Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-11

and character, but In her early years
was romantic and impresstble, 30 that
she had formed an attachment to q Cap
tain Jackson. who at that time was not
devoid Of attractions and had agreed 10
elope with him. from her uncle's. where
sfe was visitor, and marry him. bu''
fortunately. tho night before me ufhs
appointed for her escapade she reau
tho "vicar CT Wakefield" which 'naue
such an impression upon her truer hA'uIs'
| that she refused TO keep her appoinF
mcnt. and finally discarded Captain JACK
son. He was a preterder and william,
but he had the letters which she hai
written him. and he pursued ner anu
tried to brow-beat her. Goldsmith souen.
her confidence. when he saw that she was
I'm some distress. but for rome time she
refused It. At length she told him all.
| and ne rescued her. and by a bold and
original policy recovered her letters. III
was nj the risk OF his own life, however
/ ard Jackson sought his blood.
Goldsmith had commissioned q friend,
Baretti, to engage for him an expert
from whom he might take lessons IN
fencing. 1t happened that when Jackson
came. in vengeful mood, TO call COD
smith 10 account for having robbed him
OF Mary Hornecks love letters Baretu
and the recommended expert, Signor
Nicolo. were with the author OF The
Vicar OF Wakefield" and Nicolo took
Jackson of his hands The exhibition OF
skill was wonderful Nicolo conquered his
not unskiled opponent without hurting
him. and they turned him out, but still
breathing threats OF vengeance. Baretti
afterwards killed Jackson with his
| pocket-knife, and was tried for it, and
with some difficulty acquitted. This
! leads our author 10 remark: Women
were hanged for stealing bread to keep
] their children from that starvation which
was the result Of the kidnapping of their
! husbands TO serve in the navy; and yet
| Burke's was the only influential voice
that was lifted up against a system IN
comparison with which slavery was not
only tolerable. but commendable."
At length Goldsmith goes 10 the coun-
/ try, where the Jessamy was staying, and
| after several days delay breaches TO
her. az he had promised her mother TO
do. the subject of her marrying Colonel
Gwyn. His own health was broken. and
he needed recuDeration; instead OF any
more heart-bows. She told him that she
would not accept Colonel Gwyn. not
withstanding all the prudential considera-
lions that could be arrayed in favor of
it, that she did not love him, but did
love another with all her heart and
! strength, and one who was worthy OF all
| tho love OF the best In the world. He
understood her, but still repealed her.
! She brought him TO this test: IF you
| can look in M face and tell me you do
not love me, / will marry Colonel Gwyn"
After some hesitation and drawing back
tho hand which he had partly extended
TO her, he looked into her eyes. and said,
slowly. 1T Is the truth. / do not love you
with the heart Of lover" Saying her
heart was broken, she fell into a chair.
| and covered her face with her hands.
with cry OF agony he left the house.
| tramped back to London, and very soon
died of broken heart, because he
| thought 1t was unsuitable for him to
accept the proffered soul of the Jessamy
| bride.
She received by mail the poems which
he had indited 10 her, and learning that
he was III, fastened, with her sister. to
| London; but his spirit had taken its flight.
| The actress, Mrs Abingdon, who had az
| sisted him in getting those letters from
jackson, had sent the poems to Mary
after his death.
Our author employs an anachronism
| The imposter Jackson claimed 10 bavs
been in honorable service with Lord Corn
wallis in America Q7sJ-'sD, whereas Gold
| smith died in l77i.
! ONE MANS VIEW. BY Leonard Mer-
rick, Author OF Violet Moses" etc.
etc. Herbert 5. Stone & Co.. Chicago
and New York. Pages, 25s. Cloth and
Gilt. Price, ST.
An English lawyer of ability and dis
| tinction marries an impulsive ana am
! bilious woman, who had been very de-
slrous or shining on the stage. for which
sne thought she was fully qualified. But
she failed IN getting any opportunity for
| proving her qualifications. Then she as
| pired 10 become On author Of dramatic
literature Her husband was willing to
indulge her literary aspirations and was
happy and contented with his marital
| lot, though his brother, Sir Francis, had
advised him not TO venture upon it. He
continued to rise in his profession; be-
came a barrlster, Queens counsel. her
Solicitor General. and Sir George Lang
| dale Heriot.
In the mean while, however. his wife
became enamored OF Lucas Field a sue
! cessful dramatist, and deserted her con-
fiding husband for this new lover. They
! were firing Of each other when Field
died. Her father in the United States,
| and kind. old aunt in England, took
care OF her. Heriot obtained a divorce.
and after several years thought OF
marrying again, and this time his
brother cordially approved the selection
to which he was so much inclined that
he accompanied her to America with
evory prospect of winning her hand.
But something always prevented him
from Offering his to her; and he returned
to England without having asked an
4. - 10 -.
felt that he had gone too far to recede.
on the steamer he met his wife, who
was returning from the death bed Of
her father They got together again and
he knew that 1t was his lingering. last
ing love for her which had deferred
him from asking that other woman's
hand His wife was truly penitent and
experienced not only a renewed, but in
creased love- for him. After they got
back TO England &c visited her. and
urged her 70 remarry him. which she had
refused to do The book ends with his
declaration to her that marrying him
again was the "only reparaion that she
could make him" What reply did she
make?
was this the. zone Mans View" in
tended by the title OF the book? Did not
General Daniel T.. Sickles once take a
view somewhat analogous?
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The Illustrations add to the attractive
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