The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-14

show you His forgiveness tor your great wrong eO these poor creatures--See,n said Father O'Toole, shading the lamp 90 that its rays fell only on the forehead of the boy See tee moisture on his skin --the fever has broken he will hver' "Livel Will he hveI l have not killed him? O, thank God, thank God r and then Mehetabel threw her strong arms about Father O'Tooleis neck and kissed him time and again, saying: He will livel He will liveP'
 1 At this instant Dr. Bascom entered. He has since stated, in a moment of con hdence with Father O'Toole, that he was never so astonished in his life. And l can say the same, assure you" said l Father Q roole.
 "But then she was out oi her head her self" said the doctor, "with loss of sleep, and watching, and feeling bad over the hard feelings she had toward the De. laneys. She told me that it Terrence died she should think she killed him."
 "Did she ," said Father O roole. thought she had very strong feelings of some sort in the matter"
 l But this was long after Terrence was well again, and after his tender, noble little heart had learned to regard Miss Pettigrew not as the ogress of the pillared castle on the hill, but as the dearest, gentlest friend he had on earth.
 All this ~as long, long ago. Mrs. De- laneys comedy face and figure brought another husband, snug middle-aged grocery keeper, a country man of her own, who had been fond of her before the manly charms of Terrence Delaney, senior, had won her heart. Little Maggie is a tall slip Of girl who has two homes, one with her mother, and one with Miss Pettigrew. But Teddy belongs at the house on the hill. Why notS' is the invariable remark of Mrs. Corcoran (nee Delaney) when comment is rsade upon the residence of her son" Sure Miss Pittigrew loves Terrence better than the whole world-and didn't she bring him back to life when he'd have died only for herr And if brought him into the world, didn't she keep him in it2 And who's better right to the lad?"
 I As to Terrence, his wide brow, his se- rious eyes and his gentle mouth, and above all his tender heart. which over. flows with pity for all sorrowing things make the priesthood certainty for his future. Whether Catholic or Protestant will be matter of his own choice. Upon thi, Miss Pettigrew and Father O Tools are wholly agreed. And in Rivertsr other things passing belief have been Father O Toole sat on the stage in Music hall with the protestant clergy on oc casion of grand temperance demonstra ton. And it is even hinted that the Sun day school festival will next summer in clude the children from St. Patrick. church, as we'll as those from ali the white spired houses of worship.
 Miss Eunice Benson is sorely tumblec up and down in her mind over the situa' tion.j Eunice has a back, and various other sources of physical discomfort which have led her naturally to Dr. Bas com as her confessor. In a recent con. yersation with that wise and good man after she had been over the usual detail. of her ailments, and had talked down tc the froth of neighborhood and church } matters, Eunice said to the doctor Wal, d'no bout this mixin' up with papishry. Looks putty much zif thay'd hev to be mother Mayflower fore long for them t don't wanto bow down an worship graven images. It may be al well nun 70 nev charity, put thay was 2 story in the spellin' book studied bout a man t warmed snake, n go putty tired out fore he got through with it, too"
 "Wal, Miss Benson," said Doctor Bas com, "there are different diseases and different remedies and what cures one man won't always cure another man, yt know. The chiefest of these three i. charity and I've thought, sometimes that that text was about all there is to al the different religions. I'm sure, any way, you can't say it's hurt Mehetabel Pettigrew any to be mixed up little with different sorts of religion"
 "She ain't quite 'speppery 2 she ust tc be, that's a fac'," said Miss Eunice.- L1cien Arnold, ia HarIfoyd 7Imes. | pAadta0