The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-01-23


A jaunting car took me down the
sweet vale Of Avoca, and 1 was soon
in Enniscorthy.
The parish priest was my fret
resource. He knew the Regans, of
course, and went with me to find
them. They lived in respectable
mud walled cottage, with roof OF
thatch and floor of clay, and the
pig very politely stepped out of the
door. way as soon as he saw his rev.
erence coming, aud allowed us to
enter.
They knew Norah, God bless
her! Why, she was their own cou.
sin! hadn't sho sent them money,
when the times were hard to pay the
rin'9 and hadn't she been married
to Dennis Magratli q
And where is Dennis Magrathp
| asked anxiously. 0..
"ls it where is hel it's far out on
the salt sea he'll be by this time"
said the woman.
care You sure they have goue?"
his reverence asked.
"Sure | am they talked Of going;
for heard it from Ellen Rooney, an
she was over to Kilkenny, and
danced at the wedding" %"
"Then Nor"h was married at Xii
kenny; and If she has gone, they
started from therea" said.
The woman looked at the priest,
and on receiving reassuring nod,
assented. There was nothing to do
but to go to Kilkenny. The hours
were speeding, and there was no
railway to annihilste time or space
, A jaunting car, with feet horse, at
an extra price, was the only resource;
r and | was on the road again. A
few hours OF hard posting, with FIRE.
quent change Of horses, took me in
sight of the old round tower, tho
, venerable cathedral, and the his.
torc castle of Kilkenny, and the
+ humble home OF the Magraths.
Norah had gone. Five days be.
, fore, she had left with her husband
for Liverpool to slil from thence to
, America. Should DO 'oiled at last
Her friends believed that she was
! far way on the billow." | knew
that packet ships did not always
t sail on the appointed day, and that
even when thu winds were fair, they
! would lay ovor day or two for pass
! engers.
} But had gained one more clue
3 which might be of service, Norah'.
e ship was the packet Emerald, o
:, New York. | could find by the pa
:. pers it she had sailed. | took thr
D drst train to Dublin, and the nigh
: steamer to Liverpool. The route
, via Holyhead would have been g
7 shorter one; but the Liverpool boa
4 would arrive before the packet sail
ed, if she was still in port. | want
: ed a few hours sleep.
We We're twenty miles or 80 from
: the mouth OF the Mersey, when
saw large ship coming towards
r us.
"Captain," said to the comm.n
D der of our pig laden steamer, "car
g you tell me what ship that is."
Yankee packet chip, sir" sale
he curtly."
"Do you happen to know wha
= ship it isa' | asked eagerly. .lH.
y mo sir. Can't say do. NJ
Q time to keep the run OF all the ship
y that come out OF Liverpool. Yo,
!. can take my glass sir, and when sh,
a gets a little nearer you can see he
b name for yourself" .Ha r.
: | took the proffered glass, and il
0 fifteen minutes more, | saw, fnl
q glittering on her prov, from whicI
r tho port signs had not yet been re
moved, the name: "EMERALD, OF
- New YORK"
4 lrushed TO the skipper, and said
Q Captain, | must see person OF
that snip. win you run along sid
@ of herr
d "C1ulln't do it sir"
q 81 will pay you '
Il 'Woldn't do il for ten pounds sir
d III will pay you more than tween
. ty pounds, and whatever is right 70
the detention IL is a matter of lii
5 and delth. have friend who's
e life is in peril, aud there ia perso
on that ship WHO may save him from
y the gallows."
It MY God! you don't say so? l.
/ be alongside Of her Directly"
In ten minutes more sprang int
| the shrouds OF the noble ship. Their
) was rowd Of emigrau, passenger
{ forward, taking their last look a
2 Cd Englanl, and hoping, the moo
It o. them, to get glimpse OF Irelan
u once more before they left her loreV
j er.
: | knew that ths Captains of ship
,f did not like any Interference wit
j. their crews or passengers after the
J. had taken charge Of them, SD re
g solved to tell the gentlelnanly as we
as sailor'like m ister on the quarter
Q deck my business. | explained
AZ briefly ss possible, and he scr
| for Norah Magrath. who cams a
n wonderingly, closely followed by he
husband.
"Norab,' sail "you know Fail
. er Donovan in L,a1on2"
|. $40 be sure | do sir; aud its pla,
a laJ intiralv RI ha to aoa bi a.