The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-31

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But of all with whom Mr. Conway has
come in contact, and they are legion al
most, none is more interestingly written
of than Thomas Carlyle. And just now
when there is so much talk Of the negro
problem a prophecy of Carlyle's which
the autobiography gives, has a special in
terest. Having spoken against emancipa-
ti6n and having been mildly reproved by
Mrs. Carlyle, Carlyle said to Mr.. Conway:
You will be patient with me. All the worth
you have put into your cause will be returned to
you personally; but the America, for which you
are hoping, you will never see; and you will
never see the whites and blacks in the south
dwelling together as equals in peace.
CaryIe's Story Of Browning.
At another time at the Carlyle home,
Carlyle gave Mr.. Conway the circum-
stances Of the first meeting Of Robert
Browning and Elizabeth Barrett. Brown
ing had seen some of Miss Barrett's verses
and had wished to meet her, but found Oh
stacles in the way, getting no reply from
Miss Barretts uncle, John kenyon, to
whom he wrote asking for an introduction.
Carlyle continues the story thus:
Browning hearing nothing from Kenyon, de-
termined not to stop on ceremony and went to
Dr.. Barrett's house. The servant man had been
taking too much beer; thought Browning a doc
tor and admitted him. He went into the study
where Miss Elizabeth was reclining. They had
a conversation; liked each other; and she made
arrangements call again He did o.
and the spinal disease passed away; the spell
bound princess was reached by her knight; took
up her bed and walked; one day went all the
way to A1arylebone church, where they were
married. Then they could not face the angry
father, and went to Italy. Kenyon supplied the
money, and when he died left them more. She
was never suffered by. her father to see him
again--not even when he was dying She caught
sight of him thru an open door. ,-.
Georqe EIiot,s Love Of otto" -,
Likewise. Mr. Conway gives US this
first-hand story of George Eliot: -=.
had probably spoken to Sara Hennel1 Of the
nossible bearing of 'The Nemesis Of Faith -
wherein wife, meeting one she loves, regards
her legitimate marriage as sort of adultery-on
George Eliots union with Lewes SWe all re-
gard this union as calamity said Sarah Hen
nell. "NIr. Bray regarded it as due to her de-
fective self-esteem and self-reance and her
sufferings from loneliness. She continued to suf-
fer from loneliness, but came to love the char
acters in her books as If they We're her chill
dren She loved them even when they were
wicked Once when was at her house in Lon
don, looking at some sketches from 'Romola.' we
George Eliot said softly as If to herself: The
% s hf yery bad feiow An
she said I was seeing him with the eyes, OF
Romola.' tta
OF a lighter vein is the incident in which
Mr. Conway and Lord Tennyson were act
ors. They fell into muddy ditch, sal
down in it, in fact. in Tennyson's garder
one dark evening after dinner. They
n1l,ed themselves out and CROPPED for 4
| nat, Tennyson exclairning: "That this
should have happened after dinner D.
not mention this to the temperance folk
In the same vein runs Rossett's liner
lex on Whistler, written at dinner Jus
after the artist had told story OF 1stl'
/ battle Of his on shipboard:
There is young artist named Whistler,
| Who in every respect is bristler;
| A tube Of white lead
| Or punch the head
| Come equally handy to Whistler.
But in all of this contact with mel