Little journeys to the homes of great lovers : Charles Parnell and Kitty O'Shea . nd uncertainas Vesuvius. I have within my hand a Parliament for Ireland,said Parnell in a speech to a mob at Galway. I havewithin my hand a Parliament for Ireland, and if youdestroy me, you destroy Home Rule for Ireland!And the Irish people destroyed Parnell. In this theyhad the assistance of Gladstone, who after years ofbitter opposition to Parnell, had finally been won overto Irelands cause, not being able to disrupt it. Whenwe cannot down a strong man in fair fight all is notlost—we can still join hands with h
Little journeys to the homes of great lovers : Charles Parnell and Kitty O'Shea . nd uncertainas Vesuvius. I have within my hand a Parliament for Ireland,said Parnell in a speech to a mob at Galway. I havewithin my hand a Parliament for Ireland, and if youdestroy me, you destroy Home Rule for Ireland!And the Irish people destroyed Parnell. In this theyhad the assistance of Gladstone, who after years ofbitter opposition to Parnell, had finally been won overto Irelands cause, not being able to disrupt it. Whenwe cannot down a strong man in fair fight all is notlost—we can still join hands with him. When CaptainO Shea secured a divorce from his wife, naming Par-nell as co-respondent, and Parnell practically pleadedguilty by making no defence, the rage against Parnellwas so fierce that if he had appeared in Ireland, hislife would have paid the forfeit. Then, when in a few months he married the lady ac-cording to the Civil Code, but without Episcopal orCatholic sanction, the storm broke afresh, and ahypocrit-ical world worked overtime trying to rival the Billings- 129. LITTLE Sate Calendar. The newspapers employed watchers,JOURNEYS wno picketed the block where Parnell and his wifelived, and telegraphed to Christendom the time thelights were out, and whether Mr. Parnell appearedwith a shamrock or a rose in his buttonhole. The factsthat Mrs. Parnell wore her hair in curls, and smilinglyhummed a tune as she walked to the corner, were con-strued into proof of brazen guilt and a desire to affrontrespectable society. Gladstone was a strict Churchman, but he was also aman of the world. Parnells offense was the offensecommitted by Lord Nelson, Lord Hastings, the Dukeof Wellington, Sir Charles Dilke, Shakespeare, andmost of those who had made the name and fame ofEngland world-wide. Gladstone might have stood byParnell and steadied the Nationalist Party until thestorm of bigotry and prejudice abated, but he saw hischance to escape from a hopeless cause, and so hedemanded the res
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