The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-18
SECOND BOOK
OF THE SMALL
SOULS SERIES
~rouurru,'s Novel Translated
From the Dutch-A Colonel
of the Old School.
MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS

Long tuuperuss sloTy VI Nv
60. Life" translated from II
n...b nv Alexander Teixeira de Mat
-. ,podd. Mead and Company, opens
-a.b q description of a At OF laughter
the mart of Van der Welcke. 1t
,., he remembered from the story
.,,es small Souls" that Van der
u.,,ke was the husband OF Constance.
~. handsomest and probably the mos
.r,.resting OF tho Van Lowe family.
:, AIS he who would have struck Van
xsrhel. In the earlier tale. II other
nsmbers OF the family had not inter-
,.red. Van Naghel had called him a
nanny. The quarrel was the climax
a, the first book in the series of four
.hs, 20 to the making Of the small
.ouls history. The " men quivered
NTH a Their cheeks were scarlet.
90 great was the tension that Bertha,
vile OF Van Naghel. went into hyster-
les. Constance tainted and Mamma
Van Lowe dropped into q chair sob
hing"
The laughter OF Van der Welcke in
tire second book vas caused by q
dean from which he had just awak-
ened. He dreamt that he had been at
the seaside and that It had become the
fashion to wear clothes only as far
down as the waist. The memory so
$500 l4,, ska hA VnnNA Uytth
.aughter. He called his son Addie and
tod him about the dream. This was
difficult, for It was SO immensely
funny. The story says: Van der
Welcke as he told his dream In broken
sentences lay shaking with laughter;
MS whole bed shook, the sheets rose
and fell. he was red In the face as II
IN the verge Of choking: he wept as
though consumed with grief: he
easped for breath, threw the bedclothes
NJ" II is seldom thai n can laugh
50 heartily the first thing in the morn
ne.
The boy Addie had his own peculiar
way Of laughing. He was deliberate
10 seeing how funny the dream was,
but he Mas responsive in his own man.
ner after a little time. Regarding the
peculiar!ties and the abilities OF Addie
4 the matter Of laughter the story
says: "Addie had begun by listening
with his usual serious face; but when
e saw his father crying and gasping
Tor breath, rolling about in the bed. and
Fhea the vision Of those sands became
carer TO his Imagination he also was
seized with Irresistible laughter. Blu.
10 had m popularity. that he could
lot laugh outright. but shaken with
Internal merriment would laugh in his
stomach without uttering a sound:
,a,hers ned rocking with silent laugh.
-eF as the bed rocked under him"
he tried TO restrain his merriment
which had grown TO threatening pro.
portions. He tried not TO look a,
h-s father. for when he saw his fathere
ace, distorted and purple with his
ieroxysms u laughter, lying Oh the
white pillow like the mask OF some
'aun, he had TO make agonized clutches
a. his stomach and. bent double, to try
10 laugh outright. and he couldn't. he
~ haliCh Aotkol lOt q
moment the sons curious disability
ara managed between paroxysms &c
ask him whether he did o think tina,
the dream was funny. Remembering
ne roared anew. The story says that
ne made the walls ring, that he filled
\ the room with loud Homeric mirth
Poor Addie, convulsed and writhing In
us Silent Joy, sought to be less amused
on father, stop!" he cried. Recorc
made ~ "the tears streaming in wet
sreaks down his face" and 1t is added
NAT he heaved a sigh Of despair thai
re cou.d not laugh like his father" HI
vas a thoughtful boy. He felt the
popr.ety OF greeting noisily such 9
'ery funny dream.
This r. nor Of a tale than the frs
hook about the small souls. Constance
and her husband here do not love each
',her AZ all, So far from hat each II
occupied with thoughts about some
o'ov else. Constance sits in the parlol
sll1yrg the clouds. Her HUSBAND
Years away through long distances OF
us Bicycle N order to a.lay the feve,
/ u us mind, C~onstance's husband ant
AarlanEe, Constance's niece. are u
I've with each other. The fact II
AWKWARD, ana It Is because OF II tina
+e dashes off so frequently on hi
'ayc.e. The laugh OF Marianne Il
axe little tinklins bells"
Aga.n. as Constance sits looking a
me clouds and dreaming, Brauw,
'9me3 back. lie is rich. but he haI
"'sa "a America living the life of
.ofb.nginan. lie II a kind OF To.stoy
ile If a me orator. Constance LISTEN
N Rim SIS DcsdemoOa listened to
Very dfcrcnt sort Of tale. Why shoul'
not Van der Welcke and Constance b
9Voroed. Il looks az though the!
'ert . ~ 10 be, but here comes In tn
'Uy -rr'imeut and act Of renuncia
Ion 10 Will he seen by those VIII