The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-05-15

BY my predecessor, who amused himself
with chemical experiments When took
the desk, allowed it to remain, with some
vague idea that it might be useful some
time to kill the rats or ether vermin."
"Well, we will get this fellow, and
prove that be left IT,"
Il lie went to India, and died there a
year AFTER
That nope WAS gone but did not des-
pair.
no are the witnesses against you ?''
asked.
Only the servants. poor things. They
/ testified to what they had seen and heard
Sly temper is not so good as it was, and
-she-was sometimes very irving
When she became i'll, reproached myself
aad wished to do all could for her. Her
mald was new and unused to her WAYS. and
took care OF her. The woman, perhaps,
did not like my interference. The fact, at
any rate, made strong impression against
mo"
The mail was new how long had she
been with yen -
Only month. Her cid favolite. No
rah, went home to ireland TO be married
ard has gone with her husband | suppose
to America"
Had she-had Isabel ever given Won
any reason to fear that she wont, KIN ier.
self!' ALL
No; assurclly not She enjoyed the
pleasures pf existence too keenIy. | an
sure that she was never rurpose!y tie
cause Of her own DEATH"
sifted the ground all over. The,e was
no clue anywhere, and the only hope
saw was IN finding Norah. But What
could she, who bad been month away,
know about the death of her mistress /?
Tie lawyers eng aged for the defense saw
TO use in her testimony, except to prove
what everybody knew that Arthur was
very much attached to her mistress, and
sometimes jealous and irritable. Was it
likely that she could prove any,hins
more' Besides, she was possibly on the
Atlantic
Not moment was 10 be LOST. The
trial would come oD in a waek end liz
tie as Others hoped .or No7ah's evidence,
determined that if still in ,hs country.
she should coma and testify at least to
her masters kindness and love Of her late
mistress.
Bat Arthur had not got Norah's all
dress. lie did not even know. or could
not remember her surname.
I" Give it up, my dear fellow, zaid re !;
it is Of no use. What good can Norah be.
if you could find her: She has gone by
| this time
But would not give it up. I clunr
desperately to the idea OF this Irish girl
because, perhaps, there was nothing else
to cling to. Sc, eff for the Catholic
chapel nearest Arthnr's residence /
found the priest, and after thinking a mo
ment ho remembered Norah He took
me into the chapel, aud there, on one Of
| the best seas, was still little card inscri
bed with the name of Norah O'Regan. |
| copied the name in my note book.
" Can your reverence tell ne where sbe
/ lived in Ire'aDd?' said |.
" Indeed, l caunot," said he; "but !
remember, now, wiring letter for her to
I-iLiNtOT
thy, county Wexford"
Here was clue; and a few hours more
saw me dashing along the Northwestern
railway, through Rugby ; the T!ent valley
! and Chester, aud so along the feet o: tile
/ " eish mountains, and across the Meuai
Straits to IIolyhead, and thence by steam
er to Kingston. Here, too much in haste
to make the proper inquiries, [ took the
railway to itathdrum, aud so missed tie
stage coach at Wicklow But lost 10
time. A jaunting Car took Ine down tie
sweet vale Of Ayoca, and | WAS soor in
Enniscorihv.
The parish priest was nay first resource.
lie knew the O'Regans, Of course, and
went with ne to find them. They lived
IN respectable mud walled cottage, with
a roof Of ,halch and floor Of clay: and
the pig very politely stepped ont OF tie
doorway rs soon AS he saw his reverence
coming, aud allowe,. US to enter.
They knew Norah. Goi b,e5, nc &c =
/ Want she their OWE cousin hadn't she
sent them money, when the times We're
hard, to pay the rent? and hadn't she
/ been married to Dennis Magralh?
And where is Dennis Magrath = !
asked anXiousIy.
:, Is it where is he? It's far ont on lhe
salt sea he'll be by this time" said tho
woman.
"Ars you sure that they have gone 2
his reverence asked.
"Slre a,n ;hey talked Of going, for
heard it from Ellen Rooney, an she was
ovel 10 Kilkenny, and danced at the wed
ding"
Then Norah was married at Kilkenny
and if she has gone, they started fioH
there ~ said |.
The woman looked at the priest, and OF
receiving rea>suring nod, asSented.-
There was nothing to do but 60 to KllKen
ny. The hours were speeding, and there
was no railway to annihiIate tlue or space
A iaunting car, with fleet horse, at al
extra price, was the only resource aud
was on the road again. A few hours c
hard posting, with frequent changes o
borses, took me in sight of the old rounC
tower, the venerable cathedral, and the his
toric castle of Kilkenny, and the humble