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Nihil obstat :
Imprimi Postest :
Archiop . Dublinen .
# GULIELMUS .
Michael Hickey , S.T.D. ,
Hiberniae Primas .
Vol. IX.
Censor Dep.
No. 10 .
February 1919 .
Passionist
Literary Communications to the Editor , at the same address .
addressed envelope .
Miscellaneous .
in advance .
ence in medieval and early modern Ireland . Now
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Annual Subscription to THE CROSS , Four Shillings , post free , payable
Instable MSS . ' will not be returned unless accompanied by
Chair .
Business Letters to be addressed to the Manager , Mr. Argus , Dublin .
Only a position of great independence and influ-
Burke proves to the hill in his
Green , tells us that " Irishwomen had
Ancient and Pre-Christian Ire-
land , " while that gifted and scholarly
family or State , as Canon Ulick
that , by electing a female member of Parliament , the
important positions whether in the
gifted and scholarly
writer ,
pagan .
Mrs.
even pagan Ireland held the most
# Mrs. Green , tells us that " Irishwomen had
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Brigid , as the foremost abbess and most enlightened
( according to the legend ) frequented the ecclesiastical
puelleris ) ; a dignity that invested her with various
woman of her time , filled a Virginal Chair ( cathedra
high and holy privileges . Two at least of the featured
to morning prayers , and a venerable falcon that
Britain , it is also interesting to remember that St.
tribe are spoken of in connection with " The Mary of
election results . This vanishing of
slowly than it does now , Christmas
ful than that marvellous book , writ-
beyond redemption by the Irish
the Gael , " namely , the dark that called her and her nuns
Book of Kells . " Gerald de Barri
dare , I found nothing more wonder-
said : " Of all the wonders of Kil-
ten in the time of the Virgin Brigid ,
Blessed Virgin , was supposed to
tower of Kildare cathedral for seven hundred years
not over represented in the present Irish Republican
make its first appearance then , and signalled the
question as to whether Orangeism is
departure of Christmas . If snow fell on the Puri-
fication farmers took it as a bad open for the harvest .
Irish people have set a chivalrous example to Great
Hence the old rhyme :
Unionist province , ' is a bubble burst
the six counties " myth raises a
As on Candlemas Day the sun should appear . '
times , when the world moved more
festivities lasted till the 2nd of
The kind would as soon see his wife on the bier
In Illuminated .
after her death .
Six Counties .
triumph of illuminative art . " The
Bubble .
Christmas .
The Saint
Candlemas Bell , dedicated to the
The fiction that would make Ulster " a homogenous
February .
Art
" The
Writing of that .
in
with viruses .
and , as they say , at the dictation of an angel . '
In the good old
y , at the dictation of an angel . '
February . The Snowdrop or
would make Ulster ? a homogenous
The fiction that
February .
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tion should be taken from the fact
Press , by being , in fact , as well up in the " murders ,
British workingman , we are in-
of these sensational publications , very often the cause
that it is held within the walls of the
paper . And many Irishmen try to
with the folk who take a half-pleasure in parading the
divorces and doings of Society . " It is vain to argue
find circulation in Ireland . Besides the low moral tone
workhouse , and partly as a house of correction . And
occupies the site of the ancient priory of St. Julien , is
mindedness , their culture , by buying this same Sunday
of the Peace Conference , be what is
close to St. Bride's Church , London ,
Palace of Versailles , which , since it
origin . A well of St. Bride ( Brigid )
Miscellaneous .
fact on Sunday morning that they are above confirming
a pity , indeed , that literary garbage of this kind should
called an " unlucky " date , consola-
of Ireland is misrepresented and our people vilified
gave its name to a palace erected in
show their advancement , their broad-
Palace to the city of London . to be used partly as a
formed , will have his Sunday news-
in Irish cities and towns . The
and caricatured .
kept the torch ablaze through evil times . '
e have not yet got rid of the imported Sunday Press
their literary attention to " more Irish papers . " It is
historic sense , their vivid sense of nationality that has
come to be associated with a class the most opposite
necessarily built on what was consecrated ground .
of January , selected for the opening
prison can also point to a religious
Sunday Press .
the neighbourhood . Edward the
to that to which she belonged .
this is why the name of Ireland's greatest saint has
Sixth presented this Bridewell
Palace of
Bridewell .
Peace .
THE Bridewell
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should turn their weary eyes and saddened hearts
societies are evidently afraid last the disinterested
towards Christ's Vicar . Hence the recurrent slanders
Catholic reformers are groping their way back towards
the old Catholic principles . The professors and secret
nations wake . " Is not that an inspiring word in this
to be called " higher critics " believe . " When " the
made many changes , some of them startling , but they
tion , her freedom of action - her mission surely will be
But in the case of Ireland the poet was but embodying
morrow of Armageddon ?
what it was in her golden age . Her national aim was
an old tradition in which most of us who do not aspire
they foresaw has come to pass .
Cecil Chesterton who said that no revolution was
vertere ad Dominum Deum tuum .
Bourne called attention to the war in which non-
were not innovations . Jerusalem , Jerusalem , don-
If Ireland is to recover her national life , her civilisa-
not material prosperity , or secular learning or over-sea
Instaurare omnia in Christo . I think it was the late
The O'Clery , d'Ideville , Villefranche , Manning ,
worth anything that was not also a return . Pius X
Think ye this traffic means for you no loss ?
erin's destiny .
What was the motto of the saintly Pius X ?
Death-doom of Europe's peace " and liberty
Aubrey de Vere was in no doubt of the consequences .
To a cowardly , shoulder-shrugging , diplomatic world
In his great Easter pastoral of 1918 , Cardinal
he uttered his testimony :
Many of his contemporaries gave the same testimony .
Christ's Vicar bound , what king thenceforth is free ?
Is that your state-clerks smilingly engross ! "
against the Holy See at the height of the war .
# St. Peter's Chains .
Treaties are null ! no realm the rest can trust
A shameful day draws to a shameful close :
Great Powers ! ' blind Powers , because they fear to see I
Again :
The hour is man's : with God the years . " *
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oaten-grey . with their breath . even as the rain-sodden
up in times and regions of a postasy . Of " tainted origin
machinery . Call not that suicide " prosperity : Tell
British Empire . A somewhat complacent view , which
Rather will I hope that Ireland has kept the Faith
half the world , and the world has grown grew . yes .
corner the awful tyranny of the blood-sucking , nerve-
evening paper . Health , home-life , art , grade , dance
soety exhalations covered over , " shrinking with tram-
machine ; you are not yet a haggard an comic proletariat .
her youth like the eagle's .
construction of Europe and the world beyond Europe .
For God's sake do not put your neck in that halter at
shattering , exhausting , beauty and rhythm-destroying
ways and " hookers , " vibrant with infinite railways and
store them in the homeland and to help in the true re-
and song , every comedy expression of right human life
slums of Manchester , grew as the racuous streets of
preted her present mission as the leavening of the
sending out her Columbus and Aidans to China .
I am unable to share . At this very moment Ireland is
and the traditions of true civilisation in order to re-
because she sought first the Kingdom of God , these
that shall be an extended and converted Belfast , " with
this late hour . The mechanists have already conquered
sacrificed to the devouring . stupeifying Gorgon of
centuries to reach this awful consumption . "
reading Irish aspirations which point to a new Ireland
Some well-meaning English Catholics have inter-
Crewe , or the withered fields of Widnes or yesterday's
you have at least escaped-outside the North-East
Capitalism and industrialism , as we know them , grew
me not that Erin has endured these awful seven
who would listen . " Decimated by famine and eviction .
the sons of Erin be found , while her motherland renews
Sometimes I , an Englishman , have been saddened by
other things were added to her .
Fly hence , our contact fear , " I would call , if any
thought , were I am Irishman . I should prefer the pre-
motors , abuzz with terrific machines ; and I have
commerce . God called her to evangelise Europe and ,
sent miseries to such emancipation !
Wherever there are peoples to be won for Christ will
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tended that it was his admiration of the religion of the
or literary pose . With that innate dignity so peculiar
in the humble cabin of the peasant as in the mansion
it had on religion in England . Of the many distin-
mind , had so little " side " or were so free from vanity
writings of Newman , who was then the leading spirit
privilege of his personal friendship he was all kind-
published . In 1845 he came over to the Catholic
men who , possessed of so powerful and masculine a
years , at considerable sacrifice to themselves and their
Courteous and kind to all he was at home and beloved
guished converts who then forsook their Protestant
Church with many other Anglican clergy and laymen
and , like Newman , was at the time the most talked of .
Many reasons were given by the wisecres of the day
ness and consideration . Indeed , I have met with few
ing of the " Tractarian Movement " and the influence
and alert . To those who had been admitted to the
Catholicity . No doubt de Vere was influenced by the
reached its highest when Newman's tract No. 90 was
many even , like the monks of Calder Island of recent
families . Among the laymen were Sir Stephen de Vere .
faith , Sir Stephen was the most able of the laymen .
of the highest nobility .
Sir Stephen de Vere
crat to his finger tips , but it was of the true noblese .
youth and early manhood he showed leanings towards
most was his conversion . He never tired of speak-
less , singularly frank and gracious . He was an aristo-
or the Tractarian movement . In 1841 the movement
change of faith " was owing to his " youth , " his
to men of his rank and social status he was , nevertheless
for his conversion . While some asserted that his
the writer of these lines as " one of the nobles men he
imaginative sympathies , " and others stoutly con-
the latter nobleman whom Sir Stephen characterized to
long and eventual life and the one which affected him
Sir Stephen de Vere was born a Protestant , but from
the late Earl of Dunraven and the late Lord Emly-
though frail , was under the control of a mind active
tional powers were not impaired by time . His body ,
Of the many interesting incidents crowded into a
man when I first made his acquaintance his conversation .
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of Adare , who had known the de Vere brothers inti-
was it likely that he would at his age resource Pro-
relief as well as of hope , and trained and thoroughly
entry , through good and evil report , this great and
with heavy disqualifications and liable to get more
estantism without sincere and pure conviction for a
of his Catholic life . Sir Stephen brought great religious
South " or to his " imaginative sympathies . " On the
and prime of manhood , so that he evidently passed the
Catholic faith . It is , therefore , idle , even to-day , to
varonet left the church of his earlier years for the
region of " thoughtless youth " and of " imaginative
time about . The " change " came not hastily , for it
sall in the county of Limerick . For well over half a
subject of his change of religion he writes thus to the
ful reflection , as we have already said , that the late
reed which was unfashionable and loaded at the time
ay that Sir Stephen's conversion was due to his
grounded as Sir Stephen was in the Protestant creed ,
he charm of this period of life , makes it the season of
dangerous suspicions ? It was only after long and pain-
ervour and moral earnestness . At home or abroad he
always attended to his religious duties ; and for years
good man remained a steadfast adherent and stout
ras only after years of study and meditation that Sir
ympathy " , when his conversion to the Catholic faith
it was the custom of the late Very Rev. Dean Flanagan
That readiness to take the future upon trust , which is
humility in the little Catholic Church at Stone-
present writer : " I embraced the Catholic religion , or
rather the Catholic religion embraced me , many years
religious doubt , finds its way into youthful minds .
champion of the church in which he found , as Cardinal
Manning phrased it , " Certainly and Reality .
before my brother . Aubrey went over to Roman
ident took place when the baronet was in the fullness
correct , for , in the first instance , this remarkable in-
To the practical , no less than to the theoretical , side
His submission to his new faith took place with all
In any case it is but rarely that doubt , especially
Irish personality . But neither of the reasons given was
Catholicism . "
Stephen left the faith of his fathers .
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orisons - all bespeak the unusual . If perfection be attained by the
distant Australia , but also in the various parts of Ireland that were
Monastery hallowed by his presence . The manner of life , the
or the private oratory of the Retreat . His thanksgiving after
made of action , and the equanimity of disposition of this son of
prevent his attendance at Sept and None at 12 of Mock . At half .
days . He tenderly loved his brethren , and the reverence which
Paul's Retreat for their happiness in being always near him .
Watins and Lands , which were succeeded by meditation . ' The
mania . As I had heard much of Father Charles , not alone in
climes , and the gratitude evinced for a favourable response to his
the Holy Sacrifice each morning about 7 o'clock either in chair
until Prime . Father Charles generally nailed himself of the latter
extraordinary sanctity that were abundantly manifest . The words
Then , indeed , was it mine to congratulate the religious of St.
brought to a close with night prayers . Having received his
of the Queen of Saba soon returned to me when my eyes had seen ,
ing to contribute to the common amusement , especially on feast
past 12 he took the first meal of the day , and then came recreation
refection , an interval of recreation , and a well-spent day was
preparation for Mass , which he celebrated at the hour assigned to
church to bless the people . However , he did not allow this to
his blessing to the awaiting crowds . At 6 o'clock he said Compline
edified by the sight , I could not refrain from noting the signs of
session - for his observance of Holy Rule was such as to remind an
well . It was edifying to see the holy man in recreation endeavour-
we find him rising at the sound of the bell at 2 a.m. to " chant
feelings of the deepest interest that I took up my abode in the
observer of St. ' Aloysius Gonzaga . '
tive states , then truly , may Father Charles lay claim to its pos-
him by the Superior . though during his later years he offered up
requests for a share in his prayers continually coming from all
or , with the understanding of their Superior , to remain in prayer
privilege , though the previous day's labour rendered rest
and I had proved that scarce one-half of his had been told me .
reading of some suitable meditation , and then made his immediate
and of the Most Rev. Dr. Murphy . Archbishop of Hobart . Then
the last canonical hour of the day-then there was the evening
At 3 o'clock he joined his brethren at Vespers , and in the long
meditation which follows . This exercise over , he again imparted
it was my privilege to pass some weeks at St. Paul's Retreat in
At 6,0'clock he recited Prime and Tierce was present at the
Following Father Charles through the routine of his daily life . '
the company of the Fathers and Brothers of the Passionist Order ,
superior's benediction . Father Charles retired at 9 o'clock to his
in common .
necessary .
Rule allows religious to retire again to repose after this observance .
Mass lasted almost until 11 o'clock , when he attended in the
" The crowds constantly en evidence to seek his blessing , the
listed subsequent to my return from the Colonies , it was with
St. Paul of the Cross were diligently observed by me . Dee
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things which be could make use of , consistent with his obligations ,
all religion is comprehend in this virtue . It was no wonder that
and that , as St. Thomas says . " Free will is not given to man in
forth from Mount Argus on that October morning the venerable
authority over him , and it was edifying to see the cheerfulness
perform . He even made it a point to obey those who had no
feeling assured that " an obedient man shall speak of victory .
were . Now , the recollection of that day brings saddened thoughts
that he may follow all his own fancies , and satisfy all his caprices ;
manifested than that which was shown by his own community .
Father Charles was a son of obedience . Instead of holding that
carrying out the express commands of his Superiors , but even in
Nor was his love less for holy poverty . The poor habit and
priest who , forty years before , was Master of Novicas at St. Wil-
senediction . During life anything blessed by him was highly
everything he did , as if he were his Superior . He went so far as to
without reason ) in order that he may not act under the impulse of
they cynical towards him in return showed how highly they agree -
natural necessity , but by the effect of a free choice derived from
to carry out the commands of those lawfully placed over him was
Irid's when Father Charles filled the office of Vice-Master . And
thus added the lustre of virtue to the most indifferent actions .
Sometimes he accompanied the religious on little excursions ,
of these outings . Needless to say , all hearts were gladdened when
a deprivation of liberty , he considered it a " healthful binding , '
it was noticed how happy and light-hearted these two Fathers
and on 14th October , prior to his decrease , he participated in one
it was the last time Father Charles left the house
It is given to him ( making the difference between man and beings ,
doing those things which he believed it was their will be should
he should celebrate Mass . when he should take his meals , and
our power to God , Father Charles was most scrupulous in not only
example as a guiding light , he deprived himself even of those
prized , and after death no greater earnestness to secure relics will
Retreat attests that the holy priest obtained his permission for
with which he complied with the suggestions of even the youngest
reigned in the breast of the servant of God . Taking Our Lord's
sidered it one of the greatest privileges to obtain Father Charles
viated his virtues . Frequently groups of religious were seen knock .
The highest Superior as well as the humblest Brother con-
ing around him for his blessing .
of obedience " Christ for us became obedient unto death " as
The Brother who usually accompanied him when out of the
Father Charles interested his intention to be with them for the
Realising that by obedience we make the greatest offering in
religious in the house .
olden memories , for side by side with Father Charles there went
As the chief characteristic of the life of Our Lord was His spirit
the regular exercise of his own powers . '
On this occasion an incident occurred which helped to awaken
are feet were but slight indications of the poverty of spirit which
ask him what time he should rise in the morning , the hour at which
day .
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of Erin in her hands , for it was while engaged upon her opera ,
with Augusta Holmes . It was another musician , Reynaldo Hahn ,
little over fifty , she went from one success to another . She was
any of the would-be-winners of the honour , and who were all men .
was selected by the judges in preference to the compositions of
hood at Versailles , and , in " accordance with her last wishes , was
Church about three years before her death by the eminent French
since recognised as the greatest woman composer and poet of the
the career of the illustrious Irishwoman whom the world has long
and his Ministers favoured the project , prevented their fair con-
was played at her funeral , as she had stipulated while living that
' The Merrow , " the plot of which treats of the Insurrection of 1798 .
the first and only woman-composer to have an opera - " La Mon-
which may be called the history of Ireland in music . It ends with
queror from being then decorated with the Legion of Honour ,
Louis there . ' Born in Paris ' , Irish parents , she spent her girl-
Augusta Holmes .
uous , " wrote the veteran composer , Camille St. Saens , in his fine
defeated males that , and in spite of the fact that " President Carmot
social tribute to the debt France owed to Ireland in connection
buried there . The sixteenth anniversary of her death will about
Conirmation . She may be truly said to have died with the harp
of her longer works , so far as Ireland is concerned , is " I. I. I.
teen , and from then , till her comparatively early death at ' but a
seems appropriate in every way for saying a few words regarding
Tnomphale , " celebrating the centenary of the French Revolution .
In 1890 Augusta Holmes was sent by the State to Italy with
tations , it was witnessed by a hundred thousand people .
admired - " Let Erin Remember the Days of Old . " This march
between that country and France . But by far the most interesting
on producing the " Ode Triumphale , " and , during its four represen-
it should be , and few who listened to its strains . as the sad non-
none more interesting , nor more pathetic , than the name
Brought up a Protestant , she was received into the Catholic
on which the eyes of the world are fixed to-day . there is
By M. Barry O' Delany .
them !
MONG the many Irish associations connected with Versailles
cession wound its way to the cemetery , are ever likely to forget
usta Holmes , whose grave lies in the old cemetery of St.
Hymne & La Pais , " written to promote a union of feeling
be with the publication of these lines , and the moment
ashamed to say that it was the mean jealousy of these
Her first published work appeared when she was only four-
imphal march , introducing one of the Irish airs she most
" Noir " performed at the Paris Grand Opera . Her " Ode
French Government expended three hundred thousand francs
Dominican . Pere Serrillanges , and took the name of Patricia
he was stricken with her last illness . ' I'll abandon't a donnice's
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in the same way . The preparation of the Feis Bride is a solemn
Then they humbly grave admission , and after some little parley
are allowed to enter-each man making an observance to Bride
the jewelled links of a chain , stretching from her shrine to where
prefer the latter-and carry it from house to house on her festival .
belongs to the days when the children of Dana , " the Mother of
wand , or sword , of wisdom in her hand . She is also sometimes
mother of the cold . ' It is also a popular saying , or used to be .
fragments of the feast are then collected and distributed amongst
river on the Feast Day of Bride , and ' away went the hatching
the saving is only common in the Scottish Highlands , where the
still usual , in many parts of both Scotland and Ireland , to make
behind closed doors : men being carefully excluded till all is ready .
an effigy of Bride out of a sheet of corn or a churn-staff - the Irish
Celtic philosophy . She is crowned with seven stars , and carries a
stained that ceaseless fire , still as fondly tended in our hearts by
fulness . As an old verse has it : " Bride put her finger in the
og and Aed , forms the first of the " Three Trinities " of ancient
for its life on St. Patrick's Day . " Brigid , as Goddess of Wisdom .
Irish settlers of pre-Patrick ages established themselves . It is
Gods , " were worshipped in Ireland , and with her brothers , Alongus
Brigid , or Bride , of Paganism , who was also worshipped as the
Star of Bride . " The Scotch use a piece of shell or a bit of crystal
of straw , is placed on the figure's breast , and is known as " The
convent was the glory of Kildare . No life of the saint could be
Goddess of Flocks and Herts , of the Apple Blossoms , and of Fruit
that the cold " trembles for its safety on Bride's Day , and flees
among the novelist , flashing through the darkest ages , and , like
complete without some reference to the goddess , nor is it possible
represented with a child in her arms , in reference to her marriage
memory , as it then was by the Virgin hands of the nuns whose
earth on Brigid's day , but as there are no serpents now in Ireland ,
The Two Brigids .
with Blathan ( Knowledge ) , King of the Fomore , from which union
to follow far in the footsteps of the one without finding traces of
of beauty . Those relating to Brigid , the Goddess of Wisdom , are
consecrated to St. Brigid , and it was the recognised feast of the
came Press ( Beauty ) .
Ireland with those of Ancient Greece from point of view
when all join hands and chant a hymn in honour of Bride . The
The spring of the ancients began on the 1st of February . now
The serpent , the symbol of wisdom , is said to come out of the
soliciting " gifts for Bride . " In Ireland a Maltese Cross , made
D'Arbois de Subainville have ranked the legends of Pagan
the other .
and somewhat mysterious business , and is always conducted
By FINALA.
WCH eminent authorities as Kuno Meyer , Windisch and
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Colonel O'Driscoll is such an old friend ! " and she left it at that
the broken-hearted " swains who reproached her - " Oh , you know ,
had made up his mind that she was to be the next Comtesse de
certain high-bred dignity which just took by storm the hearts of
shared in the universal infatuation about the Irish beauty , and
nemy : for the same reason she chatted for a short time with him
freedom from the stilled mannerisms of the time , united with a
sented itself , he would dismiss it with an assurance that if she
dancing with this peerless girl , who seemed so absolutely un-
were too obtuse to realise the honour prepared for her well-he
advice , as he did not wish this dangerous man to become her
conscious of her charms . She had distributed her favours with
trace of impartiality was swept aside . " She gave as her excuse to
strict impartiality until the advent of the O'Driscoll , when all
raised by a cavalcade of young friends , who , however , had the
occurred to his erotistical mind . Had such an absurd idea pre-
some of the smiling comments heard at the balls .
at its height . She came into the oppressive atmosphere
beside her in her box at the Grand Opera , rode with him uncom-
all . The young nobles vied with each other for the honour of
Oomte de Varennes . ' As far as his selfish nature allowed him , ' he
A Tale of Sarsfield's Times .
I'm at least one dance at each ball . She did this by Patrick's
wittingly played into his adversary's hands .
couple when will the engagement be announced ? " Such were
Quite unaware of these cognations , Patrick O'Driscoll un-
There was one , however , who looked askance at all this-the
time of the heather . It was not merely her beauty , but her
ELEN MACYRAGE was the Belle of the Paris season . then
In the Days of the Wild Geese .
Though Helen had an intense dislike of the Count , she granted
PART III .
would know how to secure her happiness in spite of herself
chapter XVII .
# PROPORDROY #
Dwelling in Elysium .
Dowagers nodded and smiled . " Cortes ! What a handsome
arence . The possibility of her declining the honour never
# GENERAL ************ments
he granted him dances with lavish generosity , made place for him
By GREGORY BARR , Author of " Retribution , " Sec.
discretion to let these two converse freely .
of society just like a fresh breeze , redolent with the per-
Dowagers nodded and smiled . " Certes !
There was one , however , who looked askance at
Such were
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presence of which , however , he was quickly reminded .
will find in it an order on my banker for the sum of money I have
MacVeagh ? "
beloved wife .
sented it to the King .
reminding the King all the time of a dancing-master .
Ahl then , perhaps your Majesty would come to my assist-
You see , sirc , I have no expenses whatever . It has pleased
ance by relieving me of a hundred thousand louis d'or , which I
wealth to throw away whilst your King is in comparative poverty ? "
have really no present use for . '
Without giving a direct reply , the King asked :
Would it be indiscreet to ensure the name of the prospective
Enter the Comte de Varennes , smiling , smoking , bowing ,
Majesty to relieve me of the burden . '
the gems .
I have come to ask your Majesty to grant me a great
remorselessly .
coxcomb he was .
which I have a superiority-so , it is a real act of kindness for your
to accept as a proof of my respectful affection . '
considerably nettled .
If your Majesty will do me the honour to open that box you
The King looked at him in silence , thinking what an infolerable
Perhaps , Monsieur le Comte , you are not aware that report
" That great Irish mastiff ! " snapped the Count , forgetting the
in the days of the wild Geese
Louis opened the box , and was fairly dazzled by the flashing of
The officer , bowing , backed out of the room .
I believe that is her name , " replied the Count calmly , though
Comtesse de Varennes .
The King scrutinised him keenly .
Of three of them . " interrupted Louis , with a cynical smile .
To relieve me of a great burden . '
Sit down , Monsieur le Comte , " he said shortly .
How comes it . Monsieur le Comte , that you have all this
the Lord of All . " looking up to Heaven , " to deprive me of my
Sire . you divine my wish . Meantime , the accumulated
You surely do not mean the bells of the season , Miss
The Count took a small gold box inlaid with pearls and pre-
Silence .
' Bid him enter . '
favour-
now , " said the King , with a bitter laugh .
Some feel wealth an intolerable burden -
She is an Irish lady . '
Ah.ves , just so , sir : three times was my heart laterated -
Approaching the table the Count coughed slightly , and said :
mentioned , and also a few diamonds , which I entreat your Majesty
Silence .
You might seek consolation a fourth time , " pursued the King
we of many years lies untouched , as well as these bambles , of
Ma foil . I wish that burden would press our shoulders just
ts her to be engaged to Colonel O'Driscoll . '
asserts her to be engaged to Colonel O'Driscoll .
now , " said the King , with a bitter laugh .
mentioned , and also a few diamonds , which I ent
now ,

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Light your pinnacle and steer
Loiter or dally in the way ,
Struggle On I
And in happiness depart
Be not thou beguiled to stray
Let your"cruel foeman know
Making limitation loud .
Lay your hand upon your heart
And your time is come to die ( Struggle on ! )
By the compass without fear , .
Be your portion usual or vote ,
As the shadows falter dear ,
Leaneth on no broken need .
Yeal although a stable cloud
Do your duty for the day ,
Struggle on !
But the wise man in his need
Although squalor fill the sky - ( Struggle on ! )
With the olive and the vine ( Struggle on ! )
You have power to deal a blow-
But on CHRIST and on HIS creed -
Wraps the moon up in a shroud-
Struggle on ! .
Struggle on ! .
Ne'er from Duty's standard flee ( Struggle on ! ) .
When the shadow draweth near ( Struggle on ! )
To that GOD , whose child thou art ,
Struggle on !
Though the seas are mountains high-( Struggle on ! )
Although hills around you shine ( Struggle on I )
played a yeoman's part ( Struggle on ! ) .
Struggle on ! .
Struggle on I
hand to caitiff heart ( Struggle on ! ) .
the road and sleep the height ( Struggle on ! ) .
THROUGH this life your watchwork be-struggle on !
Ben Cor.
the wind and dark the night ( Struggle on ! )
caitiff .
Rough
Never .
wild .
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resnham so did so found statements star mistatness as
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cots . na teine .
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ra lesbian to turn to beine . 1 bfumm pilots' next bend as
in Gipesan their mind , so act so n-sinkato mad-ran .
sp roof . " Mi fisslparo son crocspi eye sp dressings rein .
paropeses so ter . " An calfmann " crochet an lesbian star
new . Nero's list purposes are still set up in zero focal Deeply
sp last offseason as time , despite star common as Femne to
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exosing von Freddie : nsac rooil , spur is too mainest map
ca fa com oesp5 le full .
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lesbsp slunn ( Scoonship an Siffinn D's cup smsc at " Old
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asup ban an reason's fan ni hero people despite again so
so saurim ( brso nor a ocean inr an cobsp ( pesnn )
tic ni deinesnn peros -ir cums ce'n obsip ,
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Tape com ban le barnne ,
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To be com milip to mil .
tersteorni to help for an leadership to .
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curo eite nsc built alike system with an babes to . Traim sir-
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to a casino crush-most leap an obsti-
dust me run on bothin . Eachre snear an bortrin .
postpins push as that his favorite , sir to nail seem an
Mi itesnn pe ' spin ir ni olann pe painne .
muiris na mons .
MO EFOLLS BEST GAOL "NA LUISE as an today ,
15up cut , me an dolphin sp no opium from , ( Opening )
6 am 50 ham .
is re com his no leir en mballs ,
buroesc or .
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to besit eile consireanna again spur cumpesto 1 5clo 1
oppiopian Birmingham . To nail seem so sculpio mo
to run again to scumpro mo .
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III .
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( Pesnn ) .

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friend Nova McGowan-Maggie's sister-comes a letter full of sunshine . We
now a letter has reached me from Ellis N. Rialin , saying how delighted her brother
your company in our circle . I am sorry I did not see that play . I feel sure the
in a grand cause . ' I gladly stretch a hand to welcome Brigid O' Boyle , a
tery soon again . ' Your cheery little letter does one good , Josie O'Brien .
all delighted to welcome Maggie and have found her a cost place in our corner .
you are a kindergarten mistress at seventeen years ! Your presence in the Green
We always have a kind welcome and a warm greeting for past members . I am
We have a very warm welcome for you , Hispanic O rittsiss and hope to have
part of Dara was beautifully filled . Your competition is very good , indeed . Just
St. Louis' Convent , Kiltimagh , gives me untold pleasure . I can visualize
full of high hope and courage . Josie . That blot I take as a good wish for Francis
a message from all my little guilders . Do send the story . " What a great little girl
new member . Brigid's is a beautiful story full of promise . I am sorry it is too
her brush , and " Thoughts " is an exquisite moral to which I hope to treat our
for our Guild . I would advise Brigid to send it to the Editor of " St. End
Isle next summer will gladden our hearts . Don't be downhearted Mary Dwyer
there , and I do not wonder that she blossoms into poetry . From our dear , all
to think she is among the grown ups now . ' However , she must always send us
success to her MS. magazine . ' May God ' bless all our Irish writers . ' They work
request and tray for Katy . Cesro mile failure , Kitty Murphy , We are very glad of
to find your lovely , little poem omitted last month . Francis refuses to take the
vriters . I return the manuscript to her with regret , and I hope to hear from her
blame , which we must cast upon the paper controller . I hope you will write you
that I freely forgive you . Your little card is a gem . ' Bills NIRIain ,
the marmar of the Gweesdon River . I think Maggie is to be envied dwell
the priceless blooms of her beautiful mind . " A letter from Maggie McGowan ,
my heart for you all the time , and your reasons for such a long silence are so execution
produces new marvels to delight me every other month , but , I think , her pen excel
the pleasure of a visit from you very often . ' You are a fine boy and your essay
is very good indeed .
tells your wish " and mine . I do hope we shall ever be the very best of friends
Rita , I think . Rita's New Year poem was very nice , indeed , it gets on
Blessed Gabriel Guild
readers one day . B. M. O'Neill's warm words of praise of our members
Dorothy Mitchell , indeed , I have not forgotten you . I have a warm corner in
is not necessary to compete every month , Kathleen , though I should like to be
with his prize , and little Ramon himself says : " I am delighted with the book ,
especially an Irish story . " I wish Ellis good luck in her adventure , and ever
Your-letter gave me much pleasure . I find B. M. O'Neill's rare box
been Burke sends for her price book in a very graceful little verse . It
of her : " I thought Nina Carlos' essay altogether fine . She is going
" Enda's " is a fine little magazine , brought out especially to encourage
less very soon . ' There is a charm in your lovely card . ' May Glynn and it
sorry your friend Katy Sweeny is ill , and I hope all our members v
He sends thanks for her prize book in a very graceful little verse . It
is with his prize , and little Ramon himself says : " I am delighted
western town sleeping beneath the shadow of blue hills and hulled by
happy little , western town sleeping beneath the shadow of blu
Your letter gave me much pleasure .
forgiveness very soon . There is a charm in your lovely card
all delighted to welcome Maggie and have found her a cost place in our corner
I find B. M. O'Neill's rare box of paints
St. Louis' Convent , Kiltimagh , gives me untold pleasure . I can visualize
Katty Sweeny is ill , and I hope all our members will grant your
sorry your friend Katy Sweeny is ill . and I hope all our members will grant your
Crystal tears on glen and hill ,
And when all is calm and still ,
When the flowers are softly weeping
May angels sing our lullaby !
Oh , when from earth our spirits fly ,
When the busy world is sleeping ,
Rita Carlos .

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of the death of Father Romuald of the
such a large demand upon his time and
edifying as a religious , he devoted him-
tion . his profession took place at St.
religious profession of Contracter Camillus .
Dr. Donnelly at Clonlife College in June .
who wish to participate in the Novena .
ruary 19th and clients of Blessed Gabriel
unsparing in its ravages during the past
January came as a starting surprise to
world was Richard Marlowe , belonged to
Saviour's Retreat . Worcestershire ) on 5th
disposition , was exceedingly popular
December , 1900 . ' He made his philo-
sophical and theological studies at Mount
the position of the Vice-Master of Novices
will be added to the celebration of his
General , on January 26th received the
Seven Dolours at Glasgow on 15th
stationed at Sutton ( St. Helen's ) , Broad-
having entered the Passionist Congrega-
taxed his strength so much . To the poor
Romuald , possessing a genital and gentle "
deadly epidemic , that has been so
least this year on February 27th . In
Cullotty ) . A large congregation was
a well-known Dublin family , was born on "
year , death supervened pneumonia which
38th year , it is no marvel that the news
arduous duties of the ministry in Glasgow .
way , and finally at Glasgow . Father
had followed an attack of influenza .
wherever ' he " laboured . ' Singularly
should send their names to the Rector ,
sidering that he had only entered on his
all who knew him . A victim of the
1906 . For four or five years he occupied
Masses will begin at the Graan on Feb-
were made at Belvidere College , and ,
and sick he was a devoted friend whose
preparation for the feast a ' Novena of
tion of Blessed Gabriel additional interest
where hospital and parochial work made
Argus , and was ordained by Most Rev.
Father Romuald ( Marlowe ) , O.P. -Con-
3rd December , 1881 . His early studies
present at the solemn and impressive
Father Romuald , whose name in the
self with untiring attention to the
at the Graan , Enniskillen , and was also
Blessed Gabriel's Retreat , the Graan ,
Very Rev. Father Hilarv. C.P. Consultor .
Glasgow-St. Mungo's . - Death of
Enniskillen-Blessed Gabriel's Retreat
In view of the approaching canoniza-
Enniskillen .
Chronicle .
ceremony .
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e cross .
heart ever boat in sympathy for the
attobod . ' Gifted as a preacher and kind
and painstaking as a confessor , Father ,
short space of his priestly life achieved
community of Glasgow will deeply feel
Fellow religious will sadly miss such a
beloved companion , and the Catholic
the loss of a priest whose self-sacrificing .
great work for the salvation of souls . His
following artistes contributed to the
window in St. Mary's in memory of her
Romuald has within the comparatively
sister Yves , who was a gifted and accom-
Moor Pool Hall . Saunders's Orchestra
( Highgate ) , 10s. : Mrs. Sears. 2s. : Mrs.
next tank place in the cemetery attached
olished teacher . Requiem Mass was sung
Very's Congregation was recently held in
activities brought countless blessings to
cause of religious education in Carmarthen .
gave , a retreat at the Convent of the
has suffered a distinct loss by the death of
provided the instrumental music and the
Blessed Gabriel from a Grateful Client
I went the body and the soul ;
late husband , Mr. Charles Anthony
Keenan Miss Doherty , Mr. C. Bun , and
Sisters of the Poor , Garngad , Glasgow .
attended social of the members of St.
Logan , 2s. 6d. ; for the cause of the
Death cometh but to sanctify .
Little Flower , 2s. 6d. ; for the cause of
But the point of bitter tears is dry :
by Rev. Father Finbar , C.P. , and inter-
Gemma Galgani-Mrs. Sears , 2s. ; Mrs.
Carmarthen-St. Mary's Retreat . The
success of the entertainment : Miss
for the expenses of the canonization of
the people amongst whom he laboured
Messrs . Hardman , of Birmingham , with
Of grief , would His own solace bring .
with such a postolic zeal .
Agonised with great sorrowing ,
beloved ! I went the loss of you :
Because He recalled one of these .
Given to me , a Christy dole .
To me and I should not have grieved
The body lieth in death's sleep .
And when my yearning heart seemed river ,
the erection of a beautiful memorial
Mr. Bonnerino .
Harborne St. Mary's . A largely
Loved , deathless soul , why did I keep ?
Very Rev. Father Urban . C.P. , Rector ,
Mrs. Blake , of Tenby . has entrusted
Yet , e'en when I went most . I knew
I bend me now and bear the cross
Acknowledments . We have received
Oh , it has seemed a two-fold loss :
to St. Mary's .
Blake .
P. J. O.Connor Duffy .
Reilly , 2s .
I knew that He . Who had so given
Casketed in its kindred sod .
One Who had Mourned .
But the soul it arrived is with God-
" He had opened Love's treasures .
YEAR gifts from God I had received