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S YAn remem Der that pathetic littl,
1 touchs iii one Of George Eliot's Scene.
Clerical Life ~ She is escribing how
sdfe OF a poor clergy man sits up Q
nie Iats and rises in the dawn to memo
the clothes Of her husband and her Chill
fdren, and does a number Of other thing'
which reveal a heroic and beautiful
bravery. OF self-sacrii ice: and yat this wo
man is SO shy and timid that she is ready
TO blush il some one addresses her un
Sexpectedly in large room; and alto:
Eether presents to the world none ofsthe
bravery Of front which one might expect
from the splendid courage underneath
i am always reminded Of that character
when I think Of Mr.. Justin Mccarthy
says =. Poo Conner, in the Weekly Sun
Upwards Of sixty years Of life In a much
checkered world, nearly twenty OF public
participation In the STORM and stress OF
eventful and tempestuous times in one
Of the stormiest epochs Of history above
all things, the recognition by all classes
OF O. great literary power--have not cur
cd him IN the least OF incurable and un-
conq,lerable sbyness; he can still sum-
mon up blush as pretty as that Of a
young girl at her first ball; and altogeth-
er. his whole inclination is to retire into
a corner or to steal quietly through bye-
ways of ilife-with no companions save
his intimates and his thoughts. And
vet Drawer man-oue more ready to
face danger without thinking Of it-1Fith
a serener contempt. for death--there
dos not exist in the house Of Commons.
Take these two pictures OF him in re-
cent years. At the time of the Parnell
split feeling ran more highly nerha.s s. in
Cork city than in any other place y ssss siAl'c-
land. At the very moment when pas
sion was at fever heat, a, quiet gentle
man, rather below the midle height-no
longer young-no longer very strong,
and so painfully shortsighted as 10 be
unable to descend three small steps Of
stairs without elaborate care-rnight
have been seer facing a mob of thou
sands bowling furiously and trembling
Uni that thin border-line which separates
words from acts Of violence, when civil
discard RACES among men of the Celtic
races. This was Justin Mccarthy i'm
mediately after the deposition of Parnell
in Committee Room XIV. Or take an
other scene, also of recent Irish history.
A great convention is assembled In Dub
lin, collected from all parts Of Ireland.
There is no danger Of violence--.for the
gathering is unanimous-but there is
the electric excitement Of historic events
in the air, and the atmosphere, physical
and moral, is tropical. Again the same
small agure--retiring, short-sighted, a.
little tremulous, perchance, from the.
high Importance Of the day, and still
more from illness-is in the foreground.
His friends have been with him late on
the preceding evening and early in the
morning, and have compelled him toSlie
on the sofa while he has an attack Of
illness-not dangerous, but trying and
exhausting. They have begged him to,
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quiet In his hotel; but advice against do.
ing something which he thinks he is.
called upon to do, addressed to this shy;
gentleman, is spoken to the. unhearing
winds, and he takes his seat in due timd
as tne chairman Of this gathering of ex-.
cited and stalwart men. IIe had prom
kept his word. Eut when he had done
he had perforce to retire shaken and
broken to his hotel. Again it is Of JUS
tin Mccarthy write.
] These splendid examples Of moral
courage and sense Of duty triumph 4
Ing over weakness and shyness and peril,
are not confined to moments OF inspiration
as1A hi9h-wrought excitement. With
that steady and gentle tenacity which
only the highest natures display in politi-s
cal life, with all It's hardening and lethar-
giving dis Illusions, Justin MCCARTHY isl
never absent from any public meeting, !
pu8Mc Or private, at which be Is annOunc-
ed; Is frst in the aoom to take the chair
at every gathering Of his party, and may
be relied upon In all circumstances and /
under all changes, whoever else is absent
Or neglectful, apathetic or unpunctnal, to i
he In hts Mace AT The very tirk of t1le \
cioaK. II tne Victoria Cross were confer
red for steady, unhending, and untiring 4
sipae'courage as for the splendid rush and
Of q moment in the excite
naut Of tattle, two men Of our time would
tand forth with the assent Oh all the world
as Its f1fst recipient s--Mr. Gladstone and
Justin Mccarthy.
The life of Justin Mccarthy is just what
you would expect--What you could have
forecasted with almost scientific accuracy
when YOU had learned the main traits'I
" his character. 1t has been throughout, /
; life Of tender affection, Of i,lcessa11t work
II unQuestiontng and continual self -sacri-4
ioe When he was a boy Of sixteen, he, |
Hasshelping to support his mother and the
est Of the family after the lovsly fashion
u family affection and mutual helpful
ness which Is one Of the most beautiful
natures of Irish lie, amid all its sQualor
and dhhappiRess. And from that mo-
neat UP to now his fingers have rarely
seased TO work for more hours during che
lay Than any literary nan OF his time. i
5hor stiand was the weapon with which he |
lad TO open the worlds oyster. Justin:i
Mccarthy belongs to the old school or
!lorthai1d writ rs--the school that knew