The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-29
CASTLE DAILY:
Story of an Irish Home Thirty Years Ago
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hor.s ard Ellen TO lowed a few PAGES behiad;
but when they had nearly reached tie epen
door she hurried forwA srd, conir < op "
sm afraid have vt1sd you more than l
need. / ought Tot 10 have been 90 Veoeneh''
forgive me for that, Please ..of
No" John said eiiberste!y, AItet -
thought; Il don't forgive you for tteI, .oanH
you. believe you ghi hsTe ss'a II IA
that would have GtVen ne yet tcsie ans,yr
can't take il all in yet, bat eesieSe tne eheis!
with which YOU have refused me WIZ save IL {
from absolute despair. thlnk there n os.
have been some pity in y3nt ees's nis
have been less yeh, m4rt. sha!l LIT quite
despair" .io,a
when we kne.t in the chape. yesterday, and
feI; that you had forgiven NE for my cotooSt
about TIA, essay, wac 80 glad Let e0 0e
friends."
is lone IN calling things bJ ia!se
names. am the moIe torTy for your deter nj
nation against NE, because PROMISED u!
ter 20 return Immediately to England, I
foupd l could not be of the use to you
hoped 10 be. And next TO yor, owe noss to
her. 80, h.cl
and thank ne" ,.s.
..She loves me too sincerely. ard understands
too we'll what the disappointment OF my nope
will be to me, net 10 be bitterly sorfy. conid
tell her what il was 70 me in better wotos
.han told you. Will you read letter sne
sent by mel She wished me 10 give ity0u'
'If you like will"
..Of course / don't e1Pec. it - iLtuence You
in any way. l only want you to know no"
you are thought of and what friends you
might summon to your slde in momeLt II you
wanted them"
house and John turned into the torret.rooIn'
where Anne was still lying on the sofa by the
turret-window. She carefully avoided looking
ut him as he entered, but he went straight up
to her sofa, and stood before her.
O., IL
use, Yet ! am not S0rry she knows"
Anne held out her hand to him. Well, l
suppcss 3 there is nothing more TO be said, e1-
oept that am disappointed. yea: or two
ago, when / did 10, really know you, how very
much surprised should have felt at ID yselt for
.Of course you understand that hould not
have asked her if circumstances had been with
me as they were year CT Two azo-'t co pld
not have offered her such home as her father
would have thought TT for her.
"Circumstauces-I not thinking OF cir-
cumstarces, but Of the change IN my feelings
towards you. hope you did not say any thin &
of the kind TO Ellen
"Eo; bnt why =
81 should have despaired OF your ever under.
standing each other, If You were capable OF
making such mistake ss 10 soppose that
you cou,d tempt her from starving ireland
by talking TO her 0: comfortable Eoglisn
home"
"There is one thing should Ike to ask you
Do yon suppose-have you any reason to thIr K
that have Tivalf
dock is singing out there and the wrongs OF
iEs people that I'll her heart II the exclusion
Of anything unconrec:ed with them.
"Iaconnected with theml-yes4 under
stand. i'll had cbsLced TO be q rebel-ii lac
written mischievous incendiary verses, sht
would rot have discOn nected me from all & a.
interests her She Vonid have believed in m'
then ; che would have thought more Il tha
than of ALL
The sound Of E.Ieu's approaching st=p stop
ped the complaint, aod TO ford himself 1
h Of
keeping his face concealed, John saa;ched OF
from the door the shee; OF paper written with
DARCY ODouuelPs verses aud signed with hi
name in Eller's hand writing, and for the quart
eE of an hour that ella apsed before Anne AID ElleI
retired to bed, he sat by the sofa reading ant
re-reAdirg the poem with as dark and bite
thoughts In his heart as tie poet in bis angri
est moments had ever desired to evoke IN 81
English bosom.
Anne had 9 restless night. and duriug & tn
early part of il Ellen sat by her side, TO bs q
hand 10 satisfy her when any anxiety abou
to-morrow's arrangement or sudden Tecoli
ion of something omitted that ought u hav
been done, Ashed into her over-Active min
Irwas while she was dropping asleep at las
that Ellen opened Brides letter and read II b.
the fckerng light Of the night lamp, Gla
that Brides clear bold writing made ii posi-
BILE to decipher every word
~ do not pu. any formal beginning to n
letter" she read because do not yet know
whether the pertsn who will read it Is the VIC
man in the world COZ Er0tuiste mos: heartily
or her feel most sorry for foa will know " he
you read 90 uOL Il peCt you Hi.I ~ JS'SS a.
shall for You; and certainly you will not gr!ev
as shall greve for you, because you don'
know yet, ns do, what the heart Is wort
that you nave either accepted or thrown away
1t is not exactly about that want t. write [
you. l write because whatever happeLs
send my warmest wishes across tie wit
John, for his suCcess in winning you 20 be b
wife; and if you ever come to understand W hs
he has been to me, since at q very early az
the troubles of life began for us both, you WI
know what an amount ct admiration and lov
for you that wish implies. will be candle
not spring from any knowledge have OF you
self, bot from the reflection IN John Of wis
his love for you hos done for him. Till "a
last year used to think that he could not
better or more than he was but have nov
seen that loving yon has made him much NOR
1t has been like the sun, bringing ont tie rlc
and delicate shades of character that had bee
concealed under the frosts of our old life.
believe now that people don't grow up and g
to be all they might be, till the deepest an
strongest love OF which they are capable
called ont and that is what has happened