Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-02-20

grasped bis great hand IN cordisi congrai
ulstops. and 2be proposed to treat 81
rpnnd, and drink good voyage. TO Nora
81 They parted in q merry mood. most o
.the' men going to their cnuffcrtable homes
Bat poor 'Connor's .fes,ins-p.ace was /
poor lodging-bodss. where bs s,farsd |,
crazy .ga1t si,h; four offer men. and /,
the. jsy Of Ms kcart 1M pcut fellow et
litj,.d Es bspdker-hicf. with his. hard
es<aed savinrs tied sp iu a hard vad i,
the middle. before hepdt X 'Undef hi,
piilaE- aad= ell -aslsap-=Whe -hs aw.k
ened in the mcrning, he found bis treas
drr gone = EpHc siiisin, nscse .eeats psi
b'e man hosf bad men sars,yhsd sobbes
him.
.ssAsodsss Consor could M 6eliess-is ics4
He seychef every c5fbsr !, Of the, seeaa
sh"ok lis qailt and blasket-. and begged
those about him to 'qui, joking aud Civ
t baek.,g 5vS 2.A+ =
But at last he rcafizcd the truth. ~
'Issny mon that bad that it's thavee
from me 2 he asked. in a brcathless way
'Boys. isany man that bad r 'A.-SE,
And some one answered. ....-
No doubt Of Il. Connor. It's sthols.
Then Connot. put his head down on hi,
hands and lifted ut his voice and wept. -
II was one Of those trials which men ney
er forget. 1t seemed more than he could
bear. to have Nora and his child put q
he expressed il. months away from him
again ......l
But when he vent 10 work That day i
did seem to Ill who saw him that he had
picked mp new determination. His hand.
were never idle. His face seemed to say,
III have Nora vi,h me yet At noon
he scratched out letter. blottcd and sery
strangely scrawled. telling Nora what had
happened; and those who observed him,
noticed that he had no meat with his din.
ner. Indeed. from that moment he lived
on bread, potatoes and cold water, and
worked rs few men ever worked before
It grew to be the talk of tho shop. and
now that sympathy wss excited, every one
wanted 10 help Connor. Jobs were thrown
in his way. kind words and friendly wish.
es helped him nightly; but no power could
make him share the food or drink of an y
other Workman.
That seemed sort of charity to him.
Still he was helped along. a present
from Mr. Bawn. ut pay day. got Nora. he
said. a week nearer ard this aud that
aad the other, added to the little hoard
II grew faster than the first, and Connor'
burden was not so heavy. At last. before
he hoped Il, lie was once more able to
say, j am going to bring them over, and
10 show his handkerchief. in which. as be.
fore. he tied up his earnings; this time,
however. only to his friends. Cautious
among strangers. he hid the treasure. and
kept his vest buttonsd over it night and
day, until the tickets were bought and
sent. Then every man. woman and child
capable Of hearing or understanding.
knew that Nora and her baby were CON-
ing.
There was John Jones, who had more
OF the brute in his composition than usu-
ally falls tn the lot Of man-evcn he, who
had coolly hurlc, his hammer at an often
der's head, missing him by hair breadth
would spend ten minutes in The noon hou,
in reading the Irish news TO Connor-
There was Tom Barker. ,he meaness man
among the number. who bad never been
known to give ANYTHING TO anyone before
absolutely tar,ered an old JACKIE, for pal,
OF gilt vases. which pediler brought in
his basket to the shop. and presented fhem
&c. Connor for bis Nora's mantelpicce =
And here vas idle Disk. the sppren,ice,
who actually worked two hours on Con.
ucr's work. when illness kept the Irish
man at home one day. Connrr Eel. his
kindness. aud returpcd |. whenever i, wa.
in his power. and the days hew by and
brought a, last letter from his wife.
She would start as he desired, and she
was we'll. aud SO was the boy. aud nigh
the Lord bring them safely to each 9th
cr's arms. and bless those who had been
so kind to him. That was the substanc,
Of the epistle which Ccunor proudly as
sured his .workmen,-Nora wrot,
herself. She had lived at service, as 8
girl. with certain good old lady. wht
had given her an education. the items o
which Connor told upon his fingers
The radin'. that's ono. and wti,In'. that,
three. and moreover. she knows oil that
woman can Then he looked up ut BIZ
fellow-workmen With tears in his eyes
and asked ........
DO ye wondher the time seems Ions
between me an her. boysr
So II was-Nora at dawn-Nora q
noon-Nora at night-until the new
came that the Stormy Petrol bad come &
port. and Conuor. breashlsss and pal
with excitement. fung his cap in the al
and shouted.
It happened on Q holiday. afternoon
aud hsif desea men were ready to z
With Connor to the steamer and give hi
vifs greeting. Her, lissls home va
readys Mr. Bswlss own servant bad pa
it in order,. and Connor took one peep q
II before nc started. o41
She hadn't the Ike Of that in the oul
eounthry, he said. .Bss she u knew ho'
TO keep tLim tidy =1s ~ V-ss. s;a
Then he led the way toward tie doe
| where the slcaner lsy, Al ! pace xhic
fsads ID bard Cor the rest % follow him.
The spot sss reeshed at lsss |; crowd |
lvehiclst blpSkaded the street; !. troop !
emiersnts came thfcngihg srs 6ns cshi
passengers Nere stepping iusn cabs. IN
basisssss spssAssas ord uail. nassse &C ss
plcyes we're yelling and theatlng in ii
usual asSStS Ncra 8calA aait % bear
!6nyh9. busb bsaa>-hs kisr ftet-sz AZ
: fhe litils eseap made tlieir swse is,
tbs vessel st lsSs, ssd there. .smid tho
who ~ Watching Cor eodsing ffiends. Coz
nor scafehtd For The two ssaear 10 Ain