The American patriot., 1855-02-28

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orders, and settled in . living; that again, dis
gusted with Ireland and his prospects in that
country, he had come back to Moorpark, and
resided there till 1899. when Sir Williams
death had oblidged him finally to return to Ire
land and accept first, q achaplaincy to Lord JUS
tice Berkely, and then his present living in the
diocese of Meath. If curious about the per.
sonal habits Of this restless Irish ,parson. thew
might have found that he had already won the.
reputation Of an eccentric in his own parish
and district, performing his parochial duties
when at home. with scrunulous care. vet bv
his lanpuaoe and mannera often shockino ali
ideas Of clerical decorum and becettine a doubt
AZ to his sincerity in the RELIGION he nrofessed.
ali about hin, vet oftan do;n@ acts of reoI Lind.
ness., er.ct ori econ"n,;csI ;n h;s mono ca,nant
Of money to The verge of actual nars;monv
vet an occ.s;on ,snonI;no h;s money freely ona
never vitho,t nensioners .i;v;no m h;s honntv
Thew would have found that he he Was IVA hahitnaliv
irritable and that he was subject to a rocnrr;n .
eiddiness Of the head or vertigo which he had
brought on. as he thought himself NV n surGeit
Of fruit while stavinr with Sir william Tenn.
nle Il Sheen Ana What m;rht have [ hcen III. the
best bit 81 eossin of MI. thew would have found
that thoueh unmarried and cnterta;n;nr a
most unaccountable and violent aversion to the
yerv idea of MARRIAGE he had taken over to
reside with him or clnsc to h;s ne;ohborhood
in Ireland. certain vounr, and beautiful cirl'
named Hester johnson. with whom he had
formed an acquaintance in Sir William Temple's
house, where she mad been brought up. and
where. thouch she nassed as 4 daughter Of
Sir W;ll;am's ctawsrd sbe 1was hel;aved tn ha
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cated from her chiidhood - shaer Mo- and NOV.
nsrk ware ~ !. vsrv s;no,,iar % .rd A. ,,,s liz, ],
kind. that on the ether hand she xraa Scvontes
edlv attached 10 him and IN Tho othsr ho
cherished nass;onata .fFact;o, ifor hor ,,,roto
and smoke of her 40 his t.StelIa y and l;ked Al.
ways to have her near him vet that MARI.
ace between them seemed not IN he thowoht
az hv either. and that IN order IN have RAJ
near him without giving risS n scanda, he
had taken the nrecaution 7tn bring over an al.
derlv maiden iadv called Mrs TS;nolev IN 70.
aide With her 90 cornn.n;on and wes csref,, 70
he in her society onlv when Mrs n;noIev Vac y.
present -
Thnre wac n,cs+cry and -o,r.nce ero,,ch
therefore about he x;,d h,sct .hrowed Tr;sb
n.rson who attracted tho regards ~ of The wits ,,,
n Rntton's cofFce .bonse W5at bsd hro,,sht
hin, thorep q Th.t VIZ. 10 ,,.r+,v /. ,,,vsto,,, 20.
hnt M tho mvsterv w would have been nrettv vel, J,
solved ;f < had heen known that unconth .look.
i;lte the root of the,o hor;ro ;rs+ ur;ttan M.
i;t;c.i r.,cnhia+ rh;cb rra. ,no.;rc Nv xves ~
,naLo : eropd Sa.I ~ ro;sa ~ tbae 'ror,J .nS
hsv;ne g that ,,o,nant 10 h;s roc,."+ AZ Ia. st
one other niece which he iw.s about to publish.
The political pamphlet was an sEssay on the
Civil Discords in Athens and Rome" having
an obvious bearing on certain dissensions then
Threatening to break up the whip party in
Great Britain Il was received as 4 vigorous
piece Of writing on the ministerial side. and
was ascribed by some to Lord Somers, and by
others to Burnet Swift had come over to
claim il. and to see what it and his former con-
nection with Temple could do for him among
the leading Wings For, the truth was, an
ambition equal to his Consciousness of power
gnawed at the heart Of this furious and gifted
man whom a perverse fate had flung away into
an obscure vicarape on the wrong side Of the
channel. His books, his garden, his canal with
willows at Laracor; his dearly beloved Roger
COKE, and the other perplexed and adniring
n.r;sb;oners ne I.aracnr whom he dom;neered.
h;s @ cler;coi coi,ea ones in the ne;phborhood and
even the society Of Stella. the wittiest and best
Of her sex. whom he loved better than any
other creature on earth-all these were insult.
ficient to occupy the craving void in his mind.
He hated Ireland. and regarded his lot there as
one of banishment he longcd to be in London,
and strurrlinr in the centre Of whatever was
going on. About the date Of his appointment
to the living Of Laracor he had lost the rich
deancrv of Derry. which Lord Berkeley had
meant to give him in consequence Of notion
on the part Of the bishop Of the diocese that
he was restless. ingenious young man, who,