The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-04-21

Court. 4 little fuss, . little excitement
among the womenkind; that was only trioute
due to sons and brothers and male cousins,
but no such outrAges on dignity and feenng
ss the ordeal no had undergone. He could
| not forgive 1t Gil ut once
He had come homo with one or two artleies
| Of English schoolboy faith strongly worked
into his mind. One was that people who
! talked about or in any way displayed their
feelings were humbugs, and had not really any
feeling at all; +; another that there was some
| thing aotually insulting to o gentleman In
| having any personal remark, much less o
oom piiment, addressed to him by an inferior
oroliI.t we're liable to be Be outraged ] every day.
With the exception Of his mother, no mem
Der of the household ever thought OF conceal
ing his or her feelings, or sorupled to make
claims upon other peoples and inside the
house as we'll out mis- steps were liable to
be dogged by q crowd of bsngers,on. who
tbooght an style 81 10 hm
1t passed his comprehension how Ellen ana
Connor could let themselves be talked to, and
joked with, and wbeedled by the idlers who
| friendly with his brother and sister. he had
felt lonely at Pelham Court whom the brothers
| and sisters there introduced him to Their
| friends as "Our cousin from Ireland, ana ne
| had fanced he WAS looked at critically. IT
was in some respects q pleasant change to
have belongings of his own, but he WAS puz'
versation between himeolf and creatures whose
| habits and tastes were formed on such dif-
| ferent model. 1t was for from him 20 make
| any display of his school learning, which, IN
/ deed, was not anything remarkable, ana be
was quite content to say to himself tnat Con
nor's education waa no business OF hls bnt
with his Etou notions he couid not siWays
! conceal his contempt for the desultory hap
| hazard fashion in which his brothers studies
were carried on, nor his dislike to what he
considered the pedantio display OF out-of'the'
| wsy knowledge in which he and Ellen occa-
| sionally indui ged. 1t disgusted him immense
| ly to hear them talking eagerly by the hour
| together of the exploits of kings ond heroes
| with breakjaw names, of whom no cbSAi1zed
| person had ever heard, or to see them walk
| ing up and down the hall, with their arms
| around each others necks, vehemently spout
| ing rhymes which Connor (who could not have
| put decent Latin verse together to save bis
| life) had been fool enough to compost Eel
hams notion OF learning was, that 1t was
| thing to be acquired by gentlemen in hit places
| at proper times, and being once acquired, the
right course for gentleman was diligently TO
conceal or forget i5, and never on any pretext
to make it q subject of conversation or display.
1t was q great shock to bis feelings to ma
that he had brother capable not merely of
writing ballads on ancient Irish history for his
own amusement, but of Dpoutipg them pnbli-
/ civ to a miscellaneous audience of groems,
under. gardeners, runners, helpers aud beggars,
and of deriving pleasure and consequence
| from their assurances that 1t was himself
that was the great, grand poet ent,rey, Iya ana
make all the hearts in ireland beat to hear
him"
Three years ago he had thought Conuor
something of q spoilt cub, whom il would take
a great deal of public school discipline to lick
into shape, but this assumption of the char
actor of national poet was worse feaUure In
his case than Pelham was prepared for. lie no
longer cordially wished his younger brother to
, be sent back with him to Eton, so fully cor.
vincod W as he that he would only make foo
eff himself and of everyone connected with hin
there and everywhere.
j There WAS, however, brotherly feeling
! ! enough in Pelhsm's heart to make him s0rr!
y to come to thie conclusion and to II once nm
y to attempt once or twice to lay his disgust be
!, fore his mother, the one person In the bous
n who appeared to him capable of hearing rea
. son.
Q to heart than he had at all intended her TO do
y and dropped 80 many sad little hints or ye
u more serious troubles aud apprehension
q weighing on her mind, that he was chilled
aud sTfEucrd,-He was reaty-eaeHKA- A9'
d fault in q small way, and to fret himself abou
% dissgreesbes that he could hope to see altered
e but at the bottom of his heart he did love thi
10 homogeneous disappointing Irish home yer!
% dearly, and serious fears about 9 we'll
D. he had no wish to entertain. He had beef
% used to hear his uncle burst out every noV
IT and then in an invective against his father
'. extravaganza and general lncopaclty T.
y manage his own affairs and he had made it
y point of conscience to disbelieve every word
- 1t would be q most disagreeable result of thi
holiday visit il serious distrust and disappro
i bation of home doings were forced upon him
o Pelham had the more time to allow uncom
n after the first few days, he was not able tc
q take part in the outdoor amusements an
% pleasure parties planned for his uncle's enter
. tainment. He took cold, and had slight re
10 turn of fever, after boating party on tn
lake, and was obliged to bs content TO renal
g in the house with his mother, while the res
Is of the party were enjoying themselves abroad
70 After dull day he was not always in
mood to enter into Couuor's histories Of hi
q own and his fathers wonderful feats-wit
D. gun fishing.rod, and was often glad to TAX
Iraf tn n nlAJa 0y.Fnn
i place where Connor or Ellen were safe not {
70 70 hunt him out, and listen TO more sober 81
certain to be mixed up with comments and r'
T. heotions that fell on Pelham's irritated min
% - like SO many little blows bat certain vagu
80 mothers cad face, made him persist in putin
himself in the way Of hearing what paine
81 him.
ht "Well," Sir Charles would begin, as
g. stood warming his back at the little wood I'll
ne that the damp climate made acceptable
90 evenings in sum mer, before he commenced h
rs toilette for the very late dinner, 80 hea
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