The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-08
"And the name of the young girl you

O'Brien. She's the Wildly O'Briens
daughter dacent woman is the wildly,
and well respected. They are neighbors
there at home in the ould country"
The captain ran his finger down long
column of names, and stopped at last
and looked at Pat again.
''We had very unpleasant voyage, " he
said slowly-"a very, very unpleasant
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' fer-worse than
stablefui of bastesi"
YES said the captain, 1--WE try to
care for our passengers, but the steerage
is a little crowded. They are often very
sick
eyes, sir. L was that sick myself
thought be dyin',' said Pat.
''Some are severely i'll" said the cap
tain.
This time Pat made no answer, but
stared at him with a hot flush rising to
his face.
Sometimes they are SO very i'll that
they de- the captain went on. ''Deli-
cate women, you know-little children
and delicate women"
Pat still looked at him in silence.
when l said that we had very un-
pleasant voyage 1 meant" said the cap
tain, ''that we had serious llness-that
we had death on board. Two steerage
passengers died. One was William
ORourke, an old man coming over to
live with his son."
'sGod rest his soulr' said Pat, crossing
his forehead.
"The other. who was very ill, was a
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 well as we can. They are very hard
to bear. have had great many my
self. At my age that goes without say
ing; but you are young and full of hope.
am very sorry to say that | am afraid
you are about to suffer terrible shock.
It is painful task TO tell you. Brace
up, my lad. The other passenger was a
young woman, and her name, as we have
it written here, was Annie O'Brien."
All the color had gone out of Pats face
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He 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 as if l could not believe it.,
captain" Pat cried, lifting his tear swol-
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Are ye sure it was Annie?''
There was but one Annie O'Brien on
our list" said the captain. ..'She gave
her name just before she breathed her
last. The only steerage passenger of the
name of O'Brien died on the voyage of
fever. The doctor cared for her as
nursed her kindly. We buried her at
sea, and the burial service was said by a
Catholic clergyman who was on board.
You might like to know that, so 1 tell
you"
my Annie-my Annie at the bottom
of the say!" moaned poor Nolan. 'sAn'
I'll niver see her again; niver kiss her
red lips; niver feel her two arms about
me necki All, Annie, I won't live after
you-I won't live after you! Life is too
hard to bear wild that to think Of It's
turned me to a woman, sir, I'm thinkin';
but it's the worst blow I liver had in me
loife."
There was a knock at the door just
then. Pat hid his tear stained face
again.
mo admittance just now," cried the
captain.
s'I didn't name to come in, plase, sir,
said sweet voice, '.but I'd like to spake
to ye, captain, af ye'l let me. Tn
waitin' this long time till me hind comes
aboord to bring me home, and I'm get
tin anxious, fearin' something has hap
pened him. What will / do, sir?
know no one in Americay. Perhaps be
might be on boord and me not know it
He'd be askin' for Annie O'Brien, anJ
he'd be Pat Nolan, that I'm promised to
Would ye'-
But the captain had flung wide the
door, and Pat was on his feet, and with
roar like that of 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 alivei I've got you safe an6
sound! They've been tellin' me yor
were dead. God help the man that pu
the thrick on me, for I'll lave but the
bones av himr'
"Quiet, there!" shouted the captain
"Down with your fists, or I'll put you il
ironsl What did you mean by askins
for Annie O'Brien, a steerage passenger
when you wanted Annie Bailey, frs
cabin passenger? That is the girl tina
stands there. That is the name she gav,
, us-Annie Bailey"
Captain. DEAR" cried Annie, clutch
ing her Pat by the coat tails, captain
darlin', Pat niver knew-he did not
Since writin' him, my mother--a WILDLY
, married again wild Mr.. Peter Bailey