The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1878-10-06
meeting. and await my associates there.
| took she letter 70 Darcy ODonnen and told

E in Connenara for AK weeks, between The
Hollow and Eagles Edge. and got to care fol
, your name brought up to him oftener than
you may Suppose. He advised me to obey
you, feeling sure that you had good reason
for the command you seLt, and that English
in yoor heart. Besides, he was quite sure
should lose nothing by coming, for there would
here, yoa won't tell me you did not send for
met The letter had q London postmark, and
the hand writing was like yours, little dis
guised.'
Then it was John who wrote it he reads
all the Irish newspapers and he was very
anxious, know. about the expected disturb
the way of getting yourself into q scrape.
Not fog yonr own sake nor for mine-of that
| can assure you-but to shield your people at
home from additional troubles on your account;
he thinks they have enough already"
| cloud Of disappointment aud vexation
| passed over Connors fscs, and then, recover
| ing himself, he burst out laughing. well,
I've been dipped bat, after all. the best OF
| the bargain remains with me-. I've lost none
of the fun in Doblin, aud IS I've got the mon
| ey Tll go to Paris With the delegates, and
| see what successful revolntionists look like /;
! and if aftsr that, and the sight I'm having
| tonight, let myself, through anyone's st rat
agem, be kept out of the thick eff the real
lighting when it comes, you may say what
yoa like of me, for shall sserve 1t"
! "Connor, you really must believe that I did
not know If your coming, and do not wear
| that John says are m ad and wicked"
What do you wear it for, thenf'
| zone can love Ireland, Ellen and Miss
OFlsherty do, without wanting people TO
fight"
4 don't call it loving country to see Der
trampled upon and NOT want to nsIt. You
don't sympathise with US then, after all 7"
1t was only your own imagi alton taat
ever made you think did You wrote verses
about my ssympa'hising with you' and l only
T,f. fau, ~ ted
to the height of hope, and then thrown down
again. Babetse, inmate ago, thoagat you
loved me-"
Hush, the music has ceased, and tie old
lady has turned her head around to listen to
Bride"
"No, no, will have it oot with yo1 now We
have begun. 1 must know the truth, and be-
sides would not have your brother see me-
here for worlds: he shall never know l was
taken in SO EASILY. Does not that large win
conyf Let 60 there while the crowd pas
on to supper" The balcony proved to b.
empty when they, gained it,, ConnoE leaned
against of the iron pillars, and Lesbia
stood and looked up at him quite unenbarrass
ed, not even trou bling herself to pull t pieces
the leaves of the creepers near her.
"Babette," he begen, did think you loved
me. Ever since those old Whiteclife days
have thought so. I don't mean that I'm q fit
match for you-of course know Pm not-but
Pam not fool exactly, and intend, and
thing you could be proud of in the end. be- |
lieved you'd take me on trust for the present, |
because l always thought you loved me-"
Yes, Connor, 1 know you did," Lesbia |
answered; 90 know you thought so in the old |
Whitecliffe dsys; bat that was not your loving |
me-"
Not loving you! not love youf What
can you mean 7 Why, from the very first mo- |
ment I you, I thought you the sweetest |
brightest, dearest. most delightful little girl in /
the whole world
Yea but-"
What more wonld you havef7
"Nothing more not 50 much from yo1, dear
ing anything about love. and LEI Us be true
friends. have been TO blame, for l used t,
want everybody TO be in love With me; but
am chac ged now. 1 am tired of lovers and I
want you for friend 10 whom can talk
comfortably and who will help me-"
That's all! And you stand there smiling
and holding oct your hand as if you did not
even believe that what You say is a terrible
when 1 really do love you 80
much, and was SO sure that you cared abo1t
me, at leas. little, in the other wsy."
That was pity; bat friendship is better
than nothing. is it not 7 aud we can be- good
friends"
Tell me the whole truth. Is it that you
think ethan loves you better than do -
Good evening, Nj. Conner Daily; 1 am going
into the house"
He caught her dress as she was disappearing
don't 60 away angry With me- We are friends
if you like, and will never say another word
to vex you as long as live
"Tnen let US shake handS, and come into the
house to supper"
mo, not yet. Come back to the end of the
balcony have something else to say to you,
something that ODonnell advised me to tell
you, though we thought then that it would be
q good deal easier for me to speak than shall
find it now. Yee-come; it's nothing about
myself, 30 You may as we'll listen"
They walked to the far end of the little bal
cony but Connor crossed his arms the pa.
rspet, and took q long look down Tito the
street before be entered on his new subject.
"BAbette," he began, looking up st last, "the
hardest part is, that "a you won't believe how
much love you, You won't give me credit for
beirg SIS generous as really am in telling you
the story / have brought you bere to hear.
You'll never know what an effort it costs me to
put away my last chance with my own hands
and quite give you up, by telling you this
for know its ju:t that l shall be doing"
Il thoushtyou were not going to talk about
Yourself"
"Only thcss few words aud think you |
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