As the big ship left behind her the great American city, the Irish lad saluted and murmured, "Farewell, fairyland. 'Tis too grand you are for the likes of a simple lad like me. But, och, a wonderful, great fairyland you are!"
Slowly the stately harbor disappeared from view.
PART II
CHAPTER VI
JOHN
"Come cuddle close in Daddy's coat
Beside the fire so bright,
And hear about the fairy folk
That wander in the night."
—Robert Bird
It is to-day in Ireland. Shaun O'Day is married to Eileen. He has made her his Dawn O'Day.
They have built a cottage near the banks of that blue Irish lake. They live there with their children.
Shaun and Dawn O'Day have three children. Their youngest is a red-haired baby girl with the eyes and the name of her mother.