The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-19


yer cord Italian w1s q delicate boy.
and although his associate was much
/ inclined to outdoor games Of all kinds be
gave up the pleasures OF play in order
TO keep company with his friend IN their
long walks across country or their
| heightened talks beneath the old oak
trees around Windsor. Gladstone az
this period was a nghter and an "argIl-
fer In fact. argument ran in his fam
ily, and the father OF the three young
Gladstones at Elton always encouraged
| them TO discuss the pros and cons OF
every subject, however insignificant
William seldom lost an opportunity
OF improving the occasion. Once the
head master called him 10 his desk 70
| account for his not having marked
down in hissmonitor's book the late ar
rival OF one OF his schoolfeIlows.
1T is violation OF your trust. sir.
said the pedagogue. and III have to
fog you"
The boy replied. Sir. IL had sought
the position OF monitor this might be
called a violation OF a trust. but since
the position was thrust upon me I
would most respectfully submit that I
am Innocent"
The old man-who was great on tech
lniCalities-wss so delighted with his pu-
pil's ingenuity that the whipping did
not take place.
Mr.. Gladstone in later life remarked
that his reasoning was wrong. since
sherifTs. jurymen and Others have 20
discharge duties which are thrust upon
them and which they would be eiad 70
avoid. My defense" he said. was
more culpable than my fault. but then
YOU know. ! had really only forgotten
20 put down the bows name ana also
I had 20 avoid the Jogging which ! saw
clearly in my taskmaster's eye
During the Eton period e was Gus
tomary on market days FOR some OF thu
more fun loving students 70 rush
through the town with sharp knives
cutting of the tails OF the young pigs
and bearing them in triumph 20 their
rooms. Gladstone either made n Ia
rangue or wrote a sarcastic screcd in
The Miscellany about the brutality Of
this Enemies rose M against him
One night he found three fresh pigtans
tied 10 the inside OF his bedroom door
whereupon be pasted upon his Soor.
inside and out n challenge calling upon
the despoiler OF the pigs ito come forth
and take q receipt for their Offering
which / viii sign in good round hand
upon their faces" But Gladstone. Jr.
was regarded as n tough Zoe. and the
kind invitation was never acknowl-
edged or accepted
In 1SSo he was travelling IN southern
Europe. when he heard run10rs Of the
despotism Of King Ferdinand-Bornba-
OF Naples. who without any form a,
trial. had imprisoned in nlthy dungeons
over 10000 persons accused OF fualffleaf
offensss. At this time Mr.. Cfadston.
had been nearly 20 years in parliament
so that he had full understanding Of the
responsibility Of meddling in the AZ
fairs of other countries He went "a
Naples. made a personal Investigation
OF the prisons and found everything
worse than had been told about tbs
wretched despot His Letter 60 Lord
Aberdeen" US5D resulted in mild re-
monstrancss from that noblonau bot
Lord Paimerston's sympathles vcr,
later enlisted by a pamphlet that clear
ly pictured the sufferingS OF the Neapol.
itans. and the tempest % inficnatfon
that followed these disclosures enet,lfed
Bombs and ended his klngly DAYS.
As Greek scholar Mr. Gladsfons va,
not a Porson or a Jehb. but he was an
able OF taking the same delight i, n
new Greek play that he ala in -Af,asl.-
march. Robert EIsmere." or a drama
by Daudet lie also considered 'rIc4tb4,
Waters" and The Year Of Jubie.s..
'strong and able works. which ought 70
live when many OF their conternpo-a RES
are forgotten This would hav. bee,
regarded by come as atrocious pternrv
taste. His own published works ara
The State In Its Relations WITH the
Church" q volumes IseD. Church
Principles Considered" Gs40). studies
on Homer and the Homeric Age" u
volumes oxford. 1850. Essays on Fccs
Homo" and a pamphlet on the Irish
church question entitled. a Chaptsr
OF Autobiography CsGs) and -Juventus
Mundi. the Gods and Men q the Heroic
Age" Os69). with TRANSACTIONS and 9TH
er pamphlets Some % his friends hnv.
discovered an ode be wrote Tor The star
Miscellany in his nineteenth year. which
differs largely from tho tone 81 his anti
reform speech. II t. inscribed To ths
Shade Of Wat Tyler" and one stanza
proceeds IN this fashion.
hymn the gallant and the Eooa
Prom Tyler down 90 Af'atl-u0ad
Ay muse ths trophies grateful sfura
The deeds 81 Miller sad % grRa
She sings of al who soon 90 fafa
Have buTef subiectiqua iron rhafa
Have sealed tho Bloody desD4ts fsta
Or cleft a peSr CT priest ~ twalnf
This is not bad. considering that most
OF his intimate friends az H.ton az ths
time were either sonsof peers az priests
But the liberation II Greece was ln fhs
air. and Lord Byron's poems wers ths
companions Of every bright schaolBoy
who had ever heard ~ Athens or spar
ia Glsdstons was ara enthusiastic Phu-
helene. ana Wat Tyler wax faf8g
enough point to break forth up9u ia
revolutionary rhapsoaiea.
Good Americans long ago fc-ravr him
for hiE enuncisti0n % tbs rights q the
CONFIDENCE and even opponents %
his irish home rule conceded the In-
tegrity Of his character ard TIE Dus.tJ
OF his motives.
In LIS Re married Niss Margaret
Glynne. who VAS then an hriress .
years Old. She aided and huuored her
husband from the nraf ard mace 81 a
family rule that 10 should never ts
eontradlcted- As young R1ri she was
q type q the English E9nsAu--blz. aHl-
able, energetic. wiling ard saving she
a. Al that any ao4z.za could BE- O. =
man
The isrt years - his liss were rasrsf
a; Hawarden castle RE property =
his. vie. which l8 prastiraUy ir tha
gateway - wales THIS rerIsrner IL
On the hH.a overlooking fts valley 2
the beAutifgI De-. 81 nfea saet -
Chester. in pictsresqse parz ~ go
q cree And thrre be- lived a4frfsF-4eI
" fo4r Frrs. tsres 4aarf isra aH1 eassu
zrsrae hlla rsn. Nl4s IrFsI a.a rIth sn-
tense aerst1a IRE seven chl.1rr- e..