Bridget Anna Burns loved her Irish Catholic parents, Peter, Sr. And Mary McAllister Burns.Then one day she over hears a conversation. She learns she is not really a Burns. From that day on she makes up her mind that some day she will leave home and go to America.At the age of sixteen,she boards a train at Westport, Ontario, Canada. She gets off the train in Lyons Falls, New York. She finds work at a boarding house. Then an upsetting situation occurs and she becomes fearful. She leaves...
More DescriptionBridget Anna Burns loved her Irish Catholic parents, Peter, Sr. And Mary McAllister Burns.Then one day she over hears a conversation. She learns she is not really a Burns. From that day on she makes up her mind that some day she will leave home and go to America.At the age of sixteen,she boards a train at Westport, Ontario, Canada. She gets off the train in Lyons Falls, New York. She finds work at a boarding house. Then an upsetting situation occurs and she becomes fearful. She leaves there and finds work as a waitress at the Hulbert House in Boonville, New York.Life again is changing. She goes to work at the Buffalo Head Hotel inForestport, New Yorkas an upstairs maid.Each time she moves, wondering what lies ahead for her but always maintaining her deep trust and faith in God.One morning as she is tossing out the dirty mop water, she accidentally nearly drowns T. Wesley Stone with it. Mortified by what she has done. She ponders her life. How could she have done that to the most handsomest man she had ever seen. Will she get to ask his forgivness? Will he ever play a part in her life?