The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-10

al hlS poverty. yet added that small Is was
hl- fortune hers wus more pItiiui. ana cody
asked if the d"ctois bad got over their for
mer %scruples nbout her health. i shall pe
blessed. he adds. with a burst Of superb
caudor, ''to have pom IN my arms. wIthout
regarding whether Your person nc comeiy
or Your fortune large. Cloanliues~ Is the
titss and competence IN the second are ali ]
ask for No more in>oient or oticn-ivr
addre S than this can tie im"eine'i. NJ
woman With a spark of feminine instinct ID
her bosom could cling for ii moment i. -
contemplate Il creature as that revelation
made hIm out Ia be. and Swift and he
fearful hut the lucky Naiiaa parted forever.
At the time swift. Il chahng dcpenGent
waiked about the grounds OF Moore Park.
learning from royal wisdom that asparagus
should he cut WITH a short round stroke.
and not IA sweeping one, lest damage lie
done the sprouting tops along ide. and
chokcd by the bread of SIR William TEN
pes charity, a llttle girl Of rare loveIiness
lived in the ancient mansa The child was
held out to ie the orphan daugntvr Ot Sir
| William steward, but Dame Rumor. with
| ready tongue, whispered that She was Of
nobier paternity. namely. the natural off
,pring OF Sir William himself. She was
reared in the Temple family, with every
tenderness, as one of Its members, aud a
she grew III stature. Years az" llpclbes>,
passed under the Irish students tute'agc.
Inc result OF 50 intimate d reiatlon between
an ungovernable IA nature like SwItt's aud 4
Yielding, susceptible spirit such as this pet
ted chIei-WOman possessed, was inevitable.
An lrrepress bic passion Sprang uD IN the
tutors ; breast. 1t was thoroughly ~recipro-
"a, ed. Swift and Hester johnson, Sir VII
iiau 5 ward, piigh,ed their solemn troth IN
der the emerald boughS, and one never
swerved from that Vow liz lie. Gentle
lady !" writes Thackerav, with exquisite
pathos, so ~loveing. SO unhappy. We know
rum legend 10y heart. You are one ufthe
saints OF English story" Swift chriSiened
her, with classical elegance ami aptues~,
Stella, Il star and she 'oven tne name wei,
tor hc gave 1t her, an always called her by
IL W at love could that bprly, blue-eyed,
da-h yisaged scholar inspirei
30 Infatuated Vas SIeiIa with the brilliant
Swift, that. no sooner was Temple dead and
her darling lover settled I'D his living at
Laracor, than she allowed herself 10 be
cajoled into Il trip to Ireland by his fetvid.
falthless professions and appeals. And S.lcr
letters as that SAINT could write to women
when he chose! tlaperoncd 10y Mistress
Dingley. Il n itronly companion. this silly
chIlst took the voyage across the st. George :
channel, made the village of Trim. on the
green banks Of the Boyne, near her heaven
of Laracor, her home, ard threw herself. that
priceless jewel, upon the honor pity of her
betrothej, Il stranger to either attribute aud
quite destitute II mercy or manhood a. well.
The Saxon sultan, IN u ciss0ck and banl,.
tOyed with his pet. Yet teased in to dlStrac
Uon with his moods, and sept it by hirl as
a plaything to while away the tedium ofhiS
leisure. His a>cenaaucy over Hester was
such that she spurned the advances OF su,tor
after sutton. and the chance of a child
blessed hearth, until they had both grown
gray together for the sake OF one who hated
the very though of matrimouy with a loath
ing unaccountable. Yet Swift seem to have
loved Miss Johnson, his Stella, with al the
heart he had IN hin, t. have constantly
dieaued of her when absent, 10 have writ
ten her the Warmcst little letters in the
world, and to have incurred her when she
was lost and gone as great hearts mourn
thu man Of mammoth hea! and tiny heart.
HIS journal to Stella through those sunny
years OF hope Is Il model # kindly conf
dence. Ills mmOst soul ~ land bare to her
his, that OF the greatest Genius III all En-
gii>h letters, excepting, perhaps, Samuel
johnson. When the man is given the &c
MUS of a cod. Is il strange chat there are
>ou.e who will bow down and worship hiu.
as a DENIM god:
In l7Ol, when Swift crossed over to Lon
don to see Queen and try for a place III
her Gift, he left his charming Stella, with
vows OF eternal conotancy, ii charge OF Mrs.
Dinciey, at her cottage III Trim, brooding
over his rcyerence's curious repugnance to
matrimony but ~olaced with the assurance
of his faithful affection and speedy
return. The amorous prebend took
up his residence III lodgings in Bury
street. st. James, where the first door at
eight Shilllnos IA week. We hear of his
visits at the house of \ neighbor five doors
fl, a Ms. Nanhomri9il, the widow Of 4
Dutch merchant, and Of his going thither
to dine. Then of his alegin and dining
there for a week. He writes in his journal
to Stella: Il am SO hot and lazy after my
mornings walk, that loitered at Mrs. Van
hnmrigh's where my best grown and peri
wig are; and, out Of mere listlessness, dine
there very often so | did today Had