The Irish standard., 1889-06-01

eyes OL d Tou luulau. iuGf aI1 UIOHu
but it is brown slashed with red; tn
brown Of a f1int-stone. They fash al
kind of colors, like a jewel, but the
are nearly always inscrutable. In Eng
land our witnesses have to stand whel
they give evidence. Parnell, standins
up, with this beautiful face, thes
strange eyes and this splendid fore
head, and with this thin, erect ant
graceful figure, looking strikingl,
:handsome-''a 'as handsome" al enthu
siastic writer once wrote, las a GreeE
statue."
! MIR. Parneli's manner was as perfect
as his appearance He came into the
box evidently full of this subject, and
be had prepared himself with consider
able care. At first he was so full of il
that he was Inclined to speak at toe
much length and to make a series of
speeches instead of just merely answer
ing questions. OF nervousness there
was only one trace, and that would not
be visable to anybody net intimately
acquainted with him. Whenever Mr..
Parnell gets up to speak in the house
of commons he looks perfectly cool and
collected, but If you happen to be by
his side you will see that behind his
back he clutches one arm with the
hand OF the other, and that now and
then he seems to dig the nails of one
hand into the palm of the
other. This gesture he used once or
twice yesterday in the earlier parts of
his examination; but, like the tendency
to oyer elaboration of reply, this was a
thing which he corrected as he went
along.
There was an expectation that he
| would have been several days under ex-
animation by his counsel in detailing
the history OF his political career. But,
partly in Difference to pressure from the
court, and partly Of their own motion.
the counsel for Mr.. Parnell did not
keep him very long, and many Of the
Chief episodes Of his life were passed
over. For instance, there was scarcely
an allusion to most Of his parliamen-
tary action. He told his story plainly
and straightforwardly, and everybody
on his side was delighted. The presid-
ing judge was on the whole very polite
to him. When the question came to
the alleged connection between himself
and crime it was amusing to watch the
look almost of WEAKNESS and careless
ness with which be gave his monosylia-
bic answer. Indignation which one
thought that he should have TO answer
such questions at all.
Mr.. Parnell began his examination at
1890 yesterday morning and it was con-
cluded at l1:20 to day, so that altogeth-
er the examination had lasted just one
day. Since that time he has been un-
der cross-examination BY the attorney
general, and the examination is not
concluded up TO the time at which I
am writing. It will be resumed to-mor.
row, and possibly may go on the next
day as we'll. We have had, however, a
sufficiently good indication OF what it
is likely to be, and the universal inn
pression-at least on our slde-is that
Mr.. Parnell is making complete fool
of the eattorney-general. The attorney
general seem to feel this also, for his
attitude towards Mr. Parnell is chur-
lish, coarse and almost brutal-the at
titude Of man who knows that he is
being beaten. Come, sir" ''Give a
plain answer, sir, to plain question"
You know, sir. that is not what 1
ask" Sometimes one of tne irish MEM
bers in the court might be heard NUT
tering some strong protest and there
was feeling that Sir Charles Russell
or some other of the counsel for Mr..
Parnell should have risen and pro
tested.
''He is addressing Parnell,'' said one
of the counsel, "as if he were a recalci-
trant bargee in au admiralty case"
And this admirably sums up the man.
ner Of the attorney-general. The coun-
sci however, held their peace, and for
this reason. that they thought the con-
trast between the brutal boorlshness Of
the attorney-general and the imper-
turbable calmness. the unbroken and
nlgh-bred courtesy of Mr.. Patnell was
so useful that it would be a pity to in
terfere with it. And then Parnell kept
scoring at every moment; and some
times a laugh in the court-as loud as
the rigorous decorum of an English
court of justice will permlt--gave bold
testimony to the utter futility of the at
tack. They'll no get much change
out of Parnell," chuckles a good old
liberal, who few years ago hated and
now admires, the Irish leader. The
old boy, who is very feeble. has come
with the aid of couple Of sticks, to
see this historic scene, and he still
mumbles and chuckles as he goes:
They'll not get much change out of
Parnell ~
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