New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-25
MISS FANNY HYLAND,
B!GGAR'S LOVE FOR HYLAND WhISKEY-.
FRANK BYRNE'S LIBERATION.

ia the breach-Of- promise cas- which has afforded
| such good laugh this week 70 London. She re-
solved. believe ten years ago least never to be
older than thirty-fve. When young she must have
beeu extremely winsome without being regularly
beautiful Miss Fanny is maid or Kilkenny and
have no doub. that "ber cheeks" formerly were
"iike the roses. and lipe much the same" She 10
still agreeable and many friends OF hers tell me she
Is one of tho best-bearted souls imaginable Her
musical talontp remarkable She plays the
harp guitar and riano as we'll almost as pro-
fesslona artist Besides these accomplishments she
and her less omplished sister Mary are excel
lent housekeepers and have wonderful carscIty
for making coaks, dresses and bonnets in the most
fashionable style. have been tod that ont Of the
merest ships Uf nbb0D and scraps of silk, lace and
velvet they can produce chefs deHrres Of millinery.
Mr.. bggar, the Home Rule N. r., may or may not
have intended marriage But he certainly intended
to get all that he could out of the Hyand sisters In
the way of pleasant living. They arc naturally
hospitable and gay in the the Irish attach to
the latter term. Their gayety is consistent with the
strictest proprlety of conduct. The fact that Miss
Fanny allowed herself TO he kissed in a railway
carriage is to me proof positive OF a matrimonial
engagement. l saw her shortly after she was
Tilted. in the drawing-room Of friend. We were
looking over the contents of photograph album.
IL contained many portrait If Home Rulers when
| came to that of Mr.. Bggsr, whom had never
seen and who had been earning questionable rop-
utatOn as an obstruction she asked:
"And what do Jon think of that one :"
said He Is simply frghtful."
" What DO you think would be his disposition I,
/" If there's anything in physiognomv, he ought to
he hard and cross.gr9ined."
She burst out laughing and replied: He's all
that And Ivonld ron heleva mo I was ouoa in
clIned to think the best of that mani indeed. We
were engaged to be married We often went into
churches together, and | used to pray that might
really bring myself to love him. / am very glad
that he deserted one, for cannot help feeling
that he would have been nnklnd husband ana
rendered me miserable
There is great natcct< both in Fanny and Mary
Hyand and tneir aunt Miss Elizabeth Han bury,
who appeared as a witness for the plaintiff Mics
hanbury is delightful old maid. She is deter
mined TO remain young always aud has 30 far sue
ceeded Not that she exactly tries 10 be beautiful
forever. But she is very lively very socable very
good uaured, aud allows her nieces TO dress her as
they please. Their intimate friends assure me that
they take more pride IN their aunt looking attract
i've aud pretty than IN being nicely attired hem~
selves. Ana pretty she does look, curious sort
of way. she is al ways ADDITIONALLY rugged out and
extraordinary wig which. if artincial, is not
false. since it takes nobody in IL Is nevertheless
becoming. Miss Hamburg takes no note of tho
flight of time Her neces in be- eyes still young
girls She is never so happy as when she Thinks
prospect has been opened 10 either ono
or the other Of them. She las yearly income OF
$50 and they have each about $50 per aunum.
The total is not large. But with the help OF a lady
bOarler they manage t. keep snug table and SOFA
good deal OF company IN the evenings. The create
part OF their friends are Irish of Home Rule procv-
ties. Some of them priests For the benefit Of
the reverend gentlemen they often make whiskey
punch. The alcoholic liquor IS from the Green Isle
aud never paid farthing IT, the inland revenue lt
Is pure mountain dew and tastes strong of the turf
Biggar keenly alive 70 the merits of the punch
which Misn Fanny HyIsnd mixed For the sake of
il he Iisked the chance Of breach Of promise 40
ton.
The spiritual adviser Of the family Is q Passonist
father who is in all the councils of the Home Rule
party. and believe of a section OF the Fenlans lie
IS fully as HberDian tie whiskey that Lee yer saw
,he face of gauger When the delicate ease of
conscience was submitted ~ him by Miss Fanny 70
which she alluded in the London court of Justice he
advised her to submit to beng kissed il she could
hereby hold Biggar fast. She was engaged to him.
little love making was not therefore any harm.
tr. Patrick Egau's sympathiss were entirely with
Hiss Fanny Hvland The treasurer of the Land
-eague regarded the defendant in the action asa
jelfast man." and therefore only semi-Irish
Biggar Is nnamiable in lividual. French
len laugh greatly and shrug their shoulders when
hey bear that he made his betrothed a piesent of
air of boots. The proper thing would have been
o have bought her an expensive fan. on which she
night have raised the money requisite to protect
Ter feet from the wet when out walking with tho
iember for Cavan. Mr. Biggar confrsses TO q for
une of t2OOU0. His Irish friends here TINT no
q good deal richer than he admits. Inc Passion
80 father calculates that he must be worth
100000 His father was an enterprislug aud very
avnS pork butcher and had lucrative maritime
usluess. j. Biggar, the NJ. T., added TO the for
une by lucky speculaticns. lie neglected how
yer, the pig-'tIckng trade since he went to Para-
lent. aud clad to sell his interest in the pater
al house III order 10 AVOID loss.
The Elysan Ball was, by reason OF a snow storm,
rolonged until O'Clock this morning. As few
'Eo went to 1t were able to get away, the heat aud
rush were fearful Carriages in most instances
Iere weather bound. Daring the intervals be-
ween the binding falls OF snow. there was that
earfui stale OF spperlness which is expressed by
be word rerglds. No Jehu was prepared for it, A
all OF snow after the sun had risen mendcd matters
nd enabled the Presidents guests TO betake them
elves to their homes. Tho liberation of Byrne was
topic of conversation Ia the drawing room which
reserved for am bassadors and prominent officials
nd political men. IL said that he was let QUE
ecause NJ. Challemel-Lacour IS angry at the turn
hch the London Foreign Office has gwen to the
IL az very stIouB drtclo
he Pail Mall Gazette OIL the French scheme for
recidivists. The secretary OF tho
and and Labor League was suddenly liberated.
is due to him 10 add that the evidence which sup
Drtcd the demand for eXtradition was feeble.
point dare say, would have been strained by
10 Ferry Government if England had lent herself
the scheme for colonizing Tonquin the New
ebrides and the northern end of Madagascar with
rench cOnvicts Byrne more agree
bly, surprised in his life than when hs was told
lat he at liberty to quit the depot of the Pre-
c.ure of Police where he detained for moro
ian a week. He had been baited and indeed bad
red by the Pr0curators substitute the day before,
I'd was treated almost as a guilty man when he
United that no was IN Dublin on The I'D of
ngust-the day on which Field was murdered in
urth Freder!ck.st. | do not suppose that Byrne
i'll return to England Immediately. The week
ssed in jail has not pulled him down. What he
tiered from most the cold. His cell had .
ed floor and was near the Seine. The bed wH
rd aud dirty, but the food was tolerably good.