REMARKABLE LOVE STORY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2153, 20 May 1914, Page 7

REMARKABLE LOVE STORY

MRS. PARNEL'S BOOK ECHO Of HISTORIC INTRIGUE By TeJeSrftiih—Press AteoeSft'tlfln—CoiiyrJirh'S (Hoc. 3fay ID, 10.-K0 p.in,) London, May 19. Mis. Parnell'-s book is a. remarkable■ love story of tho Parnciis. -She held that tlic marriage bond did Hot bind v.-lteu love had ceased, At the end of IWO, lie was addressing Mrs, O'Shea as 1880, Parneli was addressing Mrs, U'Shea as "my deamfc wife," and visited her at Eltliam, Dhallsngß to a duel, O Sltoa's husband, in Juiro of 1881, visited ISltiiani without tlio customary inviuiiou, and challenged. ParHell to a duel. The book provides an extraordiiiary revelation of Parnell's stiatagems and devious to prevent tlio discovery of his intrigue. He used fatso nameSj employed cyphers, and once, lived for awhole fortnight a.t Mrs. O'Shea's house. Without till? sci vasts-suspcctin;: his presence. ■ ■ ■

While in prison _at Ki'lmainhain be wrote her letters in iiiyistblo ink, and when, he learnt that a baby was about to b<s born secured his release oil parole for a week to attend a, '"nephew's funeral," and went- to Mrs. O'Shea's iifttno-' diately. _ While Mrs,' O'Shea was upstairs with her dying chi.ld 5 Raritell and O'Shea sat boioi-, talking Irish psilii'ies far into tho night. When • i'arnell stoics in at 'daybreak to bid good-bye tefo'ro returning; to prison, Sirs.. O'Shea put the dying ehlild into his arms. When Parm-il hoard of the Phoenix Park ratii'ders, lie said that lie would resign, . Mrs. O'Shea replied: "No, you aro not.coward." Par-nell read Piggott's letters iii tlio "Times" with -iii-icanoem, and was with difficulty persuaded to deny thein. Gladstone and ParnCll, Tho book reveals the dose snbter-' ratiean relati.ons.liii) which existed be-' fcween Parncll and Gladstone, White' openly fighting .each other in tho Hrttiso. of ConunoiiS. Mrs. O'Shea states that she-acted as a go-between—commencing in May, 1882—-for te.ii years- Gladstone knew «i' lver relations with Parne'li, audi tool; advantage of it to lt,ee:p in touch j bat changed lii-s atiitmio after tho divorce casf, in defereiico to tho Nonconi'ormist conscience.

ltt cottw.qiienee of tiie issue of the. divorce suit broiiglit ill 1890 by Captain O'Shea, Mr. Parnell was requested by Mr. \Y. E.' -Gladstones and other English Liberals to retiro from the Chairmanship of ibe Irish iPrtrty. Ho fleet.ihed, rijiil. issued a. n:auifi-=-to to HlO people of Ire'aiid, Riving an account -of pri rate c.-mferenres' with .11 r. Giad'-tone ami Mr. John Iforley. "'lie Iris't Roman CnthftliS Bishops then (lcmandcd 3.fr.Pari-.c-ll'.-;rcl.ireuiein. After ■ a week's -angr-y discussion in th-a IfousO" of Coiinaens Committee Boom - No. J's, t'iii; Irish Party dirideil. Mr. Jusiiri M'Carthy, tlio vie.e-riiairni:u), wa-S elected ohaiiiaan by 41 menibers, Mr. Pornell continuing chairman with 2G {Oltowera, In Oclober of the. follo'vinfr year---some eieven months after the ilivorrft lip-d baa;, granted to Captain O'Shra. Mr. Parnell died.