The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-18
make such sacrifices us he does

She had been depending on his help but it
had not occurred to her to question the motiVe
for it's being 80 freely given, Till Pelham put
"Do you mean anything fresh =" she asked,
remembe q, after q minute's thought thet
the service she was most counting on just
now could not have entered into Pelham's
calculations,
I have no one to consult but you, want you
to help me to consider whether We are not
letting ourselves bs bound by greater ooli- |
| cations than it 10 right for us to accept finn
anyone"
me r. said Ellen stroking the arm she hello |
fondly. and looking up INTO his face with as |
much gratitude as if he had offered her
crown. >.
want to keep you out Of my co~fdence," he
said. little huskily. II am lotHly enough,
and we three ought to hold together, for We
have not much else but each other to hold on TO.
If have net consulted you and Connor hither-
to, it is because you always seem to be Looking
SO far ahead that you have no attention Tor
| what is passing. -
"You shall always fiud US ready to attend to
| whatever occupies you for the future We
| will make q triple alliance, dear Pelham-so
| close, that neither Pelham Court, Pelhams
| nor Thornleys shall ever come between us
again" s .;ns. ps,h.u
| Court inter ference now, Ellen. My chief an
noyanoe is the cool W ay in which Uncle Charles
hands over our IF ,irs t. John THORNLEY,, ieav-
ing him to meet all ditffcul tiles as they arise
| in the best way he can. AS long as our mis-
fortune seemed manageable, Uncle Charles was
ready enough to help, but now that IL mas
passed hey ond his experience, he refuses t. be,
leve in it-he turns his back upon us, ana
| leaves things to take their course
"If Mr.. Thornley, had done the same !"
1--WE should have been ruined as utterly as
any of the poor wretohes who ara turned ont
of their little holdings to earn enough Indian
meal on the public works to keep themselves
from starving. Ellen, you and are almost, II
, | not quite, truly beggdrs. living this year on
charity, ss that gang of men with plckaxes
over their shoulders who are crawling miser-
sbly past gate just now. 1 am sorry to
startle yon, dear, by saying such thing out
it is true."
But why is it SO How have things grown
30 bad With US !"
3 of rent paid this year on the estate, and Will
l not be; yet the interest on the mortgages has
i to be made up The holders are ready TO come
a down on rs at the first failure, and are only
. held off by the remittances John Ihornley
9 pays out of his own pocket"
= SBut is he go rich thought it was Lesbia
!, "He had a legacy-and he calls paying our
8 debts speculstipg with his fortune, and says
Q he has right to do what he pleases with LIS
o "Then we are actually depending on him p
8 The rent paid for the Castle has been our
It chief resource through the winter; but what
It transparent preten ce it is-sheir choosing to
a rent it from MS this year. The old residents
IL are flying the country as II 1t were plague
10 stricken, as indeed it Island they stay on. II
b. muet be for our sakes; but whyf want you
It to help me to solve the puzzle and coneldel
d whether we can continue to accept his cnarlty?
"You expected Uncle Charles to do more fol
T. ?"
N ~ think he ght take little more trouble
thin K he might be kinder to my mother and
you, and offer you home, instead OF leaving
you to be obliged to comparative strangers TO
HPelham, dear, you make me feel very guilt!
when YOU say that. There is something to b.
aoid in fnrI Uncle Charles,
e. only been waiting for good opportunity Il
tell you 1 had another letter from Marina
of duke Just before We came here.
"Aud you have answered it%
at "Yes; mamma was very kind, and told mt
~ to write jutt what I pleased and if You vii
of be as good TO me, Pelham, and t'y not II
IA blaue me more than you can help, for keeping
lie mamma ont of her old home-1 Will be
he grateful to YOU"
~ blaming you. You have right to choose TO
yourself; but l have always thought Marina
id duke very good fellow, and that you "er
r, ''Yes, know everyone thought so-certalnl.
nd everyone at Pelham Cours-and that woul'
For not have made it easier for me to go there
Msrma aduke's wife. 1 should net have gon
th only to him, but to them all. 1t would hav
m. been Just the same with me as W hen stage!
ne there three years ago ; and Pelham, l don
,er think l could condemn myself to carry suoh
nd sore, angry heart to the end of my life as ha
he then. They did nc mean to hurt me, but tn
way of treating me as altogether dlneren1 ITO
rs They were always telling noe how Irish wa
ne It was Icish exaggeration, Irish blunderinR
nv Irish romance, whenever l spoke word tha
ii came fro sh from my head warm ont of m
Dw heart. Yet, for mammals sake, and to satsi
res you, 1 think 1 could have borne 1t al,
YER any other way than just the way Marm
ntt duke wanted. That would not have le'
honest. He likes me as 1 au1, poor fellow, az
a to would have expected me TO go on being myse
in spite of them ALL and am not stron
hp. enough. He would have been disappointe
for just as Connor and used to be disapPointe
1on in our bntterfiy chts IS, when we closed OF
tn hands on u purple emperor, and found, {
we opening them, that there was nothing insi(
tjr bat broken wings and dust Don't you thir
me that there s truth in what say, Pelham
/. / dearf You'd like me to be true, above a
to would You not 7"
YES" said Pelham, deliberately, att3r
, to momeut's silence you are quite right, Ellie
ide and whatever tTonble is before us, promi
ion never to reproach you with what you hs'
thrown away. l know more about it than y
"T suppose. You are not the only one of Us wi
YER has felt cut of place at Pelham Court; hA