The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-29

ICOklVS CON.l O9 LAS iOA oS-S6
Give NE Mss Thornles's letter then.
shall take il quite away or some day, When
you are S old as l ar, you might read II over
again, ana take i;s generosity very bitterly 10
heart contrasting il With your own Suspicion
and prejudice did not know that your Itnlna
was SO full Of dragon seeds or that you had
soeh baneful harvts:s TO reap still, my poor
child"
CHAPTER XxXII.
Let strike hands a. hearty t,ieId
Ne mere no ess An Ane tT1sndssps i,s s'0o'
And points not Understood
Qd.bbes and shuta ing OF and on
.ftePdshP jSI you yEa f
Bride, dear you won't very much mind the
trouble Of taking Mrs. joseph Maynard out
shopping this morning, will you she las SCI
her heart on going to some sale IN the tolt an
ham Court Road, and have ordered tie car
rage at twelve; and you had bet :er take your
purse with you, for she is sure 10 forget hers,
and wants TO buy lot, of little things. Andoh:
by the way, there's Johnnie aud Bobbie and
Waite; could you drop them at he Polytechnic
on your way, and call for them some time 10
the afternoon, when you think they will be
tiredf Something must be invented toI them
10 do this morning, and really don't think
| dare leave them to plague Joha again"
so your hospitality has arrived at the VI
carioos stage already, Lesbis. has it T. John
| himse'f remarked from the end OF the drawing,
| room he had just entered with bis hsncs full
of letters. 1t is sooner than expected. l
gave you an entire fortnight for the glory of
! pstrouizing your old tyrapts TO overweight the
| trouble OF entertaining them, and here at l ae
end of ten days you are rolling the borden on
Brides shoulders, " ho has old grudges to
| balance it with"
| Lesbia, who was st3rdipg before Brides
| writing-table atired in a riding habit. and
! with the mcst becoming possible little feath-
cred hat on her head, tnrued round quick!J-
| Now, John, the hsynsrCs have been here
| three weeE gt least and am sure if ycu were
not so absent you would have seen how have
devoted myself to them-giving up t"o operas
! and one singing Lesson, aud playing at
dranghts with Dr.. Maynard reaFIy every even
"Ah yes while the novelty of dezIling them
and corsci5u , hesPiog Goals of nre on thslr
miserable heads lset I'd, allow yon played
your part to perfection bnt don't count he
week while Dr.. Maynard stayed, for l OBJ
| served you devoted yourself solely and singly
| to his sut agation, and there you were simply
following our instincts and appexipg another
province to your cor qpeted territory IN the
Hays-des tendres. Tna, does rot count"
"Dr. Maynard, indeed :!
We'll, l know he is not a novelty; but he
is a man, sud not brother, and therefore 10 q
degree worth pleasing. l have no douot you
had made luroads oa bis heart even in your
Cinderella days, and gained little occa ional
victories from the ciuder heap; but that must
have N ade the pleasure of walking over the
ground fully armed all the greater.
Il can't think what You NEAR, JohI, wish
you were not 50 fond Of pUzzilDg me. When
ever l want you go anywhere with me, IN the
morning, yoo cay yen are b1sy, yet you cau
always find time to come into the drawing
room and say dssgreeable things"
That is to countenance You, Babette, il
making Bride do disageeesble things. II did
not set you encouraging example OF unSm
liability, don't see bow you could answer il
to your conscience to irhct the Maynard,
upon her for q whole day, after asking then
E here yourself. and promising solemn'y to h'
ausG erahle for their entertainment
Never mind, Johc," )" said B:ioe, locking or
from letter she was sealing. and noddinf
4 caeerfully, II am really ye-y glad 10 take my
share. / approved of Lesbia's sending an in
vIt4tion to our cousins this spring. so ought
: ! to be ready to give up ht.le time to theil
amusement; and am not arrived at such &
: pitch OF self ind lEence as to consider It a
, great hardship 10 sit IN sr easy carriage fo'
an hour SO while other people make bar
| gains. / shal! keep clear Of THAI part Of tie
e Business by tskiug book with me-"
I "Oh dear, I'm afraid t1at will only hal
. satisfy Mrs. Maynard" cried Lesbia "She
:. will want you TO lock on aud sd wise, and buy
0 as preaeut 10 herself or oCe OF TIE children
! everything she particularly admlres aud say,
b ske cannot sff I'D to pay for. Thst il what
had ! Go when l took heE oot sSoPplng las
: week"
'Yoa shall have ali the popularity slca ad
] miEabie behavior Rs saopp!CE comFsni II
c d--erves, them" eaii Bride IauEci9E; c1u
J, not undertake TO iuitst; il. | have othe
e ways Of spending my money. Mrs. Maynard
;. viii console herself By 1tm1rkjog a li:tl
t ofteuer than usual, this evening. how siugd ar
g " good for you was your brinEinE.np 3
. W hi -cAuc, and how muct more amlaOie ap'
' agreeable than the rest of your family yoa be
.. ! came under her care
y II cau't help their tiAtteripg me- said Lssbia
n poutinG little 'blt of coutse know tha
l whenever any body says anything al all con-
It plimeltAry TO me, you and John Only laugh a
d IT."
s my dear, We woOld not If We could possibl
% help 1t" SAID John, stooping down and kissin
% the pretty flushed cheek. III you will onl
k manage TO pick up admirers who can f8vo
k their compliments e little more delicately, W
re will undertake to swallow them without 6
or much grimaciDRi but az present, betwee
D. Msynards and Pelhsms, the incense offered
it too coarse and overPoweripG for 6ystandeG
At not to choke over ii now aud then. You Gel
* tsinIy h sve not hitherto been fortunate IL Il
10 iutellect of yonr adorers"
6. "Ah,' thought Lesbia, 'if they only knew
If There are people who can say and write "a
Y. teriug things of me q great dea! beit
words than John ever uses-reai poetry ar
lp I ley said and wrote them too long before
ad was rich, sud admired NE in NY poor Q
u washed oat muslin dresses for whatever NJ
or Joseph tIies 10 insinuAte now, never will
le Eeve that any hint OF what was likely 10 ha
er pen bad reached the DAlys when they souE