The Irish standard., 1903-06-06

Sunday afternoon he sent Il letter, say
i.&: II don't think can write my
usual article this week, but 1 will be
on deck next wecH.' Ills physicians
pronounced him the blavcst patient
they had ever had When they told
him some days ago there was no hope
he listened With equilnimity and de
clarcd he would fight against death.
He dressed, Went to his library and
read and worked. He Was unhappy if
!; day passed without writing some
thing. He brought out Il book Il few
days ago entitled "RamhlcS in Woman
land" and was writing the story of
his life in anccdotHl form when death
came. He was also preparing Il his
tory of France, intended for Amcri-
cans. He died uttcrllg the words. II
love America" He died as he lived,
II man of spirit and courage His
house in the Rue dc t'rcycinet WAS
filled with Borrowing friends. Paul
Bouct had Irish blood in his veins and
his nGm dr plume O'Isell WAS drawn
from this. His grandfather. Max
Blouet. Il soldier under Napoleon L.,
WAS captured by the English. While
IL prisoner of war he married an Irish
girl named O'Rell. The MAX" of his
grandfather and the "O'Rrll' of his
yrandiatller's wife made the takin.
name ny which NJ Blouct was best
known. y few Years ago Paul Blouct
was an unknown foreign teacher in
st. Paul'S school. London. During his
| leisure hours he wrote. in French, Il
little book entitled John Bull ct Son
F.! Ilc." and it WAS published i'm Paris
without amy unusual advertisement.
Its keen Wit and cauSlic satire at once
attracted the attention of the critics
and the public: the book was abused
by the Paris correspondents of tho
English press. then translated into
English and the author woke i'll the
cloiStcrs of st. PaulS to fluid himself
Bull and His Island" have had Il large
sale. NJ. Hlouct was born in Brittany
in 1878. He WAS educated for Il sol
dirr in Paris. and obtained the degree
of Il. a.. Il prize ut the Sorlonne. and
the rank of officer l'Hcatlemie before
he formally entered the French army.
He came of age just in time to fight
for his country against the Germans,
and he captured in Won Moltke's mouse
trap at Sedan. After Il brief impriSon
mrnt he was released. and returned to
the army to encounter his own coun-
trymcn in the war of the Commune
\ wound in the right arm incapacitat-
ed him for further military service.
and he retired upon Il pension. In
1877, he went to England and became Il
! newspaper correspondent, Which pro-
rrSSion he followed from time to time
until his death. From 1876 to 1SSi
he was head French master in st.
| lSu'S school. He gave this up in
! 1851 to become Il lecturer and toured
England and the United States.
| 1t was during his second trip to the
| United States that the continued trav-
els of NJ. Blouet began to tell on him
and he WAS advised by eminent physi-
clans to discontinue. In December,
| 1901. he was operated Oh in the French
| hospital in New York for appendcit-
| is. After he recovered he decided to
give up his tours and returned to Par
| is, where he had since remained CORE
spending for newspapers.
| Living right among his own people.
| the rnriSianS. he has acted as CORE
Spondcnt for several papers in Ameri-
ca. and has depicted the acts Of his
corltrymen i'm Il manner unknown to
| the ordinary newspaper correspondent.