The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-10

hN were sorry loI NllCiltti OF. huuT III
Rosainond Napiers story of "Tess Har-
court George II. Doran Company. It
was reasonable that we should be- The
glory had reminded us many times Of his
insomnia. his tired eyes with red rims,
the three deep lines scanning his fore
b,ad M and down. Often had our at
,en,.on been called to his bowed shout
ders indicating depression OF the spirit.
Wal We knew, since we had read II
rspeatedy, that he was thin. worn,
ra;her gaunt His faithful basset hound,
loan by name. was an effective touch OF
ADDED melancholy. We are sure that
any kind heart would feel sorrow at the
sIght OF Michael with Joan at his heels
There are several slllfully injected
hints of what 1t was that troubled
Michael. but It IL some time before we
Get TO the painful story OF little Rose.
In tho chapter entitled ITO a wild Rose"
there Is a passage which reads: ITO
night quite unexpectedly Michael had
muttered. This Is hell and Tess in
broken voice had whispered, oh. my
dear don't / know?'" She had OWNED
something. but she did not know all.
twelve years previously old Sam Turks,
keeper OF the Blue Boar Inn. where
Michael st. Maur put UP when he went
ashlns. had said TO Michael in refusing
20 become his father-in-law: Rose is
a good girl an has been educated above
her station, grant. But she isn't no
lady. not as you might say the real per
,ater. sir, no, and never will DO,
whatever she may think. An you
an know that you can't expect nothing
from pigs but grunts. Think what your
dead father would say. No. this mustn't
he I couldn't face neither the General
nor my Maker IL was to allow such a
thing" But tho little maiden had wept,
and old sam had to give in and so IL
came about that Michael married Rose
Turks.
The story has plenty of illustration
OF tho correctness OF old Sans view.
With tho artful picturing that 1t Is the
business Of novelists 10 employ the
home life OF Michael is set before us.
The hero Of this story was all that his
name OF s., Maur will suggest. He
could boast a long aristocratic descent.
Some aristoCrats do not show up very
well but he did. He had wealth, cul-
ture, constituencies; was a deeply versed
and understanding friend OF all the arts.
In his house in London, in the room
hat he particularly inhabited. the dim
green walls were thicllly hung with rare
old prints. For a single one OF these he
had paid 900 guineas. Another was "A
Rembrandt. II there was not a bronze
Winged Victory OF Samothrace' in the
room our memory has lost Its seat. In
this house, closely associated with this
man, fast tied to him, was little Rose.
In twelve years OF unlimited oppor-
tunity the innkceper's daughter had not
improved. She had not proflted by
foreign travel. Italy Japan-they had
left her untouched. Her little head re-
NAMED terribly empty. She could be
comfortable only in quite common COM
pany. Moreover. she had formed a
thockingly bad habit
There can be little doubt that Il was
Roses most cherished friend, Miss Louie
Horn, who struggled brandy into the
carefully guarded St. Maur house.
Michael spoke reluctantly of his domes-
tic sorrows, but he may be found saving
bitterly % Tess in one place: Miss
Horn IS young lady from a hair
dresser's shop" Occasionally in her
VISITS 20 Rose Miss Horn would bring
along rather large pasteboard box,
box quite large enough to contain
brandy bottles. IL was after one OF
these visits. in which the box was a
feature, that Rose, after a narrow cs-
cape from being taken up for d,sor-
Gerry conduct in the street was SO III
mat doctor and trained nurse had
TO be called for her.
Tho story relates very plainly the
troubles Of that distressing night. The
DOCTOR had to use morphine, and all
was well for a time. II was when Rose
WOKE up that she was beset by phan-
toms by an army Of grlmacing eidolons
including knob on her brass bedstead
"h'ch resolved itself into a yellow head
mat Kept floating at her in an agrees
ave manner, perslstently regarding her
WIN a maIevolcnt eye-a head not assoc
c'ated with any body or legs and NOV
'hg user With what instruments OF loco
mo'Ion she was unable 10 see Michael
mated this gorgeous bedstead. but Rose
mad Set her heart upon Il. and so
a'ohr II had come from the great
popular warehouse In Tottenham Court
road
Nhue the doctor was calming Rose
WIN morphine, Michael and Tess were
swung nigh up in one of the small
nnNes at Covent Garden. listening to n
wagner opera. The story of Michael
ana Tess and Rose IS made to move
along in company with the Nibelungen
music, All through the book we hear
inc great orchestra and the great sing
era Tho story OF the ring" IL related
70 US. Tess had book explaining all
tno motives" and there Is much about
.,'cse' II is we'll to be informed about
then. From tho double BASES a primi-
i've hum that was felt through the
uarKness moro than heard. Tess lis
I-''d' scarcely breathing Stll that
srs'e sustained note telling Of prime
val peace II was growing IN