The National tribune., 1892-11-24

before had parted with my travelling com.
| panion thus faras Genial and long suffering
AL Runge left me for Liverpool on his way to
| Germany. Our parting down on the North
| Wall quay was. !, f'atter myself, fine speci-
| men OF high art snntmentalism On our way
| to tho boat VIC bepghtla couple of big onions.
| After depositing Ais baggage on board. we
| came ont under tho 9nlIay she'd and chipped
slices of our oniaps and ate them until our
| feelings overcame us. Then we fell on each
Others necks and vert like amateur watering
pots until we felt relieved. Then we would
wiring out our hantikerchiefs and walk SOL
emily M the wharf to a public house, where
we would each drown our sorrow in "tnppence-
ha- penny worth" of ginger bser. and return as
| solemnly to our onions, weep, oar heart
rending handkc rchieis, and the public house.
By the time we had repeated this dose four
times. and the awe-stricken populace was
evenly divided in opinion as to whether We
were q new style of idiots or drunken French
men. the boat whistle blow q warning blast
and All skipping down the gang plank left mo
to bear my sorrow alone with one whole onion
on my hands. / gave it, with my blessing, to
porter who stood, open- nlouthed, holding the
esculcnt out 1T arms length until my cab
turned the corner / owe that porter thanks
for not throwing that orion at my head. His
forbearance ] shall never forget.
Having buried my sorrow at parting under
hearty breakfast, | started out and did some
moro Dublin. including the Four Courts, the
Postofice, tho old irish Parliament House,
which is now the Bank of Ireland but in
which the room that was the House Of Lords
is preserved intact.
Hero the Irish Lords sat at a table about 40
feet long, of dark Honduras mahogany, pol
ished to mirror-like brilliancy that enables
you to see just how mean you look when you
try to look nice. The chairs arc heavy mahog-
any affairs upholstered with leather heavy
enough for base ball shoes. and mounted with
brass nails. The back, are perfectly straight,
and they are as handy to loll in as sheet-ron
strait.jacket. On tho wall on one side of the
table it a magnificent piece Of tapestry about IL
by 20 feet square, representing the Battle Of the
Boyne. and on the other side a corresponding
piece representing the Siege of Londonderry.
Some idea of the value placed upon these works
may be had when it is known that when, few
years ago, they were sent to London to be re-
stored, they were each insured for 100000.
Tho Library and Fine Arts Gallery of Dublin
are among the largest and most interesting COL
lections in Great Britain, and the buildings are
very large and architecturally attractive.
The Phoenix Park is lion of no small con-
sequence, but it would be more attractive to
Americans If there were more trees in it. The
main drive is three mics long and as straight
as string. About lialfa mile from the main
entrance is the Vice Regal Palace of the Lord
grounds gardens and conscrvatories. Right
opposite to the entrance Of this palace there is
pointed out to you a cross cut in the surface Of
the roadway. This designates the spot On
which q few years ago an Assistant Secretary
for Ireland and his friend were shot to death
while walking cut in the early evening, the
murderers standing under tree within the
Palace grounds. Inside the fence, on the oppo-
site side of the way, two mounted policemen
have been riding mp and down ever since the
murder. looking for tho murderers. History
furnishes no more aggravated exemplifcation
of tho old adage: Lock the stable door after
the horse has heen stslen"
GlasBevin is one of the most beautiful cities
of the dead in Great Britain, and it is the place
to which those who honor tho memory of Par
nell make pilgrimages to visit his grave.
Dublin is a clean city. and its public and pri-
vate buildings its streets, bridges and public
works are built with such msssiveness and
solidity rs to cause the stranger to wonder if
an earthquake is an eyery-afternoon occur.
iernce