The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
WAVERLAND.
A Tale of Oar Coming Landlords.
BY SARAH MABIE BRIGHAM.
Copyrighted, 1886.

CHAPTER XXvIII.-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 United States minister to Persia; who, by the way, was . 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, I have not heard very much about the subject; I believe I did read something in the papers about duke or someone owning from twenty to fifty terested in it." said the ex-minister in an unconcerned listless fashion.
 "I was no more interested than you are, 1" said the Colonel, when came to Britain, but am beginning to learn the extent ot 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.
 70, well. Haynes, if they do it will only give us Americans more dignity and inn portanoe by having few aristocrats in Vul lIldot, odl0 tuC CA~IllulotCls WdtCuluk tho 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 woo of a few hundred genera tions of peoplel
 The Colonel reading the wish fin the ex- minister's eyes, crossed the room and pre- sented him as a personal friend, to the n1,n1 ~f >1x alx rlo,, and Miss Annie Wren, who formed pleas ant group amid the brilliant throng.
 "There, you sec how most Americans feel on tho subject of foreign landlord 1sm" said MT. Lollard, who had been standing near me while the Colonel and ex-minister had been conversing.
 'I see they are very indifferen on the subject" l said but if they only knew how hard it will be to throw off this yoSs 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- fish laws that would control this for eign land monopoly. Gen. Washington saw the oppression that tho children of AMcEiCdu latuGIS AuQ lIlOlucIS WILL lccl III 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 woe?'" said Jollard.
 "That describes the situation of Ireland today" I said land that is what would warn the people of America to prepare to defeat and shun."
 ''Oh, you are always talking of land lordsi' exclaimed Lord Sanders, as he joined us That seems to be favorite theme of yours. I thought you were g landlord yourself, Waverland
 "So I am, and that is why know so much about them.s Every humane i'm pulse of my life has been made to suffer from the cruelty have seen practiced on starving, evicted tenants"
 II was land owner once in Ireland my self, but the tenants you sympathise with so fervently would steal and sell my stock as fast as I could buy" said Lord San ders, ESQ l sold my lands there and in vested my money where tenants are law abiding and stand by their contracts"
 q bought your estate" said Sir Wren, "and the tenants who remained after the most cruel eviction found geod. faithful lAborsrs. Men and women have stood by every contract, and now I am going back to Ireland te sell my lands ts those very men who were evicted from them years ago. I have no fear but that they will stand by every contract l make with them"
 "YOu're welcome to deal with tho Irish as you please, will have nothing to do with them" Sanders exclaimed. ''I would not live among such . blood-thirsty peoplel would sooner be among the Fiji Islanders for safetyp'
 'I have found that the love of homo 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. Iwant to see them have . chance to become prosperous and hap py," said.
 Its easy to talk" said Lord Sanders with a sheer, "but if you were tried you
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