The Irish standard., 1891-12-12

disconnected. Suddenly I remembered
where we had met before, and he in
stantly saw the recognition in my coun-
tenance. Il was in the Vatican, over q
part of which place, while on visit, he
had conducted me, CARRIED in the robes
of an italian priest. He used fluent
English in describing to me the various
things of interest, which he pointed out
during our tour of the building, and ap-
peared to me to be moet affable man.
When I had discovered the identity OF.
my former guide, at once resolved to
tell the facts to Lord Salisbury at the
first opportunity next morning, but
found, upon arising the following day.
that my quondam friend had decamped
during the night, taking all his belong
ings with him. The news of the sudden
disappearance OF the major domo caused
considerable confusion in the Premiers
household. told the marquis all I
knew about the matter and he appeared
to be very much put out by the intelli-
gence which impaired to him, but had
little to say in regard to the strange oc.
currence. The members of Lord Sails
bury'e family, however, discussed all the
facts OF the case. and the conclusion ar
rived at by them after everything had
been considered was that the missing
major domo was Jesuit agent, and chat
he had insinuated himself into the Pre-
mier's family for the purpose Of discov-
er1ng secret matters concerning the Vat
icap," Who is it IN America, when he
determines to send broadcast a genuine
s'roorback," could not, without an effort
beat this one? This is the most clumsy
piece Of work Of Its kind on record, and
we doubt il this same nephew will be
permitted to make such spectacle OF
himself and humbug of the cause he
claims to represent. any more before the
general election is held. The missing
Jesuit agent has not yet been found, aud
though many able bodied Scotland yard
detectives are always at Salisbury COM
mand, he has not yet consulted any OF
them abont looking up the rascal ~
who went "into the Premier's family for
the purpose OF discovering secret mat
ters concerning the Vatican 1t is such
asinine statements as the above that will
make the Tories moro obnoxious than
they are now. But they will not stop at
such games as this to catch the nnwary
voter We still have confidence in the
good sense of the people of England on
the question of Home Rule for Ireland.
and we are not afraid Of such fools as
Salisbury's nephew has proven himself
to be. The Tories will not give any re-
lief measures to Ireland until they see
that they must IN order to maintain
themselves in power They will prom
Use ireland Home Rule bill, and will
also promise to push the bill through
parliament If they are returned to power,
but will they? Never; at least SO long
as they can run the machine without any
assistance from the NationaIists. 1t be-
hooves the Irish people to watch closely
these enemies OF their country. and not
be- carried away by any false promises.
Let the Irish people organize from
North to South, and from East to West,
eud put themselves in the most impreg-
nable POSITIONS possible, fo1 the enemy
will have money to use IN large proper
tions. and we all know that that is a
powerful weapon of defense at any time.
Our people must fight as they never did
before; they must fight for cause that
will be saved at next election or defeated
for many years to come. We hope they
will not let petty grievances interfere
with the welfare of their beloved coun-
try