The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-10-13

cusscu IL quarter OeCR IaSnlon arm lin Arm.'
That was when questions were dscusse
btt ~eeu ne. When l have only to hear whs
IS already decided haa rather sit."
Bride, you have q right to complain.
must begin by tskipg you to forgive mi
Les oiA and have settled matter to-nigh
without even recoliecupg that your wishe
might point different way from ours. "
are seihsh wre;ches, and 1T is very hard o
you forgive u.s."
"No, no! forgive my moments ill-tempel
| 1ou were quite right to conclude wi.hou
pleases.you and Lesbis. Tell me the decisio
you arrived at. promise not to raise objec
tions if can possibly heip it."
II have agreed Cat Les sbis's earnest request
to give up this house, and go back to Come
mara as soon as you aod she can be ready 70
! the move"
"You forget who is coming Tomorrow, an,
! on what errapd. Tnis sudden wish to leav
London looks like p;qae. To-morros's explain
atoms with Captain Pelham will bring
! change of plans, you will see."
"On the contrary, II is Marmaduke Pelham
proposal that criv, s Lesbis from London.
could not make out all the details of her sto
ry, she wss ST times 80 very fearful; but th'
poor telr htsIe thing blames herself bitterly
&armsduke did make his intention plain
TO day; and to save him the pain of forma
refusal, she bravely sent him a note this even
ing to forbid the call to- morrow. She brough
me his answer. She wishes you see it also
here it is.'
Bride took sheet of note paper on which
few lines had been hastily scrawled and read
"a thousand thanks tor yours. L was a foo
and cd ass for letting my sisters talk me into
misunderstanding you for q moment. Forgive
my presumption and believe always in my
high esteem ard regard.-M. P"
"a better note than / should have expected
him to write under the circumstances. Oi
course this ends every expectation in tba,
quarter, and must give up my dream of see
Poor Lady Pelham, she and 1 shall alway 6
agree in thinking that it would have been q
good thing; but, John, l cannot see the con.
nection between this refusal and Jo1r deter
mins.ion to set off in hot haste tt Ireland "
Don you In Lesbia's opinion and mine
it is the only way ont of our difficulty"
Bat, my dear John, there is no difficulty 3.
Why should we ali run away from London be-.
most ridiculous proceeding io the world. and
will provoke everybody to talk about u.s."
Will it Well. am sorry you think so, bat
1 have promised Lesba, aud 1 really can t
take back my word "
You are q judicious guardian, truly.
don't wish to ba iil-n ured, John, but must
say just this. You had better consider we'll,
for whatever comes of this hasty movement
the responsibility will be yours
Gas far as one ever is responsible for remote
results, am ready to take it. This evenings
resolution may sudden t. you, but
have long been tending towards it, and so 1
find has Lesbia. There would be conse Qences
from oar staying away as well as from our going
and believe am right ia following the feeling
CHAPTER xXXv.
Three happy she that is so we Il assur'd
Unto herself, and settled so in heart:
Ne fears to worse with any chance to start,
But like steady ship do tn strongly part
Ne ought for tempest dotS tStS from nf it depart
Ne ought for fairer weather's false delight"
sPENsER.
''Yes, bring them to me to the bedside, and
let me hold them in my hand. 1 did not think
should live to see either again, tokens of how
old the Summer has grown, which I hardly
thought to see begin. 1 expect sd to go 30 long
before this that each pretty thing the season
brings seems a special-in du sence to the that
must make much of"
1t was watm July day. towards he end of
the month, and Ellen had just entered Anne
O'Flaherty's sick-room, carry ing n her hand
purple and orange pots to h1wer and fall ear
of barley in its trst sge of changing from
green to pale yellow. She came to her Cousins
bedside, and put oe stalks bet .een the vast
ed hnge,s that lay almost powerless upon the
counterpane, and stopped to kiss the face
where all the remaining life seemed to be con-
centrated, looking eagerly and lovingly still
out Of her hollow, glittering eyes.
81 gathered the barley ear from that field of
Farmer Joices on the hillside you persuaded
him to break up for tillege two years ago. and
the potato flower is from Widow o'ReilIy's
garden in the hollow. Her plot looks well
there is no sign of the blight there yet, and
the corn is whitening already"
The words were spoken plainly aud N san-
ingly, and an auxious look stole into 'Aune's
eyes. Great care had been taken to keep
disturbing tidings from the sick room.
where DOW for many weeks she had been lying
patiently waiting fc- the end bot her nurses
had not been able to shut out certain uneasy
expect alton of what might be expected to fol-
low the gathering OF the harvest from pene-
trating even so her. By macy people in Ire
land that year the first golden grain was
looked for as signal of preparation for
resping that would not end in the pilirg of
peaceful corn sheaves, and in gathering food
for the year; and in spite of all precauti3ns to
hide it from her, Anne knew this well.
docs Farmer Joice think we shall have an
early harvest ~ she asked again.
1--WE can hardly tell yet" Ellen said sooth-
ingly. "And meanwhile here is bright warm
day, and you are easier; aud there was letter
from Connor last night, speaking Of coming
home soon, and Widow O'Reiiiy has dug up a
dish of potatoes from a bed she wed with the
new seed you got from America, and they look
so well she is crying for joy over them"
Aune's face frightened. "You do we'll to keep
me looking at the little daily events close at
hand. What have to do with anything fur
ther oft Each day that 6nds and leaves me
here is an unexpected gift"
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