The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-01

For showing something we English
are always boasting of feeling our
selves and resent any other nation
feeling it-patriotism!"
"Stopr' commanded Kingsnorth.
''If you take that sick, wretched
man out of this house it will be
crime began Angela.
Kingsnorth stopped her. He turned
to the magistrate, kindly take the
man away
Roche moved to the window.
Angela's heart sank, All her plead
and broke:
VERY well. then, take him. SEN
tence him for doing something his
own countrymen will one day build a
monument to him for doing The mo-
ment the prison door closes behind him
a thousand voices will cry 'Shamev on
you and your government and thou
sand new patriots will be enrolled.
And when he comes out from his tor
ture he'll carry on the work of hatred
and vengeance against his tyrants. He
will fight you to the last ditch You
may torture his body, but you cannot
break his heart or wither his spirit
They're beyond you They're-they're'
she stopped suddenly as her voice
rose to the breaking point and left the
room
The magistrate went down the drive
In few moments O'Connel was on
his way to the courthouse. closely
guarded prisoner.
Angela. from her window. watched
the men disappear. She buried her
face in her hands and moaned as she
had not done since her mother left her
just IA few years before. The girihood
The one great note had come to her
transforming her whole, nature--love
And the man she loved was being
carried away to the misery and degra
dation Of Il convict.
Gradually the means died away.
The convusive heaving of her breast
subsided.
A little later. when her sister, Moni-
ca. came in search of her, she found
Angela in a dead faint.
BY night she was in fever.
One day in November Angela receiv
ed the following letter:
Dublin Ireland. Nov IL. lS-.
nf h oI
| sentence ! am free. At first the horrible
| humiliation Of my treatment, of my sur
| roundiags, of fhe depths had to sink to-
| burned into me. Then the thought of you
sustained me. Your gentle voice. your
beauty. your pity. your unbounded faith
in me. strengthened my soul All the
degradation fell from me- They were bu,
ignoble means to a noble end l was tor
! tured that others might never know sor-
row. l was imprisoned that my country.
! men might know liberty. And SO the load
was lighter.
The memory of those three wonderful
days was SO marvellous, SO vivid, that il
shone like a star through the blackness
| Of those terrible days.
You seem to have taken hold of my
heart and my soul and my life.
Forgive me for writing this to you, bu
it seems that you are the only one I've
ever known who understands the main
springs of my nature, of my hopes ant
| my ambitions - indeed, of my very
thoughts.
Today I met the leader of my party. H.
| greeted me warmly At last have prov
ed myself a worthy follower They thinl
| it best 1 should leave Ireland for awhile
| If I take active part at once l shall b,
arrested again and sent for a longer sen
tence
| They have offered me the position O
one of the speakers in a campaign il
| America to raise funds for the cause.
I must first see the chief in London. II
sent a message. writing in the highes
terms of my work and expressing wisl
to meet me. I wonder if it would b.
possible to see you in London?
If l am sent to America it would speet
my going to speak to you again. If yol
feel that l ask too much do not answe
this. and I will understand.
Out of the fullness of my heart. from
! the depths of my soul and with the who'll
fervor Of my being. l ask you to accep
all the gratitude of a heart filled to ove,
flowing
God bless and keep you Yours in hom
age and gratitude,
FRANK OWEN o'coNNELL
Her answer:
London, Nov. 10, 18-.
y My Dear Mr.. O'Connell-I am glad in
deed to have your letter and to know yo
are free again ] have often thought o
your misery during all these months an
longed to do something to assuage it.
is only when a friend is in need and a
avenues of help are closed to him that
woman realizes how helpless she is.
That they have not crushed your spri
does not surprise me. ] was as sure Q
that as / am that the sun is shining to
day. That you do not work actively i
Ireland at once is. | am sure, wise Fool
hardness is not courage
In a little while the English governmen
may realize how hopeless it is to try t
conquer a people who have liberty in thei
hearts. Then they will abate the rigo
of their unjust laws
( When that day comes you must retur
, and take up the mission with renewe
strength and hope and stimulated by tn
added experience of bitter suffering.
a, I should most certainly like to see yo
in London, | am staying with a distan
connection of the family We go to tn
south of France in few weeks I hav
been very ill-another reproach to til
weakness Of woman. l am almost recoy
! cred now. but far from strong 1 hav
to lie still all day My only companion
are my books and my thoughts.
| Let me know when you expect to arriv
in London. Come straight here.
I have SO much to tell you. but tn
words halt as they come to my pen.
Looking forward to seeing you. in a
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