The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-12-03
Sk~ GOD morning, Sir John"
q II The bewilderment of a
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CuSlys tlreaODar6 peO0IeT
thus addressed was speedily con-
verted into a majestic pride upon
learning that he. John Durbeyfield
of Marriott was actually a lineal de-
scendant of the noble family of Dur
berville.
And no o had Joan, his hand
some, shallOw-minded wife, the easy
going mother of his many children,
heard Of her exalted estate, than her
romantic soul began secretly to de-
wise a brilliant and fitting alliance for
her beautiful young daughter. To
which end Tess was artfulIy prevailed
upon to seek work In a wealthy up
start family of the same ilIustrious
name.
'And so the innocent child. whose
Singie-minded desire was TO mend the
broken fortunes of her family, became
poultry keeper for the blind woman of
spurious title and ultimate prey for
her son. n diSSOlute wretch, young Alec
D'UrberVille. After q while back TO
Marriott came the di~silIusiOned girl,
where n lived in a gray seCluSiOn un-
I'll her weakened little baby'S death.
But after several. bitter years of
neart searching, Tess determined to
leave home again-this time to be
dairymaid at Talbothays. a large. fertile
farm in the valley of the Great Diaries.
And here, too. was IA young man. the
youngest son Of a stern and Jealous
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had sadly disappointed his father,
first by nOn-cOnformiSt views and then
by sincere Scruples against taking or
ders. SO now. in process of becoming
gentleman farmer, he was specializing
at various farms. Cultured. ideal:stic,
sympathetic, he seemed TO Tess a demi-
god. and though she had sworn her
self TO celibacy, the enforced prOpin-
putty ripened into intimacy and drifted
into love. Together they went afield in
1he wOndrous dewy daWns and the
warm summer afternoons found them
making butter and cheese in the cool, |
white dairy house. The birds sang for
them and for them the stars shone aud
the whole verdant valley teem:ng with /,
richness and incense, gave up its odor-
vapors.
Tess specter doomed but vaguely
now, until loves honest declaration
brought her to poignant realization of
her situation in this man-made world. |
But all Withdrawals were overcome by
iCiare's gentle insistence; all attempts
Int revelation were lightly thwarted.
Finally, within a week OF the wedding
day which she had reluctantly set. her
resolution took shape in writing-a
four-page confession is breathlessly
thrust under his door. Ironically con-
cealed under the carpet it lies until
Tess, with a sudden late intuition on
her wedding morn discovers it's /hiding
place and tears it up. In a numbering
old relic of coach days (symbOl:c of an
D'UrberviIIe legend of crime)
Tess and Angel are carried to church,
and upon their final departure a white
cock crows thrice. '"An afternoon
crow," and the dairy folk shake their
heads at the evil omen.
To the old farmhouse-a derelict of
'Sn ancient D'Urberville mansi0n-in
ready range of a model mill, Glare.
with a ems Of the practical and the
romantic, takes his lovely bride. From
the panelled wall outside her door, two
old D'Urberville portraits CLEAN evilly
and Clare and Tess shiver as they
trace a subtle likeness to her own in
the malignant yet noble features. Be-
the glowing fire the adoring bride
groom, his sgife's hand clasped in his
tells the story of his one alteration
of his 4S hours dissipation with 9
Scarlet Woman, and confidently Graves
her pardon, which Tess is only too de
lighted to grant; and. with the first
real CLEAN of hope, unfolds her cwn
sad story.
The wanton action of a man OF ma
turitg--tbe deceived innocence OF ar
fgnoruit childl And yet, the ma