The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-18

taken, and hen his and brioe's Arguments
came to an end, he tried little wietfully II
draw ont an expression of opinion from her,
and gain an oppolt taDity of setting himself
right in her eyes. Then the conversation was
apt to take plunge into depths Of metaphy-
aias where the three some times found stand
ing ground whence they could get gbmPees OF
each others points or view concerning the
practical matters they seemed to have left iar
behind them. John would acknowledge the
hardening effect on character of looking at
life chiefly from the intellectual side and con-
or sociology, the want of due appreciation OF
the subtler emotions and spiritual sources OF
individual and national life was fatal hin-
drance to penetrating to the tsnth OF things,
and caused the calculations of the science that
takes note only of tangible results to prove IT
| self folly when tested by experience. Bride'
amples from history of great resnlts wbioh
| had sprupg from some uppremeditatsd word
or deed of generous enthusiasm, or divine
| folly of seif-sacrifice. Then Ellen listened
| complacently again, thinking Of an enthusiasm
which they had pronounced folly Few MIN.
ntes before but which might yet prove itself
| to be t ae very conduct they were now admir-
ing. One or two rainy afternoons spent in
| 8 noh talk had the effect of years OF ordinary
| iutsrcoursesin iu making the sharers in 1t known
to each other. Ellen fell into haolt Oh reie,- ,
| ring in thought to the brothers and sisters
| stapdard on all occasions when Judgment
had t be formed, and began to feel as il she
had spent half lifetime in their company in
The last piece of literary work Mr.. Thornley,
undertook during his imprisonment was an
| essay on the poetry of Young Ireland. IL
| grew from his having to listen to numerous
| quotations from the poems of 1nnors friends,
which had served Ellen for arguments In their
political discussions. At his request enc
| brought out her store of ballads cut from the
| Nation newspaper And to secure that Justice
| should be done to the merits of the verses, she
undertook to read them aloud herself. -
"Who is 1T that signs himself 'DAroy'I'
asked Bride, looking over Ellen's shoulder, as
she finished q poem which had called out all
her powers of effective reading there is
surely something of TIE trne ring about his
verses and how well Ellen always reads
them"
"Giye the paper , me. shall better know
what the poem 10 worth when 1 read it to my
| selfn John said stretching out his hand Ior
the newspaper Ellen held.
She looked up suddenly. and saw an express
, sion of keen anxiety in the eyes that, IN knoWn
to her, had been Studying her face as soe
, read, and she could not help starting and
ooloring violently. She had quite forgotten
: where she was; the lighted drawing room
D had faded away from before her eyes as she
r spoke the words and she had been seeing the
q turf shieling q upder the hill, and the dusty
4 suprays streaming through chink in its roo
4 on t. q face that, now abe had once seen 1t
!. seemed to furnish comment on the word
= she was repeating. 1t was startling to b'
= | called back to her preser surrounding by th'
! consciousness that her thoughts were beipl
Il angry with herself for the agitation tina
y would increase the more she thought sb ou
if sse had been ggbdty OF bs SesTasfg f4o1
n her face bat as be folded and rustled Tn
y paper, she heard quick impatient sigf
n Bride had mean While taken mp sheet the
d Ellen had laid aside few minutes before, an
was busy with it,
r "Surely there is unusual power of pictul
n esque description here too. John, jost liste
v to the first verse again
20 20 "Ione, long ago. beyond tina misty space
* or twice q thousand years,
W In Erin old there dwelt mighty race
ss Like esI oaks and towers they giant grace,
re with woods and waves they made their hiding p!Ac
ID These western shepherd seers'
It suob pictures in a few words one does NJ
us often get from an unknown young poet"
IS. "How do you know he is young f-thi
strikes me as practised writing"
ed those verses is also friend of Conpors !
began to write very early, have heard. I
to was thrown on his own resources when
1s- in America at eighteen. He Is SUD editor
it the Nation now.
ne "Other peo ole have had . provide for the
,ur selves at Gig toen, and for their brothers al
sisters too, without anyone taking them
heroes, !" said Bride, looking at her brother.
what we are talking about" answered job
sharply, aud evidently annoyed; Let I
y have ali the newspapers. 1 will rlook ov
ely Young Ireland's effasions st my leisure, al
sed see what can make of them. Two of t
t. poets are at least worth demolishing"
ore Ellen, who had now recovered her self pc
nit es,iou, p ocstded to collect the newspaper
in and arrange them according t. date Il no
vas have not done the Young Ireland posts al
as harm by reading their verses aloud" she sal
rly II want you write good review. knt
nd they feel it hard that no one in England tax
in" any notice of what they write, let it be ev
ity so powerful 1t is like sounding truml
10 to deaf people PerhaI you might act as
of sort of cOndn ctor, and carry the soonds ,, IL
18th an at rlosphere that will reach more ears"
self u will write my beat after that said Jol
to With glow On his pale face nat "apd as
out spoke, that Il | were dead, and you were
him coue end read verses Of ~ino over my gFa
fui rs you have read those, the SOUND woulo e
ary tue frCzsn blood about my heart, and call
,sly back to life again. 1t would be enough
laid should say, TO satisfy any poets ambition
o it hear on read his verses ouce."
ems az tank * pad better open the wtndo Y
left let ont . poatlcal an ItuS." remarked Br
lent drylf. The room is SO full of exeggerat
r of it il getting. .irto our heads"
sat IN into Il iEe," said Ellen, laughing.
or q kpouy veil SnOuph that nothing will o.