TREASON


It was during the Parnell agitation in Ireland that an anti-Parnellite,

criticising the ways of tenants in treating absentee landlords,

exclaimed to Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia: "Why, it looks very much

like treason."



Instantly came the answer in the Archbishop's best brogue: "Sure,

treason is reason when there's an absent 't'."





Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?

Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.



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