The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-24
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AMBER moutnpiece or bury their nnRer naiis ush
an incn deep into the palms OF their hands.
FELICIA unrerrupung)-And swear soft and low
IN Greek, tax about women as they would about
horses and whose ideas OF honor can only be ap-
preciated oy their admirers
FRED-Apropos OF the foregoing is tie little rae
ing scene III the first chapter where in his excite
n.ent 1.-The better half OF Lord Ormskirke's cigar
crops TO earth, severed clean by the strong sharp
teeth, and his brow lowers as he, too strides out
into the light"
FELIcIA-Have you ever noticed that Lawrence's
heroes are nearly always men past the heyday OF
youth-men old enough to begin new and better
lives.
MISS RAcHEL-Dreadfuly artificial people. but
interesting spite OF ALL
FRED-There is good deal OF truth In what
Lawrence says about duelling :-"For the grossest
conceivable contumely there is no requital short
OF personal assault save what can be granted by a
civl tribunal In the Old days. when a man could
call his insulter TO the field OF death, there was
less OF libel and vile SANDER on innocent people.
No man wants 10 drag his private affairs before
court OF law, and then there are gross wrongs that
the law cannot right. sharp steel or a few
ounces OF lead with fair chance 10 punish the
offender, ana man feels that he can protect his
own honor and that OF those he loves.
FELICIA-Good gracious Fred, how grando.
quent you can be- One would think that you were
a regular 1re-eater from that speech.
FRED-l do not believe in indlscriminate duel
ling, but think that If gentlemen were allowed TO
settle their own difficulties the gallows would
soon go out OF use.
Miss RAoHEI.-There you are at fault, for the
class OF men who take the law into their own
hands In cases OF domestic troubles are the would
be duellsis and they are seldom hanged.
FELIcIA-Do let duelling alone and return 10 the
an thi nE NJ nil Clvdn N
me she is the best character that Mr.. Lawrence
has created.
Miss RACHEL agree with you thoroughly. 1t
takes considerable skill to draw such woman.
Cold, cruel, tyrannical, wicked-utteriy without
sentiment; one who would lead man to the very
verge OF improperly and then leave him; who
would bare a heart to see 1t bleed, but who was
utterly Incapable of doing "sma" action. such
q strange mixture OF qualities were never pos
sesSed by woman before.
FELICIA-Yet with all her faults. not to say
vices, she fascinates me. She can hardly be said
to have nlried with Major Grlfiiths, and he never
accused her OF 1t, but she knew that he was get
ting in love with her-tnat is, as much as an hon.
orable fellow like lie was would allow himself to be
with another mans wife.
Miss RAcHEL-What better could be expected OF
girl who was brought up with rascally horse
racing father, who never gave her kind word
and with horse trainer Tor Ter most intimate
irend-and a good friend Pete Harradine was;
much better than her father.
FELlcA-She did not improve her condition
much by marrying Leonard Clyde for he was
more debased than either her iather or old Pete
think the description OF her wedding day is
fairly blood.curdilng; but she knew exactly what
she mad to expect.
Miss RAcHEL-That was terrible tragedy at
Ballynane where Major Grlfhths shot poor Arch.
bold II was worse than playing with edged tools
to fool with man Ike the Major.
FELICIA-Could you have taken that box to Ma.
jor Grilitns In his CELL knowing 1t contained
poison, If you had been In Narcotics placer
Miss RACHEL-Yes, believe could. 1t was an
awful thing do, but 1t better than that such
a man should have been publicly hanged.
FRED-I should like to meet with a woman like
Mariette; not that she was particularly lovab!e,
but she would have been such curious study.
Miss RAcHEL-And dangerous, too, guess you
would have found her. Never play with fire, my
dear cousin, for 1t will be very apt to burn you
and leave scar.
FRED-YeL her friendship with Arcnbold was
perfectly innocent.
Miss RACHEL-True enough, she never was bad
woman, in the usual acceptatlon OF that term, but
she could ruin a man without meaning to quicker
than any woman ever read Of
FEnCIA-How strangely she kept that brute OF
husband OF her's in suoJection, and what happy
day that ON which he died!
Miss RACHEL do not profess to know much
about gambling saloons, but 1t seems to me that
the description of the scene at Varieties place is
very ike life
FRED-Very like, should say, judging from
other description that nave read.
FELICIA-The other day, as was riding up town
In an omnibus, | saw man the very image Of
Horace Moreland, and could scarcely keep from
denouncing him then and there.
Miss RACHEL don't think much OF Hugh
Standlsh; he was too weak. In TACT, all the re.
spectacle characters In the book are quite unn.
terestng; the charm OF the story, sad to say lies
among the outlaws.
FELICIA-When love did come to Marette it
wrought quite transformation. Not that it
tanned her altogether, but 1t mad very softening
influence.
FRED-Noel Tempest was just the man to con-
quer q woman like Marietts--cool, seli-possessed
brilliant last, and handsome wIthal; i0r her to
see him was to love him. Her second marriage
was the only impulsive thing Marlette was ever
guilty OIL -
waves beating aoout the rocks; the beautiful
Marlette clIngng 10 the pie, where Noel at last
joined her, and TIE two. who were Just about TO
death, aud the mighty Ormskirke plungng into
tue water 10 save them; but, alas, too late. 1t Is
o vivid picture.
FEIIClA-No one can complain of the ending OF
the story for the bad become good and iorsake
tneir evil ways, and the good are prosperous and
happy.
Miss RACHEL do not like Mr.. Lawrence's way
OF calling MS characters puppets. Speaking OF the
death Of Clyde he says:-"And now, IRON among
our marlonettes, tins puppei shall vanish utterly.
Ii the spectator Is weary OF him, SO also is the
wielder OF the vines: yet, his preseDtment was
needIul Tor the sake OF the verify OF the snow
This idea takes away the reality; but perhaps
the author does not want US 10 think that sucn
people as ne draws are possible.
FELcIA-Now that We are fault finding l might
mention the tresome repetition OF the phrase
''un wise In MS generatlonn OF wise In his gener
alton - IL occurs often as the word "purpie"
IN Mrs. Brownings poetry or "royar' IN Helen
Hunts.
FREp-There Is no lack OF power In Mr.. Law.
rence's writing and "Hagareneo Is IN his very
best vein, and now, ladies' with your permission,
| will Join the gentlemen up STAINS.
"AILEEN FERRERs."
FFIic1A-But for one lrlilup circumstance "Ail.