THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; FRIDAY , 3TEJJHUAHY 11 , 1898.
AN INVOU
THE SEQUEL WAS FINISH
11Y Kt.TXAUK
The editor pro tern of the county Journal
tat gloomily In his office , frowning heavily
and biting viciously at his mustache.
Thkigs slood In thU way : The cdltor-ln-
chief bad been called hastily away , leaving
Hugh Klllnt In charge ; and as that youni ?
man was umbltlnuc * , this had been -much to
hit delight ,
llcfore loirlng the editor had pMced be
fore Hugh the matter to bo used Ui the next
! 8ue IncluOliiK the ooncluslon of a stoiy
begun the previous week. Tills ntory U wan
wbhli had proved the nnare to Hugh.
Cti looking over It he discovered , to hla
dlsmiy , that tin * filial page * were ml. lng
He had looked for them anxiously , but In
rain -hence the rontutlon about Ihe desk.
The ilory could riot be left unfinished , neither
could ho take It ujxm blmaelt to roibstltute
another. Suddenly his brow cleared and a
eood-natutcd * mlc ! lit up bis face.
"Ha , ,1)10 ) country's r.ived ! " ho exclaimed.
"L'll wrlo'an ( nd to the hanged thing my-
eclf. "
Ilrushlng axlde the cluttcilng papers , he
placed what there was of the "hanged thing"
before him.
llo laughed to himself us hlu ever too
ready senna of the tldteulous eaught thu
humor of the ( situation.
Evldttitly the personages In the story were
approsrblhg a crtsl * . The characters who
eeomctl to be the most promlnmt were a
tall , dark man and a short , light ono ; a
lic-iutlfnl joutiR lady and a peculiar per *
EonagL' named Nosino King , who scorned id
bo 're-ated by all 'with exceeding faml.-
larlly. >
Iliiuh p'indcitM over the situation and
vainly indeavoicd to find the natural vnilliiA
oC Itill. / . Ho had not read the llrct | > Jit aiid
consoled himself by , hoping Ib-H very few
othrm h < id. It occuned lo him to read It
now. but an luck would hove. It , a copy nf
the Izsl Issue waa not at band and h < > did
rot Uke Iho trouble to look'OHM up. think
ing , gloomily , that quite lIKclj It wouldn't
lo toy h * > ! p If ho l.ud It ; and Una , too. ho
thought longingly of tbo club giounrt.i.
TlniUH went Bivlmmlnxly nn En. h
rtorac'er made several lilgh-soiiinlln > r T-
nr-iiliri und went oft the UK' ' ' The bom
tlful jming Imly lud u pilliulic Inlet view
vUlh the light man. In which ihy losulvcit
to put. The toll , dark men , who was mi
doubt HIP villain. BH vlllaltit were ulv\i\a
dark In Htoiles ( so Hugh U' vonodi. < ind. ot
conrsn , no ntnry wan complete without o'i ,
made dime null , toils remiuks nbnut 101-
rlbullon nd vvnKcainc. mid Imwed hlir-
Rplf on with all the Miilliw aivl giAi-e that
nrcompliahid villains urtHUjposod to put-
sess Then Nusmo King sang a touehlni ;
eonK and ndPd the whole thing 'AJtti u
Btnei.il remark on the vanity of life , anj
the yltiry closed , le.uing the hciolne In a
Ewoon.
Th mamif'iTlpt , thus aitlstlcally com-
Iileted. was bended In with the other ina-
terblH foi the next \tt\\t \ \ \ > of the .lourn-il.
and then Hush P'lt the dcMc In ordnr , ana
much eldled by his success us an author ,
BtmU'il [ nr the ' 'lub grounds.
The papi-i cuine out im tlmn with every
ilepartntpnt up"to Its iihtnl standard of ex
cellence Hugh read his nut production
with great delight , und was cmicr.Uiilatlng
himself on having no successfully "gotten
out of a hole " UK he expressed It , when the
unexpected happened In that peculiar w y
It lia-i of doing.
The tincxprctril In this ease came In the
EhiOi * of a young woman who walked Intc/
* " theolllro the day after the paper came out
nncl demanded ot Mr. Klllot to i.ce the
editor
, , < Hugh vxos not unaccustomed to the slslit
of young women ; nelihrr was he accus
tomed in such a peculiar mingling of ctillls
of apjirc'liinslon and tlirllU of adliilr.uinn an
hc < exfji < rliMieed when I bin particular young
wonmti aiippircil cm the wene.
She wns : i sweet looking glil In a dainty
tolli l of. pink that suited her brown eves
and hti'.ito iierfoDtlon. Hut. In these same
bionn oyiJs war ; an ominous look tliat called
In'n exlntence the chills ot apprehension
which 1'e WHS also forced to acknowledge.
"I regret to oaj the editor Is out ol
town/1 replied Hugh , courteously and 11103.
tiuthfullv.
"Indied , nml may I n k who K taking his
plBCO ? " '
Horn the rhll'H ' of apprehcii&lon ios" li gh
In the ascendant , ns the "coming event < us"
Its shadow hufuic , "
"I have that honor , " he nnsweied , vvlnh
Ing heardly that all the honor there was
In It bulonged to anybody else.
' . 'Then It Is you I have to thank for co
nlter'og ' the xlory o'llillslad yesterday that
eve i Its author can kcarcely recognize It.
"YOU AH1J VKllY KINO WHAT AMKND5
UO YOU I'UOPOSR ? "
I ask If you consider your alterations
An Impiovement ? "
Tli'n ' was. then , as ho had guessed , the
author of that nncmled story.
"I must e\plaUi , " he nald , "You ei > , Iho
last pagns of the nvinuivrlpt wcro mlistng.
Tlnfortunalely I had not read the first put
of the Btory , being so rushed ( with tennln ,
though It was not iifcotnary to explain that ) ,
and BO had to gueti at the muling. I am
exceedingly sorry about It , but It could not
bo loft nnnn'stied ' , and a * ( tin end could not
T > o found there won * nothing else to do. Any
amends tluit pan bo made will bo done most
gUidly , \ assure > ou. "
"You are very kind. What amcnda do you
jiropcaft ? "
"Well , " said IliiBb , with a - at
tempt to defend hla course , "you know how
frequently the moat popular writers nou .
dn > 8 end thi-lr ttorlet traglroll } , As I have
had no experlcncfi In that line , I thought I
would probably come nearer right to follow
their Iwd. having no Idea of the correct
codlrtc. lint , to fpcak of the story Itself ,
v.-as not 'the light man the hero mid Iho
dark ono the villain , that Is , the offending
party:1'
" ( YrMlnly not. The light man was only
the brother of the heroine and there was no
villain , aa > o'u call It. In the story , The
dark man wa her betrothed. And us to It
being the farhlon for dtorlra to end sad , I
trllove lu love tlorlca ending the right
way "
"O , co do I , " Hugh liavtpned'to tuy. "And
I HlncerHy regret my mistako. liut curely
1 did not do wrong to let the character
NCSMIO King wasn't It ! mskc the con.
c'udliiK remorks ? From the part ho played
throughout I Judged he would bo likely to
do computing lo the point t 1he end. "
"O , did you ? NS'cll , he was the dog. "
'Great Caesar ! " exclaimed High | , cud then
lhat Irrrpreuslble < enso of humor artwrtcd
Itiolfai4 | ho , bunt Into a ringing laugh.
" 0. I beu , your p rdon. I am auro I'm
1 rartlly tony for my pirt In < hls thing. " hi !
ald , with eucl ) an honestly pendent eound
1U tils volca that she could but believe him ,
"And | ( thcrt 1 any reparation I can. make ,
bullevo m.e , ( t itull be done. Shall I ex *
ij&ln In the next It ui , or will you not tead
rED STORY.
ED IN THE TENNIS COURT.
rtt * t.
the lost sheets If you have a copy } Indeed ,
I would be only to hoppy to eervo you In
any way " ,
"Hut , Indeed1. ; ' he said anxiously , "It
would bo a pleasure to do anything you wish ,
It you will only.-Connnnnd me. "
She did not answer , and Hugh opened the
door for her , wretchedly conscious of a feelIng -
Ing of utter Incapacity to cope with the
situation ,
Ho sat down In the editorial chair after
she was Rene and meditated on his sins.
"I was a regular fcrute , " he said , fiercely ,
Jumping up -Violently that the dignified
editorial chair went cplnnlng around like a
top.Hut
Hut some warvhp'must gain her forgive
ness. Ho did Mot know her name , nor , In
faot , onythln&tabout her , except Well , noth
ing but that he hoped , ho would sec her
again , and theu he 'would find a way.
II.
"No , " she answered , stiffly , moving to
ward the < leer , "I'm sure jou have done
quite enough , I will not give you any
further troublo--about It. Good morning. "
'Anyhow , here * wiin a chance to show that
there \\aa at 'least one thing he coulil do
well , and ho vowed that ho would make a
bmvo fight OIL -'this occasion , Tom Bugle
also took his. place on the field , and the
fight was soon on In earnest.
The day of the tennis tournament came ,
and came gloriously. Hugh Elliot passed
hither and thither at various calls , In all
the glory of a white duck suit , now wield- '
"MH. ELLIOTT IS INDEED A GENIUS. "
Ing a racquet lns.tead _ of'the editorial pen
Jiut us the game was being callud , and
the places allotted , ho ciiurr.it sight , of a
dainty figure , In white this time , v > hlcl he
recognized a ( once. Jt was his dU'iuitj ot
the brort-ii eyes.
Sl.o was chatting with some of his friends ,
the Bugles , and Tom , tingle , the rascal ,
was hovering around her with all tlic aa
Riiiancd and gaycty of which he PM.SI.HSWI
finch a Konerous share.
"Tom alwujs was a lucky dog , " sa'd '
Hugh , aiiRrily , whllo his wrath rose high
against himself as he recalled the scene In
the olHcc.
For two hours , with slight Intermissions ,
the battle raged. Htnh knew In hla heart
that ho wen playing superbly and felt , too ,
that the maiden In "white was not totally
oblivious to his fine strokes.
When the closing game- was called Hugh
found hlimclf with Tom Bugle as one of his
opponents. The four players were well
matched , and Hugh knew that this last
same would bo no trifling matter. To make
It still more trying he observed that the
little party \vlth whloh Tom had been , In-
cludlns the brown eyed girl , had approached
their court to watch the game and the re-
cult. . _ .
When the prizes wore awarded Hugh El-
1'ot ' received the first gentleman's prize , a
gold scarf pin In the shape of a ball and
racquet , tied with the club colors.
Tom 13nglo was the first to congratulate
Hugh on his victory , which ho did without
the slightest appearance ot discontent.
"And now come meet my cousin. " he said.
"Nlco girl. Going to be hero the rest of
the summer. Have been looking for you
for two or three days to have you come
around. "
And Tom was loading him away , with the
flush of victory still animating his fai-e , when
suddenly without any premonition again
hose horrible chills of apprehension over
took him. but this time unaccompanied by
any thrills of admiration.
For. entering the club giounds and heart-
ng straight for them , was Mr. Page the
edttor-ln-chlcf of the Journal , who. bavins
list returned , was anxious to ronbult with
high an to hla success , and rightly gut-used
his was the place to find him. Thus , Juat
as the young men approached the women ,
10 came up , and , knowing Tom well. wa
irosrntcd also ,
"Mr. Papo , ladles , and Mr. Elliot , the
ehnmplon of the day and my rttHilens con-
limror. My cousin , Miss Ruth Somera , and
ny sisters jou already know , "
Hugh bowed with .mingled feellnus of
pleasure , embarrassment nnd pride , but there
\ns no hint ot their late unpleasant meel-
UK In the few words with which lluth
; rcotcd him.
"I congratulate you on your victory , Mr.
Slllot , " fiho bald , "you played magnlfl-
ently. "
"Thank you , I am glad there Is ono thing
can do In a civilized inanntr , " he unuwerrd
vlth a significance which she only iiudoc-
Rtood ,
Otlicra BOOH Joined the group , und Mr.
Page took the first opportunity 10 ask Hugh
about the paper. ,
"I hope you had no trouble during my ab
sence , " ho said ;
"Not especially.1' replied Hugh , hesitat
ingly , and knowing" full well that every word
could not but be overheard by Miss Somers.
"There were some few mattcm not quite as
I had expected. You have seen the paper , of
course ? "
"Yes. nnd I am glad you got It out on time.
Everything seemed , to be up to the usual
mark. There was , however , Just ono thing
that Gomcuhat purprUed me That wttt- the
istory concluded from last week. It struck
me as being well , rather Involved toward
the end. "
"I regret that It w s , " replied Hugh , "and
I am to blame foe th t. Unfortunately there
had to be a slight alteration toward Ihe end
on account of an accident ; that Is , tome ot
the concluding pages were misting. "
"Jllnslnel" exclaimed Mr. Pago. "You
don't tayso , Well , how did you mantgo
It ? "
' 0 , I played Author my eU. " answered
Hugh , with a print smile. "I regret the
it-iult wai not hotter. "
' What , my dear boy , you niolo thn cnd7
Why , you're a treasure , a Jevul I thought
you capable , ot course , but .scarcely thought
you equal to that , not being In your llno.
I m thinking- looking up a ucceuor ( or ,
< < emu I line In the future , and am glad to'
know where I may let my mantle fall. "
"U was abominable , " bere Hugh could
not help but put In , hli endeavor * to lay
tbe right thing from two points ot xlen
proving a serious tusk. "I'd rather fix u [
everything else on the paper than do nn <
other love story. I know , besides , that th <
writer will never forgive mo , which makes
It worfe. "
"O , wai there any unpleasantness ? " askci ]
Mr. Page , hastily. "Of course wo don'i
wont anything of that kind. Authors arc
very touchy , and can make a good deal ol
trouble sometimes. "
Hugh's face had fallen decidedly durlns
thi'so last remarks , and he saw that he
stood a poor chance ot advancement | t hie
chief knew how very unnatlsfactory to the
author his conclusion to the story had been.
I3ut MtiA Somers also had caught the hint ,
and now turned a charming face to Mr ,
Page.
"Indeed , Mr. Page , " she * ald sweetly ,
"you said you would lea\e It to me to
Judge , and I assure yod Mr. Elliot's part
ot the story was charming , and so like the
up-to-date story. I must say , I WCB ex
ceedingly Interested In reading It , myself ,
and feet sure the author will make no coin-
plaints. More than likely the writer forgot
to send thn manuscript complete , anyhow.
Authors arc so careless. 1 think MJ. Elliot
Khould bo praised and deserves every ad
vancement for hla ability. "
" " Mr. Page cheerfully -
"So bo It , then , agreed
fully , nnd walked away , leaving the two
young people stranded together at some dls-
Tanco from their party , who had moved enduring
during thu conversation , v .
III.
Dy a mutual Impulse , as soon as Mr. Page
WUR gone , they glanced furtively at each
other , and what each saw In the other's
Jaco must have , bepn reassuring , for , without
inord ado ; both Immediately dropped their
dignity , and broke Into such a hearty , good-
natured lough at the turn the whole thing
hud taken that It would have been Impos
sible after that to regain their distance ,
and made them feel like old acquaintances
a't once.
"Do you remember what you said to mo
the first time I ever saw you ? " he asked ,
without further preliminaries.
"I said a lot of things , didn't I ? Sonic
hateful onvs. "
"Ne\cr mind them. But you gald , too ,
thitj you believed In love Glories ending
the right way. I'm thinking of a cabe where
your ending could .be . used beautifully. "
"But I thought you liked two endings ,
llko ono of IluJyard Kipling's stories , and J
ibellovo you couldn't think of any more. My
ending might do for one , supposing there
was such a case , and "
"Let us suppose such a care. Go on. "
"Well , yourd might do ton the ether , and
you might have Nosmo to sing. Set , hero
ho Is. "
"O , 'bother ' Nosmo. "
" .And the heroine swooning , and the
villain that was what you called my hero , I
believe "
"In this story I'm thinking .of , the villain
and the lover are one , so one ending would
be enough. "
"It seems to ibo rather Involved , too. "
"Then let mo untangle It , Ruth , and since
my miserable ending was published , let us
live out your happy one together. That Is
the use I want to make of It , and that will
bo far better than having It published. "
Hero the villain icoKed so mucn in
earnest that only ono ending eecmcd at all
possible , and Ruth answered , trying to speak
very Innocently nnd falling dismally :
"Of course It's n pity not to make some
uro of It. If you. think my ending better
than yours " , j
"Never mind finishing your sentence ,
cither , Ruth , " said Hugh , gladly. "I do
think your'B .better than mine. But If I
had never written mine , perhaps wo could
ncvor have lived yours as rjftw wo shall.
So you ace there Is somethingto ! > o said for
two cndlnes. "
"llul I don't know , " 'begun ' Ruth , with
one feeble effort to resist the lrrealstlblo.
"O , never mind , I do. J'm a full-fledged
editor now , and am supposed to know all
about love stories. "
"Whether you do or not , " added Ruth ,
saucily.
Hut hero the villain takes matters In his
own hands , and the story becomes hopelessly
Involved.
I > V THU HA 11 , .
I'liniwrlo on HITIM-H llmli'ly Slinl-
< > r -il liy n Yt'll for fipiih.
Wildly , fiercely , whirled the snow. Driven
by the terrible northeast wind , relates the
Chicago Tribune It swept In tcmpestuoiib
fury over the landscape , blotting everj thins
fiom sight. Its sharp flakes pierced the eye
Illm n nod t no Tn Bttrlplltifr rritula If ft 11n. \ , \
hither and yon , the howling gale now heap
ing up fantastic drifts and anon scattering
them with Its Icy breath us If the splrl'
of the storm with demoniac glco were riotIng -
Ing In elemental chaos. In ever-Increasing
volume It plunged and tore with resistless
force along the deep , narrow cut through
W'hlch the panting engine of the night ex
press was plowing Its way toward the great
city , dragging with laboring grasp , Its load
of precious human freight behind It.
Straight In the teeth of the maddened
blast It fought Its way. AVIth his band on
the throttle Blood the faithful engineer , striv
ing In vain , oven with ihls trained vision , to
plrrco the ghostly gloom alioid of him. All
landmarks were obliterated. Nothing met
his vision but the i > all of s-nowi beneath and
the blinding flakes that ( Hied tbo air above ,
beyond , and In every direction. The head
light threw Its fceblo gleams on a wall ot
falling mow , but was powerless to
penetr-ito It.
In their luxurious palace cars , secure from
the fury of the storm , the passengers
dreamed not of danger. Little knew they ot
Jhe premonition of disaster that lay like
a leaden weight In the breast of the brave ,
patient man who , with all his senses alert ,
itood at his post , responsible for their
sifcty. and ready to answer with his own
life. It need be , for the hundreds of other
lives Intrusted to his keeping.
What does the world , that heaps with
wraith and honors Its flimsy heroes of u day ,
know of real heroism the commonplace ,
everyday heroism of tbe railway engineer ?
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U rang through tbo trait ) , loud , startling
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It ta of special Interest that on this , John
Greenlcaf Whlttler's flOtu birthday , there
should bo published for the first time a
rather full and absolutely authentic Htory
of itho Quaker poet's .boy . love , says a writer
In the Boston Transcript. It will bo re
membered that Whlttler , by his will , left
$10,000 to the Amesbury Homo for Aged
Women. Ono room In this homo Mrs. Eliza
beth W. I'lckard , the niece to whom ho
left his Amesbury homestead , has recently
furnished with tbe massive 'black walnut
set formerly used In the "spare room" of
her uncle's lioubo , the room where Lucy
Larcom , Gall Hamilton , the Cary sisters
and George Macdonald have In former times
been entertained. This apartment In the
homo Is to bo known as the "Whlttler
room. "
In. connection with this homo comes the
story of romantic Interest. Two years after
the death of Mr. Whlttler an old womun
made application for admission on the
ground that in her youth ehe waa a school
mate and friend of tlio pool. And although
ebo was not entitled to admission 'by ' ibclng
a resident of the town , she would no doubt
have been received If she had not died soon
after making tbo application. This was
Mrs. Evelina Ilray Downey , concerning
whoso schoolgirl friendship for Whlttler In
accurate newspaper Articles were current at
tbo time of her death In the eprlng of 1895.
It may bo that at roino time the whole
story of her llfu .Will to told , but I am per
mitted to give oulynin outline of It ,
Gvcllna Ilray way born at Marblehc-ad ,
Maso. , October 10 , 1810. She was the
> oungest of ter > 'children of a shipmaster
who made many/voyages / to the East Indies'
and to European ports. In a letter writ
ten In 1884 BliQi s ya of herself ; "My
mother w s a Fulrlck , a name known
among tbo houtcdjolclera of Massachusetts aa
early as 1665. > lj < father , an East India
sea captain , madoilfrequeot and long voy
ages. For wfe-keoplng end Improvement
he sent mo to Haterlilll , bearing a letter
ot Introduction fcorn , Captain William Story ,
a brother of Justicfc. Story , to the family ol
Judge Hartley. They passed me over to Mr ,
Jonathan K. Smlthand ( Mrs. Smith gave ma
an a roommate her only daughter Mary.
This waa the openjng eeabon of tbe now
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, Bradford academy. Subsequently I gradu
ated from the Ipswich Female seminary , In
the old Mary Lyon dajs. " Mary Smith , her
roommate at Haverhlll. and her llfeloiiK
friend , though for fifty years they wcro lost
to each other , Is the venerable widow of
Ilov. Dr ? S. K. Smith , the author of "Amer
ica. " 1 >
, a YOUTH AND BRAUTY.
Rvclltfa Is described as a tall and etrlk-
Ingly iJcautlful brunette , wlt'j remarkable
richness of coloring , and nhc took high rank
In scholarship. The house on Water street at
which she boarded was directly oronslto that
of Abljah W. Thayer , editor of the Havorhlll
Gazette , with whom Whlttlcr boarded while
at the academy. He > is t'jcn 19 years old
and she was 17.- Naturally they walked to
and from nchool together and their Interest
In each other was noticeable. H the Quaker
lad harbored thoughts of marriage , and even
gave expression to them , It would not be
strange. IVit the tradltlon.s of his ecct In
cluded dlsDrr.jrovnl of music and Evelina's
father had given her n piano and film was
fascinated with the study of tlin art pro
scribed by the Quakers. Then , too , Wblttler
s poor and his gift of versification , which
had already given him quite a reputation , was
rot considered In those days of much con-
Bcquonpo as a means of livelihood. If they
did not at f.cal realize , both of them , the
hopelessness of their love , they found It out
after Miss Dray's return to her dome.
Mr. Whlttlcr accorrrianled his mother to n
quarterly me tlng of the Society of Friends
at Snlcm and ono morning before breakfast
took a walk of a few miles to Iho quaint old
( own of Mprblrh'cad and paid a visit to the
limni ) of his Echoolmato. She could not Invite
him In hut , Instead , suggested a stroll along
the picturesque locky chore of the bay. This
WM In the spring or early Hummer of 1828
and the ooet was 20 years old , a farmer's
toy with high Ambitions , but with no outlook
as yet toward any profession. It may tin
Imagined that the young couple , after a dis
cussion of the situation , saw the IicpelcsBiiets
of scenting the needed conni-nt of their
parents and returned from tholr morning's
walk with saddened hearts. Whatever dreams
they may have cherished wcro from this
bour abandoned and they larted with tills
understanding.
For more than flfty years they met but
once again and tills once wiu at Marble-
head , four or five years after. Miss Hray
had In the meantime been ( caching In a
tcmltwry In Mlsslsslrpl and Whlttler had
been editing papera In IVoston and Hartford ,
and had published his first book , a copy of
which he had ecnt her. There was no re
newal of their lover-like relations and they
parted In friendship. I have Mid that they
raet but once In the half century after that
morning's walk ; the truth Is they were once
again close together , but Whlttler was not
conscious of It. This vat whllo he was
editing the Pennsylvania Freeman at Phila
delphia. Mlts Dray was then associated with
a Catherine Heeler In an educational move
ment of considerable Importance and was
visiting Philadelphia. Just then a noted
Massachusetts dlvlr.o. Rev. Dr Todd , wai an
nounced to preach In the Presbyterian church
tnd both these Haverhlll schoolmates were
moved to hear him. Dy' o singular ch'anco
they occupied tbo wine pew and sat close to
gether , liut MUs Ilray was the only one who
was conscious of ttils and she was too hy
to reveal herself. It must have been that
btrbvnuet bid bcr face , for otherwise
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Wl'lttier's remarkably keen eyes would have
recognized the friend of hla school dajs.
Their next meeting was at the reunion of
the Haverhlll academy claso of 1827 , which
was held In 1885 , fc.ilf a century after thp
second Interview at Marblehcad. It must
he-re bo said that It was not hh ochool boy
love which Whlttlcr has commemorated In
such opems as "Memories. " The only lines ,
BO far as lo known , In which direct reference
may bo traced to the affair now under con
sideration occur ID the flcio poem , "A Sea
Dream , " written In 1874.
Miss Dray , early In the 40s , became prin
cipal of the female department of the Uen-
tra school at St. Louis. In 1S19 , during the
prevalence of a fearful epidemic , the school
building won converted Into a hospital , and
one of the patients W.JB an Episcopal clergy
man , Itev. William S. Downey , an Kngllsh-
. man , claiming to be of nebo ! birth. Ho re
covered his health , but wao entirely deaf ,
not being able to hear the loudest sounds
for the remainder of his life. Miss Ilray
married him , -ind for forty yraw endured a
martyrdom , for ho was of a tyrannous dln-
poaltlcn and disagreeably eccentric. Ho left
the Episcopal church and became a Ilapt si
evangelist , preaching In the Htrceta and dis
tributing tracts of his own composition.
Fortunately they were not reduced to pov
erty , though ho accepted alms as If poor ,
and this was a sere trial to his high-spirited
wife. They came to Now York , where ho
continued to wrlto and distribute tracts.
On ono occanlon ho was seriously Injured by
a street mob which had been roused to
frenzy by his preaching. Ho never recov
ered from the rough handling he then re
ceived , but for the rest of his life showed
that hla mind was affected by his bodily I
Infirmities , and was more eccentric than i
over.
over.H : wife Tiad nuver told him of her early
acquaintance with Whlttler , but ho found
It out by a singular chance. When Rev.
S , F. Smith and wife celebrated the 50th
anniversary of their marriage the event
was mentioned In thu papers , and the fact
that Mrs. Smith was a schoolmate of Whlt
tler was chronicled. Mr , Downey had heard
his wife speak ot being a nchoolmato of the
wife of the author of "America , " and put
ting these two circumstance * together , ho
concluded that his wife also must have
known the Quaker pact In hLj youth. Ho
tald nothing to her about this , but WTO tea
a letter to Whlttlor himself , and sent with
It a tract he had written In severe denun
ciation of Colonel Robert Q. Ingersoll , As a
postscript to this letter , ho said "Did you
ever know Evelina Ilray ? " Whlttler at
once replied , ackaowlbdglng the receipt of
tbe tract , and making this character-'atlc
comment upon It :
CHARACTERISTIC REBUKE.
"It occurs to mo to say , however , that In
thy tract thro hat hurdly charity enough
for that unfortunate' man , Ingersoll , whu It
stems to mu Is much lo bo pitied for hi *
darkne&a ot unbelief.Wo must remrmt < c-r
that ono of Urn great causes of Infidelity la
the worldlness , tselllthnesx and evil deal
ing of professed Christians. An awful
weight of responsibility test * upon the
Christian diurtli In this respect. ' '
To this letter ho added aa a pontscrlpt'
"Cut you give mo tbe address of Evi'llim
Bray1 Mr. Downey at once wrote that he
w s her husband , ( old of his nervlue of tbe
Matter , and Indirectly begged for aislit-
anco In bis work of spreading the goujiel. I
Of course , Whlttler had no sympathy with
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the work Downey was evidently engaged
hi , but ho feared his old friend might bo In
destitute circumstance , and for her sake
ho mode a liberal remittance. The miserly
husband kept all this drom his wife , who
ho knew would at once return the money ;
but aho came upon the fact by finding a
letter of Whlttlor's In his pocket. She \\as
Indignant , but her letter to Whlttler re
turning the money was couched In the most
dellcato terms , and gave no hint of tlm
inUcry of her life. She was In occasional
correspondence with him until the year of
his death ; ono of his jest letters , \yTltten nt
Hampton Falls In the summer of 1892 , was
addressed to her.
Their only meeting was
at tlio Haverhlll Acadumy reunion of 18SC ,
nfty-clght years nftcr the love episode of
tholr school days She had a .few . years pre
viously ent hai'k ' to him the volume she re
ceived In 1831. when she learned that ho
Had no copy of It for slio did not know ho
was carefully destroying uvery copy ho
could get Into his hand * . In acknowledging
the retuin of the first hopk ho "ever pub
lished , Whlttler wioto to her that "It
Bccmcrt to him on apparition of himself. "
When they met at Hmorhlll , ho took her
apart from the other BehoolmateH , and they
then exchanged souvenirs , ho received a
miniature on Ivory , painted by Porter , the
name artist who painted the first lUifiiem
ever taken of "Whittler a miniature now
In posaoiolon uf Mrs. Plc-kard. The portrait
of Miss Ilray represents her In the full
llui.1i of her glrlUh beauty , wearing as a
crown a wreath of roscH This mlnlatiiro
was returned to Mrs , Downey nfter Iho
poet's death by the oleeo Into whoto pos
session It came.
It has been supposed that the legend of
Skipper Iresoii , which Whlttler said ho had
from a schoolmo'e. n related on pagu vD' *
of hlH "Llfo and Letters , " WBM told nun b/
Mies Ilray. Hut I understand thai the
biographer made In lulry of her In regard
to thU matter , and i-ecimed her emphatic
assurance that she dll not give him the
story. It will bo noilvnl tli.-it Wlilttier dies
not my the full ntory came from his cclionl-
mate , hut only "my verso wa solely founded
on a fragment of a rhyme which I hronl
from one of my early schoolmates , a nntlvu
of Marblchcad. " 'flint r\\o \ \ > vn the sthool-
mate referred lo thoru can bo no doubt , as
I hero was no other of tbo academy students
from that tonn.
Mrs. Downey pent her lant days In the
family of Judge Ilradlcy , at West Nuw-
Iniry , Mass. After her death omo valuable
china of hers was nold by auction , and noveral
plecca were eocurod by a neighbor , Mrs.
Ladd. The I 'IM family have ihico taken
charge of thu Whltl. r birthplace at Hati
Haverhlll , and by thN chain of clrcii'iiniinrc.i
I5vellna Uroy's ch ) < u nn.v rrits on the
Whlttlrr sholvcii , logotbcr with tlm Renulno
Whlttlcr chna | whk.i has been put In Us i
old place by Mra. PIckard ,
It was no : becausi of tloAtltu'ton ( hat
Mr . Downey made application to enter the
Old Ladles' Horn * , which Whlttlcr lu.l
founded , but beratise , chprlKhln until the
day of her death her youthful Conduces for
( bo poet , nho ! ) i'K'3l to live during tbo nun-
vet time of hnr life n < Hir bU grovn. In all
probability her roqur t wpulc ) hayo been
granted had not she , too , been jtlddcnly
called to the land where marriage r.ud civ
Ins In marriage U not.
