Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-07-24

I""S Soiuhiu VI na'neS, auu stopped NJ
last and looked at Pat again.
ave had very unpleasant voyage"
he said slowly-''a very, very unpleas-
ant voyage"
"The other gentleman was telling me
that, sir" said Pat, wishing that this old
gentleman would stop talking about the
weather and tell him something about
Annie. "Bad weather must be threat
on the say" he said, in order to be
polite. "And wild all thin passengers
to be watchin' and carin' for-worsc
than 3 stableful of bastes!"
Eyes, said the captain, eve try to
care for our passengers; but the steerage
is little crowded. They are often very
sick"
eyes, sir. 1 was TINT sick myself 1
thought be dyin'," said Pat.
"Somc are severely ILL.," said the cap
tain.
This time Pat made no answer, but
stared Mt him with hot flush rising to
his face.
Sometimes they are SO very ill that
they die" the Captain went on. "Dcl-
icate women, you know-littlc children
ana uetlcatc women.
Pat still looked Mt him in silence.
'When said that we had very UNI
pleasant voyage 1 meant that"-said the
Captain-''that We had serious illness
that we had death on board. Two
steerage passengers died. One was
William O'Rourke, an old man coming
over to live with his SON."
StEo1 rnst HE eo,,l all D,l
"Thc other, who was very ill, was n
woman," said the Captain-"a young
woman, and very pretty. Mr.. Nolan,
We have to prepare for storms in this life
we have to brace up and bear them as
we'll us we can. They are very hard to
bear. L have had n great many myself.
At my age that goes without saying, but
you are young and full OF hope. am
very sorry to say that I am afraid you
are about to suffer terrible shock. 1t
is painful task to tell you. Brace up,
my lad. The other passenger was Il
young woman, and her name, rs we have
it written here, was Annie O'Brien."
All the color mad gone out of Pats
face by this time. 1t was whitc-lips
and all. lie dropped his arms on the
table and hid his face on them, and great
sobs shook his frame.
The captain wiped the tears from his
own eyes.
Talk does no good" he said. "Time
only can comfort you"
cit seems rs if / could not believe it,
captain" Pat cried, lifting his tear
swollen face. "Anaic-ny little Annie.
Are you sure it was Annel"
"Thcre was but one Annie O'Dricu on
our list, sail the captain "Shc gave
her name just before she brcathcd her
last. The only stccragc passenger of the
name OF O'Bren died on the voyage Of IL
fever. The doctor cared for her us we'll
as he knew how. TIE women nurscd her
kindly. We buried her ut sea, and the
burial service was said by Il Catholic
clergyman who was on board. You
might like to know that, So tell you."
My Annic--my Annie at the bottom
of the say" moancd poor Nolan. "An'
I'll niver see her again; nivcr kiss her
red lips; niver feel her two arms about
me neck. All, Aunic, won't live after
you-l won't live after youl Lille is too
hard to bear wild that TO think OF It's
turned me 10 IL woman, sir, I'm thinhin';
but it's tAe worst blow l liver had in lie
luife."
There WAS knock q: the door Just
then. Pa. hid his ar-stainc,l face again.
M adnttancc Just now," cried the
captcin.
:. L didn't name to come in, phase sill, )"
said a sweet voice; "but Id like to
spake to We, captain, af yell let me. I'm
waitin this long time till me frind
comes aboord to bring me home, and I'm
gettin' anxious, fcarin' something has
happened him. What will do, sir? l
know no one in Americay. Perhaps he
might he Oh boord and me not know it.
He'd be askin' for Annie O'Bricn and
he'd be Pat Nolan, that I'm promised to.
Would yc-"
But the captain had flung wide the
door; and Pa. was Oh his feet, and with
t. roar like that of Il buffalo had flung his
arms about her.
"Glory be to God and all the saints !"
he cried. you're not dead at all!
You're alive! I've got you safe and
sound! They've been telling me you
were dead. God help the man that put
the thrick on me, for I'll lave but the
bones ny him."
"Quiet, there" shouted the captain.
"Down with your fists or I'll put You in
irons" What did you mean by asking
for Annie O'Brien, steerage passenger,
when you wanted Annie Bailey, first
cabin passenger' That is.the girl that
stands there. That is the name she gave
us-Ann;e Bailey"
captain dear" cried Aunic, clutch
ing her Pat by the coat tail, "captain
darlin, Pat niver knew-he did not.
Since writin' him, my mother-a widdy
married again wild hir. Peter Bailey,
that kapes foinc tavern in our town.
So long as 1 was Soin from her, and
he a proposin to her, why wouldn't she 2
And he havin' money to spare, said I
should come like lady, aud paid me
passage in the foinest place; and out iv
compliment to him-being my mother s
husband and so generous to mel sailed
as Annie Bailey. That is the way it
was, captain; and indade all the trouble
arose from it-for 7 wantpl Par IN find