The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-20

fails the messenger of the gods tells
Calypso that Ulysses is to be released.
and when he learns of his good for
tune Ulysses confesses that he does
love the goddess:
ODYSSEUS.
How should I not have loved thee, gen.
tie one.
That art compact of so much woman
OF Venus fire and dams purity.
OF Hebe's grace, Athenes heart and
mind,
Informd with that intense and lambert
flame.
The spirit that is neither hers nor hers,
But only thine? o, have loved thee,
aye,
And it has been a strange, sad, subtle
To me, in these my years of Danish
nent
From mine own hearth, to look upon
thy form
Whose wondrous lines are all instinct
with soul
And gaze into thy spirit flooded eyes,
And drink thy fragrant breath, and
through mine ears
Feel flow the mystic music of thy voice,
Voicing the understanding of thy mind,
The wisdom of thy heart, thy senti-
ments,
Sensations, all thou knowest. feelest.
art
Hapless is he who knows not, in his
life,
One perfect woman-perfect unto him;
But o, how much more hapless he to
'Tis given to know two perfects; for
his heart
Cannot but cleave to both, and loving
both,
He must do hurt to each, and hurting
these
Whom ne loves doubly, doubly wound
himself,
These thoughts have been the food of
half my grief.
CALYPSO.
Say never so.
Thou lowest me; enough, thou lowest
me.
To love is much and much it's to be
loved
But to be loved by whom we love,
Is more than much. is all and all in all.
This is the souls approval of itself,
The warrant that it needs of it's own
worth
For if thou whom my heart and judg-
ment love
Judgest me lovable, love myself
Though with no mean and petty van
ity-
Love nature and the life she put in
me;
And all my being is harmony
Whilst thou art nigh to tune my vi
brant soul
Unto the music of the Universe.
Alas, my woe is as my love and life
Eternal and immutable!
Mr.. Richard Arthur is not yet thirty
years of age, but he has had a curious
and varied career and an experience
of life which should constitute a rich
equipment for him as a writer. Till
his 18th year he dwelt with his parents
his step-father is a gold miner-in
the heart of the West Coast bush" of
New Zealand. He hated books and
could never be got to learn anything.
Nevertheless in his thirteenth year he
competed for an Education Board
Scholarship open to all scholars I'M
der fifteen years of age in a large dis
trict and took the prize. Three years
at High School were followed by three
years as a clerk on an educational
board. Then the young man tried al
luvial gold mining and sheep ranching,
giving these up for a cadetship at the
capital, Wellington. In a short time
he was appointed private secretary to
the minister of education. In his 23d
year he threw up his appointment to
see something of the world. In London
his means soon came to an end, and for
time he lived a precarious life. When
| things were at their worst he obtained
professional appointment in a school
of languages in Switzerland There he
lived for eighteen months, perfecting
| his already excellent knowledge of
| French and acquiring German. At the
time of the Queens Jubilee in 1897 he
was invited by the Premier of New
Zealand to join him in London and act
as his private secretary during the
celebration. Glad to get back to Eng
land, the young man quickly found his
way to the Strand and became a guest
| of the Queen at the Hotel Cecil. He
| took a play with him, romantic COM
edy, and had it shown to George Alex
ander of the st. James Theater. 1t was
at once accepted and the author
| thought that at last his career had be-
gun and his troubles had ended. But
| the time was not yet. Before a con-
tract could be signed Miss Julia Neil
| son, who was to create the principal
part, suddenly left the ST. James The
ater, and Mr.. Alexander had no further
use for the play. Disappointed, Mr..
Arthur settled down to clerical drudg-
cry, obtaining post in the office of the
! New Zealand Agency General in Lon
don and eking out his salary by writ
ing an occasional article or story. He
then secured position in Paris as rep
resentatives for an American publisher,
and has now come to New York in the
hope of making place for himself in
| writing.