El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-11
THE PATH0S Of
TRIP T0IRELAND
Recent Impressions Gained
by an English Parlia-
ment Member.
d ARTHIR LYNCH, NJ. p.

London. Eng. June 11.-When I de-
seconded at Westland Row on a visit
to Ireland, / lugged my belongings to
Z the sidecar. for the porters were busy
elsewhere, talking politics, doubtless
The car driver smoked complacently
on top Of his jaunty turnout as put
up the traps Ny heavy trunk at
tempted 10 swing up with a long cir
cular sweep, but made a miscalcula-
tion and it fell heavily.
-Bedad. but you made a good
shpring at IT," said my Jehu cheer
fully. and he helped my second effort.
A Sim Fein Jehu.
I have seen many hundred Jehus in
many hundred lands. Any one OF them
might have aided me with a heavy
trunk. But there is only one country
where my Jehu would sit in Judgment
smoking a patient pipe as he observed
my violent eNertions, and yet save the
situation, and more, by that indulgent
flattery- "Bedad, but you made a good
shpring at it-'
I could see at a glance that Jehu
was Sim Feiner. but when / asked
him how that party was progressing,
he answered with Michiavelian diplo-
macy, for he had not yet summed me
up- -Bedad. some say they are
stronger than they ought to be, and
others think they're not as shtrOng
as they might be-" And as he ratified
off TO the hotel every man I saw
looked different from the correspond /
ing type in England I will not say
they were better OF worse. but human
nature seemed 20 lie thicker upon
them. The little barefOoted Eamin I
who was nearly run over retained Z
presence OF mind enough TO shout. /
Up. de Valera" And the news /
vendor was so absorbed reading his I
paper that he let more than one client /
20 by without noticing the rendered I
penny.
Hot Water Test.
Yes. in Ireland there is certainly Z
more human nature, whether for good /
or bad Even the furniture can hardly /
be called inauimate- I try 20 turn the I
lock Of a door. I find that 1t has been 1
put on upside down, but in response !
TO my efforts at last the rusty bolt D
shoots out with a bang like a pistol; I
7 then discover that the catch on the 7
other side has been set too low TO I
catch at all.
At another place the apprentice
deputy boots, whose stature indicated /
a boy OF ten. but whose gravity was
that Of a statesman. entered my room 4
without knocking. and in response 10
my demand replied that he was look
ing for bottles I told him that I }
D
company. and ordered him 20 bring up I
water, hot, for shaving. He brought 10
i'm a watering can which he swung
into the room with such impetuous
zeal that he discharged some of the
contents over my feet as 7 sat on the
bod. rs 10 hot2' he inquired auX-
iOusly. Tt was very hot. and 7 am
AFRAID 7 embellished my reply in the
affirmative.
yeatIeSs Days
1t was the same boy who when l
asked for bacon for breakfast addeu
by way Of completing my thought:
And few eggs, I suppose" I con-
iessed that two would be sufficient
lie went away musinE, but there was
real concern on his countenance when
he appeared I'm a short time and. plac-
ing his two arms riEidly at his sides {
said I'm voice which he had striven
to make firm II have to infarm you
tbs a mateless dayt"
The further west ] got the fewer
seemed the meatless DAYS. Heavens J
what chops, what steak, what bacou-
what butter, And the smiles. and the
wonder they have been called. as I
remember, In the words OF a bright
woman. "a dear. delightful people"
That is your only child. Mrs b..
isn't it-' ] inquired Of a dame in the
country NO, then. 7 have two" She
added after a pause, I'm fact. 7 have
three Now Mrs. .. never had any
doubt that she had three. but with eN-
1uislte pOlteness she avoided point
ing out my error too abruptly. Is 10
any wonder. then. that ] feel uneasy
about Ireland, when 7 see certain signs
N the times? Is IL too late stiu TO
take steps,
7 asked TO be called at s o'clock. It
was after when I woke with pertur-
baton. why was I not called at So
[ inquired
-'Oh. came the artless re1ly. we
thought the rest would do you Eood-'
such people may wen be forgiven
much.