, 1881-09-17

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POOR RARE a. CENIr1Sn
cartv1e,a faoy,ycl1 OF, the Character and
Life or aI,o R~snytst and Ills wife.
~. Jamts' uastttf.
Aboste Thomas Carlyle anti jRtle+ Ills vile.
aild their way Of life together. mid her t[s-
trcsscs atM Ills lulItle:a to a'leIn, mncl' la"
been written; ard for tiino little else was
tnlketl OF. 1t Is rather SURPRISING, therefore,
that certain accot'ht TT tileli1 whcl1 Is Ear
nofo Intimate and tragical tllAt' my OTHER
should fhvu escaped general ilntice almost
cnn,n,rte]v. rim sutIscrIbers to The Lrtttsl,
T,,..r,sri,. pc,,t.,, hnv. rrnd tbe s{ranuc
V"aHt',V isp's.o ,'"'I ,..., .,'o,, at,'n,
As long ago rs 1876 srr. Henry Larkin. WIN
| Ind been ploddinR I'll for years "tll !lbout rs
insignificant n career aa ever tried the faith
Of sr',she.i enthusiasm y offered his services
~ tndcx-maker to THOMAS SarlSts' oe!1g
very anxious to servo man whom lI1 deeply
seyerei,cpd. The offer was accepted; for
ten years Nj, Inrkln was tntitnatei, ron~
hectcd with Carlyle N tits "ofk; anu aa1lns
all TINT time was constantly IN tfs f'ous'. as
friend, rs well, In ~, humble but necessary
~ .eau ta. "en .'i'; a'ath. p'ssG"'eh i H. ,' .'
:lex-t!aki'g, lnap-'naktnE' and the rest Ut IT,
Mrs. Carlyle foresaw Mt oace that man
Of his devoted mid enthusiastic nature would
bolidnge that traMnleled her own lifc; for
Sue seems, Ill Il generous. PLYING way 10
.'.,.., ill., - ,,',,ot ,,as ~ ,,o e.,oa,nI ~,
!. ,,a. ~, " ~, ,,,nr ti,on vn.r nftarwar,Is
W. "1s ~ Al. =, s' "tst ,t, -,
LINZ .nt' Ahfhlu etaauh''5 uee"'''e a'l'e W
tho intense dreurtncss Of her life. Sl'o had
| stnicul rasn,u,ton tn sI,ut her own misery
frun1 tl1s eyes Of the wnritl. That [ SUPPOSE
| not 1uany eyetl nj her intimate friends kjlew
iiow much she was actually suffering. It was
nrislna frn1,, Enrtyn's tmot,tfv nhsort,tiott II,
hig ON, work. XII Ills, believed, slie couiti
liaye borne Without iincIllnv. Indeed, Sic
anil anil sucii % al n,lesnIy nppresiatiou Of W her OWL
urerora.Iycs Ms liz wife. that i nm, convinced
sl,e wnriti not. nven Mt the worst, hnye ~
cilangcd Ier it,wly position for tie highest in
NY it i vas MI a ~ s1 saI1 M L n,er,iy cariy,e,s
nhst,rutinn Il, his wnrE w1,irh wr.thet NJ,
ie1 snirir. x si'o kMcw this VA t,eyiial,lc. and
,vn,,1S fnvr crcnSf,,liv fnrsfl Il II s,niv fnr
e WI, = g gafns st sr W., n a'e e
viii. i,tn. vi wl,en % Is Himself vas M strllggilng
sr s eqfes of n e, Sis ar hor
pns nst alsni,1tt1v ' wratchr4I ;nn r. ever saw
Xvi, t1 stnMi irrIy ~, ones % Gxn fcet in fhg
nresence ~ s' "f s,,ri, ,niscrv M nnJ cnnsenent @
irrifotiItv - vas a. wcl nia} Imuossjhis. inn But
whaT sitc feit most keemiy of Nil WIS lint lie
mnver 1 ' st,enei % tn realize t},at misery Is the
U most contasioI,s - t,f Mi diseases. liz saw ler
aways % inyiMcibjy dcyotcd M to him, nj mid he
na11sSm wit,t ~ h,s n,vup ia uavsr snw the
;nnianTv ,ia "vm misery was fnilirtInr 1,nn,,
seay z ~, y wM MI ie v"rv IY ait
isr:. have iieard igr iser ai,y times speak of
si,s..ilrringn @ ~ n~'"'e'"p''s"'' "'''A "''''"%o
' Some oG hor letters 10 s1r. Larkin arc plti-
shn h.} nsynr e wrote a. in mn soipfu1 strsin 'I U,tco
Ssu wicm s,Ia w,,s n i}um fres s, mi fiten iii
@ ,vi,o 1 Hi si,e ~ wus vt ns s'e Iesrrbe r.
nta' ~ litti. n,,cort"n IN nv "Ts sl,s wrot.,
tn Nr iarEim tn ~ say III Till ~ han1'e s',c n,i,si
o,''n ~, .'' "''1 ~ ''' N'0" '"''' '''o '''>''s
co.ssS cnsat mt uust ns eo7,v NJ is c,,s,s,ent
with ortnary % prdencs; f for r. tho q isa 1t Sr.
iika n n,udnnn ard ~ nevcr tniIns ;f'et'' nil
u 'S ba;r sryn y w ar hia HIT ieaves ~
me- no restIl,rtiy asa M on tharlaita's@ @ nrcou11t,