The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-11-11

other. Gold burned IN his pocket
and he hated to be hot. Away:
earning, constantly working, for
ever borrowing. ceaseIessIy lend
ing. ctcrnally i'll debt. was his nor
NAL and unvarying condition.
Prudence, economy, provision fol
the future. We're entirely alien tG
his sanguluc aud lavish nature
lie did Tot have all he wanted,
! but he wanted all he did not have.
Concern for The morrow was not
likely TO Cypress a man who re-
quired nothing except pen. ink,
and Il few rcams of paper for the
creation ofa princcly income. His
Life was romantic as the career of
his heroes, and his resources were
as wonderful. H. was at once the
autocrat Of composition and the
padashah Of piagiarists. No hu-
man being ever carried to greater
lengths the assumption Of genius
claiming its own. All printed mat
ter be held to be his for whatever
use be chose to make it; and yet
his intellect was original, fertile,
and cxbaustless beyond precedent.
He simultaneously pIundered and
enriched imaginative literature !;
he exasperated and astonished his
contemporaries, he impoverished
the last and made opalcnt the fu-
ture.
Dumas sought 10 pat i'll practice
the things he dreamed of. Ever
full Of projects, enterprises, expe-
ditions: with all his prodigiols
work, he was obliged to abandon
more than be accomplished. In
his forty.tourth year, he began to
build near St. Germain q fantastic
and costly villa-it was called the
Chateau Of Monte Cristo-but the
revolution OF 1949, and the eXpul-
sion Of Louis Philippe, intertercd
with his plans and restricted his
revenues, compelling tn sale,
some years later Of his country
seat ut less than one-tcnth of the
original outlay. Though always
| fond Of women he did not legally
marry until he was nearly forty,
his wife being Ida Ferrier. i viva
cious and engaging actress Of the
Porte St. Martin, with whom he
had long been il love.
thInunS HIS Vt".l lo'.'uo ~ P""-
lished 4 daily newspaper,the Ll6er-
| ty; but this was too much for him
and he retired worsted for the
financial engagement. T h en- he
e>sayed q review named TN
Month, from the time Of its issue:
and failed in this, two. Subse'
qucntly he published The Guards.
man, revived years after under
the title of Monte Crist0, in which
he printed his translations, sketch.
cs, and ronances as they fell hot
from his busy brain. "Tbe Three
Guardsmcn," and its two sequelS
Twenty Years A ft err and
"Viscount Of Bragelone;;" "Mar
saret Of Anjou,' memoirs Of
Physician "Quccn Margot," anG
Monte Cristo,'' especially the last
arc the most popular of all his
works, having been translated into
not less than twelve languages
The extent Of bis productions can
not be ascertained; but it is estima
ted that, including translations
and adaptations, he must have
been the author Of nearly i thous
and volumes-far more than tho
combined works Of Lope di Vega
Toltaire, Goethe, and Walter Scott
four of the most prolific writers O.
modern or medieval times.
The chief Of romancers has no
long been dead. He was to the
last the same pleasant, careless
vain, egotisticaI, wonderful wizarc
of the pen that he had been to-
over 1OrIy ca >. h'etC oou>
knew him in Paris. \ thoIsan(
eyes followed him when he walk
cd along the Boulevards or drove
! in the Bois. He fairly beamet
with good nature; his stout ful
figure shaking with u sort Of unc
1Uous satisfaction, and his brigh
eyes laughing and shedding
glow over his yellow complexion
and kindling his large sensual tea
lures. from his round heavy chil
! to the roots ofhis wooIIy and bushy
hair.-Huper's Magazine.
; THE RECORD OF 4 DAY.-Ne tax
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