Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-25

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tourists shrine. Mr.. Crawford used t"
writ" his novels in an oCta%onal room
at the Top of the building. that peers
across IN" Bay of Naples toward
NeSuNlls. OF late years, however. lie
has removed his workshop to Il pic
tui"sq'lc ruin eighty ar ninety miles
south OF sorrento, on the Calabrlan
| coas'. The ruin is that of one of the
w3t"htoWerS erected centuries ago by
Charles Y. against Saraccnic invasion.
1t rcar* its head upon bold hcadland,
| is two stories in height. and has walls
eight feet thick The manner in
which Mr.. Crawford acquired this
| castclleto forms an interesting story.
Every summer. on board his yacht.
the Aida. Mr.. Crawford. cruises south
along the Italian and Sicilian shore.
During his VOYAGES he accumulated
| much material that finds expression in
southern Italy and Sicily and The
Rulers of the South" A favorite stop
ping-placc of his was a beautiful little
landlnckcd bay on the Calabrian coast
overlooked by an ancient tower. II
WAS Il pleasant place and quite off the
track of inquisitive tourists. for the
nearest habitation was twelve miles
distant. From time to time. Mr..
Crawford and his family used the lit
tie bay and the shadow of the tower for
q picnicking ground. The tower itself
was closed by heavy ancient locks.
The idea came to Mr.. Crawford that he
wouid like to possess this tower: SO
one day. when the Aida was anchored
close to the foot of the tower he quiet
" left his family, and, taking an old
servant with him, started for the near
est village. which contained the govern
mcnt official who had charge of the
national property in that part of the
peninsula. All day he was gone, and
the shades of evening had begun to
lower before they on the yacht SAW him
returning. He came on board and
with his courticst bow, laid a docu-
ment on Mrs. Crawford's lap. Her
horror whcr no announced that he was
the owner of the castle and its domains
was finally appeased by Mr.. Craw-
ford'S explanation of the Italian law.
He had bought this old watch tower for
fifty years, at til" price of SD per year.
tn latest novel by Mary Il. Wilkins
will run scrially through Harrers
Weekly before book publication. begin
ming with the issue of June @ Its
title is "By the Light Of the Soul"
III. c. NJ" has this excellent sum
ming up of TIE career of Ibsen in the
London Spectator:
"IbScn himself apparently never
wanted to sit down and rest. He Armed
at being always at least ten years
ahead of the ma jority.' Pursued by az
cv' Il increasing troop Of disciples. he
il"d unWoaricdly on and on. AT the
rGi.it " here | stood Vher | wrote each
of my books there nc;. stands Il tol@r
ably compact crowd; but / myself am
10 longer there; | am elsewhere:
farther on. hope 1t is this constant
desire to diStHnc" his followers which:
makes it Impossible to describe him a.;
"A I,rSSimst; while they are struggling
i'm the morass he is already halfway
up the hill. He is inconSiStcntly and in
cyplicabIy hopeful: he is the most i'll
yptcratn of believers, the idealiSt in
spite Of himself, in spite of every one.
Mysterious voices float to him from the
nights: his face is set eastward: and.
ba fled and beWildcred, across the drift
ing mists his soul yet has glimpSes
'of that immortal sea which brought me
hthcr' Above his grave may he writ
ten the German legend Of another pill
grim: blessed are they that have the
Eomc-lonSinS, for they shall g"
home.
A ncv novel by A. T.. w. Mason.
Cumming Water" will begin serial