HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1915-05-27, Page 7May 27th, 1915
THE WI \ HAM TIMES
'By J. Hartley Manners
.A Comedy of Youth Founded by Mr. Manners on Hit
Great Play of the Same Title—illustrations
From Photographs of the Play
Copyright, 11)1$, by Dodd. Mead to Company
PROLOGUE.
• d romping, inatfoap, bewitch=
ins Irish girl, as Tilsit as St. Pat-
rick's day in the. morning, is
. Owned over to the care of aria-
- tlooratie,English relatives. They
-are stiff and artificial, and she
is as sweet and natural as a
healthy country girl ' can be.
They dislike her, but Peg holds
,leer own with jaunty pride and in
.She end, by her generosity and
,big heartedness, wins them over,
-and, what is more, *iris: her for-
. Mune, and, what is still more, wins
w 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
lime. The author of the play
has turned it into a novels s0
iympatheiically, so brilliantly,
that Peg as a heroine of fiction
-is as lovable as she was on the
Stage.
CHAPTER. I.
The Irish Agitator and Angela.
AITH. there's no man says
more and knows less than yer-
self, I'm thunkin'."
• "About Ireland, yer river-
"And everything eibe, Mr. O'Con-
:tell-"
- "la that criticism or Just temper. fe-
ather?"
"It's both, Mr. O'Connell."
"Sure it's the good judge ye must ba,
of ignorance, Father Cahill."
"And what might that mane?"
"Ye live so much with it, father."'
• "I'm lookin' at it and Hstentn' to it
bow, Frank O'Connell"
'Then it's a miracle has happen
':father. To- see and hear oneself at
41e same time is indade a miracle."
"Don't pr'gvoke the man of Godr'
i "Not for the wurrld," replied the oth•
• br meekly, "bean' mesef a child of Se-
. tan,"
• "And that's what ye nre. And ye'd
•Dare others like yerself. But ye won't
'While I've a tongue in me head and a
• sthrong stick in me hand."
O'Connell looked at hits with n nits
• chierous twinkle in his blue ;gray eyes.
"Ter eloquence seems to bade Boum•
• thin' to back it tip, I'm 1 1 kli '."
rather Cahill bre:Weed hard. Dv'
'vas a splendid type of the 1vlstl parish
spriest of the old school, gifted with
.•s vivid power of eloquence ars n preach
••er and a heart as tender as a evomsui's
toward the poor and the wretched. Lr
had been for many years idolized fly
"tile whole community of the wiling' nl
• In,Couuty Cla'e, But of late there
• Svas a growing netting of discontent
: among the younger generation. They
lacked the respect their elders so will
-•:ugly gave. "!They :peril qui:stiuus'in
•stead of answering them) They he
:gait to throw themselves. 'lgnlnst ha
e ther Cahill's express wishes and cont
id ands. into the tight for home role
under thee M1asterly states:minsllip of
•7Ch:U9es Stuart Parnell. Already more
• than ono la'ouiintdtt Speaker ltd come
riltb the bride , village and sown the
:.leads or telrlper:11 teal sleritua1 unrest.
rather Cahill opposed these ;nen to
Ilse' utmost or 11. power lie strw. as
110. ninny farsighted priests 41111, the
Iegaey of hho011shed null desolation
that would follow ami direct 0vtion by
,the Irish atearea rue itriris') eoverm•
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beat in Father Caltill's veins, the"wet
being of the people who bad grownup
with him was near to his heart. He
was their priest, and he could not beat
to think of men he bad known as ch)l
dren being beaten and maimed by eon-
stabulary and seat to prison afterward
in the tight for self government.
To his horror that day be tnet lrranh
Owen O'Connell, one et the best
known of all the younger agitators, in
the main street of the little village.
O'Counell's backsliding bad been one
01 Father Cnhili's nitterest regrets
Ile had elosed O'Connell's father's
eyes In death and had taken care of
the boy as well as he could. But at
the age of fifteen the youth left the
village that had so many wretched
memories of hardship and struggle and
welted Nis way to 1.)uhlip. It was
ninny years before fattier Cahill heard
et him again He turd developed
n':':•mWhile into ane et the most daring
.1 le ttn•'fervid speakers in the sacred
• .• •• et Irish liberty.
ther t•ahitl was going to heat
' ' ' 1; : Uweu O'Connell again.
•, : olht he reldcn0 on the im•
It the presa'nt young- and
•:1 untutored reformer
•
* . • •
ne•rr,n, e Kingsno:'th, weeltby,
imperious Englishman, left three chit•
then -Nathaniel, who in a large meas-
ure inherited much o1 his father's
lominunt will and hard headedness;
Monica, the elder daughter, and Ange-
la, the younger.
Nathaniel was the old man's favor-
ite. While still a youth he inculcated
roto the boy all the tenets of business;
Morality and politics that had made
Wilberforce prosperous.
Pride in his name, a sturdy grasp of
life, an unbending attitude toward
those beneath him and an abiding rev-
erence for law and order and fealty to
the throne -these were the foundations
on which the father built Nathaniel's
Character.
Next in point of regard came the
elder daughter, Monica. ';1?atrician of
Nature, haughty in manner, exclusive
by nature, she had te'; &ne Kings-
north air. She bad no disturbing
"ideas," no yearning for things not of
her station. She was contented With
,,the world as it had been made for her
.Ind seemed duly proud and grateful to
have been born' a Kingsnorth.
She was an excellent musician, rode'
fairly to hounds, bestowed prizes at
the local charities with grace and dis-
tinction -es becamleaa Kingsnorth -and,,
looked' coldly olit at the '` wilrld troll%
behind the impenetrable barriers of en
old name.
When' she married Frederick Chi-
chester, the rising barrister, connected
with six county families, it was it
proud day for old Kitigisnortll. His
family had originally made. their money
In trade, Thee Cltichdstp°riMied" nettle
mulated
eo i-
mulated a fortune by professions. The
distinction in')Ltiglund is narked: •
Frederick Chichester came of a long
line -of illustrious lawyers: One bad
even reached the distinction of being
made a judge. lie belonged to an hon-
orable' profession. The old Man was
overjoyed,
Be' made a handsome settlement on
his eldest daughter on her marriage
and felt he had done well by het'; even
as she bad by him.
Five years -after :Monica'! birth An-
gela unexpectedly • was -born to the
RRfagstiortbs. A.dellcate, sickly infah't,
it seemed as if the splendid blood •01
the family had expended its vigor on
the elder children. Angela netted eon -
"Not for the unwell',
Stant attention to keep ler alive. Srrole
tremulous ;Massey tilte grew Into dell•
cats youth. She seemed a child apart
Not needing her, 1tingsuortb did not
love her. He gave her a form of tol-
erant affection. Too fragile to mix
With others, she watt brought up at
home. Tutors furnished her education.
The winters she passed abroad with
her mother. When her mother died
she spent them with relations of
ft•tends. The grim dampness of the
English climate was too rigorous for e
life that needed sunshine.
Angela bad nothing In eoMMon with
either her brother or her sister. She
avoided them and they her They did
not understand her, She understood
them only too well. A nature that
craved for sympathy and affection= as
the frail so often do -was repulsed by
those to whom affection was but 'a
form and sympathy a term of reproach.
It wap on her first homecoming
since her mother's death that her at-
tention was really drawn to Inc fa-
ther's Irisb possessions.
13y a curious coincidence she return-
ed home on a day when Wilberforce
Kingsnorth had delivered an electrical
speech, invoking Providence to inter-
pose in the settlement of the Irish
difficulty. He was noted for his hatred
of the Irish. It was the one •topic of
conversation throughout dinner. And
•
It was during that dinner that Angela
for the first time really angered her
father and raised a barrier between
them that lasted until the day of his
death. •
The old man bad laughed coarsely
at the remembrance of his speech on
the previous night and licked his lips
at the thought of it.
Monica, who was visiting her father
for a few days, smiled in agreeable
sympathy. Nathaniel nodded cheer-
fully.
t•'rom her father's side Angela asked
quietly:
"Have you ever been in Ireland, fa-
ther?"
"No, 1 have not," answered the old
man sharply. "And, what is more, I
never intend to go there."
"Do you know anything about the
Irish?" persisted Angela.
"Do 1? More than the English gov-
ernment does. Don't I own' land
there?"
"I mean do you know anything about
the people?" insisted Angela.
"I know them to be a lot of thiev-
ing, rascally scoundrels, too lazy to
work and too dishonest to pay their
way even wben they bare the money."
"is that all you know?"
"Isn't it enough?" His voice rose
shrilly. It was the first time for years
any one bad dared use those two hated
words "Ireland" and "Irish" at his to -1
hie.Angela must be checked and at
once.
"It wouldn't be enough for me if I
had Abe. responsibilities and duties of
a landlord. To be the owner of an
estate should be to. act as the people's
friend. their father, their adviser in
times .of plenty and their comrade in
times of sorrow."
"Indeed! And pray where did you
learn all that, miss?" asked the aston-
ished parent
Without noticing the interruption or
the question, Angela went on: "Why
deny a country its own government
wben England' is practically governed
by its countrymen? Is there any po-
sition of prominence today in England
l that Isn't fitted by Irishmen? Think!
Our commander in chief is Irish; our
lord high admiral is Irish; there' are
the defenses of the. English in the
i hands of two Irishmen; and yet you
call them thieving and rascally scours•
drels:"
• Kingsnorth tried to speak; Angela
reused her voice;
• °'urn to your judges -the lord chief
Is an Irishman. Look at the house of
commons. Our laws are passed or de-
feated by the Irish vote,,and yet •00
bluidly ignorant and obstinate is our
insular prejudice that we refuse them
the favors they do us-gbvelning theme
selves as well as England."
Kingsnorth looked at 'bis daughter
aghast. Treason in his own house!
His child speaking the two most hated
of all words at his own dinner table
and in. laudatory terms! He could
scarcely believe it He looked at her
a moment and hien 'thundered:
"How dare you! How dare' your
Angela nailed a little" amusedly tons
erant smile as she looked frankly at
her father and answet'edt ` ' ' • `
"Thus .is exactly. the old fashioned
tone we English take to anything we
doh't understand. "Anil" .that 'fs •teiiy ,
other countries are leaving us in the
rues,• There be a'aihtion tieing wlthitl
a
few bouts' journey from our doors,
yet millions of English people are as
ignorant of them as s if they fired in
Senegambia." She paused, looked ohee
more straight intb llet''fatber's eyes
and said,' "And you, father, seem to
be as ignorant as the worst or them!"
"Angela!" cried her sister in hor-
ror.
Nathaniel laughed good naturedly,
leaned across to Angela and said:
"I see our little sister has been
reading the sensutlonhl magazined.
Yes?"
"I've done more than that," replied
Angela. "];n Nice' a month ago were
two English members of parliament
who had taken the trouble to visit the
country they were supposed to assist
In governing. They told me that a
condition of misery existed throughout
the whole of Ireland that was irieredi'
hie under a civilized government:"
"Radicals, eh?" snapped her father.
"No; _ Conservatives. One of them
had once held the office of chief seere-
tato for Ireland and *as Ireland's
most bitter prosecutor until he' visited"
the country. When he' saw the
Weetebedness of her people he stopped
his stringent methods and began east -
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•
• "The n1 ire sbanle to stint to talk like
that to a girl, And. what's more, you
had no right to listen to him• A Con-
servative indeed: A fine one he must
bet"
"Ile is. 1 don't see wily the Liberal
party should have 'till the enlighten-
ment and the Conserrative party all
the bigotry."
"Don't anger your father:" pleeded
Menace.
"Why, little Angela has come hack
to us quite a revolutionary," said Na-
thaniel,
"Leave the table!" shouted her fa
ther.
Without a word Angela got up quiet
ty and left the room. Fier manner was
entirely unmoved. Slip had spoken
from her inmost convictions. The fact
thnt they' were apposed to her father
was immaterial She loathed tyranny,
and his method of shutting the mouths
of those who disagreed with him was
particularly obnoxious to her. it was
also most ineffectual with her. From
childhood she had always spoken as
she felt. No discipline checked her.
Freedom of speech as well as freedom
of thought was as natural and essen-
tial to her ns breathing.
From that time she saw but little
at her father. 1b'hen he died he left
ner to her brother's care. Kingsnorth
made no absolute provision for her.
she was to be dependent on Nathaniel.
When the time came that she seemed
to wish to Marry, if her brother ap-
proved of the match, he should make
a handsome settlement on her.
to response to her request Nathaniel
allowed her to go with him to Ireland
on his tcmr of inspection.
Mr. Chichester was actively engaged
::t the Old Bailey on an important
criminal case., so Monica also joined
them.
Everything Angela saw in Ireland
appealed to her quick sympathy and
gentle heart. It was just as she had
thought and read and listened to. On
every side she saw a kindly people
borne down by the weight of poverty,
lives ruined by sickness and the lack
of nourishment—a splendid race per-
ishing through misgovernment and in-
tolerant ignorance.
Angela went about among the peo-
ple and made friends with them.
They were chary at first of taking her
to their hearts. She was of the bated
Sexdn race. What was she doing
there -she, the sister of their, till now,
absentee landlord? She soon loon
them over by ber appealing voice and
kindly interest,
All this Angela did in direct opposi-
tion to her brother's wishes and her
sister's exhortations.
The morning of the meeting she bad
ridden some miles to visit a poor fam-
Ily. Out of five 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 rearm
the next day, she rode away.
When within some little distance of
her brther's house she saw a, steady,
irregtlitar stream of _voile climbing a
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great hill, She rode toward It and;
screened by a clump of trees, saw and
heard ilex arst "home rule" meeting.
When Frank O'Connell Ars# spoke
his voice thrilled her. Gradually fife
excitement of the people under the
mastery of his power communicated
itself to her. It pulsed in her bleed
and throbbed in her brain. For the
first time she realized what a marvel-
ous force was the call of the patriot.
To listen and watch a man risking life
and liberty in the cause of his coon-
-try -her heart and her mind and .Ler
soul went put to hum.
When the soldiers marched on to the
scene she was paralyzed with fear,
When an order to fire was given else
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 bodies of sten who a moment be-
fore had been full of life and strength:
when leas added to Chet the horror of
the wounded crying out with pain. her
first impulse was to Gy from the sight
of the envisage. She mastered that mo
inert of feta' and plunged forward.
calling to the groom to follow her. She
ordered the body of O'Connell, who
had been hut, taken to her own home
The long, slow. tortuous journey
glome. the men slowly following with
the ghastly, tnute body on the rude lit-
ter, became 0 living memory to her
for all the remainder of her life.
She glanced down every little while
sit the stone white face and shuddered
as she found herself wondering if she
would ever hear his voice again or see
those great blue eyes flash with his
tierce courage and devotion.
As they neared her brother's house
stragglers began to follow euriously.
Sad looking men and weary women
joined the procession wonderingly. AR
guessed it was some fresh outrage of
the soldier's.
it seemed to Angela that an infinity
of time had passed before they entered
the grounds attached to the Kings
north house. She sent a man en ahead
to order n room to be papered and a
doctor sent for. As she saw her broth
er coming forward to meet her with
brit brows and stern eyes she nerved
herself to greet hint.
"What is this, Angela?" he asked.'
looking in ntnazement itt the' strange
procession.
"Another martyr to our ignorant
government. Nathaniel." and she press
ed on through the drive to the house.
CHAPTER I1.
Angela Speaks Freely.
indignation at 11isNATBANIEL'S
sister's conduct was beyond
bounds when he learned who
the wounded man lyes- Ile
ordered the soldiers to take the mat
and themselves away. The magistrate
interposed and legged him at least to
let O'Connell rest there until a doctor
could patch 'him up• it might be dan
gcrous to take 111111 hack without lnedr•
cal treatment. Ile assured Nathaniel
that the moment they could trove hila
he would be lodged in the county jail
Nathaniel went bade to his study
as the sorry procession passed on to
the front door. He sent imnledi; toly
for his sister. The reply cane hack
that she would see him at dinner. He
commanded ber. to mane to him at
once.
in n few minutes Angela dune Into
the room. She was deathly pale. Her
voice trembled as she spoke:
"What do you wsunt?"
"Why did you bring that man here?"
"Because be Is wounded."
"Such scoundrels are better dead."
"I don't think so. Nor do 2 think
him a scoundrel."
"He came here to attack landlords—
to attack me—ne! And you bring him
to my house and with that rabble! It's
outrageous! Monstrous!"
"1 couldn't lenge hits with those
heartless wretches to die in their
hands."
"He leaves here the moment a dot -
tor has attended him."
"Very well. Is that all?"
"No. it isn't!" Ringsnorth tried to
control his anger. After a pause be
continued: "1 want 110 more or these
faolbat•dy, quixotic actings of yours.
i've beard of your visiting these
wretched people•—going into fever
dens. is that conduct betmnling to your
name? Thiol: 31 lit 1.1P or your station
h1 fife and evlhll it demands"- •
"I
ema ds" -
"1 wish you did a little more."
"What?" he shouted, 3111 his :tinter
returned
"There's 10) need to mise ime
volce." Angola answered quietly •'1'
tau only a few feet away. 1 repent
that I wish you ,botlght a little sure
of your ebligadons. If you did :old
others like you m1 the same p115111'w
1.04 are in there would he misted) len.
1.11.11• scow:. tis 1 .,a nn today -11 arta
shot down among Itis own people for
sl'atcima the 1111111."
"You saw 11?" Nathaniel asked hi ,11-4
to11y.
"i did 1 not o11,e sun', hat 1 11'01'0
1 wish ,s 011 hail ton 1 neehl it matt
sly Imre his 'wort mid his main ;Ind
his soul flint others might know the
Agit iu them I stile tail board t1 nem
oder up his life lint others night
1e11aw 31111111' gleam td' halilliht'ss 11
thea' lives 11 tree wonderlui: 1t wee
heroic: It was godlike:"
"If 1 ewer hear et your doing such 11
thing again you s11111 go hock to 1 -on
don the next day ,.
"That sounds exnetty as though guy
dead father were speaking."
"1'11 not be made a laughingstoelt by
you."
"You make yourself out ns your ta-
ter did before yon -n Kingsnorth!
e
"hat bast your nnwe. mtant't lie.
tuse one or .our forefatbera cheated
le world into giving him n fortune
y buying lits goods for more then
hey were worth we I►as'e tried to
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Angela Had Seen Suffering Ne One
Dreamed Of,
s':nwnire 'him Still init ,'halo ai'oead
the name of Kingsnorth, To me it
stands for all that is mean and selfish
and vain and ignorant—the power of
money over intellect. How dirt we be-
come owners or 1111s miserable Mery
of land? A Kingsnorth swindled its
I rightful owner—lent him money on
usury, bought up his bills and his
mortgages :Intl when he eouldn'1 pay
foreclosed on hint No wonder there's
a curse on the village and on us:"
King:m.13tu tried to speak, but she
stopped him:
"Wait a moment. It was a good
stroke of business taking this estate
away. Oh. yes, it was a good stroke
of business! Our name has been built
up on 'good strokes or business,' Well.
1 tell you it's a had stroke of business
when human lives sire put into the
hands of such creatures as we Kings-
norths have proved purselvesl"
"Stop!" cried Nathaniel, outraged to
the innermost sanctuary of his being.
"Stop! You don't speak like one of
our family. It is like listening to some
heretic -some" -
"I don't feel like one of your fami-
ly. You are a Kingsnorth. I am my
mother's child-niy poor. gentle, pa-
tient mother, who lived it life of un-
selfisb resignation, who welcomed
death when it came to her as a release
from tyranny. Don't call me a Kings -
`north. 1 know the family too well, 'I
kraal, all the name meant* to the peo-
ple who have suffered through Veit
family :c'
•' 1'fter this -the best thing -the only
thing -is to separate," said NatheeteL
"\V)tenel'er 700 'wish." '
"i'il make you an Allowance."
"Don't let it be u burden."
"I've never beep so shocked -iso
sttiflfled"-•
"1 am glad From my cradle I've
flee; shocked stat stunned In my
'nettle. It's sur••• slunpettsltlon to know
you fere ou ' •:f the feeling too
Frankly. 1 d think you were„
"we'll to. .:'e of tins," and
Nntlirtn111 1 lee Ih r''om
"1 am f •r tc , wont to
the door
"1 t We -
again t
et! Nath
o'rill.
• 1
the doge: fie motioned -her to close
it, that he had something more to say.
"We'll find yon some suitable chap-
eron. Yon can spend your 'Winters
abroad, as you have been doing-Lon-
don
oine Lon-
don for the season -until you're suit-
ably
uitably married. I'll follow out my fa-
tber's wishes to the letter. You shall
be handsomely provided for the day
you marry."
She closed the door with a snag and
came back to him and looked him
steadily in the eyes.
"The man 1 marry shall take noth-
ing from you. Even in his 'hast wilt
and testament' my father i roved him-
self a Kingsnorth. It was only a
Kingsnorth could make his youngest
daughter dependeut un yon!"•
"My father knew 1 would respect his
rvishes,"
"He was equally responsible for me,
yet he leaves me to your care—a Kings.:
north! The men masters and the wom-
en slaves! That is the Kingsnorth
doctrine."
A servant came in to tell Angela the
doctor bad come. 1Vithout a word An-
gela went out to see to the wounded
man. The servant followed her.
Let alone, Nathaniel sat down, shock
ed and stunned, to review the inter-
view he had just had with his young-
er sister.
When Angela entered the sickroom
she found Dr. McGinnis, a cheery..
bright eyed, rotund little roan of fifty,
talking freely to the patient and punc-
tuating each speech with a hearty
laugh. His good humor was infee-
tious.
The wounded agitator felt the etl'ect•
of it and was trying to laugh feebly
himself.
"Sure it's the Gne target ye •mtist
have made with per six feet and one
inch. How could the poor soldiers
help hittin' ye? Answer nae that.!"
Aud the jovial doctor laughed again
as lie dexterously wonnd a bandage
around O'Connell's arm.
"AJsy now while 1 tie the bandage,
me fellow Yell lice to see the
insidtinee "f au l,ttgish tall yet."
Ile inrned its he ben rd the door open
and greeted Angela.
••I;ood afternoon to ye, Miss Kings-
north. Faith• it's a blessiu' ye brought
the hoy here. There's no teilin' what
the prison surgeon would hare done
to him it Is saltpeter, they tell me.
the English doctors rub Into the Irish
wounds to kape thein stmartin'. And,
by the like token. they do the same,
too, ih the English hung* of commons.
Saltpeter in Ireland's wounds is whet
they give us."
"is he 11111011 hurt?" asked Angela.
"Well. they've broken nothlit. 1nst
harkened his face and glade a few
holes hl his skin. it's buckshot they
aster Buckshot', Thank the merciful
Mr. Foster Inc that wont.. •Iluckshot
Poster,' as the Irish reverently call
him.".
"What a dastardly thing to io!" she
cried..
"Ye may well say that, Miss Kings-
north," said the merry 11111e doctor.
"But it's bettlicr then 0 bullet item a
Martini -Henry title. that's what It 13.
And there's tunny a pour English land-
lord's got one of •ens 111 the book ror
ridin' about at sight en hie awn itud.
It's a fatherly gevernmeut we ha ve.
Miss Kingsnorth. 'flurt'em, hat dun't
quite kill 'cin,' sex they, •ttitd then put
'ein in jail and feed them on bread
and wailer. 'That'll take the tine talk -
in' anti patriotism out of then,,' sex
they."
"They'll never take it nuc of me.
They may kill me perhaps, but until
they do tbey'il never ailenee me," tour.
Muted .O'Connell in a vrttirte rte low, yet
,;saldtAqr, that it ,furtive A i pI,1.
(To ea CoNTINt'Itn )
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