Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-02
MARGERY BROWN AND SCHOOL MAS.
TER JOHN.
4 aroRY on TmE COLONIAL TIlIEs.

STORY OF THE COLONIAL TINES.
IL was in 1923 that ship laden with mer-
chandise, and bearing alec goodly number of /
em,grants, left Cork, in Ireland; for the shores /
OF New England.
Though continent was to be settled, emf |
grams were not so numerous us at present Il |
vet, among those who came, Ireland, then as |
now, furnished its proportionate share; and in |
general they were equal to the best who have |
sought our shores from the Green Isle In later |
years.
Wandering lonely among the gossiping groups |
on deck was man of superior appearance to |
the Others, both in manner and figure. He
held no conversation with any, further than
brief but courteous replies to some
question or remark concerning the voyage, the
rare sight of sea bird in mid ocean, or the
wide, the vast, the awe-insping sea itself,
beating increasingly yeasty waves, alor g the
curying bows of the sturdy vessel.
His dress, his carriage, his preoccuped look
forbade familiarity, while his entire unacquain-
tance with The other passengers indicated that
the voyage had been undertaken for some
pressing purpose and in much sorrow. II will
not be foreign to our subject if We delay the
narrative moment longer TO relate his painful
story.
He was member of an ancient and worthy
family Of the Irish gentry, native of Limerick,
Wilher he had been recalled from his studies
| ON the continent few years before. Lett alone
] by her other sons, who had Joined armies in
/ one country or another, his widowed mother
| desired that John, who was more given TO study
| aud quiet than the others, should remain with
her at home UNTIL =, least, the present c0mmo-
| tion had passed.
| But children always will be doing something
| not approved by the parent; so John, not to be
an exception, fol- in love with young woman
some hat below his rank, and, honorable man
| as he was, desired to marry her. His mother
| p,,Iv barp hIt up0l red III
lie married the girl lie should never have any
portion of the s'a'e.
This threat, il persisted in, would efiectually
| prevent the marriage, as the girls relations
| would not consent to her union with panni-
| niless man.
Neither were the lovers able of themselves
to commence life without the aid OF their tami-
lies; Tor he had not been trained to any profess
sion or occ upation, aud be knew not how he
could make even his own living, Mother re-
piled he, with passion, 'f you do not withdraw
THAI threat and consent to my marriage with
the lady of my choice, | will 50 Whore you
shall never see me again.
His mother persisted in her purpose. Pale
aud trembling, lie besousht her TO take till
F., to- morrow to consider. The next day the
cruel woman repeated her threat.
At the evening meal John was missing In
+ the morning his bed was fourd to have been
unoccupied, and from that day his native coul.-
tly saw him no noie.
Instead however,o seeking SUI e ease of sor.
row In the world Of spirits by an easy leap i'll
to the friendly waves Of the Shannon, as other,
might have done, he projected himself upor
Il the unknown regions in the present state o
being thereby showing that llere wa
NJ. All unextngushed spark of health within hin
Is still.
10 With heavy sorrow at heart, II is not strange
ass that he sat apart, wrapped in silent gloom, o
in paced the deck unregardtnl of the bable OF th
o. light hearted emigrants.
70 Self eXpatriated, without hope or inter- ST II
~ ~ | the future and in the recent past great pail
il which sinothered all pleasant recoections
e, there could be nothing in common between
OF HIM aud the moving foIms who stared at hin
's askance save the usual matters of physical sas
,rs tenance and comfort; and even in these tn
he conditions of his life had caused wide differ
10 ence of feeling.
ue ,a. One person alone attracted his frequent al
he tenlion, as her bright blue eye caugh
or, his own, or his ear was arrested by her cooin
IA and pratiling 10 the several babies on boarG
~ her musical snatches of song, or her sweet
cs. plaiulive voice, when the loneliness Of her stu
. alton, and the recollection of friends she ha
- left behind, seized upon her Thoughts.
John had watched her with some interes
partly, perhaps, for her beauty, bnt chiefly ft
her peculiar relation, or rather, un-relation, I
any on board.
Seeming at fiji st, like himself stranger
1 lfle OlneTs, she WAS sDoH leciy All
iamhaIly with every family in the ship;yet i
4, was unable, watching with increased interes
-s tu discover any relation or connection whate
I7' er, other than the most casual, between Il
girl and any family CT individual in the We
sci.
> She, also, marked his loneliness and SCENE
,r4 to be affected by his evident sorrow; and OF
1 day she boldly put herself in his way with son
,rifing question. Yet her demeanor was mo
. est and in her eye, of the hue OF the sky whe
it meets with the sea, flashed forth no unho
III CLEAN.
Brown hair, clear complexion with esp
cially rosy cheeks, and graceful figure, ma
lold tuis e'fi VI hihe yeas hioio a''"et'' w :.
nty beauty loving eye than any one on board
though presenting the attractions Of more
veloped forms and conscious womanly fcelI
aila A brief conversation showed that the G
. was without a relation or friend on board.
~ Surprised at this fact the young man inquire
ias ! halfearnest, half in sport: