Middletown transcript., 1873-02-08

IFoilcs. All IN vuiu COunOr ukeu Uecr,
ike d fun. liked companionship but he
would not delay that long lookcd-for
bringing Of Nora over, and was not
"manc enough to accept favors Of 9th
ers. He kept his way. n martyr to his
Que great wish-living on little. working
at nigh, on any extra job he could earn
few shillngs by; running errands in his
nooniide hours Of rest, and talking to any
one who would listen. Of his one great
hope, and Of Nora and little Jamsey
At FIRST the men, who prided themselves
on being all Americans, and on turning
out the best work in the city, made a
sort Of butt Of Connor, whose wild Irish
ways and verdancy were indeed often
laughable But he won their hearts at
last, aud when, one day. mounting n
work bench. he shook bis little bundle.
wrapped in a red kerchief. before their
eyes and shouted Look. boys, I've got
the whole a, last I'm goin' to bring
Nora and .jamesy over at last Whoroo
I've got it 2 Al felt sympathy in hi.
joy. and each grasped his great hand in
cordial congratulations. and one proposed
to treat all round, and drink good voy.
age to Nora.
They parted in merry mood. most of
the men going to their comfortable homes
But poor Connors resting. place was
pooI lodging house, where he shared
crazy garret with four other men. aud n
the JOY Of his heart the POOR fellow cx-
hibitcd hi, handkerchief with h. hard
earned savings tied up in hard wai in
the middle. before lie put it under hi,
pillow and frl asleep When he awak-
cncl in the morning he found his treas
urc gone Some villain, more Contempt.
hle than mos, bad men are. had robbed
him
Al first Connor could not believe It
lost He searched every corner Of the
room, shook his quilt and blankets. aud
begged those about him to quit joking
and give !, back
But a, last he realized the truth.
is any man that bai that its ,hayci
from me-" he asked in brea,hlcss way
Boys, is any man tia, balf'
And some one answered
No doubt oft, Cannor Its sthole
Then Conner put hi. head down ou hi,
hands and lif'el up his Voice aid wept
l. was one Of those trial, which men never
forget |, seemed more than he could
bear to have Nora and his child put.
a- he expressed It, months away from
him again.
But when he went 10 work that day II
I'D seem u all who saw him that be had
picked up new determination lis
hands were ueyer idle His face seemed
to say. In haye Nora with me yet :"
~ noon he scratched cut letter, blored
aud very strang5 y srtawled, telling Nora
what had hnrpcatl 1ni those who ol.
served hiu, noticed that he had nD meat
with hi, dinner Indeed, from that ula.
mcut h. lived on bread. potatoes ana
cold water. aud worked as fw men ever
worked before 1t grew 10 be the talk oi
the .hap, aud now that sympathy was ex-
cited, every one wanted 10 help fonnnr
Jobs were thrown III his way. kiul word,
and friendly wishes helped him nightly
but no power could make him share the
food or driuk oi any other workman
That seemed sort II charity to him
S,iil he WI, helped along 4 present
from Mr. liawu, At payday, got Nora.
he said. "a week nearer aud thi. nnd
that and the other. aided to the litlc
hoard II grew tistrr than the first. and
tounor's burden was not 80 heavy At
lat. before be hoped IT, be was once n,ofr
able to say, Il am going 10 bring thom
over, aud 10 show hi, hanik tchei. il
which a. before, H. tiyl up his earnings,
this tic, however, only - his friends
CAUTIOUS among strangers. he hid tn
Treasure anl kept hi. yps, buttoned over
il nigh, and day, until the tickets wore
bought and sent Then every man. W.
man anl child capable ef hearing or un-
ders,andng, knew thit Nora aud her
baby w,re coming
There vas John Jones, who had more
of the brute III his composition than ~.
nal'y falls n the lot Of man even he
Who had cno,ly hurled hi. hammer at III
offenders head, missing him Us hair :
breadth, wonli spend ten minutes in the
noon hour in reading the Irish new. TO
Connor There was Tom Barker. the
meanest man among the number who had
never been known To give anything 10
anyone before, absolutely hartcrci an old
jacket for a pair nf gill yn.es, which q
pcdiler brought in his baskr, 10 The ,hep,
aud presented them to Gonnor for hi.
Nara's mantelprcc And here was idle
Dick the apprentice, who actually work
ed two hours on Connor's work, when
illness kept the lrishman at home one
| day. Cnnnnr felt his Kindness. and re-
] turned it whenever il was in his power
and the days flew By and brought at last
letter from his wife
She would start as he desired. and she
was we'll, and so was the boy. and might
tho Lord bring them safely to each 9th.
er's arms. and bless those who had been
so kind to him That was the substance
Of the epis,e which Connor proudly as
sured his fellow workmen. ~ Nora wrote
herself. She had lived at service, as
girl, with a certain good old lady, who
had given her an education, the items o