Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-05-30
REUNITED.
A TRUE ROMANCE OF CASTLE GARDEN.

REUNITED.
TRUE ROMANCE OF CASTLE GARDEN.
Castle Garden is the point where emigrants
usually disembark on reaching New York.
"Please, sir, will ye tell me how 1 am to
find me girls!"
1t mil ght have been the mellifuous brogue
with which the words we're spoken that in.
duced Colonel Coonan, the Superintendent of
Castle Garden, to turn around so quickly
and face the speaker.
She was a little old woman, whose pinched
and shriveled face bore the care marks of
full three score and ten.
The Colonel added an extra touch Of the
brogue to his already rollicking Kerry &C.
cent as he answered her:
"Now, ma am, if you'll tell me where your
girls are and who they are, with the help of
God, I'll find them for ye."
$50 ye're Irish, God bless ye," and tear
trembled in her eye; "it does me good to
meet wan from the old land. am from
Carrigalough, just back ov Cork, sir, and I've
got two of the swatest girls that ye ever laid
is Nellie and Annie. Ye might know them,
sir ?"
"No, ma'am, am sorry to say don't
but I'll do my best to find them and get
acquainted"
"Ye see how it was. Times was mighty
hard in Ireland God help US, and our bit
of land was none the best, and it was hard
work for me boy, Mickey, to do the farm
work ali alone by hisself after the father
may God rest his soul-was took from US.
An all the boys got to goin' to Amerikay,
and some O. them wrote home that they wor'
doin' well, and Mickey tux the notion in his
head, and wan day he went down to the Cove
and tuck the steamer. Then the girls wint
to service in Cork, an I sold out the COW an
the pig, an the chickens, an what wild the
little I had an the little they gave, I got
along wid de help of God. But the girls
they got thinkin' of Amerikay, and the lots
o money that the boys used to write about,
and they tould me that they would come out
here, and when they could afford it they'd
send for me. I wouldn't stand in the way of
the young creatures betterin' Themselves,
though it was sorra day for me when they
in they had, the dears, but they writ to me
regular, all but Mickey, an him didn't hear
from him these four years and more. But the
girls wasn't maxim much money, and the
little they could send had to go for my keep
and did be thinkin' that maybe would
never see them again, and so wan Sunday
after Mass l made bould to speak to the holy
Father, and tould him my heart was break.
in to see my childer, and 80 atwane himself
and the neighbors they got me a ticket for
New York, and came out on big steamer
wild an unchristian name-the Hellvicious,
believe-the Lord betune US and HARM"
"Oh the Helvetia," laughed the Colonel.
"But what is the address of your girlsp'
"Ages?'
II mean, where do they live ?"
New York"
"But New York is big place. There is
half as many people in it as there is in all
Ireland"
The old lady was thunderstruck. Her idea
of the size of New York was based on the
size, manners and customs of Carrigalough,
and she thought that everybody should know
her girls ---a-
The Star reporter suggested that an adver.
tisement in one of the Irish papers would be
seen either by the girls, or some one who
knew them. Last Sunday the advertisement
appeared, stating where the old lady was to
be found. Two or three times day she made
anxious inquiries at the desk in Castle Gar
den, and her disappointment, at the invaria.
bic reply that there was no news, was painful
to witness.
On Friday, as the reporter paid his usual
morning visit to Colonel Coonan, one of the
employees entered with the information that
two girls were outside asking for Mrs. Griffin.
"Send them iD, at once!" cried the Colonel,
his eyes glistening with excitement.
In few seconds two comely girls, accom-.
panied by a strapping young fellow, were
ushered in. They were very much agitated,
and could scarcely restrain themselves until
the Colonel went to break the good news to
the mother.
"Thank God thank God p she calculated,
fervently, and in another instant she was be-
ing vigorously hugged by the girls
"But who's this ?" said she, looking curious
ly at the aforesaid young man, who stood
smiling but embarrassed spectator of the
scene.
"Oh that's Dan" said Annie, rosy blush
mantling her face. There was no need of
further explanation.
"Now, if could hear from my boy, Mike,
my cup of happiness would be FULL said the
rejoicing mother, as the reunited family
walked toward the door.
"Never fear for him, ma am /; he'll turn up
all right" said the Colonel.