, 1869-03-07
tlafcd ShAt her friendship uAs deater to him

et1ek aAd then to Dublin. aud found himself
at hotA pisces to b. regarded a1 hero nuly
eecond to the Eseat hero. A both places
the ond subjcct o1 debate was tenAnt-riRht-1
could nythlnF be dono to make 1t profitable 4
fer men 10 pnt their caultal Into Irish lRud 7 |
The fertility Of the soil WAS Questioned by no |
onc-nor the autBcIeucy Of e1tetnal circum- !
starceA scch ~ r1i1i Dads and tho Uke-por |
II for &he He1lth to he pr7duced. The only |
difficulty was in this, that the men who Here |
TO produ3e the wealth bad no guarantee that |
Il would bc tbe!n when It was Grated In Eng.
existence Nigh. II not be possible to intro |
duce them into I1e1aud' Tint wax the ques.
ton which Mr.. Monk bad Id hand md II "a;
rtous sp cches which be made both hefore mud
a1scr The a1nners given to him, ha pledged
h'nse4 70 keep II Mou y hAud. When Parlis-
spoke also. 1t Vas impossible thai hcIhonla
Ge silcnt When his G1e1d aud le1dsr ,wast
pouring out his eloqucncs- OF course be
tpokc, and ot .conrse he pledged himself.
Something like the old pleasures Of tho de-
batting society returned to him. Is, standing
tude, he gaze full vent to his wordl- In tho
House pf Commons, OF late, he bad BEEN 70
csbtted. cr1boed md condnod By Office II to
have enjoyed nothing Of thB. Indeed, from
The COMMENCEMENT Of his career, be had
falkn % thoroughly into ,tbe deeorum Of
together The delights Of that wtld, inasosn.-
sible olatory Of which M1. Monk had spoken
10 tim 90 ostn., HI had envied men
heloT tho gansKay, Tho though support,
get up on their legs whenever the House was
full eroueh TO make It worth their whils. and
Say almost whhteTer theY pleased. There
! Vas that Mr.. Robson, who literally did say
Just what came uppermoat and the thing
[ often nbecoming tie gravity Of ihe House,
| MAS always STARTLING but men listened to
him md liked him 70 speak. But Mr.. Rob-
/ son had-mar.ied woman with noneJ. Oh,
! Khy-why, had not Violet Eh1ngham been
nany. woman With money. but be eoala
| not t1{ug himself to do 30 unless he loved
her.
The npehot Of The Dublin meeting WAS that
be also positively pledged himself to support
during the ncrt session OF Parliament blu
aavocatitg tenantnsht. az an sorry you
went 20 fsr as that" Mr. Monk enld 10 him
almost as eoon as the meeting was orer.
They were standing on the pier at Kingston
aud Mr; MI was preparing to return to
0And why not as far a your
:" Because had thought bout It, and do
not think that you have. I am prepared to
resign my oace tomorrow; aud directly
thai csn zee Mr. Gresham and explain 70
bin what ! have done, I shall offer 10 do
"He won't accept your resignation"
! t.He must sccept It. unless he Is prepared
to instruct the Elh eeeretary to bring IN
such bill Is can support"
II 1t all be exactly In the same toat.n
"Bu. you ought not to be Ia tue same boat
-nor need you. Ny advice to you Is 10 Bsy
uqthlns about 1t I'LL you get back to London
and then speak to Lord Cantrip. Tell him
that you viii not say any thlng on the sub.
ject IN the House, but thst In the eveut o.
| 1hwr1N flkq n you n n
TO vote as on III open question. It EAy be
that shall get Greshsm's assent, md II &c
| We thaN be Ill right. II do not, and II they
choose to make 1t point with you you mus
| resign Also.n
"Of course I shsl1,'' said PbIneas.
"But do not think they Will. You hay.
. been too uselnl, and they win wish to aroit
/ ! the weakness which comes 10 MinEstf.
: from changing its team. Goodbye, my dea
!, fellow ; and, remember ths, ny lsst word
I quite sure II Is career which will suit you
a did,r begin II soon enouth,"
d :. Phtneas was rather melancholy - he re
! turned alone 10 Killaloe. II uas III very wel
9 well as anyone could ten him how ma:erit
: the chip was to him; but there are c!rcuu
Btances In which man cannot stick To hl
l. ship-eannot stick, At least, 10 this gpeels
:, government sbip. He know thst whithe
j.. Mr.. !; Monk went, in this session, b
|
se that when Mr, Monk explained his purpo:
e to The Prime Minister, the Prime Ministl
i. would feel himself obliged to give way.
that case FhIreas wonld rot on'y be able
" keep his Office. but would have such an Of
porirnisy Ok making speech Ia Pus!lszncl
IL ! as circumstances had never Jet given to hit
ID | When be vas asaln at home be said uothlc
81 ! to bis father or 10 the KillaloeIaus ts to II
T. danger OF his position. o. what use woul
e ii be to make III. mother and sister missr
1, BILE, or 70 incur the useless co9nsela OF {
ID doctor They seemed to thfnk hls speech
IN Dublin yfsy hne. and were never tired
iE talking OF what Mr. Monk and Phineas vi
:. coipE 10 do bat the idea had not come hoE
be | 10 them that It Mr. Monk or PhlucAs cho
u 10 do nysbinE on their own sccouns, ii
I'd under, The Crown.
r. 1t was sertember when PhIueas found hi
~ Eclr n Ktlaloe, and he wss due 70 be at
- his Office in London IN November. The
tst over, md he had notbingto d. but TO rece
,ht pouche. full Of official papers from the 20
ot pial Once, and study all the statistics wh
txmc within his reach Ia reference to u
is. proposed new law OF tenani-rleht. In !
ck. mother at Kl1sloe, and still kept hers
some phat aloot from the man she Low
ak How could It be possible for him not to r
hat wAy n such c{rcumstsnccs As those
m One day he fouud himself talking to
I
,n's posiuou With more Tn nkntss than ho4
pked with hi. Own family, Be had bes911
renlrdine her Of TINT conversation VII
OK they hsd had btforc he went away with
Monk, and BY reminding her also that
ear ways With him.
ii Nay, Phtueas there was no pronls
Two she SAID.
ling And arc We rot 70 be frieeds ~
1eli ~ only say that Imade no partic
;ous promise. Or cou9te We afc friends. We
was always been friends"
4 On What would you ssy II you heard th
no had reaI.ned mT oface and given up
aue eeht!" he asked. OF eoure she c1prt
md idea, ii, then be told her everything.
be took long IN the telling, beclnse it was
clne cessaTy that he should explain to her
lady working Of the system which made It In
sIble for him, n member Of sbc govornn,
Ia entertain An optnioa Of his own.
And do 30 naean that yon would
your 1alarJ r. she asked.
wed "Certs{niy shonld." ,.....
!. he "Nou1o not that oa very dreadful ~
. 's'Sc Sc would oe drcaefal ait il ve1y drea
,.nS Aary, to have nothing 0 E At aua d1lnk.
orc. wnat Is uan TO do, Would you reeonl
nself me- 70 say that black Is white"
Tnnl Vt am sure you would never do that 8
Bne "Tou sec, Mary, II Is vcry n!ee TO be Ct
II to BY big ramc nrd 70 hare sa1srf, and
hsd very comfortable 10 be enried by
.,nId ! fHeIds and ent1nies-bQt there arc
not racks. There /. this especial draWhs
uea,, Then be paused for moment before he
mnrt. | OF. -.
neaS "what cspeci,l drawback. Phlness r'
"A man cannot do what he plcascs
|. to himself. How can man marry, 80 CIR
n not She hesitsted for uomfnt. md the
r. = m for answered him: IA man may be very b
, the Without marrying. suppose"
= him he also pauscd for many moments b
rrrv I hi spoke agaln, ana she then made Il fl,
tb,t ttnpt to escape from him. But before
tnr,r, succeeded he had asked her question !
arrested her. II wonder whether
laloe. would listen to me II Iwcre to tell you
Jones to15 Z: ~ course ene Hatsnea' ano .a
cre.s. 49,. Violet Efinghan..
si.b ssArd she has money Of her own ~
? eon. HYe-she /. rich. shc has large fort
1thlnr !"Theu, Ar. Fmp, you must seck son
*s3 | else who IL equally blessed.n
,,deat You do rot mean that. ssy yon DO not
- TeTy It. You hire not believed that lore,
A. bs, E0lnaham becau.c she was rich"
N was But you have told me that Jou
= her lore no one who Is not rich"
Klua. ."i have ssid pot9lng OF the klra.
r1 for mvoluMNy. ! uoes 1'o, W. s .uu ~ - = =
= G.ass r,a ssia. ssk /. copceened With Viotet !
,is a. ham. did lovc her yery dearly"
A. real "nidlorc her. Ar. Finn 81
~ hc- "Ycs- did 'oyr her. Is there any
It her ttancy IN eessinE 70 love wheu one
ID she loved' Is therc any ineonstsnfx, IN CO.
IL for - 1--WE *, apu Iua1 ~ Iva 1s,y 10 VIII,
:. .ta san occasion va becoming 70 enab.rrassfn
! .nnc she no longer was ablc 10 rtpiy With
: nart. that bad meaning IN them.
70 her "lG there ee, dear. stn ineonstant I