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PATHETIC NARRATINE.--The re-
markably line bells of Limerick Cathedral
were originally brought from Italy; they had
been manufactured BY Young native (whose
name tradition has not preserved } and fin
ished after the toll of many ye;.,s; and he
prded himself upon his work They were
subsequently purchased by the prior of
ncighborlng convent; and with the profits of
tins sale the Young Italian procured little
villa, where he had the pleasure of hearing
the tolling Of his bells from the convent
ciif, and growing old in the bosom of do
nestic happiness. This however, was not
to Continue. In some of those broils, wheth-
er civil or foreign, which are the uutlying
worm OF 4 fallen land, the Italian was suf-
terer amongst many. He lost his all, and
after the passing of the storm, found him
SELF preserved alone amidst the wreck of
fortune, friends, family and home. The
convent in which the bells were hung vas
razed to the earth. and these last carried a.
way into another land. The owner, haunt
ed by his memories, and deserted by his
hopes, became a wanderer over Europe.
/ His hair grew gray, and his heart witheretl,
before he again found a home or friend.
In this desoation of spirit. he formed the
resolution of seeking the place to which
those treasures of his memory had been
| finally borne. He sailed for Ireland--pro-
ceeded up the Shannon-the vessel anchored


in the pool, near Limerick, and he hired a
small boat for the purpose of landing. The
city was now before him; and lie beheld St


Mary's stecple lifting its turreted head a
bove the smoke and mist of the Old Town


He sat at the stern and looked fondly to-


ward it. 1t was an evening so calm ant
beautiful as to remind him of his own native


skies in the sweetest time of the year--th,


death of the spring. The broad stream ap
peared like one smooth mirror, and the lit


tie vessel glided through it with almost /;