The New York herald., 1874-08-15

but ieel more IKE taking aght Eastward by thc
ali day long have been reading .Grtnlth
Gaunt.n Go to the bookstore, buy copy and read
thing with myself. lam not yet far enough IN the
story TO know the moral meaning, but 1t has ex-
ssS ao ns ssbg sSn
any man is a fool to be jealous u he Is jealous
,chhom cause. he Is foolish; II scfth cause, more
foolish.
But am somewhat disturbed. and have been
ior s long while past e. me dlm,nlshinG & aits
characters do not seem SO lovely 70 me as tney
once did Perhaps this view is temporary-the
IL Is because do not entertain so good an opinion
S Si ny own character--its moral strength and un.
penang ,Ml,In rectitude-as once supposed could
:, During my travels I have had profound rehec-
be strong selhsh man, supposed TO be the
world's lover ana helper; an earthly minded man,
cannot endure the mockery-it breeds agony In me.
Az TINS moment | am completely wretcned, yes
wecome The outside life is one tning; the Inside
another. dare not snow the inside to the world.
am endeavorng to live a manly ie-not what
the over-generous world shall SO esteem bur
such. ! nave mad many wrsstngs Of my soul
with Heaven O. late l leei myself SCARED,
ieehng during the day have taken refuge in my
lecture at night-sometlmes turning it al
acty as the Prodgal felt. An inward revelation
OF mans sell 70 himself is an awfnl thing. It
forth my prayer is, tnat God may keep me nearer
to Himself. My life is so Improbable that some-
You cannot guess for what one thing most
yearn to see you. IL Is to kneel by your side at
Sy sa amsa all psayss ny o
so true man as IN my prayers-when [ nave
prayed with my arm around your neck. It seems
to me now that cannot live this winter without
at least seeing you once twice, II for no other
moments than arst those greatest Of al moments.
see, with agony In the retrospect how nay life
has been marred by social influences coming rom
your mother-how they disastrousy have aFected
less than the ideal woman. the Christian saint
that know you to be- shall not care to 1--we aday
longer.
cannot write further. must stop ana 60 to
my audience: II Is dreadful TO be so ull of feeling
THEODORE.
"You ARE NY WHOLE woRLp.n
La PORTE, na.. Dec 7, 1866.
stop get seven or eight lettersNor Instance last
evening ound six awaiting my arrival But
tary, precious and priced piece Of your own dear
Give my love to the chicks kissing them each in
the order and pulling their ears gently for their
papa's sake. You are my whole world: Ever and
forever thine THEODORE.
"How CLEARLY YOU HAVE oursrRIppED Me-"
Ny DELICIOUS DARLING: 1t is a comfort to get
out OF the cars and sit down to pen and ink and
Agood landlord and contentsd hostler
=. The chief burden Of my reflections has
been, How shall henceforth keep myself nobler
In spirit, more patient under crosses. more heroic
Gods ws My lie seems to nave been Ihas r @r'a
what the e. world u aep aeputatlon nn
ence-but all these, to the pussess0r, are like the
golden apple OF the liable; they fall to ashes III his
Seated BY the car window, gazing on 'he pra!.
Ts nkag ta God blessing SELF
wife OF whom l am unworthy-l see how clearly
1. you have outs,ripped me IN what, after AZ, con:
A Thousand miles are at this moment between
Ike guardian angel o, nv sweet wife II some.
times am unqeinonstrative, and carry my love
yet a. otnsr times 1t gows ana burns
| see IN myself so many. points Of weakneys
am CONVINCED, In my reflective MOODS, That r
owe % & my n good name e. and lame am IN the world more
inherent character ltselI.
You charged me- when came away, to writs
ternai events. / love the people among whom ]
am here thrown. These Westerners are q noble
come. But, alter all, in all their thrift. tnsir
activity, their prosperity, there Is some thing ID
much Of TINS world. see in you. and in few
women, more greatness, such as Christ would
company Of brave and nardy men whom en-.
counter day by day.
And /, too, am no better than they But you ana
Ms. - and the SAINTS are lar ahead OF us ali in
the pilgrimage toward Zion:
nave tnorOugny tested the vanity OF all that
part OF this Lille which most people think best
worth the living. Henceiorsh lwsh to join you
and the company OF the good, the pure the prayer.
fuI, the seif-denyng, the ChrlSt-lOvinQ.
far OF even when this world seems most near. Ies
US be welded anew-with love inssparate ana
everlasting. THEODORE.
GRIFFITH eAUNT" AND "FELIx HoLr.n
On THE CARS. NORTHERN INDIANA, Dec. I, 1886.
MY DARLNG-Thls rattllng train snakes my pen-
Gil, but must endeavor to write to say that have
just finished "Grifltn Gaunt."
II is q powerful and lnte teresting story-wel con.
strucred, though not remarkably well written.
1t mas not baptized and amounted me ike our mu-
tua reading or "FcllX Holt" DO you not often
late at night, we fnlshed that heroic story2 ""'A'
can see you at TINS moment lying propped ON
the sofa, your red shawl around your shoulders
ana your waterproof. cloak over your ieet. That
night and the day that followed It filed me full
OF numan happiness as my heart could hold.
"Griflth Gaunt" ends In far sweeter and more
agreeable manner tnan one expects wnen ne Is in
the midst OF It's nages. But have never met .
character IN any romance equal to one which, II
were romancist, could draw from certain
The novels turn too much on love as a passion.
as q Jealousy, as madnt SIS, as an intense adorar
tion lor the time being; and 1t is only here and
love OF a true and perfect woman-the lowe that
dwels in the soul rather than IN the heart.
instinct Tor loving, love with the heart but they
who nave true genius for loving, love with
The noblest part Of love is honor, fidelity, con-
stancy elf-abnegation-not the clasp OF the nand,
ness. Sometimes that which most delights the
heart most cheats the soul. 1t Is for TINS reason
that lovers ought sometimes to be separated.
Now to bear each other IN memory in daily and
hourly pictures OF the fancy, In constant mutual
communings Of soul without contact Ol the flesh,
In perpetual nearness notwithstanding miles OF
distance In an abiding reverence, unleRned, LOFTY
and ennobing-this Is the great prerogative OF
true love. y
No man loves woman as woman loves man
until he has attained TO such an experience a.
this OF the union Of two souls by their noblese
possible Interchange. But, in some lives this comes
not at all and, in tue best lives It comes only at
the crOwnlng moments. u that we were heroic
enough to seek always 10 live our best possible
liIel am trying more than ever. F
God help us both. Thine Immortality,
THEODORE
"THESE BEECHERs."
GALESBURG. Ill,
Wednesday Morning, Dec II 1860