New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

faced the crowd. Il await he said the read
ing Of these extraordinary allegations. which
lar as l can judge must be the fgmeut Of a
dlsoTdered imagination.
His manner was naughty in the extreme IN
consciously he fell into English accent, which
quile uh"ulInSly ne had contracted at St
stephen s. The audience resented both the
English accent and the hauteur Of his manner.
Listen 10 the English hum haNS Of himi
Where did We yer good old Irish brogue2 Tfs
crazy he says Phil is, Send him back to where
he came from Such were the ex.Ianlltions
that ne heard ring out above the uproar.
Suddenly Phil Foy held up in his hand Il
newspaper ana a letter and he signalled for
heard mouse squeak
All leaned atientively to hear and Phil hold
ing the document to the glare of 4 lamp read
Our London correspondent states on good
authority that Mr.. Raymond Fox has been ap-
pointed to the stewardship Of the Chiltern
Clare
Listen TO that now" ssrowIed a big giau+ If
a fellow who stood at PhiTs right hand and
uen, shaking his stick at the platform beg
CORA, young man, thereII be vacancy where
you re Standln IN minute or two"
FhIl waved mis- hand at his too militant SUP
pofIgfs and assumed a calmly judicial manner.
The viiest criminal" he said is not con
aTihhed az without hearing Houid yer tongues.
an aV We Msther Raymond Fox. now is yar
1hT 1 L" spake out an clear yer character" But
m ulElllty was utterly upset by the sudden
con- uIS'on that shook the platform. a storm Of
IduSIlief mat was like u thunderstorm and
earthquake cOmbin, I.
Moriarty- NO Fox. my boy. hurry up and explain
TIE business, or re lost men. The viIest
crlmlnai-dlt you hear that Whv they're
harder IN you than the Primrose League"
But Raymond could hardly find words to ex
piain-he hestated and stammered.
'Spake up shouted old Phil stune bevapd on
uurdnce- This Is no iaUghi1' matter Are the
words ON this paper true are they not?"
Raymond collected himself. Give me leave
70 explain. The statement as I shall show ,,ou
IS verbally true: but my good friend is ignorant
OF me farmalItIcs OF Parliamentary procedure"
An proud [ am shouted Phil Bows he
gives IN to It Away Wd him an the Iokes a.
The mirth the platform was checked bv =
sudden scuttiins sound from the bottom of the
hall-the noise made by close crowded heavy
booted men, who We're finding their feet and
Raymond turned pale as death pIucky and all
as he was Moriarty ceased his chuckIing.
We're lost men ne murmured: they'll brea-
every bone IN our bodies
There rush for the platform and the
steward Of the ChiItern Hundreds stood there
facing the tumult. He had nothing to hope for
now but that they i find out their mistake after
ne was dead and done for and give him a place
among the martyrs. The newest form Of dying
for ones country this would be To ne killed tv
mistake IN an election riot by ones friends
But II turned out that John Cuddihy had done
a wise thing He had brought in his pocket the
key of door at the back of the platform.
thinking that though they brought the hero OF
the day UP the hall 1t arrival TO receive the
Eandshak"s Of his admirers. they might wish to
depart with less obstruction.
80 as Raymond stood there with his
:olded and ms eyes flashing. ready for martyr
dom and thinking Of Molly. he felt his coat tails
seized from behind, and before he knew where
ne was ne Vas swung around and propelled al
most headlCug down the stair. The door was
Clapped 10 behind the fugitives and the clatter
of sticks that came on il in a minute or two
made them glad TO be the safe side of it
To the station" said Mr. Cuddihy 10 the
driver of the Wagonctte- Drive like the devil
an you'll eaten the half-eight train. Never
mind the muSicr' this TO the bandmaster who
was mastering his musicians)- "Goodby gentle
men! [ must so and lock them in they'll be
after YOU"
Thus their lives were saved. but RaymOnd's
reputation was beyond salvation. Of course tn
business was explained and cleared up and
deTstoOd by most people ana by them treated
Us a joke But 1t IS not good thing TO be the
butt of a joke if you want to he taken seriously
and ann at being ~ P. And then away up
the country there We're people who never listened
to the explanation They told that Ray
mond Fox was not in receipt of 4 Government
salary and that his stewardship was only q