Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-11

The story OF the Eccentric criuc'a Mar
riaso and Divorce.
John Rnslsin did q strangely hayward
thing when he consented 10 get married.
He did a most erratlc and, to the pnblic, a
most inexplicable thing when he arranged
for his divorce. He had accented some Of
the loftiest traditions about womanhood
that men sometimes read and talk about,
and be looked for bis ideal companion Ons
night he met her IN the drawing room OF q
London friend, who. without his knowing
H. had brought the young lady TO meet tho
eyes OF the great writer.
1t wos june night. He was s5, and she
looked like n Greek goddess. He was dax-
zlod She was tall, graceful girl OF IN,
with face aud figure rs faultlces as one OF
the statues OF old No ono ever expected
Ruskin 10 fall IN love, aud he did not She
was poor needed a home and its comforts,
and so they were married.
Their welded life was peaceful, friendly
kindly to tho highest degree, but there was
not spark OF affection TO enlightcn their
existence She admired the great man she
had married and was grateful for the wealth
and comfort he showered on her He wor-
shIped her Us he would the marble made
lilclike by the sculptor's ohsrl.
There was nothing human about the llfa
they led as husband and wife, and she was
Rwoman who In her heart like all true
women. laughed ua tho traditions that
made bet sex love distant worship.
one day Ruskin brought an nrtist to
paint his wifes picture And tho man was
Millais and be was bright, CHEEKY, hnnd-
some fellow, human every Inch OF him, with
a great and absorbing love for the beautiful
nni willingness 10 tel OF his love
lie began TO paint the portrait Of the
MAGNIFICENT woman, aud when he had I'm
ished he was In love with his friends wife.
Nomanlike she saw Il, and perhaps abe
WAS not full OF sorrow and rcproach. 70
was the first tribute Of real manly love that
Ind ever laid at her feet.
And Rusklni His wide eyes aaw the ro-
nance that was weaving around those two
lives, and his heart realized how little nj
lection he had 70 lavish ON the woman no
had made his wife. How he told her tho
story Of his pride In her, aud the sacrifice
he was to make for her while she lay prone
nj his feet, ia ono Of tho things which only
he or she could tell
II Is difficult to obtain n divorce In kng-
land, but John Ruskln secured Il for her,
and one brnoing morning In the carly win
ter, u month after the divorce was granted,
AAMHhlh NNRhA NNniAN Wv aNANAN az Ah'A
Londuu's quiet churches and saw them
made man aud wife.
That was "A good many years ago and
since then Millais has become rich and ~
nous and is now Sir John, and bis wife Is
my Lady MillaiS The wnrmpst, sturdiess
friend che struggling painter had in his
toiling days wns the man whose wife he
had married and through all the years OK
Millnis' later success and greater honor
John Ruskin has been the welcome guest
and daily visitor to the mnn and woman
whose lives no 80 unsclishly crowned with
happiness,
II lisa strange story, and the world knows
little about II, and some men have con-
demnud him, a. some women have censured
her But the two mon and that one women
who knew best hive been happy and con-
tented with the change that John Ruskh =
pure unsolilshness brought into their lives.
Aud NO the world should not complain
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