The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-07-28

rooms into . coDgrnous shell for themselves in
8 few years; but if yon want to fill q large
space you mpss take time 20 grow into IT,"
After al, said Bride with Sigh, lit does
pot greatly con cern rs. We are"ouly bsre for
q time. taking care of Les bias house till the
right guardian comes. In a few ears we shall
bang mp Our Asdonna again over Some chin
Dey piece somewhere, and set about secreting
. snisable shell for ourselves. John uin never
b. allowed to wear shabby coRte and hats
again he 10 too we'll known . person now,
and his work is too veil paid Bnt if he
msrries, and find myself q supernumerAry in
the establishment, shall let mysef gradually
sink or rise into copgenial shsbbiness sgain.
No one will mind.1
anxions TO read by the expression Of his face
what he ~ oog ght Of the picture she bad drawn
She was quite sure, by the far away look in bis
eyes, that q vision of tie new homo was before
him bit if there was any expression on his
face 1t " rs one of annoyance.
"Of conrse it will come to something CT tie
need not trouble yourself with SO many sup
positions, Bride. When Jon and settle TO our
life work in some London home, there 10 no
likelihood whatever of your OF being frst in
not for any consideration in the world, If he
had the power, which he never shonld have,
would he bring Ellen DAILY to pine in such
-Where is Lssbis ?" be asked. 81 hope ske
means to BIS In the wsy when our guests ar
rive"
n
portanoe of acting hostess fer too deeply 10
m iss any of its dutles- wieh il had not hap
pened TO occur TO her that the best way of
doing honor TO her guests Is TO receive them
with great state. can say nothing to dissn ade
her from her elaborate preparations, for Mrs.
and Miss DAILY are much more her friends than
mine, and she processes TO know their taste
"she may be right about Mrs Daily" said
Anne, ''She is used to good deal of tormsil-
ty."
| Bat" beeitated John, "there are other mem
| <@l. e. sI,-,- l.r -hD-1
the old ways of the house seemed to bslopg"
If you are thinking of Ellen, believe you
may trnst TO her seeing nothing for the first
honr beyond my face. It was certainly very
good thought, your starting of this mornir z
it.n
riage wheels, and the connection that an
noonces an srriy al ut Castle DAILY is beginning.
| Now. Bride
No, no, John. yon forget you and 1 are TO
| keep in the background il is Miss May ard 3
house, and there she is, coming down stairs to
receive her visitors. Lst her erjoy herself.
She has been three quarters Of an hour dressing
| for the situation. Bat how is thisf left her
arrsyipg herself in her newest Paris costume,
| and she appears in one of the old despised
| Wniteciife dress es. WHAT is the child think
| ing of r
! If Connor DAILY were coming, 9 caprice like
that would make me arxieus," whispered John
1 TO Bride, rs they stood in the library door V sy
and watched Lesbis's progress down the hall !;
1
| notice of BAbetta than if she were . doll, we
must put it down to sheer love of change"
WY not to more refinement of feeling than
We gave her credit for ~ returned Bride "She
| ie quite pale with excitement, poor otild. Tne
Days were kind TO heF in her Cinderella state,
remember. / am glad she felt st the last mo-
ment that she could only welcome them in her
| old Whiteclifs attire,a
Afeer AL the anxiety of the three hosts to do
the ho1ora of their honse gracefully, the most
prominent part in the welcoming fell to Anne
| Rh Ma nAlv mt nm hRY
heavy Grape veil When she ss~ Anne waitin g
in the hall, and buried towards her, her poor
| pale face 50 working with emotion that when
! they met she could only throw herself into
| Aune's arms and sob on her shoulder. 1t Was
just there that Anne had stood to receive her
when she had entered the house . bride with
| her husband twenty-five years before. She
| had been Jealous of her influence then, anxious
| TO put an end to her intimacy in the house, for
| fear it should interfere with her own rights !;
I 6ur bJSr how wFetcned The Old barriers and
| hsarsbUrrings looked when they two stood the
| only companions left who could enrich each
| Other with reOol llectiops of what he lad EAid
fell before that thought, and they felt that,
whatever had gone before, it is the people OF
| the same generations who in great sorrows and
| losses can best comfort each other.
Ellen 5 -ood by, full of Joy at the unexpected
| warmth of her mothers manner to Aune, and
content TO wait her turn Till Mrs. Daily lad
turned to Lesbia with apologies tor her emo
| tioD. Then she seized Anue's bands.
| How much better than had hoped-how
| good of you to come here"
| Il did not come-I vss ought, - Aupe said,
| and on this hint Ellen all a. once rememb bered
her real hostess, and turned to Bride blnshing
and eager to make mp for her own and her
| mothers remissness.
I'VE are SO grateful to You for having such
| . kind thought"
mot to me-for I hadn't it," said Bride,
bluptl!; it went against the grain to give the
explanation, but honesty Obliged "It v as my
brother, who went 30 Good Peoples Hollow
this morning without saying word to any:
| body, and brought Der away almost by force. >
! Ellen did not feel disposed to offer third
| time the th An ks that had been twice rejected
but she looked up at John as she passed him
| 10 60 mp stars with the light of pleasant sur
| prise still glowing on ber face
| 'It was very clever of you. Do you know"
she said confidently, II begin to think that in
emergencies yon are the person who knows the
right thing to do y
Begin TO think! The sentence sounded auds-
! cious to Bride, but it was quite enough TO
make John feel foolishly happy all the rest of