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Show H 1 nffo?' Shamrock; Slose and ffhjstleif . ; jB 1 ift Vr S. 3, Jaqttes. j iH i . i H ' n, j Chapter eJ. H TH1$ SHAMROCK. B "Suro an I'ts Paddy Kcrnoy that's H wnntln' to bo n tiavellln1 wld us, Mike, jB nn by tho bogs qf Donnoybroolc, wo'll M boaUh-iV murchln' in double tile wld H one bohint'. Faith and it's mo howly IK Biblo that'll bo tukln' tho iado now, H an' I'll be afthoi goln' nhoml wld tho H road that ladoln' out Wost, at all, at I H Tliri p merrier Irish lada noVor mot H than Barney Mnrjreo, Miko O'Noil and H Pa.iiiy Keinoy. They left Kcw York H on the 1st of Apt 51 All Idol's Day H 18. J, with tut llttlo money in their H pookct. They had been mo to wirnln B j heir In ead bv th sweat of their brow H and tlais they had pi timed to work B their way tluougb. Tlioy found om- B pUntnent in P?nnslvnnl, w'tera thpy B remained about two months. Finally B they reached tho Mississippi Iliver B where they joined nn emigrant train B bpui.il for California. Tboro wore B several others from the Km em Id Isle B and although this was a new modo of B travelling as it was also enrol- they B lightened tho tollgomo journey with B J0'1 l,11(l BonK" us onb" tho sons of Erin B can J I'd llko to bo afthoriondln' a letter B to mo K ittlo Muhoon if thoGovernment B would lo afthor sondin' a post oflloo B out hero, at all, at all. BuE I'll be B - afther roadin' mo howly Biblo tltl wo B come to the and," snid Ufti'nov, tie. tho B train halted to lot tho horses rost a B whi'e. S? Br n O'Lynn was the slcopief t tnttn II on guard, anil our three IrUh ho- a do- i elded that they would play him a II partieial joke that would euro him of IK thus exposing tho whole train to SI danger For as they said, "It was B dangerous to bo safo wld tho guard H nslape an' tho wild baeto fustonin, on H what was left." jB They borrowad Buffalo robes and H itlanned to imltntotho Indiars if they B found him napping again. Tho other K guards had boon let into tho seoret so ff that no falSo alarm would ho foimted H by them. They suroly untight Brian B as'eep at his post and boforo ho re- B alized what war, being douo thoy had ffl him tied hand and foot and nearly jjfyK frlglitonufl to death. , ff . rtnytlio ftoWly'' ;fdthorn-bhoerled. ''An' if yo'll be lottln' mo looso I'll bo afthor goln' buck to Kilarnov an1 noyor como near yo again at all, at all." With a grunt and a kick they tumbled him around and then turnod him loose. It wiufall thoy could do to su press 1 their mirth as thoy camo near tho i sleeping camp but they sucuocded in i kooping the ovent a profound soerot to I tho end of tholr journey. 1 Tt is nootllcss to say that Bryan 8 O'Lvnn was never aguiu caught on 1 guard. Ho might have suspected them I of tlie trlok, but ho wisoly kopt sllotn, 1 if ho did. I THE HOSE. ffl will ndw visit tho TliomMon S homo. 9j A oablfgram had boon received staling that Holand Had oompluted his fj business arrangements and that ho in- m tondod to return on the S. S. ViotoriRi which would probably arrive In Liver- pool ou or about tho 1st of Juno. ' Prop II arations were at once commenced to make his homecoming as pleasant as I pofcbjble. Miss Wanmer, being advised of these I facts kept a watchful eye on her (lower I garden and marked one particular rose that would be in full bloom by tho I time secided. She thought how In- viting all this would appptir; how en-Bj en-Bj clmntiog would be tlie scene. We may judge of their disappoint- I ment when they received the following message. I ''Auckland, New Zealand, May 21st, 1 sri. I Holund Thompson overcome by ex- heat. Not necessarily fatoi. I SlKned, OH AS. INLIS, a Permanont Government Guide '' I "ThaDk Heaven, it is no worse" was I murnnirod by nil after they had ro- H covered from the shosk. K They cabled at onoe: "Spare noth- S ing that would insure the speedy re- covory of Mr. Thompson. 9 Signed; Will and llames." B Tho days lengthenel into months bo-1 bo-1 fore Roland Thompon was proinltted by his phjsiolanh to attempt to crow the I sea, and it was finally agreed at tho I oarnest request of "his employers that i Dr. Parkhurst should acoompany him I on his homowurd journey. Tho voyago U was made as pleasant as possible but JK when Koland arrived be appeared but a shadow of his formor manly self. Ho was at home, hovsovoiVnnd his natty o air, together witii tha kind attontiod lie roueivoJ, soon showed a inarkud iin provomontOn tho son and heir of ono of tho best known families in the old, historic city of Northampton. When Dr. Parlthurat balled for Now Zealand ho hadmado many now frlondd In tho mother country; friends that-proved that-proved true In tho proper .otisa of the term Miss Wnnmor nnd hor pnronts wero Impatient for the time to arrive when thoy could wolooino the objejfc of their esteem to tholr homo ngu'u. Tho ilowors s III looked beautifully fresh around tho Wntnttor home anu tlielr sweet mlor flllel thenlr. It was "now nearly u year since Roland Thomnson had b hold that lovoly bower when Kdith gave him that parting gotn and spokt, tho words that had oft on proved a source of comfort to him in the hour of his affliction, All this w:s past now and the future appeal od very brigiit THK THISTLK. "Forward tho Ligtit Brigade! Was there a innn dismayed? Nor. though tho soldiers knew someone had blond-ored." Dreadful to contemplate! Wh it do tho people of- today think of niuh blundering? Would to God that rulers would exercise thtir "onson wh" men should thus "do nod die'' then tho un'old million of dollars now usod or rather misused for tlie wholesale de-btructlon de-btructlon of the best men ou oarth would bo spent for educational and other purpescs of enlightenment and advancement. Tins would give to tho world a srlklng example to tho following follow-ing Inspiring lines: "I live, to hail thnt season. By gifted minds fun told, "When men shall live by "reason, ' And not alone by gold." Contrast: "Bck from the mouth of Hell,- ' All that was left of them. v ' Left of the Noble l. Bundr'." What was there U-Jl? I he writer l- a living witness of tholr d -pjrturo and their I was going to say rcuirn, b. t my pen refuses to shape the words. ' When will their glory fade"? Peaceful Peace-ful be tticir sleep. Nos of their wild charge soon spread to tho remotest pirts of the land and it was thought by many tluiC the "Light QrU'nde'Miad beenannihil.ited. Such was not tho fact, however, as wo uott In the uoen icferred to. "i'lion they rode hick, but not Not tho lx Hundred." There wore a few at Itast who soon loarnod that all hud not boon kllkd. -A bonny laddio lay in tho hospital, wounded but conscious and tho doctors had hopes for hls recovery. It whs he who sont the following mossiige to those whom ho know would be bowed down in sorrow until they wore assured ho was still alive. That "Angol i disguise," Miss Nightingale, wrote tho words as thoy fell from his trembling lips: "Ye munnn give up a' hopa for your bonny laddio I'll bo coming homo again." U ith the tenderness of a mother tho nurso forbade him saying more at present, but added a few words of con solatlnn to those who hud almost lost hope of ovor seeing tlioir loved ono again. Uotiven bloss and reward that noble woman. Miss Nightingale. (To ho continued.) |