Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-10
WAVERLAND.
a Tale of Our Coming Landlords.
BY SARAH MABIE BRIGHAM.
Copyrighted. 1886.

CHAPTER xxvIu.-THE HISTORIC TUESDAY.
At reception given at Ravens Park
quite number of distinguished guests
were present. Among them was gentle
man who had once been n United States
minister to Persia; who, by the way, was
a friend of Col. Haynes. They soon en-
gagged in earnest conversation on the one
topic that the Colonel was so much inter-
ested in, viz: the great and increasing
number of English landlords in America.
"Why, 1 have not heard very much
about the subject; / believe l did read
something in the papers about duke or
someone owning from twenty to fifty
miles of land in Dakota, but was not in
terested in it" said the ex-minister in I'm
unconcerned listless fashion.
Il was no more interested than you are, >"
said the Colonel, 'when l came to Britain,
but am beginning to learn the extent OF
their investments and can realize that
something must be done to stop it, or
British lords will soon lord it over more
land in America than they have in all the
British Islands together.
80, well. Haynes, if they do it will only
give us Americans more dignity and i'm
portance by having q few aristocrats in
our midst" said the ex-minister, watching
the ladies' in group opposite as though
he would rather join them than discuss
the unimportant theme of absentee land
lordism in America, which only involves
the veal or woe of few hundred genera
tons of peoplel
The Colonel reading the wish in the ex-
minister's eyes, crossed the room and pre-
sented him as personal friend, to the
Duchess of Melvorne, Lady Waverland
and Miss Annie Wren, who formed pleas
ant group amid the brilliant throng
"There, you see how most Americans
feel on the subject of foreign landlord
ismr' said Mr.. Lollard who had been
standing near me while the Colonel and
ex-minister had been conversing
81 see they are very indifferen on the
subject" l said; "but if they only knew
how hard it will be to throw Off this yoke
that is now being fitted to their necks they
would soon be intensely interested"
IF they would only turn back hundred
years and read few pages of their own
history, they would pause long enough
In the mad whirl of business to estab-
lish laws that would control this for
eign land monopoly. Gen. Washington
saw the oppression that the children of
American fathers and mothers will feel in
their generation, when he said, What
does England's conduct deserve, and what
punishment is there in store for the men
who have distressed millions, involved
thousands in ruin, and plunged number
less crowd in inextricable woeT" said
Lollard.
"That describes the situation Of Ireland
to-day" / said; ''and that is what would
warn the people of America to prepare to
defeat and shun."
"Oh, you are always talking of land
lords!'' exclaimed Lord Sanders, as he
Joined us. "That seems to be favorite
theme Of yours. j thought you were
landlord yourself, Waverland."
$50 l am, and that is why know so
much about them. Every humane i'm
pulse of my life has been made to suffer
from the cruelty have seen practiced on
starving, evicted tenants"
81 was landowner once in Ireland my
self, but the tenants you sympathise with
SO fervently would steal and sell my stock
as fast as could buy" said Lord San
ders, $50 l sold my lands there and in
vested my money where tenants are law
ubiuluE Oy OAAcll CShbluClo
81 bought your estate" said Sir Wren,
"and the tenants who remained after the
most cruel eviction, found good, faithful
iaborcrs. Men and women have stood by
every contract, and now am going back
to Ireland TO sell my lands to those very
men who were evicted from them years
ago. 1 have no fear but that they will
stand by every contract 1 mako with
them"
"You're welcome TO deal with the Irish
rs you please, j will have nothing to do
with them," Sanders exclaimed. ~
would not live among such blood-thirsty
people! would sooner be among the Fiji
Islanders for safetyp'
81 have found that the love of home and
liberty is the one strong element in every
Irish heart, and it is the hope of obtaining
these that has brought all classes into
union with Parnell My sympathies are
with the people. want to see'them have
a chance to become prosperous and hap
py," l said.
Its easy to talk" said Lord Sanders,
with n sneer, "but if you were tried you