The Somerset reporter., 1890-05-08

JANE WELSH CARLYLE.
Of genial kindly character, and Of con-
siderable intellectual force. Her mother,
Grace Baltic, was also possessed Of
good intellect and. as Carlyle tells us,
WAS unusually beautiful, hut strangely
sad. Eyes bright, as if with many tears
behind them
From both parents, therefore, Jane in
herited talent, and from her mother
beauty. OF her appearance in childhood
| her friend Miss Jewsbury, says that ''she
was remarkable for her large black eyes
with their long, curved lashes. AS
girl she was extremely pretty; IA grace
full and beautifully formed figure, up
right and supple a delicate complexion
4 Of creamy white, with pale rose tint in
the checks, lovely eyes, full of fire and
softncss. and with great depths of mean
| ing. Her head was finely formed, with
a noble arch and Il broad forehead. Her
/ other features were not regular, but they
did not prevent her conveying all the
impression of being beautiful. Her voice
was clear and fun Of subtle intonntions
and capable of great variety of express
! sion. She had it under full control" To
this Mr.. Froude adds: "But beauty was
only the second thought which her ap-
pcarance suggested the first was intel.
leclual vivacity;' and speaking Of her as
he first saw her, when she was AZ, he
SAYS: "lIer features were not regular,
but thought had never seen more
interesting looking woman. Her hair
was raven black, her eyes dark. soft, sad,
with dangerous light in them" Her
charms, whatever they were, must have
been great, to win for her as they did the
title of the Flower of Iaddington" and
to conquer two such men as Irving and
Carlyle; and Miss Jewsbury says that "a
relative of hers told me that every man
who spoke to her for five minutes felt
impelled to make her an offer of mar
rage,"
Jane was an only child, and as it had
been II great disappointment to her father
that she was not boy, he resolved to
educate her rs IA boy. In this purpose
| his wife did not agree with him, and the
pair had frequent discussions of the sub
jcct, to which the little girl listened at
+ tcrtIvery ana with "A better comprehen-
sion than was suspected. The result is
thus told by rrying's biographer, Mrs.
Ohphant;
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c".e" me ooy ''eo"'"e ','o opJeI'"i ne,
working with independent projects of its
own She resolved to take the first step
in this awful but fascinating course on
| her own rpsponsiblity Having already
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and sinners. sppinp his coffee. and all
the cheerful accessories of the iiresde
pic,urc were completn. The little heroine
| lind ARRANGED herself under the table. nm.
der fine crimson folds Of the cover. which
concealed bor small person. All was still:
,ba ,onen, I,od arrived .penua neppm
nannomr hurst forth the little voice in
ireothlcas st,,dipess Tn, result may be
inayiued. the doctor smotber.d his child
n,ith L;.sos and even iii, motber heraelf
Ind rot n word tn saw. the victorv was
,onnIoto
Another accou,t of the .,me ;,cidept
sub.tnntinllv agreeinc wifi Mrs on.
,,h,nt.s wns ,,iven tn CARLYLE shortIv
aftor his w;fe,s death Inv Miss Jewsburv
ne she hoard II from Mr.. CarlvIe ber'
salf Misc Jewsburv's verso, contains
tho further detail that after rerit;ng
,or nom tho l;ttlo GIRL wont nm m bsr
r,,bo, and so;d. ~ wan, IN learn Latin.
,ln,so Loft mo no ~ how !" At nil evnnts
,h. c,rr;.d her no,nt sba had ALREADY
,ndor hor r,nthar', sn,arv;s;op oco,,ired
"rnGoianar ~ tha ns,,aI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
# - cirl music dancng drawing and
modern languages ana now she was
sent 10 the puoiio sohooi OF naadihgton
Tor more SOLD instruction. BESIDES Lat
m she studied arithmetic ana Algebra
the latter IN company with the BOY pu-
PTS Oh the school, VINO ielt ior ner not
said to have enforced on one occasion
by striking with her fist the nose Of
boy who had been impertinent, and
making 1t bleed Inc master happened
70 see 'he CORY results . Oh lhe oiow anu
hors ,nara a,i oh;na,rona,,' s;,ant and
wcre ,hreotonod with n aoac;ng 70 maLe
them tell Upon this Jane Confessed
her puilt md was nunisbed Inv relega.
lion to the rirls' roam Another story
told Of her Il that nmulating the hoys
in their difficult feats Of strength and
agility she Inv down on her face and
crawied from one end to the other Of a
narrow paranet Of n br;dye at the immi.
nent risk of either breaking her neck or
drowning. Exploits of this Kind seem
to have made her famous in the town
for when some FORTY years afterwards
she revisited Haddin9ton. and too i'm.
patient to wait for the sexton to come
and unlock the gate of the graveyard,