The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1892-12-22
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! I'm So fcr itnshand.
7, rrl,a 1,,e s.; fsiel,nrd Rurton. trans-
/ l,tor Of ..rita Aralsian Nights, was o5e
J. az the most fo.oar.i oriental scholars
~ his, t;,,ss. som. years Immediately
preceding LIS dealt, were spent IN trans
s I.,t;po from the Arabic another book
~ Scented Garden. which be had a.
most completed lie LEFT hardly anJ
property; Int this work he felt wonia
provide amply fer his wife, and in that
|. eynectntion he died. The rnanuscript
mon which he had lavished SO much
care and labor and which be had eX-
,ected would he monument TO MS
ren;us. never reached the printer $
hands. It was burned by ms vic VINO
tells the story in q letter to London
paper: =. :. -.
rooms and sorted and examined the
manuscript read this one. NO prom
ice ha1 been cxacted from me, because
the end had Lcen so unforeseen, and
remained for three days in = state Ok
nerfect torture As to what ought to 90
about it. During that time received
an offer from man of six thousand
guineas for it
.T sat down on the floor before tho
fire at dark to consult my own heart
nv own head How wanted brother
NV heart told me thit SIN is the only
rolling stone that gathers moss; that
what gentleman, Il scholar, man OF
tho world may write when living nc
would sec very differently to what the
poor soul would see standing naked be-
fore its God. with IFS good or evil decds
alone TO answer for. and their con-
SEQUENCES visible to it for the first mo-
ment. rolling on to the end OF time.
"Wh:.t would lie care for the applause
of one thousand five hundred mer now
for the whole worls!'s praise-and God
offended? Ny heart said: 'fou can
have six thousand gnneas; your bus
band worked for you, kept you in
happy Irene. With hono:' and rcspec.
for thirty years How are you going to
reward Kim? TEatyour wretched body
NAV be fed ard clothed and warmed for
! ~ IcW IiitNSi Ilt ht'it't'' W y N'NA' 80
YOU let that soul which is part Of your
soul be let out in cold and darkness
till the end Of tire till all those sins
which may have been committed on ac-
count Of reading those writing have
been cxpated, or passed away perhaps
forever Why, it would be just paral-
lei with the original thirty pieces OF
silver
81 fetched the manuscript ard laid it
on the ground icforc me. Two large
volumes worth Still iny thoughts
were, Was it sacrlege?' 1t was his
magnum orns-his last work, that he
was so proud Of, that was to have been
finished on the awful morrow-that
never came. viii lie rise UP in his
crave and curse me or bless me? And
then said: Not only not for six tlou-
sand guneas, but not for six million
guineas Will ] risk it, Sorrovfuliy.
revercntly, and in fear and trembling !
burnt sheet a tie, sheet until the whole
of the volume was consumed. It IS my
belief that by this act. ii my husband
soul were weighted down. Tie cord
were cut and it. was left free to soar u
its native heaven.
When the literary world of London
knew what LuGys Burton had done in
dipration ran high Here was :; wcr.c
upon which one of the ablest men OF his
time had spent years destroyed in an
instant-aGrihila utterly. Robert
buchanan voiced tho preva ling opinion
in his reply To Lady Burtnn's letter.
sI.ady Burton" said Mr.. buchanan,
feared that tie wo'.s. ii published.
would cause incaluiAi lc mischief and
corruption; her nat,;rr revolted against
it, and In acting is she did she felt her
self savior OF society. The dcstruc-
ton of the manuscript was van-
d .lism. pure ana simple, whethr
pcrpctratcd by Torquemada
or John l.'scx. ~ a fanatic or
gentle cath,io' st. by a pure, hisi'-
soule,i woman q: The public ian%man
Excess OF love in such matter Is IS
pcrilons rs excess OF hate. pat asl'ie
here all questions OF the nature OF N
book; doubtless it was horrible cnou9il
from the ordinary point of view A''
Richard Burton, Il is well known, ~.
man absolutely Indifferent, intel'eet-
ually speaking to ordinary STANDARD 't
morality. He was n scholar on1 2
pagan, lrnmanist and Il scientist, AMI
chiefly in his fearless ana mora! darn
consisted his claim 10 ~ TX rs one Of
the most original men OF his genera-
ton" Chicago Times.