New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-05

IT is pretty evident from her writings which trans
pareny veil her own trials troubles experience ana
she formed a hopeless attachment toward man.
probably her a@T and her
heart, made It more impatient, angry ana bitter Hcr
irrltablIty became vcyatous. and her marked sens
was reluctantly Obliged. In 1863, to request her 10
retire from her position on Snail pension sf
against her patroness but nursing bitter anger against
those to whose influence she attributed her disgrace
This second humiliation. and the reduction of her means,
happened nopporunely. IIcr father was without
means. her brothers wcrc In no better circumstances
and thew had an uncle dependent them EugenIe's
small pension served to keep hcm all In the
Of life Perhaps at this period Of her life s9s , n hr
devutiJn 10 her mrCveI ished family. She lived with
her married brother, Alfred John year or two later
f,riune through some unluclzy Investment, and was
no longer in position to pay Eugene the pension as
pr mi-cil.
Now ensn,a per;d Of the soyers;t prIvat!on
was that spurred Eugene to attempt literary work:
Something must be done to relieve their distress and
i'm cold room in winter, in which she was unable TO
afford a fire she wrote two stories. The Twelve
Apostles and The schoolmaster's Daughter" 1t 70
Ginning OF that infrmity- -rheumaSm gOut-with
which She was after afflicted but 1t probably only
nrcyiois deafness was doubtless attributable to the
same origin This deafness now increased, and sho
hecame length, not exactly stone deaf but deaf
as only to be able to hear when shouted to close to
her ear. When her two stories were written out neat
\ r..
her brother post for her As he passed the window
with the packet he held them up to her. as she looked
anxlously forth " oh. my poor, poor childrcn" said
She What will bcfa them I'm this wdc rude
wordl- The packet was addressed to Kcil, tor
of the " Gartenlaubc," at Leipzig.
The first accepted; not tho second 1t
re.urIcd with the remark that Auerbach had worked
that vein out. and her story of tho schoomaster's
Marie too close imitation OF his style TO be
/ ACCEPTED. This was I'm 1865. Encouraged by having
one OF her compositions taken Rugcne now set zeal
ously TO work a novel, Gold Else In which she
described her experiences at the Court Of Son
dershausen When It finished she sent II to the
Gartenlaube.n keil, the editor, babe the subedor
| look through g. and few days later the latter re-
turned him The Ms sealed and ready to post, not
! sui ed to the auhOress.
! What Is 1t lllei' asked KeIl The subedor
! shrugged his shoulders. Nothing remarkable" no
answered: not above the ordinary level OF female
composition. II Is all about Thurngla,
/ am a ThuringIann said KeIl; let me see" ; and
he broke the seals, and began to read not with the
expectation Of having to reverse the decision Of his
SUI ordinate but n order refresh old recOllectlOns
OF his native forest land. IIe had not however, read
many pages before no discovered that the subcdOr
| had either boon romlss IA examining the Ms, or had
grevOusly lacked Judgment. Ilo read the whole
afternoon and read till midnight Next day he wrote
to the authores5, accepting te novel, and propOsng
besides the usual hOnOrarun for the publication In
tho magazine that sho should share profits with him
when ii published IN book form
very fow years later Kcl paid her & 200 half
| profits She then cripple, In constant pain
When she received tho check she burst into flood
| OF tears, partly OF Joy In seeing that there no
for pecunary solcltude In the future. part