The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-27
EMILY BRONTE sKEPTIcAL.
Tall, Thin, sallow, Stopping, Silent
Girl In ul-fitting Clothes.

Emily Bronte was a very striking
and lovable personality. says Self Gull
ture Magazine for December. A tall,
thin. sallow, STOPPING, silent girl, in
ill-fitting, old fashioned dress. stran-
gers saw her-they may have noted
with the rare uplifting of the down
cast lids the beautiful liquid eyes-and
never dreamed of the fire, energy and
vivacity that plain exterior hid See
her at her home-upon the moors with
her dogs at heel; the long limbs under
the "slinky" dress move with a wild
free grace. She whistles like q boy:
she charms her sisters with the flash
and pathos of her talk--possIbly it is
only pool of tadpoles she chases
about with her hand that suggests the
quaint conceits, the wisdom and the
humor, and. herself fearless, she de-
nights TO lure the timid Charlotte to
some far-off hollow, and on their re-
turn home to tell her of some wild
creature that lurked near. She loved
nature; with bird and beast she had
the most intimate relations; and from
. her walks she often came with fiedgiing
or young rabbit in hand, talking softly
10 It. quite sure, too. that it under
stood Never was there here parallel
in anything. A deep and earnest stu
dent OF German. pianist of wonder
ful fire and brilliancy. writer of mar
Vicious promise. she did willingly and
untlrinsiy the heaviest household druid
gerry Once she was bitten by a dog
that she saw running by in great dis
tress. and to which she offered water.
Inc dog was mad. She said no word
10 any one, but herself burned the lac
Grated flesh to the bone with the red
not poker, and no one knew OF it until
the RED scar was accidentally discov-
ereu some weeks after, and sympathetic
questioning brought out the story.
Another time BranwelPs bed was dis
covered on fire. Charlotte and Anne
chung together terrified in the hall,
while Emily fought the flames When
they were sextinguished she appeared.
nall dragging. half carrying their drink
and smoke stupored brother She put
him on the bed, then disappeared, and
how and where she spent the night
none knew or dared ask. And when
Tabby broke her leg. ii was Emily who
carried her up and down stairs, and
when the faithful servant had grown
old. II was Emily who rose early to
have the heavy work done before she
appeared.
Almost simultaneously with Bran
wells death she fell sick She would
fused the medicine Charlotte had pro-
cured from London physician; all
must be left TO nature
Never in all her life had she linger-
ed over any task that lay before her
and she did not linger now. She sank
rapidly. She made haste to leave. Yet,
while physically she persisted, mental
iy she grew stronger. The awful point
was that. while full of ruth for others,
for herself she had no pity; the spirit
was memorable to the flesh; from the
trembling hand. the unnerved limbs.
the faded eyes, the same service was
enacted as they had rendered in health.
To stand by and witnss this and not
dare to demonstrate was a pain no
words can render"
Charlotte went out and searched the
moors for a lingering spray of heather.
She brought it in and laid it on
Emily's pillow. But the eyes that had
gazed delightedly on the most trivial
leaf and flower were closed to earthly
things. The heather lay unnoticed.
Emily died in December, 1913.