The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-02-27
ME FISHERMAN OF skERRIEs.

How quickly time rolls on +! IT. apnea,s I'm,
yessefday since first went wooing, and still,
.n.ougn now many eventual scenes have
pnssed since then! Nearly all my friends and
Hcquaintances are dead and gone, and often /
eeek IN memory to recall thena and, as in fancy
or,ng them around me, wander back to those
ScSnes OF Doylsh pleasure, when the heart was
1uH OF promise, none of them broken, and when
NE spread out like o glorious panorama, full of
beauty and sunshine, before the young traveller
and careless of the many dangers
ana trials that were to beset his path on his
&arouous Journey. Amongst my many acquaint-
Hrces' selected one as my special companion.
TO manhood. We had no secrets from one an.
otner' ana nelther of us ever dreamt of going
on one OF our many aquatic or shooting expe.
oitlons without his friend indeed, up to the
1ime OF our parting we evenly shared all our
adangers and our pleasures. We became studi-
Eous, and read all kinds of books, and on sever
-, occasions we wrote verses for provincial
newspapers, which were generally printed, At
s1ny suggestion, my friend wrote what he called
- poem, and forwarded it to the editor of one
pf the periodicals of the time. In about
lweek 1T was sent back, with "the editors COM
phments," and from that moment we came to a
would be we'll if large num-
per OF verse makers of this and other times had |
fome to-that we were not poets. We wrote |
PROSE, ana ATTACKED one another in letters a la |
Yunius, which caused us the most intense mer-
8iment.
oh winters evening, Fred. called for me to |
accompany him to his house. and perceived |
7ais usual Observation-Disclosures had forsakensh
{omething appeared to weigh upon his spirits |
asked nun the cause, and he replied that
Rn2uId part within week. as he had been APP
pointed to lucrative situation in India,
trough the influence of maternal uncle.
4eit overwhelmed with what regarded as most
~ inteilgence, and 1was selfish enough to
isn tnat fred:s uncle was lin the bottom of
he Red Sea. The few days that my friend was
20 remain soon passed over and never will
Crget the anguish experienced at parting
rom him. We wept like children, and, as the
teamer left the pier, and as bade him last
dleu, l thought there was no one half SO lone
as myself in the wide world. heard from
fed to write to me again before he would leave
pr the East. Days and weeks rolled on and
% tldlngs came OF Fred; but at length the
Jews came, the saddest had ever heard. NV
I'd friend and dear companion was no more.
re dled OF fever in London, at the residence of
rs uncle: Death, of which we speak and hear
iunch, how little do we understand It until
Is brought near to us through those we love. ,
'or the first time, saw what fearful thing it
as, and reflected how truly was it said, "The ,
;.fegnency OF death causes us not to re-
70 ~ with concern, if only one death occurred
ha!t century the world would be terrified" 1
Was ior Gays indifferent to all things around q
-, as my thoughts were centered on him SO /
Puhg, SO GIFTED, and so early called ; and after Y
lme time determined to leave place that 7
pw became nnbearable, because of it's being t
ensih ,ee with the happiest and saddest hours /
my Ire. HaESlg independent means I de- Ii
rmined to travel in other countries. and with a
heavy heart left my pilgrimage. some Y
y 1hnt my regard Tor Fred. Raymond was too o
smantc, but true friendship is love without =
wings" and@4s so exquisite and unselfish
at he who finds it has found a priceless trea- a
sc, and he who has lost it has sustained n loss a.
spised.- though wandered far and wide, my S
pings of regret for the loss of my friend we're t
acute when returned to Ireland as when I /
left. This was in great measure account
or py the fact of my having lost my parents X
en- was an infant, and never remember to a
re seen u relative save an old maiden aunt
. left me all she possessed in the world 1 t,
3 What was called a "Ward in Chancery,n il
p was placed under the care of a cnardi3nn o.
- being sensible mau, allowed me TO do 81
~ as pleased, and to the best of my opin-
] don't believe he robbed me during nv