New-York tribune., 1902-06-29

one of them, and might have had an English
wife had not the girls family objected to her
choice Of foreign husband. The beauty o,
English maidens, their lilies and roses. their en-
trancing look of health. soft eyes and slender
figures he describes with ardor; and he cee-
brates with equal enthusiasm their gentieness
frankness and artlessness. Generally speak
ing" he says, "they are not cOquettish. and they
do not simper affectedly, nor do they make
show of displeasing. bold airs On the con-
trary their modest demeanOr charms you. and
they soon lose their timidity and will banter
with you. They are rather lazy, and few do any
needlework, but spend their time eating or walk
ing and going to the play assemblies where
games are played. Even women Of the lower
class do little needlework." There is quaint
implication in the travellers remark that Eng
1ishmen do not spoil their women by fattery
and attentions All the more impressive, there
fore, is this romantic tale of one lover whose
impetuous passion was confronted by his ladys
unmoved coldness:
Having made up his mind to end his Life. ne
locked himself into his room with a par OF Ioai-
cd pistOls The first bullet carried away Ills
right eye and part of the frontal DOne. ne tneH
seized the second pistol but was not noI5 CI5 si
| though it shattered his jaw. This mans naht
must have shaken, notwithstanding MS EnsiSn
courage and fortitude, for IL appears " t NE nc -
in an action of this kind your mana Cali1ot oe
very assured whatever your nation 1hese WV
pistol shots attracting the servants the uOOIS
were forced open. and the young man was loGIr
in a terrible plight, for he was sun -HipuI5
TO put an end to his life by hanging hlinsen
with a rope fastened TO the celilng; Inc ms .S
curious part of the episode IS the enolnS, Lor &
fajr Iadv was so touched with these extraor-
dinary proofs of affection thal SIe cUileI. Its
marry the young man as soon as ms neaItn 5asa ~
restored Notwithstanding his terrible disHsLae
L
creti0n in naming William Montague, DUKE ~
Manchester, as being the hero. II may 81 ''-
him, OF this tale
Suicide was apparently mama III Tue L-7
land of that period men putting an emu " .----
selves often for little reason persohai e
perieuce went to show the foreigner tna' .L'
atmosphere of London had something 70 10 W.T.
il for he lost appetite. sleep ana hesiitn' iO -
tho bIackest depression. and reflected constantly
upon a speedy death. Persuaded 10 30 iA.'
co,,,trv air and to drink fresh milk, this bucoAe
regimen quickly cured him. This rnalAuy "
mind he tells u.s. was very frequent IN Lohl0N-
800 doc+ors attrtbutins, it to beer and others
70 the denseness Of the air and the coa4 SnioA9
80 t-oo+bea Herein is a warning for the
twentieth century New-Iorker- Oui -,
writer does not say whether this dehSens'
contributed 70 the despair Of the maker u -
ao,,astrian statue of Charles l. an artisl VIZ
Il
uas so overwhelmed in the midst or MS PiII
and iov to discover that he had orl'teu '
girths of the saddle. that he stralght"ds "
and hanged himself This man was "l'i'0'
aoubt an Engiishman." says the youth Hun
Switzerland This trait depicts his eheis'''
character" s.ba
With most Of the sports and pdsunieS " -,
English the cricket. football, racing cOcNi -,
and puciIistic encounters. De SduSsure nau ~
svmpathv. though he viewed all with e''l'
eve English comedy he did not think at aii -
fined and witty One of the faults ne io1'-
with English tragedy was that II was
bloody; and he mentions that IN oAe
seven or eight of the eleven characters are I''D
to die. A great delight of the people NE io'D1
to be bell ringing-a pleasure Whlch SUI
indeed in unabated keenness. for more 'i1A ~
hundred years after he noted H. i
scarcely believe me- he says. "wheh L 'e' :;
that with six or eight bells of various toneS' -
an hours time a good bell ringer can riI.
more than a thousand different pealS anu en-
but it is the truth and the people are So loii-
this amusement that they form socleueS
themselves for carrying it out
NJ de Saussure's letters were Wen "oi'-l -.
ervation. and they have been TRANSLATED W..
taste and discretion. The collection shoulu -
a place in the rapidly lengtheninS hst VI
volumes presenting vivid if informal plc'ui
the peopIe and customs of former tlihe-