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with the most cultivated taste The music
was given by a full orchestra and was of a
high grade. The play of thrilling interest,
from the opening TO the closing scene.
The home Of wealth and comfort. where
love had fed the vestal flame, was broken
by the Gull ..'To Arms The maiden
crushed the thrpbbing love within her
heart, rather than give her hand in mar
l'iase to u rebel To lis country.
The training of tiis Dutchman was the
only mirthful scene in the whole play.
MS awkwardncss brought forth peals of
laughter. The prison scene must have
been magniiied 10 produce effect No peo-
PIE on earth, in this enlightened age,
would put such tortures on their fellow
! men. The scene Of revenge WAS frndish
Stella sat hs though filled with horror.
As soon as wcwcre on the street she said,
Can that be true Were there ever such
scenes OF horror during the American
war;"
ut is bard to tell said II have heard
of their terrible prison life, but never could
form any idea Of what IL was
When we met in the parlcr The play WAS
the topic of discussion Not the merits of
the actors, but the historical scenes which
We're represented
II 10 no. believe they are true to life"
said Mclyorne The South is full of
warm-hcarted. hospitablc people. /; is
the people %; The north that are cold and
heartlcss"
But the North was very generous with
them, certainly, in the time of reconstruc-
ton. They would do well to remember
that!' | said.
80 they We're But what an amount of
suffering might have been saved if the
government had bought the slaves and set
them free. Let England take the warn
ing Here is q case of something like the
English landlords in Ireland If England
would pursue wiser course, she would
buy the lands and sell them tn the tenant
farmers; thereby no one will lose But if
Ireland wins in this struggle, they will
contiscate the Irish estates and the land
| lords will have to submit. ! think there
would be some resentment harborcd for
generations to come said Mr I.oilard
with warmth
But the slave holders were in the
wrong. They were holding men and wo-
men a property to be bough: and sold
whipped or pet,ed, according to Tie mas
| tiers will, said.
And ST. the landlords are holding thous-
ands on the rack OF eviction he argued
That is no reason why we. should lost.
our property without pay for H." / an.
| swered.
That is just the case with the southern
people" said l.oliara Thousands and
| thousands were thrown into bankruptcy
| by the loss of their slaves. The slaves
were their wealth. 4 great many master,
were against slavery as You are against
cvictions. The slaves were t!lci: property
US your estate is your property. The mas.
| tiers were not to blame that the slaves
were theirs Generations had passed
away since the wrong began Neither are
you to blame that your property is in Ire
land. Many generations have passed
away since that land was taken hy force,
it may Dc, from the natural owners But
the wrong exists. Some one must suffer.
The South had fostered the slave trade I'M
ii! it became unbearahlc. Then agitation
commenced, aud when people begin to
talk, to think, to agitate. then defeat to
the wrong door is not far dis;tlut."
Then You balieve landlords III Ireland
| are in about the same condition that the
shareholders We're before the war;" l
asked
Yes" said Loiarl. "and think It
will end in about the same way unless En-
| gland recognizes the rights Of the Irish
people. Ireland to-day has the sympathy
of nearly the whole civilized world, and
public opinion is q mighty lever towards
removing an evil. Ny advice TO you. my
friend, is TO sell your property while yoli
can make reasonable terms with your ten
ants. For if England refuses to listen to
Ireland in the coming campaign. she will
hear again the terrific shock of last .IamII-
airy. And it may mean destruction the
next time."
There. Waverlana, you see some one
else thinks us ! do. that you had bette,
sci. your property and invest III American
lands"
No, | will never add my influence to
help make this beautiful land subject &c
the degrading influence that Ireland is
laborins under; and whicl, is ne final re-
suit OF absent landlords and great lallt;
nonopolics.''
"Now, let's close this lecture with some
music" said Lollard changing the sub
ject.
4 call was made for music and Lady
Irving favored lis with some instrumental
solos, then Stella joined her in some duets
and at last we all joined in with our voices
singing some old war songs that were ly,
ing on the grand piano in the hotel parlor
Thus the first day of our sojourn toCcth
er closed rs it began, iii all ecstacy of JOY,
too perfect for words to describe.
CHAPTER XVlI.-FrGTiEE RANKINGS.
We had noEinal!y agreed that Mr.. Lol
lard should be business manager for the
Troupe" as we called ourselves
Where are we to 90 to-day" Melvorne
asked the next morning at breakfast
That was our place and time of business
each dag.
Glen Eyrie." said Mr.. l.ollard, '.s first
on my list. 1t is II drive of three miles By
the Mesa road he said referring to Iii:
guide book which he kept in his poke,
ready to L, fac to ut any time.
We found the Mesa road us level as {
table and rivaling in smoothness the mos
perfect boulevard. The view from thi:
road is grand and comprehensive. Glel
Eyrie is situated at the entrance of Queen.
Canyon, and is Il wild and romantic re
treat in which is built the summer resi-
dence Of wealthy gentleman, whose per