Show e I fm n f Il y I After fter the ship which had come com from New Zealand was tied Hed up at the wharf Larry OBrien O'Brien was told off by his shipmates shipmates shipmates ship ship- mates to call upon upon Mrs McCarthy and break the news of the death of her F husband which had occurred on shipboard shipboard ship ship- Y board the preceding summer The Brooklyn Eagle tells how he did it Good morning Mrs McCarthy he said Is Denny In 1 Denny said the surprised woman oman My Denny No h hes he's s 's not In Is tl the e ship here Sure It Is And Dennys Denny's not got J home yet Th That's ts t's quare unless quare-unless unless 4 something has happened him What would happen him Mrs Mc McCarthy arthy asked anxiously Theres plenty of things can happen happen happen hap hap- pen a man said Larry delicately delicately- He might have got or he might have took sick with the fever But theres there's one comfort as Father McGinnis McGinnis McGinnis Mc- Mc Ginnis said once and that is that time timEt 1 heals ivry grief 1 What do you mane Mr OBrien O'Brien I mane that if anything happened to Denny you jou ou wouldn't feel as bad about It a few months after it happened happened happened hap hap- as you would right at the time would you I suppose not lot said Mrs McCarthy I I mind I lost me me first husband I thought Id I'd never get over It But as you say In a few months It was to bear Then Mrs McCarthy you'll be glad to know that its it's now four months months- nearly five since five since Denny died Sure it cant can't grieve you now as much as It It would i if you'd known It at the time |