, 1869-02-07
PHINEAS FINN.
eY ANTHONY rRolLope.
fobAahed In Tas Chicago Tribune,
iron she Aulhor'a Advaaep shssts,
Amu1taneouslJ Wtah sts rubIt-
cAllnu In nnxland.
CHAPTER LyIU.

eosAA0 AAe Aploiu4 oTtke4s eA1a aA* l !
!" II has often Seem. d TO me thst meo 10 |
tsfuAment know less about Ireland thnu \
hey do Of tic Interior Of Afti.a," said I
Is 1t Is s:ldom that we know anything ae.
curately Oh any subject that We have not
.nadc matter Of careful study" said MI.
y Monk, ;" and very of.eu do not do 50 even
then. We are vtIy apt to thlnk that VIC men
End women understand one another but
most probably you know nothing even OF the | /
modes OF thought Of the man who Lives next
door 10 you.'
suppose not" -...-
"Therc arc general laws current ia the
Tofs o9 a. TO ba H.. sSf ES ss.a
rent as q Law through all nations. But the
first man you met IN the street will hare
ideas about theft 20 dIdsrent from yousa,
that. II sou knew theu as ynu know your
own, you Tou,d tay that his Law and yous
pie. 1t Is compatible With this mans hon
esty 10 cheat you In 4 matter Of hosae.flesh, |
With that mans In r trattle OF frallway shAres,
with that other mans Is to / womAurs for
for seat in Parliament, while the dflh usu,
who stands high among n, and who In.
plores his God every Sunday 10 write that
law On his heart, spends every hour Of his
daily toll in system Of fraud. and is re-
Ea1dsd Is pattern Of the national COM
Mr. Monk and Phlneas were dlntne to-
gcther at Ar. Monks house, and the elder |
politician Of the two In this little spseeh had
REQUIRED to certain matters which had al |
ready been discussed between them HI.
Monk Was becoming somewhat sick Of his |
plsce In the. Cablnc1, though be had not as
yet whispened word Of his sickness to aaY
lirinz cars and he had begun to pine for
way. He bad been discussing political hon
esty With Phineas, ard hence had cone the
sermon OF which hsrc rentured to repro.
dnce the concluding denunciatlons.
fond Of holding them With Mr. Monk-in this
matter futterlng like moth round a candle.
He would not pesceiTe that as be had made
np bis mind to be servant Of the public in
Parliament, he must abandon all idea OF IN.
dependent ac'lon, lhlt unless be did so be
could be neither successful Us regarded him.
sell, Or useful 10 tha public whom be
served. Could nan be honest IN Parlla.
mcnt, and yet abandon ~ idca OF iodeptn-
dcnces When he put such questions to Mr.
indeed tic question vas never PIT directly.
But The teaching which be received VAS eEer
OF a nature to make him uneasy. IT
was always to this edec:: '' Yon have taken
ny TIE trade now, and Sc sesu te,ts 70 es 1T ies
Sp bpopssy Thinking Spd 1ep'! 1st ar Monk ssssd Read
ca an occa sion preach 10 him eGc1 sermon
- that which be had just ntterct Perhaps
there Is 60 question moro difficult to mans
mind than .nat ofthe expedieccy or ine1-
pediency Of scrupl,a In political life. Whether
would cancidate for Office b. marc h.ble
to rejection from leader beeauss be was
known to be scrupulous, or Lecause be Was
known to be The reverse?
But putting rside tue fourth command
ncut end all the theories, you will eoms to
Ireland - said Ph1ncas.
~ shall be delghted:"
~ don't live in castle, you know"
Thought everybody did live IN cist1e
In ltcland,' said Mr.. Monk. They seemed
70 DO when was there twenty years ago
But for myself, prefer cottage"
This trip to Ireland had been proposed IL
consequence Of certain ideas respecting ten
ant-righs which Ae. Ao7k was beginning e
adopt, and as to which the MUD. Of poll
tlcians were becomicg mosei. i hal beer
all very well 10 pnt doEn Fenianisnl, ant
Rlcsednen, md Rspeal-,aqd everyth.n:
years, England aud Ireland had beea 40
pasently Joined together BY lsws Of natur
% n1ed, that sEcn politicians lih-ral =, Va
could not truas themselves to think tna
di.union could be fur the good Of th
Irish They had taught themselves tbs
It certainly :, could not BE-. 500
for the English. Bnt u II ws
the maintenance Of the Union for her ow
sake, and for En.lsnl's sake-because Enl
Ian d could not afford Independence essal
lishtd 50 close against her oWn ribs-lt VII
at any rate necessary to Eagland's chsrsctE
wedlock shonld be endowed with all the be
privileges that wife eau euioF. Let b
at leaSt not be kept mistress. Let II
bone Of MT bone aud desh OF my hesh. Il :
are to live together In the married state I
tween husband and wife WARM word n
and tnen matters b1. little, il there
bottom, Bat let there be that 20
understanding At bottom. What about II
rrotestaut Church and what abou, I!
tcnsut.right : Mr.. Monk had been ask
himself iucss questions Tor 6ome tim. pa
In regard to the Church, b. had 1olg nj
up bis mind tha: tho Establishment Of I
land was crying sin. 4 man ha. naTic
woman whom be knew TO be q q te1lg
different from his oHn, aud then insisted Il
his vic should say that she believed tn
things whlch Ee knew very veil that she
not believe. But, AZ Ar. Monk well kn
the subject OF the Protestant endowme
In Ireland vns 50 difficult that
would require almost m,re Il
huu,an wisdom to adIust it. It Was ont
those matters which almost seemed to
Iuire the Interpos!uon o! SONS hishes po
1as rIe9ssesa ce@.Ss q sawf say ,e Ell a. hres
md pes.lential alleys are removed ;
fpm1nc cotnes, aud men arc dr1Ecn from
md ignorance and dirt to seok neE
and new thoughts acros. the broad vi
as war cencf, and slavery Is bauished
the lace Of the earth. But In fega
tcnaut-right, 10 some arrangement by
sgd 10 lay on: VIII hAt little capital he !
behS beiog - at 'Aeas onc. o' called S'e upon ~
pay rent for that outlay
i.a H. xhich Fl sss gss not : n,: se owu1M =.
.1Eoueht that It Va. possible thatif
:: wauld look hard enough he might p
b. able sor hts ", Wy as,s as To- That. ~ 4 4
:ssIthe :a = .xo t"gS msn n The csoinet T. Vi Il
= - belieTed 10 be the nost tn ,roughly ho
tnei=idess - public servants, the Dn
= Nr. Greahau. There was 10 mach
e. IT, sa6eo 'hsh - a TEA io stn
eaid Nj. Monk. "1f you can sec you
do" "said Ar. Gresham,-bnt OF cor
cannot Bind oursclges.'' ~ Ishould |
10 sec It named 10 the Quecu's speech
beginning OF tac next session. -
Monk: THAT is = long way 81 a
IL then, and who viii be outs'
matter VA. disposed d, Of at tes :
he rather felt himself the more bo
cling 10 |; because he received 80 III
couraeemcnt What wa. scat in th
3uet to him that he should on that
omit duty. He had no. taken up
"a trade. He had sat far behind the
ury bench or b.toW the gangway for
year WI,hou! owlpg any man shiiliu
could Afford 70 do 10 again.
Bnt 1t was different with Phineas
Afr. Monk himself understood and
standing this, b telt himself bonnd
ton his Soung fr1ead. But i may be
tIou whether his cautious did n3t
harm than good. II shsn be delight
said, ITO 70 over With Jon In Au!:us
do not thiak that II were you, wos
up this matter"
:" Ard Why npts Ton don't wau,
the battle single handed ~
"So 7 de.i.e no such glorS, anG
wish TO hHye no better Ieutensnt Il
But you have a subject Of which
really fond, which you are be sinhlp
de1sland, and IN leEsrd TO which
make yourself useiul"
.4You mean tbIs Canada business
"Yes- snd that will grow 10 other
as regards the colonies. There Is DO
tmport1u to public man that b
have his own Eubjeet-the thug Y
understands, and in respect Of whicE
make hiuaseif r. ally nkeful."
Then there comes change"
"Tes aud the man Who has half
how to hatea ship built nishout
sen. into opposition. and Is then
back 10 look after regiments, or per
10 take up tha41esutiful subject, Z
tic career u 1ndls. Bot, ncve1tael'
hare subject stick to It ~ any rat
a8 1t Will ttlck TO xou.ff
"But." said Phineas, t'it a man
bis own subject, i. dependent Of ths
ment. no mau can drive him from Il
land how often does he do I
Look At the aunual motious which
ward in the hands Of
mm,-3la5nooth snd the balao
stance 1t Is becoming more 4