The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-12

uear cnliQ, you nu fii@ t:fculDer JnaU Noudto
poor, and that yoe eve not a penny for
for a moment dream Of a pripcei Are you
then so DESTROYS to marry princeF
"Why should not | wish TO marry such
MANI
And she looked quite amazel, as she con-
tinued:
Marry hima OF course / would do so.
Since he would have plenty OF money, what
difference would it make If had none. |
should owe everything TO him, and on that
very account should love him all the more
deeply.
This victorious reasoning enchanted Hub
ert, who seemed carried above the earth by
Angelque's enthusiasm. He would willingly
have accompanied her on the wings OF q
cloud to the regions of fancy.
She is right he exclaimed.
But his wife glanced at him reprovingly.
She became quite stern.
my child, you will think differently later
on, when you know life better"
'Life--but know it already
"How is it possible for you to know its
You are too young; you are ignorant OF
evil Yet evil exists and is very powerful"
"Evil-evilW -a.t
Angelique repeated the word very slow
ly, as if to penetrate its msaning. And in
her pure eyes was look of Innocent sur
Bl lSc ENuG Clo hiO0 ttiA oAkpuu IL, lOi ono
had read of it in the Golden Legend. Was
not evil satan himselfa And had not she
seen now, although he constantly reap
peared, he was always overthrowns After
every battle, he remained crushed to earth,
thoroughly conquered and in most pitiable
state.
Evil; ah, mother mine, if you knew
how little fear it! 1t is only necessary
once to conquer it and afterward life is all
happiness"
Hubertine appeared troubled and looked
anxious.
"You will make me almost regret having
brought you up in this house, alone with us
two, and away from the world, US it were. |
am really afraid that some day we shall re-
greet having kept you in such complete lgnor
ance of the realities of life. What paradise
are you looking for! What is your idea of
the worldln
A look of hope frightened the face of tho
young girl. while bending forward, she still
moved the pobbin back and forth with a
continuous, even motion.
you then really think, mother, that |
am very foolish, do you nots This world is
full of bravo people. When one is honest
and industrious, one is always rewarded. l
know also that there are some bad people,
but they do not count. We do not associate
with them, and they are soon punished for
tlSlI UliSQtouS. Anu ULcLs JOu ooC, % lOi
the world, it produces on me, from a dis
tance, the effect of a. great garden; yes, of
an immense park, all filled with flowers and
with sunshine. It is such a blessing to
live, and life is so sweet that it cannot be
bad"
She grew excited, as if intoxicated by the
brightness of the silks and the gold threads
she manipulated so well with ner skillful
fingers.
are happy, are we not2 All three of usi
And why! Simply because we love each 9th
er. Then after all it is no more difficult than
that; it is only necessary to love and to be
loved. So, you see, when the one | expect
really comes, we shall recognize each ether
Immediately. 1t is true 1 have not yet
seen him, but know. exactly what he ought
to be. He will enter here ami will say: 4
have come in search of you. And shall
reply: i expected you, ana will go with
YOU He will take me with him, and our
future will be at once decided upon. He
will go into palace, where all the furniture
will be of gold, encrusted in diamonds. Oh,
it is all very simple"
You are crazy {; so do not talk any more, -
interrupted Hubertine, coldly.
And seeing that the young girl was stlll
excited and ready to continue to indulge
in her fancies. she continued to reproye
her.
II beg you to say no more, for you abso-
lutely make me tremble. Unhappy child
when we really marry you to some poor
mortal you will be crushed, os you fall to
earth from these heights of the imagina-
ton. Happiness, for the greater part OF
the world, consists in humility and obedi
ence.
Angelique continued to smile with an al
most obstinate tranquility.
~ expect him, and he will come.n
But she is right" exclaimed Hubert.
again carried away by her enthusiasm.
why need you scold her? She is certainly
pretty, and dainty enough for a king
Stranger things than that have happened,
and who knows what may GOMEZ
Sadly Hubertine looKed at him with her
calm eyes.
'Do not encourage her to do wrong, my
dear. You know, better than any one, what
it costs to follow too much the impulses of
ones heart"
He turned deadly pale, and great tears
came to the edge Of his eyelids. She imme-
diately 'repented of having reproved him,
and rose TO offer him her hand. But gently
disengaging himself. he said, stammeringly:
mo, no, my dear; was wrong. Ange-
lique, do you understand met You must
always listen to your mother. She alone is
wise, and we are both Of us very foolish.
am wrong; yes, acknowledge it."
Too disturbed to sit down, leaving the cope
upod which he had been working, he occu-
pied himself in FASTING banner that was
finished, although still in its frame. After
having taken the pot of Flemish glue from
the chest of drawers, he moistened with a
brush the underside of the material, to make
the embroidery firmer. His lips still trem-
bled. and he remained quiet.
Bat If Angelique, in her obedience, was
also still, she allowed her thoughts TO follow
their course, and her fancies mounted higher
and stif higher She showed it in every
feature-in her mouth, that ecstacy had
half opened, as well as in her eyes, where
the infinite depths Of her visions seemed re-
fected. Now, this dream Of poor girl,
she wove IL into the golden embroidery. II
was for this unknown hero that little BY lit
tie there seemed to grow on the white satin
the beautiful great Lilies, and the roses, aud
the monogram of the Blessed Virgin The
stems of the lilies had all the gracious point
ings of jet Of light, whilst the long slender
leaves. made of spangles, each one being
lsewed on with gold twist, fell. In a shower
of stars. In the center, the.initials OF Mary
were like the dazzling Of relief in massive
gold, o marvellous blending Of lacswork and
Of enclosing, or goffering, which burnt like
the glory Of tabernacle In tue mystic fire
of It's rays And the roses Of deficataly
colored silks seemed zeal, and tho whole
trchasuble was resplendent fn its whiteness
of satin, which appeared covered almost
miraculously with It's golden blossoms.