Untitled - Memorial University's Digital Archives Initiative

- 3 -
hide thoir Ide~tlt.Y, t hey 8 8 SUDlft d the aliatH'!:J of Br -edehev and OtKel l;r . 'l'h8S 8
are t he Dames by whic h they ve r e knovn on tho Britannia ,
and 'Which they ret a ined
during their brief sojourn in the Nev 'World. They did not remain long in Nov
York.
Some inki1ng of their vber e a bout-s having reached the authorities in London,
the polico or Gotham ver-e notified t o be on t he alert, and AS
Boon as Brady and
Naugh t on (I ahall no .... give t hem their real IlI'\t!l.l:tfl) got to knov that their move -
ment.s vere shadowed , t hey t ook peasege in a sa i l1ng ve s s el n amed t he Northern
Light, bound to Fogo, \lit h a car-go of pr-cvd ed.cne f or on~ or the firms d o1n~
bue dne ee t here .
Frorn that port they came t o ~ . John' 8 , arriving here early in AutjUst of t he
year already me nt i oned (lSN~ ) . Deing good looking, educated an d regarded as t he
sons of Irish nob leman, t hey soon made intimate a cquaintances vith DOnIe of the
beat. f amilies in t he c OOlrnuni t y . At t heir hot e l-a popular place kept by a Mrs .
J ohn son -they received t heir ne\ll.v f oun d friend s, vhc invited them to their homos,
~=-..;. vhor-e t h:,y . we ~e _~i n ed an d wi~e.d and . e!lt e r t ~1no~Las . I?nly t he ho spitable mer-cban t s
and planters of 'those days 11kneIJ hov to do it". Th ey dance d gracefUlly, san g an d
played delight f ully , wer-e experts at ca rd s and billiards, an d ,
a s a r e su l t, the
parties give n in their honor.
At
these gatherings M08srfl. Brady a nd Naug ht on u sed to t alk of their experience
on the BrltR.nnla and rel""te s t or i e s told them by Ddcke na during t he v6ya ge .
And nll this they did to the rlel ight of their ea ger listeners . 'rben, ag ain, thoy
ver-e good speaker- a, and much a dmired for the \lit end humor t hlt char uctez-Leed
t heir after -dl nno r efforts. Thu s it happened t ha t f or some months t hings ve nt on
ve ry nice l y f or t hem.
But f r o'll t heir ahor-t, And blissful dream they ve r-c doomed t o
6 rude 0 v(\',("0 10Ct