The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-05
IRIsH JOAN Of ARC.
eonne. Who Would Head a
ID ,ociment Against England.

letter in Philadelphia Times.
L'-, come. the beautiful Irish Joan of
MAJ AGAIN declared herself Englands
I e. enemy Il will, if necessary, lead
-''-. ..,s1t Of Beers against the English
4 r.ft" she said
4 4,5. is her spirited call to her country
l'L lated race. whose main function
LE Is to spoliate, has once more
p he hand at the throat of weak
"a aceo The English are trying to
niasy another nation. Brothers, the
alsf tb.. Transvaal is our cause. All
auss W Ig5o are not kept here by absolute
sy--,tors must come with me and fight
hi the Beers. a., .+.,,,-,o ~. ~,
The hour is not propitious. But
kols ,5sre YOU can help the cause of
OWE .gs,nst might. Remember that ev-
isA M struck at England is for the good
,l I'''i .s the defiant message of the
l-- .ng Young patriot, who, it seems,
q AS none of her hghting ardor.
90 Come is a wonderful woman. She
uu.,rp beautiful, magnetic and brilliant.
~ is also an eloquent, imprisoned
.tor Many women sacrifice all for
has SdCIlllEGQ SNNl y tAAAAlS 4OA
81 'Dountrv. And in that land of lovable
En- She holds the first place in the
.r,s of loval Irishmen. That is her only
ID for her labors have been in vain.
~, she has worked faithfully for the
! e.-.5om of the Emerald Isle, and given
ne cause she loves the years of her
n5 the subtlety of her intellect and
~. strength of tremendous earnestness.
S,s is now 50 years old. Her father was
III Come. a brave officer in the British
ornv and an attache for many years
he British army at st. Petersburg. All
~ her people were Conservatives and loyal
"a O the crown.
che inherited her fathers dash and cour-
:. Init she added to these qualities of the
"A slier deep sympathy and the enthusi-
e.m that is attached TO high ideals.
81 sse was once the beauty of the vice re-
a .l oonrt al Dublin. Her wit was the ad-
4, adon of that little gathering; her love-
ness the toast of every banquet She
pas clever. daring, original. She had the
s, sct and pleasing personality that stamp
n ba social favorite. She might Their aar,
married into one of the noblest houses in
|<TTreand. LIES path was strewn with
hoes. The pretty Irish girl had all the
81 orage that could be laid at the feet or
IA BEAUTIFUL woman.
She deliberately turned away from it all.
Isle went from the mimic splendor Of the
Il Dubln Court TO the homes of the poorest
q in the land. In place of court belle she
became the comforter of the suffering, the
sfriend Of the oppressed, the defender Of
the homeless Only strong woman could
shave taken that long step. Only the in
scentlye Of a noble purpose could have
made her faithful to her new calling.
She was then only 10. Her father and
s bier mother had both died, leaving her
4 honorable fortune. 1t was said that she
was romantic. She had been born in the
4 picturesque County Kerry, the Gap of
!. Dmlo. She knew the Irish peasantry as
$onF warm-hearted girl who had lived
#amMg them could. She had heard the
8 thhlng tales of O'Connell. the Iiberator,
8pf The rebels and the redcoats and Ire
bands fearful struggles. Travel and years
3abmd never effaced the memory of her
ch0hoods days. When she came back
Ter native Land her warm, impulsive
81 eH overhowed at the sight of the peo-
plel wrongs.
81 Their cause shall be my cause forever"
shsoemnly declared.
Tie direct cause of her open declaration
OF IBIS resolve was the famous McGrath
eruiOn. Her lovely home, Glengarin, was
neF Lord Bantry's estate, and she came
thge on visit during this tragic time.
ltEas a pitiful tale she heard.
&Grath, with his wife, sister and four
S lighters, lived in a little hut on tho
hltry estate. He had leased a few
ans Of ground. In the re-letting of the
he land shark" overbid McGrath. He
Htlsed TO pay the advance and the arm
d soldiers came to evict him. For six
a e9s McGrath and his family defended
1air home
~ Boi,ing water and bits of turf were their
oily weapons, The new owner did not
d want the house. He was merely going to
N the land for pasture.
At last the little family had to surren-
on They went out homeless. They could
ind no shelter. And so McGrath came
AeK to the empty hut, weary and des-
lTate, He was put into Jail. Mrs. Nc
Gath still remained there and soon she
vas arrested. One by one the other wo-
ten were sent to jail. Then the poor
Atle old home was torn down. Lord Ban
y mad seen to 1t that the McGraths
Gould be homeless.
They came out of jail penniless and with
4 place to go. Fortunately McGrath own
a fishing boat. Kind neighbors helped
lm rig up poor excuse of a shelter,
mn the sails of the boat. Here he and
rs family lived, while the world pitied
hm but did not help him. Prison life
.aa tod on McGrath. He was suffering
ON lever when he was released, and life
~ 'he hsnlng boat and the consequent ex-
posture soon sent him beyond the reach of
cruel landlords.
AS he lay dead, with the October rain
iailns on his quiet face. a young girl
C9lne and looked on him. When she turn
- away there were tears in her eyes It
W. was Maud Come, the beautiful favorite
,He Dublin court. She had just come
t gaeA 70 her country home, and this was
Inc picture she saw.
v,I me shock made her i'll for many weeks.
wheu she recovered. she resolved to de-
Wy, wy ner life trying to help her afflicted
bboop,e Inc world knows how well she
"1 T, kept that resolution.
an ne nrst important step she took was to
T M oA CHARLES Stewart Parneu. Michael
-Jha,-u OLeary and other prominent
ca ,lta,lPlons Of the Irish cause. They re-
, toasel ner coldly She was a girl of arts
s,Ir.1Iel orth. Her people were the loyal
r, ,ii.P,i'ers of the Queen. Perhaps She
an No. ~ pc sincere, but If so it was only
rot '' 5ipue fancy of youth. But she was
s5 ons went among the evicted peasantry.
tisea preached home rule and she prac-
vror, Ia ~ n.y. Her voice rang out against
inc Her purse was open to the suffer
rd,,ar Al Her campaign against the British
In, 'IILnent she was relentless and untir-
tbs u, ilsr imprisoned eloauence stirred