Middletown transcript., 1872-05-25
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Dean Swift's Marriage.


Swift had written each day to Stella
journal OF the various events that had
sop'hcd his ambition or satisfied his pride.
aud named the great mobiles who were his
frequent companions, the power he had
won in the councils Of the nation. the mos,
minute events o. bis daily life. his din
mrs, his diseases, his gildiress, the mis-.
conduc, Of Patrick. anJ the mcaucholy
end Of Patrick's lark. the adventures OF
the box Of snuff, he heat of the weather ;
yet there was one passage Of his London
career upon which he was ever silent. He
had found new pupil. and Stella had
learned by report of that gay aud graceful
rival to whom all of Swiit's leisure wns
devoted. Easter Nunhourgh. the Nanes-
- Of the mysterious ROMANCE, was young. .
wealthy. beautiful, member of the gilt
rerng circle Of Tory fashion in which her
master was now moving with singular np-
plausc. Her father was dead, her mother
KEEP, hospiiablc house. and here Swift
found = friendly reception. aud forgot in
the eager homage of V-ncssa his duty to
his betro,hed, the gentle pupil Of Moor
Park.
lie woke suddenly from his dclusion
aud, when the death Of Anna drove him !.
moody exile. 10 his deanery at Dublin,
had resolved. prrhap,. TO part forever
/ from Nancssa. On his return he found
! ,aat grief aud natural Jealousy hal
thrown Stella into deep melancholy -
Her health declined a common friend
carried her complaints to Swift, and, with
strange reluctance aud singular prccau.
iion. he n, length determined T. prove hi
cons,ancy By going through the form oI
marriage The ceremony was performed
secretly in the garden Of the deanery ot
the Bishop Of clogcr. 1Il6. but upon con.
dilion rla, it was never to be acknowledg
ed publicly, and Stella was to live apar,
from her husband in the same guarded
WY in which they had 50 long dciicd ,he
scrutiny Of the world Agia,ed and
tloomy, Swift had yielded as il to som,
iatnl necessity in his mysterious marriage
Soon after. his friend, Mr. Delnny. .c
him coming from an interview with ,h,
Archbishop If Dublin. lie looked liz,
one distracted. and passed Dcapy wiihou
speaking Delany flrni the archbishop
in tears Upon asking the reason. be re
piled :" Inn have just met the most un
happy man on earth. but Of the cause o
his wrcichrdness you must never ask
question" Swif, hil himself in sccusiol
fpr several days after his marriage an,
then came forth 10 resume his usual cours
nf life and to treat Stella only as n belny
ed friend Every year, on her birthday
I he celebrated her virtues in graceful yer
SEES and proved the sincerity of his aiiec
tion by his devotion t. her while living
and the anguish with which he receive,
; tho 'idings of her death
What fatal barrier existed to their per
feet union. whnt strange confession Swii
made To the archbishop Of Dublin, why h
!, ever refused to publish hi- marriage witt
one he so deeply loved, m research ha
: ever unfolded. and no tongue has eve
) told. Swift carefully preserved his Sc
crct, and even when his intellect sank int
imbcci'i,y. upon one point he was alway
/, prudent. In NIL his writings he made n
confession. The mystery Of Swift an
Stella sleeps with them. where they wer
placed side By side, in tho Cathedral {
81. Patrick. But conjecture has ncve
ceased to explain their story. II was sal
TINT after his marriage Swift discoverc
that Stella was his sister. that they wcr
both the children OF Sir William Tempt,
and tha, the secret wns malicously reven
ed BY Mrs pinglcy. Stclla's companion
when the ceremony was ended. Sever,
, circumstances seem TO confirm the theory
They had both been inmates OF Sir Wi
d liam's house. had been treated by hi,
with constant regard, and had receive
considerable lcgacies In his will. Sou
likeness was traced between them an
: their supposed father. and It was not il
credible that one might have RENAME
ignorant Of the Others parcntage. bt
Scott believed that he had perfectly refu,e
the theory By some writer's il hss bee
suggested that Swiit was insane. and thu
his conduct "a. Stella aud vanessa shove
only the Wild freaks Of madman. OIL
ers have accused his fierce ambition an
s his pride. thst led him to crush with n,
: glect his humble composition and viii
, Some assert that hc would save the Il
Of vancssa; that he married Stella, b,