The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-28
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We have d surprising hero in Elinor |
Mordaunts story Of "Bellamy" Gohn !
Lane Company When Walter Eel !
lamy was wears old his mothers SOW |
ing machine took to working in an 90
centric and absurd manner, whereupon
Walter removed the needle. turned it
half way round and restored II To- rs
place. with tn" consequence that the
machine Immediately resumed Ia, al
mirable. the haw.ess service guarantee!
by the agent who had sold II. Waiter
act was considered in the domestic CIR
Gle as indicating a mechanical insight
amounting to genius. but the eXplaua-
ton really was that Walter had medd.cd
with the needle the day before. curious
TO see what the effect would he of turn
ing 1t the wrong way, and so had known
readily how to correct the errant &C.
ton, the curiosity in question having
been satisfied.
Walter was gifted with much magl-
nation. and he was humbug Of the first
water. He frightened himself when he
was out at twilight on the wild moor
with little Jane Irwin and was moved
to announce at the top Of his voice
that the head,ess demon known t. ire
uuent that locality had csp!ed them and
had entered Immediately upon a de-
termincd pursuit. Vt the chapel meet
ing. however. when he told the minister
that he lied he was merely advertising
himself: after he had been logged out
by an adult and muscular worshipper
who handled him with no gentle hand nc
was proud on learning If the general
opinion among the congregation to the
effect that he had been entered into by
seven devils. We wished az We read
that the novelist had been less iCsis;out
upon indicating the Staffordshire d.a-
lect. II l. an intimdatng thing to be
confronted with uares OF violent ms
spelling. moreover. after all this deter
ring, this painful lesson we have not
the slightest idea how the Staftordshirn
speech sounds. For another thing. the
novelist might have exercised a less
singular habit in forming her sentences.
OF what should he a sing" sentence
she makes two or three. while again
into one sentence she crowds AWKWARD"
the material that should bc distributed
among half a dozen. This is sheer pcr-
versity, perniclous Interference with
what might be a limpid flow,
As the story goes on we discover that
Walter Bellamy has remarkable power
OF Transforming h mself He IS stlngy
and cautious, he is generous and reck-
less. He is an actor playing different
parts-and therefore an actor with the
gifts of an earlier time not to be mis-
taken for the moulded, inheXible stage
figure of nowadays. Walter is one
thing up n the mills in Staffordshire.
threads from end 10 end of an alley.
Up and down. barefooted during long
hours-a horrible, devastating employ
ment, the victims IL they are fortunate
enduring 10 the age of 10 years. II
took the discerning Walter less than a
week to associate h mself from this
fatal occupation. \ distressing part of
the story describes strike in which
Walter was n leader. The sensitive
reader will hurry through the account
here; If in his sens tiveness he should
omit il altogether we should not blame
him; nor do we think that his loss
would be important, for we are pretty
sure that we discover here eXaggeratlon
even abnorma! and grotesque fancy,
Walter was handsome. Half of hin
was of French descent. He had SINAI
difficulty n acquiring conslderabl,
pieces Oh tue fTtHcU ldnEud5'' w nel
ne got to London he hardly hesitatet
in undertakings to teach French to cor
tain daughters of the people, We duuh
II the value of his instruction was NOR,
than his moderate charge, which wa!
sIXpence an hour. HIS athletic person
was valuable to him; il was worth hi
while to keep himself ."ht." and ",
must applaud his self-restraint wheI
ne was kissed Nv Ada. his landladyI
enamourcd daughter, after the evening"
dissipation IF roller skating. His rap!,
elevation in the great London silk ware
house Is Interesting to read about. /
takes the readers breath away to int
him throwing overheard his brilliant OF
portunitics IN the silk bus ness in ordo
10 he a figure in "bcauty parlor" il
the Bond street neighborhood.
TI'c see Walter transformed from
business Young man to an n'thcte-fror
an everyday figure, commonplace, wit
stick and a pipe Ohe black ana Ia
dog is omittoD, TO Grcenery gallery
Grosvcrnor Gallery sort, WHO could d
crystal gazing and elevate run dow
ladies by power Of the new thought
re had beautifully fitting clothes, Gu
exactly To their purpose, precisely suit
able in shade and texture. Walt,
swims, he has feminine and neurot
London at his feet, when presto, h
returns to business, discovers how
make silk out ~ vegetable grOwt
and exalts himself far above the maioi
fly Of mauklnd lie Et,ers, he shcC
gold. no enthral!s and snubs tend,