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

arose tse pou;iog lips parted ana ire M Sled
irto 4 smile aud the eyes grew very dark sEd
Clisteutpg. srd her hand inyoluut Srily let fall
the folds Of Der habit and stEayed upWArd- 70
tocch little bunch of green leaves thst 3sI
peeped ont from the bosom of her jacket
What have you got theref asked John;
on whom the Sudden softening of the fsce bad
not been les. Let me see-shAnrocks :!
" here did you get themf And what on eaIth pot
it into your head 10 ride out with banch of
sbamrocks in your bosom on So. PA!ricks Day
this yearI You will be IAken for Chsrtlsi
Il don'E esre-ihere's no BARN" cried Les
bia- startled, and elossinS fatiously.
sweeps the croesips ut the end OF Eston Pisce;
snd, John, I've seen You give her shilling
yoarself though yon DO always cay rs 80
| wrong TO give 10 beggsIs"
"A1 Inconsistency in my behavior which
you think justihes you in .g.T5lng you ,se!f
taken up by q SPECIAL constabie or cheered by
that is be riding down the street, l presume
| will enjoy The charge of you uuder the circom-
| stances .
John thinks II likely u attract attention.
eaid Btide auIiously.
Bot it WON'T Lesbia OF ssered, giving the
clump of faded leaves has'y thrust inside
her .ckes. bosom. mo one can see it there
without LOOKING close John only remarked
upon it because be is cros.er than 'nsaal this
morning. l noticed it tne instant he came
Brides auxious eyes turned to her brothers
| face, and recognized the look of painful preoc'
! ca patton and -Rorry on the brow and IN the
ey es, bat might always be observed in John
| ss an accompaniment 10 the sharp, bsntering
| talk that Le-bia voted crossness-
| II wonder whether there wss letter from
! Ireland among all those that came for 81 N
this morning." she SAID TO herself. and what
| there was in il TO pain him 50. l almost wlsh
| that some news would come 70 end it all quite.
| II sbe were fairly married ID her rebel poet,
| he would be miserable at first, but II would
be better for him in tae end; and suppose
he would arrive in time at being able 70 see
| three-leaved plant without speaking Grossly
and looking despair. What did possess little
Lesbia to flourish the token in his face to-dayi
l have often enough given her hints to avoid
| Irish allusions as much as possible
"There-I must go they have all three rid
den up to the docr, ard the groom has brought
| my horse roand,' exclaimed Lesola, hastily
gathering up the folds of her riding habit
| again and running from the room John fol-
| lowed to help her to mount, and caught her
| up in the hall, jast as the servant, thr2 2wlnS
open the door, disclcs ID group of two ladies
and q gentleman on hoI ssback drawn up De-
| fore the kerbstone.
II am glad" John remarked, 'to see it is
only Marmaduke Pelham and his sisters for
the AXE Of whose company You have thrown
Mrs. Maynard over on Bride. vas afrald II
ight be some new victim, and then should
| have felt il my duty to demonstrate. Captain
Pelham may look out for himself; be is old
enough. and big enough, and obtuee enough,
| to release me from any responsibility hoEeVer
| you may be intendingto behave towards him."
Lesbia flashed an indignant look back at her
brother she ran down the steps, and before
her friends greeted her found time u whisper
| enc sticaily, Il would not be as clever as
you are, Jobr, for all the world, for you never
can see anything else in other people but ex-
| actly how stupid they are and you sneer-
| and ycu cant think how dlssgreeaole IL makes
"Yes, can" John answered, with sigh
| whose depths took Lesbia by surprise "but
don't put the sneeriug down to cleyerness, l
beg, for I assure you il savouIs much more OF
tbs opposite Qus.ity."
Captain Pelham had now alighted from his
horse, and was begging leave to pat Lesbia on
hers, and John went round to shake hands
with the two young ladies. While they chat
ted with him, Lesbis bent down from her seat
to put in q word, aud something fell from her
bosom.
'rOh my poor gTauroCk5, john
BIT Captain Pelham was beforehand with
him in rescuinG the green bouquet from under
the horses feet. ard placing it, dripping with
wet from the pavement, in the hand held out
for it.
"Thsuks, 80 many. am sfroid shsn't be
able to wear my poor shamrocks again but
should not have liked them to be actually
trampl I'd on, it would have been bad omen
for to-day"
IAN omen very likely to be fulfilled, Ishoald
say" 1hp mnttered, quietly.
, Meanwhie intelligent glsnces had beep ex-
changed between Mary and Louisa Pelham,
and they turned to John with simultaneous
extraordina AIRY thing, they exclaimed together,
| "ho~ those wo always do think and feel ex'
actly alike on every point without speaking g
! about II beforehand Just do look a: ake'e
J coat. He came down stairs with bunch oi
shsmrocks in his buttonhole this morning st
breakf4st-time, aud Charlie and Fred, who
you know, went yesterday to be sworn special
conet Ables, threatened to take bin into custody
for Chartist, and shook their slaves at him
!; and papa really little annoyed. till We
. explained that it must be in compliment IA
Lesbis's having sung The Wearing of the
Green" so splendidly last night. Duke would
not confess his reasvn, but now it's plair
enough. l wonder which OF them thought oi
Il frst.n
IAN interesting sutject of speculation.
, am ipcli2ed u believe :hst Lesb!s's brain i;
capable Of conceivinS such an original idea as
I wearing shamrock on st. PAtrick's Day
without sssstacce. You know best about
| your b.other's."
'B 1t Mr. Thornley,, you mus: alloT that i
! is very odd fsccy for them both to take or
/ 7st noT. You have heard, no doub-, thai
; tae:e = hind of expectation. abroad that
something viii happen to-day Il Dublin like
What weLt on in Pans last February. Troops
J have gone over, and constab!es aod arus. and
mos: likely there will be barricades and fight
ir- heard az ola gentleman tell pSpS tn al