New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-26

vet scemel lettering as now We tn
emerged from the cavern. stIl hand In hand W.
must dcscend the the hill and rass the rocks vhs,s
the huts clustered. There was no other course
Westward lay dim slopes which might trip ous
feet into the very Hudson itself Eastward wcrc
the raw nchoate plans OF streets and avenues tb.s
are Ia,ed and populo,s, but were then
trcacherous with untold pitfalls. We must rass
cityward by q single road and that sl,ir1ad tho
hoy ~ crowned heights which were fain 10 shun
But with hand still grnspng hand VIC took tbis
compulsory route. As left the cavern wa
seemed to gain air that was almost bright Nd
breeze moved, end yellow mist alone told Of thu
sunISen sun Stars had begun to beam in thu
cloudless heaven the prongs Of rock sIectrsl
on - cry side: we the home that we hal de.
serted hght shone from several OF It's lower
windows
ale must be there" my nioth~ whispered,
A stifed sob was in her voice
"If ne il there said at is better Theu
he will not see us and cannot follow Us
She did not me. but heard he sigh.
I think her love Juggling at her heart in that
moment She wantol TO go back TO him She
wanted tn give him another chance-to get his
kisses OF penitenco and return her own ~ pardon.
| But he step did not once fater. She flying
| from him because she loved him. And her love
nerved and steaded ho' she hurried onward
| at my side No one met us while we DESCRIBED
the hill The rocks soon doomed on cithcr hand.
Lights glowcd from their fat sunni It's. We
heard loud laugh two and ain We heard a
harsh. ireful oath. Life there at its usual
nocturnal fe1ncnt A few OF the men wero
| iovally drunk. a few OF them vagely Anf
| now a thin scGolm told us that some child had
been struck and hurt. As a boiling liquid will
| throw scum to it's top. So the rush and strife Of
| this augmenting city had cast these roor aNfss
and mutinous folk toward its barren outskirts.
We hastCEed along In little while hal
! gained a region where fagstones net our tread.
though somewhat brokeny. and st"'tlamTs. With
wide nters beoan 10 CLEAN upon our st.ht.
We had reached tho town itself. and were res
emily well past its limits To strike westward
into the Bowery now an easy feat should
say that came upon it by tie approach Of Pond
or Great Jones street 1t was thcn much a. II IS
now in point OF ugliness. hut its shors Voc
fewer and its priv ate DWELLINGS morc numerous.
We had arrived at Canal street before my mother,
always keering noteof the nun hers over the door
WAYS. told me that sho was nearly sure Martha
Ii, cd close at hand. The precise number had
cscared her, but it was tainly not far off Shs
stopped before gicantic black bearded Jew. who
stood at the entrance Of a little tobacco sbor, and
asked him II Mrs O'IIars dwelt near by We
were evidently In luck. Tho Jew took a pirs
|
"O'fIara he said. with urbane smil" that
put little creases in his checks. Il s'pose you
, meen do unfertaIlers. ride dare
ride dare was a little twostoried abode.
In its large lower window doomed hugo solemn
coffin
, sMartha can't live here - said. as we raused
/, ! at the narrow gassdoor quito close 10 the 1gid.
I angular box which child OF my then age can
see without q thrill Of sombre association
I recalled the brawny. buxom. merry Martha OF
| earlier days She always had q lau-h and est
on her annie. ruddy mouth. Ii se@ned lmpos
, sbe to connect her vigorous. mirthful life With
any custody Of death and the dead
sYs- my mother answered. Il remember,
I | now that Martha wrlte me she had arr1ed an
G | Undertaken This must be the place Otho Al
n least we had best inquire here Ii would b" al
most strange If we had not found her now though
p | shall fco thankful indeed If we have had the
{ good fortune u find her 50 soon
4 We had found her. Martha herself responded
= to our summons. Sho threw W both her hands
II as she recognized us In iovlal amazcment Shs
y | was not bit CHANGED. Her sepulchral sur
= roundin.s had not lot her touched by trace
g Of their shallow She drew us into a back room.
and made us welcome with splendid coriiahy.
r She posscssed tho sunny Irish nature In its fullest
a | exuberlnce She genlally alive than
s any man woman have since met She hugSed
. me In her stout arms and made me SIT on her
q strong knee while my mother told her all That
I had passed.. She had hated my father honestly
% and frankly before he had turned her simple
Il de> otiun TO his wife into reson Tor driving her
:, from his house and she blamed him now with
. all the ardor Of which her explosive broguO was
It cal able.
-, .Sbure ma'amr she cried Il knew it wuC
\ como to this afore you'd finished wild i'm shure
- the loilles O. you an the loikos o. him Is a
N diff rent as q fI1lm O cabbage. III ia peer
thor when he sthruck yer naani. he q ieI
y the weight o. this hand. bad luck to I'm An
-, the dear little Otho's come along wild ye! v ell
:, God bless We both Yell have bed and boar
"a here wild me fur NANNY day. 50 We VIII. lhoE
- man. as | call i'm. III be back soon. He'll o.
. glad when 10 finds We here. fur he knows well
=, maam how I've been pnn' 10 see ye both 50
= have, An the bishncss is payin' fuIst IHt
=, iusht at lacscnt We washn't dom very mucl
- til about month ago. but now there's shtIoN
% a. fortune come to us there is. an the vichV
~ got kolnd o. unhea thy. SOS we can I'VE an -
NJ a little as well Its three COOL numerals MA an
-, that's fallen from Ilcl en- uon us TINS very wee"
~. an we're promshed another to-moner' iur u.
-. pawnbrpker's eldest CURL. across th" ofc'S' "'"
:. exrectcd this very mnnit!
Martbas husband soon appeared lie was
- caunt bony man with a gl",t droo IN; ol"
"' rO,s,ocbe and a CLASSY vet benevolent eye MAJ
~ ,ha rarely -ermitte.l him 10 finish a sent me-
Sba browbeat him at every turn mocked mn
-, criticised him. bcwailed him. objected 10 hu
M, And yet he bore all her surontey not n'''
IA with RESIGNATION but seeming rleas,ii" lie T"
o- ccntcd her sarcasms her sudden assaults "
a.. hitting 70 s,naltics without O dsapproNlng ihu
7, mur But | soon that Matthias eye a"a'
ar | had n slv twinkle in il. and soon grew sure u.
ia he saw the twinkle toe, and loved Nc" '''
a. as he loved her for every other TRAIT or moo
whatever she was and whate'e r any ci""
Rod might make her become.
-, cot 70 he very fond Of him. During the ie
~ few DAYS no was always uSing 10 tell my motp
lilo how glad he felt at welcor Ing his VIC -
I r,istrcss lie would bccn somewhat III -