Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-01-01

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man inside her carriage, though, and
live coachman on top. guess She
flesh and blood like the rest, only kind
er and more thoughtful"
1t was toward wretched quarter o
the city that Norah bent her step, ant
the tenement where she stopped wa
old and dilapidated, and crowded will
human beings. She ascended the stair
and found her way to a room, dimly
lighted by a tallow candle. The dool
stood open, and she entered softly
Then shading her eyes with her hand
she looked around. There was bed
in one corner, and upon that lay man
asleep.
"Poor papar' she thought, che il
tired cut. The doctor says he ough
not to work, but he will, and cam
help it. 1 almost wish I'd taken tht
money. 1t would have bought chick
en-, and could have made him some
broth tomorrow. But he. wouldn't
have eaten it if he knew how 1 got it
Oh, dear! oh, dear! it's so hard to be
poor, and have sick father"
She hustled about little, setting the
room to rights, and tried to look cheer.
full, though she felt down-hearted. Bui
the tears came in spite Of her hen she
went to the cupboard, and looked in te
see what there was for breakfast. Only
few dry crusts and small piece o.
bacon. If it had not been New Years
Eve, their poverty would not have
seemed so bitter. She had gone hungry
before, and never complained, but now
looking..at her pale, worn father, and
remembering the sad Christmas they
had spent, her heart rebelled, and she
almost doubted the goodness of God
who let poor people suffer thus. Then
her mothers sweet face rose up before
her, as if in reproach, and she folded
her hands together, and breathed a
prayer for help and comfort. Poor
Norab child in years, but weighed
down with woman's cares, old in
trouble and the wisdom born of it, it
was well that she learned where to look
for guidance when sore and distressed
and buffeted by the world.
Her father did not awake, and she fl
nally took up the bit of candle, and re-
tired to an inner room, hardly larger
than closet Its only furniture was a
little cot-bed. Into that she crept after
undressing herself, and soon fell asleep.
She dreamed of an angel with the face
of her mother, and of the beautiful
lady who in some magical way had
been changed into a fairy, all gold
spangles and lace.
The sun was nearly au hour high
when she awoke the next morning,
though her room was still dark, for it
had but one little window high up that
opened on brick wall. But she rub
bed her eyes, and looked around as if
bewildered, for surely some one bent
over her, and whispered, softly, ''Little
sister! Little sisterr' She sat up in
bed, and then felt two arms clasp her
close, and warm kisses rain down on
brow and lips and cheeks. She was not
afraid, only wondered what it all meant.
and whether she was really in her own
little reom, or in fairyland, or in heav-
en-.
Dress quickly, DEAR" said the voice
she had heard first. ''There is a gen.
tleman waiting to see yeu."
The voice was that of the beautiful
lady, and so was the form that she re-
cegnized by the dim light. Half be-
lieving it dream still, Norah slipped
on her clothes, and with her hand
clasped in that of her companion, open
ed the door of the other room. There
sat her father and the white-haired old
gentleman she remembered so well,
talking costly together; and If she had
been puzzled and bewildered before,
she was even more so now.
"Come here, daughter" said Mr..
Brady; or O'Connell, as he was called
thereafter. "The New Year has brought
you sister,"
"What do you mean, .papa?" Norah
"Tell her, Kate" whispered the white
haired old..gentleman.
Mr.. O'Connell had heard the stsry be-
fore, but he listened again as the sweet
voice trembled in its narrati on, and
once wiped tear frrtively from his
eye. -.
"My sister! My own, own sister!"
cried Norah, joytully, clasping Kate
close. Then in low voice she added
''The last word ma NINA spoke was your
name"
At this tears came into the eyes of
both, and Mr.. Hilliard, seeing them,
rose hastily and said, "Coue, come Kate q,
it is time we were going. Your father
is ready, and SO is Norah. You can
talk all you want to afterward."
Mr.. O'Connell's reluctance to accept
his daughters hospitality was finally
overcome, and he consented that Norah
and himself should make part of her
household. His pride was great, and
had led him to assume false name; and
almost make martyr of Norah, but he
began to have a faint perception that a
great deal of error and selfishncss were
mingled with it, and was ready to make
amends.
He soon afterward recovered his
health, and through Mr.. billiards in
obtained employment, at
once lucrative and honorable, so that he
was enabled to support both himself
and Norah independently.
Norah grew more like a child, and
less like woman, under the new influ-
ences by which she was surrounded.
But she was none the less true and hon.
est, and her sister rejoiced TO see the
signs of care fade out of the young
face that had once been so sadly mature.
But neither Norah, nor Kate, nor Mr..
O'Connell ever forgot the day that ush-
cred in their new-found happiness, and
to them the New Year brings greater
joy than any other holiday.
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