The Irish standard., 1888-05-05
IRISH GRAVES IN ENGLAND.
BY MICiI Ell MAcDONAGEE.
CATFLEKrN1? HAYES,

One sn]trY evening III the summer Of
1888 the PROTESTANT Bishop OF limerick
WAS takil>sc. siesta in the beautiful gar.
denS attached to his episcopal palace,
pery- square. The grounds at the tine
ran down to the edge OF the Shannon,
and the si1mme1house in which the Pre-
late was taking his afternoon nap over
looked the brightly cleaning waters Of
the noble river The bishop areamt
beautiful dream, He thought he was in
the Garden OF Paradise. The flowers
we're of exquisite hues, the fruit ripe,
and luscious, and al>nndant, the air balmy
and odorous; but beyond all compare
was The rnyishiDg vocal music, which
poured from the lips OF All angel. His
soul Was oathed in the melody; he was
IN rapturous delight; ne thought he was
being conducted through the gardens to
the portals Of Heaven, with the angel
singing before hlu1, when the music
Suddenly ceased, darkness ellsued, and
with start the dreamer awoke. The
good bishop tor a time did not know
whether to feel sorry or gjad-sorry that
be was not in heaven-giad that after all
he was not dead, but was in bis OWE
snuggery, beneath the shadow of his own
palace. Probably the latter feeling in
the end predom1nated, for there is O.
story told Of lis lor6lship, that when old
and feeble and lying Oh q bed Of sick
ness, his doctor found it difficult to in
ancc him to go to Nice for the benefit OF
his health, and at last put it to hirn
5raight-'sYou will have" my lord,
@'either to go to Nice OK to Heaven
esIhen, 1 will go to Nice" said his lord
ship. AT any rate, to go back to the
evening in the summerhouse, the bishop
felt q delight i'll thinking Of his dream.
and while lie Was picturins it i'll all its
glorious details to his awakened senses,
he was considerably startled by hearing
@'the angels" voice--the very identical
tones Of which he had dreamt-~on the
xiver, breaking forth, in a plaintive Isish !
melody. He s,rang to his feet, rushed
out into the garden, and beheld On The
river a tisherman's Crecaun "a light fish
ing boat, used Oh the Upper Shannon),
containing couple Of young men and
girls, and one of the latter it WAS that
sang so sweetly. The bishop was de-
lighted that along with being alive he
could have the angel to his dream, and
SO he hailed the boatmen to pull ashore
to him. The angel turned out to be
simple, untutored lass, named Catherine
Hayes, aged 10 years, the daughter of
an humble Abbey fisherman from ST.
Mary's. The good bishop sent his lady
the very next day to the parent of the
girl. and profered to have her educated
and trained as vocalist at his expense.
The offer was, Of course, gladly accepted,
and SO Catherine Hayes was sent to
school, and in the evening attended
singing classes, in which her magnificent
voice underwent preliminary training
IN the rudiments of music.
n In 1889, Miss Hayes was placed by
her benefactor under the tuition of Sig
nor Saplo, in Dublin, and month after
hear arrival in the metropolis she sang in
!. concert in the Round Room Of the
Rotnnda, and delighted an immense
audience. She appeared during the
wear at3 some other concerts, and also |
gan in limerick, but her health failing u