The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-05-29
DISILLUSI ONED.

ing? Dldnt you go to the dance last
night ?"
GO? Of course / went; had a
simply elegant time. too. I'm sorry
you were not there, grille"
I'm sorry you were there, Mar
garet. Isn't it cold this morning.
Bitter! / don't know how / got
myself out of bed. Mamma will give
me fits for getting up; she always
expects me to stay in bed half a day
after a dance. But thought / must
go to Mass anyway, even il did
have to miss my. First Friday Com,
munion, But wasn't the sky gorge
Gus, Eleanor? Crossing the bridge,
+ looked up the river, and there was
the faintest pink flush in. the east,
dashed with long. bright streaks, and
the ice was the prettiest lavender,
really lavender, reflected from the.
sky. And those pearly terraces and
icicles at the waterfall are just beau
tiful. Why don't we get UP early of
ten Eleanor, just to see the sunrise !?
It is so lovely
Dear Margaret" said her friend
tolerantly, you are beauty wor-
shipper. I was too cold to look right
or. left. / believe you would not hest
tate to spend your last nickel for a
hyacinth to feed your soul, even if
your body was starving"
y Il doubt that" rejoined the other,
laughing. my thoughts are apt to
soar no higher than the dinner table
when l am hungry. But l do love
beauty, =" she added solemnly, a visit
fulness in her eye, and, Eleanor,
last night it was simply divine the
lights. the holly and mistIetoe, the
green and white fuzzy decorations,
the sweetest music coming from. be
hind the palms her voice had be-
come 1neditative and the last waltz
my heart felt somehow as it never
did before, think think, Eleanor,
that heaven must be something like
last night = 49,. !, .'*
How foolish, Margaret, and not
very reverent, either! Perhaps some
who had no dificu1ty in getting cards
for last night won't find it so easy to
get a passport to heaven III
]. Judge not" warned Margaret
"EIoW do you know what any of those
people are at heart? Do you give no
credit at all to Protestants?"
.@i'''f was fibt thinking Of creed when
spoke replied Eleanor. you are
not the only Catholic who was there
last night. But you know as well as
do, Margaret, that the set you mingle
with lately has a more elastic code
than we are accustomed to, It's only
reasonable to fear that you cannot
long remain uncontaminated. And
think it very wrong of you to con-
tinue to encourage Mr.. Barnes"
YOU are SO narrow, Eleanor, SO
very narrow. Just because Philip
Barnes is not of your faith you con-
denim him" .
aa"My opposition to him is not solely
on the basis OF religion, Margaret,
although that should be reason
enough. You know as well as | do,
the evils of mixed marriages Even
if, he were "a Protestant it would not
be so bad; but he's a Dragging athe-
list! And, leaving the question Of re-
ligion out Of it altogether, he does
not compare with Dr. Daniels as a
man. = e y -.
ooh, do leave him out of the dis
cussion, please!p cried Margaret, al
most angriIy. 1"You will plead for DR..
Daniels! told you that should
never marry him, never told him
so, too; and when he answered that
if I ever changed my mind all have
to do is send for him, ! told DR.. Dan
fels that if ever | did humiliate myself
to the degree Of sending for him for
any purpose whatever, why, he could
take advantage of it and marry me;
but we both knew that | never would
do that, and never Wilt
Don't brag," warned Eleanor.
nNone Of us know what we may do
before we die. y 1850 X
swell, I'D die sooner than do that,
you may be sure, But about last
night, why, there was no harm In go.
| ing, Eleanor dear, had perfectly
dazzling time. 8 Everything in the
past is tame compared with the JOY
of last night"
Last night Last night" repeated
Eleanor, smiling induIgently into her
friends bright face. did anything
extraordinary or wonderful happen
last night, that it should make such
an impression upon your" There
was IA searching glance in Eleanor
| face. a
| Margaret blushed, and then looked
annoyei, as If displeased with her
self for doing SO.
s9"Well-I-iE+-" she stammered.
Never mind, DEAR soothed Ell
eanor. Il can't help having my sus
picionsg but-you never can tell
However, lets forget about your at
fairs fora moment i'm the interest Oh
my own I've chosen today to tel
you, because it is the first Friday that
we've both been SO faithful to. I've
decided to. enter the convent, and will
be leaving you in few weeks Al
Margaret. in her surprise, stood
stock still, while the wind blew 1her
hair and veil and skirts into all kinds
of tangless s.
Eleanor Burke." she exclaimed
1.eThe convent? So soon? Why
we're out Of school only couple ol
years II
Even So was Eleanor's calm
answer. why not2y