The Eddy current., 1898-10-01

British peefaFe, IKE the British core
stitution and the little negress IN "un-
Gle Toms Cabin" rather "grUwed"
than was deslEnodly created. Were
the fact less clearly ascertained one
might almost fancy that II was planned
by Providence with special eye to
the needs Of the sensationallst, says
London Telegraph The rule peculiar
20 our own nobility that every one but
the actual holder OF title for the time
being Is IN contemplation of law n
oommoner Introduces an element Of
romance into human life by providing
numbcrless possibilities OF sudden VI
cisaltudes OF fortune which could In
hardly any other manner be 80 pie
turesquoly brought about. Sudden sue
coaeiOns to great wealth are, Of course,
romantic Incidents IN their way; but
as the world grows richer and as more
and more American. African and other
fortune-seekers blossom into million
aires In the course ~ few weeks or
days only. perhaps 20 subside Into
bankrupts within few montha-the
Interest OF the public IN these ups ana
downs Of prosperity and adversely has
become n little blunted and 10 capa-
city for wondering at them somewhat
dullcd.
When man may De a bcggar one
day and n king" OF some product or
other. be- u diamonds or bacon. the
next, one gets nt last TO regard the
o. 1faN "a
once peer always q peer the change
from low to high estate is for life, and
when Il is a change OF q yer" extra
ordinary character Il Will always have
about u touch Of the magical 'hon
Fate, without q moments warning
places coronot on tho brow OF the
caretakcr Of the town hail. as happened
the other day. q new relish ls undoubt-
odly given 10 human lie. We feel that
after that anything may happen. that
we may be- entertaining vlscounts un-
awares in every sort cf obscure capa-
city and that at any moment the hun-
drum course of modern existence may
be broken by the discovery that the
milkman is a marquis or the butcher
boy a boltcd earl. n VS. hardly possible
10 overrate the value of an expectation
~ this kind in enabling the ordinary
man OF business to maintain his strug-
gle against the monotony of his career.
and II lends new and nonpolltlcal sig
nlhcancc TO that time-houorod elacula-
tion of torylsm Thank God. we have
n house Of lords"
Even apart from the contingency OF
an unexpected succession. our happily
regulated peornge law provides for
other surprises of an almost equally
thrilling nature Compelled TO rank a.
commoncrs. the klnsmcn OF peers not
only become sharers In all those chanc-
es Of fortune 10 which that large and
mainly undistlnghlshed class OF per-
sons are liable but may continue 10 DO
40 indefinitely without arouslng any
suspicion Of their identity.
Such, according To contemporary
has been the experience Of scion Of
ihe pcerage, who ls nearly related TO
the holder OF the premier barony OF
ireland. Little more than q week ago
The passengers on board the Penlnsular
and Oriental mail steamer Britannia
were hreakfu.iing. lunchlng aud dining
10 the ilrsi-plaas saloon of the vessel
and listening 10 the sweet strains of
its band after dinner. In entire uncon-
sciousnofs that among those who were
assisting 90 nll their glasses and to
delight their ears was the Hon Robert
Charles Sinclair de- Co CWcy. only sur.
Nvlns brother ~ the tnlrty-thlrd Lord
Kinssale. Strange that in these days
Of telepathy, of thought transmission
and other mysterious forms OF commu-
nicatlon between one human being and
another thoro should have been mo- ono
present 90 whom the proximity az this
descendant OF an ancient line of mobiles
revealed Itself as q fact az "subllmlnal
consciousness"
Was there no sentimental maiden OF
Irish extraction 20 whom h was whls-
rerod hy an inner voice that the cour-
toous attendant who offered her drv
curry and bombay dusk was the thlr-
~ third IN descent from thnt stout earl
of Ulster who was invited in tho early
years ~ the thirteenth century 10 ex-
hlhlt his mighty strength ln the pres
cnce OF King John and Philip Angus
Ius OF France and cleft massive hell
met in twain at q single blow? An
parently there wac not
The curry and Bombay duck went
around; the other courses followed in
due order the repast was finished. the
table cleared and the sprig of the an
olent tree OF nobility retired to appear
again shortly afterward as a bandsman
musical instrumeE. IN hand. but with
identity sim wrapped In mystery.
Might after night this must have han
ponod 10 the frst saloon passengers ON
the =. and o, steamer and now the
golden opportunity OF recognizing the
brother OF the premier baron OF Ireland
Is lost 20 them forever. lie has unox-
pointed by King John on his accession
20 the throne. The earl OF Ulster was
treachorously seized while performing
/ penancc unarmed and barefooied. In
/ the phurphVnrd OF nownuntriph al,