Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-03-09


Blanche Paul threw down ~ booa -
with sob. and she, rising wieAa hu1o q
feeling, held out her white arms SeWdNoD -
imaginary lover, and with extraordinary
skill and memory repeated shgsuhstann g
the horoinc's last speeches:
"'Achillc, beIovedi my eyes arc dim-loo
mists OF death are gathering. o Achtllei ~
wbite cottage by the river-the ~ n ~
reeds-your face and mine In the wntor-e1p
blue heaven below us In che stream-O }uys
quicki those hands, those llpsi But H6o1G
listeni II is tho cruel wind rising, rislnes r,
chills me to the bone; Il chokes, it sti0ss ~
I cannot SEQ the river and the cottage 3 Guua
and tho sun. o Achille, it IL dark, % dae4l
Gather me close, belovedi-cloeeri cloesri q
death Is kind-tender, like your touchi I
bave no fears-noner
''She sank back into her chair. Anything
moro pathetic, more noble than her intoua-
tion Of those words could not have bouD
imagined. Desforets herself could nce hnvo
spoken theuaA with moro simple, . mogO
piercing tenderness. I was 20 CONFUSED ~ .
multitude Of conflicting feelings-my own
impressions and yours. the realities a ~
present position and the poadbllitiss q -,
future-that I forgot to applaud her. Itw1g
tho flrst time had had any giimpss q alrue
her dramatic power, and, rough and impse
feet as the test was, 10 seemed 70 ms snoG1b.
I have not been 90 devoted TO The FrancalA
and TO some Of the people connected VITA ~
for ten years for nothingl One gets kin6
Of insight from long habit, which, think, o.
may trust. Oh, you blind Eustace, how could
you forget that for q creature 90 full Of primi-
tive energy, 90 rich in the stun Of Life, nota-
ing Is irreparablci Education has passsd hoe
by. Well, sho will 60 to find her education.
6he will make teacher out Of every ffisnd,
out OF every sensation. Incident and feeling,
praise and dispraiso will al alike tsnd 70
mold the sensitive, plastic material Into
shape. 30 far a. she may have remained
outside her art; the art, no doubt, has besn
conventional appendage, and little mora
Training would have given hcr good con
ventions, whereas sho has only picked up bod
aud imperfect ones But no training could
havo given her what she will evidently soon
develop for herself, that force and asms q
Imagination which fuses together instrumeut
and idea in one great artistic whole ohs
has that imagination. You can $50 Il In her
responsive ways, her quick, sensitive emo
tion. Only Let II be reused and guided 10 .
certain height, and It will overleap ths bar
riers which have hemmed 70 In, and pour
itself into the channels made ready Tor Il By
her art.
"Thcrc, at least, you havo my strong Ina.
preston. II Is, In many ways, at vAfianco
with somc Of my most cherished principles;
for both you and arc perhaps inclined 70
overrate tho vAluc Of education, whether
technical Or general, In its effect on the indi-
viduality. And, Of course, better technical
preparation would have saved Isabel Brether-
ton an immense amount of time; would have
prevented her from contracting host'of 6A6
habts-all Of which she will have 10 unleasn.
But tho root Of tho matter - in her; oe that
! am sure; and whatever weight OF hoet1le
circumstance may bc against her, she viii, e
sho keeps her health-as to which am some.
times, like you, little anxious-broak
through Il all and triumph.
"But II you did not understand her quite,
you have enormously helped her; 20 much
will toll you for your comfort 6he said "a
mo yesterday abruptly-we were alone "a
our gondola, far out on the lagoon-'Did
your brother over tell you Of oonvsrsa&aou
he and I had In tho woods ct Nuneham ahou1
Mr. Wallnce's playr
'"Yes,' answered with outward boldnA9,
but little inward trepidation; i have no(
known anything distress him 20 much To-
long time. Ho thought you had misunds-
stood him.
"'No,' she said, quietly, but as Il seemed d
me with an undercurrcnt Of emotion II -
voice; u did not misunderstaud him. H
meant what no said, and | would hAvG
forced the truth from him. whatevsr har.
pened. was determined TO make him sloV
mo what he felt. That London season w
sometimes terrible to me. seemed 70 ny
self to bc living In two.worlds- world "a