Show 34 COIN CONDENSED I 1 CLASSICS OF WARSAW X by JANE PORTER condensation by miss sara ware bassett ck K K june jane porter BrIll sih novelist ran born bora at durham burham la in 1770 ter her life and literary reputation were dourly closely linked avith those of her arm ter anno annit agarla porter novelist notel tBt and her brother sir flobert ker her porter pointer painter anil and traveler after their ta fa therN death in 17 1770 7 0 their mother removed a inove to bilan burkh burgh where here the children an they grew older had their love of ro munce stimulated by nomo n ll 11 oc clation alth with dora and the young wlter walter scott the ol anun maria published a long loner series K alem of work lur dur tas sam the years between 1707 unit and tint but la in the jane jaae porter whose intellectual power lotar slower ot of development ond and in espre on was greater renter ir than ber ol alteri il teri aters published her first work tthaddeus of warsaw 1803 which tor for her ma an immediate popularity it evex na trans hinted into several languages und and won for or the author the election no aa cn nonea xii of the teutonic order of mt hi joachim some before the of at scotton waverley Wn verley jane jaae porter attempted the national romance in her scottish chiefs chief the story mory of W wal at lare lace had been a great favorite fat ortle with her bet since jaee childhood nad and the poem of soil lind harry barry henry ohenry the was doubtless well known to her the book lacked inched historical accuracy and she fie mude the figure of wallace n rather sentimental conception of the he character yet her picturesque power of narration saved ned the tory story from oblivion porters later orax include the Pon ponters tors 1 duke carl tian of at Lunen hura collor Com lor out and the yield of party she wrote in conjunction with her inter tat balet talet hound a winter Il hearth earth she wrate 01 0 some plays play and made frequent contributions to current peri periodic odi calm iliadi porter joined her brother in in for n time illine but at him death he rel orned to Ent cland to alth with her eldest brother at bristol Ir lol where she he died on the be of may inny isao ho file grent great war in which W poland has won her freedom still fresh in our memory we reread with renewed interest binl crest the old time classic Thail deus of war saw the story takes place at that grim era of history when the little kingdom of poland was attacked by russia and austria anti anil having neen been defeated under the leadership of kosciusko Kosc lusko was forced to sign the ignominious treaty of partition that rave gave her territory to the conquerors and wiped her name from off the roll of free nation not loni from that date until this poland ns as an independent country tins has not existed jane porter lived when the shadow of this cruel tragedy still darkened the world and she penned her romance of thaddeus only nine years after kosciusko Kosc lusko had been taken captive aud aau while he bo was the idol do of tile hour the noble house of sobieski was intensely patriotic and ats ts loyalty to the ruling monarch stanislaus led not only the pa palatine atine but ills his grandson thaddeus into the froy fray it was the young mans first glimpse of war and we see him and its his grandfather setting forth to battle in tile the highest spirits before the boy leaves leave home his mother the countess therese Th erce presents him with a miniature of ills his fattier father whom he had previously supposed to be dead and a letter from which lie learns that ills his unknown parent was an englishman named sackville who while a guest at IVilla now the estate married therese theresa and afterward deserted her since tits his mi mysterious disappearance pe arance nothing has ever aver been heard of him in the he meria time thaddeus has been brought up under the n name ame of sobieski kl and has given tits his word never to assume any other the discovery that hs he Is of english parentage Is a happy one for our heros best friend pembroke somerset Is also an Engli englishman ehman while traveling through russia for a holiday pembroke for the lie mere adventure of it has been persuaded to take up arms against poland and would have perished miserably when wounded in battle bad he not fallen into the hands of young sobieski who from an impulse of pity saves hla his life and takes him back to Villa villanow now here the stranger its id welcomed with all madness kindness and so winning Is his personality that he ope speedily edily becomes a second son in the home when summoned to return to england he be parts rom his polish hosts with keenest regrets and with the eager plea that when the war Is over thaddeus visit him in london that poland will be tile the winner in the present st struggle ruggle and a victor victorious lous peace soon concluded when the friends hall atoll be reunited neither doubts but no suich such fortunate result comes out of the war instead the polish army Is set upon ot at every point by superior numbers num bera one stronghold after another falls kosciusko Kosc lusko ig I 1 taken pr prisoner in oner and at la in order to prevent the slaughter daughter of an entire people the king surre surrenders and agrees to sign a treaty of partition it la Is a 11 terrible day for thaddeus wounded lie he tries in vain to rally hla his followers it la Is useless the cossacks rush forward in pursuit of the vanquished ernly anny swarming after their prey thaddeus la is compelled to retire and as with hla his few retainers he retreats toward Villa villanow now lie ho comes upon the dead body of ills film grandfather who has bas been killed in tho the combat there mr Is however scant meant time to mourn this overwhelming loss hurriedly young sobieski presses on to ills his castle where the women of ills his household ore are defenseless here bore lie he finds ills his mother wasted hy by illness and even while lie he lingers to protect tier her she dies lit in ills arms anus further delay Is certain death if lie ho la is to e scope escape with his ilfe lie ho must nee flee As lie he mounts tits his horse und and gallops feal lops away tile the toe foe storms the re doubts and puts puta tile tho buildings to flame no altema alterative tive now remains for him hut but to say eay farewell to ills his native land and an exile hasten ills night flight to Hn england gland all ills his property la Is gone the riches tile the family possessed have been sacrificed to old aid in equipping the polish army anny in consequence young thaddeus thaddcus leaves horne currying carrying with hlin him nothing but the few trinkets he chances to have upon ills his person one liopo hope however clickers dicers tint in his lonell loneliness ness and despair lie HB will soon ha be with pembroke somerset and no longer be friendless and alono alone during tho the turmoil turi noll of the past few months he has mislaid millaid Pem brokes address to be sure and in addition no letters from england have reached him but these facts lie explains anway as a result of the chipos in which ho he liaa has been living it never occurs to him to doubt tho the loyalty or af affection of tile the englishman on reaching london thaddeus goes at once to a hotel planning to stay there only until lie he can discover the whereabouts of his friend but on oil finding the charges beyond tho the scope of ills meager purse lie Is forced to take cheaper lodgings with a kindly woman lie encounters la in tho the street fortunately tills this worthy soul proves herself a true samaritan for on reaching chIng her house thaddeus overcome by tile tho strain through which lie he had passed at once falls ill III and but for the care of ills his faithful nurse would have tied died As it Is lie he slowly recovers and in order to meet the expenses of his sickness Is driven to pawn almost every treasure he owns on the heels of this misfortune fortuno the child of mrs itoe sont son ills his good landlady dies and since she has baa no money to defray the bills of physician and undertaker thaddeus or mr air ConAt constintine Constant intine lne as lie now styles himself assumes them in the meantime the refugee secures the address of pembroke somerset and writes him two letters but much to ills his grief these are arc returned unanswered lie even meets it his is former comrade on tile street and the englishman passes him by what choice tins sobieski bl but to belleve pembroke a fair weather friend who scorns his defeat and poverty and has ceased to cherish any further regard for him the discovery Is a cruel blow to his faith in humankind life now begins in deadly earnest for our hero while he Is still without money a beloved belied old general from the polish army a man whom ho he ito had pledged tho the king he would always befriend comes to him in want and illness thaddeus takes him into mrs his lodgings and tries to nurse him hack back to health tio tile young nob lemans fl financial condition is now desperate ile he pawns whit scanty possessions remain to him but lie ho must do more ile he makes some drawings end and sells then still lie tins has not money enough to support himself and general butzow it Is just wiled when lie ho reaches reach esthe the end of his resources that he meets lady Tiner n rich londoner who becomes interested in u him and suggests that he be tench the languages to a group of her friends thaddeus Is glad to accept this means of 0 earning a livelihood but the result of the venture Is not alto altogether gAlier fortunate 1 since two of hit his pupils at anc once fall in love with him and do not hot hesitate to tell him so one Is lady sara sam boss who already tins lias a husband and the other Is the foolish and sentimental Euph euphemia emla dundas the forwardness and pat patronage monago of these women of fashion disgusts mr constantine nevertheless he Is penniless and cannot afford to cast aside the position hence it taxes nil all ills his wit to maintain his film dignity and his honor as a gentleman yet hta path Is not entirely without fanlight for at the Dun dunias dris residence lie he tins has the good fortune to meet lady mary beaufort a charming heiress who Is a cousin of pembroke somer sets and as good as she Is rich of course thaddeus falls deeply in love with her and she with him during his acquaintance with these many english h people all of them have suspected that mr constantine Is something more than an impecunious teacher of languages and they try to make him reveal his identity had he yielded to their wishes ho he would no longer have been without ft fi lends for angland Is ringing not only with the fame of kos jusko ilusko but bill also with that of the bravo brave ind and dauntless boble md but thaddeus rhadd dl Is too modest to t thus hus court recognition ito ho will stand upon Us his present merits or not nt at nil call therefore N ft hen general butzow dies and mr constantine Constant lne Is unable to 6 P par IF for ills burial lie he to Is ar ti nested tested for debt and home borne away to newgate New gate grite did ever hero endure bil sach h a chapter of from calamities his dilemma mary wentiford Dent beaufort iford rescues him imploring tier lier cousain vom pembroke broke to go to tile the all tind rind release the tl ic unfortunate foreigner pembroke however bel believes leves the stranger to be an impostor find therefore instead of going himself solids sends a itie with tile money giai lie ho gune gone lie he would at last have met thaddeus face to face nevertheless such a meeting cannot bo be avoided indefinitely lady tine mouth Is an old friend of the somer somerset set family and at her house the two men luen finally confront one another on recognizing zing tits lila friend pembroke Is hied filled with joy and immediately reproaches thaddeus thaddcus for never havlir searched him out it is then that kl tells him of the letters that have lieen re turned to him pembroke Is puzzled puzz fed ile he admits however that tits ills fataei has always cherished a hatred for poland and forbidden ills his son ever to visit that country fienco pembroke has baa never tot told him of ills hla stay with tile sobieski kl family but having now discovered thaddous thaddeus the young englishman confesses everything to ills his fattier father aud and begs him film to vv welcome to ills hla homo tho the polish no tile hie who lias has saved ills his life sir robert somerset hies files into a passion ile ho tries by every means in his pow or cr to break up the friendship then it develops that years before sir robert under the assumed name of sackville kville went on a journey to poland and while there rilet met therese whom lie married and basely deserted what wonder that ever since lie has lived in the constant dread of being overtaken by somo some native of taw land of his crime or that ho he shrinks from beholding the son who has it la in tits ills power to blazon abroad ills his jiame iame and denounce the present heir to the somerset es estates as it Is oil an ugly tangle but the author touches it lightly and straightens it out with a gentleness sir robert somerset little deserves thaddeus if Is glad to be the english mans son eon and the brother of pembroke somerset since however lie he tins lias pie pledged aged tits his word never to forfeit the name of sobieski lie he must retain it lie also prefers to keep tits his parentage a secret nor will he put forth any claim to the property that pembroke lg Is to inherit just why the falls to resent tile treatment sir clobert has accorded ills his mother Is a point jane porter glides pleasantly over the youth la Is given a fortune by ills hla titled father marries lady mary beaufort and becomes an english gentleman the hook book Is spirited tind and interesting but it Is of that sentimental school of old time novelists who bring us to the realization that standards have shifted very vitally since the days when continual tears swoons and fain paintings tings were deemed a necessary and desirable accomplishment of heroes and heroines copyright 1919 by the post publishing co the poston boston post copyright in the united kingdom the its colonies and dependencies under the th copyright ant act by the post publishing co 13 boston oston kaaa V U S A A all rights right reserved |