Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-07

status it would win for him-a thing of
far more value in the old country, where
society is gradated into ranks. than in her
country, where every one except hotel
clerks, as she insstedD was on the same
plane. He would then be the equal of
anybody-even in this old England she
had at least acquired so far a knowledge
of English society And If he owed the
first suggestion and impulse to her i-if /
she were to be the means in however
snail and tentative fashion, of his ulti- |
mately establishing his fame That he |
could do SO if he tried she never thought .
OF doubling. She saw him every day .
and the longer she knew him the more she .
was certain that the obvious mental force /
that seemed to radiate from him in the |
ordinary conversation and discussion OF !
day life only wanted to be put into /
n definite literary channel to make its
mark And was not the time ripe for n
poet And it was not Edinburgh or
Glasgow or London that had nowadays to
decide on his merits, but two great conti-
nents of English speaking people.
At length came the answer to her urgent
prayer: letter from Miss kerfoot, and a
copy of the Chicago citizen. The news
paper she opened first saw with delight
that long notice-a very long notice IN
deed-had been accorded to the verses she
had sent; and with proud heart she put
the paper in her pocket for careful read
ing when she should get down to the lake.
Miss kerfoot's letter she glanced over;
but 1t did not say much the writer OBJ
seaveu d ma, MI, oacK iinS NAV 1i' ~
Carry's extraordinary interest in the phe-
nomenal Scotch gamekeeper; and, refer
ring to the article in the Citizen, she SAID
Jack Huysen had ntrusted the writing OF
=. ,' " ni Sui'OS II5"n, 49, o,,i3,,rad
young men in Chicago, and likely to make
quite reputation for himself ere long
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OTHER RUSTIC poET-CUICAGo CLAIMS
Nm II may be i'm the recollection of some
of our readers that n few wears aro a
uartv of American tourists consisting of
Curtis H. Mack. who was one of our
most DISTINGUISHED endorsements in the
rebellion and is now serving on the
| Indian frontier his ueice Miss Hcttie f.
Doip. n very talented lady and contributor
to several of orr best periodicals. and
John Grimbsv Patterson editor of the
Baltimore ErSuiuu Nc,rN, were travelling
in Euroue when they had the GOOD for
tune to discover an Irish poet, Patrick
MiiIigah VINO haa long ahsulsile s ,i III or,
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HoC IN me ilehlal altrthcsS u our newer
cNiliHa'loi capaclty LOT the ueIectioi
ana recognition Oh iIl'ellec'ual iheri, WHICH
eEistS not among Ihe ueadenlnS influence;
OF an oidtra ana exhausted ciNliNatloh' II
= Nus SollelllntS DccH ClldISetl AGAINST tus
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letters lnat we are III measure careless
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teriol ;nterasts occunv on, mird Tn,
nrasant v,rit,r at Lost is in no hurry I,
renel that charge odious as # NAV seem I,
some Was Americans shouli remem
her that the Athenian Rrnublic viii
: Witch our Western Rennblic has nothin,
1 w. fanr in tbe ,ynv Of cdmnnrisnn when !
hoasted IFS most lavish disnlny of artistic
' and literary cnIture was no less consnicu
, ms for lis moral depenerncy and noliticn
I cnrruntion II was in The a,,e nf pericle