The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-05

| Pelham's unlucky favorite. who had been pis.
tolled, Of course, the instant the distillers had
an inkling that their enemies were in their
neighborhood."
80 the poor dog was actually dead'"
"Yes, and the two men are in prison, com
mitted for dog stealing, ss we'll As for the other
offepse. They never breathed Connors name,
mind you, when they were brought before me.
Ellen came ont with the story when she heard
their fate, and you may imagine bow disgusteni "a
| l was. Connor 10 the person TO blame, but all
the ill-will will fall to Pelhsm's share for be
was the moving cause of the capture. He did
not even recognize Dennis. He stood by while
| tie, sm told, but showing bitter anger at the
| fste of his dog. The thing will never be for
gotten; it's story that will stick to those tw o
boys for the rest of their lives here"
"Connor will be bitterly sorry"
Il hope he will have some comprehension OF
the harm he has done; the thing itself Is no
worse than dozen other escaPades that have
passed unnoticed, but coming just at this m o.
ment it has been like spark falling on ton
of gunpowder, and produced q general explo-
sion He could hardly have doue anything to
home education have insisted upon for him
and L len, or to cut every ground Of argument,
for keeping ourselves together, from under my
feet. Last night, after Eilen's confession, it
all burst out-my wifes lopgsuppressed wish
to leave the place, and disapproval OF my ln'
dulgence Of the younger children; my brc'bee-
in laws pious horror al my debts and extrava-
gance. Small blame to me, think, II turn
ed tail in the combat, and owned my self beaten
at last. by own sweet colleen came in for her
share of the storm with her father. They
blame her for keeping Conn er's secret SO long
II can work myself mp into proper state of
anger against him, it will be by thinking of
the state of her blue eyes this morning. Well,
since can't protect her from blame, let them
try their hands and make her as nuch of An
Englishwo as it's in her to be. When we
all come back again, if We ever do, there will
be less excuse than there is now for our split
ting into an English and an Irish faction,
whose chief interest in life Is TO find fault with
each other. Connor will have broken with his
| old associates, and will not stand out in such
contrast to Pelham as to lead to perpetual re-
mark"
How has Pelham behaved about it all ~
He does not say much /; in fact. the lad
| never opens out to me. Since Connor's sh are in
and looks ir jured. His mother looks at him,
and refuses to take any notice of poor Ellen
when she hovers between the two Of them, and
Offers little services to win look of forgive
| ness. 1t is as much as / can bear to see it in
silence; yet Heaven forbid that should put
myself at the head of faction against ny wife
and my eldest son. Now where is Connorf /
must take him home ct once. suppose Peter
Lynch can mount hin"
| 'He is down at the stone quarry, expecting
g severe lecture, l hope. Shall summon
himp
mo, will walk down to meet him; and tell
Peter to have the horses ready as l pass
| through the yard"
Cousin Anne lay back on the sofa when she
Wbb AlOu0, lODRiDR ICE hu y
few soothing, peace making words to her fiery
| tempered young cousin before he left her but
her first glance into his face when he burst
hastily into the room to say good bye sho wed
| her he was in no state for even her words to
have a good effect He entered with jaunty,
defiant ar, meant to carry off his pale cheek S
and eye!ids swollen with passionate tears.
| so, Cousin Anne" he said, Il shall be
obliged to leave you and Peter to manage the
mending of the three wheeled car by your.
selves. I'm very sorry, you see, but since Ive
gusting mess of things at home, the idiots
and Pm wal tied to set them to rights"
"CoDnor, wish you would let me say word
to you"
prove the occasion, vow I'll cut my throat ol
run away TO America and never be heard o.
more. I'D be off this minute, that would
only it would be a shabby trick to leave Ellen
been brought into by inter rfering idiots"
THAT you have brought them into, Con
Yes, it is a very shabby trick not to dare to &C
knowledge all the conseq uences ofones owr
acts and to bear all one can of them"
But, Anne, you kuow-you know never
meant such consequences as these"
THE letting out of water, Con; that is wha
the beginning of strife is, you know. OF oours.
you can never tell where the current will
carry you. l am very sorry for yon. 1 only
want to persuade you to take your share o
blame bravely, and then you'll have-got more
than halfway to forgivinG other people wha
you think they have been guilty of towards
You and your friends"
mo, I'll stick to my friends, right or wrong
and would to the end, if it was man the!
had murdered instead of wretch of an ole
cur; and lll never forgive Pelham for spis
ing us all for being Irish. It's that and moth
ing else he means by all he does, you may tax
my word for it,"
CHAPTER VII.
"Adleu to evening dances. Nhen merry nei2hbors NEE
And the hdole sSys TO boys and girls, Get mp an
shake your feet
To SAnGchue and wise old talk of Erinn's days gon
by
J Who trenohed the rAth such hill. and whore tn
bones may lie
or king warrior chief; with tales of fair
power,
nd tender dites sweotly sung to pass the twiliGt
hour
TIE mournful eIiles sorg is for me to learn"
, WILLIAM ALLNGHAN.
A fortnight passed before either Ann
. OFlaherty or her equipsge were in such q stat
of repair as to warrant their tempting the peril
OF the rugged noun tain road bet wen the Holloy
and the head of the Lougb; but as during tha
time no direct news of the Castle DAILY house
3 holdreached her, she made her first expeditio
out of her own dominions in that direction.
Peter Lynch had by that time recovered bi
8 spirits and his belief in his own and his mis-