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7 4 oars nve .! Fore - * Joly songs of his land, as he shoveled Wit flowed fromhis tongue \vikings who sought shelter among the - lumber on the dock - 'There was one f [COPYRIGHT SEOURED.] gmim wwfigmggfi * { CHAPTER II. 5nC tNCOMFORTABLB as were theac- ; commodationsat the Sha&xorock, and unhappy is were the beings who sought therein a tenrporary shelter, thero wets others, poor and frion@ess foreigners, within almost a stone's throw, to whom even that houge would have seemedapalaco, and Ets hard straw pallets like bods of down. . Whosver, during that perlod, now knowz2 and designated as the ship» fever times, visited the Whiteball docks, must hvo observed scenes of moreabje'ot mis- . Inograge care faith- fully Among piles of Ra®rmber, with rothing upon which tology their hads but damp and filthy Samar, were Ahnddbed-torethe ‘mmrakpqmmuyf. sok arnd and fr utEer dog» tiintion. When tho rins fall and the night Blasts beat upon thoir miserable hovels, it was sad to listen to their low moans within, and sndder yet to see pale- hood children, emaclited to living skol. stons, turning sorrowfully nway from the rebuff of some coarse soul, when they aked a little charity for the lovo of God. Often, and almost every diy, some ons of these would die. There were rare- ly any folldwers of their bodies to the plaso of burial {fBamey the grave-dig- go, would crack his jokes and sing the the carth upon their coffins. Who his. forgotten Barney? He was the prince like water from the village pump. Hs was the personification of the comit,.and the of his eye was enough to set a whole faunsral train ina roar. His n ture, amd his occupation were the oppo- sites of each gther. At all times, in fir ailstormy weather, in the diy timo | andin the middle of the night, he has been seen hard at work in the gmve-yard muttering to himself his quiant and oywazrd fincies Ho was living when the stemes we relate occurred. But the time came af last when the sphde drop- pol from his feeble hand-wlren his tongue wagged mo longer, and his oye cased to wink-and when the cold and silince of death crept pon him, stop- ping his fun forever. 'There were not worting those who performed for him the last offices which he had so many times perforned for others-and in his beloved gmve-yard-'\in a comer ob- scirg snd alone\ himself repos- eg But we were speaking of the destitute shanty, however, which i‘md been mado between two wood piles, and although rudg enough in all conscience, exhibited signs of having been more carefully con- structed than the rest, IEtsinmates wer f an omigrant woman ind her daughtor ' The former appeared to be past the mid dle ngo, though caro suffering bad undoubtedly wrought many a prem turo wrinkle on her fice. Bho sat bo- side the girl, on a low sent, parting the locks of the latter, who lay on a pile of straw, and wiping away tho dimp that was gathering on her brow. The face of } the girt warthin; uud us white as the untrodden snow, while her large, sor- rowful oyes, ecemed to beam with an holy light. Evidently, unless some kind demmd—hnmmww ent situation, that poor girl must soon be straightened for the tomb,. 'The mothor, with a love no maisery, or want or wretchedness of hor own could for one moment quench, wearied not in hor attentions, but day by day would wan- der from door to door, begging bread for her sick and dying child. At the timea wa introduca them to the reader the girl had just awoko from a peaceful sleep-the first she had enjoyed for many a day. Turning to her mother, she said ina sad tons : \Oh I have had such & blessod dream! X thought we were all it home again, in the little cottage on the banks of the Shannon. Tho sunlight Iny pleasantly upon the fields, and it was the month of June, and birds wars singing in the trees. And then I thought I was walk ing in the shadow ofthe woods, in the warm noon; and thoughadll around was very, very still, it seemed as if thers were mingled voices inthe air, floating fincuglgthe gilence asit were, aind fall. ing on my ear, soft as sweet silver bells I think, mother, the angels hive been talking to me in my dream of the days that are gnuefl' ty, \it is late, and you must rest. Do and fatherless may: yet restore us to\ comfort ard abundance. Do you know |i I bare bess. thinking of the: mysterioug | papers in tire bor which your fithér whi'l 50 uonfldentKuld. lead to tom: whiqh‘wuaah - i{mear the placewhere hecaid it Wand ple {if it shoul£ all turn Oh - Kath 'Jeen, we will yot-- But the wrords of kindness and hops with which themother was striving to cheer the spirits of her child, wore in- 'terrupted By a voice mying, \'Whist Tom, yo divil,\ and turning she beheld the comica® phiz of Barney, the grave Aiggor, protruding through the narrow door, and Fom peoping anxiously over hi shouldez. *The top of the mornin' to you,\ said Ban-nay as soon as ho porocived they drero observed, touching his cap with arekward politeness. - Tho saluation was returnod, amd soon, in answer to Bar- [neys numerous inquiries, the woman res- lated thoir Rristory, that thoy wore once in comforts. blo cirournstances, the favor- od tonants of an immegent family in Ers. lard, -that hor husband looking over the pripors of his grandfather, one of the soldiers who sccompinied General. r= mditia®aorat discovered something which Idd him to think would be of great sorvico in Auter- fica, -of their loving home in conse- quence, -the long and torrible passage over,-the death of her husband, -the loss of theiz means of lvelZhood, -the sickness of Eathleem,-aond of all the misfortunes that had overtakon them, 'one after arothor, until thoy had bean brought to Beg their bread,-and live in such a comFortless and dreary place as that,-ond how over there, thoy wers somme times scoffed at and ridiculed, and Eathison insulted by drunken rowdies. Heorcupor Barney intimated tho ex- trezno pleaszre and satishiction it would give him to dig the graves of all such misemble spalpcons, while Tom, who had hitherto remired silent, squared hirnself asi€ about to knock somsbody down, and expremed his great anxiety just tolam \'them chaps right on the smoot\ . *Now look hers,\ Fre added, \I ain't muuch tick, \C ain't, but here's a quarter, -eoH I've got:; hang if it isa't; and that I wonm€ old sledge; take it woman. I wish it was a thousand doliars, I do; if [(I didn't dafime And see here,\ he \Hush child,\ said the mother, kind- Emma, Ehe tears starting in his eyes, not think so much of the dear old home. Yowareill, and grieving will 'but harm you, darling.\ | \Do you think I will die soon?\ en- quired the sick girl, mournfally, \Last night I heard them whenthey came to carry away the man that died, and I thought if it were not for leaving you along in a strange land, I would be glad to go. Thegrave is abetter place than €his, and poverty, like ours, is worse than death,\ \Talk not so, dear Kathleen,\ sobbed | 'see here, maother what's your nme ?. bang the odds what it is-just say the word, and you and the girl there shall have better quarters before another night Iwantedto ery as soon as I saw her fice,\ pointing to Kathleen. \She makes me think ofsister Jane,who used to love me better thar anything else. She went to heaven in her cight. eenth year, aand ifshe isn't ons of the angels now, . why, then I'll just bet two to ons there ain't no angels. - (an'tFhelp it,\ aid Tem, mpmg away the. tears that had begun to trickle down his the mother. \The Fflend of the poor cheeks, as thie sacred memories of other {help t. 'caush I’ve gob human fmhgmlhnre- damme, if I hasn't” . had fallen upon the mith of flint unfor- tunste ind dsgolate mother for many n Tong and weny wesekr and as soon as they were gone sha tlirew herself down by her daughter's side, and uttered for- vent thinksgiving to Him who carsth for the hamblest of his creatures, trust- ing that the way of their dolivernneso from much suffering was at hand. Tom ind Barney had procesded but a short distance southward through Ca- f/ * nal street, upon: tho crist walk, when they were mot by a gang of lonfers, with lighted cigars, who were startling pace. able citizens from their repose with hid- cous seroeches to Susannah importan~ ing that pcmonugmt to ery my more forthem, upon tho nesguranco 00 that al. though they wore going to Alabama,\ yot they wery \cooming back again.\ , ''Now for fin, boys,\ ghonted Bill, the - cod@ Wei-piles on the ¢ dock, jug to seo the scampering of the Irish mts.\ «Look hero,\ said Tom, ns. he fronted the party, \Ihave heard of your per- formances, and thoy are bensath the dig- nity ofa man, what isa rman, and I'm ready to lick any crowd that's mean enough to abuse poor folks what can't holp thongoivs, I am.\ «Fou be ?\ cried one of the gang; \say three words more and I'll just take you up and shake you till you squeal PH learn you to poke your nosa into what's none of your business,\ at the samo time flourishing his fists in hm opponent’s face. | .. \Talking of noses,\ replied Tom, cool- ly, you had better turn your's in the other direction if you care anything in ° particular about such ornaments.\ One word brought om another, until at last one of the party nado n desperate pass at Tom, the othex three rallying up to the assistance of their comzade, - Blow nfter blow was gmm ang returned. Barney all the while keeping on thaout- skirts of mele, Chosring his friend, ev- idently intending at the propér time to make x grand tharge upon the enemy. But Tom hiving kphnted himself - against the side of a house,. was dcnnguy \the business in beautiful style. One of the assailants already lay sprawling in the gutter. Soom another, and another, followed, while the last, a brawny-shoul- dered-fellow, not quite so intoxicated as his companions, was maintaining the contest with determined spirit. 'Theis- sue of the battle seemed fors few min- utes somewhat doubtfal, until at length a well directed blow from Tom fell like A sledge hammer upon the face of his his antagonist, cauging the blood fo. Ay in a shower,; and demdmg the fight at - Oonce. 20, * - who vest C fight tint; wn with {Ha -Baruey took it apon mam spt . 1 | Tom's offer on the part y
