, 1879-06-03
TONI MOORE.
How the l'net 1tcgrrtteA tho Writing of
1ris htncrlcnn t.cttors.
ftkfkut xJsAf,. TE.nAs

How the 1'net 1tcgrrtteh tho Writing of
1ris htncrlcnn t.cttors.
~ Jhflnatisaata Times.
"Tom Moorcl 1.orl bless yot. / met him
once IN Dublin; yes and .aikcd TO him, too. but
lla VISIT to this country waa before my time.b
Tho anenker stool yesterday upon tho curb
stone opposlto Independence Bquase. "What
glorious memories those are,n hu sail. AZ he
thrust back from hfs forehead bis straight
brisnmod si'k hut. ran his fingers through hts
iron'Eras iorks Of curly fatr, anl pressed his
cyee us though trying to couiaro up thu past.
lla was onlncniIy lifted tu speak Of things in
England over forty years ago, for Mt the tltnu OF
thu accession Ut Queen Victoria 10 her throne ho
Although Phladclphtan burn aud htcd-hnl
obtained not merely from the natural resources
Of his mind, but from tho very naturc Of Ills
position. an cntrco tnto The highest social aud
political circles In the British Istc. llc wont on
to speak III those ineloduus though magnetic
accents that ero this had thrilled MANY assenl-
blagcs,-for tic WAS a public man a. we'll ~
pr!ratc gent'enan,-"t cAn sco Tom Moore be-
fore mo now lust as I'e appeared In 1877. and
then. Will tell you how I happoned uerose
him. During my stas In London I sne:,t 1nany
pleasant evenings In tho house ot LnnY Morgan,
the wild Irish beauty they eas'cd hcr. Upon
ona octasfon the CONVERSATION turned upon Ire.
land unn things Irish, mud ANNOUNCED MY In.
tcntlon OF paying visit to Dublin. sAb. thcn,'
sell tndy Morgan, ''yon must 20 to acc my SIS
ter, ludY Clarke. viii give you letter 81 In
trot'neton to her, gal!y accepted th!s otter,
anA when landed IN the lrisl. Capital the tlrat
thing tffst was ID nut my hAild in my pocket,
take nnt the !ctses 10 Lady Clarke, aud examiuc
~ my my respects to the sister Of nly dear
friend Indy Morgan. Her house was OH Sack
vtiic street. You know SacsYfllc street fra.n
go9 "s fss q %en s ,tssysa tsa
pressed ine to return to thinner at m early our,
as she exnccted t1c 10 ACCOMPANY her to con-
cort, nmi after that to Tisit houso Of a Mr..
O'Conne!l,-it was not Dan U'Conpelt, but
to Ilf'u. Well, to como to the timo whcp We
got to O'Conatlfs lousc, uotsccd sitting IN
one corucr ut a eufa gentleman whose mcn
drew my instant attention. Ills hair was scant
to 10 bs ahonlt hl u 10 Years 81 aee. I had
ticn,an was. when Lady Ciarko tahpcl
nc upon the shoulder and said, i Wish to fl.
,hcn sbe led mo DIRECTLY towards the gentleman
conccrn!ng whose identity my curiosity had been
excited, lie, nottclnE our approarh, arose
somewhat fcrhly. Lady Clarke presented him to
me rs p!ain Mr. Moore All he said, IN ttc
sweetest un1 gent'est Of tones, this Is Mr. -.
You arc from America slri'
"tfes' replied, from land in which the
name Of Ihomss atoosa is household word.'
'"'Ail.' hc aaa, ".,wero It not for those linfor-
nate American 'cttcrs Of mlnc. They MUS. in
49, Why said !, 'lier0 ia scarcely family
nmong tic Indigenous inhabitants OF every State
anu Territory ID the laud Ia which your melodies
orc not read or sung.'
Joyful, anxious tones. l3o you u,can 10 tell tna
tlint tl.ry hold me III fond remembrance anong
-FOUR peup'ct' mud upon MT nus"ering him In
the affirmative, e continued r. tones son,owlat
Would 10 God that | had neycr written them j
You'd to God TINT bad ueyer go nclell But
what has heen written enun0t be u!wrEtteu.
Wish TINT It could ba so.' . Our conversation
continued III this strnin for snntc tin,c, making
numcrous Inquiries, about matters and things
In America. Finally, Mra. Clarkn requested
him to slug sUsne Ut hts own culupoailions, ut,d
npun his hes3tAttng sf,n turnt1 to iNe aH,i said
lint espessal!y wtss'u4 IT,, uo turned an in
meant Il, tool would csteein It QUO OF those
uud ucvcr to be foreotten.' . l will stlsg for
you.' lo said, simply, aad, gtaspng one Of my
feet, a.,l he lid not rclcaso Lis grasp untli hc
l,nd takcn = scat before tho plano, and even
thcra % commanded mic By q motion to remain
beside him. Then he sane: 0hl what glorious
ears evcn mo now All, but o ad goiee 1 swsrt 1 s a.
an l1soiIan harp Jared In oil lie sang You
may break, you tnay shattcr the vase It you
Will and ''fha harp tsai once through Tnra'a
hails,' md ha'f aozen oshss Of his own sweet
he pleased tn term Ills sfonitshness he nsked
me II would not drive him In my earsiago 10
ills bomc. mud l bad scarcely finished
assuring him how doltgh.ch would be
when he said, y want to talk to you 1noga
about America. waut to drive away tho feel
lug that your poopie--I know ypu l,aye thu feel
ing no longus.-tile feeling Tint Soue propo hayo
against mo-; ind duspito al[. my assurances OF
lle still pcralstel tllat they must bu prejudiced
ugai,st him on account of these unfortunate
American lutterst' thu writing Of which hc eyi-
aent!y SO much dePlorel,"