The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-13
rHACKERAY AT HOME.


In 10 what is called his domesti,
mi / shah try TO present some o
Wis Of his character, which would
.sariy affect his domestic life auc
him well or i'll to live with. Thst
asa profoundly melancholy mar
'sm to admit, but his melancholy
not entirely caused by private ca
iSes. but VAS partly the result of his
s temnersmentyfo Thackeray
post--ua COED a poet, al least. n.
Sa made ous OK brains, rs was said
.oother. But nd did have private
snor were they OF light order
f5,s 0l his second child in infancy
always an abiding sorrow
aA YET kHener and more
Hsantiy present sflliction was tho
I'd Of his wife. He married her ID
\. whilo he was still young and full
Iiosms Of his artists career. 1t is
.ant to think Of him, who lived So
nv years lonely life, in the briet
Of his compsnIonshlp of his be-
i wife. lie has himself sketched
III picture. "rhe humblest painter, be
II egef 80 poor, may have q friend
Ihbing at his easel, or a gentle wife
Inc By With her work in her lap, and
fond smiles or silence, or both.
caring his l2Dors." After some years
marriage Mrs. Thackeray was at
nd with an illness from which she
ry afterwards recovered 40 as M
| gith her husband and children. Bnt
YES from the first entrusted to the
4 Offices Of klnd family, tenderly
IA foL rurrounded by every comfort,
bis unwearied affection. So saws
John Brown, of Fdnburg.
nsCkerR. 8 beautiful lines are well
0gn:
me, how quick the days are flltting;
MUD me of time tn avs gone,
ben here "a sit as now I'm sitting.
lhssame place, but not alone.
hI young form was nestled near me.
dear dear face looked fond v up,
Isdsweet y spoke and smiled to cheer
me
here's no one now TO share my cup.
friend tells me that when he was
liking with Thackeray upon a beauti.
evening that the after referred In a
Ind whose wife had been deranged
many years--hopelessly so-Wand
sr,' he saYs, will / forget the look.
manner, the voice, with which he
| "A 10 me, 'it is an awful thing for her
NBtinue 30 TO live. 1t is awful Tor
20 to die. But has it ever occurred
YOU how awful the recovery. of bar
II reason must be without the con-
business Of the loss Of time? She finds
lover OF her youth a gray haired old
|n and her infants young men and
|nen. u notsad 10 think of this?'J
bat that MS home was a pleasant and
billy place ali who ever visited il bear
|Dess, and he made it his refuge from
outer troubles and practiced a genial
! kindly hospitality there. And there
took, In the kindness of his heart.
Ivy one who had been ship wrecked
|iOhune's rough Sands and tided him
|sf to better days. "Like many other
|laOus men he had ALWAYS a few,
|rnds floating about among friends
acquaihtances whom he had been
Y to help in their necessity, and
|never he received back money
leh he had lent he did not pat il into
pocket with glow OF satisfaction,
|hiying added so much to his OK.
|ller, but cOngr atulated himself that
could transfer the same sum to
|eher person he knew was in need of
Douglas Jerrolt once said that he |
KNOWN Thsckeray Is wears and that |
|td not know him yet. And 1t is |
|tDsuppose that some of those peo. |
Who called him cold and bitter and |
|tling, like Jerrold, did not know
2 yet; for that he was Che softest-
|Ted of men few who |
BY knew him could doubt,
| he talked a good deal in vein
Lib was meant 10 conceal his sensl-
BY about which he had a sort OF false
lne, aud many who heard him cas-
Ly mistoolI him for cynic. He
ID not read anything pathetic with
actual discomfort; was unable, Tor |
mple, to go through "nhe Bride of |
And TO the day of his |
slh he could not allude to the loss of |
child without breking down. His
usion to his little girls IN Tho poem OF
be White Squall" Is well known:
And when its force expanded,
The harmless storm was ended
And as the sunrise splendid
Came blushing over the sea;
Thought as day was breaking,
Ny little girls were waking,
And smiling, ana making
4 pr}yer at home Tor me.
lie had a great dread of leaving his
Ijreu and his home, and his AmeTi-
journeys were a severe trial to him,
lsftakeu rs they were for the express
pose OF making q little more money
Them that they might be- indepeu-
1t when he WAS gone. His speech at
farewell sinner given him before
wing for America was very drOll and
eIyed with great cheering. 81 have
Ore me at this minute the horrld
pre Of a steward with basin perhaps,
glass Of grandy and water, which
will press me to drink, aud which /
u try and wv llow, and which W.
Ne me any better. / Know II WON'T
" this with a grimaco which put the
Ne In roar. And the morning when
did start he was overcome, like a
IMAM with the parting.
DHe had been around crying In cor
~ says a spectator, "all tue morn
q and when the CAB finally came and
4 luggage had all been bestowed and
Z servants stood In the hall, 'this is
h moment / have dreaded said
lackeray, as he entered the dining
om TO embrace his daughters, and
len he hastily descended the steps 10
Q door he knew that they would be at
0 window 10 Ca one loving, finger.
8 look 'Good-bye,' he murmured in
tone, as followed him o
{ cab, keep close behind me and let
ny TO jump in unseen.' The instant
door Of the vehicle closed behind
m he throw himself back in the cor
and buried his face in his hands,
y instances of this tenderness OF
rI arc innumerable, and IL seems to
~ been one OF his most noticeable
igacterislics, His love for children
med to run like q silver thread
FOugh every story that he
lo!e' And in real life this lik-
h was Ms conspicuous, lie II
who said, and IL was true, that The
fefeould see a boy wlthoutlan intense
ro TO give him a sovereign As the
TOR Of the COrnhill Magazine, his soft
oil heart was positive drawback.
would read applicants notes, he
ll eNeh correspond with hopeless
helpless creatures about their
NY verses, he would even send a
note TO poor scribbler who
sueu starvation, and pay Tor oontri-
IONS, which he could not use, out OF
Own purse. But he hid all these
rs with the utmost care, and YVES
Y afflicted with shame II any OF
were accidentally discovered.
en quite young he lent, or rather
v lhOugh he chlled IL a loan. S2nn 10