The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-11-15
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In response to an Introductory COM
plinent on the success of st. Elmo,
Beulah, and other novels from her
pen, she said: tSuccess If tho golden
opinions I have been so fortunate to
win from my circle of kind friends can
be called success, accept the compli-
ment, but''-and she smiled signifi-
cantly-hI am not so certain about my
publishers opinion of ..ly success. Oh,
yes" she continued, 'sthey have sold
pretty we'll. I hope Mr.. Carleton is as
satisfied as I am !; he must be man
OF discrimination" playfully, cor he
The first book I ever wrote was Inez,
! a story of Texan life. I was sixteen
years old. 1t was not success. Are
you surprised at the confession? With
all the ripe judgment and vast expert
ence of sixteen that book did not sue
ceed. But I got older and wrote
Others. Infelice, Beulah and st. Elmo
have done better" ..-........--..-- i...
III am here only on a short visit''-
in answer to the reporters question.
81 left Mobile about two weeks ago.
How I love New York! Here, and
not in Florida, is Ponce de Icons
fountain to be sought. The air is so
pure, so bracing, so crystalline; and
yOuA GtIA0AASo OA NI aIu yOuI AAOIdIAoSs
could spend a lifetime in the Astor
library with all of Argus's eyes and
three brains to store all could gather.
And such splendid people as you have
here; the friction of intellectual con-
! tact with you New Workers is so in
vigorating! No, I am not doing any
literary work now. I am resting my
health has been poor. ! have written
nothing In two years. I hope for re-
stored health in this city, this modern
Athens !; yes, it is the modern Athens,
in spite of the arrogant claims of Bos-
ton. You have names in this city that
you ought to be proud of. There's
Mrs. Harris, author of Redclyfe, am
sure you are proud of her; and Marion
Harland, just returned from Europe,
lives in Newark, but that is near
enough to be called New York. BY
the way, do you know I think the
archaeological letters that the World
publishes from time to time are worth
a hve-years' subscription? am pas
sionately fond of all that pertains to
archaeology. Have you never read
Anne Brewster's books, st. Martins
Sumner and Compensation? L love
| those two books as well as any I have
in my library. Music and art are my
| twin delights. have visited nearly
all tho private art galleries here In the
city. Yes, pretty nearly all except
Mr.. Belmont's. No, there's not much
classic music down South. I am so
have such q keen appreciation of it.
! Well, you do appreciate all things that
are intellectual and refined"
The reporter asked about the condi-
tion of affairs in the South, and tho
raVages of the fever. .....
| "Ah," said Mrs. Wilson, her plant
voice sinking into tones of earnest sad
ness, tpicture yourself in the streets of
Memphis-little children with their
parents laying in the grasp of death,
wandering homeless, shelterless and
friendless in the streets, and clutching
Mt the skirts of strangers, begging in
voices of despair to be taken home.
Ah, as sit now and think of it, the
widows and the orphans left, heaven
knows how and where, rise before me
and fill my heart with sorrow. But
the eager haste with which the gener-
Gus North has flown to the rescue Of
her stricken sister will ever be cherish
ed in the Southern heart-a living,
lasting tribute to your noble nature.
| Nothing in the annals of this nations
progress has done SO much to bridge the
chasm which the cruel war has caused
to yawn as this sympathy from your
overhowing heart. All, there, is a
comfort in this thought that gladdens
tho soul even amid its dire distress. I
thank God that from under the wing
of Death has come an angle of Peace.
There has been that gush of goodness
1 can really not find language itly to
express (which must cement the two
sections of this country in bonds of
eternal love.' -. ....... ..|
| "And did you come in personal con-
tact with sufferers from the fever,
madam ?'' ..
| "Not this last time. You SEQ we live
three miles or SO across the water away
from the town. But in previous years
have nursed many and many a poor
sufferer. I am SO constituted that /
seem to be proof against all contagious
diseases. Why, during the war I
nursed Confederate soldiers who were
afflicted with all possible kinds of sick
ness-infectious, too-and 1 never felt
the least efect.''
In reply to the reporters suggestion
that the scenes of distress she had dc