Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-04-24


but after trembling pause he proceeded
They come 10 me,. Norah, and | kao,
us them. When | wake, 3or,', feel III
cold water OF the sea chilling my temples
The saints save US, Norah, from such Wis
TORS to our bridal bed You think m
changed and that my heart is turned, an
my manner is unkind-bu,. Norah dear
wha, will | do, wha, can dot
Z" lis all your sick fancy, Patrick -an'
may be your conscience ls not easy" sak
Norah, shaking of the spectral influences
Of Paddy's dreams. 81 It's all your owl
notion, Paddy dear. Your mother and al
Of lher' are wei! and happy-barrins ,ha
they feel the loss OF you as much as yo,
do Of their absence. And know theil
consc:ences are not easy, Patrick. for the
hard words they said to you mus. leave q
deep wound in their own hearts. YOU
must go 10 them, Patrick :"
" hahp ANcIuiI, GIlA ttANO you
And why not Sure, Paddy dear,
yor 're no: worth body's having now, and
that's the truth. You are not the same lad
that you we're at all, and wha, will | do
with such man! 1t 'sa long lane tha,
has no turn, and al will come right BY
and by"
Norah!"
"Weli?"
Would mt you 60 with re 100 -
&" Sure thought you'd be a.king that,
Patrick. EIlen said ynm we're selfish
AMI WIS MT it the truth sho said Will
you change the loan Of your heart to mine
Hav g, father und mother, and sisters,
,ooa VIII give them up and 60 away.
because you can't give yours upi |, isn't
reason, Patrick"
In vain did our hero s..7s to change
Norah's determination. Her arguments
were unanswera5le, AID he was fam 10
submit. After many days irresolu,ion he
resolved, bu, still not wi,hou. doubts and
10 follow his parents 10 Amer
ice, The resolution taken, the spectral
that had annoyed him ceased
He was hall tempted 10 retreat from his
purpose, but Norah gave him no oncour.
agerent, and his nocturnal visi,ers threat
ened 10 renew their visits SO ,ha. he was
.ain 70 adhere 70 his resolve, and take a
Storage passage 10 the great entire, pot OF
the New World-New York.
Grea, was his amazemcn, upon arriving
there to find that it was place SO large,
and one Of so many large places, and that
10 inquire OF his family there was of as little
utility as il would be to ask for his masters
dog in Dubln. /, was sad trial 10 Pa
that be had come 10 strange land, he
verify believed, 10 no purpose. But il was
necessary for hir, 10 do, or starve, and
finding employment he worked. with a !
heavy heart il is true but nc. without hope.
Chance (or we should better say Provid- !
ence) directed him 10 a priest, to whom he
related his difficul. position and almost
hopes. Tho kind father was
struck with his tale, and after moments !
referred tc his record Of pries,ly
'cts, and sure enough there he found the
name Of Ellen O'Bricn-O'i,rien no
onger,
Mighty easy it was, then, for her 10
orne over :" shouted Pat, "fne talk hers
0 me about selishness, and drowning, and
II that Very plcasan, it was, no doub;
+ it, to write and read them long lei,hers
'u, il has given me tle frs. trace Of them
nyhow, and that's something"
With this clue, the perscvering young
rishman was not long in tracing the party
0 their late stopping placc--f@t., for they
we're there no longer. He followed TO
.lbany, and there again lost the scent, for
party ofroor emisran's are not so easily
ollowed. Again he heard Of them in Buf.
it seemed TO him, at the verge
t the world-and again he Pursued.'
Sure I will find them now," he said.
if i, is only to have a fly a. tha, traitor,
Ilen-God bless hern'
At Buffalo he was again disappointed, for
rom thence also they had fitted. Il, IS
he Wandering Jew. Ellen has married. no
oubi," said he, "to lead me this dance and
he to rate me so! Wal, till find them
nee more"
Time would be unproftably spent in
racing all poor PATS journeyings, includ-
1g many excursions from the main rou.s.
Wherever the sinews Of his countrymen
we're busy upon public works and other
in which the labor OF the sturdy
Iibernlan is found so valuable, there Pat
raade-ed-and paten. perseverance was
t last rewarded. He had traced out an
village on railroad track,
shere the delivers had put up cabins which
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