New-York tribune., 1896-07-02
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slavery . the greatest curse Of human ,ns psturs stone
house at Andover. But tho the awful tnscr,psioha
q Tet s II the ssdSs sdSSerns and
death OF favorite son-which made OF ihe "a IN a.
stsrs an s no. Su'y Wong While Mrs
One Of the pretfiest pictures which have Of Mrs Mrs
home at Magnolia offered guest room IN wn'cn one
could pass night Of such auic, as paradise & Nigh,
great 1.-Two oak, and the trunk on the tree grew " nS no
caves drifted silently. fal!irg about the room, the
hs9r the Sea and as ws KEY IKE @ Gne ie
Into this nest Of green ani peace had q remein,
ear ea t and ff bunnss- a Of co9riesy nrude
proofsheets 1t was my irst es nGSx OF Sobt abg,,
tho venture. In the State OF florida my hoste,s s
heb me me and Zane had thrown me on her char
ny with my galleys The publishers at the Non'n; d.
not day to lose II had made grave blunder; and
mercilessly read the verses to her. oeseechhs he'
II would be hard to forget the sweetness the pa
thence and the frankness with which sne b gaVe
ss srse 62 my n cn tho bed rfe ike
feet crossed under her, and listened gently me i've
x River .sSs Showed i in snpses calm eoecoorei and
indifferent. between the bougns The utter se nee OF
sounIed intrusive and foreign to me as read Moth
Ing could exceed her kindness or her wisdom as a
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Of the poems-a fault Of taste which had over
Looked. She called nv attention 10 II 50 explc1tiy,
yet 10 dellcatey that could have thanked her with
tears. A sweeter woman ne'er drew breath tran
she was that day.
The most beautiful story which ever heard about
Mrs Stowe have asked no permission 70 share with
the readers Of these papers and yet ZEE, sure tsar M
! believe that IL the whole Of Il were tod II might
live to enhance the nobility Of her name and fame
as long as Uncle Tom himself II was tod me. as
such things go, from lip 70 p Of personal friends
who take pride In chershang the sweetest though 3
and facts about those whom they love ana revere.
been one OF those devout Christian believers whose
conservation takes high forms. She has paced tath
In prayer and given herself 70 the KIND or deiic3-
on which exercises and cultvatcs IL. There came a
her seemed about to sink away from the faith N
which she trusted. and which life and sorrow had
taught her TO cling only those who nave suneTec
and doubted and accepted can.
THIS prospec; was crushing GRIEF to her, ana shs
set herself resolutely 10 avert the calamity H. ana
while she could. Letter after etter-some OF them
thirty pages ong-found its way from her pen 10 the
foreign IN which German ratonalisrn was dong
s worst FOR the soul she loved She set the full force
OF her intellect ntelligenty 10 work upon this con
nlct She read she reasoned. she wrote she argued,
she pleaded Months passed IN a struggle whose use
funess seemed pitiab.e hope TO be frustrated IN
tho effort ,
her great faith As th1 season OF the sacred hO.liay
approa ched she shut herself into her room, secluf-
ing herself from al but God and PRAYED as only
such a bellever-as only such wornan-rlay. As she
had set the full force OF her intellect, now she set
the full power Of her faith 70 work upon her soul 3
desire One may not dwell in words upon that sacred
battle.
But the beautiful part OF the story. as have been
told IT, is that a few weeks after this letter
reached her, saying only: A. Christmas tlre iigAt
came 70 me I see things differently now. see my
way to acce the faith Of my fathers and the BELIEF
in Christianity which is everything to you. has be-
come reasonable and possible to me at last