Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-04


n. But the mys,ery ITSELF Well. wen
one can dream an manner Of things and
spin many beautiful fances about Il,
And so | do. For az least II is some
small CONDENSATION for the unettain-
able and-unfathomable reality In my
Imagination ! always see you adorned
with pearls. There lies something deep
er-something hidden IA this preference.
But what can Il be? often ponder
over a. Think, TOO. now ana then, THAI
] have found the connection. And then
again that have not
ALL UNSETTLED.
Which Is tantamount 20 a confession
that when Ibson came 20 wrCstlc with
the mystery Of love. In bis own person,
he could no more make head or tail out
Of II than the most ordinary OF NOR
tails
"How shall thank you FOR your dear.
charming letter." he says IN his next
letter. II simply cannot. Not as
should wish %. Letter writing Is de-
cidedly not N my line ] think ! have
told you 50 already. And. anyhow, YOU
Will have remarked n.
meanwhile ! read your letter again
and again. and it makes the scenes of
last summer 50 wonderfully vivid and
lifelike see. feel the past anew.
Like a lovely being OF summer I
have learnt 20 know you, my Gear
princess only as a form belonging 10
the season Of butterflies and Wild low
ers."
BACK TO HIS SENSES.
A letter written some months later
might be entitled Ibsen's Renuncia-
ton" IL seems 10 have occurred 20
him that Entities infatuatlon for an
old man was not altogether q good
thing for the girl. quote the letter
IN full, for Il IS the most Interesting
one Of the series.
"a long, n very long while have al
lowed your last dear letter 10 NE be-
fore me- have read II and read IL again,
but never answered 20. Receive today
my heartiest thanks IN n few words.
And henceforWard. until We meet again
personally you viii hear but little
from me by letter, indeed. very seldom.
Believe me, 4 Is better 80. II Is the
only right thing. ! feel u as matter
OF conscience, that ] must suspend or
restrict my correspondence with you.
For the present you must occupy YOUR
self as little az possible with me. Yon
have other objects "a pursue I'm your
young life, other feelings 10 which %
devote yourself. And las | have al
ready told you bv word OF mouth--can
never feel satisfied with a connection
kept Up through the post IL seems 70
me that there Is always something in
coAiYiutr7 EUTTTTrTing untrue In f.
zee. I am painfully aware that can
not keep myself fully up TO the right
pitch. That is something that lies
once for all IL my nature. impossible
therefore, TO alter g. But You have
such delicate perception. such instinc-
tive penetration. You will understand
all this in tho way ! have intended a.
And when we meet again. / shall eX-
plain II 10 you more exactly Until
then and forever you viii remain IN my
thoughts. And even more so than be-
fore. when this troublesome incomplete
business OF letter-writng no longer
disturbs them.
"A thousand greetings,
Yours. II. l."
As I have said they never met again,
which probably was Just rs We'll Tor
Emile al all events lie wrote her a
letter OF coincidence some seven months
later on tile death Of her father IN
which he signs himself "your unalter-
ably devoted Henrik ibsen."
A BRIEF LETTER.
In n brief letter written about
month afterwards, he Acknowledges the
receipt OF dear letter" and likewise
the bell with the beautiful picture"
which HIS wife thought very PRETTY
painted" Then he adds But ! beg
you. do not write 20 me any more at
present. When circumstance are
changed. shall let you know"
Could Il have been that Mrs. Ibssn
was getting Jealous and making Il un-
comfortable for him? Anyhow. Emile
obeyed his Injunction and wrote no
more letters 10 him After an inter-
val OF seven years, she tcleEraphed him
her congratulations on his seventeen
birthday, and received In reply his
photograph with the following lines:
Dearest frauleln
Receive my most heartfelt thanks
for your letter. That summer az Cos
sensass was the happest, the falrest of
my life. Dare scarcely think OF u. And
yet must do 80 forever. Foreyerl
Your faithfully devoted,
"HENRIK fBsEN."
And the rest Is silence.