The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-12

Then her sister could restrain her feelings no
longer. She put her arms around the trembling
girl, saying coaxngly: Don't you remember,
dear, mother and Ellie"
Mother and Ellie! Of course. of course I
remember. You Ellie who used to call me her
baby! How strange. how strange!"
Yes darling, | Ellie. As Philip
told me your name. and how like the miniature
to me- | knew that you my own loved
little sister. and if you had not come to me- in
tended to go to YOU
But why why have we grown up like this.
strangers to each other."
81 hardly tell. When parents died,
mothers sister took me, whilst fathers brother
adopted you. He was very wealthy. aunt poor.
He brought you up a Protestant, and | grew up i'll
mothers faith. When | about IS years
old aunt died, and | had to earn my own living,
so it is no wonder that under the circumstances
completely lost sight of each other"
Il never want to part from You again. ex-
claimed Bertha. Il longing, too to be one
with you in cverything-in your life and faith for,
of course your faith must be mine also"
"But what will your aunt say! Our positions
in life are 50 very different Look at my poverty,
my struggle for an existence, hard that my
poor little son has already had to begin lifc's
battle"
81 think auntie will say that it will be our
happy privilege to help you to bear your burden,
rather, to you of it altogether Do you
know that | quite a rich woman, my paintings
bringing me quite comfortable income indepen-
dent of that left ME by uncle.'
The sisters were locked in each others arms
and failed to notice in the gathering dusk that
Mrs. Howard stood just outside the door
MAY | come in| she asked. 81 am just won
dering what it all means: :"
ooh, auntie" rejoined Bertha. as she turned
to her with smiling face, Chow did you find me
out?"
"Phihp told me you were here; l saw him at
the corner. But tell me who is this although [
have strong suspicion that it is your sister,
She looked searchingly into Ellie's face which
was strange mixture of JOY and sorrow for
though the lips were smiling the eyes were bright
with tears. JOY for their sudden and strange re-
union, sorrow lest the agony of separation should
be theirs
eyes, auntie, Philips mother is my own sis
ter. Is it not wonderful" And with an inquirng
look at the face that had ever beamed kindly on
her, she said: "And we do not wish to he parted
any more"
'Who spoke of parting, my child: Why. you
have hardly met and it will take ever so long to
know each other How strange that the losing of
my medallion should be the cause of your meet
ingr'
And you very glad, auntieH' said Bertha
coaxingly.
"Glad indeed, for both your sakes.n and she
put her arms around Ellie, and drew her close
to her and kissed her.
why, Bertha, you look quite radiant" she
said, she looked at the girls face which was
quite TRANSPORTED with JOY; the gloom has all
Disappeared
"Well, auntie' she said with her old, bright.
winsome smile, ''you know that the night is al |
ways darkest ere the breaking of the dawn, and
sweet unlooked-for happiness has dawned for me-
She looked meaningly at Ellie, for the twilight
bell of the Angeus ringing and the reunited
sisters 1nelt together to offer for the first time
their tribute of praise and thanksgiving to heavens
Queen.-Mary Agnes Finn in the Annals of Our
Lady of the Sacred Heart"