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ARP SUSTAIN RBBD,
THE BARTOW MAH WHITER OT fit.
THOMAS HOLLT OUTIU AOAIV
UU«r rm> Mr. J. P. turn TMlwa
Ibw in csmw nu Mn, »-—
n* Wrau “in *-- —urn
an Ar» la Adeem omimigs.
If ay good Meed Hilm M ted
not com forward m Poo’s defaodar. I
should bars retrained from faitter
menUoo of Dr. Tboaai llollej Chip,
ere. It Mart to me ttet oaouwfa ted
beee wrltua by oetsMa pentae to pro
roka a clearer azpaaa froa hie k tad red
or aore intimate friends.
There li (till a shadow orer his rate
tloaa to Edgar A. Poe. Ttet they
were peBoaaTfrleade le proven. hot as
to who preceded la ttet pee ml lor style
of lyric poetry la act proven.
lhavsae loWreetiog letter froa a
cultured old gentleman of Co line
Perb, Mr. James P. Graves, fatter of
John Temple Graves, wbo eeya ttet
while a oo 11 age boy on bis return boaaa
to Washington, Wilkes coenty, he
vMtrt Dr. Chiracs end bad a ecavaran
tlnn with bla. He says:
“This oodvenation awakened 1o as
tbe live Heat Interest. He spoke of an
«eay or erttlelsm he bad JaB written
for tbe Southern Literary Maseeaaar.
of Blobaond. instituting a oomparuoa
of the literary aarlta of tba peats By
ron and Shelley. Tba Impression Bade
oo a# was that It was a mailiifnl pro
duction. He spote of Me ’Lest na
iads’ aed other poeaa; amid be ted
Just received a letter from Doe, sad I
think be reed It to me, end be aso
tlrmed eerreapoodeoce with othm dis
tinguished bso of the north.
‘‘The plot are given of bla ta tbe
Constitution Is moat aeon rata. His
oomplsxloo was dark, —p—H on
"Tba 14m that Dr. Chlma landed
‘The Bine' or la any way aided Us Ua
production wm not In that day enter
tained by aoyoue m far m I knew.
“Dr. Cbteera’ atria of talking waa
aery ornate, mod ha appeared familiar
with tha arta aad aolaooaa aad te ba a
my erudite aebolar. I need to wuo
dw why he wm Dot more raoognlaed
by the learned of both aaxaa, but tup
paaa It waa beoauaa ba waa aomethtag
of a recline, aad prafanad to rend la
hi* own dreamy aad poet teal thought*.
Than waa no dow of wealth aboat
him, nor did ha man to oara tor any.
Dong aftar that ha raaoead to Deca
tur, where ba died aad waa baited.
Mia. Obi rata waa a cultured aad (goat
eaUmable lady. For Tqrther inform*.
UooJ refer you to Dr. F. T. Wltta, of
Btebmood, Va., who wm a half broth
er to tbe lata Samuel Barnett, of Waah
lagton, Ga., aad aleo to Judge William
Bmm and Bee. F. T. Himpaon, of
Waablngtoa."
So it MW that U Dr. ChWera did
not himself bring ohargas of plagiarism
•fnloat Poe, bat remained hla friend
•nd con—pan dent, the trill tboald be
“nal pro—od." Mote (specially is Uiii
•o aio— Mr. Grams, hi merit tboo a
joong moo of elanloal eoltaro and a
eon temporary, aovor beard of oaeb S
charge, and P—*■ biographer in Apple*
ton make* mention of a Ufa of Poe yet
to be published that area written by
Dr. Uhtvera.
When I Mat wrote on tbM subject it
w— my lanprs—km that Dr. ChlTsrs
w— Mr. P—1 a—olr not only la yean:
bat la poetunl wort, nod — they were
bosom friends in Hew York, that Poe
drew hie inspiration from toe doctor)
bat mote matare red—ttoa seUsiMs
me that WsDe— Bead M right.
My wife saye he M. Khe has bat llt
tMpetMa— with people who seak to
rob the deed, or who destroy the idols
of bar youth. Brer aln— aba used to
raolto ••William TsU," the hero of the
lakes, ea her Friday evening speech at
Mbool ehe ban beeo mad with the man
who first d Moore red that there was no
such hero, or if there eras ha never snot
an apple from of bis boy’s hand.
^a w— osrUloly a gifted f—loa,
for hl» pro— Isas marvelous — bis
poetry. Both are —Untie, lagaaMaa,
dreamy end of the borders of fairy
Mad. Bat they lire lo the admltetloe
more than to the heart. For postal
that charm — r baman nature end lin
ker in the son) of memory 1 would
rath— read Goldsmith, Gray. Cowper,
Coleridge, Dome ead Tom Hood than
any others. Byion’i ere grand and
stalely in their beauty, bat do not melt
down within us sad make at better,
kind— end mom loving.
The mo— b—Ufa) lyric poem ever
written la, 1 think, Ootnridge** “Gene
ris—.” When 1 was e yooag man I
read It with supreme delight ead It
h—not —t lo- Its oh— m. My gym
poeby for lo— sad lo—rs |e still eU—
»»« 0owi»« «*<J my sool la thrilled
3 wk*? * read how be woo
bM “bright end beeataoos bride.”
That poem sad Goldsmith’s “Her—it”
I committed to memory more than
btaf a ossrtury ego bad I dearly lo— to
reeall those.
For Hum, serious laadtutroa on
tbs rmnlty of serthhr tbio#i there hi do
poem rt)oal to Gray*■ "SkofJ."
For Aoom and beert Boras leads ail
la t«n<3«T*OM.
For nmlslts pathos that appeals to
nor obarlty and oar stty thtTO to noth
in* In tbs English Imposts so offset
last as Hood's "Hoog of tbs 8blrV”
On this rids of tbs water ws bats
poate wboat works ban stood
sad will sootlnos ts stead lbs test of
Ums. Karoo Bosurts la eaMlaity
>*, than *o bars beta Wellington at
•oasehow I ham no UsU (or poetry
that baa to strata lor language or that
baa to baot tbs dlotloesry for muses!
or soaorasMa words, raab as aidsa,
satri0Si.t
astads iss S( tbs fresh asm *■ ink effort:
*su» nunu.
All kf oar teak bywea hare base
towjm to M &OB (BM lir
Button Witt bad a towarn?
g.a.AXZft
ysfa^-teayis;
*rttaa a bran mow r But arao aoaa
gSpasKs=c
^toM, ttoa I*oaat a< ovary Mania a”
SOT.*SS
W« wan Bada at Ira, tor tha
^y^i^s^rsssrs-,
KjtoJ&kSt to .“potato
wd adda aottlBf to tba attnoUraoaaa
I laaboo Job. bypanrtttoal about
nobttlBWt tot 1 aaat balp 1L Whoa
! to*«*»UB la varaa ara aaaatanl ttay
ftfe* —•_ Aa raaiab aal adalia
*toa aorar baaa raooo
etladto tba llaaa:
-teMMnnasr
> *»b*M Uka tba falling of
darkaaaalp tbat to on It la a atnte
of thought: aigbt aa wall bora Bid:
g£te'^aa' «
tna ?*W?Vnff lJtS
ttlao-too UtUa tor a ooaparlooo.
Bat I laaboo It la Baaa to dad fault
with a poat vbo wrote aa many baaaU
OnuaTlmi i w*- 0-17
brta*a aa down aoddnly fro® SbaaoV
Una to tba ridloateua. Wabotartolaat
worda wara wbHparad: “latil lira,”
bat a fowg aaaa I kaaw aodartook to
Nnatttaaaaad aatd- ' Boy*,l’n not
daadyaJ/» aod all ttaaoiaaolty dla
In. mm ' **
1L Quad la It
Hotting In parttealar allad Mr.
Bowier tte otter awanlag wten te
attrtte tew from tte oOaa, bot if Um
irarage baatete dow’t wtenklak
nw ao often ha la act an good Um
with hlmaalf. Tte Uw bad eow te
Mr# Boom to Mik io4 bo loot no
Um oftor BOtU&f iato tbo bott. Mn.
Bowvr waa tteca to waleoma biro, but
te bang ap hia hat ate Urate on bar
with:
*&x*nuKOg:sfzB
ate tete la tte tew and bang item
on ttla tell tiaa and arnica a regular
Maypole of Ilf
Thor* wa* only ooa axtrahat on th*
Md b* aeofltd along attar bar, ovary
foot-aUp ebo wing that bawaaoutof
aorta and meant to rate * raw. Ba
ton aUilag dowa to tbo tabU b* looted
around, aod bla era tagate to ootia*
* oraek la to* giaaa ovar ooa of th*
ptoturaa, and ho axdalmad:
■*Boao at work with too ax again,
bar* yon t Why didn’t 700 iwiai th*
wbol* of tea whtta 70a ware aboat Itt"
Mr. Bowaer bad araefcad too giaaa
bbaaalf a month bafara, bat why any
■o end baar him daoy It? Ha Ml Into
bla ohalr at to* hood of too tahl* with
a growl, aod aa tfr*. Bqwear bad
oot avao began, boworar.
“Wbat bava yoa got hai-u old
bootr*ba damaadod, aaba ataitod to
oarr* to* ohleksa and atoypad with
kiHa and tort bald aloft.
"If* a young aad taodar eblokao—
on* of tha oloaat I oooM bay,” aba
humbly raolltd.
"ChfakaS, *b T Wall, I aoyor aboalfl
—*
“Wo will oall tham eo, but I took
town far knot* from: to* waodplla.
DM our bakaty bora dowa deling toa
day »”
“Wo, daar.” .
"I thought it might m I aa* yoa
ter. eoma ootbtetooaa ban ta ybrna
of mil*. Wle* dlnoar for a baagry
■aa to Mt dowa to I I’m a* eo glad I
didn’t dtao at to* elab I”
n wee a dinner It for nay mi to
alt down to, bet Mm. Bowser reamed
that she would only make tbe ■attar
worne by artoaent, aad therefore baM
bar pease, or rather sought to obaaas
the oonveraatioo by teOlod blsaofa
street oar aootdont she had wltasesed
been rating oaa oI year ■hide, aad
that's tbe rsseoa he boaped late tbs
wsgoo I Tba wonder Is tbet be did
not run over baif a doneo pas pis.”
Mm Bowser bad Intended te nek
hla to taka bar la U* theater that
eveotag, but saelaghow "ott" bn wee
me nave It op, and os returning In
tbs sitting-room eat dowa to a hook,
ffivuiartrjssrt
xjsgzzis&r&a,
“Mrs. Bowasr, Is tMa a bonaa er a
wigwam ?"
"Why, what do yoa ssaao I”
“Just what I said, If lt*s a konaa,
then ws aaad a bounskaspar. If It's a
mm It bad gone dowa to the eook to
ba uasd as a an, er, perhaps, yen had
das* It oat of tbe window far tbe
ahttdfsn to ylay bores wttb. An Xs
qglnto er a Digger ledtaa cslgbt pet
ap wttb enekthtnga, hat I eaat g«t
used to 'em Ota yen mis lbs Urns
to tad ae when that sight am
went to f»
“It waa rolled e» aad plaasd seder
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