The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-24

wound up with one vivid fash of light
ming and a clap of thunder that fairly
shook the city.
Now, the Irish, bring q brave people
and seni-smphibious, pay no heed to
wet weather. Usually all the H'bernians
residing in a city divide themselves into
two bodies on st. Patrck Day-the
ones who parade and the ones who follow
the parade-but on this occasion they d-
vided themselves into three b1dies-the
men who paraded. the men and women
who followed the parade and the
Orangemen who made things pleasant
for both parties.
AS the out-of- time. out-of-tune band
turned into a quiet cross-street to lead
its frrcwing, green-F anre ed host TO
broader one, the first brick was thrown
probably by a woman, as 1t hit no one,
but metaphor cally it knocked the chip
off the shoulder Of every child of Erin.
Down fell the banners; up went the
fists! Orange and Green were at each
other tooth and nail. Hats from prehis-
toric ages side by side with modern
beavers scarcely fifty years old, received
the hurried brickbat end went down to-
getheri
The band reached the broad avenue
alone. and looked back to see the short
street sway with struggling men, while
women. holding their bedraGgled petit
coats up. their bonnets hanging down
their backs by green ribbon ties. lowered
about the esges of the crowd. making
predatory dashes now and then to scratch
face or rescue some precious hat from
the melee. meanwhile incitirg the men to
madness by their fierce cries-and In a
quiet house. in the very midst of this
riot-just before the constabulary charged
the crowd-I was born.
A GirIisb Prayer for Help.
was approaching my thirteenth birth
day, when It came about that a certain
ancient boarding house-keeper-far gone
In years-required some one TO assist her
some one she could trust entirely and
leave in charge for a month at a time
and ], not being able TO read the future.
was greatly cha grined because my mother
accepted the offered situation.
Among the boarders there were two or
three actors and two actresses-a mother
and a daughter-Mrs. Bradshaw and
Blanche. The mother played the "hrst
old woman" the daughter, only a year or
two older than I was Played. was told,
"walking ladies'" though what that meant
/ could not imagine.
The daughter (Blanche) liked me. while
I looked upon her with awe. and won
dered why she even noticed me. She had
never read book in her life. When 1
was home from school told her storits
by the hour, and she would say; you
ought TO be in a theater-you could act"
And then / would be dumb for a long
time, because I thought she was maxim z
fun OF me. One day / was chewing some
gum she gave mel was not chewing It
very nicely, either-and my mother boxed
my ears and Blanche said: You ought
TO be in q theater-you could chew all
the gum you liked there!"
And just then my mothtr was so cruelty
overworked, and the spring came In with
furious heat, and ] felt so big and yet
80 helpless-a great girl OF 10 to be work.
ed for by another-and the humiiiati on
seemed more than ! could bear. and /
locked myself Ia our dreary cupboard Of a
room, and flung myself upon my knees.
and IN passion Of tears tried to make
bargain with my Cod meant no ir-
reversnso-l was intensely reigiousi ]
did not see the enormty OF the act-I
only know that suffered. and that COO
would hep me-so ] asked His he,pi But,
instead Of stopping there. cried out 70
Him this promise; Dear God. Just ply
me and show me what 10 DOL Please
pis~Ae help me 20 help my m9thr-and