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rivalry with the boy walpole. thera 4.
. record OF his school career The t,ad,
that he afterward entered Christ Cbr,'p"
oxford. IL without foundation and nroh.t''
arises from the degree bestowed upo, ~
at the Queens accession and his sssocI.,i""
with Atterbury While Lord Jersev IA.
man OF his mothers. was Ambassaso,
Paris. young Henry was sent. bet yeen ia.
and 1899. to graduate In the schools a, ~
Continent. His travels extended To No,
and Turin. where he made acausln,,r".
with the Court Of savoy: 1t sesms o.r,ai,
that to his travels was due his msstarv
French and italian, but nothing further 90.
be Cleaned about them Even beto,. ~
started on his wanderings his behs v,o, ~
been fashionably loose; he was IN sdni,a.
OF the notorious Miss Gunley lie had ,l,,
courted the muses. and patronizsd ths no.,.
In 100 he published an eItrsvasant ods
headed -Almahide. who II not Miss Cuule,
was probably one Of her sisterhood
In 1900 Henry st John married Franco.
a daughter Of Sir Henry winohescomba
| Berkshire baronet Through hcr he b.c,,,.
| the proprietor Of Bucklebury. near Reads,
and enjoyed an income Of some three thou.,na
pounds year Her beauty was such ,ho,
| when Parnell dined with MIR. ssoret.,r.
and she came down. he stared at her a.y
she were a goddess Her unseln ,hn..s Y,
as striking as her charms After her Sus.
2sa 22ands n!ght % TO France. she pined away, and
In 1901, the year after his marriage. H.r,v
ST. John. who was barely year and hnlf
Roa,on e1s ,%aoTRsy: Rsy.sf tGok !, hs ancestral si
personal appearance OF the young AlcibiaIs,
il thus portrayed: "He was Of middle height
full-oolored; and neither dark nor fair HI;
war u mr. hv fpru
affecting the lettered libertinism Of Rscbo.,
Ter Frank e., and impe,uouS, good..nntured
Of "sS,o%sp ssure a 4aushty az aURHfh'apS: %i.h r.:
pride Of his order. vain with the vanity d
ten.ivcly and was a man Of the world Old
FOR his years. he could not help realizing thai
he was qualified 70 emerge from the herd
sal on his lips and Intellect on his brow n,
brain was ripe with study and rife with
ideas. while an abnormal memory easily ban
as sa sSres s had early msde sS r1m Pr Ss: @
OF books and men, wrote one who knew him
well but, In his first career Of life, being i'm.
mcrsed At once in business and pleasure. he
ran through variety OF scenes In a surprising
and eccentric manner -" The advice given
him by friend comparatively old, 10 be verv
Rs rSnd "1 and Moves yery greedy s Snd 2r
nate" when he asked for himself was not Only
dlsregarded. but reversed From first 10
last 81 John was too proud TO beg and TO
generous TO deny. relentless to a foe, yet
easily battered by a friend
The impression which st, John made in
his young. manhood has been effectively
conveyed In Buwer Lytton's poem. ST
Stephens"
AID sIirfsd that age as Byron thrilled our own
Zono's his creed. yet AreiiD's his life;
with protean grace through every change he sporA,
ou fcn Of .ms seas sGnsf 10Th s sRRG snS S SGd'
Frnf pnn1, 'he he, camp OF Dr. ds,ring from 70. porch
But In the towering OF his dainty May,
1t is certain that 81. Johns eloauencs
and capacity soon made him conspicuou,
In Parliament In March. i7o2. he was chosen
By baiiGt to be o9mm1iss,oner r1ib l9r tasas
a year and an allowance OF f2.oOO for clerks
and coptnsencies He was Il thus early
Initiated into business wv Win NV whieh Z his SUB,
for War. which required the contlnua, pres
sentation Of estimates. made him stu further
ma ss se TG. 2@ sssn ,ss F' hs St wSs SGsn bs sft!
tempt ten ps 50 educate his party. In theology
be best Gso !hi sDSshd he sra %
theist and the formulator OF a theory OF
natural religion which was not far removed
from the StSsd ,Ss car
thought as In life; but not with the fippancy
OF Peterborough, who was civil to all reli-
gon In ssrY wh h's lsll9w sss's, -
James's. as Swift describes, simply out ot
compliment to the State. This will seem to
many at the present day shocking profana-
ton, but it was not hen so considered; Swift,
an extreme churchman, insisted that hs
Church Was dependent on the state. Mr
Sichel points out that throughout Boiins
a state reli gion as the only means OF securing
national morality, Thus he, says: TO make
government efectual to all the good plr-
iiaion must be national, and this national
rei gion must be maintained In reputation
and reverence, and oil others rellgons or
sects must be Kept too low To become tho
~ John had entered public life as pro,a-i
Of Marlborough. and adhered to the greet
the Whig party Thea and up TO l7l0. 81.
John cooparated with Harley. who he be-
come Secretary state In the year name'i
two years later was called 10 the House u
Lords as yisoouat Bolingbroke. twas maIn.y
he who negotiated the Peace OF ttrecht, which
was bitterly resente at the time by the Wing,
and has since been condemned b. may
Whis historians on the whole. howevcr.
the opinion now prevails th1t the peace Was
serves much credit for securing i After
the peace was made the rivalry Of Bolingbrots
and oxford for the heldshlp OF the Govern
ment, was untt7splSrd, ana ne tornT S.,i
rho post only for two days, the death o.,
Queen Anne and the aces sion of George
restoring the Whig~ u power II i vel
knoyn that he was accused Of ntrgIiut
during tho latter part Of Annes life IN T.,
interest nf her brother. the Pretendcr ll'
friendt deemed il unsafe for him % face tAs
charge in tho heated state OF publ" sr1t-
won't and ho decided to fly to France on
The nj aht Of Friday, March 20. l7lt, BounE'
broke With characteristic nonChalanCc, o.-
and bespoke the same box for the next ey~-
ninr's entertainment When the curtain ros',
however. on SatIrdly, he was on his way
~ Dover. and on sunday evening was IN
Calais In the following August hc WA
imprached for high treason and other crlmr'
and matemeano,. ana rS riSort9,l;hi ,; ar , -
made by Bolingbroke at this time wa' not
his Al yht but his recourse at Versatile -
the Prnte1der in response to tho Invitation
of the latter's agents This step, indeed. was
not taken until the smart Of bill OF attain,
no, hy re1son. but by revenge, and bv 'hsre-t-
less ambition which could not broo, the los,
M mower For a time he acted aS the Pre-
tenders Secretary OF state, but presently.
becoming convinced that the Jacobite caus,
was hopeless, he renounced IL and obtlari
lave TO return 10 England The author OF
this book undertakes 10 prove that Boiling
hroka WA not guilty OF the treason with
which he was charged He argues thn,
was made the scapezoat OF hi,
ysnge He alone had MANUFACTURED the peace
IN Offensive to the Ele'tor ot Hanover. and
be alone had not stopped 10 win tho favor of
he future sovereign Of Great Britain While
oxford had been burrowns like a rabbit.
,e had borne himself Ike n,s an efse Ss 4 nigh:
md by great authorities. too, II I had made
,ariv nroyl-ion at least to be safe when |