Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-03


your sister 1on may 60.
Tho little one held On e her sisters
hand and cried bitterly.
when tie other was gone. drew tic
child toward nae md questioned Der
but could not Get d word III reply.
FOR tho next day or Two was bothered
somewhat by 4 big Irishman named
OtD0nnell. who was drobrand among
the sfecrage passenger As We had
many English and German passengers.
as well IS many peaceable Irishmen, who
complained Of the constant rnclions
O'DOnnell vas kicking up, vas forced
TO ask him 20 keep quiet he became
very abusive one day and tried 70 strike
me. had him locked up until he came
to his senses.
While / was ia my room, after this
little excitement. Mrs. O'D0nnell came
70 and pleaded for her Fascally husband.
had noticed her before. She was
poor, weak, broken hearted woman
whom her husband made slave OF, and
have no doubt beat her when he had
the chance. She was evidently MORALLY
afraid Of him, and . look from him
seemed enough to take the life out Of
her.
''Well, Mrs. 'DonneIl, / said, sT'll
let your husband 60, but he will have to
keep civil tongue in his head and keep
his hands off people. I've seen men
for less pnt in irons during q voyage
aud handed over TO the authorities
when they landed. And now l want
you to do me favor. There arc two
children on board without tickets. I
don't believe they ever had tickets. aud
/ want to find out You're kind hearted
woman, Mrs. 0'Donnell, and perhaps tho
children will answer you.
had the two called in, and they came
hand in hand as usual. Th elder looked
at me as il she couldn't take her eyes of
my face.
Look at this woman" said to her;
''she wants to speak to you. Ask her
some questions about herself, / whis-
pered to Mrs. O'Donnell.
s.Acushla, ? said Mrs. O'Donnell with
infinite tenderness, taking the disengaged
hand Of the elder girl. Tell me, dar-
lint, where zee are from.
suppose had spoken rather harsh
ly to them before, although / had not
intended to do SO, but however that may
be at the first word Of kindness from
/ the lips of their countrywomau both
girls broke down and cried as if their
hearts would break The poor woman
drew them toward her, and stroking the
fair hair of the elder girl, tried to com
fort her while the tears streamed down
her own checks. s'Hush, acushla, hush.
darlints, shure the gentlemin's not goin'
to be hard wild two poor childher going
to strange country"
4 n n u
that the company could carry emigrants
free through any matter of sympathy,
and must have appeared rather hard
hearted when told Mrs. O'Donnell that
i would have to take them back with me
to Cork. sent the children away, and
then arranged with Mrs. O'Donnell to
see after them during the vayagc, to
which she agreed if her husband would
let her.
1 could get nothing from the girl ex-
cept that she had lost her ticket, and
when we sighted New York / took them
to the steerage and asked the passengers
ifany one would assume charge of the
children and pay their passage. No one
would do so.
Then. said, .1hese children win
go back with me to Cork, and If find
they never bought tickets they will have
to 60 to JAIL
There were groans and Kisses at that,
and gave the children in charge of the
cabin stewardess with orders to see that
they did not leave the ship / was at
last convinced that they. had no friends
among the steerage passengers. | in
tended to take them ashore myself be-
fore we sailed, and knew Of good hands
J, in New York who would see to tho little
waits, although / did not propose that
any of the emigrants should know that
an old bachelor purser was fool enough
to pay for the passage of couple Of I'M
known Irish children.
We landed our cabin passengers and
the tender came alongside to take the
steerage passengers to Castle Garden.
got the stewardess to bring out the
children, and the two stood and watched
everyone get aboard the. tender.
just as the tender moved away there
was q wild shrek among the crowded
passengers, and Mrs. O'Donnell flung her
arms above her head and cried in the
most heart-rending tone | ever heard:
Oh, my babies, my babies. !"
'sKape quiet, Kissed O'Donnell. grasp
i ing her by the arm. The terrible ten
days strain had given way at last, and
the poor woman sank in o heap Ut his
feet.
= Bring back that boat, shouted,
and the tender came back
Gone aboard here, OsDonnelI. !"
s'rll notl'' he yelled, shaking his fist
at me.
Bring that man aboard.
4 They soon brought him back and /
gave his wife over to the care Of the
stewardess. She speedily rallied, and
Rugged and kissed her children as If she
would never part with them.
| so. O'Donnell, these are your chill
dren2n
ssYis. they are: an I'D have We know
I'm IL frae country, bedad, aud | dare
ye to AZ finger on me.
Don't dare too much, said, sor I'll
show Won what can be done in q free