The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-12-12
Limbless. YET Triumphant.

4 young mother lies 81 faint viii Tain-bOught
hIuIIue-=. stretching out c~XpectaHt arms 10
clasp for tire fret time. her babe. Why y this
ImIlJrIng action - strangely UNDECIDED What
means the look Of di-may on the face Of nurse
and physician? Silently and sorrOwfully the
hafe J. laid On her breast. Then her anguish
bruak- into loud lamentations, into rebelIOus cries
against the DEGREES Of heaven. Lovely. in her
eyes, i the baby face upon which she looks down /;
hat -he holds IN her arms the trunk Of a male in
Eant without arms and Leg
The voice Of superstition muttcrs that the father
J. ACQUIRED. lie belong % the proud kayunagh
clan. rigid Roman Catholics be wOyed Il daughter
Of the OTnJude family, Irish PrO;eztauts, and in
order o. vel her renOuuced his faith and espOused
her. By Lis act, men said, be had drawn down
a curse, which fell upon hu- -1n and heir Little
they dreamed hOw uiumIhautly that childs life
would di-pTOyc their cDmIlIccut Interpretation Of
Code supppSeI chasti-euent- Arthur Mae Muir
rough KIvarn=h. whose existence. commenced
forty years ago, IN the midst Of such piie1u- Ia
mcutatiOu- and hopeless agony, was destined 10
afford one Of the grandc-t Illustrations Of the
power Of will % mould and rule untOwaTd cir
Cum-tance-. Iii. wonderful intellectual activity,
bis indOmitable perseverance, and moral courage
have surmDunted nearly ail his c~orpOrcal imIcr-
~fcctiOn-.
Last November, be W. elected % parliamentary
representative Of Wexford county, ireland. IL
may well De imagined that his fret appearance
into the House Of Commons, and his 4" swearing
IN IFe-eUJe4 = zlu9ulstTly interesting scene. lie
approached the table, where lac was To take the
oath, in - handsome cane armchair. with 4 me
chanI-m let into the arms and communicating
with wheels below. His appearance reminded
one Of n bust OF medallion. Hc has fine, we'll cut
features, and eyes that beam with intelligence.
His bust J. Of handsome mould. The stuinIs Of
his arms are dwarfcd To five inches he has but
SIX inches % muscular thigh stumIs-their term
nations give not the slightest Indication Of hands
or feet. lie took the Testament rcverently be-
tween his two diminutiyc arms, listened to the
oath, kissed the book, received between his stunJ-
a pen from the clerk Of the House, placed il IN
his mouth 20 steady and square it with the Varch-
ment ON which me had to write, then taking the
pen again in his arms signed. without the slightest
awkwardness, writing exceedingly well, and
eyincing perfect GOODNESS and sclf-pDsScSsiOn
Having signed, he wheeled himself toward the
speaker, ~ whom nc bOwed-the usual ceremony
OF shaking hands being necessarily omitted.
He Is often carried ont Of the House by his
servant, upon whose back nc springs with great
agility. lie takes the deepest interest in the
debates, and his cOuntenancc usually wears the
most enjoying expression.
Mr.. Kayanagh has large estates in Ireland, and
- greatly beloved by his numerous and pros
IerOus temlntTy. His accomplishments arc many
and varied, and Orthe precise character which his
physical ImpcrfectiOns would seem to render i'm
possible. lie Il an excellent calligraphist, and an
artistic draught=man. lie wrote - The Cruise of
the Eva a lively, Entertaining book, and made
the sketches himself during the cruise. lie Is the
most expert Of yaehters, an accomplished sports
man too, an Unerring shot. still more rcInarka-
bic, he IL a dlshing hUntsman. When hunting
he sits in n sort OF saddle basket, his rcins are
managed with marvellous cxTcrtncss.
lie u not only 4 man OF literary tastes, but an
able orator, while he brings to the consideration
Ut every public question the resources of u highly
cultivated mind.-And this is the man whose
birth was pronounced a curse upon his parents,
whose life seemed rs though il must inevitably
be an ~existcnrc Of hopeless misery and endless
deprivation but who has given the astOnished
world n brilliant example Of intelligence, courage,
sueccss.-AHHa Cora Richie.