The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-03-18

The article is by Stewart Allen. in the
Metropolitan magazine for January.
He writes.
Miss Maud Come IS called by the
Irish peaSantry, who hail her as the
future Gbsrator OF their country from
English rule, the Irish Joan of Arc, She
Is now in this country 70 help the cause
OF Irish naJionaiSm. and 10 gaiu ad-
hsrentS and financial aid for the great
event which is 20 be held in Ireland
neStyear 10 celebrate q Cenrury's strug-
gle for freedom. Miss Come possesses
beauty, wealth. and q brilliant intel
lect- All these she deyoIeS 10 the
cause Of her people. and declares, en-
Enthusiastically. that she viii live 10 see
the liberation Of her country.
4 know it. know it, she exclaims
convincingly. 1t is my deep-rooted
faith in our future freedom that gives
me courage and strength 10 90 on with
my appointed work" Miss Come is
very tall; her face, while strong. is
delicate and spiritual; she has hazel
eyes. straight black brows. and black.
curling laSheS. She dresses simply in
a black trailing silk that apparently
adds 10 her height. She walks about
reStlessly as she talks. geStieulates
rapidly, and as she speaks OF England.
OF Gladstone. OF the Disappointing
policy OF home rule. her delicate skin
iushes crimson and her eyes fash
ominousiy under her frowning brows.
Altogether she IS 8 most striking fig
ure and possesses q natural eIOQuence
that breaks out like q pent-up torrent
when she is aroused. One has but 10
enter the presence OF this gifted wo-
man 10 understand az once the remark
able power she possesses over the au-
tiences she addresses.
1t seems very strange" she says,
TO be told that I have sacrificed my
life 10 this cause. as I have been so
often told since I have been in this
country Why. II is this glorious cause,
the emancipation OF my people, that
has given NE life and knowledge and
freedom Before that time I was in
bondage; did not live" Miss Comes
voice is very low, with musical into
nations and an accent that is neither
English nor Irish, but almost French.
IN fact, her father. who was an officer
in the army, held several diplomatic
positions in Paris and Italy, and thus
much OF his daughters life vas spent
abroad.
I think il was Just because 1 had
not grown hardened 20 the condition OF
things in Ireland BIZ growing up
amongst them, that the wrongs OF the
poor, and the cruel injustice Of the
landowners who play into English
hands for their own purposes, made
50 terrible and horrible an impression
upon ne when 1 occasionally spent a
few months with friends OF in nv
Own home. The evicticns scared
into my soul ike fire. But my fathers
position forced me 10 hold my tongue.
At sixteen I used 20 stand with sick
heart IN the midst OF some brilliant
gathering in which | was Obliged 10
take part, and whisper TO myself. I
have had enough OF this Ny father
and l were inseparable companions:
my mother died when l was a baby.
~ --E4 W. AL4cLrEu ears OLD / tOSl
ny father. / broke away from every
thing = year later, upon M return
70 Ireland, I stopped az the house of a /
large landowner. This WISH was the
turning point OF my life. l was seated
a. the dinner table; Il was brilliant
affair, given 1 believe, TO distract me !
from my fathers loss. The host began |
10 speak in a matter-of-fact tone Of |
some family, he had e7icted. Tonight. |
as | was riding home he said, I pass
Cd By where he and his family are Iiv-
ing in ditch The wife is dying. 1 |
don't think she will live until mornfngl
What fools these tenants arei They !
are incorrigib.ep
No one was shocked; no one vouch-
safed even word Of pity; the CONVEX
sation turned 70 other subjects. Ny |
blood was boiling in my veins. The
lext morning l left that house. After
hat | studied Irish history, and. when