Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-11-23

occasional communication with her, to pre-
vent any catastrophe that might result from
actual despair, But his thoughts for Va
nessa's safety were inlmical to .Stella's re-
pose. She pined and gradually sank unde
the alteration that had taken place 10 Swift
department towards her since his acquaiht
ance with Nanessa. Swift, really anxious
for the safety of his ward, requested a frienc
to ascertain the cause lof herhmaady. II
was not difficult to ascertain it. His indif
ference and public scandal, which spoke
freely OF their unaccountable, connexion
were alone to blame for her sufItrings. ]:
was enough for Swift. He had passed The
age at which he had resolved to marry, but
he was ready TO wed Stella provided the
marriage were kept secret and she was
content TO live apart. Poor Stella was
more than content, but she over-estimated
her strength. The marriage took place,
and Immediately afterwards the husband
withdrew himself in a fit of madness, which
threw him into gloom and misery Tor days.
| What the motives may have been for the
.inexplicable sIpuations of this wayward
man it is impossible to ascertain. That
they were the motives of a diseased, and at
times utterly irresponsible, judgment, we
think cannot be questioned. OF love, as a
tender passion, Swift had no conception
His writings prove it. The coarseness that
pervades his compositions has nothing in
common with susceptibility that shrnks
from disgusting and loathsome images in
which Swift reveled. In all his prose
and poetical addresses to his misresses
there is not one expression TO prove the
weakness of his heart He writes as
guardiah-he writes as friend-he writes
as father, but not a syllable escapes him
that can be attributed to the pahgs and de-
lights of the lover. . @ -r. ay.
Married to Stella, Swift proved himself
more eager than ever to give to his inter-
course with Vanessa the character OF mere
friendship. He went so far as to endeavor
to engage her affections for another man,
but his attempts were rejected with indig.
nation and scorn. In the August of the
year 1717 Vanessa retired from Dublin to
her house and property near Cellbridge.-
Swift exhorted her TO leave ireland alto
getlier, but she was not to be persuaded.--
ImH20 itwould appear that the Dean fire.
cuentiy visited the recluse in her, retire
ment, and upon such OCCASIONS Vanessa
would plant laurel or two in honor of her
guest, who passed his time with the lady
reading and writing verses in a rural bow
er built in sequeStered part of her garden.
Some OF the verses composed by Vanessa
have been preserved. They breathe the
fond ardor of the suffering maid, and testify
to the impertulable GOODNESS of the man.
Of the innocence of their intercourse
there cannot be doubt. In 1920 Vanessa
lost her last remaining relative-her sister
died in her arms. Thrown back upon her
self by this bereavement, the intensity of
her love for the Dean became inShpporta-
Bile. Jealous and suspicious, and eager to
put an end to terror that possessed her,
she resolved to address hei self to Stella,
and TO ascertain from her own lips the en-
act nature OF her relations with her so-call-
ed guardian. The momento1s question
was asked in a letter, to which Stella calmly
replied by informing her interrogation that
she was the Deans wife. VaneSsa's letter
was forwarded by Stella to Swift himself,
and it reused him to fury. He rode off at
once to Cellbridge, entered the apartment
in which VanesSa was seated, and glared
upon her like a tiger. The trembling
creature asked her visitor to sit down. He
answered the invitation by finging pack
ct on the table, and'riding instantly away
The packet was opened 1t contained moth
ing but Vanessa'S letter TO Stella. Her
doom was pronounced. The fond heart
snapped. In a few weeks the hopeless,
deSoiate YanesSa was in her grave.
Swift, agonized, rushed from the world.
For two months subsequently, to the death
of Vanessa his place of abode was unknown.
But at the end Of that period he returned
to Dublin camer for the conflict he had
undergone. He devoted himself industri-
ously again to affairs of State. His pen
had now a nobler office than to sustain uu-
worthy men in unmerited power. We
can but indicate the course of his laborS.-
ireland, the country not OF his love, but of
his birth and adoption, treated as a conquer
ed province, owed her rescue from absolute
thradom to Swift'S great and unconquera-
BILE exertions on her behalf. He resisted
the English Government with his single
hand, and overcame them in the fight
His popularity in Ireland was unparalleled
even in that excited and generous-hearted
land. Rewards were offered TO betray him,
but million lives would have been sacrifi-
ced in his place, before one would have
profted by the patriots downfall. He was
worshipped, and every hair of his head was
precious and sacred to the people who
I aJored him. ,s,.a..,.. ... ...... a.
In 1926 Swift revisited England, for the
first time since the deathof Queen Anne,
aud published, anonymously as usual, the
famous satire of Galiiyer's Tmpels. Its i'm
mediate success heralded the universal fame
that masterly and singular work has since
achieved. Swift mingled once more with
bis literaryfr friends, and Lved almost entirely
with Pope Yet ,courted on all sides, be
! was doomed again to bitter sorrow. News
reached him that Stella was ILL.,. Alarmed
4 and full of selfreproaches, be hastenec
home to be received by the people OF. Ire.
land to triumph. and to meet-and he wa
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