The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1879-01-12
W NATA-N NM NE.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN.
PART H.-TEN YEARS LATER.
(Concluded.)

"And now will tell you my history" said
Natalie one day, confdentially ; will you lis
"There is nothing should like better than
that"
IAN that concerns you is interesting to
!. me-
s"Then attend.'
''V~in il not tire you too much ~
''Oa, nc; feel 80 we'll to-day"
"You have had several attacks of fever dur
ng the last few days aud to-day
"Could believe sb ould ever get better-but .
no, that will never be! must make haste,
che added, with smile that pierced hef
'Then begin Natalie but put away those
ngly thoughts of death"
Il can't do that; but now that ! know my
mother is living do not wish to d'e 40 much
as did; wheu sh all SEQ her 7"
II cost Louisa great self-restrsiDt not to press
her to her heart and mako herself known as
her mother; bat prudence held her back; for as
long Natalie herself did not know Who
Louisa as her secret vas safe
Patience my angel, patience; but you are
quite forgetting your history
''Tha. is true SO listen, then. can hardly
imagine what my mother is like l have not
even picture of her; bot in my dreams have
often seen her. i think she is like you, and
that IL is this which attracts me to yon."
Did your father never speak of her ~
"Never I! once asked him about my mamma,
but he looked at angrily l dared not
question him further"
"Ard did he not answer al all y
"No: ut least not at first but few days
after he came 20 mo- took me- on his knee, and
said LILY, will not hove yo1 ever speak of
your mother; bnt if anyone ever says anything
against hor your presence, tell me OF IT, Son
must honor her, for she committed only one
fault she disobeyed me. Mark this as q con-
sequence you LG9t never I-1.-r9 TO be p"T
Verse with me, or Ishall th.ust y"u away also
He looked =" terrible that tGembled in every
limb, a.d ID from him. Am Ike !nJ
mother Z
mo, not quite, thougL should tnke you for
o Pole rather than Rnssiar."
That has often been thrown at me. ! have
many cousins and relatives. Aunt Pelagia
alone bas eight children, aunt snaide six, and
cunt Alexand fJur; am the only one named
Dalmatchine in our honse at st. Petersburg
and at the castle, the servants new at sigu
from me, but neither my grandmother Dor ms
auntR were kind to me. Ny cousins always
called me the Polish girl, and answered that
Yia heard me once. and gave me box on the
ear. told papa, and since then he has never
spoken q work to uncle vladimir or aunt Pei
agia bat he forbade me ever to say the like
sgain."
ayes, i was 80 afraid Of my father bat in
the depth of my heart always loved the
Poles. There was poor Polish woman living
not far from Us. and was always sending her
money or clothes, just because mann ma Was
Pole"
Louisa kept back her tears by main force !;
her hear swelled with thsnksgviD that Hea-
ven had done thA: which it ws1 impossible for
ed TO good acts, and filled with love for her
unknown mother.
"I was n very merry child, though you would
scarcely think that now" continued Natalie; !;
II liked running round in the garden ana
rambling in the forests better than studying !;
WAS robust as boy, aud l had little
horse which l rode around for hours to
gether." =. -,
"And who took charge of yoor education y
"Madame Mouetiers is my second governess;
the first wes English woman. l troubled
myself very little about the ladies. l saw papa
very seldom; grandmamma was always equal
ly cold and strict with me; what did care for
thati had friend called Marie; ahe was the
daughter of one of our serfs. The family were
angry that liked her 80 much, bat papa per-
mittsd it, 80 We grew mp together. played.
rode, read sometimes even did little work ::
ah, what happy years those werel thought
but little Of my mother then"
"How old were you at that timer
Il was about thirteen, whom Maria suddenly
fell sick and died. 1 nursed her: /, who had
mover seen siok or dead person. O., then 1
saw for the fret time what q frightfnl thing
death isl When Marta had lefs me was
changed being; for long months 1 scarcely
spoke q word; in my sleep was always seeing
the corpse of my friend, hearing her breathe
she must be, lying there in the ohurohyard
aud | became miserable at the thought.
"The physician advised change and mental
diversion Amt PelaGia and beg husband were
just going to Italy, aud Erandmamma was GO
ing with them they decided 1 should so too.
Madame MorstieTs accompanied us, bnt in
they gave me o yonng French girl com
panion. She was few years older than i, and
/ could talk with her better than with Madame
Moustiors, aud so we went to Italy
"And your health!'
"Ah / had already affection Of the ches';
and Narfa's fate was constantly before my
eyes No one had tried to console me. WHAT
could they say That M1rfa was ~ heaven,
and that wo ehould seo one another again
Grandmamma aud my auuts were uot willing
that they should one day meet their ssrfs il
heaven. So l nouVped for Maria AZ q beatten
mourns =
Louisa Baron, my new friend-whom ae-
oepted at ficsS the moro willingly because abe
bore my mother's name-was very pious, and
Catholic; she often spoke to me OF the manner
in which we mu5t bear our fate-of the merit
of suffering-of the meeting again in heaven
and / listened 90 willingly, and thought more
and more of my dear mother. Oh, should
perhaps get better if"
Go on with your story, dear, please"
"Now, / am coming to my secret! Louisa
told me great deal of the Catholic religion