Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-06

7 GRACE C. CONNOLLY (also
~ called Ingersoll) was an adopt
ed son Of Susan Ingersol a cou-
sin Of Nathaniel Hawthorn Miss
lngersoll who had been crossed in love
IN her youth, dwet IN that house near
the water front in Salem, Mass. which
Is reputed to be the original Of the
House with the Seven Gables, How
thorn used to call her The Duchess
Horace Connolly was the son of Mary
Clough, an old servant of Miss niger
soil. who paid for his schooling and sent
him 70 Yale, and afterward to Pro-
testant Episcopal Theological seminary
Connolly was thrown into the society
on Hawthorn and Longfellow and the
others of their set. He turned out bad.
ly though failed as a minister, ana
took to drink He died I'm Salem In 1894,
leaving In the possession of w d, Nor
thend of Salem a statement in manu-
script of his relations with LongfeloW,
Hawthorne and the poem OF 'EVanBe.
line." A summary Of the contents OF
this manuscript, which is now owned
by Mr. Northends daughter, with some
extracts from It, have been published
by the Boston Globe, as follows
at has often been stated that Haw-
thorne provided Longfellow with the
story of 'Evangeline,' and letter from
I.ongfellow to Hawthorne, thanking
him for the theme for song, Is now
owned by the Manning family of Sa-
lem. from which Hawthorne descended
on the maternal side,) and is at the
present time on exhibition In a Haw-
thorne collection gathered at the Essex
Institute, Salem. in honor OF the one
hundredth anniversary OF the author
birth.
Horace G.. Connolly states that he
obtained the story of the eXiled AGA
dian girl, an outline Of which, idenu-
cal With that Of the story Of Eyange-
line he gives. from Mrs, Halliburton,
relative OF Judge Halliburton, author of
n history of Nova Scotia. Connolly told
Hawthorne the story
"'On a glorious day In June Haw-
thorne and / went from Boston 10 CAM
bridge to dine with Longfellow and as
Hawthorne said, to have n cosy time
talking over college days and eXperien-
ces ON arriving at Longfellow's house
we found George S. billiard and Prof.
FELTON, OF Harvard there. Hawthorne
was vexed, and said TO me In low
tone, my pleasure Is over
"'After dinner Hllliard and FELTON,
took their departure. The hrst words
spoken when they had withdrawn were
by Longfellow.
YOU write n long story-a novel2'
'Hawthorne's reply was, II nave
nothing to write about"
Connolly said why don't you
write about the story ] gave you iive
or six years ago, the story OK the Aca-
dian girl2'
at isn't IN my vein. There are no
strong Bghts and heavy shadows II Ia
a good story, but II is not in my vein,'
Was Hawthorne's reply. IL might use
It interviewer with something else,
I.ongfellow was listening very earn
estly while the talk was going on and
with a strong expression or interest m
aulred. What Is the story? DO tell It;
perhaps lt viii be I'm my vein.
Connolly said: IF MIR, Hawthorne
will consent, l will tell It. with all it's
lights and shadows
q He then turned To Hawthorn and
asked "Shall i tell the siory?'
Hawthorne said promptly, Ger
III then gave the history as It Is
given in "EVangeline." During the reel
tal Longfellow followed my narrative
with great attention and apparently
deep interest
1.-THE story, with the Interruptions
and inquiries Of Bongfellow and Haw-
thorne. took. | should think, an hour
Al the conclusion. I.ongfellow said:
''Hawthorne. | should like to write a
poem with this history for subject II
is the best Illustration of the faithful
ness ana constancy Of woman that !
ever heard Of I want very much TO
write "A uOem on II. ~
Hawthorn said again; ut IL not
In my vein. and even II you should
write a poem and I a novel. no one
would ever recognize that they We're
on the same subject, so different would
be our views and turning to me he
said. "You have repeated the same
story TO me two or three times, but you
never gave Il with half the effect you
have given II today"
~ could feel that there was some
thing acid IN his tone. He was not
pleased with the idea Of giving up the
thing to Iongfellow and I saw that a
storm OF wrath would break upon me,
II ala break and furously, on our way
from Cambridge TO Boston,
"When "Evangeline" appeared Haw-