The New York herald., 1870-05-14

ted with her. She n Roman by birth, beautiful,
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dellbly. impressed upon his memory. He worries
himself about her religion, not knowing she was
to society aud commits the bein".:s soc.a CRIME o.
,Snt tnrowng % over lc ontarys On the very evening
mat ne does ts e wanders about the streets and
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distance on the foad when progress Is barred by
procession crossing and entering building. Lothair
stander Informs him It is Roman Catholic
chapel, and that a meeting about schools IL TO he
the e' v Me eaves inc me a or Ss nro
AZ this the driver becomes confidential. whispers
that Il Is not q meeting about schools, but Fenian
admission without which he cannot enter the build
ing. Lotnalr takes 1t anh enters. He hears pre-
close Of which collection Is taken up When the
pox Is placed before Iothar for him TO contribute
ne ne RISES Is ana makes speech, Ia which he says
the slightest sanction OF the opinions he has
heard expressed hat evening. A great uproir fol-
lows this; he Is denounced as spy and an attempt
at violence Is made. but his lie Is saved by a
stranger who draws his revolver upon the crowd OF
leader or the Fenians Is treated with great respect
II Is Wen 70 state here that this stranger is Captain
Burgess, or the 't;eneral.n
We pass over much which does not bear directly
upon the religious rart OF the story. Lothalr calls
upon air-. Campian IN London and does not like his
reception Dy ner. Meantime he continues to reflect
deeply upon the subject Of Religions. Skilfu a. the
Catholic preates are playing their parts he perceiyea
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the Catholic Church. He declines. The priest then
hands him letter from Clare Arundel. lie orders
celebration takes place at nine. Before entering the
vehicle the servant asks "Where 10, my lord rT He
residence OF Mrs. Campian. In other words he does
no: attend the celebration This evening he meets
w 1na many On wne ARE al ana
ligtOus belief 49, She tells him, II worship In church
where believe God dwels, ana dwells for my
guidance and my good-my conscience" Although
agltated BY her answer Lothair grows more
enamored OF the beautiful woman. He purchases
for her splendid set OF pearls, which he sends her
anonymously. She seals them up in a case with
the word "Roma" in his presence and requests him
to take charge OF them without informing HIM that
she suspects who they are from. Throughout the
work she does nothing that can comrromse her rep
utation. she Is revclutionistshe ardently desires
alted and above suspicion.
Neither time nor space win permit us to describe
the festival IN celebration OF Lothars entering into
possess On OF his property on attaining his majority.
1t Is, however, exceedingly interesting. The bishop
OF the Church OF England ana his clergy ana Carli-
nal Grandson ana the priest who are ut his seat
man1uvre TO get possession Of him. and the
former are partly successful. This whole scene
Is drawn with admirable skill. There is sneer In
1t at the Church OF England, which Mr.. Dsrae does
not attempt to disguise while 1t Is fun OF satire
asan,t Rome. Between me rival churches stands
representative OF the religion of Reason and the part
she plays Is conspicuous throughout. Cardinal
Grandson has several conversations with Lothatr,
oil OF a religious nature, and uses argument to
bring about his CONVERSION. Before leaving Muricl
This seat Lothian Is told by Theodora that she has
had news from Rome; the French are about to leave
the CITY and the revolutoniss are about to rise.
hdt aae Of cs s as to IT a The lime Is so
Rome. The reyoutonlsts are in camp and Theodora
mas Ar arrived. Lothair IS also there as ade-dc-camp
tain Burgess. Here we are flst introduced
to the secret society OF ''ladre Naura,"
kindly and almost approvingly. What these tenets
are It's name denotes. Theedora is a member OF
.'Madre Nature She Is now, dressed in male
General. The campaign On Roman territory begins
Colonel Campion, although an exConfederate and
army and commands the advance. In the first en-.
counter the Papal forces are defeated and
Theodore IL shot ana conveyed to a house in
Vitcrb0 which the Zoulves evacnate the same
Is hope that she Will recover but the news Of the
landing Of the French reaches her and rros,rates
her. she sinks beneath her wounds and agony OF
mind. AT her last moment Lothair Is by her slde
ana he soiemny promises her never TO enter the
communion OF Rome.
In the battle and defeat OF the revolutionists by
the French, which follows soon after, Lothair Is
dangerously wounded. lie Is discovered in the
hospital By Clare Arundel and cared for by her and
the st. Jeromes He has hardly recovered before
the Catholic preates begin again to work upon his
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offered to the Blessed Virgin by Miss ,Arun::
ae1 for m e mi miraculous ;c mercy voqchsafed
He Is persuaded to be presents she bess him to be
there to support her. He promises and Is present.
On the following morning Roman paper publishes
an account, repr prescnting him having been
wounded de!ending the Pope, ana as having joined
the Church OF Rome. He Is indignant at the false
hood, and speaks to Cardinal Grandson
on the subject. The Cardinal expresses his
belief that The story Is true one, AMI that
Lothair Is Iaboring under hallucination
There Is cool assurance, not TO say insoence, IN
the manner Of the Cardinal which amazes Lothair
and he leaves him In great disgust. Here Mr.
Disraeli Is lnexpres-ibly clumsy The role he makes
Cardinal Grandson play Is most contcmptiblc--
one no man Of ability would have been guilty Of
Lohair leaves him, wanders through the streets Of
Rome at night and seas himself amid the ruins OF
ancient building. The spirit OF Theodore appears
to him ard uiters the single word '.Remember' and
then vanishes.
OF course the spell cast over HIM is broken: the
sophlstry oil Catholic preates can no longer msleai
him; the grandeur Of Catholic ritual can no longer
affect him. He escapes from Rome, travels to Jer-
salem and returns to England, where he marries
Lady Corisande and where. he learns that Clare
Arundel intends taking the veil.
Thus ends the book. IL satrizes and condemns
Roman Catholicism, 1t sneers at the Church Of Eng.
land and leaves Lothian anything but defender or
that Church. What then, Is the religion that Mr..
Dlsrael dcfends9 Is 1t that or "Aadre Natura''-
that OF Reason2