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F NfoFie. ard NEu accord in-lF tuucf
heir hearts-was undoubtedly Charlie
kickham and hls beautiful uoveI o.
homeiy Irish Hfe kuocknaE1N. o.
th- Homes 90 Tipperary. is the mos
+ 1eariy-prited story in Ireland
Finding myself 10 the south % Ire
land . must needs msSe pilgrimage {,
the kickham country Ard that va.
Why. on beautiful Sgs.sy Afternoon
u Nay. boWisd along a road. pass
ing a haNacre field which Is popu
larry supposed 70 b. IN no county
though thrcs counties rIR Up 20 To-
three fences. The sight Of a big. bare
saunt building with root broken ans
wiadoViess. grinniug like DEATH
head az the passer-bY. soon afteFvardt
arrested my carver.
What is liz ! asked OF a countr1
boy
lis house. sir. that vas built b.
a chap from America hve-ani twenty
years ago
And did b. desert it,
Faith. b. had to-
Why
Well. be built the house upon gen
tie fairy ground. and from the das
The roof vent on IL. II was crammsd
fun o Thin lads He accompanied
the reference 70 thin lads with a
jerk 81 his thumb over shoulder. An
they neither give him PAIGE. night nor
DAY
And he went back to America
again go
No. then-he went 70 the divii-
MuIinahone. a quiet. olt ofthe-world
village where Charles Kickham spent
almost all his life. vas entered by a
street that presented the appearance
OF having had all haunted houses. for
most % them we're rooass-. ard all
Of them winf0Wlsss. preSsntiux a
most melancholy appearance
All the house owners on this street
I found. later. had been syicted al
most quarter Of century ago. b.
cause. in the Land league days. max
ing a bold stand Tor the sake u Other
than themselves. they gave their ad
hersnce % the No Rent manifesto
adopting the plan o. campaign. they
Were s1mmarily bundled out By the
landlord and their houses wrecked
spoke 70 one Of them who. fortune "a
vorinE. had managed 70 acquire a
shop Ia another part q the viIlags
and 70 prosper again lie told ne thai
almost all o. tn evicted tenants Eers
stiI living. or trying 70 I've. In 81
around Mnllinahn.e- and wsre expect
inE soon u b. refnstatad in thefi
property and 70 resume the happ,
life they had known ere. for principle,
sake, they were cast upon the weird
These brave fellows. and many an
other band Ike then in other parts o
Ireland. are crippled heroes Of III,
izaa var Il xas their readiness q
sacrifice themselves. and their actua
sacrifice. which. an object lesson Il
the landlords o. ireland. showed then
Mat the Irish tenants we're prepare,
to do-brought landlords to thei
knees. and saved tens Of thousands
I aye. hundreds Of thousands % thei
f rack rented fellows throughout II
/ land. L was their action. too. tia
+ forced from the British goverumen
fresh land acts and left their happie
fellows n easier and cheaper posses
sioa u the land These evicted .er
an-s-bands Of whom are to be foun
IN various part q Ireland-nObl
staked their al in defense OF the caus
and lost Yet they suffered. an
suffered in silence Ike the brave ne
they were. and il vas their trump
to see that though they lost. all r.,
land won
Is il do know Charlie Kick sal
a young man upon the street 10 whoI
pat 4 question. Well. reiectivel,
with a loving shake OF his head. q
think did rs many's the tim
when I was a little bare-footed 90
soon. meself an the other little Lad
when We were playing hide-and seel
would go in and out under the tabl
he vas writin' on in the garden HI
eve kindled when he heard from N
u I
the same when mentioned KieI
hams name 10 any ether OF the vi
layers HOwsoever indifferent the
might be in answering questions c
other subjects. had but 10 mentic
Kickham and they opened their hear
to ne
When ! went 70 the chapel-yard
visit the grave OF the poet and move
Ist vas followed By a few OF his o
Fenian comrades and disciples vi
had got Wtnd that a stranger. mus
interested in Charlie Kick. had a
rived in the village They shook n
warmly by the hand. and one % the
whose head vas frosted By 20 NJ
tiers and more. but Who was still
erect carriage and bright eye. show,
plainly that his heart giowed. sinee
stranger had fournsyed fromafar to D,
homage to the memory Of his he
and leader These men took OF the
hats and kneIr By the Zravssiae VI
ne and prayed still another pray
for him whom they had honored Al
loved-him Who. his hopes fer IreIal
unfuIdIled. his yearnings uusatisfe
his IouS and trying struggle uncrox
! ed with success. az length laid +
J bones 10 mouldsr under this gre
sod These men. who ROW put ID
: God 4 prayer above his grave b
taken from Charles kiekham the ca