New-York tribune., 1883-03-11
HEINL'S UIfR.
rrom lie 81 Jame.,s Ga:cne.
q. W. 3.


Ueine was worry happy with his little wlie,'
although If h had expected her To give him sym
pathy IN his work be ~Ouii nave been sadly dIrap-
puluted. He had sent her Tor some months 10 "a
bourdng.,chool: but the only result seems 10 have
neen tnat she able 10 astOnlsl him by recltIng
a long lust o. Egyptian tlug~. Thinking that sue
ought to learn German, she took Lessons tohi u
German exile: and she was very proud when she
could say To visitors from the FatLeTand' Nen
men se Plaz "A phrase "hich was so oii.C1.t i, I.!
that Whenever she Buccerucd la ptonuuhclnR IL sue
laughcd heartily. According to Mdmc. Jauhert III
"a hose Souvenirs there Is AN interesting essay on
Hrne, MatntlGo had never Iead any ot her nus
L,nds writings and did not even know that ho
wa,n poet. Cepcndant.' ho said 10 Mdme. Jau-
bett iai dCcoyort en- ellie une vague ldce que mon
nom est imprlmc dams une rcNue-,ct pdtlant Plus
bns encore mas ellie no sait pas lacqueHc. She
Was not quite 50 ignorant as tins; but she ala ASA
Ilclnr's friends sometimes hoiher ne was rehlN'
~ people said q very clever man. ana hau written
beautiful books On ono OCCASION, as ltelne
wrote 10 Lewald she looked Iuto the French tIans-
Iatou his Reseblldor. lie saw that she I'M
mediaiely became pale and began to tremihle Sho
had lighted on passage IN which he speaks oi hlm-
self a, n lover; aud liont had 10 pacliy her by
promising that ia futdro he would never maze l0No
even to imaginary maldeus. IL IL 10 De Ieatcu thaI
lene will be gtnNeiy ccn-urcd by advocates oi 'he
higher educatIon of women: FOR the lntellecluai
darkness ol his wife. far from veNlng hn ailorIeu
hlm constant aInusement: and ho was delighted 10
think that his fame writer had nothing 10
do with hrr attachment to hun. mat she loved
him ardeutly every one who saw them together
tc,tInes For Matnllde," says MelsNner VINO
knew them intimately lioino was not. as TOT the
rest OF the world great poet to her he was; Wnat
ne did not seem 10 the rest ot tue Wotld 10 10; ie
best most aiiectioOale and upright 0l non Win
teur, IN her eyes she. the smiling frenchwnhAh
often told me stories OF her Henri. which afforded
the most touching evidence oil rare goodness oI
L,,rt . NnthilIe was "A deVOut Catholic, and went
regularly every morning 10 mass la her presence
uelne never uttered word that might have tended
TO shake her faith aad he appears To nave tnOnght
IN AZ women need tho support of q strong religious
con ictiou although there II 80 much irony n MS
EXPRESSION OF this opinion that 1t II dlllcult TO
make out how lar he intended III 10 DO taken serl-
Ously. ,--,..-.,
The time came whom leine, wastcd and tortured
by disease. brCame very dependent on Malhlldes
kindness. Mdme. Jaubert says that on MS " mat
tr,s, grave he was hUrrlbly jealous; and, on
the authority ol iIeno's doctor, she tells now the
poor poet haunted by "unJust snsplclons.' gndcd
one night from his bed, and crept To the door o his
wlfo's loom, " here ho lay for II long time uncon-
tcous. No other bOgraphor mentions tins incident
or any incident of the same kind; AMI when lleiho
oxptessed or Affected TO express anxiety about MS
WIFE he always did so with touch OF humor.
Yesterday he said TO n German friend VINO US
tied HIM. was very restless My wiie nau
Ised To be back at !. Hall past / comes, and she
docs not appear; half past , comes, ana she docs
not appear; half past g. half past 1-sll slle does
not return. At my fears Increase. Couiu sne'
tired of the sick man, have gone away with some
oncf I'm my distress send the mad into her room
to see whether Cocots tine pIt% Is Sv'rY heart
breathe again. Without Coeotto she woGid never
have left me =" 90, r,.
bnye been. and whether her husband WIS jealous
or not il not true. ~ tho lars correspondents OF
Inc Times asserts tnat lleine's physical and
mental sunerIngs were aggravated by the bitter
consciousness Of his blunder" III marrying her.
They loved each other TO the end ana the lew
cleams of happiness when inspired IIene with
courage TO live he owed chiefly to his wifo's
pnnlonship and loyal service. On the other hand.
he elcuuIod every opportunity of giving her pleas
ure and sought TO Tighten her task by cutlvating
a spirit of manly resignation. which cOntrasted
strangely with the cynical mockery of many OF his
later writings.