The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-06-09

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warrant of respectability, TO be related in the
fourth degree to Pelham. Why have not
the savages round Castle DAILY been reader to
do homagoT
"Hush, Con nor, hush,D said Mr. DAILY, put
| ting . hand on his sons arm.
| Mrs. DAILY was. mean while, looking mp into
her eldest some face, and reading an expression
| in the dark eyes that met hers, which caused
her q certain seyTement do c@ar.
II did not know that yon had much sc-
| objected TO the intimacy once"
II made mistake then," J" he answered blunt
"well, If you really think IL right, and your
| father approves bnt" (turnipg again TO Mr..
DAILY with On eager cir. as IL rasping at last
straw have there not been complaints against
these Thornle in your Irish letters Does
| not Anne O'Flaherty think ill Of them for
some cause or other !"
IAN excellent rssson for yonr thin king well
swered. smiling. Il .hould say that settled
the matter. Anne O'Fiaherty dislikes both
the Thornleys cordially, 30 you have nothing
to do but write ut once to their sister. ana
invite her, insyour warmest manner, to join no
on the journey. 1t 10 only mark Of disagree
ment due from you TO Anne.
It was not often that he addressed sarcastic
! remarks to her now, and they had not quite
the same effect they had formerly. A faint
flush on the faded cheek, o bswiidered, sp
pealing expression of pain In the eyes answer.
cd them now, instead of the old panoply OF
cold reserve.
Mr.. Daily saw at once that his words had
given pain and tried TO atone for them by an
eager
nor you are the best judRe.
She leaned back in ner chair wearily,
Il wish you would all go ont and leave me
alone" she said, "for am very tired of hear
ing you all talk at once. Ellen will carry out
her plan, of course give her free leave but
wish abe was not 80 Ingenious In inventing
| schemes to bring new cares on me, "a II had
not always more than have strength for"
The party dispersed. Ellen settled her moth
| or for her after dinner rest on the sofa in the
drawing room, and then hurried off with Con
nor to make q late call at the house opposite
and talk over the arrap gements for the jour
pey with Lesbia. Mr.. DAILY, after finishing his
newspaper and his bottle of claret, turned out
with bis oigar. He was seldom out
long, before one or another of his
numerous chance acquaintances Joined
to him when Pelham slipped his hand under
his arm and volunteered TO accompany him in
his walk. The attention pleased Mr. DAILY
was habitually go reserved, that any advance
towards intimacy from him was apt to be re-
oeived as q mark of favor, especially by his
father, who often wearied himself in vain
attempts to win the Same open-hearted conf
dence from his eldest son that the younger
children gave him spontaneously. Mr.. DAILY took
ss much pains to be an agreeable companion
that evening as ever courtier did while seek
ing to worm himself into the favor of great
man. He gave mp his favorite lounge on the
parade, where he was sure of plenty of ad-
miring compRnionship, and hUmofed his sons
love of quiet by choosing the most solitary
part of the beech for their walk. He talked
confidentially of future plans; he told bis very
best stories of the stirring times Of his youth
he chose sutj sct after subject, sending anxious
glanoes into his companion's face to discover
what most reused and interested him but
these affectionate wiles were quite thrown
away upon Pelham. 1t was not the custom at
Pelham Court for members of one family to
spend themselves greatly in conversation with
each other. It was thought D mere waste of
energy there, to be amusing and agreeable to
people whom you we're in she babiB of seeing
every day. To fDd his father SO witty and
| entertaining only puzzled Pelham. aud caused
him to shrink further and further into his
shell. feeling himself aggrieved as one unjust
iy accused of being company"
"Cau the lad have any folly on his con-
sciepce that he wants to conide 10 me IN Mr.,
DAILY shoaeht uEass1 in spite OF all his Efforts,
the conversation came to a standstill. "Con-
nor makes his confessions within the first half
hour of his coming home, but it may be the
way of this one to keep it all IN till the last
evening. What can 1 say to help him but
stay, it is coming"
feather" Pelham began, hesitatingly, 81
That's right, my boy tell me everything
that troubles you-don't let there be any &C.
crets between us. That's all 1 ask of either
Conn or or you. You will always find me your
best friend if you are only open with me-"
open with you Secrets! cried Pelham,
startled and atfronted. ~ don't know what
you mean. have seorets."
"Ah well, fiuish what you were going to say,
however"
"I was only going to say that as am not
absolutely obliged to get back to Oxford for
another month. l thought 1t might be as well
for me to travel back to Ireland with you, and
spend fortnight or so at Castle DAILY"
Mr. Dslys face frightened, and he gave the
hand that rested on his arm an affectionste
squee against bis side.
Thank you, Pelham. understand your
motive we'll. It's for your mother's sake you
think of this and you arc right-it will make
the trial of going back there easier to her if
abe has you with her, for sbe olings to you
beyond ne all. 1 know it's sacrifice on
your part, aud thank you for making it.
Even If the loss of time should make q differ
enoe in your degree, you'll not regret what
you did for her sake"
Why could he not look q little pleasant in
response to these cordial thanks Mr.. DAILY
wondered. What could his absolute silence
and the deep hush that overspreAd his face
signify 2 1t was q little hard to have all his
efforts &C cordality 30 persstently thrust aside.
Pelham was longing to speak. He had never
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