The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-18

"Of Connorf On no, ne never ""' 'A
nest" ..,.,
"Jsst and earnest are so mixed up tcgether
in Connor, one cannot say. 1t wonin nc! uote
been another person's esrnes', but oeile'o
was his"
"The worst for us all. There is NO useln
shutting our eyes to facts. Day by oay we
are sinking lower and lower, and every ssep
down brings with it another link in the chain
of obligation to the people who any day may
possess themselves of all We are losing. 70
you think John Thornley's Kindness 10 meant
try-nct to win-in short, has he' 90 you
think, the Pelham Court notion of an Irish.
mans III eth cd of repairing his broken fortunes
on us to show me thst it would be treachery |
in me to-the thought is intoleraole! his
mear ing not meaning it changes nothing In
bribes; to feel that it was obligation, not my |
owu sense of honor alone, that guarded every
word and look
my poor Pelham! how I wish it was not
such deep earnest with you" .
"I can't understand such thing being al
all, if it is not earnest. or course know per-
Let the worst fortune come that can come,
will never be the seedy Irishman that worms
himself into idle comfort again through wo-
mans good WILL nor shall Connor so deSrsoe
himself, if can prevent It,.
"And suppuss poor little Les 5ia shouIo love
the one or the other of you -
"You have no reason to think che does"
"I do not cay have; and at all events, Pei
ham, no one can accuse you of giving her the
! opportunity. The Cadet de tColobr1ere hlm.
self-who, by the way, now come to tnink OF
it, is Lesbia's favorite romance-hero jost at
present-was not more fdrouche than you are.
"I don't want to make a bear of myself.
en- not snoh an idiot as to think there is any
need. 1 only grow savage when thi s question
| of the motive eff John Thornley's Kindness
puzzles me and his favors begin to look like
| bribes"
| zled me. know quite we'll that he feels as II
he could never do enough fIr ns, and that al
| he has belongs more to Us than to himself.
Though be is so much more your friend than
| mine / III dsrstand him better than You do,
| and give himIcTedit for higher motives: 1t has
| not anything to do with you and Lesbis. All
| his conduct to US is Influenced by-just nat
| pieht-ycu know what / mean. Our father
died in his place; and when he took him out
OF my arms, 1 believe he felt as if he took
| upon himself all the care for US that our father
| would have had. don't think you need
| scruple to accept any service from him 1T
comes to him as duty with tae life that, bat
for our fathers generosity, would have ended
that night"
But he has never said q word of the kind
I should not think he is at all the SOFT of man
to have such q romantic idea of duty. You
know they would call it 80 at Pelhs m Court,
They would put that down as one of Your SEN
timenta Irish ideas, and scout the possibility s y
of it's nfluencing Uncle Charles model man OF
business, John Thornley,"
. s.Then they don't know him as well as do.
Sentimental or not, the tbo3ght did bot come
out of my mind at all. have read 1t In ms
face q dozen times Some faces have such a
great deal in them: and do you know, Pelham,
begin to think it is the plain faces that bear
best to be looked at, and are the beautiful ones
| after all. Yss, know it is an Irish bull but
: mean exactly what say. 1ut ed to call Miss
Thornley, and her brother plain, bat since
have been here l have seen looks on their
faces that are beyond any thing for what they
Z tell you"
+ "Whatever ThornleS's motives may be, my
position of dependence on him remains the
= same; and you can't wonder at my finding II
. CALLING, and longing to escape somehow. Ii
, only / were not such fooli-if could do
D anything"
deal. Let US, just f1r arguments sake.
suppose that ali the DAILY estates had passed
> into the Thornleys' hands. that they were
/ oWne1a and you the agent, you wonld till bs
0 working and earning what you receive"
2 About tenth part-for my work is not
, worth much. am only learning. The rest OF
our income would be charity, and is."
t "You ore resolutely sensible, dear Pei
r ham, you won't let the least little touch OF
: illusion come in to hide the ugly bare outlines
Q of fact. That is Pelham Court training, and
it does make things hard for you"
Y cat the best it is d fiji cult to accept obliga
tions gracefully, and not let them make one
8 feel mean"
g "Tbere are plenty of people have to do il
Q this year. What we feel about the Thornley, {
d bounty il only a tw ipge of the great pain al
Ireland is feeling at having to take relief fro II
a England. There are some who can't b ear it al
ALL who ara jast driven wild with the shame
r of having to be fed by tie hands that havt
|. it would be b ter to break loose before the
8. new chains are boand ronnd us, and die free
:, You can understand their feeling for the
It nation what you feel for yourself, can ION not
y Pelham dearf
v II can understand it ard blame it too.
IN don't mean to encourage myself in bitterness
o. however great the temptation may be- WheI
m things are at the blackest, and ones way hard
ID est to what is the use of raising NOR
If mista7 Wh,tler it is hope or anger that ere
g ates them, they can only bswilder. Let us d
n hpa in } clearly
ID walk straight"
If II shall have a chance of growing wise, no'
IN you take me in hand We must indeed hel
lie each other, Pelham. for We have great dee
TX to bear, How pretty the village looks froI
u, beTe-the freshly whits-washed cabins, tn
n. broad road overhanging the water, and th
green shore of the lake! Who would shin
a there was sorrow and death in iti Pelham
L; since we must leave all this, and leave
Sc spolt and sad, am glad that you have nc
We often been here; that your life has not struo
on such deep roots abou the place as mine an
40 Connor's"
We II don't know. Sometimes 1 think sha
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