The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-06-20
DEAD NOVELIST.


 The death of Hugh Conway, tho novel. ise. recently, at Monaco, n a sharp re. hinder of the mutahality cf all earthly plans and prcsp@cts 1t recatls the leS. end of the wish angel, wAc Acvess coz tinoaily about morsAl& hearing them ex press tAeir most cAextshed desires. He grants their wish sooner e later, but an, der conditions which strip tt of all toy. He huEneses human beings by giving them what they loag fog, and thereby proving the illu&ivene&s of all dreams oi Aaop,nesA
 Very hstle is known of Hugh Conway, whose name in pEivase life was rredesick Iohn Fargus. He lived, aspired, ssrove. and in some measnFes achieved, then d,ed luss as life seemed to open before him. That much lS known, The clip. Sts in the short chapter can he readily hlled ey the imagination of any one wAo knows how steep and rugged n the path. way that leads even 10 the bound aries oi success
 He was only tAirty-seven Years old, had had bis share of suagEle, self. denial privaiion, and eaiil d hope, ci course, since ncne who <su~e are sstaxgeYx 10 these dragons that crouch hy the road to eminence T~o years ago Mr. FarKus, who was an aucsiopees tn Bristol, wrote Called Back" story ncw known to two or three hundred thousand ,eAdexx here and abroad. tt wAs published in .{,vess.- ssHttA' .fsHSsEi, and lay unnoticed oH the London book stalls for weeks, aud per haps months Ooe day Heury LAbouch. ere, going on journey, picked il up to beeuile the tediousness of travel He read It. wAs pleased with 1t. and afterw i spoke of s In TbssA as a very clever s,ory Then all London wanted to read r, asd did readit The Asssai vas soon exhausted, and Called Back" vas brought out in . new form. A hundred thousand copies were 5000 sold. lt vas republisAed 10 this country. aod had au enosm ous sale. |, was drama.ised and had long run in Londsn and also in New fosk.
 AS a york of art, Called Back" had it's defects, but is also had what oh,es the deieots-an inde6nable charm lt had force and feeling, the germ and lite of all au One iel, thA, its author had a s,rons personality 1, depicted DO new phase oi hte, revealed no hidden things |, simply grouped some old, old 6sures ci 6ction in a more striking way. There vas flavor of psychologie mystery abou; ,;, sa4 surprise al the end of IL The characters which 6gnTed ia Il, and whose fate had such a potent charm for 90 many thousands of FeaderS were A blind man who recovers hts sight by the usual surgical operation, A beautiful Ad woman, two very daring and successful will aims, vith faithful nurse aad one- ol two other ciphess in the shape ot obscure seTvilors Yet the adventures and en- tang dement's s. :As-e ressnnAge4 com. manded the public's waruest attention. A feS moaths lates Dark Dlys" ap- peared. This had still greater sacces' ,h an its predecessor. its heroine vas al. 90 a beautiful mad woman, and it had ( captivating surprise in he last chapter 1, vas steady. unmitiga,ed tragedy from the hrN 10 the laA word lt was sestoui to the point ot depression, never deviat. ing into the slightest approach to ths comic os a.PS.a.. II wAs an intense story, dramatically told in the first per son lt had not a line oi philosophy. Indeed there wAs no, . word ID |, unnecessaTy tc the simple telling Of powerful tale. l,' author had acted upon the old Idea tha a story should simply be story nothinl more, nothing less He demonstrated tha, ii needed ScsA:ss hn, poser ane feeling to make it take hold on it's read efs
 These two books brought gold Aa. honor to their author, and opened th' way for future achievements in the heldi he had long hangesed so eater. Then just as he had fA,riy begun to breathe ths air of hls dreams, he died. Close asten ton to his work leit hlm exhausted Seeking recreation and rest. he went tt Rome, and there probably contracted a< malaria which culmins,ed tn ,yphosd lev er at Monaco, and ended his lie. l We, who see only that part of liis which begins asd ends here, look upon { sudden looping of like this with sadness |, strikes us with mouTnful peSpiexi,y Yet, 1t has been said, tha, some time VI shan know that every life is complete The symmetry and perfection os humar endeavor are hidden from our hniis eyes bu, they may oe there. it tcAnnoi t,s iha all human endesvos is empty and unre warded. Even what looks % to us ms, elsewhere have it's fall fruition, its lonI day Of JOY. The soul. that mysseriou' star of our life. winch "comesh from Afar," turns i,s back upon the prizes 0 the world that it may win greater oaes ir better countrtes.
 Death, the ancient mysteTy, hides many a perfected dream beneath . coffia lid. indeed, we may one day learn that he is kindess Co those whose eyes he clos. e while lie is still bright to them. Thsy who pas ou, of the consess befose theJ are wounded are doubsless the mosi blessed. Yes we are % untaught in wis dom tha. we bessow upoo them pity and Iamentasions inssead of telieits tsons. Ws speak og the sadness of a Lfe ended when its desires were beginning to be se. Aired. We Sosges that all hoaors srs shos! lived, that lame is . breath whsek an adverse viad may dissipass thAt f4ii prospects may end in 6eses ssorms thal Joy may come with the morning and sor. to~ intrude st night ths, hope, health a- Al