The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-02


per. ''Oh! joy and rapture! I thank
heaven for the ecstasy she brings to
my lonely breastl shall fly. not be-
cause of your threats, but to give
peace to that sweet girl. Cruel man!
1 am no reptile. but have noble blood
flowing in my veins. Farewell, sir!
A day of reckoning may yet come
when you will repent of your cruel
treatment of me?'
Carberry. having arranged his af-
fairs, embarked for America, and
travelled under an assumed name. as
the vindictive father of Molly threat
ened to denounce him wherever he
wished to settle.
Twelve months had scarcely passed
away ere Colonel Traverse found him
self reduced to comparative beggary.
through the failure of some banks
and commercial houses
He was compelled to sell out Bar
rvs hall and mortgage his half pay in
order to avoid imprisonment, and.
ashamed and mortified at having to
live in poverty where he had so long
fourished in afauence, he responded
to the advice of an old friend. long
esta bIished in Brownsville, Texas,
and. with his daughter, arrived safely
there.
Business was then very brisk in
Brownsville. and Miss Molly insisted
on giving music and French lessons,
which added to their very slender
income
On the morning of the intended ex-
ecution of young Lieutenant Lucas,
she, with one of her pupils, was pass
ing by the garrison.
They are going to shoot a young
Irish officer. and the best-looking
chap l ever saw!" cried one of the
crowd.
Molly could not tell why she was
impelled to try and save him, if not
too late, or that he had not COM
mitted some heinous crime.
The prisoner, whose hands were
tied behind his back exclaimed:
Good people, am a Christian.
Please take off my hat, until / adj
dress my Maker for the last timer
A piercing shrek rang out as Molly,
who had recognized in Lucas the
| voice and form of her old lover, JAS
per Carherry. threw herself at GEN
era1 Dana's feet. crying out:
Mercy! Spare him for Christ's
dear sake! Do not murder my dear
est friend and teacherl Oh, general,
pity me and spare himi''
Touched with her beauty and grief,
Dana gallantlv raised her, making a
sign to suspend the execution of the
prisoner.
Just then his nephew, Captain
| Thompson, with his battery, arrived
from New Orleans, and entering the
! grounds, learned of the state of
| affairs.
AS soon as he espied Lucas. he ran
| and cut the cords that bound his
hands. and embracing him, cried out:
''Oh, Uncle Dana, this good man
saved my life at the battle of Shiloh,
where l was left on the field, welter-
ing in blood. He took me to a house OF
safety, and nursed me for weeks He
must not der
God in heaven bless you, sir, for
saving Mr.. Carberry!'s sobbed Molly.
''Carberry!' exclaimed Captain
Thompson. "Sure enough he is the
image of this portrait" taking one
from his pocket). Let me be the
first to congratulate you, Lord Car
berry, Advertisements, inquiring fol
you, are in various American pa pers
and likenesses of you have been SEN
to every important place. Thanh
GodI / little expected to find yoI
here, and I thank Him ten Thousand
times for having arrived here in time
to save the preserver of my life. anc
my dearest friendr'
A buzz of satisfaction was hearC
| he he 20 n
Miss Molly soon appeared on the
scene, and identified the prisoner a
Jasper Carberry, the former tutor
He said he had read in the papers o
the death of Lord Carberry, but hat
not dreamed of the possibility of tn
poor teacher being the nearest hei
to the estate and title.
Such was the case; Jasper was thu
nearest of kin.
Colonel Traverse no longer frownet
on his suit for his daughters hand
but, with lowered head and a dee
blush on his face, acknowledge
himself honored by the young man
love for his darling Molly.
Both the American and Engqis
consuls confirmed the truth of tn
happy change in Jasper Carberr "
fortune, and General Dana gave ava
Molly. the loveliest bride ever seel
on the Rio Grande. and now salutet
as Lady Carberry.
A happy trio-Lord Carberry, hi
lovely bride, and her father-returne,
to Ireland, where their nuptials wer
publicly celebrated among their ten
antry and the neighborhood gentry
and to this day Maureen Bawn is rev
erenced as saint among the peopl
of that place.
Sign Language.
I Women can talk the whole lengt
. of pew and understand each other