The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-22

some O1 the IOr0S OF the forest w0)cl
skirt Hawartien Park had fallen. III,
next day the Premier, going out axe IL
hand, bad spent some hours in clearing
the timber, and shortly after coming
back found himself attacked with sc
rious cold. He had been confined to biz
room Cor several days, and though now
convalescent, was still = prisoner in biz
library. The attack had ksen serious. a.
one could see, looking on the pale face,
and touching the still feverish hand.
but no doctor had been called in. Ev.
erythiny is honlely Ut Hawarden Castle
always Of course excepting the plaster
battlements and turrets, with which the
prOprietOrs have had no more to do than
had Edward I. 1t is an Olll-fnshiOned
English notion that wife can nurse
q man through cold, and Mrs. Glad
stone, who has had some experience in
this department of wOlnan's work, had
assi,lu0llsly Get herself to the task, and
was now rewarded by final triumph.
Her patient, she cOnfided to the visitor,
left nothing to he desired IN the way Of
patience and dOciiity when once avOW-
e(lly on the sick list. The difficulty was
to keep hin, off the sick list when in
health. He had no capacity for meas
uring the limit of his powers. which q
long series Of great achievements had
lesl him to believe were invincible and
inexhaustible.
This Is an old story, which finds many
One night last session Mr.. Parnesl was
with something more than usual sue
ccss Olnstructing the passage of the Land
Bill, and the INDIGNATION Of the major
ity Of the House had chrystalized into
determination tn sit, II necessary, all
night. Mr.. Gladstone was in his place
on the Treasury Bencl,, in q condition
Of exhaustion that was evident tn every
one but himself. 1t was close upon
midnight, and lie had, an hour earlier,
famed forth in magnificent Outburst
at righteous wrath, which played round
the heads Of the obstructiOnists with the
greater int.lsenexs since it had lmen 10
long restrained. Mr.. Jesse Ceilings,
long Il faithful ally Of the Irish men,
lxrS in their policy. now rise, and form
ally DESIGNATING himself from their tao
tics. concluded, amid loud cheers, by
al.'cIaring that ''all that they wanted
WAS that Mr.. Gl"llstonc should 90 home
{" Insl. xns! let the House settle down
for the night, or till whatever hour
might W. necessary in order to dispose of
the question Immediately before it," In
Difference to this unanimous and hearty
desire. the Premier presently withdrew.
Islt that WAS concession he is not or
slinarily inclined to make to- the fruilty
"f the human frame. He will sit for
hours, frequently far into the morning.
when lie might as we'll, and even much
better, bc in bed. But whether home
Or ahrssitl, mt Hawar.len or in the House
1T Commons, as long as he can lear the
weight Of the haI ness he will stand up
and carry on the work begun more than
fifty years ago.
The wOosln,.,n's craft Is the only exer-
else, except walking, which Mr.. Glad
stone indulges in. 1t il many years
since he was astride horse, and he
never carrsl much FIR the exercise. He
very rarely drives, and neither shoots,
hunts nor fishes. But he Is q great
hand with the IKE, establishing free
claims upon the filial respect Of Mr..
w. H. Gladstone, himself no mean
craftsman. In the rece.ss, weather per-
uniting. and sometimes whether or not,
day passes that he does not
take stroll out with his seventy three
years upon his head, and his axe on his
shoulder, not returning till, If his H.
ln'rs were l'ai.l 1T the current wages. he
would have earned his dinner. Failing
for tree-fclling, he takes =
|urn for an l.Our Or 20 ON the terrace in |
front Of his house, where the flower gar |
len Is, and whence may tx seen u far
stretch Of meadow land
by trees. During tho session,
MS hour for retiring IL rest il usually
TntcIn in,runetNls with that Of the nd |
ournnIcnt Of the House Uf Commons.
It H. "ltcncr two than any other hour on
ne 'ii:il that II" gets to bed, with the
Observation-Disclosures that he h,l,st he ~
y times tO carry on the business Of an
':nrirr on which the sun never sets.
II home. in the piping days of the re-
'o,:-, h" 'lo"> not follow the wholesome
,a.;s> Oi some tired Legislators, who,
r.n.s in t:r country quarters. have
'c"n known I" 20 to bed ut ten n'cl( OK,
y wa: u: ~':ikim: an average with the
sli>Si :.a,;'u ~ iiir session. He
: rariy in h,d hei.'ge half past eleven.
md som" times hears the chimes nj
midnight before retiring. I;ut ut what
Yer i:.tlr H., retire /, y,.>t. H.. j. down
J: = quarter to eight, ami before break
~ .l:.r.t oil {, the lili'r cilurrl, in the
lilac, where :':t ~,"'''cr i conducted
~ l,:- ,,i,, the g.-.icr. T..cre is pri-
Az .:l,rWa; runn;"iin: the castle with
!.r gateway lt:nlinr into i!,. road. and
~. very soon after eight O'Clock cv-
r. 't"ri,in.. fair weather nr foul, SNOW
u inter sunshine. III" English Pre-
.i.r i,l,.' H.. >r.!i walking with !i.ht
Il! active ~i.';.| towards. the Eiila.s.
i.'.".i,. Ill u. L""r ia X"ry,",''* Way
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