The times., 1897-12-19

Iiqht Thrown on the Ycnng
A.ai.'s Death-Love's Dream Drives
to Drink.
New York. Dec. 1s.-at his fathers
house, III the blaci5-draped room, oii The
wall os which appears in relief IN antique
silver crucifix, and wherein wreaths of
green lcr yes nj roses are wrought, beverly
Ward, it,, is in his last sleep. His i'm
nobiiized features have their serenity of
two Years q 90, OF tie tine when a young
woman who admired him said archly 20
him. ''If granite had heart, how kind IT
would be!'' 1t happened at q dinner in
celebration of his anniversary.
His air OF sGatuesque strength n eyoked the
idea OF granite, and he had a heart. lie
was the exact purtral of his mother wl0m
the resemblance made proud. But Bev-
eriy's mouth was Sittier, his eyes had
more flames, his forehead was larger 1nd
better developed.
He grew to manhood without any of the
timi,lities and ltalr- niseries that bend the
llpbttS vi DpSt sOullS isitli III IdNlllyISVie
society OF our time. Attwentyftwo be was
happy, h was strong, he believed in every
thing, aud he understood all the arts In
their delicate essence. II granite mad a
hearti
His was only teo sensitive after that
dinner, a sudden, radical traiisforma ;iGn Of
his needless temperance occurred He
became sonbcr and tacitiIrn at frequent
aII Irto Eo l..J IN ~ l.
ing over things that he did not :eii- pro
voking one evening at i ball excialna
ton OF another young wotaas,, who was
cruel, but not as cruel as the I:rst, 'Oh,
think only when | speak.
She loy cd Beverly, but he was IN lpve
with the first who had address,! Fl him
words which must have meanti graat ipal-
since they apparently meant notliiBG. The
young woman who loved him learned his
secret-it was easily learned-and said To
her brother: Beverly IS in love. p9 you
| know with whom
| He told hes.
"Console bim. it you can she stii.
He was i.lconsolabie himself hc- ',rpther.
| who, u.ah % the world. q little cynical.
| little u,nffe-ent, vas not at Ill ike Berar-
| ly. Beverly was sincere, intense in affcc-
| ton and too naively sentimental 20 he
| frfyol5ls about any sent.n.ent cyen IN
speech. Her brother cUnid MT - ,.i t!vise
| Beverly
| he Was alert a physical exercises for a
time, tHen suddenly negsectf1l Of them.
| He rcsc scusihle books when be was in his
| natural iunor, making, fot example. with
| Edward Hale BieTstatit, for IN op'iFe ssa4
| son, tt serious study of the Old English
| authors from Langland 20 Wither.
He knew wen the ''visinn of Piers Pl.,w-
| man., the drama lists OF the time of EliZa-
| beth, and as that philosophy which TaiIie
| explains by the sea and the fog. Beverly
/ Ward, jr.. could talk of It's books, theB,
| with enchanting clesrness.
| When he fell into his dreams he ysad
| Nietschke the apostle of tntiiTiduals;a, to
| the extreme aEd walked under the trees a !
| Short Hills, with d book on necromaucy
To his critics he would say seriously; You
| do not esteem the necrumaneers hig'IIy
enough. They had power; everyoody
thought theirs was the science OF sciences.
Many persons think so now
lie saw the luved young woman often;
at the opera, where eyerypne noticed them;
| at lnncheuns, where other young women
| liked to tease him ON his devotion To her.
| Sometimes she received him with impa-
thence and bitterness; he was quarter
OF an hour late. lie tried To explain: Sue
| spoke Uf fashions and jewels. At utter
| times She greeted him as if be were a
stranger.
He was in agony when she was indiifer-
! ent: yet there was never d promise Of
affection from her, and tie meyer regarded
| her as engaged to hiln, atlIuughhis friends
| say he vas sure of her becoming his wife.
He would have been Happy always If he
| had beer sure Of that, foT tlsere was too
| much trustfulness i'll him for jealousy to
| find place. He could not resist the
charms OF Ter beauty and pf her mind.
He was In love with her absolutely. l,
| was one of those passions that Eli life
| and hurt. even its last breath.
/ He spoke of it. in his frank, naive man
| ner, at ball, for the first time. In all
tile gauze, the satin, among She low rs,
| pearls and diamonds, under the tamultu-
| Gus light that a bali in fashionable society
| In New York causes to wnri before wearied
eyes, she alone had appeared to tim.
u saw IN her. hs said to friend, i.ass
before me all my ideas on the Falmness
| and majesty Of antique art" His viii
| was dead and his mind eaehanted.
| His intimate friends learned from him
| little by little what the result of his
conversation with her at that Tall Lad
been.
He said: '.She was dressed for the Tan,
but her gown had the air OF aehlamys. On
| her gauze becomes stone She Is Il nlcdel
| Of art. Had she hearth
.'If grauite had a hearth was an OBJ
| session to him, and perhaps he turned it
against her too persistentIy in Lis days
OF profound sadness. But 1t Is true that
he thought her cold
| At times he Thought her inaccessible 10
| any y ointment and her despair found ex.
, preston in phrases like the following
which hf* friends remember, for their tone
| was profoundly impressive:
The day that one knew what there was
! In woIn8n's mind when she exasparated
| a mans derotion to her. one would cea Sc
to love her: oiie would haye neither curl
| osity, ror hatred, but contempt
Unfortunately one never knows. She
does not know herself. Women are naively
cruel Made entirely of nerves and senses,
they desire what is good IN obedience to
precepts, Reason leads them to inhuInan
paradoxes."
Beverly Ward, jr., said this the day he