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a voupxsvuE 1sxfAN CIRCLE
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neare or Trlaasy college, Dublin-

order At one time among the students OF Trim
ity College. Dublin. All the men who belonged
to II are now scattered over the world. Some
are oficsrs In the British army. others are In
holy orders. and few have become soldiers OF
fortune. and are known In many foreign lands.
while others have taken to literature and Jour
nalism and made this republic their homo.
Most Of them arc out OF harms way. and the
few that remain In Ireland are wearing the
wigs and gowns Of Irish barristers. and are
above suspicion. for. TO oil appearance.
they have become loyal subjects OF the Grown.
The English offlcials are never likely to guess
the names OF the men who played consplrators
inside the walls OF Trinity In those days OF not
90 long ago. They may be sitting ct the moss
OF English regiments they may DO attending
the Queen's receptions In London :thoy may DO
preaching to aristooratio Protestant congre-
cations In Great Britain or Ireland. The au-
thorties would a. soon think OF suspsoting the
members Of the Queens household OF treason
a. these students Of old Trinity that 1urssry y
very stones OF the court yards would riso In
I :ss Ss ass Ss ssSf ana
deyoting our time to ooncooting plans for the
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was on n me that A. ne sb teach
dSnts looked for instruction Ii, the. art OF war.
hsa and hsTSS and pea
iond hs hoo Cd That we wer" going TO- resou.
ths
ton and kepier and took up the military work OF
nicus and Tycho we're placed on the shelf 70
give US time to learn ths m. mysteries OF TIE
took more interest in moving how to make q
Pontoon than in Sir Charles Lysl or Old Nod
that we should be abe to sketch nm outpost
than read sansoTit or bother ourselves with
course Of instruction but we were expected to
TS ala not Win ,hs
demo. or to discuss the question OF our hopes
Green hisdes. This was 'i to us more interest
Ing thon than treatises on prehistoric man. the
have by reading Alfred do Mussst ,Lamartine.
Gould Be fought and won and we studied the
histories OF Gustavus AdolDhus. Forstenson.
srans to to aSH
stHas sa pt
It looks Ike dream now After SO many
World often often 1oadsr a, our creduy But But
there We wore. week after week seriously
wo o resoe a
strong. Hours were stolen from mathematics.
tho FS 9 on the
sSs to dsvHs: lone to the Sd
soashs S by ne thoir ' atse %sen tof the the
army were al the ssa sam. and Snth1;
and we seldom shouldered our Tiles in MANUAL
When marching. We did not make much i noise Ess
our n%mber we're % KEEP 81
ing on board As the TRAMP; tramp, tramp of
staGes sn se
lection might mean expulsion, and. perhaps.
Tho lights were Kept burning as usual. The
outer door was indeed bolted. but that was ali.
Ing that our bodness was our safeguard. and
that suspicion was not likely to haunt other
When Visitors Interrupted us we hid our ma.
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circle was graduated We entertained him
viz Yin H tss
walls OF eur rooms were when decSrated at all
oy appealed
in our hands in and out of the college. and the
porters who obseuuiously opened tho ponder
that y, tn. rifles wore lntondea for spoitns and
confidential and trustworthy outsiders to our
rooms. and allowed them to Join our class and
Ing yaaGon ana s aaohn rs
sa%FR dansr %a
were doing 9f course gaze sGe9 to the under
taKnnE ana the greater the FISK the more auda-
The slayey" Of the student in, whose rooms
were kept open ono day. When told that they they
were relies c Of barbarism kept for scientific
but the res were removed next T DAY opsn
6 1ssT was our d best faisguard Even caught
that we where preparIns rI ti The Fenisns
a aaf b mot to Ssos them There
eSS s SseTe a0 T,iaas dabs
n rhs Fl ssh MIS-
ysyf not in with sI h
renel ar + now sung with patriotic notes
days day Trinity is. as it always has been, against
tor than We did. and the more anti national! the
rest rest Of the students were. the more we enjoyed
I cannot give the location of our meeting
p'fs o,anv R may o have Y been In dungeon a
great lecture hall or in the park but TIT Il w sas
snug and i ,SH Fer months We carried
But It known to some Of our frls nds out
c sde sasi a tasTe WAS Fsna circle in Trinity
even Garbored ontlaw in our I roons. aud man
not unknown in New York found shelter in
students quarters while the police were scour.
thirsting for the reward set on lis onrturc.
cannot mention names. II coull | might
well known here took part in old Trinity and
how warrior bold hid under bed whlo soue
noisy visitors, and his host rs we'll vowed
vengeance on the American adventures Who
were driving the Irish people to folly and re,
served In the Nortbern army during the war
was sick for two weeks inside the classic col.
lege. while the police were following his trail
over the wlds OF the Galtees "
There is moral to the tale. The majority OF
the men who formed the Fenian circle In Trim,
ity College have become loyal subjects Of the
Queen, l DO not include myself In this cate
cory. l will not say what my views are but |
the majority Of the medical men. the law stu.
a gent. the mon intended for the army and tho
abandoned tho old WAY OF tho rahaI nni hnwe