The Irish standard., 1888-02-04

/ IOf tlem, ana SendlnS Untold blessings
for her as a dntifui daughter, and in a
postcripr he added that lie hoped that
she would not be too much discouraged
by Dernot's troubles. nor tire Of wait
ing for hiha to get established. sNo,
that won't, until I am tired OF living
Poor Dermot ] wish he was here. II
is hard getting on ia ireland now, but,
oh. what can do more than I am now
doing? ] send them every cent J. can
spare, and itseems so little. There's no
one else that could do anything if they
were here to help themselves, let alone
others. Ah, well We were all born
/ to suffer, and if it is the will OF God we
must bear 1t. This is sad day for
me.
! And here Nora laid her face down
among the clover and cried, not wildly
nor boisterously, but patiently and
YEARLY, and finally, worn out with emo
tion, she fell into an uneasy slumber,
which grew sweeter and sounder, until
finally he dreamed
She dreamed she was back in her old
home; that everything was just as it
used to be. She saw her 1notuer, in
her short gown and petticoat, trotting
about as usual, hunting for stray bits Of
| dust on her spotless belongings; saw
her sick sister, with her two children,
and last, and sweetest of all, she saw
| Deru0G.
He came walking up the lane with his
elastic, strong steps, and she felt her
heart beat with delight as he came and
took her hand in his and bent his hand
some dark brown eyes to look into hers.
And then they walked along the path
that lead TO the old meadow aud orchard,
and there they sat down and talked over
the future
'Ah, Nora, my darling, fear we
shall have to find four-leaf clover be-
fore we can be happy. Tt needs money
to bring happiness in strait like ours,
and where could We fud it if the good
people did not bring ii.
They DON'T believe in the little peo-
ple' in America, Dsrluot, and had al
most forgotten them. I wish they
might help us. Pm sure I've prayed to
tue Holy Virgin often enough for way
out Of trouble, and have never found it.
Perhaps the little folks will. Anyhow,
[ see no chance for us unless people at
least show me where to find q four-leaf
clover
None put the pure in heart and the
unseldsh IN purpose ever find it, but IT
those qualifications would bring IL, then
you might be sure Of it, Nora, for there
never was another like you
just at this moment, Whiteface,
Noras favorate COW, came slowly up the
meadow patti, and seeing Nora lying
there, she gave q gentle low. 1t woke
Nora. and she could not for moment
remember where she was, and she lay
still and looked around COZ Dernlot. aud
slowly she began to realize that she lad
been dreaming, and she rose upon her
elbow, and, strange to say, she grasped
in her right hapG tiny turf OF grass,
and III the midst of it in plain sight, was
clover sten, with four distinct leaves
upoa it. Wide awake now, yet remeln-
baring her yiv.A dream, Nora examined
her priceless treasure. There Was I'D
mistake. but how had it got into her
hand? Reasoners might assert that III
her sleep she had clutched the turf OF
grass in wnicu this clover grew, and that
the whole idea was nothing but super
stitiuu. but Nora did not reason She
s,mply believed, and she was sure that
III some way, as yet unknown, all
would be made clear and straight She
knew 1t Was the fairies who had placed
lhat talisman in her hands. The rest
would come
She went back home and milked the
COWS and dtd her duties as defely as
ever, but ROW she felt herself a prvll-
eyed mortal, holding a direct aud tau
gAble gilt from the fairies, and her Whole
t!lougnrs were thanks &c Sod and the
Vlrglu tor the fairies gift.
Two or three days had passed and
nothing had come; s5,ll N ora WAS |
patient, and her faith great until one
evening Mr., Satterlee came home ana /
SAID to his wife:
Minnie, what is Nora S other name?
'Elnora Greedy. Why?'
You remember that cranky old woman
who had the Marsh cottage one summer,
wuen We we're in the Waite Mountains,
don't y2u?'
'The one who had the smallpox, and
whom Nora went and nursed all alone?'
Yes, the very one. Well she's dead,
and in her will she has left Nora $50, 1000,