The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-11


In Newark, you know.
FE1ICIA--Oh, indeed. linen that Is the reason
she SPEAKS so feelingiy about minister's wrongs,
and that Is why she calls sleeping in church "a
besttal. habit" thought she pitched into such
things pretty strongly Tor a disinterested out
slider.
Miss RAoHEL-Ido not behsve that It is nom any
experience IN her own church attended service
there one Sunday when l happened to be In New
ark. and a more wide awake preacher or q more
wide awake congregation one would not care TO
see. DR.. Terhune Is not at all such q man tho
Rev. Felix Hedden, for he visits great deal
among his congregation, interests himself In all
important movements In or out OF the church, and
IS very popular with all denominations.
FELIcIA-The reason thought the story might
be the authors own experience is that SO many
incidents are marked "true" and "a fact"
The DocToR-The world Is fuu OF just such men
as Parson Hedden. meet them constantly. Men
OF learning and noble characters, but who. owing
10 some defect in their make up, fail to find the
right niche In the world. They are not TO blame,
poor fellows; but, unless they are rich by Inherit
ance, they have no business to marry, for they
always have large families, that they find 1t hard
work to feed ana clothe.
Mrs. NoRTON-What a beautiful character Mrs.
Hedden Is. She is so well drawn that felt upon
laying down the work that had Lost dear friend.
The DoCToR-She Is one OF the angels who walk
unseen on earth. but who when down are recog.
nized.
FELIcIA-I don't see why the heroine, May, need
have had q birth mark on her cheek. she might
have been made plain looking without being de-
formed. Such things are bad enough In real life
without having them thrust at us In fiction.
Miss RAcHEL-That ls part OF the story, which
goes TO show how a homely. almost deformed,
girl won the love Of all who knew her by the no.
bility OF her character.
FEILcIA-It Is incomprehenslble to me how such
fine fellow as Carl Cromer, who might have had
his pick OF girls, should have thrown himself away
upon May. can better understand his love for
Rosa Wagner, heartless creature that ghe was,
for he aid not know that, and her beauty capti-
waited him.
Miss RACHEL Ronald is the best man tn the
book. think. He Is Tar more attractive to me
than Carl. He was so strong, and Carl was often
very weak.
FKED-After making OTIS wagner such bad
fellow, think he should have done something
worse than to have turned out popular preacher
In rcn parish. Ronald did not do any better
than that BY the way did You notice that the
author uses the word aggravated" Incorrectly
She says that Mr.. Wagner ''was so aggravated by
the way Mr. Hecden answered him back" &C.
Now, according TO Webster, "aggravated' means
INCREASED In severity or enormity; made worse"
The DoCroR-It IS a very common mistake, and
Marion Harland is not the only person WAC says
aggravate when meaning exasperate.
JACKS SISTER.
FELICIA (combing out her braids OF chestnut
hair preparatory to retiring for the night Have
you read Jacks Sister" (Harper Il Bros.), the
book that Archie Hamilton left here the other
day.
Miss RACHEL, from her own chair by the fire.
place-Yes, have read 1t and agree with Archie
that it ls a very clever story.
FELIcIA-It is not only clever, but it 9 very nat.
ural; as Archie says, IT is ike finding spring in
a desert TO come across as good story as this
from the pen OF an unknown author.
Miss RACHEL don't know when I have seen
better character painting The Delamayne family
must have been drawn from the lie. Don't they
suggest the Stroud family very strongly And
Baby'Deiamayne, although she seems too worldly
wise and heartless for 80 young a girl, is very
much like Annie Stroud.
FELIcIA-Yes. thought Of the Strouds all the
time Enid Leyburn was too true TO her trust,
think. Merle Is q perfectly odious fellow. 1 can
not understand why Enid did not find him out
sooner; every one else knew just how pad ne was.
But (tugging at an nnruiy snarl IN her hair|
Archie says man seldom SHOWS the cloven foot to
the girl he loves; and Merle did love Enid as truly
as he was capable OF loving. She believed in him,
and thought 1t was persecution when the others
denounced him. The fact Of being his champion
made her love him. suppose
MISS RACHEL-Although the author would have
US understand that Enid was really more in love
girl could not do for man unless she loved him
truly.
rELICrA-She did love Merle, and she had no
idea that she loved Clifton until she saw that he
loved her; then It was too late. Clifton should
have come to the point earlier.
Miss RAcHEL-What pity that q man cannot
wear little thermometer over his heart to show
the state OF bis affections. When he saw the mer.
curry rising he should begin to pay court slightly
at eighty degrees decidedly, and at boiling point
propose.
FsLIclA-suppose you get out patent, my dear
cousin.
Miss RACHEL prefer leaving that to some one
else, for 90 not want to make trouble In the
world. Plenty Of men who think they love their
wives and sweethearts quite well enough would
find the mercury at II they had heart Their
mometers. As 1t is, they jog along in bissful ig-
norance OF the true state Of affairs.
PELIcIA-It Is strangely natural for dear, big,
elephantine fellow like JACK Leyburn to fall in love
with a noow-hearted, babyish creature like the
little Delamayne. Lucky for him that he found
her out in tlme What a lie they would have led
had they married. And how natural for Clifton
Gore to loath her the moment she gave herself up
TO himl It is a wonder that he did not see through
her at first. ne was 80 much more a man OF the
world than lear JACK.
Miss RACHEL-Jack was a large hearted but
often narrow minded fellow The idea OF his tell
ing his fdrc5e that she must not wear her hair
in a certain way because his aunt and some other
old ladies did not like 1t. That was carrying the
joke little too lar giving the Goals savage dig
with the poker.
FELIcIA-still 1t was Just like such a man. You
must remember that Jack was mans man, and
that he never would nave gone near woman II
he had not been trapped by Baby Delamsyne.
MISS RACHEL do not believe that a fellow like
Clifton Gore could ever have played the rascars
part he Is made to PLAY in this story. That Is
the only thing unnatural about the book to me.
FELrcIA-I am so glad that the little Bruce girl
a,ar had alf NH Tho nv