The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-02-04

had the responsibilities and duties of
| landlord. To be the owner Of an
estate should be to act as the peoples
friend, their father, their adviser In
times of plenty and their comrade In
times of sorrow"
Indeed! And pray where did you
learn all that, miss" asked the aston
ished parent.
Without noticing the interruption or
the question, Angela went on: "Why
deny country its own government
when England is practically governed
by its countrymen? Is there any po-
sition of prominence today In England
that isn't filed by Irishmen? Think!
Our commander In chief Is Irish; our
lord high admiral Is Irish: there are
the defenses of the English In the
hands Of two Irishmen. and yet you
call them thieving and rascally scoun-
drels!"
Kingsnorth tried to speak: Angela
raised her voice:
Turn to your judges-the lord chief
is an Irishman. Look at the house of
commons. Our laws are passed or de-
feated by the Irish vote, and yet so
blindly ignorant and obstinate is our
insular prejudice that we refuse them
the favors they do Discovering them
selves as well as 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 table
and in laudatory terms! He could
scarcely believe it. He looked at her
a moment and then Numbered:
How dare you! How dare your
Angela smiled little amusedly toll
Grant smile as she looked frankly at
her father and answered.:
This is exactly the old fashioned
tone we English take to anything we
don't understand. And that Is why
other countries are leaving us In the
race. There Is a nation living within
a few hours journey from our doors,
yet millions of English people are as
ignorant of them as If they lived in
Senegambia." She paused, looked once
uoTe StIuiSul iitO uci AothCA SJ GO
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 naturally.
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. I'm Nice a month ago were
two English members of parliament
who had taken the trouble to visit the
country they were supposed to assist
in governing. They told me that a
condition Of misery existed throughout
the whole of Ireland that was incredi-
BILE under a civilized government"
Radicals. ehT" snapped her father.
mo; Conservatives. One Of them
had once held the office Of chief secre-
tary for Ireland and was Ireland's
most bitter prosecutor until he visited
the country. When he saw the
wretchedness of her people he stopped
his stringent methods and began cast
ing about for some way OF lessening
the poor peoples torment"
1.-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-
sentative indeed! A fine one he must
be!
"He is. / don't see why the Liberal
party should have all the enlighten-
ment and the Conservative party all
the bigotry."
Don't anger your father" pleaded
Monica.
"Why, little Angela has come back
to us quite a revolutionary" said Ma.
thaniel.
Leave the tabler' shouted her ia
ther. -