The morning times., 1896-04-05

ANE EYRE was sensation ip its
I(S uayr dhd IL possessed Vitality 10 out
ldsC It's ScnerdtIou. 10 cay how
many generations furLner IL VIII
survive eau o.lIy De rauuum propI-
wy. Inc auJuof oI uuIs story Us nearly
everyone Knows, was the shorU-liyed Cuar-
io1te Ia onIe, and, as great mauy do not
Know, she died IUrIy y-Uu,. wears ago Tn. la>t
last day or MarcI. Tuis day an a quaint
olu lllhe-SIalned vOlulLe IuIi OF Bronlt. lore
e"ihe W ne loSeIher bJ coincidence aud
seEeaieu many LhIngs about this wouderful
ialnlly hitherto not generally known.
I"ttlcK bronle, tnarloIte s Iatuer was
an irlSh Clergyman. He was II an of
Drains, VIOtnl churcnman, a strict fiS.
clpilharlan aud Il dyspepLIc, with IA temper
tldI made everybody uiserable who had
W I'VE III the house with hiIn By wav ar
ulsclpilne ana TO teach them. humility t
Is related that at one time he burned his
udusuter shoeS, and again his wife's silk
dress. He visited his anger bv firing orr
his pistols from the back door or brrak
liis Ihe furniture. Poor little Mrs. Bronte
aIter bearing six wonderful children 4,
seven years doubtless welcomed death that
came shortly after.
1here were five sisters and son. They
always ale alone and led n miserab bl,. life
uhdcr lhelr fathers sway, and further
distress was added 10 their Gun by n nrirn
and precise spinStcr aunt who had them in
hand
Four OF the girls were sent to q clergy
mans school where the food was so Lad
that Maria and Elizabeth died ia an cni
denhc OF fever which broke out Mari;,
Is Said 10 nave been pIeCociuus child,
VINO could discuss politics as brilliantly
as any man. She was the original OF
Helen Burns in Jane Eyre.'
Charlotte wrote yolumnouSy as a child
studying at home. a nineteen she became
a teacher In a school where Emily was a
pupil. Here The plot or her be st-known
novel was suggested, by u girl friend mar.
ryinG man with an sane wife,
Charlotte earned her own living in
order that her father might educate the
only son, Bramwell, the black sheen OF the
FAMILY. He was diSSipated wretch Once
be got the position or tutor in a family
where Emily was governess. He fell in
love with the mistress OF the house, and
his boast OF his conquest lost him his posi-
ton. He became addicted 10 opium and
1S4S he died OF consumption.
Against the advice of Soutbey and Words.
worth Charlotte perseyercd In literature
from sheer necessity and finally became
famous through Jane Eyre in 1S47.
The chief character OF Shirley which
appeared in 1S49, was Emily. The burning
out of the mad dogs bite by Shirley was
true of Emily, who was bitten by her
niastiff. When bitten she thrasfed him and
conquered him. and the dog was her slave
thereafter and followed her TO her grave.
Charlotte declined two offers of marriage
She truly loved Mr. Nichols. her fathers
curate, who figures in Shirley as 1.-The
true Christian gentleman She Only de-
clined his proposal OF marriage on account OF
her fathers opposition. He resigned his
curacy and left the village. TWO years
later the father relented and sent for him.
seeing his daughter in a decline. They
were married in 1854. but Charlotte died
within year. Truly, they were an inter-
esting family.