Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-04-24
FROM Grehom's Magazine.
Patrick O'Brisu.
ICunfuded.l
CHAPTER III.
pv REV. II. HASTINGS wlxr.

CU'etuded
CHATTER III.
,sNora was su.sfed. .,iers was &c denyins
hat. Bat how was Paddy to satisfy hi:
th,her and mother and Elieni How va,
Ae 10 explain to the little O'Briens thai
ihey were going 10 America. and brother
Patrick was 10 remain behind 7 Never was
worse days work done forNorah's father
than Patrck's that day, We are very sure.
Never was poor fellow so dissatisfied with
himself A few doors before, all seemed to
promise to lalsiiy the adage that tho course
Of true love never did run smooth, ,and nov
never was stream SO rufiied. ~.
"'Tis but 4 word. and al's o-e:." said
he to himself, as he turned his head home
ward the next evening, prepared 10 face the
wsIsi. Bu; his ieaIs whispered ,ha. there
would te more than one word or two, and
those, high ones and by the time he had
reached his fathers door, all his courage
"eS 6ouc akaih. !" bcu uC ShiOicu, HC
found the good wife there who had the son
over sea- She was fully installed Us one
Of the council, since she also had resolved
apon crossing the water. All the various
tens and charges of the Yoy age were cal
culu.ed, and Paddy was counted as one OF
Tho par,y-not without lamentations.
which he arrived in season 10 hear, that he
rad grown too tai. to be counted as one OF
he .chifdher."
Ii was c. desperate case, and there was
nothing io1 it but desperate courage. "Mo-
,her," said the boy. "and Father and Ellen
sAd you childher, you've pushed the thin 2
so far that you drive me to tell yo a.I,orce
and for ever, ,ha, can not 60"
Patrick (senior) let his pipe fall with
as,onshment. The mother turned pale
with sorrow and displeasure. Ellen arose,
and going to Psinck's sIde-he had not
:aken a seat-Grew hin GU! Of doors. They
ven, few steps from the house in silence,
and reaching tree paused there. Paddy
folded his arms. leaned against t:e tree,
bowed his head, and stood in troubled
silence. Ellen placed her hands upon his,
and no, word was spoken till, when she
elt her bro,het's no, tears fall upon her
hand she cried:
"Sure, Paddy, you are not going to
!ssve US now" And she fell upon his
neck and clung to him with the evidences
ofearnest and frantic affection.
"lndeed, indeed, Ellen darling, i, is you
bat leave me. 1t is you ,ha. 60 away
rom the land where God is good TO Us, 10
seek Z new home and new friends over sea.
cen not 90 there with you, Ellen indeed
: can't"
,"And what will this land be 10 you,
Paddy dear. bu, land Of s,rangers-no
mother, no father, no sister, no brother in
II Where'l be the hear,h-side that
you III find home al. Come, brother,
With the res, Of US, where father will lift
up his head again and z:o;.:sr be happy"
"Amen to their happiness. Ellen. and
yours too. Go your ways w:hor, me-
Sure l'se given my word on it, and mus,
larry and take care of my oun home. sister
dear"
"ls j, that you mean ~ cried Ellen,
starting back indignant. "And shall We
plough the seas while you cling 10 her
apronslring Will you be as easy in your
undu,sul bed. while the mother ,ha, bore
yeu Is tossed on the ocean, and the sister
'hai 'oilod for you is down, down in the
deep sea. naybe7 Oh, Patrick by The
days of your wee, wee childhood. come
along with US now. Is i, thus, selfish as
you are. ,ha, YOU lose all natural afiecion7
Did n, the clarey tell US, only Sunday was
week, to honor father and mo.herf
"Thrue for you, Ellen. Blu, Who would
be our father and mother, if our father had
no, left his father and mother. TO clave 10
ais wifee Oh, 60 along with you, Ellen,
20 break my hear, so, and my word Of
words given to Norah ,ha, will stay with
Aer and cherish her for better for worse"
Ei'er sad no more. Patrick did not re.
enter The house, bu, proceeded horneward
10 The place which wa. now doubly
home TO HIM, since the home of his child
hood VAS aGoGt 70 bc broken W. But the