The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-09

treasure. figurniively and literally. too
Tor there was not "A rare engraving,
copy Of an old edition. "a valuable auto
graph. anything that DIV ole in Edin-
burRh greatly pIized. but sooner OF
later. 1t found its Was 10 Rutland street
Just that DR.. Brown might see It. II
seemed to mean more. evan TO the
owner himself, when he had looked az
IL and enj jyed 1t. D."
What was il that gave him this mag
netic a;tractiveness. Partly, no doubt
his fbe sympathy and yigilant ooser-
ystiOn. for bis friends hardly knew
what to tbink Of a saying or thing I'LL
he had appreciated IT. but even more.
we think. that pathetic melancholy
which 50 often mlA hin close his eyes
as if to rest himself from sad visions,
and which made every one who loved
him land that was almost every one
who knew him wish To minister to
hiil food for pleasant reflections. Ard
how surely did his presenc. teach them
what 10 say. SO as TO 20 10 his heart.
teaching them 20 sDesk 10 Eim with
lust d sh Of serious Tenderness, and
dash of lil,ful humor sDcn as lie
loved 10 bear. when o @ day be
spoke Of driving with him as If IL
were Oulg dull thing To &c. l told
him that when BE asked me. always
came gladly. aui that | Doc ked upon u
as means Of grace He smiled bui
shock / is head rather sadly. AM | Was
afraid had vertured too lar. We di0
not refer 10 II again. but Ne, X after he
came up TO me IN the dining room at
Rutland street. ard without one intro
duclory remark. SAID Means Of grace
10 morrow at bali past two 1. was
in driving home on the occasion that he
told his young companion Of the DIN
Guilty be found in recalling the voices Of
Those whom he had lost. aud spoke of
his Wife's voice. 80 For three months.
be said. . tried to hear her voice and
could nOti but at last It came
one word brought II back. IL
was going to say the word. aud
thea he stopped. and said. No Il might
spoil il. This was the man who
mad such an intimate sympathy With
all the dogs ia his neighborhood. that
when asked il he had looked Sc eagerly
out of the carriage because he bad re
cogniksd an acquaintance, he answered
No. it's dog don't kuow-tO him a
much more remai kable occurrence
than the recognition OF any one
he did know. Yet with all this eager
ness Of friendly feeling for half the
world. the belts Of cloud in his life
were more remarkable than the CLEANS
Of sunshine: the involuntary shutting
of the ewes was at least as character
i-tic as the quick hUm0r OF his smile
the sense Of pathos which his presence
left upon one. deeper than the sense of
genial and sunny wit. And 10 cur
thinking, though he couli not nave
been the universal magnet he was win
out n humor and swifincss Of glance
ttill less could he have been that mag
net without his gentle aud pathetic sad
ness.
What is il that makes such char
acier 80 ORIGINATING 10 a very con
siderable extent. Of course. It's WIDE
and delicate sympathy. Toe nature
that can discriminate, as DE-. d nm
Brown did. the characters Of men. the
characters Of children. ADD the char
acters of dogs. and 80 dAlineate them
that thOusaICs OF readers have made
them into familiar friends. moore intimate
even than their own intlmates, could
not but fascinate But Dickens had a
sar gre. er power of delineatiOn. and
vet nothing ike the same exquisite at
Effectiveness.