Hubert's Wife

d to find his wife still awake. "What a wonderful man that

s missionary, whose disturbed temper

unwonted an exclamation, and remai

have you seen him? haven't you sp

open upon the court; I

ourself, either," remar

ed about entering upon the conversation she had intende

o say something,"

" was his ungrac

o say," he said again, more ge

n thinking the same thing,"

He, too, had thought the same thing. But he pre

g? Why must you spe

ch more and better without me. I have

ing to do about it?"

with you? How strangely you ans

ella I am not myself

o she prudently resolved to defer her "som

e words of this Mr. Chase, a stray traveler, roaming through the world without aim or object, so far as known, had aroused this slumbering phantom of the past, and provoked, if not challenged, him anew. He recalled the story of Catholic missions that had read to him like a continuation of Apostolic labors; statistics, gathered altogether from Protestant sources, showed them to be overwhelmingly successful; the gift of miracles and the gifts of the Holy Ghost had descended upon them, and crowns of martyrdom numerous and shining. He had even thought with a thrill that had he never met Della it would be glorious

undertaking. At the same time he mentally insisted that in that foreign land life without his wife would be to him intolerable. It was truly distressing and discouraging that five years had passed by with but the most trifl

with them unto the end. The result was that he resisted the spirit, and allowed this second visitation to pass by, leaving him more self-determined than before. Therefore, with the dawn of day, he resolutely di

, Della renewed the subject, he w

o really wonderful as this gen

is necessarily attracted. The dress, altar, lights, bell, all have their part in alluring the curious. They think there must be some great mystery connected with so much paraphernalia. They are naturally willing to b

t advantage; that is the first and principal thing to get people together. By having something to win their curiosity, a great po

impressed upon their minds, does it not stand to reason they

. Would he not lend us more earnest attention if we illustrated our instruction by exhibiting to him an image of the Cross and the Crucified-in sh

o when we are living in the nineteenth century? Why

to instruct are beyond the reach of that admirable art. Letters have for them no meaning; bo

, beads, and all the et ceteras for satisfying and perpetuat

dicule and remained silen

he Eternal City, that is said to sit over the mouth of Il Inferno. You may kiss the toe of his Holiness, and humbly ask penance for

convert the heathen. It seems to me the true missionary of the Cross should not be above receiving pru

n; the native girls would do better, and improve. If you were to oversee that department, I think there would be a change greatly for the better. The truth is, I believe those women are afraid of being poisoned. They ought to give their time in the school. If they tried to make it interesting there would be a better attendanc

les away, the labors of the mission seemed easy of accomplishment, and t

ger bent in thankfulness over a little d

r Della," said P

er to God, Philip. May she do fo

spers. O, the dread that rushed through his heart! A ghastly pallor was spr

wildly, and ere he had time to c

soon as he could speak to the physician upon the opposi

answered the ph

ou saw the danger? How dared you not

lungs were a good deal affected, but her heart I think the immediate cause of her death. Otherwise, she was doing nicely, bravel

rn lady, and had brought with her a colored woman, at that time her slave. This person, Minerva by name, remained still an invaluable member of Dr. Adams' ho