The Irish standard., 1890-12-20
PARNELL's PROTOTYPES.
Historical Pergonages Of the Past Vino
Fell Victims to the destinations
of Women.
DAVID AND MARC ANTONY.

OnVIO NND ViHtN ~ stNtS'
And Other Great Leaders Of Man in Anolen,
i and Modern Times Who Had
Their Delllahs. VI.
That marvellous character OF Wbnnl
we delighted 20 hear IN bOYhOod, Sam
son, could, If he were alive, sympathize
with Parnol. The Biblical character
had no party to contend with; no Liber.
al allies to conciliate, and is not record.
ed as having made any struggle fol
home rule or rule Of any sort, but be
was a man OF great streagth and had
an imperous WAY ut overriding OppO.
sition, carving off city gates, snappirte
new cords as fax That is burned, Ovar-
coming remarkable Philistine major.
tiles, and conceiving and carving ont
other radical measures in a somewhat
Parnelian fashion. Whether, IN shese
days, he would nave carried his jaw
bone of an ass into the ranks OF the
landlords or pulled down the supports
of the house Of commons is a matter OF
speculation. rha tale of Samson i
glory was told and the scroll laid away
when. in the Valley of Sorek, he Loved
woman. Then came the shears OF
Delllah, and the world has the wonder
fully pathetic picture OF the blind giant
trailing his clanking shackles the
weary round of the tread mill. The
royal warrior of Israel Of whom 1t i
said that his fame went out into all
lands. and the fear Of him was upon all
nations, was conquered by the trick Of
a smile. His long life passed to the
ringing or steel sLafts On brazen shields,
''He smote the Philistines from Gibe0n
even to Gazer" Moab and MOabltea
met him and were like dry grass beforls
the flames From the time the death
missive Of Gollah. the giant, whistled
from his sling until at a good old age he
died, full of davs, riches and honor he
was clad in breastplate and helmet and
his wars were victorious. But David,
to his sorrow, had weakness for the
soft light Of a dark eve and the ripple
Of dusky hair over the white gleam OF a
woman's shoulders. One night in Jern-
salem at the time when kings went
forth to battle, David walked Oh the
roof of the royal palace to be alone with
his thoughts. There was to be battle
in tbs morning and the streets Of the
CITY were filled with his chariots and
horsemen, foot soldiers and archers,
He could hear below him the murmur
of voices In the tents and around the
camp fires the clanking of armor and
the impatient stamping OF the war
horses. The palaces about him loomed
up in the blue moonlight, pale and
ghostlike. and afar off among the bar
rem rock~faced hills he could see the
glitter Of gold where brlstled the spears
of the hosts OF the foe he was to meet
in the morning. But across the court
the Kings eye fell upon the shining
white form of woman bathing. 1t
was the Beth Sheba, the wife Of Uriah
the Hittite, and ''she was beautiful to
look upon.'' Everybody knows the
sequei and to what numberless com
plications this moonlight stroll OF the
royal observer OF women was the pre-
lude For his sin the sword never de-
parted from his house. and evil was
raised up against HIM out OF his own
home. A great many years ago there
stood in front Of the Roman Capitol a
gentleman Of good address and fluent of
speech, engineering, with as great skill
as the Irish leader ever displayed, a
campaign for office and holding his pur-
pose under q copious flow of tears over
dead CBsar's wounds" Marc Antony
had sown his wild oats in his youth.
and a plentiful crop it was, too, If the
published accounts are correct, but at
As he was presumed to have settled
down into respectable Roman citizen
ship, and until he appeared in his IA
NOUS 0ration over the body Of Cesar
bad been steadily climbing the ladder,
He had shown himself brave soldier
during the war in Syria, and in the
three years. campaign against Aris-
tebulus in Palestine. when he led the
Roman troops through series Of bril-
liant victories. Such bravery and mill
itary skill had he displayed under