The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24

"Helene started up With All eyjds
painful effort, drawing at the San.
her skirts closely about her fee,
ewes met, and they seemed to SEQ :.
depths of each Others soul. n
rose slowly to his feet and .rood
side in silence.
That den0nment is-pardon r..
none other will do-rich. TIM. ,.
come aware of mutual love. The
ton of the gradual growth of til.
is Acknowledgement better ii,a, !.
travail of her moral strussle.
ward. Helene is Of an anal
composed nature in bod aag
She is unintclIectual. She scare.
reads. Her thinking is most.
Now she begins to indulge ~ .n
She grows fond of distant ,iyp.
light musings, Of the rcmoIo n
the people in the city far below as-
ted dwelling, Of flying bird,. am.
skies. Her cook has love-. n
love passages. which are quite
described, ..inspire her with ,or.
She takes to reading novels, al..
~ enough it is Ivanhoc. the Gtl
us, which cxcitcs the passion of .,-
If there is one thing absent iu ,..,
pageant of chivalry, it is H.. .a.
phase of love. If the >cni.ma
was ever alluded to respecta.r
ously, and-not to say gin.cr.-
the novel of Ivanhoc. Thcau'aa.
lection of the incident, Of r.,.
about rs accurate a> hi> int
of its spirit.
SAYS the story: Love N
love- and she smiled vagul
we'll she might, for behold v.a'
she took up her book. ST. n4.
episode where the castle :.
where Rowcna nurses the wo4aa.
hoe. and at last sees him 20 i,,;.
tie. and stands herself at I'll. nt
watch its progress. Then 'lr
this scene. where Rebccca. wra',. .
veil, pours out her tcndcrne,.
slumbcring cavalier. etc.
There are some errors in The
statement. Rowcna did not n
woudcd Ivanhoc in the ca,tle..a.
permitted to visit him. She aa
him 90 forth to battle. H. ls
forth to battle. She did not ,,i...
window to watch its proerc--
did not pour out her tcndcruc,.
sumbcring cavalier.
But however she mi>icad hc
the young lady was very much ena
of Dubcrlc, and there j. -oa.
space consumed narraiing heir .
and efforts To meet, etc. th,r
confusion OF love until ~ o.
party at Dubcrlc's house "hc -
the freshness which seemed IT, eut
her arms and shoulders >hiha-
through their transparent co,....
drank in with dizzy delight Oh. .
from her hair. and oihorwi-,.
subject to her charms. when g t
love for her. The history d., RI
sion-its Interruptions, the rI
her child. its elimination. her ra
occupy the remainder of the loa.
there is something attractive iu z.
cstncss with which the book +,
With charming naivctc the aaiIa.
fcctly unconscious how ab>lua DO
times.
There is something iniinitce
in the situation where Hclen,.
very best motives, intervene t..-
honor of DR.. Duberlc's witc. in'
an appointment with a lover ara
her home. while she herself rcc,l.,
same spot Il few moments airc,.
distinguished physician andwo!e-a
most ailcctionatcly.
After her iudiscrction with 'url
gentleman. the retributivc d'-ti
child, and her rcmorSc, lirlcu,
Monsieur Rambaud, her taithiui o'
which the author seems 10 thnl
Gus act in itself. Before hyr o.
she tells him cycrything-whici i
ant for him-and after havin- q
all, rs they say upon the >ta-
ricd him, she visits her daugiit.
a. before related. and rises aS-ol.r
it is To he hopcd-curcd OF intri-
There is little background orat
represent u web of life; the io'r
and chief. This is one of tho,
which McC!cod Of Dare said he
lieve gave Il true picture of ill.,
ground that il men were pcrpsr4t
gagged in looking after other Mcn
the brcad-making, the hrid-c-.
and the commerce of the coulir
come to Il standstill.
The translator's work >cXcc.l p
and the dclicatcly tinted cover a
large type, make the book 'cr
tive IN appearance.