New-York tribune., 1886-04-25
A LITTLE REBEL.

xNnS tSe d,nine room looked southland pretended
20 look west, too having bind WINDOW WIDOW; w9Tfn TSs
aforesaid impesture paired with Mr. Do9ovsns
study on the other side of the hall door None Of
the sit Ing rooms looked north the kttchen ala,
but but as it Was always pretty warm there the aspect
did not so much matter: la front was {ne iawh,
and beyond that little shrpbeery eonnfed be Of tbs
lawn led to q little wooden gate which opened into
the churchyard the church beng only about TWO
hinu'os Sd wSn WSs Dnnovan otherwise Master and
Mistress" were the rector and rectoress OF MAJ, S
%ao coty thsy Golden which found
them nearer and dearer TO each other py az 'ne 0
ful aud sorrcwfu ympathies ana anov
morning when their feet had entered on the seil-
same path for better. tor worse for richer' ior
Mr. Donovan had not proved the truth of the
provcrb that a prophet has no honor IN MS own
country Everybody hohoTed n an ana Kew vii sp9o Do
ing. thonch now his working days were nearly
over Had he not worked for years and years WIN
brain and voice and pen. trying to tesch ms poorer
countrymen how to make the most OF land and
iiSsf' life !; 0's'0'' 'DY" W
beautiful young woman. and was now more beau,
tifu old woman for that far lite of hers that had
beeD 81 { to her husbands and he'd helped ann more
than any one knew. She aid not know 1t hcrseli
SIZE thought she owed everything TO - the Mast f.
She had hiea MIN Sicb sbe r,o
duced with sweet innocent pride when very lnu.
mate friends came that they might see % ane s IaIes'
and thence manv had gone forth gladGened ana
bettered. Out of the large family that had grown
up in that home not one renamed Some were
married some were dead the 6rstborn son had
died several years ago, leaving his wife and TWO
little daughters aged nine and two and When a
very short time after, young Mrs. IiOnovan ioi-
lowed her husband, the children had come TO live
al KranmuIlin and had never aiterwar' lett II.
They were grown up now Ely the youngest was
Jenny and Ely were different 10 appearance and
characi Ter and ways. Ely was small and plump.
with very blue eyes aud curly, Drown hair;, rosy
checks and quick light step Jenny was tall, and
thin rather than slight. with far smooth nalr alh
large pray ewes her step was hight ana quick
enouch but there was kind of selt-gllding mo-
ton about her which little folk like Ely seaom
ST opd fnl of playful aectionaenoss; Jenny
caIrner and more tender. >, , nj, ,.nI
from Ter family and, strange osay, 1t wasa purej
political subject. She had read many OF The pathet-
ic ballads of earer DAYS, in whicn lrlsn , genus f
troubled tim', recalled the med MS OF oJrk
ana disastrous history aud these had so worked
np0n mer bersef Young ireander" he had
In realty no knowledge of the political issues 10
are concerned with them mere only as they Affected
tie current Of her otherwise quiet ne:
Nrs. Donovan only smiled at Llly's announce
nent. Grandpapa put his hand INTO ms pocket
and landed her half a crown. begging her to buy
bunch of green nbbons to tie up her bonny brown
halr if she would condeScend TO use Pae SaX1n
tbnnrh il d bear the IMAGE and super~cripuon Of
tie English tyrant. and, the evening o. the hrSt
day she had an opportunity OF sending 70 lhc
nearest market-town. appeared in a wmte dress
With green ribbons. But lly did not connne
her pat rntiSm to the lring OF green Ribbons huf
made up her liz. le mind to display her sNmpathlos
m,re thoroughly than by the donnng OF TINS color.
So one morning she began to nod forth to coos
somewhat after this fashion:
Cook. don't Won haze the English 7" Cook
looked up from her bread-maklng
Ihate 'em, nv dear ~ -
Now don't talk nonsense" said Ely. lyon
know YOU hate them every one, aud thefes good
reason you should 49, .
Yes, there is. Haven't they enslaved Ireland
and lranpled on her rights and liberties. ana put III
their stupid old papers No lrlsl need apply 7 Ana
aren't they a was .aughing at us l haie them.
and If | were man I'd wear green UNIFORM ana
fight 10 The death of nv country. 5000
Mu> ha now, Miss ely, said cook " IT'S lnlghty
quaIe We are. iere hoombooegn', so ye re"
Not bit of 1t, cookie. know woii enough
An who says 50 ~ said cook, little sharply
81 know it," SAID ELY. You'reJ"
Whethen Miss Ely f, ye know more about me
II know youre a Fenlan, SAID Ely "and IN
another aud I'm gong to help t. move heaven and
earth III Ireland, long a province, be A NATION
once again." Cook smiled.
"MGsha now, honey. 1 don't care bit whether
Ireland Is a province or a nation, so long as have
nav bit an my sup, an SO loug az ] makes COM
tortbble bit an sup for the ovid Masiner an
Mlsthress, God bless em." Ely looked at Cook
don't know what 10 think o YOU, Cook. Either
you have not the spirit of patriot or YOU think Pl
beray y!m For shame, Cook how can you think
Eily's face was hot and crimsoned, and the tears
had sprung TO her eyes Cook was mnch c9ncer1ed'
though indced .he hardly unders ood he situation
She seized Elly's hands and wrung them hard, and
saId "Goh bless We. Miss Ely. whatever ye do! "
say God bless Ireland. and make her free. "
sad Fly,
ELY aid Cook started and dropped each others
han m
"Elly, dear, anyou come now toreadngf Grand
mamma Is quite ready"
When ELY putting away the books after
the studies were over Jenny said:
"E.l, do you mind telling me what you were say
tng II Cook this morniGg =
Eily reddened a little. "Why. Jeni What does
ii matterT
know what mischief your foolish talking might
1t isn't foolish talking" said Ely hotv; its
right and rne. | sad that Ireland ought to he free
and viii be free. and shall be free, and I'll
jenny put her arm round ELY, and sa d. I" don't
want to hurt you, dear bu, | can't nclp feeling
how much mischief yOu might DO"
.'Of course" SAID Ely. 4" HoIcr was very mis-
chievnuS and Joan of Arc was IDIOT and the
Maccabees were wicked rebels and GIDEON aud
Jephthah and SampsoD. and all vino dare 10 love
quartered, do they not ~ Jenny as fairy startled
for IT seemed that all tins was to Ely a deep
and serious reality. Ireland was. n her
ewes, downtIodden, oppressed land; all
the spirit of Moores lyrics and DavIss pathetic
LAYS and fiery battle-songs had, It would
appear, entered into Eli, and rooted itself In her
being. What did it mean' Was there anything
more than foolish, valuglorious sentiment III all
these songs Was there any gram of genuine pa
triOtlsm Was there anything now that could
Justify them
She did not put these questions very clearly to
herself for her thoughts on the subject were too
confused The gentry all round ter had been
frightened enough two or three years ago; and
then soldiers had been quariered near, and sol
dIers being quarteTod nsar had involved the pres
encc Of officers, and the presence of officers had
brought on many Oas and parties. at winch Jenny
and ELY had much enjoyed themselves. Ths was
all Jenny felt about FeuIanisn. She must think
about II now.
Jenny did not talk about the matter then: but
fhe next SnndnY alIernOln. whom She and