somebody else
five or six hundred years ago."
"Yuu are dreadfully prosaic aud tiresome,
John. Sometimes bate to talk to you. One
is obliged to hide oue's real feelings when you
are in Your hard moods. 1t is like bruisinG
oneself against q rock to speak to yo1 on
Butjsot Cus hEs 1t heart. Ono feels Ike .
little bird, or butterfly, that fings itself
against o wIndow-paHo, thinking it free air,
and falls back wounded"
stLesbia, that saying lie not original-you
are quoting from somebody elHe; am GER
tain Of il. Come, tell me ct once who L;,iei said
Of the bruising some one has accused me Of"
at 10 my own opinion of on, indeed, John
bat believe 1t was Ellen Dolly who said 1t.
It was two evenings ago, after che had been
talking to you about trying to get the old
woman released from prison, who won't
answer the questions the lawyers want her to
night OF Mr.. Days murder. She did not tell
me how you had vexed her but, when We
went mp stairs together, she walked mp and
down my room for an hour in sueh state of
her eyes flashing. You would have been sur
prised to see It,"
mo, have seen her eyes fash"
"Apd sometimes breaking down, aud crying
for her father "a if her heart would burst.
Bride heard our voct s, and came in and took
Ellen away. She said it was very Irish. ell of
it, and the: I had better not have argued"
What did you argue about%
"Why you. of course could not help
standing up for you, and, when she accused
yoH Of being hard. hearted, reminding her of
all the trouble you take, and how hard you
are working to arrange their affairs. aud make
things better for them all. / repeated what
Sir Charles Pelham said in his last letter,
about the immense obligation ell the family
are under to you. She did not attempt to
contradict that sho only cried"
"Hum! A rock, think you said-and then
. Window.paue. suspect you have involved
the metaphors"
John, do believe, at the bottom of your
heart You are Vexed at my repeating this oon-
versAtiou, though you asked for it,"
~ am not in the least degree vexed only l
shall be obliged to you for the future, when
you hear me abused, not to throw into peo.
pies teeth imaginary obligations. for which,
as should like them to know, do not claim
the slightest gratitude"
"oh, John when you are working yourself
almost to death, and doing so much more for
them than any of their own relations"
ut interests me simply as business. If
undertake thing like to go through with
IL. You might take an opportunity of men-
tiOninR that to Miss DAILY for as to misusinE
any influence 1 may happen to have in this
odd country to impede the ends of justice, /
aimpIE ahnll not do il. hoMsYor often abe hnka