New-York tribune., 1872-09-26
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

npVrNOUCI-' A SJmMEho AsS+-
1ass myITY-oSE OF THE MARTYRs-FAlR |
-,roI-s sTfMMER AND sun AND LOVE Anu
IrAIY-A NEW CHRONIC |
,ysoM A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT oFTHb Tribune |
posro, Sent. 23.-ROberts Brothers are 10
,nn.n this month. new novels though one y,
4. % modest as only call itsef noVeiet'e' LUIS -
=, ., ,,,,,cnois by Mrs Richard 5. Greenough, 'ue
.,to ~ Greenough the scuptor-the other Is ui,
,,er,s Romance" by Mary Healy, the dausu'ei % 80,
,he painter Both books are written IN "iuOi
Mrs Greepough's has the slenderest poSslpie ~ 'N -
o, and is very old plot at that Ever since noNeS
, ,,,i,,ep heroic ani saintlike girls have peeh
-. arrv,nc stony hearted monsters Win money
An order that the fathers OF the aioresalu Sah'
NAV be saved from ruin and disgrace can ses -
me Gentle ghosts Of long procession Ol suon '
To their number Mrs GTeenough mas addeo her hei'
- ,,t de.renee that this time the customary sacrl-
e 4. made 70 secure step-father from shame ana py
thus saving him TO preserve the lie OF 'ne neiVi"o
r,o,her who Is in failing health. ana so mucn III o'
With her worthless husband that to witness MS uSsi"'
,,oua surely XIII her. This is great improvement VI
The accustomed plot allow re 10 suggest " 'lo i %
hundred and ninety-nne novelsts VINO VIII ye' uso ~
,,or The century is over 1t really not natural that
the father should reprobate and bis aaugh'er "n
&C., Rlood is thicker than water-but there is no law
Of inheritance by which stepdaughter coulo Oe Ca
rscted 20 resemble her mothers second husoahu'
That the plot Of In Extremis Is very shght ana mas
u,te to boast OF In the way OF originality, Is nothing
against the story Mrs Greenoughs power Is ho'
in Matchmaking She sets her stage but slightly Ihere
IL very little Of millinery, upholstery OF any sor' VI
padding about her tae but the characters are worm
The tine Won will spend in getting acquainted WIN
them. Uncle Mertoun, the village pastor tender
tsurhtfu cultured uuwordly, and yet wise and conr
aeoou Helens true lover Robert Hay soldier ana gen
tlernan kuightly. loyal and altogether snteu 10 neI
and Helen herself, q creature so pure tna' sH'
WAS almost too good for human natures oNy
food are such noble souls as 1t IS ieHeshlns
O., meet with In this worldly word-in books OF out Vi
them Helen Is rarely gifted, especially IN music Vi
Uonderful delicate beauty and unsensh 10 lhe las'
degree Robert Hay is precisely the man 10 toucn INC
fv and win the heart Of such girl. ut Is solemn
thing" she says, in her Journal Ito love- IL n'S Us
above this world and the things Of this world lnere Is
mo more time but eternity; space, but inhniy
mo- more pain or grief, but love, which comprehehus
eternity and infDity in itself" No wonder the oiu
minister who had petted her from her baoyhood' ana
had loved her father before her felt an aching tender
ness toward her passing with maiden step from out
the rates Of childhood, carrying her newborn love III
her heart"
There was to be a little delay before this happy at
tacbmeut should made known to Helens mOther anu
her stcpather Her soldier lover went back 10 n pos
ON the frontier and Helen TO 90 abroad with hel
family lust then there came desperate commercial
crss-the sepfather was absent Tor some uine III .'
city and when he returned was soon IoIo"eo u to
neichborhood by a Mr.. Alton a noted hnaucle. =, "
sef made man. no longer young, who had eu "ha' 10
n, . tas,ufev Al first Helen manifested extreme
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,epuenance toward him. but very soont was announced
that she was about marry him. AS appears III INC
end she does this to brJe Mr. Alton to replace some
trust money feonousy appropriated nv her
and thus 10 save her mothers ne DeneVlhg Ihat INC
sgrace which could only thus be averted, would be
fatal TO the delicate and tOofond wie' But sne
ts bound by a solemn oath not TO make KNOWN
this secret to any one while she lives Her mother
n checked the idea Of this worldly mar
aee and loses her faith in Helen but the girl does
rbq min If Vain TO change her
,nposo but ends by believing in her. in spite OF ap-
pcarances. The unblest nuptals arc celebrated ana
then comes Mr. Atoms punishment AS he says MN
self he loves Helen with all the strength that Is IN hln
He Judged her by other women; and even II she had
told him Of her love FOR Robert Hay he yet thought that
after she was his wife he could win her" that kindness
and pettng, and giving her finer things than any one
else had would make her happy" But one night he
wakes up and hears her praying that she might de
or n God nt let her die that he would take her
, from her husband where he would never see her,
never look at her never touch her again" Think he
cree Of a hearing that from the lips OF woman
he mad for And deserve it-that g the worst of IT,
few weeks more 20 by--weeks which the wretched
husband spends in New-York making beautiful home
for Helen Then comes terrible railroad accident in
which Mr. Alton and the sepather are killed, together
Here the reader has little gleam Of hope, but Helen
herself seems have she moves about, looking
Ike marble image-almost a. silent, and quite as cold
Business brings Robert Hay TO the neghborhood Natur
ally he is full Of bitterness against her. She has OF
course given him no explanation OF her behavior; and
the oath he had sworn keep the secret until she died
etl prevents her from giving him any. He finds, aer
some time that In spite OF his resentment he st loves
her: and one night he asks her 10 marry him. But Will
give the story Of that interview in the lovers own words
she was sitting rustic bench, looking upward.
features. longer immssiYe, were quNeng IN the
noopi t her hands were clasped tightly together. As
came forward she uttered cry and Sprang To her feet
she would fec from ne advanced ana sI2ou De,
NJ al with terrIucd eyes. For While there was
H'lcp' I think You know am have TO say am not
what was. am what you have made me- With all
She coWered lower, and covered her face with her
hands.
she did not answer but pressed her slender fingers
closer over her In the bright Summer MOONLIGHT
could see her very forehead dyed crimson. tired to
draw her hands down. She sAUddered away from me-
T.Ps 6a touch me- Robert for the love Of God don't
Then speak TO me- Helen" said. "You loved me
nov. viii not cheat YOU The past can never be IN
done. tlougEt mated YOU. but-I love You. Helen"
Aud kHet before her, and iOrclDiy removing her
she ified 10 speak but the words died in her throat
length, with c0nyulsiye effort, she commended Aer
voice Here head dropped still lower as she said,
You 10 not, you cannot, respect me-
"Eo, Hceu' / answered, "yOu say truly, cannot re-
Wretch on the face OF Gods earth IL would be all one
with every atom OF frame l love you And SILVER
IN, idld ny head upon AeE knees.
die Ont OF her An agony passed il then
she looked at viii mat strange distance ID her eyes
aud drawing her hands from mine said slowly aud
dstncuy.
Robert, will never marry you And rising she
went away cut o. 10y sight.
after this Robert away fight at once his
misery and the Indians, and Helen rapidly into a
decline Her death was beautiful aud as calm her
le had been pure. she left her journal for Robert in
which told The tue story OF her fe She owed him
ts felt that she might give him back his faith
love and truth woman-but 10 know the truth
frrRor OH fao hfffar no