The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-09

i refer 10 the perusal (Wnlcn nave
Just completed) Of this interesting diary
There are many hundred pages here.
can lay my hand on my heart, and de-
clare that every page has charmed, re-
freshed. delighted me.
To a. man OF my sentiments, II is un-
speskably gratifying to be able TO say
this
Admirable woman!
/ allude TO Miss Halcombe.
Stupendous EFFORT
/ refer 10 the diary.
Yes these pages are amazing. The
tact which ! find here. the discretion, the
rare courage. the wonderful power OF
memory. the accurate observation of
character. the easy grace OF style, the
charming outbursts OF womanly feeling,
have all ineXpressibly Increased my ad-
miration of this sublime creature Of this
magnificent Marian.
The presentation OF my own charac-
ter is mastery in the extreme / certify,
with my whole heart, 10 the fidelity of
the portrait. feel how vivid an impress
sion ] must have produced TO have been
painted In such strong, such rich, such
massive colors as these. ] lament afresh
the cruel necessity which sets our inter-
ests at variance, and opposes us 10 each
other. Under happier circumstances how
worthy / should have been OF Miss Hal
combe-how worthy Miss Halcomhe
would have been OF me.
The sentiments which animate my heart
assure me that the lines | have just writ
ten express a Profund Truth.
Those sentiments exalt me above all
merely personal considerations. / bear
witness. In the most disinterested man
ner. TO the excellence OF the stratagem
by which this unparalleled woman sur
prised the private interview between
Percival and myself. Also to the marvel
Gus accuracy Of her report of the whole
conversation, from its beginning 10 its
end.
Those sentiments have induced me TO
offer to the unimpressionable doctor who
attends on her my vast knowledge OF
chemistry, and my luminous experience
OF the more subtle resources which med
cal and magnetic science have placed
al the disposal OF mankind. He has hith-
erto declined TO avail himself OF my as
sistance Miserable man.
Finally, those sentiments dictate the
lines-grateful, sympathetic. paternal
lines-which appear I'm this place l close
the book My strict sense OF propriety
restores II (by the hands OF my wife) 10
It's place on the writer's table. Events
are hurrying me away. Circumstances
are guiding me TO serious issues. Vast
perspectives OF success unroll themselves
before my eyes. l accomplish my destiny
self. Nothing but the homage OF my ad-
mirauon is my own. / deposit IL with
respectful tenderness at the feet OF Miss
Halcombe.
breathe my wishes for her recovery.
/ condole with her on the inevitable
failure OF every plan that she has formed
for her sisters benent. At the same
time l entreat her 10 believe that the In
formation which | have derived from her
n. a.. t,.I~
tribute to that failure. IL simply con-
firms the plan OF conduct which | had
previously arranged. / have TO thank
these pages for awakening the finest sem
sibilities in my nature--nothing more.
To a person OF similar sensibilty this
simpl e assertion will explain and excuse
everything.
Miss Halcombe is a person OF similar
sensihility.
In that persuasion sign myself Fosco.
The Story Continued by Frederick Fair
lie, Esq. of Limmeridge House,
sThe manner in which Mr.. Fairlie's mar
rative. and. other narratives that are
shortly to follow Il. were originally OBJ
tanned form the subject OF an eXplana-
ton which Will appear at later period
that nobody Will let me alone.
Why-I ask everybody--why worry me?
Nobody answers that question, and nobody
lets me alone. Relatives. friends and
strangers, all combine TO annoy me.
What have / done7 ask myself, l ask
my servant. Louis. 80 tinsss day--what
have | done? Neither OF us can tell.
Most extraordinary
The last annoyance that has assailed
me is the annoyance of being called upon
TO write this narrative. Is a man in my
state OF nervous wretchedness capable OF
writing narratives? When I put this ex-
tremely reasonable objection / am told
that certain very serious events, relating
10 my niece have happened within my ex-
perlence. and that j am the 1T person 10
describe them on that account. / am
threatened, II fai. TO exert myself in the
manner required. with consequences
which | can not so much as think Of with
out perfect prostration. There is really
no need TO threaten me. Shattered by
my miserable health and my family
troubles. am incapable OF resistance.
IL you insist you take 90 your unjust adj
vantage OF me. and | give way imme-
diately. | will endeavor TO remember
what can Cunder protesp, and 10 write
what can (also under protest); and what
can't remember and can't write Louis
must remember and write for me. He Is
an ass and / am an invalid. -and we are
likely TO make all sorts OF mistakes be-
tween US. How humiiating!
am told TO remember dates Good
heavensl | never aid such n thing in my
life--how am | 10 begin now?
! have asked Louis. He Is not quite
such an ass as l have hitherto supposed.
He remembers the date OF the event,
within week or two-and | remember
the name OF the person. The date was
toward the end OF June or the beginning
July, and the name. dn my opinion a
remarkably vulgar one) was Fanny.
AT the end OF June. or the beginning
OF July then. ! was reclining, In my
customary state. surrounded by the
various objects OF Art which have coll
lected about me 90 improve the taste OF
the harbarous people in my neighbor-
hood. That Is To say. l had the photo
graphs OF my pictures. and prints. and
coins. and 30 forth. all about me. which
intend. one OF these days. 20 present
Cthe photographs, 7 mean. anythlng)--to
present 10 the Institution az Carlisle
(horrld placeD with n view TO improving
the tastes OF the members Cloths and
Nandals 60 a nam. II might be sup
posed that gentleman who was in
course of comforting a great national