And in the meantime, if there had been any tendency to disintegration, it was soon restored by the conduct of the Tories.

For, the old game of obstruction and vituperation went on just as strongly as if no concession had been made, and no victory gained.

The Monday night had been reserved for a debate on the Evicted Tenants' Commission.

And Mr.T.W.Russell, brimful of notes and venom, sate in his place, as impatient to rise as the captive and exuberant balloon which only strong ropes and the knotted arms of men hold tight to mother earth.

Jimmy, however, has a passion for his ignoble calling; he sings at his work like the gravedigger in "Hamlet." And before the inflated Russell was able to explode, Jimmy had an hour or so to himself in the discussion of Mr.Mundella's efforts to deal with labour.