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Show "To the memory of Patrick Cn was erctei by nor thU fi p'e touo fVlInw work'iieD." D19 These woHs you may rend any day siab id a muetery not np,,n a white fk bur yu mawy miljs 'ri,rn hundred tiuirs a miht read thetu without guessing at the little tragedy thev indicate, without knnwini; the humble louiance which ended with the placnsr of that stone above one humble man pure Iu the shabby f'riezs jacket, and mud id n bn.ius, he was scarcely an attractive object as he walked iuto jlr B.wn's yreat tin and hardware and presented hiaistlf shop, one day, with an counter the t told teen y advertised for he ' h.U"r: hanJf, yer tny mao,'' said Fmly nut lifting his head from Jlr. his a c niut book. I d work laitM'ul, sir, and take hw waea until I C'Uld d better; I would that!" tnii I d ;e tn It was an Irish brogue, and Mr. jjiwii declared that he tevtr would He employ an iucuuif etent hand beturned briskly, aud with his pen hind hi? ear, addressed theuiau,who waonly one of the fiity who had answered his advertisement for four workmen that morning. "What makes you expect to learn filter than other lolks are you auy amarur?" "I don't say that," said the mau; "but I' be wishing to; that would make it aisier." "Are you used to the work?" 'I've doue a bit of it." 1 4 tuf-p'i-id- , lhn. - 'Much? ' 'No, yer honor; I'll tell no lie. Tim O'Toole hadn't the like ot this place; but I know a bit about tins." and 8b are the 8uoday frolies. All in vain. Connor liked beer, liked fun, liked compmionship; but he 'juld not delay the loug looked for bringing of Nora ovsr, and was not ' maue enough" to accept favors of others. He kept his way a martyr to his own great wish living on little, working at night on an extra job by which he cm d earn a few shillings, by running errands in his noontide hours of rest, and taking to any one who would listen to his one treat hope, and of Nora and little ( Jamesy 1 hat seemed a sort of charity to him. Still he was helped along. A present from Mr. Bawn at pay day set Nora, as he said, ''a week nearer," and th''s and that and the other added to the little hoard. It grew faster thau at first, and Conner's burden not so heavy. At last, before he hoped it, He was once most able to say, I'm going to bring them over," and to show his handkerchief, in which, as before, he tied up his earnings; this time, however, Cautious among only to hi Iriends strangers, he hid the treasure, and kept his vest buttoned over it day aud night, until the tickets were bought and sent. Then every man, woman and child, capable of hearing and understanding, knew that Nora and her baby were coming At first the men who prided them selvrson turning out the best work in the city made a sort of butt of Com er, whose "wild Irish" ways and verdaucy were indeed often laughable But it won their hearts at and last, when, one day, mounting a work bench, he shook his little bundle, wrapped in a red handkerchief, before their eyes and shouted: 'Look, boys, I've got the whoie at last! I'm going to bring Nora and Jamesy over at last! Whoroo! I've got it!" aud all telt a sort of symas 4 before a portly, rubicund man, who nodded to hint kindly. -I am looking for my wife, yer honor," said Connor, "and I can't find her." "Perhaps she's gone ashore," said the captain. "I bade her wait," said Connor. "Women don't always do as they are bid, you know," said the captain "Nora would," said Connor. "But maybe she did't come. I somehow think she didn't," At the name of Nora the captain started. In a moment he asked: "What is your name?" "Pat Connor," said the man. "And your wife's was Nora?" "That s her name, and the boy with her, is Jamesey, your honor," aid Connor. The captain looked at Connor's friends, they looked at the captain Then he said, huskily: "Sit down, my mau; I've got some thins to tell you." "She's left behind?" said Connor. "She sailed with us," said the captain. "Where is she?" said Connor. The captain made no answer. "My man," said he, "we all have our trials. God sends them. Yes, Nora started with us." C'uuor Siid nothing. He was looking at the captain now, white Vj the lips. "It's been a sickly season," said the captain. "We had illness on board the cholera. You know that?" "I dida't," said Connor; "I can't read they kept it from me." "We didu't want to frighten him," said one man, in a half whisper. ' You know how loBg we laid at quarantine?'' "The ship I came in did that," said Connor. "Did you say Nora went ashore? I ought to be looking for her, captain." in his pathy joy. flew And the days "Many died," went on the captain by and brought a letter at last from his wife. "She "many children. Wheu we were would start as he desired, and she half way here, your boy was taken was well, and might the Lord bring sick" 'f Jamesy," gasped Connor. them safely to each other's arms and "His mother watched him night bUss those who had been so kind to him." This was the substance of and day," said the captain, "and we the epistle, which Connor proudly did all we could; but at last be died assured his fellow workmen Nora only one of many. There were five buried that day. But it broke wrote herself. She had lived at service as a girl with a certain good old my heart to see the mother looking lady, who had given her an educa- upon the water: 'It's his father I think of,' said tion, the items of which Connor told his fingers. "The radin,' that's she, 'he's longing to see his poor upon " one, and the writin', that's three, Jamesy.' "You are too old for an apprentice, and you'd be in the way, I calculate," said Mr. Duwn, looking at the brawny arms and bright eyes that promised strength and intelligence. "Besides, I know your countrymen lazy, good for nothing fellows, who never do their best. No, I've been taken in by Irish hands before, and I won't have another." 'The Virgin will have to le after bringing 'em over in her twj arms thin," said the man, despairingly; "for I've tramped all day tor the last fortnight, and niver a job can I get; and that's the last penny I have, ycr honor, and it's but a half one." As he spoke he spread his palm open with an Knjlieh halfpenny upon and moreover she knows all a woman it. can." Then he looked up at his fellow workmen, with the tears in Mr. asked over?" whom "Bring Bawo, arrested by the odd speech, as his eyes, and asked: ' Do you wonder the time seems bo turned upon his heel and looked back again. long between me an' her, boys?" So it was Nora at the dawn of Nora and "Jist Jamesy." "Who are they?" day Nora at noon Nora at night until the news came that the "The wan's me wife, the other me child," said the man. "Oh, masther, "Stormy Petrel" had come to port, thry me. IIow'll they ever come to and Connor, breathless and pale with me if no one will give me a job ? I excitement, flung his cap in the air want to be aiming, and the whole big and shwuted and me with It happened on a holiday aftercity seems against it arms like them 1" noon, and half a dozen of men were He bared his arms to the shoul- ready to go with Connor to the ders as he spoke, and Mr. Dawn steamer and give his wife a greeting. looked at them, and then at his face. Her little home was ready; Mr. "I'll hire you for the week," he Dawn's own servant had put it in aid, "and now, as it's noon, go order, and Connor took one peep at down into the kitchen and tell the it before be started. "She hadn't the like o' that in the girl to gel you your dinner a hun"But ould man can't work." counthry," he said. gry And with an Irish blessing the she'll know bow to kape them tidy." new hand Then he led the way toward the obeyed, while Mr. Bawn, untieing his apron, went upstairs to deck where the steamer hy, at apace hia own meal. which made it hard for the rest to him. The spot was reached follow Suspicious a3 he was of the new band's integrity and ability he was at last; a crowd of vehicles blockaded Connor tte street a troop of immigrants! agreeably disappointed fine cabin passen-ger- s worked hard, and actually, at the end came thronging up; of the week, he was the best workwere stepping into cabs, and man in the drivers, porters, and all manner of shop. He was a great talker, but not employees were yelling and shouting Nora would fond of drink or wasting money. As in the usual manner. liis wages grew, he hoarded every wait on board for her husband he penny, and woro the same shabby knw that. ' lothes in which he made his first apThe little group made their way pearance. "Beer costs money," he into the vessel at last, and there for said one day, "andivery cint Ispind amidst those who sat watching puts off the bringing Nora and coming friends, Connor searched for Jamesy ever; and as for the clothes, the two so dear to him; patiently at them I have must do me better no first, eagerly, but patiently; but clothes to me back than no wife and bye-an- d bye growing anxious and no boy to me fireside: anyhow, it's excited. slow work "She would niver go alone," he saving." "She'd be lost enthirely. I It said. was slow work, but he kept at . U the sasue. Other men, bade her wait; but I don't see her thoughtless and full of fun, tried to boys. I think she's not in it." aake him drink, made a "Why don't you 6ee the captain?" jest f bis asked one, and Connor jumped at the saving habits, coaxed him to accomIa a moment he stood pany them to places of amusement, suggestion. liVU Connor groaned. "Keep up it you can, my man," said the captain. "I wish any one else had it to tell rather than I. That night Nora was taken ill, very suddenly. She grew worse fast. In the morning she called me to her 'Tell Connor I died thinking of him, she said; 'and tell him to meet mc.' And, my good man, God help you. She never said anything more in an hour she was gone " Connor had risen. He stood up trying to steady himself, looking at the captain with his eyes as dry as two stones. 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Our WHOLESALE as well as RETAIL DEPARTMENTS are thoroughly Stoclced for the Season. man. "A dale," said Connor. "It's aisy now; I'll be with her soon. And moind ye. masther, I've larnt one thing God is good. He would not bring Nora over to me, but He's taken ine over to her and Jamesy over tbe river don't you see if and her standing on the other side to wtlcoms me?" And with these words Connor stretched out his arms. Perhaps he did see Nora God ouly knows. And so he died. LOST! TUESDAY, 28th CI".. OX TIIK STATE ROAD, betee the Weber Onal, South of Ogdea City, iu4 W m. Percs' Blacksmith fcttop, taw mill. piece of Heart Block Irou) of The flutter will he rewarded tJ leering it at Wm. lerve'e Choy, OtfJen. The merchants of Northern Utah will find at this boose all they nee t for tup plios. One verj important advantage to storekeepers ia buying at tbe Loga. Branch should not be overlooked. 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