Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-01-21

father and raised q barrier betWe6p
them that lasted until the day Of h&s
death.
The old man had laughed coarssly
at the remembrance Of his speech ON
the previous night and licked hil ains
at the thought OF It
Monica, who was Wishing her father
for a few days. smiled in agreeable
sympathy. Nathaniel nodded cheer
fully.
From her fathers side Angela asked
quietly:
Have you ever been 10 Ireland, IA.
ther?'
mo. l have not" on1wcred the old
man sharply. ".And, what is more, I
never intend to 60 thefN"
"Do you know anything about the
Irish?" persisted Angels
"Do l? More than thu Engltsh gov
ernment does. Don't 1 own laud
there?"
Il mean do you know tnythtng about
the people?" insisted Angela.
Il know them. to be lot OF thiev-
ing, rascallv scoundrel1, too lazy to
work and too dlshonest to pay their
way even when they hate the money"
''Is that all you know7r
Isn't It enough:" His voice rose
shrilly. 1t was the firpt time for years
any one had dared use those two hated
words '.Ireland" and 'Jfash" at his ta.
ble. Angela must he checked and at
once.
ut wouldn't be enough for me if /
had the responsibilities and duties OF
a landlord. TO he the owner Of an
estate should be to act 10 the peoples
friend. their father. their advissr Ia
times Of plenty and their comrsds in
times of sorrow
Indeed! And pray where did yos
learn all that, miss?" asked the aston.
ished parent.
Without noticing the Interruption or
the question. Angela wSnt on: "Why
deny q country it's own government
when England is practically governed
BY ito countrymen7 ID there sny po-
sition Of prominence today in England
that isn't tllled by lrishmen7 Think!
Our commander In chiee = Irish, our
lord high admiral Il Itash; there ate
the defenses Of the English IN the
hands Of two Irishmelk and yse yoo
call them thieytng and tascally scouu-
dreis!
Kingsnorth tried 70 speak; Anglia
raised her voice:
"Turn to your 1udsesAths lord chief
10 an Irishman. Look at the house Of
commons. Our laws ats passed OF de-
teated by the Irish vsts. and yet 90
blindly ignorant and obstinate y our
tnsularsp preJudices that - rsfuse them
the favOfs they Do ~ OuvernAag thef6.
selves az well az England"
Kingsnorth looked at his daughter
aghast. Treason In his own house!
His child speaking the two most hated
Of all words at his own dinner tsble
and In laudatory terms! He eouh
scarcely believe 1t. He looked at her
a moment and then thundefed:
How dare you! How dare yout''
Angela smiled little amuse1ly toi.
Grant smile as she looked frankly at
her father and answered:
This ID exactly the old fashioned
tone we English take to anything We
don't understand And that = why
other countries are leaving ~ in the
race. There Is a nation living within
few hours journey from our doors.
yet millions of English people are a.
ignorant Of them as II they lived IN
senegambia." She paused, looked once
more straight into her fathers eyes
and said, "And you, father. seem to
be as ignorant as the worst Of them"
"Angela!" cried her sister In hor.
ror
Nathaniel laughed good naturedly,
leaned across to Angela and said:
II see our little sister has been
reading the sensational magazines
Yes?"
"I've done more than that" replied
Angela. "ln Nice a month ago were
two English members Of parliamept
who had taken the trouble to yfsit the
country they were supposed to assist
in governing. They told me that q
condition Of misery existed throughout
the whole Of ireland that was tncredi'
bic under a civilized government
Radicals. eh?" snapped her father.
"No; Conservatives. One Of they
had once held the office Of chief 1e71
tAry for Ireland and wes lretln9a
most bitter prosecutor until he visited
the country. When he saw TIL
wretchedness of her people he stopped
his stringent methods and began cast
ing about for some way Of Iessenina
the poor peoples torment"
"The more shame to him to talk like
that to girl. And, what's more. you
had no right to listen to him. A Con
servative indeed! A 6ae one he must
bew
"He 10. don't see why the Liberal
party should have all the enlighteh
ment and the Conservative party all
the bigotry." E
Don't anger your fathsry' pleadS1
Monica. n
"Why. little Angela has come bseh
to US quite revolutionary" said Na
thaniel. Z.
Leave the table" shouted her IL
ther.
Without word Angela got up quiet
ly and left the room. Her nsannse Wal
entirely unmoved. She had Spoken
from her inmost convictions. The fac
that they were opposed to her father
was immateriul. She loathed tyranny
and bis method of shutting tho mouths
of those who disagreed with him Wal
particularly obnoxious to her. Il wal
also most Intellectual with her. From
childhood she had alwars spOken n