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shilling and proposed 10 toss up which should
DAY for the cab. On this occasion Keogh
called an hour before time on friend who
promised to tako him. In full togeery and In
sisted on going before glass through the form
OF entrance and taking down the whole pro-
cedure on paper. which he carried with him
for reference. after the amusing fashion OF the
late George Holland at tho Rifle ball In " Rose
dale" At dinner he was placed between Sidney
Herbert and Mr.. Goulbourn. . sage OF many
Ministries. Keogh was very quiet, when
Bernal Osborne. who sat opposite to him, be-
gan: Mr.. Goulbourn. II you could only take
that hugo white towel from Keogh's neck. and
put on q loose black one. and place his custom
ary tumbler OF hot whiskey punch before him.
instead OF that Lafltte. which is an unknown
LIQUID to him. you would find him. instead OF
being tho glum creature he is now. one OF tho
most garrulous and pleasant fellows you ever
met" Again. when he was being served with
roast mutton. he called across: Don't touch
that You get enough OF that at homo. Don't
feed on tulips and wallNowers here. Touch
only the exotics." 1t made Keogh very uncom-
Portable. but. knowing Osborne's friendship.
and that no could not control such fatal habit.
he forgave It. Not SO with many others.
As might be expected. he soon wearied OF his
Newtown Amor life. and an opening offer
ing at Nottingham. he scored another
OF his victories there. He next turned his
attention to Ireland. The Chief Secretary
ship Of that country had been all through his
life the object OF his political ambition. and ne
conceived tho impression very fairly that the
return for an Irish constituency would
strengthen his claim: so no embraced the op-
portunity which Waterford offered and stood
for that city in opposition to Sir Henry Barron.
by whom he was beaten. but whom he unseated
on petition. and stood again. his opponent
being tho late p. ]. Smyth. then q very popular
Nationalist and tho friend OF Meagher. OF
whom his native place was proud. He was re-
turned by majority OF eight. but the fury OF
the mob was so aroused whom the result was
known that the windows OF his supporters were
riddled and their shops broken open and
wrecked. ana he himself only escaped BY being
smugeled through back window Into an ad-
joining draper's shop. where he passed the
night carefully slowed away In a bundle OF
blankets. until he was spirited away to New
town Amer. whore he passed some time. as
he wrote. in slowly recovering from the
success Of an Irish election" This and many
other amusing incidents OF the contest gave
him material for after speeches which con-
vulsed tho House with merriment
Mr.. Osbornes rising in the House Of Com
mons was always hailed with cheers, and the
House listened to the sweet music Of his silver
style and caught the rapier glitter OF his per-
sonal thrusts with q delighted smile. His
speech in the great debate on Palmerston's
foreign policy. in which. speaking Of Sir James
Graham. whose stalwart ngure-he was feet
4 inches-might be seen towering nightly on
tho highest bench behind the Treasury one. he
said that he had always thought he was
ieep watch % FOR ifI The lite . Of poo poor JACK. S
adding: Tho praises with which In the OPEN
ing OF his speech he covered tho noble lord re-
sembled the saliva with which hugo Eastern
serpents cover their victims before they
devour them." He was defeated at the gen.
eral election In 1874 which removed him from
Parliamentary life. but up to his death. which
occurred In 1882. at Eastwood the seat OF the
Duke Of st. Albans. he retained his interest In
all public affairs, described them in society
with all his old keenness OF intellect and buoy
ancv Of spirit, and was the favored guest Mt
Lady Waldcgraves's. Lady Moesworths. and
all the great dining houses Of London.
1t would not serve his reputation. even were 1t
possible. to attempt to recount his numerous
humorous and sarcastic sallies because they
derived their point from the circumstances and
time in which they were spoken. and from the
peculiarities Of the person against whom they
were directed. For instance. he was in tho
habit Of drawing" the late Mr.. Whaley. who
was n bete nore OF his and one morning when
awearied House was about to proceed to divi-
sion. Osborne suddenly shouted: "Now's your
time. Whalley." in commanding tone. and
Whalley responded by rising In his place like a
machine and rolling Off speech amid shrieks
OF laughter But 1t is necessary to have
seen and known Whalley to understand this
morriment. as 1t would be when he described
another man as having Tyburn face" and
that the twist in his neck suggested that 1t
had been imperfectly operated upon" He has
been very severely condemned for having when
Disrael was dying. and he saw all tho bulle-
tins. pomp. and circumstance that surrounded
his deathbed. sardonically. but truthfully re-
marked that he was OVERRIDING it. as usual -
but ho did not at the moment stop to consider
its pitiess severity and said 1t from his nabill-
ty to control his sarcastic thought. Disraeli.
In moment Of anger applied to him with
much more premeditated malice the designa-
ton which stuck to him. of the chartered
libertine OF debate" Still they were close In
Inmates through life. served each other and
feared each other. On Sundays they always
dined during the season at Baron Lionel Roths-
chld's, whore aiterward tho clever children. in
cluding the present Sir Nathaniel. taught by
their brilliant mother, used to Il play at Par
| lament" and mimic the two guests to the life
| Osborne was always the soul OF the party and
| them Keogh. who dined there sometimes. and
| was greatly liked by the Nothschilds. who SUBJ
scribed In 1852, for his election at Athlone.
In conversation Osborne far outshone Dis
| raeli. and conversation is tho highest test, and
! cannot deceive. Depend upon t,sir." observed
| DR.. Johnson. In reference to Lord LonCbor-
| ough, y 1t Is when you como close to q man in
conversation that you discover what his real
abilities are; to make a speech in o public as
| sembly is good deal OF q knaok." A rhetori-
clan devoid OF earnestnoss. and anxious only
for self.display. can hardly be subjected to
a moro embarrassing ordeal than that
OF good table talk. Its sudden breaks. quick
turns. and elliptical transitions are fatal to his
tactics. He is like column OF infantry vainly
endeavoring to deploy into line under fire or
he may be compared to Monsieur Jourdain.
when, fresh from his fencing lesson. he is pinned
| against the wall by one OF Toinetta's home
| thrusts. Disrueli never risked himself in so.
| cjetv 0shorna did with n ranklauo or,l,ot, -