Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-04-17

I the masters Norah. thought may
the walk would be lonely"
Mrs. O'Brien looked; on the conseauenc,
Of her own fear Of oneIiuess-conseque
ces which had multiplied around her, Il
an hours solitude, asleep or awake, hs
become one OF the never-lo return 10,
which songs sing Of. She had prophe,
dream Of a similar destiny for Paddy an
Norah, but said nothing 10 Pu, prscoc;or
nolions into children's heads. Ellen dl
not half like her broihsr's bringing slrar
ger home with him-and she would hav
let Norah perceive her dIspleasure, bu, he
heartwsstookind to doany body disscrvice
Norah was soon put at ease-alnost. b.
The double visit was not repeated till lon,
alterward. Mean*hile Norah and Padd,
were ''se, to thinking" That visit, mad
in the innocence Of their hearts, robt.t
these hearts Of portion Of that innocence
Before, they had been as q new brother
and sis,er-now as they grew in. year.
constraint increased between them. Al
last, resolved upon wha, she called better
understanding. Paddy forced Norah to
confess in words what she might easily
have taken for granted. Aud they pledged
themselves. young as they were. to a life
of privation, and the same chance of more
mouths than food. which had been Paddy 3
own idea oi q household ever since he
could remember-his experience in the
new home excepted.
Paddy went home ono evening wilhou,
Norah. fully resolved TO divuIge wha, he
had determined on, in set words-a labor
he might have saved himself. as i, was all
guessed long before. His time was out in
q few months. and he had resolved, as soon
A. one bondage was concluded to enter into
another. In the years he had been away.
he had visited home too often to be surpri-
sed at the changes which had taken place.
Ellen looked oId-she seemed the mother
of her brothers end sisters. for care fast
brings the marks Of years; and the mother,
'all, gaunt and thin. looked As il she nigh,
have been the grand-parent Of the children
around her. Patrick, senior, was better
Daved, but time showed its marks on him
100, and those moi light ones. He was more
peevish than formerly he retained the
'ame black pipe longer in service. e.and kept
i, too, in use more constantly, for there
vas scarce an hour Of the day when its
fragrance was no. issuing. And as strong
ohacco 10 too ap, TO require strong accom-.
oanimen.s, we are compelled 10 acknovl.
.dge that Patrick OBrien was contracting
. taste for less harmless po,a,ions than
Poor and content is rich. Poor and
iisconlen,ed is poor indeed. Ellen felt the
injection Of unhaPpiness,and the very chill
Iren seemed to have grown miserable.
Squalor and negligence had marked the
whole household. and Pa, had learned to
make his visit unpleasant performances o.
Iuty, instead of,he hilarous occasions ,ha,
hey onse were. |, was no wonder that he
referred quiet evening in his second
,ome, where he could sit and watch Nor
his busy fingers, rather than a visi, TO his
'wn fathers house for their cracked and
lissonant voices Jared harshly, children
sied, and tho welcome which he once met
lad changed to the u,lerance Of mutual
and perhaps to unsupported
arrugs among those whom he loved.
There seemed "spsll" on the place.
ellen said-"Sure there's no luck here
my more" And a neighbor. who had q
'on over sea, pu: a new thought in her
read. Ellen was often desired to act as
.manuensis to answer his letters. If her
'pistles were not clerkly they were written
10 dictated. and it may be shrewdIy ezpec-
ed tina, the person to whom they were writ
ea liked them none the less, that he detected
he handwriting, though signed. "your al.
ec,iona,e mother" Such a paradise as
American letters revealed 10 her, could moi
all to make her discomforts worse by con-
rast. But the paradise was to her for a
ong time thing unhoped for, unthough,
Of. At last q new resolution occurred TO
her.
"Sure, mother" she said one day. "we d
better be in Ameriky."
The mother smiled at the impossibiIity.
But Ellen had Sc, her heart on it. She
was The prop OF the house-.hs only one in
ii, indeed. who had any strength or deter
mnation left. Need We say she carried
her point. She reasoned father and moth
er into the desrableness Of the change, and
they both could bu, acknowledge that any
thing would be preferable 10 their present
situation. The correspondence to which
she had access furnished her with argu.
men,s. and the will once found for the en-.
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