The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-11-26

The light of the cell was uiin' ~
Dyck managed to read the letter WIFI
out great difficulty, as the wrltlng was
almost as precise as print. Inc slsh'
of it caught his heart like a warm
hand and pressed it. This was 'ne
substance Of the letter:
"My Dear Friend:
II have wanted to visit you IN prls-
on, but my mother has forbidden IT,
and so, even If / could be let to enter,
l must not disobey her. l have not
read the papers giving an account OF
your trial. 1 only know you are
charged with killing bad man, noto-
rious in Dublin life, and that many
think he got his Just deserts In being
killed.
II will not believe that your fate Is
an evil one, that the law will GRIND
you between the millstones Of guilt
and dishonor; but If the law should
call you guilty, still will not believe.
Far away l will think of you. and
believe in you. dear, masterful, mad
man friend. Yes, you are a mailman,
| for Michael Clones told me-faith, he
loves you we'll that you've been nv-
| ing q gay life in Dublin since you
| came here, and that the man you are
accused of killing was In great part
| the cause Of 1t.
| II think I never saw my mother so
troubled In spirit as she Is at this
time. OF course, she could not feel as
l do about you. 1t isn't that which
makes her sad and haggard; it is that
we are leaving Ireland behind.
"Yes, she and I are saying good-by
to Ireland. That's why think she
might have let me see you before we
went; but since it must not be, well,
then, it must not. But we shall meet
again. In my soul know that on
the hills somewhere far off, as on the
first day we met, we shall meet each
other once more. Where are we go
ing? Oh. very far! We are going
to my Uncle Bryan-Bryan Llyn, In
Virginia. A letter has come from him
urging US to make our home with him.
You see, my friend"
Then followed the story which
Bryan Llyn had told her mother and
herself, and she wrote Of her mothers
decision to 60 out to the new, great
home which her uncle had made
among the cotton fields of the South
When she had finished that part Of the
tale, she went on as follows,
1--WE shall know your fate only
through the letters that will follow
us, but will not believe in your bae
luck. Listen to newly don't yor
come to America also? Oh, think Il
over! Don't believe the worst will
come. When they release you from
prison, innocent and acquitted, eros!
the ocean and set up your tent undel
the Stars and Stripes. Think Of 1t
Nearly all those men in America VIII
fought under Washington and VOL
were born in these islands. They tool
with them to that far land the mem
ory and love of these old homes. Yo'
and / would have fought for England
and with the British troops, becaus
we detest revolution. Here, In Ire
land, we have seen its evils; and We
If we had fought for the Union Jacl
beyond the mountains Of Maine ar
, in the lonely woods, we should, be
, lieve. in the end have said that tn
I freedom fought for by the America
. states was well won.
, $50 keep this matter in your mine
! as my mother and / will soon be gone
She would not let me come to you
t think I have never seen her 50 dis
!. turbed as when l asked her-and sh
I forbade me to write to you; but dis
obey her. Well, this is q sad bus
ness. know my mother has suffered
| know her married life was unhapp!
and that her husband-my father
died many a year ago, leaving dar
trail Of regret behind him; but. 20
see. never knew my father. This
was all long ago. and 1t is hundre
times best forgotten.
"Our ship sails for Virginia in thre
days, and must 90. l will kee
looking back to the prison where lie
charged with an evil crime, Of whic
he Is not guilty. young man Il
whom I shall always carry the spir
Of good friendship.
do not believe all will not 60 wei
The thing to do is to keep the courae
of our hearts and the faith OF OF
souls, and hope always shall.
believe in you. and, believing. l 81
good-by. l say farewell in the gree
hope that somehow. somewhere.
shall help each other on the way
life. God be with you!
II am your friend.
"SHEILA LLYN."
up. ST. beg you to remember tn
America Is a good place for q your
man to live In and succeed"