SATURDAY' Allows! 13. 1922. ‘
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By P. J. O'KEEFE.
“l"lx'v'. me fairies in [rel-ml:
of rho: no doubt exists, sad
,5 the particular local folk
or: 25099 fairies are otdillez'ent .
or" 2-2:: they are gram-Ally heldfl
w ..{ dmhmtive size with a red up;
. :r"‘u- {mum-c. so nimble that no ‘0!)-
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rot-mg happy disposition: It is a
fil’f‘. almost a lifetime. event when
they are seen at nib and hardly ever
save in night time. ‘
more rare parts are found other ups-
are known as "the good people."
There is quite a distinction in the
reference and type. for the good peo-
ple are more nearly akin in form
mnnner to ordinary humanity
with a current. almost controlling.
disposition to indulge in all sorts of
games. pastimes and athletic sports
and espu‘lall)‘ given to the horse and
chase.
One thing is certain that in almost
any purt or the old deargreen isle
one will be told mic after tale and
story after story at the fireside of
happenings of tile good‘people. Nor
are such stories over toll with ievitY:
by no mums. If there is anything
sacred to the Celt. apart from their
rollginn or love of family and home.
it is their love and reverence for tho
dead. ‘
Trnvvi with them as you will and
where you may and ever you will
find the lrishman lift his hat as 11.”
passes 113' ll“! graveyard. and their
tender dl-anion to the departed Al
the «mm is lowered to its last mt-
lng place is proverbial. typical and
solemn. A frequent remark in Iro-
lnnd. as some reference is made to
some old friend of the past. is. “Well.
God be with the den ."
The Banshee Still Cries.
You will be told. too. of many a
i happening or circumstance connected
with such or such a family when
death hovers near. For instance, in
one family when a member is to dis
can be heard the cry of the banshee,
a lonely wall, weird and desolate: in
another the sure sign of approach-
ing death is the cry of the dog in the
alt; in another a carriage and
horses Ire heard along the roadway
and a. knock comes to the door. only
to find when the door is opened that
no horse or carriage or person is
there, and in still another that the
night preCeding the death mil moat
surely finds any looking glass or
mirror in the house clouded and
sometimes as though a. face looked
out from the glass.
If you would have the good people
friendly to you then one must take
care to be kindly to them. As it is
said. "Sure the good people must be
r
and
Georges Clemenceau ‘at Mantel
Gives the Wisdom of 80 to also
Inexperience of :8.
HAVE come here to bring in
the testimony of a tormented
life, but one which has re-
ceived the most beautiful recompense
that could be dreamed of on
the day that I had the pride
of reading my name on the fa-
mde of my old school. Yes, I have
passed my youth in this old. moldy
lyecum. I was a little fellow. even I,
in the last century. At that time
young people were not very reason-
able. They lifted an insolent nose.
opened :1 cynical mouth; but tillers
was always sunlight in their eyes.
They since became men. ‘
I was very content when I quitted
the iyccum, content—snore than con-
tent. Till-y had not rendered me very
(Igulzed later that all mylittle wor-
ries were due only to myself. You
will any the same thing in yml" turn,
But in order to keep iliv :em-nunt
- ftralght it is necessary to i« am how
great is the battle which awaits
young people. For life is only an ad-
.m mbiuge of duties and of struggles;
n struggli‘ for the right to found A
family and to make it live and pros-
lwl': ll an angle for the right to love
those will surround us; a battle of
(millage, of nobility. of generosity.
i did not know this then and per—
7.3;») you do not know it to‘day. I
not men feel it. Life for me
l-mmd it; be a. great garden which
rnx- huc‘l only to enter to be accosted
{:6 rlmiziillr» people saying charming
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Z ind not quilted this old, moldy
.m: in which the professors were
:'- r} much more stern and less agree-
..r in than are those of to-day when I
entvré‘i lit once on life. I was no
thin any other boy. But I
max: poi-l ulved that there were more
lime to receive than to give when
We vraws from the cttentive euro
'4“ L. r .
of the Hmily, when one is clone in '
”‘15 kn rat Paris, with rivals who in
”Wilrmllons and in trial- paas in
3-3! of 5 on without your permission. (
I fell llJCk on myself “dumbed
szedlctel!’ for a. way out for the
3113": dt‘H-lopment of my Spit“— I
went-l... . m the old shelves when
were the old book. of the lyceum. I
look them up again uld remd them.
am then my momm- returned to the
”“5 Michael's. those men who kn!!!
"5 may thing. and who bud given
“.9“ best part of them. '
Bfi‘milz‘m it a precious thing.
.‘. “me in something which win
{27: M further—om nineties.
v: in”. will never be not“
‘ “an and there need not b.
He Didn’t; 'vBeliévegin the Fairies
«nu .l- run obstruct them and with u ..
But in some .
cles or the elusive tribe. and these .
unhappy here. however, and I rec- _
MfuJouur-dtboydon'tuk ~ous ail-"and assume on W
much!“ Two Wont-arc ul- -
staigbt unilnn you-Mes and
« piatecieuu. and leave a have! water
m-_02~ the 0mm. Th0! win
‘vtnble: hummmu-..wmsper a. m about so sad so
-who bad:“bctter be careful of what
be my." ill-«they will let it be
on tbeubie and u glam-or ocupveo -knovm.~posuibly as a great secret.
that when «in MM are on t that ”wound so the other»nlsht«
their rounds. tf tbeyuhould cull. they -
will—seem;- or a. welcome ind .
a clean drink cwuttini.
It in known to the good people who
mg the living are friendly to
them and who are not. To that and.
sometimes. the good people have 3
special friend umong the living
whom they frequently confer with
and send mm d mutton or pro-
’ faction to those kindly regarded.
They never hurt their friends out!
often protect them from danger.
They never visit the homes of tho--
unfriendly to them. my desire si-
loxlocandmnotunlgbtbuturonot
averse to noes-my travel. only you
should not be out too into in certain
plums—that is. neu- tholr favorite
haunts—and one should never-Whistle
5t night in such localities.
“Friends of the Good People.”
Onowiflnotnndlthardtolocats
some of file “friend- of the good
people.” as they are 1:an and
called; those friend; mun or woman.
b, am Mo on I lemlcmyllefl-
.the.good people he would maybe
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bad notwbeon~prote¢tcd‘by some 0‘
not find himself so active or strong
this day. Soon these great secrets
get around and by degrees the man
or woman emi y is respectfully
regarded, and sometimes 'kept away
from, but always carefully treated.
One mnnot afford to hurt these
emf-caries.
There were two of those in the dis-
trict about which the present story
runs; one was known as "Moll
Crow." who traveled with the good
people. and the other was "Thady
Doody." "Bonn" almost always cau-
tioned "Ks. the house clean and
leave a. drum: on the table." while
‘Thady" Insularly instilled. espe-
cially to the young people. "say
nothing against them.“
The particular district for the
nouco lies in southern Ireland. at
the southwestern end of the glorious
golden vale; it is a rich country,
almost rolling with fringes of woods
about. A stream hero and there. and
tbouehnlgsomnbutfiigenou‘h,
lit." and the ideolbtic nooks and
shades for joists. madmuon‘ m ‘
whole countrydide. And then the
“forts": ”uh. "I“° , ll whens the
tau-lea dwell. and One must be care~
ful not to disturb “lam; .
so much so is this idea. observed
that never in Ireland will you find
a so-called fort disturbed. never dug
up. never planted; simply that
greenest of green grass almost all
through the year. it is supposed
that these mounds. small and some.
times obscure. remain from other
war days and possiblly then were
resting places for the dead. They
are treated with reverence. be sure.
The average would run around
twelve or fifteen feet high. about
sixty to eighty feet in diameter.
with a little rim ground and usually
a few trees. For a setting such as
should properly be akin to the home
of. the fairies or good people there
"15 no place like Ireland.
And for having their business ud-
rvertised without cost or radio the
tight little‘laiuld ls unrivaled. for.
-. us the renowned Father Tom Burke *
once said. "'1le sseoret to an old
woman in. Ireland and pledge her 'by «
all that is good and.holy.,nevcr't0v
breathe a word of it to 1 living Soul
and the atoms of the road will know.
it next day at 1: o’clock.” And'nt.
almsstevery step 011110.an in Inc- >
' land one mum‘s. man or wonnn
9
ready with a legend of the good
people. '
did Hill of Rama.
The Old hill of Killslea is not lur-
passed in Ireland. It rises gradually
from the western end of the golden
vale (.or. as some [have it, golden
vein) and sloping so little as to be
scarcely noticeable till in the course
of two or three miles it attains In
eminence of some eight to nine bun-
dred feet over the valley below.
The land here is very rich and in
the fall of the year, especially after
the hour frost of the morning is dis-
sipated by the sun. no more charm-
ing scene could be presented to the
eye; there. assuredly. the grass grow-
green.
stream.
The bill; slopes from out to south-
went with s heavily wooded glen all
slung the western shin—and through
the glen flowing “postnatal-beyond
1nd tottbemorth-is a good My
Limestone truly more!
cumin; hence in tha‘héd sum-r
rock-Ind ‘utons ubo‘und and scan,-
“dime. cspcdslly‘ at‘night. the river
- sings loudly as it runs with some-
timeu.a Splash or an otter jumps for
:‘kits.Pl'9Y- In. that silliness one may
_ su‘inotimes be frightened at the sud-
‘dexz round and echo among the
dme.~wood. an. echo which is all
the more generous when it is ruin-
lngmdn strong westerly gale is
blowing. ~ .
.Tho place at the water on the
roadway wits called ~llalingh. pro-
nounced Balsloclr. and the~wooded-
glen was called Plum Hill. Tile'fcrt
was called liccior's Fort and. as
they say in Ireland, had a bad name:
that is to say, some weird stories
Were told of it; the fairies nboundcd
and strange noises were often board.
and strange lights were secs flitting
at, night. and the horses and hounds
were often heard in full cry and wild
winds blew around.
Further beyond and to the south-
west was Wilnt‘wns called the "moun-
tain;" by mountsin'wns meant not
a mount or bill but that it was wild.
heathcry. watery. boggy land. the
(
/ rendezvous of the curlew and snipe,
where a sportsman was always at
home. "Jamcsy." the warden. as he
was known to all the hunters. never
was at a loss to take you to the
lair of a fox or a hare. This was the
locality on the October nights in '7‘
-—it was Iisilowc'cn, the night when
all fairies and good people are abroad
and on that night befell the happen-
ing of our tale.
Davy Lynch's Ghost.
The hero, Davy Lynch, was born
to the west some seven or eight miles
and wns‘tho son of a farmer. He
was brought up to do farm work. was
some six feet tall. broad shouldered.
agile. swift and strong. He was a
good type as young men ran. tem—
perate and of an easy going disposi-
tion. Bub-and here's the ruling feat-
ure—Davy was never friendly to the
good people. affected not to believe in
them. ridiculed the stories of them
and their ways and claims—in a.
- word. he spoke against them.
On the particular day a cattle fair
was held at a town. Dromina. with
s brother and slap a. friend of his
on his way home. They left the
fair late in the evening. so '1 it
was approaching midnight when
they got near Ballagh. Seeing a
light at the home of a farmer di-
rectly on the road. Davy told his
* mm. ninth!" under my
Lung-n10“: '0 won: slung; rm; ,—
wungobg in lo can: his pipe and ._
would notch up with them. .30 ac _
go in. got his pipe going and in u a
few minutes left. proceeding m
untilhc got to Mimi» and thigh
mentor: on he told it:
”1me stopping past the long): »
“Wasatch-up with Jams;
sliincd‘ionul’ of u sudden it?
field. .1 couldnot quite unW-w
but in u moment I found myself sur- .-.
rounded by n crowd of 3mm»... '
The! scan-to bo~plnying MM“...
and over in n comer I noticed ‘,
«Bruce coins ‘on and heard some"
Lpipm (drying. *‘l'hem‘ quickly and - . s
a controversy and there seemed to in
some who were unfriendly and new ‘ ‘
tile. ' ' ‘ '
"Their nitiudc showed resentmenb
.to: me and s desire to canoe ml
trouble. Tho olher group opposed
any nurtvto me. and the debate m ,
getting warm when the two Carney ,
boysztboth were sons of the farmer
at whose house Davy had just called
to light his pipe) inter-tweed and‘dc—
nullified that I should be handed over
io their custody.
"I knew them at once: they wen,
dead only n. your or so; we had 31- '
ways been warm friends. .-\ficr much
discussion and over strong objection
by some opposed I was handed am 7
{0 my sponsors. .
“They told me not to look back not
to notice any one as we went along.
I did not know where we were going'
nor did i ask. only they said: ‘WO
will see you safe. Duvy.‘
“In a llilie while 1 ioulld myself at i
Dunviile's house and in from of tho,
north wall.” I cannot tell how I won
put in. but afterward they told In.
that they found me inside the small."
Mckcdoad iron bound window roomy
I was not in any wuy hurt. but kind
of dimy for a few days. I don't want
to have any more such experience
nor say anything about the good
people or otherwise."
Dunviiic was an alert. courageous
and powerfully built msn- He undyin-
wifs occupied the bedroom. They
were both awakened by a noise. as :
though something had fallen in the
office.
Dunville at once grabbed the gun
and with his wife. who had a lighted
candle. went at once to the cities
door. which he opened carefulLyi
holdinglhls gun ready. Hardly had
he opened the door when 3 voice
from the inside said: "Mr. Dunvillq
this is no enemy. 1 am Davy Lynch
and a friend.” . '
Davy repeated the story to Hm.
Carney. the mother of the two dead
boys who befriended him. I heard
the story from her. Davy told no
the story himself and about that
time. Nineteen years later I was'
given confirmation of her part in "'
related by Mrs. Dunvlile.
4.
.43
Face Y
nny. Each of us knows what his
duties are. Only it is necessary to
be capable of fulfilling them and to
have the spirit 6f discipline.
This is whut I have come to say to
you. And when above your heads. I
see that noble dab of bronze and
think of those who have given their
lives in under that yo might be
saved to succeed them and to con-
tinue the destiny that France pur-
sues in her path of glory and beauty
I also seek to draw from this mag-
niflcent and glorious history a lesson
of philosophy. On I. battlefield of
America during the war of slavery
they raised a monument. Lincoln.
who presided. said: ”We are not
come to honor our dead. who have
already given to themselves all the
honor they could have, w: Sine here
to honor ourselves in approaching
them. in asking from them their
thoughts. which are necessary for
us in order to continue a well u
we can their work."
These words in America, s country
torn by civil war. had a. very dif-
ferent meaning from what they could
have here. We are an old country.
a very old country; We have been,
we are today. the product of Greek
culture. But Greek culture came to
us by way of the Romans. Rome her-
self. after having been conquered as
Home sold. Rome huvmg conquered
Greece assimilated Greek civilization
in part; but the basis of the Greek
sentiment for beauty was not natural
to Rome. It was a nation which had
within it the seed- of Germanism;
Romans were not ideal-ts. but men
of iron. of blood. who sunk to the pit
because that conquests could not in-
spire in than elthOr thought or senti-
ment. But we French. I repeat. are
the product of Greek culture. and I
ask myself what would have hap~
pened it Alexander had not turned
toward the East?
tory would have been quite diner-cut.
Read your history. take the books
tint theygtuyou; itineneuuooes—
sion at m. do we reach at lat
modern times. travel-dug the beauty
of the Reach-anon and since that
time we no France.
We. are the France where Louis
XIV., utter astonishing conquests.
aided in d¢cct. the France where
Napoleon finished by Waterloo. the
France where one day utter 1 new
defeat we lost and m
WNW-11.31% the!
out wry loudly. the! ten in their
magnificent hope-- I. who M ‘0
you‘now, ‘I lived from 1811 20.1914. “
any years of humiliation and W-
Imminmmmutm
more”: Hammad
Mmmhw'
0111'
then the fates willed otherwise.
We have been attacked. and I am
going to make my confusion to you.
I did not believe in the final victory.
I knew that nil the young men of
France were going to sacrifice their
blood. I hope-d that the old ones
would have their turn. I told my-
self that. as at “'aterloo. the enemy
was too numerous. and I was not
sure that our allies would arrive in
time. . '
Frenchmen, before help came.
Destiny
remembers that he has been called
the bird of wisdom he wishes to say
to you one precise word that he
would like you to take away.
It is very beautiful to throw one'u
self upon the enemy. to leave all
those whom one loves. all those
whom one cherishes. But there is
another kind of courage; it is the
tranquil courage of the scholar who
means to learn, who disregards wea-
riness in acquiring the lessons of
his professor in order to apply them
”and 1.Try Life
were very naughty formerly and we
did not do always what we ought to
do; Oh. well. our professors have an
ungrateful task. They try to fix
ideas in _the mind of young people
who have no desire to learn. I beg
of you to look upon them as upon
fathers. big brothers. like men who
could have for you only the best sen-
timents. For them I ask nothing.
The great and beautiful French
University has been magnificently
developed since I sat on a school
\
“Well, since the old owl is still
been called the bird of wisdom he
like you to take away”:
unhopebacktomeandmudom
blush for the doubt which had filled
my mind. Iprontedby'thelulon.
Atthehesdofaflafrslhndtheglm.
the honor, the happiness, of seeing
nllficnchngndothclrduty.
Now that wobave come totbo
”dorm-mountheroueuml
onuortwothlngstbdtfmldnko
tosaytoyon. Pardonmeforupcuk—
tugtoyouinuumniurtondbutt
mohtomcuktoyoulikcunoldc‘on-
udstoblsyaungtrlonds.
I would like very much to know
how yourcnrdmobere. hits!!!
I man old‘ovd perched on n“
manor? WelLuincothooldM
ductilluhiotobatbiuwlngum-
if , I,
and 1/2; a. l. .
to himself. And lookatvyour
‘v fathers: they'work. they 09611“ '0‘
burrs. they matter. they have trou-
jbiu, but they force themselves to
maximum-damm-
nggbguar. Nobodyrelsesumonu-
menttotbcmbeclnleeacboncof
udsnnhdlbdtomthmgltomuks
”www.mmwbomholom
mmdtbcuoldler! lam
content. Mbnoncedtomo
nonrad- Rubelongu toryour‘rucc
m yonrntbm have abundantly
proved item must mutilate:
’tbcrowwldbononoofthucceo-
monies. that for which’ :45: u' cult. 7
m to menu by Wu. ‘
Do you» see these professor-1, .Wo
able tobeat his wings and remembers that he has
wishes to say to you one precise word that he would
A
bunch» But discipline must reign.
You buvenoedpf it. even if some-
time- it 1- a little usual. I: my
happen that you will be blamed un-
Justiy, but you will.“ this often in
life. end the nonunion h the his!»
the more marl torlous In it for you
gammy. ttlsthicthatuusolé
am can: you will obey at once,
submitcomnuhm'entmqmmn-
u barrow or to push a plow. It is
necessary to learn the way and never
to despise work in whatever hold it is
encountered.
You look higher—to intellectual
work. Some among you will restrain
yourselves to 'acquiring moderate
means for enjoying life. Others wish
to cultivate to a higher degree the
faculties of thought. Henccforlh. I
can defire only one thing: to give
good advice.
“‘0". try lli'c! .
I will cite the grea: speech of Sec-
ates when Judgment had been'pussed
“3
upon him. He had been condemned
to death. He did not pronouncej'
discourse Justirylng himself. No!
But he said, “The time has come for
me to rcrllicr into sitencc. We are
going to port forever. I to die. you
to live. and only the gods know
\I‘hlcll shall have the better part.” ‘
My dear children, we are going to
part; 1’ to die and you to live the
life of Frcnchmen. You can do it
by working. by ceaseless clort, by
becoming men.
Yes, my dear friends. doubtless I
shall never see again your iyceum.
but you will live in my thought. in
my memory. ,
Forget me! Roll up your sleeve:
and face your destiny!
__ 7‘2“,““2‘3
‘ Some Anecdotes
‘From the Vatican.
HE vivid and rather baffling
I personality of the new Pope
~ is beginning to penetrate the
bronze portals of the Vatican. and
the local press is full of opinions and
even polemics about the rcnl nature
of Pius XI. and the prospects for his
pontlflcate.
Phil is. all agree. a hum of the ut-
most personal vigor and directness.
Thegualitles of the Aiplnist who not
so long ago scaled a precipitous
mountain. in the three day climb.
spending the nights standing on his
feet; on a narrow ledge, are evident
in the decisions of the pontiff. He‘
is a. breaker of old tradition-"and a
' maker of new ones and has a. healthy
lack of respect for the past. The
other day he remarked to certain
Roman nobleman who were debating
the moat question of the Vatican“.
relation with Italy: "It seems in me
that these gentlemen ”still hove the
mentalltyof Leo xtns. time.” ,
On the other hand. certain circles
complain that the new pontiff is an-
story and falls to make decisions
sharply or promptly «laugh. Ono
_ curdlnfliscrcdltedwlth thoranurk
that if things continue a they now
or. the Pope’s decisions will have
only 3 rem vs value. .
A little Wt which M: the
independence of tbe'new pout!!! arose
' over his approval of the, romant-
mcnt of tour private Was.
who bud been mm by Bene-
dict. Plus W in addition to give
us private ,m, 7W0!
'f‘Your Bonus-s." one of the Vat-
swercd the Pope calmly. “I am
making him the» first Chamberlain.
and the other four can remain." '
Rain or shine. Pius spends tho
middie'of the afternoon in the Vativ
can gardens. which he finds very rs-
strlcted for his athletic tastes. HO .
is driven into the garden in the
papal carriage, escorted by a royal.
guard, and at the espianade of tho
Madonna of Lourdes leaves the car-e
flags and winks for an hour. "
It is said that the first afternoon'f ,
the Pope started for the germ: the '
coachmun asked. "Where do you
wish to go?" ‘
"To the Madonna of
Pius answered. _7
The query and answer were re;
peated the second afternoon. 93.
the third day. when the coachm
again asked the direction. Pius an-
Lourds,” .
on only two paths; must I repaid
the some directlonsrcvu-y day?”
. Edwin Arlington Robinson. who
has just received the Pulitzer print
for the but volume of verse pub. '
linked in 1921. was honored lull!
vile-«Jul. University smiled hing
tbsdegrecddoctoroflsturtt: '
. O t 0
Ed at A. liownr. author of "m; '
Norwalk Chronicler