, 1869-03-28


over forever. lie had tried It, and lind 1lccccded
beyond his utlnoht hopes; tut IN spttc Of ha anc-
seos, The ground had erutnnled to p!ncca beneath
his feet md be knew thas be could never recover
leaving.
That same afternoon be met Nj. Gresham in oas
hero - they walked together INTO Inc lobby. ii
IN sot1y that We aso iosing you," sa!d Nj.
-Yoa asy ec sure that an sory 70 be 20 lost
These thlnss VIII occur In political ufo, .asl
the leader; "Lut think that they seldom leave
Eancor behind them wnen the purpose Is declared,
and when the subject Of disbursement u marked
and understood The detection which createa
Without previous ~asnlnR-Hhen 8 man votes
nEainst hts psrtJ-os set Of nen, frutn private
EiI,ue. EG,1. or for some cause which Is ncrcr clear
pn1neAAy when be heard this, knew we'll how tcse
bly this TeiJ man ! I'D been hAtTaxsed, ond dttvn
nearly Wild ~ detection, exactly Of that naturo
which he WA attempting to describe. No doubt
{nu and n. Monk think you arc right, " continued
% "a h1}s rssss ,sn stens @ evidence thu. We think
We afe, both Of us, rcr, pour men. /"
thlnk Your Are wrunG Jon know, not 40 much
IN your vemson the question Itself, which, to tel
me HUN, Al, hardly understand a ret"
I'VE Will endcarOr to exnlAtn them"
Aaa w 40 20 EerJ Clearly, no doubt But
think that Nj MONK was wrong In desiring, As 4
rener Fo o. ea e te sss
rod nody does not desire to tniate-st sny Fste, jast
and therefore be resigned, said PhineaA
"uf course But It seems to me that he failed
can act together 1t "a 70 do any service ID thls
ssoeaaty. Don't 1or moment thiuk that an
~ an nobody tn this matter" ," said Pnlneaz
can ASSURE 5ou, MI. Finn, that We have not
feRa1ued you IN that Light and hope TINT the time
may come when we may he Sitting together on the
Neither On the Treasury bench nor on any other
That WIS the troable which was crushing bis spirit
at this moment, and not the loss Of his ONCE! He
Knew that he could not venture to think OF remain
other income than that vn1eh hs fasaer couid a. a.
Parliament When be had been nrst retafned from
Loughsnane be had assured his friends that his
duty as q member Of the House Of Commons would
nut be bar to bis practice in the courts, He had
now been nEe years member, and had never ouce
wofs. lie had . sone % atoRssne9 o s = no ~
ferent line Of lie, and had been most
Ruccessfut~-so Hucccsst tnl that men told him, aud
women more frequently than men, that hts career
hatl been miracle Of success. But there had
been Us be laA well known from the nrst, this
drawback IN the new profession which he had
They Who succeed In II, may probably succeed
as1ln; but then the success Is intermittent and
there may be years Of hazl work in opposition, to
most tnperntlve. as he now found, that they who
devote themselves e such profession should be
men of fortune ;ss .r When H. he had commenced hs
shh1e-he had had no thought OF mendtaa
hts deficiency in this respect BY high
that purpose Such an idea would have 1 been ss,
thoroughly tistastefnl to him. There had kcen no
nn nn ~ !; 3sne1attd ns it, M
fallen out with him. thaf ~ he won hi4 ap,lra to
Parliament y he became known, and Was placed
love and money together were opened to lin and
he renturrd on, leaving Nj. Low and the law be-
hind hln-becauRe these Prospects were 50 allur-
Jones-and everything around him had colIapse
Everything xround him had cpnapsed-Rttn,
however, terrible temptation 10 him to initiate
honor. The temptation wouid hare anccted him
not at oil, had Madame Goealer been ugly, BtupId,
q personally disas.eeabie, Bet Ahs was, he
seen, the most Witty, and. tn many respects, the
most charming. she had offered to Rtve HIN
everything that che had. 70 70 place him IN tho
.ionc 70 msanes shas h.d grained a bis ssniiy. T
e Il 81 70
could @ 10 Ibis without reSrs.. When W Paineas q
But there was 1t the eane time resolve on his
part, tha, II any man bad ever loved tho fri be
ha.l prou.tss+. to love be would lore MazJ Flood
IonfA. thousand times he had told himself that
she had not spirit OF Lady Laura the bright Wiz
ot Violet Emnghan, or the beausy Of Madame
u esler: Mary haa charms Of her own thu, wetp
more valuable than them all Was there one
nIllonG The thrre who had Trusted him "a abe
trusted hin-oE loved hin with the samesaiisned
devotion. ,ss, ~, 7nsre we're nxrrts, ssaress
London. and Parliament, and tie c1aba, @ and
plN ming street, had become dear TO him He
liked TO think of himself as he ruic tn the part,
and was greeted hJ all thoec whote greeting was
the most worth having. There were regreA-saa
scxTeta Hot the E.lt whom he lored better than
81 raIts and the clubs better even than Wes,-
that they had existed.
These thoughts we're running through hA mind
even while he was listening to Mr. Monk, II he
THIS might probably bc the last great debate In
which PhtneAa might be able to take ra1r, and
he was determined that he would do his ncst ia
+ lie did not intend to speak on this day,
wonld tc adioulncd hefoFe division
could oe obtained. But he would remain On
the aleEt and Ecc how the thing went He had
como 70 understand the forms OF the place, and
Nas ~ Een-tssined young member OF Parliament
,e.sdn - any ,nas she1e He nsd been quick a learning
lnlnea Eete going. What were the proper no
menta ior ms question o. that form Of motion He
equla snueipaie count-out, understood The tone
" men mndA Aud could read the gestures OF the
@ ilouss; II NM vc1J little likely that the debate
Koutd be over tonight lie Knew tha:; and a
a II onee ~ th & fne :. so q ..
a. nc could on The following Thursday What =
M,! II ~ Tah y. that With one who had learned 70
mAcn, AL his learning should he In min!
AZ about TWO O'Clock, he hi1nseli succeeded In
moving the adjournment OF the dch2te Thls he
asa asa ttom @ seat hsoW the Raneway. 70 which ho
then thc HOUSE Was up, and he walked homo with
At. Monk. M Monk, since he had been told poeI-
lyciy ~ fhlneas that he hAd resolved upon re-
row nj his friends resolve, but had useti lin, a.
one political isiend uses another, telling him al his
t1o1En 1 VT ~ en ai nis horcs a. ths new measure
Ty Tsy n which tic tGht should be fought
Together To- they haa counted over the
M msn a. suppo,e1n me1Ses 1eoss maIsns .asse
other ~. now more important tsan either, u O.
,ne doubtful From day 10 day those who had
that third LIST, and put n either he one or ,Ss
other Of those who were either xuprorfcrr or oppe
nents- And their different modcs Of argument
how one should take th,s inc and the other MAJ
To Mt. Monk this Was very pleasant lie wss
qaIts as:qred row % in.s .aas opposition moro
thsn ot1'cc. 1herr was no doubt to him as 70
5esuit q th!s ceate:s be wha it 'er nlsas IT
Va .ae 1ert lot sn.ch he had been training In.
aef al bis life While he had been forced 10 a.
tend Cabinet councils from week TO wcck he hsd
been depressed Now he Wa e1utant PhintAA
seeing and understanding al this 4aid hut uttle 10
hs iHeao Of MS own prutrectA "A long as this
ISaae1 ae, % 5.ss aher. - .atnF he could snt tn y
ter that there would be blank.
- 90 no1 zee how we are to fall to have = ms
}oI3t{ nte! Ds1beny1 speech tonight, " sald Mr..
street through the bright moonlight.
"He expressly said that be only srofc for him.
''Rnt VIC know what that meanz. he Is bidding
for ofTee. and Of oourse thoee who want ONCE With
him viii vote as he yo1es-we have ALREADY count
"a thoee Eho o % so3}d 60 into once, but they viii
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