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By'J. Hartley Manners
A Comedy of Youth Founded by Mr. Manners on
Ilk
Great Play of the Same Title—Illustrations
i rtl+om Photographs of the Play
ION. 1913. by Dodd. Mead 1.. Compeer
PROLOGUE.
A romping, madcap, bewitch-
ing Irish girl, as Irish as St. Pat-
rick's day in the morning, is
turned over to the. care of aris-
tocratic English relatives. They
are stiff and artificial, and she
is as sweet and natural as a
healthy country girl can be.
They dislike her, bat Peg holds
her own with jaunty pride and in
the end, by her generosity and
big heartedness, wins them over,
and, what is more, wins her for-
tune, and, what is still more, wins
a very gallant lover. This, in
brief, is the story of a play
which by its originality, sweet-
ness and charm has been one of
the most phenomenal successes
New York has seen in a long
time. The author of the play
has turned it into a novel, so
sympathetically, so brilliantly,
that Peg as a heroine of fiction
is as lovable as she vas on the
stage.
CHAPTER. I.
Th. Irish Agitator and Angela.
"&ITIL there's no man says
more and knows less than yet,
self. I'm thinkhn'."
"About Ireland. Ter river-
ence r
"And everything else. lir. O'Con-
nelL"
"la that criticise or just temper. fa-
tter r
"It's both, Mr. O'Connell"
"Sure it's the good judge ye most be
of ignorance. Father Cabal"
"And west might that mane?"
"Ye lire ea mach with it. father."
"I'm lootiu' at 1t a:.d tlstenln' to 1t
bow. Frank O'Connell"
"Thea it's a entracte has happened.
tether. To see and bear see.elf at
NM anise these is Wade a miracle."
"Dart provoke lbs, arse of God!"
"loot for the w emir." replied the oth-
er meekly. "heft' MOW • chid a Sr.
tan"
"Led that's trait 7. are. And yid
have others lithe ponied. ,Hat ye won't
white i -re • limb fa nee bans and a
athrwag stk. !b ,< base,"
O'Connell vsoked M WM with • Min
cider sass twinkle It lb bine-tray e7es:
-Ter e4 ineerde some is cede some
tate' to tart at er rya toad• .-
rselm Cabin breathed hard He
was a spieerd"d type et the Irak para
priest Of the ted reed Gifted with
a • tt lei hewer Of e+•o.•aw as a preach
ee eel s boort as sanders a women's
Seward the tsar sod the er eechad, be
bad bees Ar nosy yaws lilehad by
"the whole terminable, et fiks vi—arra of
/.. Is County eters ant Of bee there
eras • groereg feeling d lbws oteot
seaeat the yesegee geaseatsa. They
aimed the reapers their eiders ep will.
in y Ova Ther and flemanuns la -
Need a aasweetag anus ?bey be
gpm ro thew tavola/ass stalest Fa
Meer Cahill's esprv+s a labs and cosi
Thr la, Lao the high for bean e.4
ase a the meetly at:+teamaawip of
Charles !twat Ptrsil. Already antm
than els pointillist *rakes b.d come
into the SIM .slags sad see n the
seeds of tnl l..eat aid sgdtimal unrest
Father Cahill opposed than mw a
the utmost of his peweeie saw. as
so many tirsl:hted primate dM, the
legacy of bloodsbed end desolation
tJst would follow arty direct action by
the Irish against tl c British gorern•
w est Thoegh the blood of the patriot
- beat in Father Cahill's veins, the wet
being of tbe people wbo had grown aF
with him wa. near to his heart fly
.was tbelr priest. and he coukl not beat
to think of men he had known as cbtl
dren being beaten and rnne:nest ray con-
stabulary sod sent to prison nfterward
ha the fight for teff government
To his horror that day be met Frani
Owen O'Coinell. one of the test
known of all the younger agitators, In
the math street of the Utile Tiller*
O•t70snell'a beekallding had been one
of Father Cahill's bitterest regrets
Re mad closed O'Connell's fathers
Wes In death and had taken care of
the boy as well as be contd. But at
the sus of fifteen the youth loft the
/Mole that had so many wretched
ammarM. of hardship and straggle and
worked bb way to Dublin it was
many years before Father ahill beard
at It/s spies. He had developed
11 .sairbn- Into ase of the most daring
et an the fervid speakers In the sacred
saw of [ash liberty.
Lad Father Cahill was gettng to bear
bias Freak Owen O'Connell again.
�atUs did ha reckon on the tm-
( .t the ptwat young mad
g_m irmttvsty satsbred reforms
me* achiso•
• • .
a we•ltky.
�wg�n may elft tires ek$
dna—Nathaniel. who 1a a large mu►
Ms Inherited mace of his father's
dominant wtll and bard beadeda•es;
kiosks. the eider dangbter. and Ange-
la, the younger.
) athatilel was the old man's favor
It.. While still a youth he incwit:ated
Into the boy W the tenets of bustwp.
morality and politico that bad made
Wf berfurce prosperous.
Pride In his name. a sturdy grasp e
life, an unbending attitude toward
those beneath btu and an abiding rev-
erence for law and order and fealty Its
the throne—these were the foundations
on wblrb the father built Nathaniel's
character.
Next 1n point of regard came the
eider daughter, Monica. Patrician of
feature, haughty In manner, exclusive
by• nature. she had 'tbe true Kings-
north air. She had no disturbing
"ideas," no yearning for things not of
per station. She was contented with
the world as 1t bad been made for ber
and seemed duly proud and grateful to
have been born a Ii ngxno.t:n
She was an excellent musician, rode
fairly to bounds. bestowed prises al
the local charities with grace and dis-
tinction—as
intinction—•s became a IiInmrnortb—and
looked coldly out at the world from
behind the impenetrable barriers of an
old name.
When .be married Frederick Chi-
chester. the rising barrister, connected
with six county families, It was a
prowl day for old Einganortb. His
family had originally made their lawny
In trade. The Chichesters bid accu-
mulated a fortune by professions. The
distinction In England is marked.
Frederick Chichester carne of a long
tine of illustrious lawyers One bad
mien reachc,i the dtstinciton of being lnsnh:r T rcjudice that we refuse them
made a judge. He belonged to an bon- the favors they do us—governing them-
selvesorable profession. The old man was as well as England."
overjoyed.Kingsnorth looked at his daughter
He made a handsome settlement on aghast Treason In his own house!
His child speaking the two most bated
Ms eldest daughter on her marriage of all words at his own dinner table
and felt he had done well by bee, even au! In laudatory terms: Ile could
as ebe bad by btu. scarcely believe it He looked at her
Five years after itonica's birth Aa a mtoment and Lien thundered:
Bela =expectedly
was born to the -flow dare you! How dare your
Klnitsmorths A delicate, sickly Infant Angela smiled a little abrusedly tol-
THE AWWNAL . GODERncH, ONTAgto
a was d-Amg that career that ealUdfa
ter tie drat time really aimed her
father and raised a barrier betw.•a
them that MAO meta the day d his
death
The old a■ had Sorbed coarealy
at the remesebraxsee of his starch ea
tie pre ltous night old licked ba lip
at the ttwugit of it
bionics. who was vlettlag bar father
for • few days. smlisd la agreeabtw
sympathy. Natiselel nodded ensue-
hey.
hserh11y.
From bar father's aide Angela WIN,
quietly:
Have you ever been to Inland. fa-
ther r
"? oo, 1 Mee not" answered the std
W sharply. 'And, what is more. 1,
ewer intend to ge there."
' Do you know anything about the
trial r persisted Angela.
"Do I? More than the Nnglbh gov-
ernment does. Don't I own land
there r
"I mean do you know anything *bout
the peopler insisted Angela.
"I know them to be a lot of thiev-
ing. rascally scoundrels, too lazy to
wait and too dishonest to pay tbelr
way even when they have the money."
"Is that all you known
"Isn't tt enough?' Ills voice roes
shrilly. it was the first time for years
any one had dared use those two bated
words "Ireland" ■d "Irish" at his ta-
ble. Angela most be checked ■rad at
once.
"It wouldn't be enough for me 1f I
had the responsibilities and duties of
• landlord To be the owner of an
estate should be to act as the people's
friend. their father, tbelr advisee 1n
times of plenty and their comrade in
time: of sorrow."
"ludeesl'. And pray wbere did you
learn all that. mbar asked the aaton
fished parent
Wttbout notictng the Interruption or
the question. Angela went on: -Why
deny a country its own government
when England Is practically governed
by Its countrymen? Is there any Po-
sition of prominence today In England
that Lsn't Biled'by Irishmen? Think!
Our commander 1n chief is Irish; oar
lobi high admiral is Irish: there are
the &feasts of the English in the
bands of two Irishmen, and yet you
call them thieving and rascally scoun-
drels!"
IEingsnorth tried to speak; Angela
raised her voice:
"Turn to your judges—the lord chief
la :In Irishman. Look at the house of
commons. Our laws are pearled or de-
feated by the Irish vote, and yet so
blindly ignorant and obstinate is our
it seemed as 1f the splendid blood ef *rant smile as she looked frankly at
the family had . AD al ire vigor N her father and answered: for all the remainder of her life.
the eider children. Angela needed res- "This Is exactly tbe old fashioned She glanced down etery little while
tone we English take to anything we at the stone white face and shuddered
don't understand. And that is why as she found herself eyondering 1f she
other countries are Ieavin41 u. 1n the would ever bear bis voice again or see
rate. There b a nation living within those great blue eyes dash with his
■ few hours' journey from our doors, Berme courage and devotion.
yet millions of English people are as As they neared her brothers hoose
ignorant of them as if they lived in stragglers began to follow curiously.
Senegambia." She paused. looked once Sad looking men and weary women
more atralght into her father's eyes joined the procession wonderingly. All
and said. "And you. father. stem to guessed 1t was some fresh outrage of
be a. Ignorant as the worst of them!" the soldiers
"Angela!" cried her ,sister in bor- It seemed to Angela that an 1nfnity
tor. of time had passed before they entered
Nathaniel laughed good natnredly, the gronnds attached to the Kings -
leaned across to Angela and said: north house. She sent a man on ahead
"1 see our little sister has been to order a room to be prepared and a
reading the sensational magazines. l doctor sent for. As she saw ber broth-
TeT. er coming forward to meet her with
"i've done more than that," replied knit brows and stern eyes she nerved
Angela. -In Nice a month ago were herself to greet him.
two English members of parliament "What Is this: Angela'?" he asked.
who had taken the trouble to visit the looking in amazement at the strange
-aaastry they were supposed to assist + Procession -
la governing. They told me that a "Another martyr to our ignorant
saaMtion of misery existed throngbont government Nathaniel." and she press.
the whole of Ireland that was inc edi- ed on through the drive to tbe hone.
Isle under a civilized government"
"Radicals, eh?" snapped her father.
"No; Conservatives. One of tbem
tug oncefbrei the and of eller soda- THE TOWN COUNCIL.
lacy for Ireland and was Ireland'■ ,
C'oetiwid from nate 1.
the country. When be saw the
Ines the smite aim that she ..fad
a wish is marry, It bar heather ap-
e/Ertel et Ys !ts•ML Ir. shoe d nate
.e.ma
a haeds settleat ea her.
la ..alloses t bee roma Natlaahl
Nbwed Mr to so with kite to lretaad
en be tear et ihsspe ttos.
Mr. Chichester ass actively engaged
at the Old Haney es ea important
es+miaal masa. w Monica also joined
thea.
liraeythlat Angela saw la Ireland
appealed es her Mirk syapethy salt
Beath beast. It was just as she had
tbaeght and read ad Unused to Oa
every std. ebe saw a kladly peop►e
Muse down by the wetgtt of Povertl.
liven ndaell by sickness and the tact
of seat —a apiesdid race pe'
taping threw. mlagoverament and Ise
tolerant lgaorance.
Angela west shoot among the pee -
pie and wade Meads wtth thea
Tbey were chary at ant of taking her
to their hearts. Sits was of the bated
Saxon mem What was she doing
.bore—she, the slater of their, till now,
absentee landlord? aha soon won
them over by ber appealing voice and
klstly Interest
All this Angela did in direct opposi-
tion to bar brothers wishes and ber
sister's exhortations.
'rite morning of the meeting she bad
ridden wee miles to visit a poor fam-
Ily. Out of Ove three were In bed
with low fever. She got a doctor for
them. gave them money to buy neces-
saries. and. with a promise to return
the next day, she rode away.
Wbeu within some little distance of
her brother's house s1e saw a steady,
irregular stream of people climbing a
great hilt. She rode toward it and.
screened by a clump of trees. saw and
beard her Orst "home rule" meeting.
Wben Frank O'Connell first spoke
his voice thrilled per. Gradually the
excitement of the people under the
mastery of his power communicated
itself to her. it pulsed In her blood
and throbbed In ber brain. For the
Bret time she realized what $ marvel-
ous force was the call of the patriot
To listen and watch a man risking life
and liberty In the cause of his coun-
try—her heart and ber mind and per
soul went out to him.
When the soldiers marched on to the
scene she was paralyzed with fear.
When an order to Ire teas given she
wanted to ride Into their midst and
cry out to them to stop. But she was
unable to move band or foot
When the smoke had thinned and
she saw lying motionless on the ground
the belies of men who a moment be-
fore had been frill of life sad strength:
when was added to that the horror of
the wounded crying nut with pain. her
first Impulse was to fiy from the sight
of the carnage. She mastered that mo-
ment of fear and plunzed forward.
calling to the groom to follow her. She
ordered the body of O'Connell, who
had been bit. taken to her own home.
T1e long. show, tortuous journey
home. the^teen slowly followlnc with
the ghastly. mute body on the rude lit-
ter.
ibter. became a living memory to her
•Net ter the wurrld."
vo.tTlatten NEXT Waal:.
most bitter prosecutor until he visited
f her le he stopped
wretchedness of peop
his .trfngent methods and began cast-
ing about for some way of lessening
the poor people's torment"
'Zoe more shame to him to talk like
stint attention to keep per alive. rtes that to a ghi. And. what's morn. Too
tremnlons infancy else grew into deli bad no right to listen to bim. A Coo -
ate youth She seemed a child apart operative indeed! A ems one he sial
Not Deeding bev. Kingsnorth did mot bar
love her. ile leave her a form of tot I 'M. i.. 1 don't see wby the Liberal
Brant affection Too fragile to mix l psety eheald have .n the enfismes•
with others, she was brought up at sisal Rod the Caaeervative pally ton
home. Tutors furnished her edocation Os bigotry."
The winters she passed abroad with "Don't anger year fatherr pleaded
her mother. When her mother died lgsalca.
t them with relations at 'Why. intim Angela has come back
she spen
friends. The grim dampness of the 1
F.ngllih climate was too rigorous for s
life that needed easablii.
Angela bad nothing in common whim
either bar brother or her sister. She
avoided them and they bar. They did
not understand her. She eodetato•d
them only too well. A nature that
craved for sympathy and afead. - a
the frail so often do—was repubed by
those to wbdn ■Rection wan het s
Mrs and sympathy a tern et rearmed
it was ea ber hit bemaeomtng
Once her mottoes death that bar eh
teethes was really draws to her tb-
there Dish pnamselone.
By a cotton eetttaaM r0 she retest
WITherfeece
etw e-
WOberfeere
ed bees* ea a day
t7epneetb had delivered as shi tAtsl
speed. Invoking p eirbseere to Woe
peer 1a the settlement et the 1r9
&Welty. Ile woo s.tsd brew Battled
of tan Mob It wee Its Gree tapir et
imvwmtion tares/Met draw. had
b e• quit* • revolntlonery' said Na-
thaniel
'Leave the table shouted her fa-
ther.
Wiliest a eared Angela get up gide&
ty and lett the roma Her manner was
entirety stowed. She had spoken
hum her bmset coovkdlosa The fact
that they were opposed to her father
was Immaterial She loathed trans,-
aell hs method et .butting the meatal
ee tbs•e wbe dle•greed with bit was
pgrttrtdarty dsesfes• to Mr. it woe i
sire meet bsesets•t waif her. hem
eke ad always @pekoe as '
Flo itsalplre caned eau '
et spas& as well as freedom
e+ .kande. was as natural sad maw
Ie l te bat s brestkheF.
Pena flat Mite M mw het lites
4 bee teller. Ansa be dial be let
In her beethee's sate. t -j---Y
ah
ao teluas molelea tar ML
'1 toe he be degothr.t a il...d1L
tery had been repaired and painted ;
that the sailors monument having
been etected and the plot seeded down
tbe account of trio is recommended to
be paid The t epos t passed.
The gnawer committees report con-
tained the following : The collector's
',port on arrears of taxers on May et
showed that 9S.764 Ri was uncollected
and we recommend that the time for
eolleetinn be extended to lune 1S, 1916,
attar which date the collector .ball
take the necessary legal steps to en -
/ogee collection. Accruals totalling
+1!t78 were recommended to be paid.
The report was adopted
Cooaeillnr McClinton said he had
rand In one of the county papas the
.amount of uncollected taxes is Oode-
rleh. He thought this should not be
l pubisbed Mayor Reid said the state-
meat wss a lamentable fact and he
tho.pbt the truth could do no harm
wherever published.
Oouneiller Wilson stated that the
•seweor had not yet got the roll eesi-
pleted. Mayor Reid said be sbsnM be
sparred an.
The Mayor enquired if the arort of
metric* bad taken any aetins oa the
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regard to fns taxas on the n.gos fee -
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