The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-10-27


} placed before him, Waffle snrrsHdersd the bee
and rubsided into bis breakfast, and the bro
ther and sister, a'ter dividing its contents
proceeded to open their budgets AVID impart
sentenccs from their contents to each other.
Mrs. Maynard is not SO we'll, AN sorry to
cay, and Bride is in dispair at the prospect oi
tAe Irish rebellion coming eff in her absence
Les ba." sAid John.
And on, JohD," exclaimed Lesbia, "this is
from Lpuisa Pslhsm, and her brother's regi-
mont has been ordered to Galway, aud soe
seems to think We ougtt to ask him to come
and stay here
Captain Pelham will be otherwise en- ploy.
ed than in paying vista, if there il troth in
this or foreehadowipg of truth ss is sometimes
the case with rumors." said John, graveIy as
he ran his eye rapidly over q paragraph in a
paper he had just snfolded. "rhis looks as il
otner districts had been less successful in dis
posing of their rebels than we have been
about here. Listen The following iutelli-
The whole of the south of Ireland is in rebel
lion. The station st Thurles is on f re, aud the
rails torn up by the mob. AT CIonmel the
mss,es the Dublin Club leaders are there
| The troops were speedily overpovered many
refused to act. at Kilkenny the contest is
proceeding, and there, too, the m ob is said to
| be success fal.'"
DO you think it is true, John 1t sounds
j1st like what Connor DAILY expected would
| happen. I hope the rebels won't come here
or aJ all events not unless he is with them to
make them behave well to u.s. as he promised
he would"
"Promissd! Whist do you mean Lesbia
Have you seen Gonnor Daily lately, and whersf
How came he to make you such an idiotic
promissf I'm hsd better tell me the truth,
Lesbia, at once. Connor DAly's whereabouts
may prove to be of consequence to more peo-
pie than himself just now, and unaoknowle6g
cd communicstoos from him. if you have TO
confess to taem by and by, would be very
compromising to you, Yon had better take me
iuto yonr cor fidence in time"
Don't fciGhten me to death, if you please,
John. or L shall not be able to remember
is no occasion whatever for you to- pat your
self into such fuss. have not seen Connor
Daily since we left London"
"COnnor DAILY was never in London, far
as know"
mo, not IS far you know, acknowledge;
bat think it is very hard that should be
made to confess things of this Kind at break
fsst-time, with people looking on and listen
ing" said Lesba, glancng at little Walter
Maynard and bsginniog to sob.
IF You are afraid of Waite We will wait
till breakfast is over" John answered liJtle
severely. and tnrning back to his letters be
opened and read one otter another with grad
ualIy increasing anxiety on his face W bile
Losbia, with all disposition for breakfast ia
ken away, sat silent behi I'd her Urn, and tried
hard to work herself into state of udigna
ton, hot enough to enable her to withstand
Johns ef1rts t. :ntrnde into her confidence.
She WAS not prePa ed for the geutleuess and
gravity of his manner when, after sending
Waite ont of the room, he came near and
seated himself by Ter side. "Now, little one, 1
am sure you will forgive me if seem abrupt |
or over anxious. More important conse-
q1ences may be involved in tho matter we |
rave to discnss than you perhaps any of
shield you most etfsctually pnless you are |
quite open with me. You need not be afraid
dreadip to hear it for some tiue pact"
"Dreadiug to hear what Connor DAILY eaid |
to me about the Irish rebelonf'
"Lesbis, think you must understand me
hotfn how hat hn&
have feared to hear that you were engaged to
him"
Then l must say that think you are both |
very uukind, and that ii is q shame" cried |
Lesbia, ORA wing herself away from Ter brot Der,
and looking at him With :earfu, fashipg eyes.
"You have No right to think meanly of me
tIRt SHD6tU HSve enEaS6It NYy getf II Con I
nor, or anyone, secretly. dare say you have |
let other people know what yoa believe, and |
put it into tier heads to suspect me, and think |
poorly of me, too, 1t would be est like you." |
No, BAbst e, it would net be at all like US :;
and you don't in the least mean what you are
saying now John auswered smiling.
Il mean it would be just like wsa is ways
happeniog-jnst the way things fall opt here
TO make people misun ierstand me and fancy |
like what L dont like, and take offence and
be nnkind to me" sobbed Lesbis.
Come Baby, do try to be aensbIe child |
for once" pleaded John in despair at tho iGht
of her tears Leave the general public alone
aud try to k 'ep TO tie matter in question
We Will say nGthiug ab1ut an engagement
since the word cffenGs voc. What feonire
you to toll me is. What amount of uuder-
standing does at present exist between yon
and Q Dnuor DAILY, and how you came to see |
him unknown to all your frieudsf"
Bride says" began Les5ia drawing away |
her hands from her face, and assuming an as- J
pe:t of dGuifed reserve, "th at il is extremely |
unbecomiDg in q woman to speak of-of-ad |
mirstion that she does not return, and told |
you of Captain Pelham's offer, which perhaps |
l ought not to have done. You must not ex
peot me to bstray peoples feelings erery time
they speak of them to me-"
You would not waste my time in this
fashion, Lesbis, if you knew how much de-
pended on my getting the information l want |
you to give me at once. Perhaps, though, all
that is Immediately necessary is that you
should tell me where you saw Connor Daily
last and when he made the extraordinary pro-
mise you quoted jast now about protecting
you during tho rebellion"
II have told you once, and you did not be-
iieve me. The last time 1 saw poor Connor
was in London, on 81. Patrick's Day, at the
boil, when wore my Limerick lace dress end
the sbamrocks, and he promised to take care