The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-02-01
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Mr.. John Fox. Jr, WAS greeted with a
LARGE and enthusiastic audicuce st stone
ga Academy Friday evening. This waa
Mr. Fox's first appearance before the
public. He read from his unpublished
story, "A Cumberland Vendetta which
will appear in the CrnfoTy NAgdz'n"
Mr.. Fox exceeded the expectations OF his
friends. Possessing Il mclodions voice
and graceful bearing, lie makes an ideal
lecturer. He was not excited in the least,
something remarkable, as it was his tirst
APPEARANCE. In the portrayal of the da-
lcct Of his characters be is the equal Of
Thomas Ncl'oR Page, who stands prc-sm-
ncnt in his particular role. The story is
q most thrilling one, and full of brilliant
thoughts and word painting. Had Mr
Fox not chosen literary career, he
would have made an ideal artist. His i'm
agination is brilliant, his characters are
we'll drawn and show that he has won
derful understanding Of human nature.
His hsroes are era nd; his Villains arc vii
lains CT the deepest dye. BIZ. Fox in his
"Mountsn Europa" which WAS Published
in the Ccntury, won reputation that
placed him at once in an enyiahlo posi-
ton among the literary men of the South.
Although he originally came from Ken
lucky he is nov full fedged Virgnian,
and although he sometimes wanders back
to the "blue grass" section, occasionally,
probably to see his Martha" like
Rome" Big Stone Gap claims him as
her own.
l once heard Dr.Thos. Nelson Page recite
"Marse CHAINS" for few friends at the
Exchange Hotel in Richmond, and when
he had finished there WAS not dry eye in
the room. Eir. Pages imitation of The
negro dialect is inmical.
Nh
millions and gone to live Mt the Shore
ham in Washington it 10 very probable
that he will coon be national celebrity
and will reside in New York or Boston.
In that event Mr.. Fox will have pract-
cally clear field in Virginia. He is al
ready we'll known in Kentucky as writer
Of recognized ability. If be would visit
Richmond l am ruro his reception would
he most gratifying ono. | understand
that dark-eyed beauty from Bristol. who
recently visited the Gap, has invited him
to give a reading, and has promised him
large audience Of Brstol's literary set.
AS the young lady in question is the life
of the town on the border, it is very prob
able that Mr.. Fox will embrace the oppor-
tunity, and if lie does Bristol will have a
rare treat, and the young lady with the
dark eyes will be one of his most atten-
tive listeners. ). K
The letter from Taxpayer" in last
week Posr has attracted much attention,
and nearly every prominent man in the
Gap has been mentioned as tha author
Well, the author is still alive and can be
found ut his residence whan not profess
sionnlly absent.
II is currently rumored that one of our
young townsmen, very handsome one. is
soon to wed. Who the fortunate young
lady is, is mere matter Of conjecture.
She has been described as "petite." Well,
what tho exact significance of that word
is everyone can judge for themselves. She
shaa also been described as wonderfully
beautiful that everybody knows aigni-
3Gcs either that there is considerable
wonder Mt her being so beautiful, or that
she is SO vers beautiful that when ono
sees her, they stare as if they we're either
.'Wonder struck or stllunder struck, ..
probably both. The poetic meaning of
the phrnee ia, no doubt, that her hair falls
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