The daily gazette., 1881-11-21
IRELAND.
A Pathetic story From the Emerald
Isle.

oshc story FrOmthe Emerald
Isle.
Toledo Blade.
IN our party was an American gem
.iehan VINO was blessed with an abund-
ance oi boys, but no girl, and he and his
Wiie mad been contemplating the adop-
tioh OF girl. Here was an opportunity
10 secure one, not only girl, but Just
the Kind Of girl that he would have
gwen balfhis estate TO be the father OF;
ana so he opeled negotiations.
An lrishman who know him explained
70 The father and mother that the gentle-
nan was a man of means, that bis wife
was an excellent, good woman, and that
the child would be adopted regularly
under the laws of the state in which he
lived, and would be educated and would
rank equally with bis own children in
the matter of Inheritance, and all that.
10 short, she was made to understand
that Norah would be reared a lady.
Then the American struck in. She,
the mother might select q girl TO accom-.
pany the child across the Atlantic, and
the girl selected should 20 into his
family as the child's nurse, and that the
child should be reared In the religion of
its parents.
The father and mother consulted long
aud anxiously. 1t was a terrible struggle,
On the one hand was the child's advaD-
tage, on the other paternal and mater
nal love.
Finally a conclusion wa, arrived at.
"God help me-" said the mother.
"You shall have her. know you will
be good 70 her,"
linen The arrangements were pushed
very briskly and with regular American
business like vehemeDce. The girl
selected to act rs nurse was the mothers
sister, comely girl Of twenty. The
American took the girl and rushed out
to haberdasher's and purchased an
outfit for her. He put shoes and stock
ing on her, which was novel expert.
ence, and pretty little dress and
pretty little hat with feather in it, and
little sash and all that sort of thing,
and he procured shoes and stockings for
the elder girl and tidy dress and hat,
and shawl and SO forth. And then he
brought them back, instructing the
mother that he should leave with them
for Cork the next morning at IL, and
that the girl and child should be dressed
and ready to depart.
The next morning came and the Ame-
rican went for his child. She was dress
ed, though very awkwardly. The motbs
or had never had any experience In
dressing children and IL was q wonder
that she did not get the dress on wrong
side up. But there she was. The 10 9TH
or walled as one who was parting with
everything that was most dear to her,
the father lay and moaned, looking
from Norah to the American. Time
was up. The neither took the baby In
her arms and kissed her, and the other
children looked on astoundei, while tho
girl stood weeping.
"Good-bye," said the American. "I
will take good care Of the baby" and Ia
king her from the mether's arms, he
started for the door.
There was q shrek, the woman darted
to him just as he was closing the door,
and snatched the baby from his arms.
tDrop the child |" said the father
"You can't have her for all the money
that's in Amerikyp
"Nu, sor," calculated the mother, hall
way between faInting and Mysteries; 81
can't part wild herp
And she commenced undressing the
baby.
"Take back your beautiful clothes,
give me back the rags that was on her
but ye can't have the child"
And the girl she commenced undress
ing too, tor she did not want to obtain
clothes under false pretenses, but the
American stopped the disrobiDg.
"lt's bad for the child" he said, but
somehow. l can't blame you. You ar,
welcome to the clothes, though"
And he left as fast as be could, and
noticed he was busy with his handker-
chief about his eyes for some minutes.