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Show I t'w ' . j ;;r Jte Shamrock, Slose and Zfltistle. rX y SPaul S. S3, Saqucs. ': Chapter 2. t THE 8H AM ROCK. ' Barney Marge'o was met at Castlo ' Gardon, N. Y., by Wiko O'Nell and ,8ucha hearty greeting Is not often " ' - seen. Arrangements wero made by 'rtfioso truo born Irishmen to go out '" West In quest of tho shining gold that ; was tho rago about that tlmo. Their thoughts wero now centered on tho Golden Gato and dear old Ireland, and '" ;, Barnqy penned tho following lines to tho folks at home; "Miss Klttie Mahoon, Kllkonncy, Ireland. Kittle, mo darllnt, It's mesolf - - . that's In Now York wld tho wurld all ' ', -'-. " - round mo an tho sea boyont. Faith, - - "- nn' I'll bo afther goln1 West wld Miko ' O'Noll, so don't bo afther wrltln' to mo now till I'm tollln' yc where I'm gono ut all, at all. Sure, an' it's meself thatskapln' the sprig o' Shamrock In i mo hovly Blblo an' I'll bo nfthor wear- In' it till I'm comln back to Lllkonney - me darllnt. Miko Is afther sondln1 his ' love wld mc to every broth o' a boy in "old Ireland. Goodbyo for mesolf an' , Miko O'Noll an' may tho howly Moth- rS " cr keep ye, mo darllnt, till I'm afther sendln' yo ngaln to toll yo whoro I'm gone. From BARNEY MAIIGEE." r '" March l"th St. Patrick's day, ns It L, . Is called Is to every true born Irish- LZJU- man what tho 4th of July Is to every N !oyal citizen of America a National Imllday. Legend has It that St Put ' rick plucked a sprig of Shumrock or wh'lto clover and that "ho Illustrated it asToprcscnting the floctrinoof trinity and thus it became tho national emblem em-blem of Ireland. In connection with this event Shamrock Is very much In - evldenoo on St. Patrick's day, as are tho stars and -stripes on declaration v day. Much has'been said and written --about tho "wearln1 'o tho green." This 'brings usto tho day that Barnoy I Margoe's letter reached Kilkennoy. I ' All wero dressed In their Sunday best ! . 'toOancoon tho ylllago green. Kittio ' Mahoon read aloud to those who wished to listen totho news from across tho sea. Ahout wont up for Barnoy Mar " " - 'i'i ' - ' , ' '"Sure an' he's a broth o' a boy an' bySt. Patrick wo'll bo afthor takln. a "" llrop'd''tho dear Crltor for tho boys 'o " , :Kllkennoy that's after lavln' us at all, F, n'tnll." 'Hats'went high In tho air and hand- Uorcihlofswaved; tho old folks lookefi wiso as'thoy refilled thoir pipes anfl puffed away In token of n tho pleasure Pyk 'tho news'had afforded them. '4j& THE ROSE. Tho Christmas holidays had passed, - -.'but ni tidings had reached Miss Wani raor of horabsont lover. Sho could ivf J not Imagine what wa? tho causo of his &, 'prolonged silenco. Her own heart ,. " told her that Roland Thomuson was ,,N still true to her, but tho susponse dur- " P'& 'jL 'Ing those long, dreary months began ..'A,:' f ito weigh heavily on her mind. She h 'hall determined from tho first that not y' ovon hoi"parents should know tho so-j so-j 'Oretof her anxiety, and of courso this V 'unwise action had mado It doubly hard ito'boar. Tho old adage, "darkest hour befovouawn," proved truo In thih 'Instance. As her hopes began to fade, tho long looked for letter had come - :and it was evident that It had travelled ( it thousands of miles out of Its proper f ' ' course. It had been posted at Well-fc Well-fc 'ington, "Now Poland, but tho envelope . -was literally covered with foreign t postmarks With a sigh of relief Ed- Lith sought a secluded spot, whoro she . could read tho lovo message unob- " .Sorvd, and ifcho result was that tho world appeared brighter than over. Sj Had ahe ideally doubted his fldollty? ms ' No, but she resolved to write and tell lilm of her anxious fears. Roland Thompson had enjoyed his trip to New Zeland very much judging by the letter he wrote to Edith. It had afforded him an opportunity to visit M many places of interest. Going from B Frankton In February, which was B summer time there, ho wont to Wal- MP manger and Rotorua. The litter is m called "the Wonderland of New Zea- m ' land." There nature bns placed some ft of her strange freaks such as boiling ft springs, steam blow holes, geysers and B a hot water lako. The Hamnrana cold B water spring ours forth over twenty B million gallons of water.h day. If you B toss a penny In It will whirl around B "but It cannot sink and finally comes B back to the side of the spring. There B are good sized trout there in abun- B danco. Lako Unlmahana is one of the K wonders of tho world with its boiling! K sarins? in one part and cold water In 4 another just a short distance away. Tho natives have a show place at Llkl-tue Llkl-tue which Is dangorous to visit with out a guide. It Is called "Tho Brink of Hell" on account of tho ground bo-Ing bo-Ing a crust of sulphur slllola that throbs llko a motor engine. Thero are also blue and green lakes not more than a hundred yards apart. Tho sccno was describod by Kipling as "the Loneliest tho Loveliest and tho Last." THE TUISTLB. Regimental headquarters presented an animated sceno for a fow days whllo preparations wero boing hurriedly mado for tho departuro of tho Scotch Grays, as they. wero locally called, but better known in after years as the Light Brlgado or Noblo Six Hundred. Thousands of peoplo had assembled to witness their departuro for Nottingham, Notting-ham, England. Whon at length tho gates swung open they wero noblo and .grand as they marched away to tho old familiar tuno, "Tho Girl I Loft Ho hind me." Well and truly has Alfred Tennyson pictured them In his Immortal Immor-tal poem ,4Tho Charj-o of tho Light Brlgado " That war should over claim ns Its victims suoh noblo Bpeclmons of manhood is revolting to our moral sonso of right, to say nothing of tho religious re-ligious sentiment of a clvlltzod world. A liner troop of eoldiors never formed Into lino, nor a mora reckless wasto of human llfo has novor been recorded. Tho facts hero pictured should bo hold up to the representatives of tho International Inter-national peace conference. This should act as an Incentlvo for all disputes to bo settled by arbitration. Bonny Scotland contributed her quota of bravo men to tho English army ar-my and ire may consider tho olTect this might have upon her loyal daughters. Our Highland Mary naturally felt somewhat 'lonely after Hubert had loft her soiahimptly, but sho did not sit and grieve and pine away. On the contrary, con-trary, sho sought to comfort tho fond parents who wero well ndvanced In years und who feared thoy might be bordft of their only surviving son. (Ireland had given to Eugland a Wellington and Scotland had given 4ior a Gray., Tho nows of their bonny laddie falling away from old England 'bound for tho Crimea was sufllclent cause for grave fears and much anxiety anxie-ty on tho part of tho many friends loft at homo to ponder over ovents as they transpired In the Baltic sea during the years 1853 4. All nations wero eagerly eager-ly watching tho ovonts and there are many still living who can testify to the Intenso excitement caused by tho rumors rum-ors that wero constantly circulated concerning tho success of tho English array. Our readers may Imagine that thoy know tho sequel of this story but they may bo wide of tho mark in their guessing. gues-sing. To ho continued.) |