The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-11
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- .r<sfrg has ever before been
- 70 sss reading world tnas has given
fs . render, Intimate knowledge OF
,hsss sefters wherein we see him
sr,. tine through the eyes OF his
- ~sf@ rhose intense love and rever-
=. ssr x1fred husband forms the
- a volume lust issued by H0ugh-
,asesn A Co Memories of Haw-
- nv Tose Hawthorne L.afhrop, In
80 .nlxtolary In form, aud though the
Sw~ssr IL fts nominal author. she herself
a.-. -, viii b seen that this volume
srx written By Sophie Hawthorne"
49, letters, beginning Ia Iss2. are
- 10 70 a few years before the
- ~ Hawthorne The major part OF
s.s.ers xere addressed by Mrs. Hew-
-. u her sister. Elizabeth Peabody;
=, so,her and 20 her father. bat there
- ~, correspondence. There are some
rsxtsorne's Own letters. ar well as
-. sror mary Of the most illussrlous
-. IN fss domain OF the literature OF
- hair century There are letters
= - Aleotts Bancroft, Browning. DR..
~-.,t.r Emerson. Fields. Margaret
80, Dr. Holmes Lord Hougnton,
-.--.s Hughes. Longfeilow. Lowell. Miss
.z.ssssaa Motley, Thogeau, Daniel Web
- and countless others-
=. aastns old town OF Salem furnishes
=. .,vronrnent Of the two young people,
.sas Interest IN one another and rapidly
80 affection are charmInsly shown
:. ~, time-fsss--in a letter from Sophie
!. - s.ster Elizabeth, which 10 q shy
-.esssson Of her love. She says:
~Trxerdzy Mr. Hawthorne came In and
"a an going 10 Miss Burley's. but
& gust not go. II is too cold. You
..s.niy must not go | assured him
srla 20, and was sorry was not
,ss.as He laughed and said i was not.
~ persisted. He knew I should be
- sick that q Was too cold Mean
-, out on an inealculsble quantity OF
,sass Father kept demonstrating, bur
x yselenfiy. and / gently impiorlng.
So, was ready Mr. Hawthorne said
! s.s glad that I was going. was
80 Animated. and felt much better thau
= stI<r OF the previous club nights. SIR.
Esstherrs declared IL must be the spirit
!, ao.trsHfetion that made me SO; and I
"a An Il was nothing but fact. We
x.;ksA quite fast, for / seemed stepping
go, II was partly because had no.
3; arsd during the day. II was splendid
r.asaght. was not IN the least cold,
useps ms thumbs and phiz. Mr. III. said
i should have done admirably were II not
Ia II nose. He did not believe but that
4 voah moderate. For God tempers the
.ssa 10 the snorn lamb, and when you
r. 81. we may expect mild weather.
vs. sot that sweet? Mr.. II. and / went
sas The parlor together, and Miss Burnley
ls0ksd delighted He was exquisitely
sg.sea5ie and talked p great deal. and
bekei serene and happy and exceedingly
besstiful" This is soon followed by tho
ssxsgemsa; and she writes:
Now | am indeed made deeply con-
tsieas Of what Il IN TO be loved. Most
sns.aiy sweet r. the voice which affirms
sssf. for negative belongs TO this world
mly It's breath so informs the natural
sssy tAst the spiritual body begins TO
fame is wings within. and I seem APP
sfssd In celestial light"
hawthorne is at work at Boston with
b sorry custom house drudgery. watching
tskysFes Of salt and coal. and he writes
70 ne woman he loves about IL all. giving
rasy quaint and graphic pictures. At
ans lire bis authority Is invoked 10 quell
: rebellion OF the captain and a gang"
Il shoyelers aboard a coal vessel. and Ia
rs connection he says:
Wei. have conquered the rebels and
proclaimed an amnesty: 40 tomorrow
nAA return 70 that Paradise OF Measures.
iAs end OF Long wharf. Not to my former
AL ship, shs being now discharged: but
e another which Will probably employ me
ssF-nlgh q fortnight longer. The salt IL
rhse aud pure-there is something holy
b als.'
Ard again. he gives picture OF thu
kisuar OF AMI the crew OF the collier he
sdishargiag. which In It's intense realism
fsziads one OF Zoia.
Aawtaorne tells Sophie IN his most
f'Apaie manner a tragic story about "a
Aasan skeleton without a head" found In
szem some eight years ago. and In this
description he brings to bear all his most
sosiersui art
AEsln, he Is az bis best when he por,rsys
a. cd fisherman who patiently plies his
sseeallon along the wharves;
The boys come around him and eve his
Fsaens ard make plying or impairment
Nnafks AZ his ili-iuck; the old man
sAswrrp not. but fishes on imperturhahiy.
Asea he gathers UP his clans or worms
go rs one snn-hakea founder. You
isi.k he Il going home. but no: he Is
hNftly going 10 another corner OF the
sazrf, where he throws hts line under a
ssssets counter and fishes on with the
are aeath-llks patience as before. He
sssss not quite 50 much AZ torpid: not
haely nor unkindly feeling but not 90
tsss anything 70 do with the rest OF tho
ssA he has no business. no arluse-
sat aat just 20 crawl 10 the end OF Long
saaH and throw bis line over. lie has no
- q skin in fishing, bat peculiar
ea~ssn4ss"
hs comments. too. on the craft he sees
Scored alongside the wharves. and says
9 lstir names:
soaoeners. more than any other vessels,
esT % have such names. as Bessey. En-
ssn-. sarah, Alice-heing the name
sAA OF The owners wife. daughter or
sNsssafArt They are a SORT OF domestic
RasH51' In which all the family take an
Nor cold. stately. impcrsoiti-
- 1isE. TIE = merchants tail ship. per-
- sn@ OF half 8oGen IN which re takes
Isa's eis which ne does not love. nor has
aEaiy feeling FOR. Now Betsey or
go Ann seems Ike one OF the family
F.ailg Ike COW.
AZ - ire eoUrtship goes on. There -
s'er 10 Hawthorne from Sophie Pea
written from Milton in iSal. In this
wsss sire ri;ies hin for his Brock farm
ss'isnesS snd tells him that in her
-. -, ts'fe SIC Tlainly 50 that he was not
~1ag his IDEAL life.
Ias taSrrisge took place July .. IS&s. and
!. - ats period the letters % Mrs. Hsw-
ns tel % their beautiful existence"
Ia DID &Aase." e their ityllio Efe
- was row and again interrupted hy
s ana the young wife writes 20 her
'orgsve them fer their appearance
- 9SSsnse tAey were gone as soon IS
-. aAe come. ana We felt very hnsTHt-
- We wandered down 20 our sweet,
sy river. ard ft Was 80 silent Sli
!. aa g ani 50 solitary that we scanned
- ~aS Persons NsinE. We sat beneath
- halsly trees and felt SIS II we were
-. s'oel thheTtto-s 81 the ola ahesy.
-. saa descended - rs troFn = tors
-. -as uee-foFs waved = mystic vel
- aa1 rustlad their Thousand leaves
-, "eks over olr heads. But the hleom
s-AsrAnee ~ nature had become sec
, . ~. tsoueh We were lovers -
ny sus,ssna facs and eyes san
- 49, veFla o Watch the other VAS