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

the position OF monitor this might De caiieu
4 violation OF trust. bat since the posi-
ton was thrust upon me would most re-
spectfuly submit that I am innocent"
The old man-who was great on techni-
calities-was so delighted with his pupils
ingenuity that the whipping did not take
place
Mr.. Gladstone in later life remarked that
his reasoning was wrong. since sherins.
jurymen and others have TO discharge du-
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 fiogging which
! saw clearly in my taskmaster's eye"
During the Elton period 1t 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 OF
the young pigs and bearing them In tri-
umph 10 their rooms. Gladstone either
made q harangue or wrote 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 despoiIers OF the pigs ito come forth
and take receipt for their offering. which
] will sign in good round hand upon their
faces" But Gladstone, tr., was regarded
as tough foe and the kind invitation was
never acknowledged or accepted.
In 1870 he was travelling In Southern Eu-
rope when he heard rumors OF the des-
potism OF King Ferdlnand-Bonsba-o Ma
pies. who, without any form of trial. had
imprisoned in filthy dungeons over 20,eoo
persons accused OF political offenses. At
this time Mr.. Gladstone had been nearly
twenty years In parliament. so that he
had full understanding Of the responsible
ity Of meGdling 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 despot His
Letter 70 Lord Aberdeen us5i) resulted
in mild circumstances from that noble
man. but Lord Palmerston's sympathies
were later enlisted by pamphlet that
clearly pictured the sifferings OF the Nea-
poftans. and the tempest of Indignation
that followed These disclosures enguifed
Bornba and ended his klngly days.
As a Greek scholar Mir. Gladstone was
not a Person or a Jebb bat he was capa-
be Of taking the same delight In a new
Greek play that he did in ''Middlemarch,"
Robert Elsmsre," or 6. drama by Daudet
iIs also considered Esther Waters and
THE Year Of Jubilees' strong and able
works. which ought 10 live when many OF
their contemporaries are forgotten This
WIN nave h<&R by some as
atrocious literary taste. His own pub
.ished works are "'The State In Its ReIa-
tons with the Church" two volumes, 1890,
Church Principles CONSIDERED Gs40).
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age
(thres volumes. Oxford. 1859, Essays on
Ecee Homo" and pamphlet on The Irish
church question entitled "A Chapter of
Autooiosra ply" fis6s). and "Juyentus
Mundi the Gods and Men OF the Heroic
Age" 0sSD, with TRANSACTIONS. and other
pamphlets Some OF his friends have dig
covered an ODE he wrote for The Ssar Mis-
ceilany In his nineteenth year. which diff
fers largely fran the tone Of his anti
reform speech. Il Is inscribed TO the
Shade of Wal Ty.er." and one stanza pro-
ceeaS in this fashion:
HYMN TIRE gallant and the good
From Tyler down TO Mlstlewood
Ny muse the trophies gratefus sings
The deeds II Miller and Of Ings
She sings 81 . I. whc soon or late
Have burst snb1ectton's iron chain
Have sealed the bloody aespot's fate
Or cleft peer or priest In twain.
This Ia not bad. considering that most az
his intimate friends al Elton a. the time
were eisAer sons OF peers or priests. But