The herald., 1895-11-12

| shelves, with narrow but we'll curved
moIdings; a large proportion OF ve!lum
bound books, some real fifteenth century
volumes, too, OF, in deed, earlier-others
| modern. l took down and looked
through Owen Jones' Chinese Orns-
ment, standing beside his Grammar Of
Mr.. Morris, by the way. A piain draw
ing table such as architects use, with
trestle legs, all litt,rsd with work. de-
signs. manuscripts, etc., large metal
inkstan0, tobacco tub, and many quilts
scattered about; a very clean washed,
carpetless floor. inlaid blue tiles around
the fireplace, a short stair leading to a
little upper room (probably an old power
room); few fine wood cuts by Albert
Duersr on his school, and orna m entail
knicknacks. but mostly books and books
and books. Coming from his walk Mr..
Morris seemed good naturally prepared
to sit little in duo form, but, finding
this net required. enjoyed pine in his
armchair, with his feet up. while l
sketched and talked, or rather got talked
to.
Are YOU interested in the pope's en-
deavors to reunite the churches?"
'Oh. not in the least. What's the use?
There is no practical difference between
them.
The present Roman Catholic has no
kind of affinity whatever with the medie-
val church; it changed at the time of the
tants did. They are all nothing but a
pack of Dons!'
As did not quite catch the word and
asked again, "A complete Donnery, "
he repeated and seemed to recognize the
spirit that must have revolted against
In rnt df,n IN 0,n, Il
'Tulstoi Yes, he has certainly writ
ten some wonderful novels. Anna Car
nina il one of them. No, his other re-
ligious works you mention only bore me-.
OF course his idea is to turn the other
cheek. That was all very we'll in the
then they could not do anything else.
The fact is, he has lived his life an l is
now blass ;besides he sees everything from
a Russian point of view. It's quite an
impossible country TO live in. you know.
"A friend OF mine who was travelling
there got a bad bank note passed off on
him by some rascally Jew, and Russian
friend asked him what he was going to
do about it. DO? Nothing, OF course
what's the good of bothering about it?'
- oh. but you must see to 1t, or else
you will be considered an accessory. You
must go and in form the police Of the
matter Well, he does this, ana is imme-
taken from him. Now. you can't move
a step without your papers in Russia /;
in fact, the whole til ing simply meant
'backsheesh, and he had to pay right and
left to get them back.
1.-The truth about the late car is that
be was not quite right IN his mind, and
as to the present one, from what hear.
he is rather snob.
You say he could not easily alter
matters, and the democracy might destroy
him if ne tried to- but remember, if you
are car. the chance of being assasinated
is part of the days work, of course.
Yes, am for home rule in Ireland lit
has fallen in the BACKGROUND for awhile.
so many other things have come for
ward since mo doubt they might fight for
shouldn't they? The Celts always liked
lighting: that is what surprised the Ro-
mans so much, who diu not care for it ut
all, but when obliged to they did it very
we'll. The Ga"ls actually enjoyed it
above all things"