To-night would read a Second Time second portion of Land
Bill, and then, hey, for the Christmas holidays!
[Illustration: Surveying the Battle-field.]
Prince ARTHUR, entering House with long, swinging stride, smiling
sweetly around him, started at the prospect before him. Hitherto
Benches in Irish quarter have been empty; accustomed occupants
wrestling with each other in Committee Room No. 15. "For a fortnight,"
as SYDNEY HERBERT said, dropping into poetry as he surveyed the
battle-field from the Bar, "all bloodless lay the untrodden snow."
Now Prince ARTHUR, like "LINDEN, saw another sight." The Irish quarter
closely packed. At the corner seat by the Gangway TIM HEALY, terribly
truculent; a little further down the new Leader of the regenerate
party, bent on making more History for Our Own Times.
Whilst PARNELL was yet the uncrowned king, he eschewed the habit
of Guerilla Leaders (whether with or without a following) of
appropriating a corner seat.
"For a very good reason," says WILLIAM MURPHY, once mildest-mannered
man that ever built a tram or railway, now transformed into
exceedingly plain-spoken politician. "If PARNELL had taken corner
seat, his comings and goings--especially his goings--would have been
more easily marked.
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