Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-01-10


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hr r,ah+ r,a,. Ssa,oi . w t 1,'t "S' we ,,i "nG
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tha wh;te- -ha;rod "I1 onntiI o,a,'t Ie'atI' tIa
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hode thn noachmon @ " a,;ra ."e oni' on aa 'np,
,,"s.o n0 - n 4a, wv oii ouliie t,1
toTse5haa; vs5h; r mlrm aa,e ol o., ois1Tess H a Una,
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.tranao,,, Sha has arns H. thoao ny ~
tha i;1tlo Nal + ,oet =, IN Ino,ana ,n'. nd ~
fnr '';n,,to hod q fa;n4 ,,nna t' 4ha. ,n. ,
search was at iast ande5 Hnt hcr No.,
fatbor,s name is Rr,d,, :"
$" And yn,rs was 0:c1a,nou - a,;1 u,o
ooptloman ..And i Won, va, ls"n ,.o" h,,t ',,.
to France that bn m;aratod , 30 ;, '''
~ know " and . toncb Of ;unot;.noo
came into ber VOICE % "It - mns ,sp%,,tfor h,,t for
minnie as said Afterword "' IT nn ,ni
derstood how ;,,noss;b1, - ,ros ;, cIo
sighed b;ttorlv and want ON ~ .",' Z. 7 unn roro
1er Il tb;s 10 70 Le tho ,,un;ah ant t1n fnr
nv sin and follyN tha+ nn, nnnnr TO -
lnou, tba fa;th ~ t,nsaI loanata1, a i,i w
:" That o;rl;sb Sin and eli, ~, ,o,,
call II dear wife has hoon av,;atoI
Inn,, s;noe, ;, ,ros 10 n,,srn, g. l''t ,4 ~,
dea1 mast bnrv it's dead DO NOT % nalo 'le
vonrself miscrabIe bv r,t;na IN ;ts
ashes" "
"T om rnbannv sb, cold soft1,,
"Wbv sbould I be2 Fverv wish }s
oratif;ed save one-tbot of a reoonn;l;a-
fion with NV norents o,d ,,erI.ns = /,
riob+ +b;s sIduIJ Lo ao,;oa W., ;,
Has If never occnrred to vo,, +bo+
thew nav he dead 9nosled tho w no1t 9na 19t1amnm ''
loot;ng at her comnas;onateiy ate I, ''''> ''i''''
"Manx t;nos " sba anaaaroi ..p,,+
o.nno+ ,,oLa ,,,,saIf hnl;ara - 60
thine seems 70 teu mo that thou nro
living and in w.nt >, ''l''' CIV
"9h that - hocorso +ho ooon+ o
sent oyer to Tra,ond tn11 ns Wv uo,'5 fnthan
had lost his propertv Wy Yon m wonla w i,',. nat-
urallv think of him as moor after tbot ;,
"Yes and when nride is ;oined r.
,ove,.ty tho stru1roin ;s ~ l han1o" w
Father was strange man stern. and
naughty, and obstinate but under a
harsh exterior hid one of the warmest
hearts that ever beat. lean understand
why he left Ireland so suddenly and
covered up all traces of his fight. lest
those who had known him in prosperity
should witness his humiliation. He
could not have borne that: it would
have been the added drop of bitterness
that would have chokcd him. But
mother was different +; SO meek and gen
tie, and was the only living person who
knew how to manage him. Every one
else was sure to see the worst side of
his nature"
"Ah, yes YOU have told me of her
before. But L cannot understand,
Kate, why she never answered your
letters. You were but seventeen when
you eloped with that villain q mere
child and surely she might have given
some words of help and comfort when
your heart was almost broken bv his
baseness. True, he was your welded
husband, and held you by a bond
stronger than that of parent but their
silence was cruel, and l cannot forgive
them for it,"
"You do not know how T had tried
their love. NV father warned me
against the man. nv mother told me of
his falsehood and wickedness, and I de-
ceiyed. BETRAYED them both Oh T was
guilty of snch base subterfnoes E
seemed as if a demon had entered into
me. and I was not nv real self What
ever they said only increased NV obst;-
nacy. and made me more infatuated
with the object of their censnre Re-
sides Won must remember NV father
had reason to think 7 robbed him the
night of nv denarture thouoh the
theft was committed without NV lnowl-
edge. and hv the wretch into whose
hands T had trusted NV honor wan and hon1
niness That 7 couli have haen 80
blinded to his real character seems inn
possible now Int he had = winn;nn
plausible manner, and T was vain ,pd
foolish. fond of flatterv and admira.
ton"
"You fled TO America at once did
Won notp and wrote homo frnr, thoro 81,
.sYes. NV husbands yillainv was
fret revooled 70 mo- "n ho,ra s nf tLa ,Ta Taa
that took MS over ncc;dentallv cann @
across the money he Ind stolen rom n''ll, NV
father and recooniveJ tho nrrso that h.
hold - -, ono 7 baa I,,;ttl1 In1e
asked for an explanation. and he gave it
boldly, gloating over the idea of what
he called a Just and righteous vengeance,
instead of the hateful crime it seemed to
me. 1t was then found out that there
had been n feud of lonp stondino he