The Irish standard., 1898-01-29


thing of the kind"
Many nights, at the risk of his own
life, the priest made his way to the boy
and taught hinl-unti that spurious
repentance which is only rcmorse passed
into that truer repentance which is love,
and is consoled by love. One night
however, before giving the youth his
usual parting blessing, he said: II
promised, my boy, to let You know when
l considered you fit to be hanged; and
now have the satisfaction of assuring
you that l never knew Il man filter to be
hanged than yourself
The lad informed against himself, and
was transported-not hanged, as he and
his priesty friend expected he would be.
In the spring of 1874 De We're re-
turned to England by way of Waterford
and Wicklow. On the steamer at King
ston we are introduced to Daniel O'Con-
NELL a big, strong man--the eyes po-
tent but crafty, the large mouth OK
pressing humor and good humor, the
butting his way through opposition. His
language, though abounding in drollery
and figure" was marked by force and
precision.
De We're passed several days, at this
! time, under Wordsworth's roof, and
took long strolls with that devotee Of
nature. Subsequently. in an interesting
letter to him, the poet writes: Certain
1t is that old mems literary pleasures
lie chiefly among the books they were
familiar with in their youth; and this
is still more pointedly true of men who
have practiced composition themselves"
Conducted by Miss Fenwick to cot
tage under Rydal Mount, Mr.. De We're
found Hartley Coleridge at home-a
white-haired appantion, wearing the
semblance OF youth, with delicate skin
and vividly-bright eyes-saying things
strange and quaint. perfectly unaffected,
always amusing, yet revealing mind
whose thoughts abode in regions as re-
mote as the antipodes.
ct was strange thing to see Hartley
Coleridge fluctuating about the room,
now with one hand on his head, now
with both arms expanded like a SWIM
mer's. There was some clement want
| ing in his being He could do every
| thing but keep his footing, and doubt
| less In his inner world of thought it
was easier for him to fly than to walk,
and to walk than to stand. There
| seemed to be no gr.vitating principle
| in him. One might have thought he
| needed stones in his pockets to prevent
! his being blown away. But he is said
| to have always lived an innocent life,
tho far astray, and he might, perhaps,
| have been more easily changed into an
angel than into a simply strong man.
! He was touclingly rcvcrent when re-
| ferring to religious subjects, and in
reading aloud his fathers hymn on
Mount Blanc whenever he came to tho
name Of God it seemed as If he could
| hardly pronounce it."
De Veres relations with Cardinals
and memorable. He met Newman In
| Oxford-a singularly graceful figure in
! cap and gown; the slight form and the
| gracious address might have belonged
either to youthful ;tscetic of the mid
| die ages, or to a graceful and high-brcd
| lady OF his own day.
"He was pale and thin almost TO
emaciaton, swift Of pace but, when not
| walking, intensely still, with a voice
| sweet and pathetic both, but so distinct
| that you could count each vowel and
consonant in every word. When touch
ing upon subjects which interested him
much he used gestures rapid and de-
! cisive though not vehement; and while
| in the expression of thoughts on i'm
portant subjects there was often re-
| strained ardor about him, yet il indi-
vduals were In question he spoke Sc
verely Of none, however widely their
opinions might diffe, from his. AS we
parted, / asked him why the cathedral
bells rang SO loud at SO late an holr;
| oiIy SoIIc young men NecplLS tHclll-
| selves warm, he answered"
| Tie intense personality of Newman
was curously illustrated by the remark
of Woolner, the sculptor, as he col-
templated in his studio the plastic cast
he had made of the cardinals bust.
"Thosc marble busts around us represent
some of the most eminent men of our
time, and l used to !cok on them with
pride. Something seems the matter
with them now. When turn from New
mans head to them, they look like veg
| ctabes."
Then Mr.. De We're expatiatcs on the
extreme intellectual sef-possession of
Cardinal Manning---"a quality in which
he was in signal contrast to Carlyle,
who seemed to me unable to do his
thinking until he had worked himself
up into an intellectual passion, as the
lion is said to prepare himself for ac-
ton of another SORT by lashing himself
into a rage
"Thc intensity Of his nature. however
cannot be doubted by any one who
had seen him in church and at Draycr