The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1878-10-06

"who could have told youi We thought
| we kept the duel very CLOSE and as 1or 'hS
should have Thought they would have held
their tongues"
Such things always get talked of, suppose.
Nora Joice wrote me the whole story, my share
| in it IS we'll as the rest"
$50 in all this business I'm not even to have
sns glory OF cnttng my own throat. some.
lyon are mistaken, Conner, il you think that
hearing this story has changed in the sligh est
degree my thooghts of any one bat myself I
ever been in my life before when heard it,
for knew it was my vanity that had obliged
some one TO risk bis life to save my name from
being lightly spoken of, bat it did not alter my
way of thinking of any one else.
You mean to say that you don. ike old
Pelham at all the better for his pluck 10 pun
ishing The man Who slApdered you. Well,
it would be odd if were TO begin to speak
up for him TO you, but must say don't nm
grateful"
"BAbette. think see what sthe only other
thing you can mean, but l sha'n't say it, or
else you'll run away from NE again. If you do
not like him the better for taat, it mus be be-
"You said you would not say it,"
Then shake hands upon it. It's all over
With me, and give in. and I'll do my b. not
to grudge you to Pelham, for he has behaved
the house, and been friendly to DARCY, which
counts for . great deal with me. l would not
have believed this could happen in the old
Whitecliffe days, but Tm not going to initiate
Darby ORoone, and complain of the sweet
ways that ought to make every one who sees
y0u proud to love You, and ready to serve Jon
all his life for nothing"
mo, not for nothing, Conner; we are always
ID be the best friends in the world, and sup.
posing that your guess is true don't you see
have let you know more about my thoughts
than elaa N the world I have truat-
ed You"
repent it. Don't be angry, dear; that one kiss
on your hand Pelham himself would not grudge
me. 1t was II seal beforehand bargain we
have to make. 1 meant to ask it favor,
but now it's you that'll thank me, 1 expect, for
tie duel for nothing. 1 wanted some one
could trust, and whose heart thought was
VITA US, to know the danger that Pelham is in
from having 10 ade an enemy OF Darby ORoope,
Darby has sworn to be revenged, and Darcy
and know, though through such eeeret ways
that We can make no use of our knowledge,
that he has set spies to work, and is plotting
to convict Pelham of acting secretly for us
should 60 wrong, which is j1st possible, he
will be prepared with WHIST will pass for evil
dence agsiust Pelham. We sre ready to take
I ne risk of failure ard of all that will follow
we think that anything is better than letting
our people die tamely, or submit to be packed
in gangs and sent from their own land across
Gue seas pQG We QOn want 10 nave OG0ef5
dragged in to share the danger agsirs. their
will. You see, it's my mother I'm thinking Of
1t would be hard on her 10 have Pelham touch
ed; don't count for 80 much with any one, it
seems, and should have no scruple in going in
for anything that may turn up, if only he
were secured from being involved in danger
with me-"
bat oh, Conner, surely is he does keep clear
If be has nothing to do with your conspira-
cies he cannot be brought into danger"
DO you suppose there were no innocent
people imprisoned and hanged after '9si-no
spies then like O'Roone, who succeeded in
wreaking their private revenge under cover
Of zeal for Govern mentf Have not you learn
ed SO II uch Irish History as that from Ellen
AID mef'
Dear Connor, tell me what you think can |
10. Imprisoned Hanged! Oh, did not |
know it was such dangers as those you were |
thin king Off
over again; we hope to succeed this time, as |
he French have done; bat for one shall go |
\ for it with gayer heart if can secure that.
y hatever hsppens to ne, O'Roone's spite will |
BE baked of It's grati6cst On; it was mainly to
rost that part of the business to You that 1
anne here to. light"
Tell me- what can do-And' indeed, in
There. there, don't trenble go and turn
,ale, or don't know how I'll ever bs able to
'ear it without offending you again. Why,
low your eyes shine, Babette, as if had asked
ou to face dozen n. ad bulls, or march up to
scsffold; believe you'd do it, and who
would have thought it of you, who used to cry
It getting your feet wetf Pelhsm's luckier
elbow than even I knew, and how I'll ever
;eep myself from grudging him his monstrous
sppiness goodness knows"
"Oh, Conner, can't you go being serious
i'll YOU have told me what you wait me to
or
~ su as serious as the grave, and don't know
hat shall ever be anything else after the
'low You have given me, Babette. What 1
md keep your brother there till the end of |
he summer; can promise you that whatever
larpens let the rising spread to Whatever di-
nensions it may, neither you nor he, nor any
me belonging to you, shall be in any danger.
want your brother there to secure the pres
nee of one honest witness to the part Pelham
axes some one who will discriminate fairly
between encouraging disafection and his
Efforts to- protect the poor wretches whom
0'Roone, for his oWu purposes is bunting from
heir homes. OF course the wretches are most
If them with MS. How would they not be
Bat believe your brother, even at such time
ls this, will be just enough not to confuse
common humanity with disaffection to Gov