He was an officer in the Wexford Militia for a year or two, till politics drove him out of that service and drew him into another.

Now he went to the war gravely but joyfully.

I think those days did not bring into relief any more picturesque or sympathetic figure.
One thing ought to be said.

Mr.Devlin wished to join also, but Redmond held that he could not be spared from Ireland, where his influence was enormous; and he was placed in a somewhat unfair position, even though everyone who knew him knew that his chief attribute was personal courage.

But he was indispensable for the work which had to be done, of helping at this strange crisis to keep Ireland peaceful and united at a time when Government was at its lowest ebb of authority.
Trouble threatened.