Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-11
Mrs. O'Shea Tells
the Story Of Her
Love for Parnell
Birth of Her Passion for the
"Uncrowned King Of
Ireland"

There is none to whose memory the
Irish people owe a greater debt Of
gratitude than to that Of Charles
Stewart Parnell, in his lifetime The
nnerowned King Of Ireland. It Is
nearly quarter Of a century since
Parnell died, and now, just at the
moment when the cause for which he
fought is about to celebrate its full
triumph, there appears his Love
Story and Political Life" written By
Katherine O'Shea, the woman who
won his affection and for whom he
suffered. That this woman, finally
Parnelfs wife. should have exposed
to the world the record Of her infat-
uation, and infdelity. to Captain
o'Shea, is perhaps explained BY he
quality Of womanhood which glories
in shame If it be incurred for one
who to her is her idol and her god.
The author, in her book, has not
hesitated to quote letters such as any
lover would write and full Of the ex-
trayagant terms which lovers use.
William orBrien Attacked
In one of the passages Of her book
Mrs. O'Shea attacks William O'Brien
for his treatment Of Parneil, especial
! ~ denouncing him for saying thar
Parnell was one Of ''Ireland's eternal
failures And Mrs. O'Shea, in one Of
the London daily papers. whose rep
resentative interviewed her, says fhat
she never would have published her
memoir but for the fact that Mr.
q Br1en had printed a letter from her
husband However she admits thar
in her Will she had left directions that
such OF Parnelrs letters as she had
selected should be published after her
! death.
Quoting from the Athenaeums II
may be said that the book begins
with bitter attack on those States
men and politicians who, Knowing
for ten years that Parneu was nv
lover, had with the readiest tact and
the utmost courtesy accepted the FACT
as making a sure and safe channel Of
communication with him, whom they
knew as a force to be placated
1t is quite true that the Facts Of the
relationship of Parnell and Mrs
0'Shea were perfectly well know d 70
Gladstone and his colleagues, as thex
were to some of the leading members
of the opposition. and We're talked
of openly in the Liberal Cabinet. II
view of this, it is not easy to defend
the attitude of Gladstone and others.
who, after ParneIls amour was pub
| lcly exposed. declared that he could
not remain the leader Of the Irish
party. that party which through his
ability and persistence had made
Parliament recognize that there was
an Irish question. That Gladstone
should have yielded to the genera
cutlery Is stain upon his memory
and his fame.
In treating Of her early life. Mrs.
o'Shea gives p charnolng picfilre 81
DAYS in England and spain. but Moth
ling Of general interest appears in tha
1 memoir until = NOE n dtcafee t1aaf
her first meeting with Parneif Was
lin 1880. Mrs O'Shea explains shz4
soon after an Introduction to him 9a<
had been walking IN the country LIZ !
Brighton. had rot very wef. and " !.
returning to Ethan BY train from
Charing Cross On the platform r.
London she saw Parnell-
As our eyes met he turned ana
walked py my sac. ne ula net
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was not AFRAID. .
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for.hf Tba rsssion IF The leader IT
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-axss1os ~ fbaNxVornar he had chosen
r1ith ali the FIRE ana grace az the
cai t ba.rt what woman WITH
tea,.t could have resisted such nss.
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lie LIE - lion. had cor,e the love OF
her life the love that transformed
the world for her. that made
rn a-ad Use Of earth such love as thai
If isolde for Tristan, such love As
only can be expressed by the glorious
aid of musical numbers.
As Mrs O'Shea says, this soul
hunger. which found its satisfaction
IN fhe love of Parnell, had been
aroused nv her life of misery with
her husband. She declares.
81 was very anxious that Willie
fcaptain O'Shea) should remain IN
PERMANENT. Politics gave him little
time 10 come down to Ethan. When
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