The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-25
SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL
10. Madam Destiny

Q, Madam Destiny
NJ 81. Madam Destiny, omnipotept,
S| lieatlte, and heed us! Unto YOU, we
sasSs 81 pray
ii THAT this, the fleet, sweet time Of you'll,
Ssg s5s& be spent
a5 In laughter, rs BELTS q holiday,
( From which the evening summons us
IA away, Jsl
q " Froi,, which tomorrow wakens us "a
II strife
N Ana toll and grief and wisdom-and TO-
sS& day
Csrudge us not lifel
a 3. Madam Destiny, omnipotent,
\. why need our elders trouble us at
q plny7
N we know that worry soon we shall repent
RS}t The idle folllcs Of our holiday;
II And being old, shall be as as wise as
af$ they:
sss But now we are not wise, and lutte
y and fife
N Seem sweeter far than wlsdoi1l-so lo7ua'
drudge us not life!
Il 3, Madam Destiny, omnipotent,
laS$gl3 YOU have given us youth. and must we
i854Bii cast away
1.-THE cup undralned and our one even
] unspent
III Because our elders boards and hearts
sgas arc gray7
They have forgotten that If we delay
Death claps us on the shoulder and
6$ with knife
II Or cold or fever mocks tho prayer we
pray;
u GrudEe us not life!
\ Madam, recall that In the sun We play
sfl5IE,,, for an hour, then have the worm
S Ill for wife; M
n The tomb for llahitation, and to-day,
Grldga us not lfe!.
James Branch Cabcll, In the August
HARPER.
4 4S5S MI. Cabell's New Story.
The August number Of Harper's AlaEa-
Il zine is in its frontispiece and first story
illustrations a gorgeous flame OF coior,
I'll re pictures being done by Howard Pyle
Ito render more realistic Mr. James
Branch Cabels story, THE F'ox-Brush.
Several times already MI. laheli mas
been given the leading position IN the
4 leading American magazine o. ,ette ~
3 and art. Never has he more richly de-
II served the honor thus bestowed upon,
lin than in the present instance.
II nThe Fox Brush Is q romantic descr'p-a
8tlon of the manner in which Henry Pan
tagcnet, warrior. King Of Enslano ana
89connucror Of France Wooed ana won
3s1xntherinc Nalois, whose pride or spirit
II matched that Of his own, to be MS VIII
ling bride.
NJ Left behind in the convent OF the urs"-
lines. near the city Of Chartres' py her
Ii ,,at u rot,,rn 10 Paris, Katherine, wan
4 dering alone in the convent orcharQ on a
s,1no11nng in August, is moved ny tumuil
.he hears lust outside the wall TO CLIMB
y Mo the branches of an apple tree ana
i peer over. -, ~
Il shn secs Henry for the first time, ana
he. looking up, encounters her eyes rs
has lust hunted down q req ION al'u
FASTENED the brush in his helmet.
sS5s.gIn The conversation which presently en-
sncs. Henry reveals himself to Katherine
X as Alan Maquedonnieu%. a ntlllSe u ~
land and a harper by vocation. me next
,mnrntnr she rises in the dew washed
dawn 10 say ndicu to him, Us hf rides
81; mas the orchard wall on his way to re-
u ioin his army The signal of his coming
ss2# ID thc sound Of his voice In the song given
al Il he head Of this column.
SS5 He declares that he will return as her
Flower and come openly to claim her IN the
ti3 sight of the world. Though she asks MN
N how a harper cpn possibly nope 10 WIN
IA royal princess Of France. she bids him
N come.
Afterwards when Katherine goes back
81 to Paris and Tenry's conquest or her ma
Il tive land brings him. indeed. to fulfil:hls
promise and claim her hand as the price
OF peace, the Princess. refuses him with
scorn, and war and bondshed begin again.
us His tory tells US that in the end Henry
II wins his French bride. Mr.. Cabells 'FoH-
" Brush" enables one to understand what
gives color and picturcsqueness TO the
r fact, and how,it is that l<athcrine's de-
n lenses are finally broken down through
1.-THE power of love.
II In his last paragraph Mr.. Cabell says:
s Next day the English entered Troyes and
IN the cathedral Iichurch, Henry and
Katherine were .lbetvotked. Henry was
Il there magnificent In n curious suit of
FURNISHED nrmor; in the place of his
i helmet plume he wore fox-brush, or
nnmented with Jewels. which unusual or
nament afforded great matter Of remark,
among the busybodies of both armies. y
The reader has the advantage of the
g''busybodes'' in knowing the reason why
u Henry wore the brush and why 1t names
4s Mr.. Cabcll's story,
Sailing Party.
s Richmond people who are enjoying life
at Buckroe Beach were well represented
y among the guests of Mr., Segar Whiting
r Of Hampton. Va, who, on Friday,afternoon
\ gave delightful sailing party In his
yacht the "MintA." To- number of his
friends
Among those enjoying Mr. Whiting s
4 hospitality We're: Mrs, Thomas Cary
Johnson. Mrs, Hardwicke. Misses Ilening-