The Irish standard., 1915-03-27

SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
Frank OConnell. young irish patriot,
. shot and wounded by British soldiers
while making a home rule speech. He
IL aided by Angela Kingsnorth an Eng
lish society girl. who defends him.
Angela takes o'connell to her brothers
home and helps to nurse him. He RECEIVERS.
and he and the girl become fast friends.
OConnell when well Is sent to jail Tor
disturbing the peace. He finally writes
Angela that he has finished his sentence
OConnell and Angela wed. She has
espoused the Irish cause Her brother. q
member Of parliament. 10 very angry.
The happy couple come to America to
live A daughter 10 born to them. An
gela's brother refuses to help the couple
in any way Angela dies.
OConnell names his daughter Margaret
and calls her peg" OConnell receives
. most important letter from England.
which perplexes him.
0Connell allows Peg to visit England
at her uncle's request. The elder Kings
north's heart had finally softened toward
his dead sisters little girl
Peg goes to the home of the Chichester
family in England at the direction of Mr..
W
north suddenly dies.
She first meets Ethel Chichester ana
Brent. married man in iowa with Ethel
She interrupts them by accident in q
secret meeting.
Ethel 10 enraged at Peg and haughtily
dismisses her from the drawing room,
sending her to the servants quarters. The
Chichesters have lost their money In
bank failure.
Hawkes. arrives and reads the Kings
north will. 1t leaves most of the fortune
to Peg and offers liberal pay to any one
who will undertake her education and So
cial training.
Mrs. Chichester finally agrces to bring
up Peg in return for the money prom
tsed. although she openly despises the
shabby young girl.
Peg is heartbroken at the cold recep-
ton given her by the Chichester family
She is much impressed, however, by the
luxury OF her surroundings.
Peg meets Jerry Adair. who takes a
lively interest In her. She finds In him a
real friend. She tells him about her ia
ther He's farmer. he says.
II must,' said Peg from the top of
the stairs. "What will get here but
to be laughed at an jeered at by lot
of people that are not fit to even look
at me father? Who are they, I'd like
to know, that mustn't speak his name
in their presence?"
Suddenly she raised her hand above
her head, and in the manner and tone
Of public speaker she astounded Jer-
~ with the following outburst:
can that's what the Irish are dom
all over the wurrld. They're driven
out Of their own country by the Eng
Hsh an become wanderers on the
face Of the earth, an nothin' they
ever earn III make up to them for the
separation from their homes an their
loved ones" She finished the perora.
ton on high note and with forced
manner such as she had frequently
heard on the platform.
She smiled at the astonished Jerry
and asked him:
do ye know what that is?"
Il haven't the least idea," he an
swered truthfully.
That's out Of one Of me fathers
speeches. He father makes grand
speeches. He makes them in the cause
of Ireland"
ooh, really! In the cause of Ire
land, eh?' said Jerry.
eyes. He's been strugglin' all his
life to make Ireland free, to get her
home rule, ye know. But the English
are so ignorant. They think they know
more than me father. If they'd do
what me father tells them sure there'd
be no more throuble in Ireland at ALL
"Really?" said Jerry quite interest
edly.
'Not bit Of throuble. I wish me
father was here to explain it to We.
He could tell ye the whole thing in
couple Of hours. I wish he were here
now just to give you an example of
what fine speakin' really is. Do you
like speeches?'
very much-sometimes," replied
Jerry guardedly.
''Me father is wonderful on plat
form with lot o. people in front OF
him. He's wonderful. I've seen him
take two or three hundred people who
didn't know they had grievance in
the wurrld-the poor cratures-they
were just contented to go on bein'
ground down an trampled on an they
not KNOWN thing about five seen
me father take that crowd an in five
minutes afther he had started spakin'
to them ye wouldn't know they were
the same people. They were all shout
in at once, an they had murther in
their eye, an It was blood they were
afther. They wanted to reform some.
thin'-they weren't sure what-but they
wanted to do 1t, an at the cost of life
Me father could have led them any.
where. It's wonderful power he was.
Do ye like hearin' about me father?"
she asked Jerry suddenly. in case she
was firing him.
Jerry hastened to assure her that h.
was really most interested.
well, 80 long as yer not tired I'll
tell ye some more. Ye know went
all through ireland when was child