The Irish standard., 1896-05-09

Itk 81, many other, o d, II sel l
al Stories were cur rent 4 amp md
Scongress of tile way that this u
n1orist had, with an posite anecdo1Sss
orsa rugged Illustration, brushed avay
I tshesf most delicate sen iment or the
suhtlest poetry, even as he exposed the
sham of the Pnritanic morality or OF
epiourean ethics. Brsnt had even SO
icited an audience, but had retired
awkwardly and with his conf dence lln-.5
spoken before the dark, humorous eyess
that seemed almost too tolerant Of hin
grievance. He had been to leyees and
his heart had sunk equally before tho
vulgar crowd who seemed 70 regard this
nan as their own buffoon, or the pom
ponsnsss Of position, learning and dig
nifty which he seemed to delight TO
shake and disturb. 81 II.
One afternoon q few days later, in
sheer listlessness Of purpose, he found
himself again at the white house. The.
president was giving audience to q dep
4utation of fanatics who, with pathetic
simplicity almost equal to his own pa
'thetic tolerance, was urging upon this
ruler Of millions the policy az an ir-
significant score, and Branr listened to
his patient, practical response Of facts
and logic, clothed in simple but sincWy
English. up to the inevitable climax
Of humorous illustration. which the
!. V;s,inna br;1adier could now see was nec-
essary TO relieve the gri1nness Of his
refusal For The arrt stir,e Rrant f,lt
the couraye To. address him. and ~.
solved In wait ,,Y,ti, the i1en,,+at;on r..-
tired. AS they left the gallery he lin
aered In the ante-room for the, presi- 4
dent to appear. But as he did not come.
afraid 1of losing his chances. he re-
turned to the gallery. Alone IL his nri-
vacv and shadow Tbs man he had iina+
left' was standing hy a .ol,,rn In mn
tionless abstraction. lookino over the
distant. Garden Rnt the kindly b,,n,or.
.,,,s face was almost. tragic with an m
tansitv If vearihes. r.very Inns a.
tl,ose strono, .r,,st;c features waa ;,.e.
,axad u,,ders 1,,,r7e,, which ava,, tn.
tlon, lank ANGULAR .fiynre--overo,oxv,,
md unfinished ~ his own " as,,--aee1nrt1 4
RI ha d;s+or+ea =, 80. e+Te,,.+s >, ,d;,,.+
itself tn Wills the 1arl l;aen-sat: ev,..a
we're ajhs+ractad WITH +ba ca,,,a ne
cicnce Of the nronbet and +he 1nart,v,r
Shocked. at, that sudden change Rra,,t
ielt hia cheek. l,nrn with sha1n, An;i
hewas aboutto break mon that wear;ed
mans unbendjno.--1,e was abo,,t tn add
his pettv burden to the shoulders .of
stl,is western Atlas. He drew hac1x 81 4
lentlv and descended the stairs. ...,@
But before he had left the house.
while mingling with the crowd in one
ar the larger rooms. he saw the nres;-
dentreappear beside an important. pros
perous-looking figure, on whom the
kindly giant was now smiling with hr-
morous liberation. He noticed thu 1i-
yided attention Of the crowd. the name
of Senator Boom pointer was nnon every
lip; he was nearly face to. fade with.
that famous dispenser of Ma ceianfi ire
ferment--this second husband Of Susy,.
ha,f 4atss,,, 'eel,ns nun cyn'eai,
80 80 49,. .......S:.., - -
Tin, Hool,s,, ~, ~ +h,.o,os ,..s;ah
seemed /, ~, - arar, l,<,as.e 49,
central {; gnra that had s,1.+a,,~ +o,,o1,ad
h;n,t he wanted n ascan. ~ IN,
Rut his fate bro,,,h+ him +, +,,a .r.
trance at the same ,.oment thot Room.
pointer was leav;n, l. and +ha+ d;s+in.
ruished man brushed hastily by b;m
us a gorgeous carriage. drav.fs ~ yyr6
spirited horses and tlr;ven ~ = re- re-
spIent1ent negro coacb7nan dashed nm
II was the Boompointer carr;are
A fash;o,ah wet ~ ,,,o,,o,
who. in strle. bearing on,1ent content,
ment and ingenuous se]f-c,nsc;ousness