| Show ANNIE the connaught castle had arrived in new york the cabin passengers had gone ashore the steerage people were being carried away by their friends or by the boarding house keepers who always lio in wait for them those yet uncalled for sat about the decks wistful eyes turned shoreward anxious to eee a familiar face and form among all those strange stjan ge ones come aboard in all his w blue coat flung open that it conceal the shining watch chain dangling from his vest tipped to one side in true connaught fashion with a mighty show of collar and cuffs and blue necktie and his boots for once polished by an Eye he threw his shoulders back and looked his best for lie coane aboard to bring his sweetheart annie obrien home and she the purt iest girl in ten counties and she crossed the ocean for his rake pat felt as though every one who saw him must know his business there standing baill he looked about him expecting to see his little annie somewhere not far sure an she be as anxious to mate him as he would be to mate but barange to say he could not see her he was a little late for there had been a delay of the train in which he came down from the place where he was working as coachman and gardener but surely Annie would never have conr ash ns n s without him he walked about bortul ten minutes looking everywhere buc still missing the face he wanted every now and then a gay ribbon or a bright coil of hair would make his heart dance but it was never annies hair or annies bonnet at last lie made up his mind that she had gone ashore but in tint case she had left word for him of course word where s io had betoken betaken herself 1 I beg pardon sir ho said stepping up to a man who wore u gold band upon hiis cap and was presumably an officer 1 I beg pardon sir but im pat nolan Is there a bit of a left for me do 5 ou know sir not that I 1 am aware the officer re plind it waa annie said pat she ciaio over on this steamer she expected me to mate her we ro to be married rou know sir and shed live word where sho is gone annie obrien the officer turned a curious startled ize upon him aluie obrien ha repeated A passenger in boorse sir said pit ashes romia over ta marry me and ashes a gil were gayther iv us rich the officer looked at hin ragain t 4 1 I know the name he said you coulden couldn t help policing the girl said pat ashes a party prayther cray ther is annie wid eyes like the sky and goolden hiir and a waist ye could span wid yer two hands barrin she permit ye to do it and a foot light as a birds upon the floor A little jewel is my annie not fail to notice her sit down a moment mr nolan said the officer 1 I will make some inquiries qu iries wait here for me A mighty polite gentleman though hes as solemn as a funeral eaid pat to himself 1 I hope hell not delay long lm wild to see annie oh the divil fly anway wid the cars that kept me from her wonder is she bryin her eyes out for pot scein me it was anat she had s right to expect the fairstone fir stone ablord the officer was returning he looked more serious than ever mr nolan he said gravely the aptakin would like to speak to you 1 ill take you to him we have had a ery stormy voyage as winter voyages aften are but youve como into port on as pleasant a day as there is in the calendar pat said cheerfully A christmas be brighter but we have had a very unpleasant voyage said the officer gravely he opened the door odthe captains cabin pat entered with his hat in hia hand the captain a grave bronzed man with iron gray hair sat at a table before an open book on which his hand lay sit down he said thank you sir its as easy standing said pat with a bow you had better sit down said the captain 1 I may have to talk to you for some minutes I 1 have something very particular to say if you are the s right man your name is pat nolan said pat beginning to feel astonished but then perhaps the cap tairi knowing that he was to be married that evem ng wanted to congratulate him to him a glass of something or perhaps it was the way of the captains of ocean steamers to be slow and solemn not thinking how he kept people their sweethearts so pat sat down put his hat on the floor and not knowing just what to do cracked all I 1 bis knuckles one after the other as he caiti d your name is patrick nolan said the captain again and you came on board to find a young woman a friend of yours ky sweetheart promised tome we are t be married today said pdt U god wills it said the captain uy sir we can do nothing that I 1 well know said pat the good lord above and father duno will help me but HI do the best I 1 can to myself the captain looked down upon tact aliases of the book him ana the mine or the young girl yon are asking for he said annie pat beginning to think the captain very stupid annie obrien fiher the widdy OBrien 3 daughter a aacen woman ia the widdy and well respected they are neighbors there at home in the the captain ran his finger down a long column of names and stopped atlant and looked at pat again we had a very unpleasant voyage be eaid slowly a very very unpleasant voyage the other gentleman was telling me that sir said pat wishing that thia old gentleman would stop talking about the weather and tell him something about annie bad weather mastbe a threat on the say he said in order to be polite and wid all thim passengers to be batchin wat chin and carin fer worse than a of bastes t yes said the captain we try to care for our passengers but the steerage is a little crowded they are often very eick yes sir I 1 was thab sica myself I 1 thought I 1 be ayin said Pat some are severely ill said tho cap tais time t stared at him with a hot flash rising tc bis fuca 1 sometimes they are bu very ill that they aiu the captain went on deh j cafe enmen you know little children j and delicate women atit still looked at him in silence i when I 1 said that we had a very un bauc voyage I 1 meant said the cap tain that we had serious illness that we had death on board two steerage passengers died one was william an old man coming over to live with ids son god rest his soul I 1 baid pat crossing his forehead the other who was very ill was a woman said the captain a woman and very pretty mr nolan we have to prepare for storms in this life we have to brace up and bear them as well as we can they are very hard to bear I 1 have had a great many myself at my age that goes without saying hut you are young and full of hope 1 am very sorry to say that I 1 am afraid yon are about to suffer a terrible shock it is a painful task to tell you brace up my lad the other passenger was a young woman and her name as we have it written here waa annie obrien all the color had gono out of pats face by this time it was white lips and all he dropped his arms on the table and hid his face on them and great soba shook his frame the captain wiped the tears from hia own eyes talk does no good he said time only can comfort you it seems a if I 1 could not believe it captain pat lifting his tear swollen face annie my bittle anniel ar ye sure it was annie thera was hub one annie obrien on conr list said captain she gave her name just she breathed her last the only passenger of the name of obrien died on the voyage of a fever the doctor cared for her as well as he knew how the women nursed cpr we buried her at sea and the burial service was said by a catholic who was OK board i you might like to know that so I 1 tell you my annie my annie at the bottom of alie say moaned poor nolan an ril niver see her again niver kiss ber red lips niver feel her two arms about me neck ah annie I 1 wont live after you I 1 wont live after you life is too hard to bear wid that to think of its turned me to a v ot Utin sir im th inkin ant is the worst blow I 1 ivor had in me there was n at the door just then pat hid his stained face again no admittance just now d the captain 1 I mane to come in sir eaid a sweet voice but fd like to to ye caponn capt nn if ddll et me im baitin thia long timi till me frind comes ablord to bring ind home and pm gettin rn siona fearin something has hap hnud him will I 1 do sir 1 know no onu in might be on boord and me not know it he d be askin for annie iea and hed be pat nolan tint im promised to would yo 1 but the captain had flung wide the door and pait was cu ins feet and a roar ako that of i buffalo had flung hia arms glory be lo 10 god and all the saints he cried you ra not dead at all youre alive ive got you safe and sound been tellin me you were dead god help the man that put the ehrick on me for ill lave but the bones iv him quiet there shouted the captain down with your fists r ill put yon irons what did you mean by asking for annie obrien OC rien a steerage passenger when you wanted annie bailey a first cabin passenger that is the girl that stands there that is the name she gave us annie bahlev i captain dear cried annie blotch ing her pat by the co jb tails captain darlin pat niver knew he did not since whitin him my mother a widdy married again wid mr peter bailey that kapes a boine tavern in our town so long as I 1 was goin from her and he proposing pro to her why she and he havio money to spare said I 1 should come like a lady and paid me passage in the place and out iv compliment to him being my mothers husband and so generous to me sailed aa annia bailey that is the way it was captain and andade all the th rouble arose from it for I 1 wanted pat to find me sated in the saloon ard ar d remained there baitin wa itin for him excuse me sir said paa cowing low on account of what ave been through all right my man the captain answered and then pat threw his arm about liis annie and led her away th happiest fellow alive mary kyle dal atis in fireside companion Com Danion one stints e hoy the son of mr alvin howes of pal gnyra is considered about tho smartest boy in this section ho is 9 years idd and is master of greenleafs Green leafs complete arithmetic having interest equation of payments square root cube root etc at his tongues end he will perform calculations with large numbers readily without slate or pencil and rarely if ever make a mistake with him a thing once learned is never forgotten he began to learn geography when helas 3 year sold by hearing his brother reciting his lessons to his mother and now it is nest to an impossibility to ask him a question in that study that he cannot readily answer hea has a better knowledge of physiology than most teachers possess and withal is quite a being better posted on the events of the day than many who go to tho polls and vote ho has not been drilled at home to show off ho has only been assisted when he called faor help heis a well developed healthy looking child of modest and pleasing manners hartland cor pittsfield me advertiser |
