Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-03-25
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People Have Missed Seeing
BY GRACE GREENWOOD.

During my visit to London, spent sew
eral weeks in pleasant house, near Port
land Square, as The guest of DIR. and Mrs.
l.. good and delightful people, of
pure Scottish descent, who made me feel
perfectly at home, and whose memory is
very dear TO me. That of the Doctor is
doubly dear and sacred now, for he has
passed on to receive the rest and recom>
pcusv Waiting vrvsc Ur uouic me-
lie died singularly, ike Thackery. ofheari
disease, suddenly, but most TRANQUILITY. in
his bed, handed ever by gentle Sleep to
his twin brother, Death.
In medicine, my friend was a follower
of Hahnemann; in politics, of Jne. Bright.
He was called an enthusiast and a radi,
cal names of fearsome import in England;
but he was one of the most gentle, grace>
ful, and gracious of men. He was beau-
tiful ia person, and in manner modest TO
shyness, with all the dreamy absenf>mind-
edness ofa true student His wife, bon>
ney young Scotch woman, shrewd and
practical, was tower Of strength 10 him
In all pecuniary matters and every day
matters. He, educated on the Continent,
thoroughly versed in German and French
philosophy, had remarkable freedom and
boldness of thought on moral and theo-
logical questions, balanced by good Scotch
sense and steadiness, while visit to the
United States had given him certain Re>
publican proclivities. She, reared in
Edinburgh. in the shadow of the Kirk,
knew neither Kent nor Strauss, and barely
tolerated Carlisle. She taught Ler hild>
rem from the cradle tn reverence the rs
tablished religion hnd honor the Qle, n,
and he wisely offered no interference with
her system. In fIct, between those two
totally dissimilar characters and lives,
there was no conflict, no discord Love,
Faith aud Daty, the three household
graces, seemed to harmonic all into good
fellowship, =. This was by no means an
ideal marriage, but was real, practical
partnership, understood for just what il
was, and Loyalty lived up 10; aud SO, not
Astounding in sentiment and poetic rhp>
lures, yielding much reasonable happin ess
and solid, every day comfort. after al,
your true Englishnan's idea of heaven is a
good comfortable place.
My friends had several beautiful child>
rem, One of these. then handsome girl
OF about eight years, was, / think, the
most prompt and lreespoken child ever
met. There was yankee dash and au>
dacity in her manner CT dealing with her
indGlgent fathers heresies, for she was on
her mothers ide in ieilgion and politics,
sternly orthodox aud staunch.y loyal. A
frey little monarchist was she, though she
once privately confessed TO me that her
hereditary ,sympathies were with the
house of Stuart. 'oniy,' she added, they
are all dead or beheaded, you know This
Qeen is not so pretty as Mary Stuart,
but she Is good, and Protestant, and the
Princesses are lovely. often see them
driving in the Park with the Queen o.
their grandmamma. and when / come
homo don't want any dinner-only des-
jert., IA, ls.l, t,,s. ,.,i r., i'll ~.
One day the loyal little maid invited ne
to. accompany her and her papa to hyde
Psrk. which was within pleasant walk
of our square, but az it WAS the day fol-
writing American letters. was obliged to
decline. 1tAW W fllNtC ah4
Just on the. purplel edge of the long,
sweet English twilight, the father and
daughter returnrd, tne former laughing
gayly, the latter looking flushed and in'
dignant. ,s.f rffs
We'll Annie, said Mrs D. did you
have q pleasant walk? HtN.Et
Yes, mamazthat is the first part Of 1t
was very pleasant, and we saw the Queen
and Prince Albert, and the Duches ol
Kent and her ladies, and the Princes Rcys
al and the Princess Alice. in lovely blue
bonnets; and we were close to the gate
way when they drove through, and thay
all bowed. and the Queen looked right u
ms and smiled when she bowed, and
Iceurtesied Of course, but Pspa'-here she