Show STUDENT LIFE extra dime to be had by doing an odd job he was after Jt His laborers who prided themfel-lo- w selves on being Americans at first made sport of him for his wild Irish ways were often laughable But he finally won their hearts and when one day he mounted the table and showed the crowd jus little bundle wrapped in a red handkerchief and shouted “Look boys I have got the money to bring them over’ all felt sympathy in his j‘oy jThat night the workmen parted in a merry mood most of them going to comfortable homes but poor Michael's resting place was in a loft which he shared with several other men When he awoke in the morning he found his treasure gone some villain one of the most contemptible men on earth had robbed him At first he could not believe it gone but after a thorough search he realized the truth and putting his hands to his head wept like a child It seemed more than he could bear to have Mary and Lottie put months away from him again But the Irishman had grit and when he went to work that day it seemed to the other hands that he worked with a greater determination even than before The expression on his face was “do or die” At noon he scratched a note to his wife telling her of his misfortune but bidding her to wait a little longer and he would have the money again From this time on Michael lived : 135 on bread water and potatoes working as few fqen ever worked before His misfortune grew to be the talk pf the ‘shppi and now that sympathy was excited everybody wanted to help him Jobs were thrown in his wav and before long he was able to say again : “I am going to bring them over” and to show his bundle of money but this time only to friends The days flew by and at last the eager man received a letter from Mary stating that she and Lottie would soon be with liim About all the men heard until the ship’s arrival was of Michael’s wife and little daughter It was one holiday afternoon when the steamer came in and hearing of it the happy man cap in hand with half a dozen fellow laborers rushed to the vessel to greet his wife The party made their way through the docks and finally reached the ship Among those who waited fof friends the Irishman searched for his wife He was patient at first but soon became anxious and excited for he had passed through the shin and had not found the object of his search “She would never go off ( alone” he argued “but I do not see her I think she is not here” The captain came along just then and Michael asked him if he had seen anything of Airs Scott The captain turned pale and putting a hand on the excited man’s shoulder he bade him listen to what he had to tell him of his wife and child The officer told of how the cholera had raged on board the |