d any means of becoming
acquainted with them, but as we felt that the incidents were necessary
to give fulness to his narrative, we did not hesitate to introduce them
here, where a knowledge of them was so necessary. We now allow Mr. Easel
himself to resume his narrative.

"This venerable pastor," continues Mr. Easel, "is a thin, pale man, but,
evidently, in consequence of temperance and moderation in his general
habits of living, a healthy one. He cannot be less than seventy, but the
singular clearness of his complexion, and the steady lustre of his
gray eye, lead you to suppose that he is scarcely that. He is tall and
without stoop, and, from the intellectual character of his high and
benevolent forehead, added to the mildness of his other features, and
his whole face, he presented, I must say, a very striking combination of
dignity and meekness. His dress is plain, and nothing can be more fine
and impressive than the contrast between his simple black apparel, and
the long flowing snow-white hair which falls over it. His holy zeal as
a Christian minister, unobscured by secular feelings, or an unbecoming
participation in the angry turmoils of political life, possessed all
the simple beauty of pure and primitive piety. Father Roche received
his education on the Continent, in several parts of which he has held
ecclesiastical appointments, one being the Presidency of an Irish
College. He consequently speaks most, if not all, of the continental
languages; but so utterly free from display, and so simple are his
manners, that you would not on a first interview, no, nor on a second,
ever suppose the man to be what he is--a most accomplished scholar and
divine. In one thing, however, you never could be mistaken--that his
manners, with all their simplicity, are those of a gentleman, possessing
as they do, all the ease, and, when he chooses, the elegance of a man
who has moved in high and polished society. He has only been a few
years in Ireland. After a glass of wine and some desultory conversation
touching public events and the state of this unfortunate and unsettled
country, upon all of which he spoke with singular good temper and
moderation, we went to see the manufactory, now that I had recovered
from my fatigue. This building is two or three hundred yards from the
house, and as we were on our way there, it so happened that he and I
found ourselves together, and at some distance from M'Loughlin and his
sons.

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