The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-24


 gould not only send hls~ parents the ~herewithal to make them comforta ble. but would work hard and save every penny thet he might have enough beyond what he needed fo, them to send for her. and they would found a home in the new country where 50 they belieyed-all grew rich.
 How Emmet Doolan managed to get to America without the where wifhal to pay his way concerns this story only so Ear as to show that q man who could accomplish such feat was bound to succeed And Emmet did succeed in time, though he found 1t up hill work Had bis mind not been fixed on definite purpose De would prob ably not have hGd the stimulus to work and pinch that he might accom- plish 1t and attain his goal.
 Eileen iGas not the girl to let her lover do aIl that they required, She obtained position as laay's maid in the home of wealthy family in Dub Rn. where she received good wages, nearly all of which she saved Long before Emmet was able to send his father and mother any funds Eileen was sending them small amounts, which she permitted them to think came from their son in America, They discovered the deception in time, but not till Emmet himself began to remit.
 Of the two lovers Eileen advanced the more rapidly so far as savings were concerned. Emmet had his trade to learn, and 1t was hard snatchlng at times even to make q living for him self. He was not only faithful work CT, but had mechanical bent which served him we'll Even as a helper he managed to save little, though he sometimes went hungry to do so. But when he became so proficient in his trade as to command the regular union wage his finances began to improve rapidly,
 All this took time. It was several years before he was able to earn his S4 day, and even then there was not always work to do. It was mot till Emmet had been in America four years that he began to put aside fund to bring Eileen to him. This fund he started at the beginning of a new year and calculated that he would have enough by the following autumn to buy Eileen's ticket across the water. Unfortunately he was laid up by H. ness soon after he began to put aside this fund and was idle for two months.
 Eileen received a letter early in January telling her of her lovers in- tentionS and another shortly afterward that he was laid up with an illness. She had saved enough money to pay her way to America and made up her mind to go to Emmet of her own ac- tcord since he was not able to send for her. She came to this resolution in February, but 1t was March before she could make her arrangements to de part. Then, too, she must go home to say goodby to her parents and re- ceiYe blessing from Emmets father and mother to take to him. However, she got away at last, anxious to reach her lover, who was still an invalid. :,
 Eieen's intention was to surprise Fpmet. and in none of her letters did she give him the slightest hint of her coming. She wrote him that she long ed tc be able to nurse him back to health. and lie replied gratefully that if she were with him he would recover more rapidly. but his greatest disap- pointment was that he was using up the fund he had started with which to bring her to him in necessary expenses, including doctors bills.
 The last letter Emmet received from home before Eileen sailed was from his mother. She was, q very pious wo- man and had often written her son to be sure not to neglect bis church du- ties. In this letter she told him that she was sending him gift that he would receive on or about St. Pat rick's day. She believed that it would make him well, for she sent with it her blessing.
 Emmet was very curious to know what this gift was his mother was sending him and wondered how it would come. He saw no way except by express, and, although his mother had his address, he sent postcard to each express company's local office that 1t might not be delayed for want of his street and number.
 On the morning of St. Patrick's day Emmets gift had not arrived. There was telephone in the house in which