Telegram-herald., 1890-08-17


fr.encs fanny on the evening q TIE
EllislAD1 lgurlsy. On prsseDGnx lay-
sslf al Ia eoox I N4s 21al Lea o. :
yoaug iz8y wAose faee ala presence
startled lie as c0n p4etely a. though
Eobert BaF1s h2a himself greeted a.
~ tie tAresna9ld 81 thzt welcoming
hab tatloa There s-0od : falT Y0ung
won4n. ln v hose face wxs fel,eatee
every Lneament ot the poess Her
bar wzs raven back. neT broTs 9ere
broad aud high. the eyes Ike nzmsng
or1s. the Dose perfectly ehiselec the
mouth large. I'D pass l0Qed. tender; snd
the chsa full rounded sd olmPled. III
Was indeed Burns face ebastened and
softened by the pure sou O. a woman
looking through 4.
Completely overcome by the extra
ordinary likeness ana situation. Icould
scarcely use my tongue, out Al last Ia
tered,
ISIS this the residence Of Mr..
/ Thomas Brown, with whom an Amer
can gentleman has an engagement for
the evening
its, the young lady smilingly an
swered. "Falher and mother are ex-
pecUng you"
And you arer'-
Their daughter, Jean Armour Burns
Brown
Il was TO the home of the grand
daughter and great granddaughter of
Robert Burns had come. The CHEEKY,
handsOme white haired hostess OF the
evening, Mrs. Thomas Brown, q lady
sixty years OF age, who sang for Us, 'Ot
4 the A rts the Wind Can Blaw." with
extreme patnOs and feeling, Is the sur
yiylng daughter OF Robert Burns, Jr.,
the poets oldest son. who died here IA
Dumtrles III 1891, at the age
OF 20 years. His early educa-
ton was chiefly the charge of
Burns himself. and with hum, hand IN
hand, he wandered again and again IN
every loved haunt OF Nithsdale from
Crltfel on the SOlway 10 FriaT's CaTse.
above EllIsland. page OF this paper
could be delightfully."- filled with the ex-
peTlences of that evening and OF later
hours, IN this plain and pleasant home
in itself museum ana shrine of
Burns memorial. relic and sentiment.
But aside from these and the marvel
Gus reproduction OF figure, face and
radiant speech OF eyes and look of the
poet ia hls great granddaughter. Jean
Armour Burns Brown, two things came
TO me, with convection which cannot be
shaken. ana winch | would set down
10 remain, with earnest aud solemn en-
phasis.
The first is, that Robert Burns, Jr.,
was man of extraordinary intellect,
attainmentS, and character. He was
an attache OF the British Stamp Office,
IN London, for thirty years, during
which period, and 10 the day of his
death, rs | have evidence, he was one
OF the profOundest thinkers and
scholars of ms time A no more
learned scholar lived; and Carlyle HIM
self was not his superior IN depth of
philosophical research. United with
these, were qualities of heart and char
actcT which were grandly pure and
sweet; while hidden and restrained bv
loyalty to his fathers name and
fame. TO discern which gives one
glimpse of what true herOlsm means,
was, As | also have evidence,
gift of the lOftiest poetic power. With
this new hight upon father and son |
can not contemplate the ones extreme
attachment TO the other without feel
ing that bond, perhaps unconscious
out SlllI UlSHlH. Goluc from the SaClcU
filial tie, held the matured, and
budding, intellect so tenderly together.
The other thing | would say from
conviction Is this: Jean Armour was
woman of lottier soul than has ever
yet been depicted. Burns genius was
lllmitably too great to require unworthy
contrast 10 render il more surprisingly
transcendent. Carlyie's definition of
the junction Of wOman-"to wed a man
she can love and esteem; and to lead
noiselessly. under his protection, with
all the wisdom, grace, and herOism
that Is in ner the life prescribed in con-
sequence. was illustrated suprcmely in
the lfe of Jean Armour, the wife Of
Robert Burns and her unaffected trib-
ute TO hls kingshIp of affection il the
pOverty-stricken home they both loved,
in her own words. "He ne'er spoke n
misbehadden word TO me in a. his life"
Il as royal "a tribute to his manly. #
erring, nature, Notwithstanding all
other evidences of men and pen, as the
world can ever bring to brighten the
memory of his immortal poetic genius.
EDGAR l.. WAKEMAN.