New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-23

young, gay. social. but in your family
concerns add some years TO your brow.
Let your husband be your Prlvy
Council. your Lord Chancellor, ana
rarly, very rarly. make others acquainteu
with the springs of your INTERNAL ram
ilv Police; much less ever make II q sub
ject OF conversation in company n te-
dious Hour I have often spent in hear
ing harangues of this sort as How were
butter and eggs etc, last Market day
Information OF that kind you will always
get from the wish of theirs To publish
their extraordinary talents in the domes-
tic line. Feel yourself above it, except in
time and place then pay very strict at
tention To it, duty demands 1t.
You are both too well disposed to look
over advice OF this sort. tho it comes in
accurate and from Grey Hairs. T.. X. Is
with you. she is cheerful and pleasant
but as a Scive; Beware" Dir. Primrose
might have written It.
The parsons heart was always very
tender over his Horace" as he calls his
famous son, and many of his letters find
their chief subject in that absent one.
When the young captain brought the
wife he had found in the West Indies
to the rectory the old gentleman did his
best to make Madam Frances comfort
able Horatio's presence generally
meant cheer for his family. His purse
was shared with those who needed help;
his kindness his good spirits. brought
sunshine into foggy Norfolk. When he
went to sea his wife remained with her
father in-law: much of her married life
was spent with the old man in the re
mote rural cottage. Whether Solitude
and exclusion from all the world can
te comfortable TO a young woman, |
know not" writes the rector 10 his
Kitty. she does not openly complain.
ana To her Good Husband she is all he
can expect" Perhaps the absences
which Nelson's profession enforced were
enough to aggrieve the Colonial lady; at
any rate she grew into a complaining
habit and her ways must have been try
ing To the kind Old man. But he was al
ways good To- her and when the days Of
Nelson's naval glory ard of his friendship
with the vulgar beauty. Lady Hamilton,
came. the rector remained the best friend
Of the resentful wife. When" says
the author after time Of uncertainty
and doubt. he became convinced that his
sons conduct had not been such as
should estrange them. he was enabled 10
go from Lady Nelson's house To visit
the Admiral at Merton, privileged by
his own sincerity To- bc friends with
both" The rcctor's daughter was per-
maps not quite just to her sister-n-law.
"Hc had great excuses she would say.
when. after the separation, the Admiral
was blamed or she was 50 very cold
Kittys husband had no better opinion
Of Frances Concerning Horatio he
wrote: "Laudcd. admired and sought
everywhere but at home. where COM
laininC and reproach formed a sad con-
trast L. the mcrited reception he met
with elsewhere. he naturally turnod'from
the spot his heart sickened and revolted
and was at last completely cstranged.'
As one brilliant deed succeeded another
and all England rang with the admirars
rraises the old rector could scarce con-
tain his JOY and pride. He was con
stantly writing 20 Kitty about her
Great and Good Brother" lie notes
how he sometimes had 10 hasten from
public places where the hero was ac-
claimed because his feelings were get
ting the better OF him. he did not choos"
20 let his tears be seen. He lived 10
know that all possible honors were
showcred upon his son, and there was
no alloy in his happiness save that which
came from the detection OF Frances and
from what must have been his fear lest
she were justified There are many
glimpses Of the admiral IN the volume.
though few that are vivid This de-
ycription-by Sir Henry Duncan-of his
"ndcctyncss" AT sea IL the most cffec-
tive.
Lord Nelson put his head up on deck.
"Quartcrmaster, you can put ner hcad 2
little more 20 tho wind" NO. my lord"
NAont down In n few minutes mp again.
'Iuartcrmaster can't YOU put ner head a
little mere 10 the wind NO, my lord.
Down again. Up again. "Quartermastcr.