The Irish standard., 1898-03-26

fered his hand to a distinguished act>
ress, he received for reply. Go, wash 1t
first" Judge Barry, dining with Lord
O'llagan shortly after Wilde had been
knishtcd observed: IL left Hoiyhead in a
gale and came across the dirticst night
1T must have been Wilde" said Father
Healy.
A popular physician came on a visit
to him. and Healy lent him a 70! tN
fish in the Dargle river At the end OF
the day he returned, saying: I've
killed nothing unless time" THAT is
more than you could say if you were
at home" was the reply. Meeting Mr..
Cummins. a we'll known accountant and
amateur opera singer on the train, he
learned from him that he was about to
give some vocal rrcitals that evening.
When Marting he said. Don't commit
forgery tonight" This speech puzzled
MIR. Cummins, but ii was subsequently
explained that ho meant not to utter
any false notes.
The Rev. Samuel Cotton famous for
his orphanage at Carogh, and familiar-
ly known rs Gun Cotton" from the OK
plosives he loved to illuminate against
Popcry, was staying nt Bray in the six
ties. lie wrote to Father llealy, saying
that he had lost a green silk umbrella.
that 1t was not the first one he had lost
and he would recommend the E.!slor to
impress on his flock from the altar the
commandment, "rhOu shalt not steal"
Father Ilonly's temper was naturally
quick, but all who knew him can testify
that. frequent provocatiun notwithstand-
ing, he had disciplined it into admirable
subsection. This was one OF the very
few occasions on which he made Il cut
ting rctort; but it occurred at IL time
when his blood was hotter than III the
old man whom most Of his surviving
friends remember him. To MIR. Cotton's
note he replied: "Bny n cotton umbrella
and If the quality Is no better than the
Cotton Of Caroeh you need not fear that
any one will touch it,.
Father licaly's host on one occasion
was Father John Harold. n man of CO.
lossnl frame, who. having sung the song,
"Oh, Would l Were A Boy Again." was
greeted with the remark, "ln other
words you'd like to be Childe Harold
This sobriqnet was afterwards applied
to smaller brother of the gigantic
priest, also In orders, so az TO guard
against confusion in alluding to them.
The smaller brother having declined, as
was said, n colonial sec, was urged to nc
cept the burden as "inroltl's Cross"
Mrs. V, Il lady Of good social status.
whose first husband was Il military Of
flcer, married secondly retired post
man. II WAS said that she sometimes
made him put on the uniform of her de
ceased lord. which led iltaly to quote,
as applicable Moorc's lines:
"Thc heart that has truly lov'l ncvcr
forgc;s.
But as truly loves on to the close
lclothcs).
natural that she should regard tie
vested interests of her late husband,
which so amused licaly that he declared
1t WAS better than the Joke it capped.
He was most tolerant of pup"'A Jokes,
which encouraged the good canon to pre-
pare more whenever he expected to lrcrt
]Icaly llcaly, on cl,cring an ante
room where several priests had ns5cmbl-
cd, was graspcd by both hands by Pope.
who asked ''Why is my hand like the
land nct?"
because It embraces IIcaly's clause. ="
Men who had long viewed Il priest
with rcpugnancc gradually warmed to-
wards Iicnly, and finally all but folded
| him in their embrace. One evening at
Lord Justice F'itzgibbon's, Lord Ran
| dolph Churchill said at Is we'll for us
| Protcstants that all the priests urc rot
! like you"
GLOW SOP" said the padre.
"BC"ausc in that case we'd all bee one
Catholics" replied Lord Randolph.
| "a man Of pure mind and pure life"
| writes Lord WOlsclcy, che was an Ornn-
mcni to ths ancient priesthood he be-
longcd to, and did much to 'aisc the
! opinion entertained for his race by those
who are ignorant of ireland and It's pcD-
| pie"
| At his simple house in Bray, with the
aid Of IL single servant, he would enter
| tain all that was distinguished in irish
society for rank and for intellect A
| dinner was served in his house whc her
| he came or not, and Il standing Oldtr
cnjoncd that in the latter case It should
| 20 to the poor. AS a rule he dinrd out.
He was equally well known in l.ond IN
! society where he met Mr.. Gladstone. But
the pages concerned with Dublin and
| Dublin life are the most interesting, and
reflect all the brightness and vivaci.y Of
the congenial sphere in which he moved.
| Like MCOrc he was the idol of all Cir
cles. Father IIcaly died on October 70,
1884.
| Twelve ounces of dislike, one pound
of resolution. two ounces of the powder
| IL .<,cA f,~,.