The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25
, =, extraordinary knowledge Of the,art

he more master at home. whore his DEGREES.
once issued. were the nod OF Jupiter. allowing
no resistance, nor. indeed, meeting with any;
for sense OF duty disposed her to obey; and.
although she had the obstinaoy OF fool In the
petty concerns that she viewed as her own
province yet II is but fair to say that she was
quite free from any faint OF the cunning which
often attends weak understandings. There
fore. she never sought to sway him By cajolinR
or arti1ce Plain truth and downright honesty
were the principal features OF her character;
che always trod straight path. and always
meant to take the right one. In word. she
was a good woman. to the utmost OF her knowl-
edge and power On these valuable Tor rather
invaluable) qualities he used to declare that
his strong affection for her was grounded. and
who can call such a basis Insufficient He
would, however, as soon have consulted her
cat as herself upon any point OF importance.
When graver subjects demanded consideration.
the wife, the woman. was to keep her que as
lance and not presume to intermediate. Bus
then grave subjects and important points
are so few. light and unimportant points 30
many. and these latter start up so continue
ally In the course Of every current working
day that tho party to whom they are
carelessy tbut constantly yielded creeps
on acquiring. crumb by crumb. wonder
full portion OF something which. II not
actual dominion. does just as we'll" We re-
produce one more OF Lady Louisa's observa-
tons. which. for nicely OF discernment. will
recall Miss Austen. The Duchess was her
husbands darling little bird. whom he loved to
indulge. dreaded to hurt. and could not have
the heart to handle roughly. In addition to
this tender feeling. allowances were to be made
for the weakness Of the sex. and its WITNESSES
and waywardness. and It was idle to argue
with women. and women must have their own
foolish way. And thus II ended In her having
hers pretty generally in all ordinary daily pro-
cccdnGs. which were all she cared for"
IT.
In one OF Sir Walter Scott's letters TO Lady
Louisa, a letter dated Edinburgh. March g.
1927. We learn something about the circum-
stances under which the authorship OF the
Waverey novels was divulged: THE avowal
OF the novelist character was mere accident.
Tho circumstances attending Constahc's
bankruptcy placed the secret such as it was.
in the hands of too many persons to suppose
that denial could any longer be taken at my
hands. and whenever that became the case
only looked for some decent opportunity to lay
aside the mask which was grown as thin as
my Aunt Dinah's. Besides. the joke had lasted
long enough, and l was tired Of It,. had not,
however the most distant intention OF choos-
ing the time and place, where the thing actu-
ally took place. for making the confession.
Lord Meadowbank, who Is n kind and clever
little fellow. but somewhat bustling and for
ward. said to me In the drawing room. Do
you care anything about the mystery OF
the Waverley novels now?' Not T. 1 replied:
the secret is too generally known was led
to think from this that he intended to make
some jocular allusion to Rob Roy trusted
to find something to reply when | should hear.
being willing on such occasions like an old
cudRel player rs AMI to take up the baskets
at any time for the amusement OF the good
company. But when. instead OF skirmish Of
this kind, he made a speech in which he Sc
riously identified me with the author OF
'Waverley. had no opportunity OF evasion and
was bound either to confess or deny. and it
struck me while he was speaking 1t was as
good and natural an occasion as | could find
for making my avowal. And out It came.
to the great establishment Of all the
hearers. My secret was Just in the case
of Jack Moggot's monkey. which died
Just when Jack got completely tired OF
him" Scott goes on to say that he was
tired Of telling lies which were not believed.
"A lawyer like FaG in The Rivals never
cares for telling lie. either for serving him.
self or clients. but It goes against ones con.
science TO be found out. In fact. as to my
denals. could not have kept my secret a mo-
ment unless I had shut the mouths OF people
who had thought themselves entitled to pry
into what they havo no business with. Your
ladyship knew the parties too well to sup
pose poor Duke Charles would press on the
secret OF any friend He was the person In tho
world who observed most deicacy on such
occasions. and the way that his Grace came to
know the circumstances was precisely con.
trary to those In which l was said to have
denied them The subject being brought on
bv some inGuisltive person at Drumlanrig
could not help saying the next time we were
alone together that was surprised his Grace
had never testified any curiosity on tho
subject. and told him the secret at the same
time although do not believe he ever doubted
how the thing stood. There was a singular
circumstance the other day like some OF those
&c, corresponding with the original Two Two
gen at Cambridge had q wager derend-
tho author in question. The bet r. remained maj md
unsettled for twelve years till, OF late. when
gave up his wager as lost from the l"e result T oi
s sTsd t ingnries suppose. and the day was
men f sp nhbnounG'Gg handsome entertain
wss roady Zoo Of he rs the party
Was sfr Ss the o 81
dsnoe The letter Just auoted was wa ea re epigf to
%sre6 s TO sS2tt by Lady
ing EXTRACT, so the murder is out, dear Sir
walter matter ! have nave been reading the newspapsr
that the rod of prospero is broken and
Mason said old end Of @ns who m' auotsd
mis- own words to him in opposition to some
oplnton he was Giving-I hope the rod will still
n work m miracles underground. The MontaEus
h i have been comparing notes on the slib-
?nct. They had no notion that knew it, mort
that that they knew it. which / think speaks us a
good. trusty. honorable set OF people consider
ing now much and often the novels used to he
C can ! among us The poor late DnkS
was their informer. to whom by the by. YOU
ttbbnnsst Know You gave your word OF honor
serious and solemn a mannep' that q
% WAS quite tea impossible you could be so,
regard to character This is one Of ,v up bu an
a .inoo stories ! have heard positively affirmed
ago n yoI oTped the fact to ne dozen years
as a , mere was no refuting. One work had been
h Suahiy Fend n Canada, and another certainly
pe9rsd In print here. and this person knew e
ana M mat could swear to proofs not presump:
,thhem: Then: toe IL reasoning on the books