Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-09-17

DSNA Hdu leIt ireland with ninety
weight Of misery in his heart. In his
bones he felt tragedies on foot in
Ireland which concession and good
government could not prevent. He
pounds in his pocket ana MANY tons
had fled from it all. When he set his
face to Holyhead, he felt that he would
never live in Ireland again. Yet his
courage was firm as he made his way
TO London, with Michael Clones
faithful, devoted. a friend and vet n
servant, treated like a comrade. yet
always with a little dominance.
The journey to London had been
without event. vet as the coach rolled
through country where frost silvered
the trees where in the early morn
ing, the grass was shining with dew;
where the everlasting green hedges and
the red roofs Of villages made a pic
ture which pleased the eye and stirred
the soul, Dyck Calhoun kept wonder
ing what would be his future He
had no profession, no trade, no skill
except with his sword: and as he
neared London toWn-when they left
Hendon-he saw the smoke rising in
the early winter morning and the bust
ness Of life spread out before him,
brave and buoyant.
As from the heights Of Hampstead
he looked down on the multitudinous
area called London, something
throbhed at his heart which seemed
like hope; for what he saw was in
deed inspiring When, at last, in the
Edgware road, he drew near TO living
London. he turned to Michael Clones
and said:
Michael my lad, l think perhaps
Well find a footing here.'
So they reached London and quar-
tered themselves there in simple lodg-
ings in Soho Dyck walked the streets,
and now and then he paid a visit TO
the barracks where soldiers were. to
satisfy the thought that perhaps ip
might, after all, find his future 1t
was however, borne in upon him by
a chance remark Of Michael one day
TN not young enough to be Il recruit
and you wouldn't 90 alone without me,
would you?'--that this way to live
lihood was not open to him.
His faithful companions remark
had fixed Dyck's mind against enter
ing the army, and then. toward the
end OF the winter, fateful thing hap
left of the ninety pounds-two-ffths
of it-disappeared 1t had been stolen,
and in all the bitter days to come,
when poverty and misery ground
them down, no hint of the thief, DO
sign of the rObber was ever revealed.
Then, at last, day when a letter
came from Ireland. 1t was from the
firm in which Bryan Llyn Of Virginia
had been interested, for the letter had
been sent to their care, and Dyck had
given them his address in London on
this very chance. 1t reached Dycks
hand on the day after the last penny
had been paid out for their lodgings
and they faced the streets penniless,
foodless-one was going to say friend
less. The handwriting was that Of
Sheila Llyn.
At street corner, by a chemists
shop where a red light burned, Dyck
opened and read the letter. This is
what ShelIa had written to him:
MY Dear Friend:
THE time is near q understand by
late letter to my mother from an
Officially when you will be freed from
prison and viii face the world again,
have not written you since your trial,
but / have never forgotten and never
shall. l have been forbidden to write
to YOU or think of you, bat | will take
my own way about you. l have known
all that has happened since we left
Ireland. through the letters ny mother
has received. I know that Playmore
has been sold. and l am sorry.
"Now that your day Of release is
near, and you are to be again a free
man, have you decided about your flu
ture? Is it to be in Ireland? No, l
think not. Ireland is no place for a
sane and level man 10 fight his fight
for honor, fame and name. hear that
things are worse there in every way
than they have been in our lifetime.
after what has happened In any
case. it is not a field that Offers yon a
chance. Listen to me- Ireland and
England are not the only places In the
world. Ny uncle came here to Vir-
cinia poor man. lie is uow immense
IN rich. lie had little to begin with.
bur he was young Ike you-inaeed,
little older than you-when he first
came. He invested wisely, worked
bravely. and his wealth grew fast No
man needs fortune to start The bust
ness If life fri This country lie can
get plenty of land 70, almost nothing
he can get credit for planting ard fur
niehinr his land. and, If he has friends
the credit is sure.
"Au America is ready for the li,es
of YOU. Think ir over, and mean
while please know there has been
Minced with the frm SRI Dublin money
enough d bring yoD here with oom
FORT. You must go. refuse it, Ia5e