The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-19

The position OF monitor this might be called
a violation of a trust. but since the POSI-
ton was thrust upon me would most re-
spectfuily submit that am innocent
The old man--who was great on techni-
calit,es-was so delighted with his pupifs
ingenuity that the whipping did not take
place.
MIR. Gladstone in later life remarked that
his reasoning was wrong, since snerinss
jurymen and others have to discharge ou-
ties which are thrust upon them and
which they would be glad to avoid. my
defense" he said. was more culpable than
my fault, but then. you know. had really
only forgotten to put down the boys name.
and also had to avoid the fogging which
I saw clearly In my taskmaster's eye"
During the Eton period IT was customary
on market days for some OF the more FUN
loving students to rush through the town
with sharp knives, cutting of the tails OK
the young pigs and bearing them In tri-
umph to their rooms Gladstone either
made a harangue or wrote a sarcastic
screed in The Miscellany about the bru-
tally OF this. Enemies rose up against
him. One night he found three fresh pig
tails tied to the inside OF his bedroom
door. whereupon he pasted upon his door.
inside and out. a challenge calling upon
the despoilers of the pigs ito come forth
and take receipt for their offering, which
] will sign IN good round hand upon their
faces" But Gladstone. jr., was regarded
az tough foe. and the kind invitation was
never acknowledged or accepted.
In 1850 he was travelling In Southern Eu-
rope when he heard rumors OF the des-
potism of King Ferdinand-Bomba--of Ma
pies, who. without any form OF trial, had
imprisoned in filthy dungeons over 5000
persons accused Of political onenses. At
this time Mr.. Gladstone had been nearly
twenty years in parliament. so that he
a r1dt Gf a ~5t
ity OF meddling In the affairs OF other
countries. He went 10 Naples, made a
personal investigation OF the prisons and
found everything worse than had been
told about the wretched despo, His
Letter TO Lord Aberdeen" Os5D resulted
in mild circumstances from that noble
man. but Lord Palmerston's sympathies
were later enlisted by a pamphlet that
clearly pictured the sufferings OF The Nea-
politans, and the tempest Of Indignation
that followed Theses disclosures anguifed
Bomba and ended his kingly days
AS a Greek scholar Mr.. Gladstone was
not Person or rsbb, but he was capa-
bic Of taking the same delight IN a new
Greek play that he did In "Middlemarch,"
Robert Elsmere." or a drama by Daudet.
He also considered Esther Waters and
THE Year OF Jubilees'' strong and able
works which ought TO live when many OF
their contemporaries are forgotten" This
sltift UcfU G<SdTuSG by some HS
asroclous literary taste. His own pub
Yished works are THE State in Its Reia-
tons with the Church 1.-TWO volumes. 1s3s),
Church Principles Considered" Gssoj,
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age.
ltnres volumes. Oxford, 1889, Essays on
Eece Homo and pamphlet on the Irish
church question entitled "A Chapter OF
Autobiography usGs). and 'Juventus
Mundi. the Gods and Men of the Heroic
Age" Osssp, with TRANSACTIONS. and other
pamphlets. Some of his friends have dis
covered an ode he wrote for The Star Mis-
ceiiany in his nineteenth year. which die-
fers largely from the tone OF his anti
reform speech. II Is inscribed ITO the
Shade OF Wat Tyler" and one stanza pro-
ceeds In this fashion,
j hymn the gallant and the good
From Tyler down 10 Mistiewood
Ny muse the trophies grateful sings
The deeds Of Miller and Of Ings.
She sings CT all who soon or late
Have burst subtectlou's iron chain.
Have sealed the bloody despot's fate
Or cleft peer or priest in twsini
This In not bad. considering that most o.
his Intimate friends a; Eton at the time
we're either sons OF peers or priests. Blu,