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 Brother James's Library, No. 9. 
 
 H. McOBATH, PHH.ADELPHIA.
 
 ROSE AND THE LILY; 
 
 BY BROTHER JAMES. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA : 
 HENRY Me GRATH, 
 
 No. 733 MARKET STREET, 
 1864.
 
 MINI. 
 
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 ROSE AND THE LILY. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 LAURENCE MACMULLEN 
 was a hard-working and 
 industrious mechanic, 
 who had been left a 
 widower at the early age of 
 thirty, with two daughters, 
 who were twins, to support. 
 
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 6 THE ROSE 
 
 Unlike what twins are in 
 general, these little girls dif- 
 fered exceedingly in personal 
 appearance, and nearly as 
 much in disposition and cha- 
 racter. Aileen, the eldest, 
 was florid, robust, full of life, 
 spirit, and activity, whilst 
 May, the younger, was mild, 
 delicate, and retiring, without 
 being positively shy. Their 
 father was a master-carpenter 
 by trade, and, as his avoca- 
 tions required him to be a 
 great deal from home, he was
 
 AND THE LILY. 7 
 
 obliged to trust the guardian- 
 ship of his children to another, 
 who was partly a servant and 
 partly a friend. So far as pu- 
 rity of life and conduct went, 
 he could not have chosen a 
 better than Kitty Neill, in 
 whose character the only 
 drawbacks were, an easiness 
 of temper which suffered it- 
 self to be swayed by those 
 whom she loved, and a love 
 of story-telling and absurd 
 speculations regarding the fu- 
 ture, in which it is at all times
 
 8 THE EOSE 
 
 useless, and sometimes dan- 
 gerous, to engage. From an 
 early period, Kitty had dis- 
 tinguished the children com- 
 mitted to her charge by the 
 names of "the Rose" and " the 
 Lily," the former of which 
 designations was applied to 
 Aileen, the latter to May; 
 and as the Irish are a poetical 
 people, the applicability of 
 the ties thus foolishly con- 
 ferred remained with them, 
 since, in point of fact, the 
 elder girl not inaptly por-
 
 AND THE LILY. 9 
 
 trayed the blooming flower 
 whose name she bore, and the 
 younger, in the general deli- 
 cacy of her complexion, and 
 the quiet, timid, and retiring 
 nature of her disposition, 
 might, with equal justness, 
 be compared to the modest 
 and unobtrusive lily, that 
 loves the shade. Although 
 Kitty loved them both, still 
 she was proud of Aileen $nd 
 as the little girl's tempera- 
 ment was more high-spirited 
 and resolute than that of her
 
 10 THE ROSE 
 
 sister, she gradually estab- 
 lished a sway over her nurse 
 which the latter could not 
 shake off, antf. thus it hap- 
 pened that minor faults were 
 overlooked, and minor short- 
 comings made light of, until, 
 at last, Aileen submitted with 
 the worst possible grace to be 
 questioned or censured at all. 
 She was occasionally hasty, 
 sharp, and shori>tempered, 
 and during her fits of passion 
 she said and did things which, 
 if not completely indefensible,
 
 AND THE LILY. 11 
 
 were often the source of much 
 annoyance to the objects of 
 them, and of much sorrow to 
 herself when her better sense 
 returned and showed her how 
 unreasonable she had been. 
 May, on the other hand, was 
 much more easily dealt with; 
 she had always the soft 
 answer ready which "turns 
 away wrath," and was infi- 
 nitely more inclined to make 
 excuses for others than to re- 
 quire them for herself. In 
 their education, too, the same
 
 12 THE ROSE 
 
 difference prevailed : they 
 went to a day-school kept by 
 Miss Moriarty, a maiden lady 
 of advanced years, and whose 
 only foible was an ardent de- 
 sire to be considered much 
 younger than she really was. 
 Her disposition was excellent, 
 and her information tolerably 
 extensive ; but she had once 
 been handsome, and her father 
 had once been rich, and now 
 that in the decline of life she 
 had lost both beauty and 
 wealth, unfortunately for her-
 
 AND THE LILY. 13 
 
 self, the recollections connect- 
 ed with them remained, and 
 made her discontented with 
 her present lot, which, after 
 all, was a comfortable one, 
 and led her often very injudi- 
 ciously to talk of her "down- 
 fall" before the more favoured 
 of her scholars, in a repining 
 and discontented tone, which 
 sometimes made her the pity, 
 and quite as often the ridi- 
 cule, of the younger girls, 
 who well knew how to depre- 
 cate her anger, and insure
 
 14 THE KOSB 
 
 her good will, by dosing her 
 with flattery, or listening with 
 complacency to the details of 
 "the conquests" which she 
 had made in early life, and 
 the "splendour" in which her 
 father, " the Captain," used to 
 live. She never intended to 
 do harm by such idle stories ; 
 but, nevertheless, they pro- 
 duced evil effects in more ways 
 than one, by idling the time" 
 of her scholars, by distracting 
 their young minds into useless 
 and unprofitable channels of
 
 AND THE LILY. 15 
 
 thought, and by rendering 
 them in some degree hypo- 
 crites, inasmuch as, against 
 their convictions and feelings, 
 they felt that they must sym- 
 pathize with her, or lose her 
 good will. Unfortunately for 
 Aileen MacMullen, this ami- 
 able but eccentric preceptress 
 early distinguished her in a 
 particular manner by her re- 
 gard; and as the little girl 
 found it easier to flatter her 
 mistress than to learn her 
 tasks, she did the former, and
 
 16 THE ROrfE 
 
 left the latter much more 
 to chance than she ought to 
 have done. Among her school- 
 fellows, also, her decision of 
 manner and impatience of all 
 control produced their effects, 
 and led her to obtain as great 
 an influence over them as 
 they did over every one else. 
 These weaknesses of charac- 
 ter for as yet they were no 
 more might have been easily- 
 cured or prevented, but there 
 was no firm hand to eradicate 
 the tares, and so she went on,
 
 AND THE LILY. 17 
 
 praised by her schoolmistress, 
 flattered by her nurse, and 
 neglected by her father, who 
 loved her dearly, but was too 
 busily engaged to give her 
 that needful superintendence 
 which was particularly neces- 
 sary to check the bad conse- 
 quences of the evil training 
 which she every day received. 
 She had one true and real 
 friend and adviser in her sis- 
 ter May, who, although the 
 younger of the two, saw the 
 defects in her character, and
 
 18 THE ROSE 
 
 would have checked them if 
 she could. May often pointed 
 out to her the danger of grow- 
 ing up in ignorance, and the 
 still greater danger of listen- 
 ing to the idle adulations of 
 those who called her pretty 
 and clever, but who seldom 
 added the epithet "good" to 
 the list. She willingly assisted 
 her in getting her tasks, but 
 never failed to admonish her 
 that, although Miss Moriarty 
 might overlook her backward- 
 ness, the world would not do
 
 AND THE LILY. 19 
 
 so hereafter; and although 
 Kitty might tolerate her way- 
 wardness of temper, she would, 
 at a future day, meet with 
 those who would he more 
 mindful of her faults. For 
 these remonstrances, however, 
 Aileen had always a ready 
 answer. 
 
 " I am not afraid of the 
 world," she said, "nor of those 
 I am likely to meet with in it. 
 I cannot help my natural cha- 
 racter, or heing what I sup- 
 pose I was intended to be. I
 
 20 THE ROSE 
 
 do not wish to do wrong, and 
 if others think much of me, 
 I cannot help that, either: 
 how could I ? My father is 
 satisfied with me, so is Miss 
 Moriarty, so is Kitty ; I can't 
 be so bad as y<ni make me out, 
 therefore ; and when I am, I 
 shall feel it, and stop short." 
 
 "Are you quite sure that 
 you can do so, dearest Aileen?" 
 said May; "and even if you 
 do, is there no danger that 
 your good resolutions may not 
 be too late ?" '
 
 AND THE LILY. 21 
 
 "It is never too late to 
 mend, you know/' said "the 
 Rose," laughing ; " so just 
 work this weary sum for me, 
 and say no more." 
 
 " I will work the sum for 
 you, with pleasure," was play's 
 reply ; " but you are wrong 
 to ask me to do so, rather 
 than to do it yourself. If I 
 had been as as careless as 
 you have been, I could not 
 now assist you; but you will 
 not always be sure of an as- 
 sistant, dear Aileen, and there-
 
 22 THE ROSE 
 
 fore ought to struggle hard 
 against the spirit that tempts 
 you to neglect whaj you ought 
 to remember, and to remem- 
 ber only what you ought to 
 forget." 
 
 "You are always wiser than 
 your elders," was the petulant 
 reply ; " and I tell you now. 
 as I often told you before, 
 that I would be much obliged 
 by your keeping your good 
 advice to yourself. You fancy 
 yourself remarkably clever, 
 because I ask you to help
 
 AND THE LILY. 23 
 
 me to do what I could do 
 myself in half an hour, if I 
 only chose to set my mind to 
 it ; and I will do it, too, 
 some time or other ; and then 
 we shall see who will get best 
 through the world, you, with 
 your sleek ways and snail's 
 pace, or I, with my idleness 
 and bad temper, as you call it." 
 
 "Indeed, you wrong me, 
 Aileen," said poor May, with 
 tears in her eyes; "I only 
 meant to say " 
 
 "You only meant to say
 
 24 THE ROSE 
 
 what you did say, I suppose," 
 interrupted the spoiled girl. 
 "You only meant to say to 
 me what no one but yourself 
 ever ventures to say, and 
 what nobody shall say with 
 impunity, either, without 
 hearing of it. There ! don't 
 mind the sum at all ; I can get 
 Bessy Crosby or Mary Dooley 
 to do it, and thank me for 
 asking; or Miss Moriarty won't 
 mind it ; for I can wind her 
 round my finger, as often as I 
 like, by asking her to tell me
 
 AND THE LILY. 25 
 
 about her father, the Cap- 
 tain " 
 
 "Hush, sister! hush!" in- 
 terrupted May, in her turn ; 
 " don't let any one hear you 
 speak that way; for I am 
 sure you do not mean it. If 
 you require help, I am always 
 ready to give it so far as I 
 can ; and if Miss Moriarty 
 sometimes speaks of her fa- 
 ther, we ought to remember 
 that she has suffered much, 
 and that " 
 
 "You are a good creature,
 
 26 THE ROSE 
 
 May," once more interrupted 
 Aileen, throwing her arm 
 round her sister's neck, and 
 kissing her; " and though you 
 scold me oftener than all of 
 them put together, I believe 
 you are dearer to me than 
 any." 
 
 And so it was, and so it 
 ever will be. Pleasant friends 
 and acquaintances, who over- 
 look our faults or encourage 
 our errors, are not the land- 
 marks to which the true spirit 
 clings, or the heart turns in
 
 AND THE LILY. 27 
 
 its moments of trouble, or even 
 of calmer thought. When we 
 look back on life, our softer 
 and better memories remem- 
 ber with gratitude and respect 
 not those who indulged, but 
 those who restrained us, 
 those who prayed that we 
 might avoid temptation, ra- 
 ther than those who led us 
 into it themselves, those, in 
 fine, who taught us that life 
 is short and eternity long, 
 rather than such as by their 
 precepts or example endea-
 
 28 THE ROSE 
 
 voured to make us forget that 
 we hold our fate in our own 
 hands, and that although 
 free will is given us, it is not 
 to pervert its uses or abuse 
 the liberty graciously vouch- 
 safed to us by a good God ? in 
 order to become the instru- 
 ments and agents of His 
 direst foe. 
 
 For some years, and while 
 they continued to be mere 
 children, things went smooth- 
 ly and pleasantly enough with 
 *the Kose." She ha,d a ready
 
 AND THE LILY. 29 ' 
 
 wit, a pretty face, and too in- 
 dulgent friends, and she was 
 thus enabled to gloss over her 
 ignorance, while her faults 
 were forgiven or forgotten by 
 those who could have con- 
 quered them, but did not, 
 until they became so deeply 
 imbedded as to make those 
 tremble for her future who 
 were really interested in her 
 fate. The world had pros- 
 pered with her father, too; 
 and as he was now beginning 
 to accumulate wealth, lived
 
 30 THE ROSE 
 
 in a larger house, and formed 
 new acquaintances and friends, 
 of a rank superior to his old, 
 his eldest daughter's foibles 
 became more and more mani- 
 fest every day, and she became 
 more confirmed in her disin- 
 clination to submit to any 
 check but that of her own 
 will. Neither was her choice 
 of companions what it ought 
 to have been: the vain, the 
 frivolous, the extravagant, 
 and the sycophantic, were 
 those whom she most encour-
 
 AND THE LILY. 31 
 
 aged and consorted with; and, 
 although Kitty sometimes ven- 
 tured to counsel her, the ad- 
 vice of so feeble an advocate 
 was disregarded, whilst May's 
 more serious entreaties were 
 treated sometimes with anger, 
 and always with contempt. 
 She had now in some degree 
 outgrown Miss Moriarty's tui- 
 tion ; or, at least, she had ex- 
 pressed to her, father a wish 
 to give up going to school; 
 and, as he called her "his 
 little housekeeper," and had a
 
 32 THE ROSE 
 
 notion that women required 
 little learning, he indulged 
 her in that, as he did in every 
 thing else, and was quite con- 
 tent to see her pleased and 
 happy, without inquiring, as 
 he ought to have done, whe- 
 ther she deserved to be so. 
 Indeed, even if he had done 
 so, he would have found it 
 difficult to arrive at the truth ; 
 Kitty Neill was both too fond 
 of and too much under the con- 
 trol, of her imperious "Rose" 
 to speak a syllable in her
 
 AND THE LILY. 33 
 
 dispraise; and the humbler 
 "Lily" was never questioned, 
 and would never have thought 
 of annoying her father's mind 
 by telling him of faults which 
 she was sanguine enough to 
 hope would be rectified by time 
 and thought. Besides, May 
 did not by any means know 
 the entire extent of her sis- 
 ter's folly, or how far her love 
 of pleasure and admiration 
 led her. She was aware that 
 Aileen gained credit for many 
 things to which she never ap-
 
 34 THE ROSE 
 
 plied her mind or put her 
 hand, and that the good 
 " housekeeping," of which her 
 father was so. proud, owed 
 its perfection to herself; she 
 knew also that during her 
 father's absence her sister was 
 easily enticed away, to walk, 
 to visit, or to shop, by com- 
 panions like herself, who 
 found home irksome, and who 
 thought every occupation un- 
 welcome, save such as had 
 pleasure and idleness for its 
 end and aim ; but she did not
 
 AND THE LILY. 35 
 
 know that Aileen had been 
 reduced to mean and un- 
 worthy shifts in order to sus- 
 tain her in her extravagance. 
 Thus, her father gave into 
 her charge a certain sum per 
 month for the purpose of 
 "keeping the house/' as it is 
 called; and, although it was 
 amply sufficient for such pur- 
 pose, she did not use it as it 
 ought to have been used, in 
 paying the house-bills regu- 
 larly, but thoughtlessly squan- 
 dered portions of it in the
 
 36 THE ROSE 
 
 purchase of trinkets, ribands, 
 and unnecessary dress, un- 
 known to her father, leaving 
 the butcher, the baker, the 
 dairyman, and green-grocer 
 unpaid, at least, in part, 
 and condescending to tell lies, 
 and implicate her father's 
 credit and character, by say- 
 ing that it was his want of 
 money, and not her want of 
 principle, which created the 
 delay. No doubt, she always 
 intended to pay those bills, 
 but still each month brought
 
 AND THE LILY. 37 
 
 its own temptations and its 
 own demands, and, like all 
 tkose who outrun their means, 
 she felt that what looked pos- 
 sible enough when considered 
 at a distance became quite 
 impossible when it had in 
 reality to be met. 
 
 Meantime, the modest and 
 unobtrusive "Lily" grew and 
 strengthened in body and 
 mind. May mourned over her 
 sister's infatuation, and her 
 father's blindness to it; but 
 sincerely loving Aileen, as she
 
 38 THE ROSE 
 
 did, she could not find in her 
 heart either to denounce her 
 openly, or even to dare her 
 anger for the sake of her soul. 
 In private she mourned with 
 Kitty over the altered habits 
 and more serious weaknesses of 
 "the Rose;" but when in her 
 presence, she was silent, partly 
 through affection, and partly 
 through fear ; and when spo- 
 ken to about her by others, 
 she defended her, in the hope, 
 that she would appreciate her
 
 AND TEE LILY. 39 
 
 feelings when reason returned 
 hereafter. 
 
 But, thoughtless as she was, 
 she was soon to be awakened 
 from dreams of indolence and 
 pleasure to a sad and dark 
 reality, for which she was 
 altogether unprepared. In. 
 superintending the roof of a 
 new building which he had 
 been engaged to construct, a 
 part of it, on which he stood, 
 suddenly gave way, and Lau- 
 rence MacMullen was carried 
 home to his orphan daughters,
 
 40 THE ROSE 
 
 a corpse. At first the poor 
 girls could hardly compre- 
 hend the extent of their mis- 
 fortune, and Aileen still less 
 than May; they both loved 
 their father, although in a 
 different degree, Aileen be- 
 cause he indulged her, and 
 May because she felt that he 
 was entitled to her dutiful 
 respect; and now to be thus 
 terribly and instantaneously 
 deprived of his protection, 
 rendered them powerless to 
 act, to think, to feel, or, for
 
 AND THE LILY. 41 
 
 the present, to do any thing 
 but weep. In their sudden 
 bereavement, however, they 
 were not without friends to 
 act for them, to whom his 
 memory was dear; and dur- 
 ing the subsequent scenes of 
 sorrow, more than one kind 
 hand was stretched forth to 
 assist them and save them 
 trouble. But, by-and-by, this 
 good-natured excitement sub- 
 sided; their parent was bu- 
 ried, and the question now 
 to be seriously considered and
 
 42 THE ROSE 
 
 debated was, "How were they 
 to live?" Although MacMul- 
 ien was beginning to thrive, 
 still he had not had tune to 
 accumulate much, and, taken 
 away suddenly as lie had been, 
 with work unfinished, con* 
 tracts unfulfilled, and debts 
 unsettled, it was difficult to 
 settle his affairs, or, in effect, 
 to arrive at a correct know- 
 ledge of how he stood with 
 the world at all. Had the 
 matter rested altogether with 
 Aileen, it would have been a
 
 AND THE LILY. 43 
 
 hopeless business indeed; but 
 with May it was otherwise. 
 In his hurried moments, her 
 father had often employed 
 her to look over accounts, 
 and sometimes to post his 
 books, tot his memoranda, 
 and arrange his papers; and 
 now, when his executor and 
 friend, David O'Reilly, de- 
 manded to see and overlook 
 his accounts, she was able to 
 give him great assistance, and 
 not only that, but to point 
 out to him the easiest and
 
 44 THE ROSE 
 
 best mode of adjustment for 
 all. But, when all was done, 
 the sum total was far, very 
 far under what the sanguine 
 "Rose" had anticipated it 
 would be. Barely a hundred 
 pounds remained after the 
 payment of all just debts, 
 and of this nearly ten had 
 to go to liquidate the private 
 claims which milliners, per- 
 fumers, and others, brought 
 against the giddy and incon- 
 siderate girl who was thus 
 hurled from comparative afflu-
 
 AND THE LILY. 45 
 
 ence and compelled to con- 
 sider how henceforth she was 
 to earn her own bread. Still, 
 however, she trusted that 
 those who had so often court- 
 ed her acquaintance and ap- 
 peared to delight in her so- 
 ciety would not desert her 
 now, and that, one way or 
 other, they would invite her 
 to their homes, and provide 
 for her wants ; but her expe- 
 rience of life was small in- 
 deed, or it would have told 
 her that those who court us
 
 46 THE ROSE 
 
 for what we have to give, are 
 not likely to inconvenience 
 themselves when we can give 
 no more, and that as rats 
 desert a falling house, and 
 swallows wing their way to 
 warmer regions when winter 
 approaches, so do the com- 
 panions of the idle desert the 
 idle, and so do the bonds of 
 good-fellowship which linked 
 them together dissolve, at the 
 first frosts of misfortune or 
 sorrow. 
 
 At length the time came 

 
 AND THE LILY. 47 
 
 when some thing must be done, 
 and as Aileen still loitered on 
 in the hope that something or 
 other (she did not know what) 
 might "turn up" in her fa- 
 vour, on May devolved the 
 unpleasant task of awaken- 
 ing her from her visions and 
 bringing her back to the world 
 of reality which stared them 
 in the face. She chose her 
 time, of an evening when her 
 sister had been out almost all 
 day visiting, and when she 
 had bitterly complained of
 
 48 THE ROSE 
 
 the slights she had met from 
 those who once received and 
 treated her in a very different 
 fashion. - 
 
 "I am glad you have spo- 
 ken on the subject, Aileen," 
 said May, "because it will 
 show you how idle are the 
 expectations you entertained 
 of being received and pro- 
 vided for by those who have 
 so treated you, and that it 
 would be better at once to 
 give up such vain hopes and 
 endeavour to provide for your*
 
 AND THE LILY. 49 
 
 self, as I mean immediately 
 to do. Our father has been 
 dead three months, and the 
 means in our hands cannot 
 last forever : had I been able 
 to arrange his affairs in less 
 time, I would both have 
 looked out for a situation 
 myself, and advised you to 
 do so before, and, as it is, I 
 think the sooner we set about 
 it the better. God always 
 assists those who are willing 
 to assist themselves, and, poor 
 and unprotected as we are at
 
 50 THE ROSE 
 
 present, He can and will raise 
 us up friends and better pros- 
 pects, if we onfy pray for a 
 continuance of His grace and 
 walk by the light of His 
 divine law." 
 
 " But what can I do, May?" 
 asked "the Rose," in a sub- 
 dued and startled tone. 
 
 " As to myself," continued 
 May, calmly, "I am better 
 qualified to face the world 
 than you are, Aileen, and 
 therefore I am more anxious 
 to provide for you than for
 
 AND THE LILY. 51 
 
 myself. I intend to advertise 
 for a situation as governess in 
 a Catholic family, as I think 
 I am quite competent to edu- 
 cate the junior branches, at 
 all events : I am afraid, how- 
 ever, that you could not ven- 
 ture to undertake so much, 
 and therefore I do not advise 
 you to try. It may be that 
 some of our well-wishers may 
 hear of a situation which 
 would suit you, as companion 
 to a lady, as I hear that such 
 are occasionally required by
 
 52 THE ROSE 
 
 persons of delicate health 
 who cannot be left alone. If 
 you think that such a situa- 
 tion would suit you, the sooner 
 we set about looking for it 
 the better. Dean Kennedy 
 met me only yesterday, and 
 asked me what we purposed 
 to do for the future; and as he 
 suggested to me the plan I 
 have mentioned for you, and 
 desired me to ask you about 
 it, it is possible he may have 
 something of the kind in view. 
 He told me he would call this
 
 AXD THE LILY. 53 
 
 evening to speak to us both: 
 so that it would be wise to. 
 be prepared with an answer, 
 as he likes a plain one." 
 
 In about half an hour, and 
 while they were yet debating 
 about their affairs and pros- 
 pects, a knock at the door 
 announced a visitor, and Dean 
 Kennedy was ushered in. He 
 was a tall, stout, dignified, 
 and good-humoured looking 
 ecclesiastic, and, in reality, 
 was one of the most benevo- 
 lent and kindly-hearted men
 
 54 THE HOSE 
 
 that ever lived. He extended 
 a hand to each of the girls, 
 and gave them his blessing 
 as he did so: he then sat 
 down, and addressed them in 
 his good-natured way. 
 
 "I come as the harbinger 
 of good tidings to you both," 
 he said, "as I have succeeded 
 in obtaining a situation for 
 each, such as I think will 
 answer you for the present, 
 and lead to better things here- 
 after. For you, May, I have 
 done more than I have been
 
 AND THE LILY. 55 
 
 able to accomplish for your 
 sister, because you are better 
 prepared. Lady O'Donnell 
 has consented to take you 
 as governess to her younger 
 daughters, and as Sir Francis, 
 her husband, keeps a splendi(J 
 establishment, and has a large 
 connection, I look upon your 
 lot as a particularly fortunate 
 one. You are very young, to 
 be sure, for so responsible a 
 position, but I judge of you 
 by your acts, and not by your 
 age, and I have no fears for
 
 56 THE ROSE 
 
 your future, since you have 
 so well performed your part 
 in the past. As to you, my 
 poor child," he continued, ad- 
 dressing Aileen, with a graver 
 air, "I regret to say that I 
 have not been quite so suc- 
 cessful. Your sister's supe- 
 rior information, and greater 
 attention to her education, 
 give her advantages which, 
 unfortunately, you do not pos- 
 sess. There are two or three 
 families in which I could have 
 placed you in the same posi-
 
 AND THE LILY. 57 
 
 tion as that in which May 
 will be introduced to, but, of 
 course, as you have not the 
 necessary training or informa- 
 tion, both for your sake and 
 my own, I could not recom- 
 mend you; failing in that, 
 however, I have done what I 
 hope will be advantageous to 
 you, in procuring for you the 
 situation of companion to Mrs. 
 Fitzgerald, an old and delicate 
 lady, who, although a little 
 eccentric in habit and man- 
 ner (but we cannot have
 
 58 THE ROSE 
 
 every thing we wish, you 
 know), is in the main very 
 amiable, kindly, and well dis- 
 posed. She requires a young 
 person to read to and be con- 
 stantly about her, and al- 
 though this will include a 
 good deal of confinement and 
 some privation, still, as you 
 have not fitted yourself to 
 accept any thing higher, it, 
 will, I hope, be acceptable 
 to you, and may serve as 
 an introduction to something 
 pleasanter, and more aclvan-
 
 AND THE LILY. 59 
 
 tageous, at a future day, for 
 which, in the mean time, you 
 may be preparing yourself, as 
 I trust you will do. The 
 salary will be small, but pro- 
 gressive, and, at all events, as 
 you are not qualified to ac- 
 cept a more responsible situa- 
 tion, you must endeavour to 
 be content with it." 
 
 At this announcement the 
 misguided "Rose" felt in her 
 inmost heart how little the 
 ambition and love of pleasure 
 and pleasant companions had
 
 60 THE ROSE 
 
 done for her, and how much 
 wiser her sister had been in 
 quietly remaining at home, 
 assisting her father and im- 
 proving her own mind. But, 
 as yet, the true spirit had not 
 visited her, and she felt only 
 annoyance and mortification 
 at the superior advantages 
 offered to May, and, if she 
 dared, would have rejected 
 the situation 'offered to her- 
 self with disdain. But Dean 
 Kennedy was not a man to 
 be trifled with, and as he had
 
 AND THE LILY. 61 
 
 always evinced an interest in 
 their welfare, and had now 
 evidently taken some trouble 
 on their account, she had no 
 reasonable excuse for refusing 
 what he proposed, more es- 
 pecially as she was perfectly 
 conscious that however much 
 she might desire a higher po- 
 sition, still that it was her 
 own deficiency which forbade 
 her to aspire to it, or him to 
 obtain it for her. It was a 
 lesson of life, however, which 
 was not lost upon her, young
 
 62 THE ROSE AND THE LILY. 
 
 and thoughtless as she was, 
 for in her own mind she 
 silently determined to turn 
 over a new leaf, and hereafter 
 to turn her time to a better 
 account than she had hitherto 
 done. 
 
 In a few days, every thing 
 was arranged, and for the first 
 time in their lives the sisters 
 were parted, and poor Kitty 
 Neill, to her great grief, 
 obliged to seek another home.
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 )ADY O'DONNELL'S recep- 
 tion of May MacMullen 
 was both courteous and 
 kind. 
 
 "I have heard the history 
 of your life," she said, "from 
 our mutual friend the Dean, 
 and such is his high opinion 
 of you, that I am not only 
 willing to engage you, but 
 happy in having an opportu- 
 
 63
 
 64 THE ROSE 
 
 nity of receiving you into my 
 family also. These young 
 ladies are to be your pupils : 
 their names are Emily, Jane, 
 and Elizabeth, and I trust you 
 will find them as docile and 
 amenable as it is their duty 
 to be towards one whose 
 efforts are for their good, and 
 whose example ought to be 
 an inducement to them to do 
 their best in order to excel." 
 
 Thus kindly received and 
 treated, May at once entered 
 upon her new vocation with
 
 AND THE LILY. 65 
 
 her accustomed earnestness 
 and zeal. It was now she 
 found that "the rewards of 
 labour are always sweet," as 
 she was enabled, without diffi- 
 culty or trouble to herself, to 
 convey to her pupils the in- 
 formation of which her own 
 mind was full, and which she 
 had taken pains to accumu- 
 late in the very best way. 
 Indeed, before three months 
 had passed away, the value 
 of her system was seen, and, 
 while the parents of her pu-
 
 66 THE ROSE 
 
 pils were astonished at their 
 progress, the young people 
 themselves gratefully acknow- 
 ledged that it was to their 
 governess the merit was due, 
 for, as Emily, the youngest, 
 said to her mamma, "it was 
 impossible not to understand 
 what Miss MacMullen meant, 
 she had such a plain way of 
 saying and doing things, and 
 took such pains to explain 
 all that was necessary in the 
 shortest and best manner." 
 As a resident, too, May gave
 
 ANB THE LILY. 67 
 
 equal satisfaction to those 
 under whose roof she was, 
 and to all connected with 
 them; quiet, humble, and 
 considerate in disposition and 
 manner, she was attentive 
 without being intrusive, and 
 courteous without servility; 
 accustomed to wait on herself, 
 she gave no trouble to ser- 
 vants, but on the contrary, 
 when visitors were in the 
 house, or company expected, 
 she placed herself at the ser- 
 vice of any one who required
 
 68 THE ROSE 
 
 assistance, and often made 
 herself so generally useful 
 that at length Lady O'Don- 
 nell learned to look upon her 
 as a confidential friend, rather 
 than any thing else, and 
 treated her as such, not alone 
 in private, but even in pub- 
 lic and when surrounded by 
 friends and associates of the 
 hfghest rank. Neither did 
 any one who knew her envy 
 her this distinction, for every 
 one was aware that she de- 
 served it, and only used the
 
 AtfD THE LILY. 69 
 
 favour she enjoyed in order 
 to benefit others rather than 
 herself. A more unostenta- 
 tiously charitable pair did not 
 exist than Sir Francis O'Don- 
 nell and his lady, and, as 
 their almoner, the gentle May 
 was often despatched on mis- 
 sions of mercy, to shed balm* 
 on wounded and weary hearts, 
 and her aid was often re- 
 quired in order to find out 
 deserving objects as well as 
 to relieve them. In point of 
 fact, her father's death, so far
 
 70 THE ROSE 
 
 from being an injury or mis- 
 fortune to her, had been 
 altogether otherwise ; but this 
 was attributable to herself, 
 to her own admirable good 
 sense, which had made her 
 not only see the right path, 
 but stick to it, even at a time 
 when the world looked pros- 
 perous and no one could have 
 anticipated that she would 
 have been so suddenly de- 
 prived of her protector and 
 thrown on her own resources
 
 AND THE LILY. 71 
 
 for a means of earning her 
 bread. 
 
 Having thus far accompa^ 
 nied "the Lily" on her plea 
 sant path, we will now turn to 
 "the Kose," whose career was 
 by no means so unruffled. 
 Mrs. Fitzgerald, the lady with 
 whom she was to live, was 
 somewhat of a malade imagi- 
 naire; that is, one who sup- 
 posed herself the victim of 
 diseases, from which, except 
 in imagination, she was totally 
 free, but the fear of which,
 
 72 THE ROSE 
 
 nevertheless, tormented not 
 only herself, but every one 
 about her. She required con- 
 stant attendance, and per- 
 petual sympathy; expected to 
 find every thing ready for her 
 the moment she asked for it; 
 and thought far too much of 
 her own requirements to spare 
 the labour or time of those 
 who served her. She lived 
 in an atmosphere of medicine, 
 and was constantly hurrying 
 from one doctor to another 
 when any new symptom pre-
 
 AND THE LILY. 73 
 
 sented itself, or trying new 
 nostrums recommended in ad- 
 vertisements as infallible cures 
 for every disease, but which 
 she always said, with a sigh, 
 "never did her the least good." 
 Always weak and nervous, she 
 was perpetually "strengthen- 
 ing herself" with stimulating 
 food and wine, which inter- 
 fered with her digestion, and i 
 made her still worse than she 
 was before ; and, indolent by 
 nature and habit, she lingered 
 in bed until noon, took hardly
 
 74 THE ROSE 
 
 any exercise during the day, 
 and then wondered that she 
 could not sleep, and required 
 the presence of some one in 
 her room always to a late 
 hour, to listen to her com- 
 plaints, give her the medi- 
 cine to which she continually 
 resorted, and endeavour to 
 amuse or console her, as the 
 .case might be. It was to this 
 lady Aileen MacMullen was 
 introduced by the benevolent 
 Dean, who met the captious 
 inquiries and remarks of the
 
 ANI> THE LILY. 75 
 
 nervous lady in a very cheer- 
 ful, off-handed, and satisfac- 
 tory way, although "the Rose" 
 trembled at the idea of all 
 that was expected of her by 
 one who seemed to have no 
 consideration for any human 
 being but herself. 
 
 "She is very young, my 
 dear Dean Kennedy," said 
 Mrs. Fitzgerald, on first seeing 
 her, "and not very strong- 
 looking, either : now, I remark 
 that very young girls are apt 
 to foil asleep just when I am
 
 76 THE ROSE 
 
 at the worst and most want 
 them to keep awake; and 
 then, if they are not strong, 
 they begin to complain of 
 sickness, and that upsets 
 me dreadfully, shatters my 
 nerves, in fact, and makes me 
 uncomfortable for days and 
 days after. What is her name, 
 you say?" 
 
 "Aileen MacMullen." 
 
 "Absurd ! Aileen ! how 
 
 could I ever remember such 
 
 an out-of-the-way name as 
 
 that ? But no matter ; I can
 
 AND THE LILY. 77 
 
 call her Ally, short, and that 
 will answer. Can you read 
 well, Ally?" 
 
 Aileen answered that she 
 could. 
 
 "I am afraid you are very 
 fond of dress, and I don't like 
 any one about me that is," 
 continued the lady, looking 
 at her; "it takes up so much 
 time, and I am always so 
 poorly that I can't bear to be 
 left alone ; besides, I particu- 
 larly require humility, and I 
 detest vanity. I hope you
 
 78 THE ROSE 
 
 know how to give medicine 
 without making mistakes?" 
 
 Aileen answered, that she 
 would do her best. 
 
 " Yes, but you must be sure 
 of it; don't give yourself that 
 undecided way of speaking, 
 because it looks as if you 
 were afraid of doing right, 
 and so I might be poisoned, 
 you know. I hope her tem- 
 per is good, Mr. Dean !" 
 
 The Dean smiled, and said 
 he hoped so too. 
 
 "I am very particular in
 
 AND THE LILY. 79 
 
 the article of temper, Ally," 
 she went on, addressing the 
 poor humbled "Bose;" "very 
 particular,- indeed; my last 
 serious attack of congestion 
 was brought on by the ill- 
 temper of a young person who 
 attended me, and I might 
 say that the whole of my ill* 
 ness has been produced by 
 some such trials, for which 
 I never give any reasonable 
 cause, so that if you cannot 
 depend on your own temper, 
 I had rather you would not
 
 80 THE ROSE 
 
 engage with me at all. I 
 suppose you know how to 
 make jellies and custards : I 
 am fond of them, and the 
 doctors say they are good for 
 me ; and sometimes, I dare 
 say, I would prefer your 
 making them to having them 
 cooked in the kitchen; he- 
 sides, a young person who 
 has to earn her bread ought 
 to learn every thing, and 
 never be above putting her 
 hand to any thing. I should 
 like you to wear caps, too, or,
 
 AND THE LILY. 81 
 
 at all events, not to have so 
 many curls and things hang- 
 ing about your shoulders ; in- 
 deed, I wonder your own good 
 sense wouldn't tell you how 
 unbecoming and improper 
 they are ; but, by-and-by, we 
 can correct all that ; and now 
 you may go down-stairs for a 
 little, and take off your bon- 
 net and shawl, as I shall want 
 you to give me two table- 
 spoonfuls of my restorative car- 
 diac-antispasmodic mixture al- 
 most immediately, and if I 
 
 6
 
 82 THE ROSE 
 
 don't take it at the regular 
 period, I cannot take my tonic 
 syrup and antiflatulent pills 
 in due course." 
 
 From the glimpse we have 
 thought it necessary to give 
 the reader of Aileen's new 
 employer, it will at once be 
 seen that her situation did 
 not promise to be a sinecure, 
 and a week's trial proved to 
 her that it was even more 
 difficult and troublesome than 
 she feared it could be. Her 
 eccentric mistress had a thou-
 
 AND THE LILY. 83 
 
 sand oddities, some one of 
 which was sure to turn up at 
 the most untoward times and 
 in the most extraordinary 
 way. At daylight she would 
 frequently call for coffee, or 
 soup, or wine and water, or 
 send for a physician, and keep 
 every one doing something or 
 other about her until he came. 
 Then, there were medicines 
 to be given, and lotions to be 
 applied, and symptoms to be 
 watched for or anticipated, 
 and when ease had been pro-
 
 84 THE ROSE 
 
 cured, she must be soothed, 
 and read to, and consoled, 
 and sometimes even sung to, 
 when her spirits were" particu- 
 larly low. A single word utter- 
 ed above the breath was sure 
 to bring on what she called 
 "a paroxysm," during which 
 she alternately scolded, wept, 
 and remonstrated, as if she 
 were pleading for her life, or 
 threatening a criminal with 
 vengeance for attempting to 
 take it. To sum up all, too, 
 she was by no means generous
 
 AND TUB LILY. 85 
 
 to any one but herself, and, 
 although her own dietary was 
 of the most costly and luxu- 
 rious kind, she thought that 
 the humblest and most meagre 
 fare ought to suffice those to 
 whom she gave so much trou- 
 ble, and from whom she ex- 
 pected so much. 
 
 Completely opposed as all 
 this was to Aileen MacMul- 
 len's former habits and mode 
 of life, she found it at first 
 almost intolerable, and she 
 would have given it up in
 
 86 THE -ROSE 
 
 disgust, had she not been for- 
 tified by the admonitions of 
 the good Dean, who conjured 
 her to receive her present 
 sufferings as a penance for her 
 former fbrgetfulness, and to 
 endeavour to bear with them 
 for a time, in order to pre- 
 pare her for better things 
 hereafter ; she was also con- 
 soled and encouraged to per- 
 severe by the affectionate let- 
 ters of, and meetings with, 
 May, who wrote to .her fre- 
 quently, and saw her once,
 
 AND THE LILY. 87 
 
 and frequently twice, a week. 
 The considerate "Lily" did 
 not annoy her by contrasting 
 their lots in life, but rather 
 endeavoured to inspirit her to 
 bear the annoyances she was 
 now meeting with fortitude, 
 and at every leisure moment 
 to attend to those studies 
 which might serve to raise 
 her out of them, if she per- 
 severed as she ought. For- 
 tunately, too, those reasonable 
 and seasonable arguments, 
 coming as they did from those
 
 88 "THE ROSE 
 
 * 
 
 whom she well knew to be 
 full of interest and affection 
 for her, fell on a spirit softened 
 rather than hardened by what 
 she was now obliged to bear, 
 and made her listen to them 
 respectfully, and treasure them 
 as her best guides for a course 
 to be adopted for the future. 
 Heretofore, and when pros- 
 perity and pleasure surround- 
 ed her, she had been by no 
 means as observant even of 
 her religious duties as she 
 should be, and now her first
 
 AND THE LILY. 89 
 
 reformatory steps were in that 
 direction ; she frequented the 
 Blessed Sacraments frequent- 
 ly, she prayed often and fer- 
 vently to the divine Mother, 
 and the sainted servants of 
 God, to intercede for her, that 
 grace might be given her to 
 redeem her errors and atone 
 for her sins, and she curbed 
 her waywardness of temper, 
 and struggled hard to bear 
 w r ith the exactions and in- 
 considerate demands of the 
 invalid whom she found it so
 
 90 THE ROSE 
 
 hard to please. In the main, 
 however, Mrs. Fitzgerald was 
 not an unfeeling woman, when 
 her "nerves" permitted her to 
 think of others as well -as her- 
 self : she had, within a year 
 or two, made trial of several 
 young persons, some of whom 
 were pert, some sujlen, and 
 all of whom grew tired of her 
 whims, and at last deserted 
 her, 'and now that she had 
 met with one superior to most 
 of them, and humble and 
 more forbearing than any,
 
 AND THE LILY. 91 
 
 she began, after a time, to 
 grow more considerate her- 
 self, and to forbear exacting 
 as much as she used to do, 
 except at intervals, and when 
 her " paroxysms" obliged her, 
 in despite of her better na- 
 ture, to give way. Besides, 
 as long threatening comes at 
 last, her health, in reality, 
 began seriously to decline, 
 and she found the great com- 
 fort of having a well-informed 
 and cheerful attendant about 
 her, who was actuated by
 
 92 THE ROSE 
 
 principle in soothing her suf- 
 ferings and supplying her 
 wants. To Aileen herself 
 this discipline of the mind 
 was advantageous in every 
 way, and when at last, and 
 after a whole year of suffer- 
 ing, Mrs. Fitzgerald and her 
 ills, real and affected, depart- 
 ed, it was in the arms of the 
 now altered " Ro^e" she died, 
 and hers was the prayer for 
 mercy and peace which she 
 last asked for and seemed 
 most pleased to hear. This
 
 AND THE LILY. 93 
 
 was a reward, and a very 
 great one, too, to the young 
 girl, for her attention and 
 care ; but the good will and 
 grateful feeling of the invalid 
 were proved in a yet more 
 substantial form, for on open- 
 ing her will it was found that 
 Aileen MacMullen had been 
 left three hundred pounds as 
 a mark of grateful affection 
 by one whose sufferings she 
 had soothed, and whose death- 
 bed she had contributed to 
 make easy.
 
 94 THE ROSE 
 
 "You see, my dear child," 
 said the Dean, "that out of 
 evil springs good, and that we 
 were all right in doing as we 
 have done, you in bearing 
 the inconveniences which you 
 felt so grievous at first, and 
 your sister and I in advising 
 you to do so. But your trial 
 is yet to come, and this com- 
 paratively large sum of money 
 may prove to you either a 
 blessing or a curse, according 
 as you use it. You have al- 
 ready had some slighi, expe-
 
 AND THE LILY. 95 
 
 rience of the hollow profes- 
 sions of those who call them- 
 selves your friends, and. I 
 trust that you will remember 
 how they have acted towards 
 you, and make a happier and 
 more sensible choice of asso- 
 ciates for the time to come." 
 
 But "the Kose" had already 
 settled her plans, and only 
 waited to receive her legacy 
 in order to commence them. 
 She was still young, not 
 much more than eighteen, 
 and, with May's concurrence,
 
 96 , THE ROSE 
 
 she took lodgings as near to her 
 sister's residence as she could, 
 and there, in silence and pri- 
 vacy, she recommenced her 
 education, providing herself 
 with masters, and diligently 
 pursuing the studies which 
 they recommended. When it 
 became known that she had 
 been left a "fortune," which 
 report greatly increased, as it 
 always does, many of her 
 former butterfly friends sought 
 her out, or endeavoured to 
 attract her. notice as she met
 
 AND THE LILY. 97 
 
 them in the street. But she 
 felt no temptation to alter her 
 present plans or resume her 
 old career; so that, although 
 she accosted them civilly, and 
 received them courteously 
 when they called, she showed 
 them by her manner that the 
 old spirit had altogether de- 
 parted, and that a new and 
 better one had taken its place. 
 To say the truth, however, on 
 the score of society she had 
 no need to fall back on those 
 who had looked coldly on her
 
 98 THE ROSE 
 
 when attentions might have 
 been of use, since the high 
 consideration in which "the 
 Lily" was held by the O'Don- 
 nell family extended itself to 
 her, and she was admitted 
 not only to visit her sister at 
 all times, but frequently in- 
 vited to spend days at their 
 house among the happy family 
 group. The good Dean, al- 
 ways her friend, had told them 
 her history in full, and they 
 honored her for the struggles 
 she had made against the
 
 AND THE LILY. 99 
 
 faults and weaknesses which 
 had so long beset her, and 
 honoured her still more for 
 the judicious way in which 
 she was now using her money 
 and her time. Thus incited 
 to perseverance on all hands, 
 she labored hard to prove 
 herself worthy of the regard 
 in which she was held; and 
 after about eighteen months, 
 spent in preparation, she felt 
 herself fully competent to un- 
 dertake the charge of pupils, 
 and at once commenced her
 
 100 THE ROSE 
 
 search of them. So judicious- 
 ly had she used her legacy 
 that more than two hundred 
 pounds remained to her, which 
 she treasured up for a rainy 
 day, or reserved as a fund to 
 be devoted as prudence might 
 direct. As her character and 
 qualifications now stood high 
 with all who knew her, after 
 a short time she had many 
 engagements, and all of the 
 most respectable land, to ful- 
 fil, and gradually her fame as 
 a teacher became so high that
 
 AND THE LILY. 101 
 
 many of the parents of her 
 best pupils solicited her to ex- 
 tend her usefulness, and open 
 a seminary, where, with less 
 labour to herself, she might 
 receive a much larger number 
 of scholars and a better in- 
 come. At first, the idea of 
 undertaking any thing so re- 
 sponsible daunted 'her; but, 
 on referring the proposal to 
 her always kind director the 
 Dean, he said that he thought 
 the thing might be done, and 
 ought to be done, but on one
 
 102 THE ROSE 
 
 condition, namely, that her 
 sister, May, would join her 
 in it. 
 
 "Singly," he said, "either 
 of you might fail ; but when 
 united, I have no fear for the 
 result. I am not an advocate 
 for partnerships, except where 
 mutual affection tightens the 
 bonds of mutual interest, and 
 creates a double motive to 
 keep all right. Besides, May, 
 I dare say, has a little hoard 
 of her own, which, added to
 
 AND THE LILY. 103 
 
 yours, would make a respect- 
 able capital to begin with." 
 
 "But should I be right, sir, 
 to ask May to leave a situa- 
 tion where she is so much 
 looked up to and loved, merely 
 to oblige and serve me?" said 
 Aileen. 
 
 "You forget that it will 
 oblige and serve herself also," 
 replied the Dean, with a smile ; 
 "her pupils at Lady O'Don- 
 nell's are now grown up, and 
 in a short time she would 
 have to look for another situa-
 
 104 THE ROSE 
 
 tion, which might not happen 
 to be as pleasant as her pre- 
 sent one. A home of her 
 own will, therefore, be a more 
 natural and more agreeable 
 retreat." 
 
 "But May may not like to 
 join me, sir," persisted Aileen; 
 "she may remember my for- 
 mer faults, and have her fears 
 that I might become as care- 
 less and giddy as I was before." 
 
 "Hardly, I should think," 
 was the answer; " your former 
 errors were those of an inex-
 
 AND THE LILY. 105 
 
 perienced girl, who had no 
 mother to advise or control 
 her, 'and who fell into the 
 hands of those who were ill 
 qualified for so grave and re- 
 sponsible an office as they 
 undertook. But you have 
 been tried by the tests both 
 of adversity and prosperity 
 since then, and your conduct, 
 while so tempted, is a suffi- 
 cient guarantee that you 
 have learned wisdom in the 
 school of experience, and may 
 now venture to undertake the
 
 106 THE ROSE 
 
 guidance both of others and 
 yourself." 
 
 Thus encouraged, Aileen 
 opened her proposals to May 
 at their next meeting, telling 
 her that she had no desire to 
 influence her unless the pro- 
 position met her own entire 
 concurrence, and unless, on 
 consideration, she thought it 
 would be for their mutual 
 good. 
 
 "It is singular enough," was 
 May's cheerful answer, "and 
 I hope it may be ominous of
 
 AND THE LILY. 107 
 
 good, that just such a scheme 
 as you now propose has been 
 running through my brain for 
 some time, and I only hesi- 
 tated to speak about it, lest 
 you should dislike it, or think 
 thut it might bind you too 
 much. Indeed, it was first 
 suggested to me by Lady 
 O'Donnell herself, as the girls 
 are now grown up and will 
 not require my services any 
 longer, aird my kind friends 
 would not wish to part with 
 me unless they knew that in
 
 108 THE ROSE 
 
 doing so I would be at least 
 as comfortable as I have been 
 with them. As to funds, we 
 shall be splendidly off; be- 
 tween us we can make up five 
 or, it may be, six hundred 
 pounds, and after taking and 
 furnishing our house, with 
 God's blessing, the residue 
 will be more than sufficient 
 to meet our expenses and 
 keep us out of debt until we 
 see how our new speculation 
 may answer." 
 
 After a warm sisterly em-
 
 AND THE LILY. 109 
 
 brace, "the Kose" and "the 
 Lily" parted, soon again to be 
 once more united and dwelling 
 under the same roof. But 
 different, indeed, was it from 
 the residence of their earlier 
 years. In May there was 
 nothing to be corrected; she 
 had never yielded to tempta- 
 tion, and had never suffered 
 the after-penalty which is sure 
 to visit those who do; the 
 world's respect had followed 
 her, for God's grace surround- 
 ed her, as a shield and safe-
 
 110 THE ROSE 
 
 guard, and thus protected she 
 had always walked secure. 
 With her sister it had been 
 different : flattered and fooled 
 by those who ought to have 
 known better, her weaker 
 mind perceived not the hol- 
 lowriess and want of good 
 sense in such adulation, and 
 she received it at first as a 
 compliment, and finally as 
 her due. Her father's death 
 dissipated these dangerous 
 thoughts and feelings, and 
 showed her how perilous it is
 
 AND THE LILY. Ill 
 
 to trust for friendship or sup- 
 port to those who foster our 
 foibles and are careless of our 
 real respectability and good 
 name. She had been tried 
 and had triumphed, and now 
 she was about to receive her 
 reward, in the most pleasing 
 and profitable way. After 
 various consultations, and 
 much thought, a house was 
 taken, furniture procured, 
 masters engaged, advertise- 
 ments put forth, and, by the 
 influence and exertions of Sir
 
 112 THE ROSE 
 
 Francis O'Donnell and Dean 
 Kennedy, the twin sisters 
 commenced operations, with 
 a class of six boarders, all of 
 the highest respectability, and 
 on the most advantageous 
 terms. In fact, from that day 
 forth they prospered exceed- 
 ingly, and their character, 
 after a very short period, 
 stood so high that they were 
 obliged to decline the recep- 
 tion of pupils rather than to 
 solicit them, in compliance 
 with a rule established at
 
 AND THE LILY. 113 
 
 May's wise suggestion from, 
 the first, namely, never to 
 take a single scholar more 
 than they might be able to 
 have under their own per- 
 sonal care and supervision, 
 and for whose progress they 
 could not undertake to be 
 personally answerable. This 
 rule, although it restricted 
 them as to numbers, added 
 considerably to the character 
 of their school, and for many 
 years their establishment has 
 been now of the very first
 
 114 THE ROSE AND THE LILY. 
 
 class, and "the Rose" and "the 
 Lily" have acquired both com- 
 petence and fame. 
 
 In conclusion, we think it 
 useful to say that the prin- 
 cipal incidents of this little 
 history are literally true, and 
 we have written it in order to 
 show that at no period of life 
 is it safe to forget principle, 
 or depart, even in the slight- 
 est degree, from the dictates 
 of probity and truth. 
 
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