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VAKENAN'S VANDERINCS
the POET TRAVELLER VISITS THE
OLD HONE OF THE eRoNTes
a Fascinating Description Of m Obscure
m.orls.d village Made Famous rhroash
woman. oeals.-rrpalou. RsiIes Of The
Author Of Jane Eyre"

Msoriaud village Hs"'
Woman. Characterization Relies Of 'h'
Author 81 "Jsns r,fe."
Copyright. isi. BY rdqaf l. wateH,an'l
HAvonrn England. March D--ln the
sntlre history o. the relation Of woman q.
English litsriture there cannot be- ionhh
ANYTHING like the same winsoine, II SOME
what melancholy, Interest that will alway
cling to tho lrrtproachable name NE ob
scure surrounding. and the extraordinary
personality 81 the author n Jane tyfe.'
II your impulse IL 10 visit Hawofth, come
IN the summer only Then therci sht least
sunshine Then foecy clouds sfrngalo over
aud bc,.recn the hills a. N sha',uvy hosts
were marshalinR behind The horizon. Here
aud there splatches Of color lie against Old
walls and house fronts The heather
bushes from the nndnlant green oi thc
moor And one Gao then easily Imagine
bits 81 Apnian PASTORAL scenery hcrfi the
shepherds and their hocks. Ike clmcu ~
ilcfa CO beds Of dazzling emerald, wisi q
pcrsplctiye Of bllowy line. and misty
clouds. and here and there q savage kite Or
moor buzLAri cirriiug above the scrne.
force and endless 10 H. hunger for unWary
heath poults or grouse
But 1T any other time your Impressions.
oil the way from Kelghicy mp the little val
lcy Of che Worth river, the stram being
nowhere mole than tiny beck OF moor
land rill. will ie dismal ones Indeed This
entire Yorkshire district, Of which Brad
ford Is the trade metropolis. T. given over
90 the manufacture Of worsteds To the
right and left Of the little branch o. the
Midland railway. which follows the stream
up the valley pas, ifhworth 70 Oxenhopl,
are cluster. " deserted old handlo1m
mills. rotten wcirs, Rrimy steam power
mill. with their hugs, half smoke. hidden
chimaeys. decaying arches, rows 81 factory
hand cottage. with slaiternly women At
the door gnarled. stuntcd tree. springing
mcagerly from Impoverished soil in
shndoxy gorge and glen. aud In farthest
REACHES Of prospect, beneath q lenden col
orcd ,ky. the grim outlines Of barren hills,
the hollows brtwecn showing farther. dim.
mer outlines OF bleak. barr moors, suRg-i-
Ing the wAsis. o. mouniainous-wavcd.
measurrles sea
The tiny llaworih railway station stands
In tho ceuter u no horseshoe shaprd val
Icy head to which you have come flum the
north. There could b. a no morv cherries
sight than that presenting itself In every I
direction A. you alish, from your railway |
carriage The station master. the single
human brlng In sight. In a spar-ely cut.
trcadhare uniform, truts around SILVER
ingly for moment a. II feeble. starved and
cold. aud then snaps himself mp In his little
den with q sharp click. ~ II In digit irum
the surrounding drearincsA Across the
track. whcfe there has some time been a
little patch Of flowers. lonely. almost
altogether bcdragglel hen
pecls At the dead stalks feebly. qusrulous
y, This Is all II life thsru Is noar tho sta,
Ion. Over 10 thclefi, long distance away
IN the level bed Of the valley. are several
huge mills They nrc prisons In every sense
The black smoke rolls sulleniy FROM their
lacks But no human being IL visible
hen there arc half score row. Of work
ien's houses, little, mean. hard and cFainp.
J, huddled In grlmy. dsnudsd spaces, or
4 on the brnc side In all manner of angle,
though they had set out 10 run away
ON the place, and. too feeble TO cscapc, had 1
nek fast whem they now stand. High !
'ovr this modern Haworth. Drowmors {
rctehes away In intsrnlnable swslls u 4
wage. treeless hills. These circle around 4
the south and west, aud your ere follow. 1
sm until 10 eatche. tteely gray line Of i
hat Al first seems ragged. Jagged CUBE. Of /
ek. eniubg In diagonal transverse from A
. bottom 10 nearly the Top u the bare d
cAfp'n"nt OF another holder hillside. ter. v
mating Ia the loitier. drearlsr HAwofth u
oor. This half defined. ragged line of y
~ Is tho ancient village of llawoFlL. a
slipping aud sliding along tho sinuous Il
iysy path, you reach the lower end oi l.
. long, climbing. winding village street. n
'rpthing u Of stnne-tha houses, the ,l
tiers, the rain troughs. tho gargoyle Al
outs, aud the oobblei way. like an open m
'nc sewer cut along tho hillside 10 carry N
The seepy oozlnrS VI the moor moses N
ore There l. bat the single street,
AIN stfoei, II isoalled. Dank, DARK close. IA,
nctimes extend fora house length 10 the M
iht and leii. Tho yanl.wide ptyemnnts h.
tfrics OF stone stairs aud platforms. a
hfaih tue latter arc shadowy shops aud nt
lnR rooms All stand open, but Few ia. ~,
b'iAnls are TO 10 seen. Those Of whom lac
lnpaes can b, caught are lltlle childrun. ee
Y TOO young 70 b. ground Ia tho mills. OF
J bowed old crones OF women already I'M
'nnd BY the mills Into volcrles.ness and trl
ipolcssness. Up, up. up Tor a mile. yon oo
H. aud nj last reach a tiny oDcn snaee. ~,
. houses are vet AROUND Il closely IN
aini shops and ancient Inns crowd II M M,
SORT o. curious angles This l. the head of
the Village, geographically. la bAblta. thl
., and ia aristocracy. Not for H. at. la
ethches', but because Il seems an out. Cl
70 ,olntwhero. you pass into little MI
~ behind The Black Bull inn. IL isa ms
g ot angles aud wynis, suddenly an. tr,
or tny open space confronis YOU. Here i
an Oh, oblong, two storicd stone honse. a.
u lew yards Of grass plot NJ H. side. Nj,
VIE .tone church, attached 10, rather ,a'
a blended with, grim Norman tower, era
graveyard oluitencd with crumbling nv,
hssi tue whole covering barely an acre ~
rouhd. Thrse were lawurth par.on. M.
! church and chnrchyani, tho earthly
unAl home Of the lirontes, and thelr ~.
ny eyes ever rested on Iaworth moor. 70,
en- rises Immediately above the church. ~.
! like wall Of rounded stone. III
rFe, within the village nest o. the moor. '.n
eene, one may nttlnyly pause and 70. o,,,
the history Of the Hrontes ~ a family Ia,
father, the Rev. Patrick lIronte. wa. ~,
~ OF county Down. Ireland, farmer ,a'
'se feal name was prunty n. was -
Pairiekmas day, III, hls name being 49,,
aged To bronte At the suggestion Of his ~.
'iaetoF' the Rev. Ne Tgho. rector OF ~" az,
InlspolAnd parish, 10 Down. Fine Ia XIV
sklur' handsome aud ambitious he fore. NJ,
~ peasant lie, and, much afterthe man. Ia,
o. we 'Poor Scholar" IN Cartons pa. vs.
io 'Ale' gained enough learning at six.
20 'eaeh small private school; soon
Wy Wy tutor entered 81, Johns college. u
'Sl'uRo, ~ istl' obtained bis u. A. de. oou
! four years later. Wa or,i,in..,l ,. ~.