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a wise and wholesome himself with becoming modesty, thought that led the Ulster Cabinet and wait, as a some time favourite to transfer their perplexed sings song expressed it, the clouds on the Boundary question from the roll by."
priest in the wilds of the West country to whom I had talked of the mirious contrast between tho bitterness of Irish political invec tive and the affability of, social, intercourse, explained with a ohukie : Ah, now, the black- guards are chaffering so long about the price of their horses and their butter, 1 suppose they think they'll get more by shouting than by whispering."
And when I mentioned the dread name of Ulster, he added, more hot air of Belfast to the cooler. I had a letter of introduction to a gravely "Aye, Ireland has Ulster atmosphere of Lord Carson's house manufacturer near Cork who was on the liver very bad now. But I ob Margute. For to bring clear standing for election as a Sim Feln, mind me well of the time when sight and calm brains to the discus|candidate. He read it and then Canada had Quebec on the brain. sion of Irish problems in Trelund is sourly remarked that he had seen 'Tis time that works the only
my articles, and all he had to say mineles in these degenerate dars. people of Taruscon to avoid esag to the was that I didn't know any geration in describing the merits of thing about Trelund or her pro their native town and their own blens. deeds of derring-do.
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And that wise old men's wisdom sunturises the results of all, my,. strenuous inquiries into the Irish effusively assented, and ex- problem. As Grattan said: "The In the latter case, Duudet attri-, pinined that the consciousness of Channel förbids union; the Ocean buted the fiery fitcies of his my ignorance lund prompted my call forbids sepamtion ". But the more cutrymen to the bent of the for enlightenment. That took the separate we grow, the more united southern sun card the -wift whirl of | Jið of, and the vitriol overflowed., vas slill be. There are centuries the turbulent Rhone. Tu Ireland Tt was explained to nic, with con of grievances rankling in Irish there is a mirage hor of the blne | siderable, vituperative détail, that 1 rinds, and we shall not dissipate mountains, the emerald greenery, was personally responsible for the them in a moment with mag- the golden farze, the ricks of turf, tarhery of Diarmid of Leinster,' nanimous gesture.. the Tichun-covered ruins, the black who went over to Aquitaine some As for the Ulster problet bog, and the warmly cherished centuries ago'ta invoke the help of seems to me that if there any
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grudges.
the muring of Strongbow with principle of self-determination,'' The Trishman out of its own Diarmid's daughter, for centuries here, surely, is the time nud place country is the jolliest and most of misdeeds and betrayals by the, to apply it.' genial of companion. He will entails. the O'Donells, the Red- But the Trish are not English- and drink with you, jest und laugh | shanks. Oliver (unwill, and either North or South-and the with you, confide his most intimate Wiliam of Orange!
least said by England, the sooner thoughts to you. lend you his
the problem will be mended. money, anke you free of his home.
Geography has united Cork and Big bost fare, and all that is his.
Belfast and sooner or later their Eren in Ireland, while yon telk
interests and wisdom will agree to of hunting, horses, dogs, plays,
make the best of their enforced poetry, song, I simply oozes con
marriage. viviality. Bat turn the talk to politics and lo, bebold? like Bottom, he is **Truslated,'' His unettions humeur dries up.. His large smile shrivels to a scowl. Bis mellow affability tam to force animosity.
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their fellowship when with Bad geon Saxon eltinisiness, I hutted in ¦ to ask some question pertaining to Jane mission
To this terrible indictment stinted and said nay, quoting the Trish historian. Mr. A. M. Sullivan: for the statement that the chronic bourse of wasting discords and bloody civil strife" amongst the Trish had invited-and almost inerted the yoke of a foreign rule." To this I received the tersebut ather inconseqüential reply that the nuly use an Irishman had for an Englishnan was to bary him." We pred, not foo affectionately.
IHEN DINNER.
Meantime, it is unthinkable that we should-send British soldiers to cerve Loyalists out of their desire tanan British.
SILVER JUBILEE.
APPEARED IN 1899.
"The Yellow Dragon" is now (wenty-five years old: actually it
later in the day my hostile | friend, discerning me in the disYELLOW DRAGON" FIRST tanco as discousolutely. trudged Ongang's mud and ruin. hastened to
Inu afraid," bel after me. aid, as he touched my shoulder
that I was not very polite this meaning" frankly agreed: "Very well Vons were not.** then," said he, as if that were the thost intonal sequel in the world, "come and have dinner with me tonight."
After some demur 1 accepted, and the remembrance of that gent teman's gracious hospitality is one of myst pleasant and grateful memories.
We are stolid people. The Trish are ittuginative. They have }{ Then, in the words of the Poet, a gift of hyjarbole which inspires suddenly there fell a silence. Item evasionally to say more than was the boding val that precedes they useat Dublin journalist the storm, Presently the Dublin dhoughtfully explained this to me at na spoke or rather growled, or the time of the Bhuck-and-Tan pertaps it would be more precisely régie. If an officer Imppeus to geetrite to say that he snorted, or give a playful flick of his riding { maybe I should say barker, some whip to a vang "fellow in the remark about "Protestant Ascend-street," he said, "we describe th aney," whereupon the Belfast man as the evasi flogging of a child. It a poficent throws a stone for a retorted with a passionale; "Pro testum Ascendancy is it? And dog to fetel, and there happens to what about Qu
he a warmen standing by, flint will be a savage assault on a patriotic hero's grandmother. If a soldier strikes a ste to light his pipe you'll read in the papers that the Government's bloody Saxon myrmidons have been trying to burn the place down."
Really. I don't remember what it was alm1. But when 1 left them, after alf an hour of bitter invertive and fearsome recrming tion, what I thought about was the | Jigend of the Kilkenny ants,
Protestant Aserudany What 【Eliökerd heathen shailding for sent light" in un Buglish in conta Lage dropped on such a theme for Digite, or such a cue for passion? The Lege, thus Cupatiss, even the Russian Treaty, might have stirred lis sunt vitia fretful. rage, and man his wrath, bike the imprisoned fire ir Vesuvius; burst volcanic erup tion.
THE DIFFERENCE.
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twenty-five years and four months since the first number of the Queen's College Magazine was published. The following extract from the editorial of the Decem- ber 1899 number should prove interesting:
The Yellow Dragon" has now reached its sixth number and has had three changes of cover during that time. first cover was the most alarm-
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killa in the street than to see a Headmaster. What changes will horse fall down, and you'll be as the next twenty-five years see? used as myself to see the friend shot down at your side.”
THE WHISPERING GALLERY.
Bat, soriotisly, can you indagine two gentlemen" of England taking their pots of nie in their inn, grow fing angry, over, Protestant or even As a matter of fact I never hud | Jansonnial “ascendancy 2.
the to grow accustomed to that Chers is the dillerove that annoyanes, beciuse it never hap- mukes Frish problems so hopelessly | pened to me. But one day, in thất | unintelligible" to th. Bugish. -}|whispering gallery of Trishi rumour,
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