The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-16

~ AhSiS' ne was HOT IN the ma ID
1t OF receiving calls. Few peo
pie ever dared to intrude on his pri
vacy.
he opened the door and looked il
amazement at his vister. He saw :
little. round. merry looking. baldhead
ed gentleman with gold trimmed spec
tacies. an enormous silk hat. broad
cloth frock coat suit. patent boots witt
gray spats ON them and Il general all
OF prosperity ana good nature.
us that Frank O'Connell:" cried the
little man.
ut is" said O'Connell. trying in vain
Go see the mans features distinctly in
The dim light.
The little man came into the loom
took of his heavy silk hat and looked
up at O'Connell with a auizzins look
in bis laughing eyes.
"McGinnis"
THAT'S who IL is. 'Talkative Nc.
Ginnis,' come all the way from ouIc
Ireland to take We by the hand
The two men shook hands warmly.
AN what in the wurrld brings We
here. docthor?" asked O'Connell.
"pfdn't We hear OF me old grand.
uncle MCNAMARA or County Sligo dy-
tn'--after useless lfe-and doin' the
only thing that made me proud of him
now that he's gone-may he slape In
peace-lavin' the money he'd kept such
a close fist on all his life to his God
fearin' nephew so that he can spind
the rest of his days in comfort: Didn't
ye hear that?'
II did not And who was the neph,
ew that came into it:"
"Meself, Frank OConnellw
"You! Is 1t the truth ye're teliin'
me?"
MAY i nivver spake another wurrd
II I'm not"
O'COnnell took the little mans hand
and shook it until the doctor screa med
ont TO him te let it go.
ITS sorry am II hurt We. So it's
wealthy man We are now, dOcthur,
eh?"
"Middlin' wealthy
And what are We doin' in New
York;"
Sure, this is the country to take
money to. 1t doubles itself out here
overnight, they tell me-"
He paused. then continued:
Il hope we've not lost the gift o. the
CAB. Hev We got it with We still,
Frank O'ConnelT?"
Faith an while I'm talkin' Of the
one thing in the wurrld that's near
our hearts-the future of lreland-I
want to prophesy"--
AN what's it ye'd afther prophesy.
ing?"
"This-that ten years from now, with
her own government. with her own
language back again-Gaelic-an what
language in the wurrld yields greater
music than the old Gaelic?-with Ire
land united and Ireland's land in the
care Of Irishmen. with Ireland's peo-
pie self respectin' an sober an healthy
an educated. with Irishmen employed
on Irish industries
go on, Frank O'Connell. 1 love to
listen to ye. Don't stop"
"I'll tell ye what will happen! Back
will go the Irishmen in tens o. thou.
sands from all the other countries
they were dhriven to in the days O.
famine an oppression an coercion an
buckshot-back they will 60 to their
mother country. An can We see far
enough into the future to realize what
they will do? Ye can't? Well, I'll tell
ye that too. The exiled Irish, who
have lived their lives abroad-takin'
their wives. like as not from the peo-
Pile o. the country they lived In an
not from their own stock-when they
30 back to Ireland with different out.
ooks. with different manners an with
1iferent tastes, go long as they've kept
the hearts o. them thrue an loyal-just
70 long as they've done that-an' kept
the faith o. their forefathers, they'll
form a new nation an a nation with
Ill the best o. the old--the great big
Iaith an hope O. the old-added to the
prosperity an education an business
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