New-York tribune., 1886-08-22

MISS MURFREE'S MARRTdGE
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WORKS.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.-Miss Murfrce the nove,;.s
-otherwise I" Charles Egberi Craddockr ia IN
Washington visiting the daughter Of Congressman
Richardson. Of Tennessee At the beginning of next
month she will return 10 her TeDnessce home in
company with Miss Richardson to make final
preparations for her wedding, which will take paes
early in September Miss Richardson has told soma
friends that the prospective bridegroom was sixfoot
faimer who has spent all bis life looking after the
crops on his farm and that he just the opposite Of
his betrohai in appearance and in tastes. lie il
poor too while Miss Murfree owns besides the income
from her novels, very comfortable house at
Murfreesb0ro.
Miss Murfree has been described as the very pink of
culture in pers n and manner. While not positively
beautiful she face that any man would like 10
look at more than The features are hot regular
the being little too large and the ears by no
means little pink Shells but taken altogether her
face is to attract admiration. Her chief charm
lies In the expression of her large laughing eyes, Every
emotion can be mirrored in them accurately AZ in
speech The usual expression Is one of quist
amusement if her eyes be said to have any usual
expression. quickly Go the reflections of the feelings
chase another She is brilliant talker but better
listener. In fact her listening qualities constitute one
of her greatest attractions These were displayed in
n marked degree at reunion of Tennessee people at
the house Of Assistant Secretary Porter Most of the
time she was the centre of a group Of admirers who
seemed delighted with her and afterward spoke Of her
brilliant conversational powers The fact was
however, that she spoke less than any one present
When any spoke to her, she turned on him those
ustrous eyes in eager interested way and reflected
in her expression every thought suggested. She
talk of the public questions of the day to the old men,
discuss the weather with the young and expatiae
dress with her girl friends but there is one subject
which she will never touch nancy her novels. If
they mentioned she tries to change the subject
1t must not be supposed that this peculiarly arises
the writer: i" L am so tired of having my books
discussed in the papers that don't TO have ,hem
introduced III company"
The young adys approaching marriage does not
to turn her attention altogether from her per-
Indeed since she has been here she has worked hard
upon novel which. il is said will he published
at in book form instead of serial. She is
firm believer in George FL lots ante breakfast system
OF working Nearly all her writing is done in the
early morning Facility is not of her talents Her
progress in writing Is slow TO appear painful to
those who have her at her desk. Miss Richardson
says that her friend frequently spends hours
single page, aad then not infrequently tears it up
Still with all the labor usness of Miss Murfrce's
composition. there is not wrinkle on that White
forehead. The bangs parted in the middle and turned
aside reveal, brow unfurrowed and apparently
free from as that of a child.
Miss Murtree drives nearly every evening, selecting
generally the Tennallytown road. After reaching
the country she almost invariably takes stroll IN the
woods 1t is during this stroll her friends say that
she does the chief mental work in her novel While
home in Tennessee she used to wander through the
mountains for hours daily