| Show BMG N fr AND al ja JOi irl N mr mill L lo 10 I 1 roth the poeta I 1 hide lid alti TAU rj fUlTh 0 the castro f r awo I 1 0 r tile hie poet pol s warp 1 wrote uio ilia SQ Franc leca chronicle rm 81 p 23 25 1 joaquin triller is 19 a great nib man tais IF 3 1 w wife ia a much greater woman the ih Q critt I 1 e poet of the has won for lim naret renown in the field of bocy and weird romance mr has won for herself the inapt enduring fame in ia the narrower but bat wore more appreciated field of grim humor and ami fearfully hidir c xi Dir satire of that which iq ethereal weird romantic mantic in nature bud and he a docs it in hiram t that a hold a a world io mrs Pil millers illers song KISS is i ot of joaquin her tuno tune is pitched in ia a lower ley key than bir bin it ie is not poetic it Is id not beau beautiful beausill till III it is oot not romantic but it strikes a chord and harmonizes with every pure and noble sentiment of the human heart alie sm of ofa arc remember mrs bira millers famous one letter written about a year p io in which the she gave to in an appreciative world i a brief bictory ot of her career with joaquin the letter was wad perhaps one utica af tho roost most brilliantly written things ever produced in the englith language the draise of her hubband hax hum band with the different strata of keen burnished satire which ran fan through it all won rot farmr barq miller tho the admiration mi ration of tho the entire eastern and lo 10 g aliah I 1 I 1 11 pross press the letter was via cowmen commented ted upon on all sides aide and s so 0 beautifully was tho the sarcasm mask disked I 1 d in ia it that half its critics were at a loss lose to fiod find herein its chief inherits menu lay f the nt tva nork ji I 1 at tight night nis amri miller made her bar debut lautin in tho the lecture field and ca ayed to li ii acm a little more in wh what atelio she 4 itow about tho the great rol poet pretty well filled although not so BO well ta u the lec turco and her subject deserved DI mra rs IN miller iller is i 1 a palo pale thoughtful looking wom anand ono one who shows that she has passed through a world of cac and sorrow perhaps ncr hapa so handsome ban diome in forni form and figure as shoji in the soul which gleams out of her cyri and lighta up her delt dell cately molded faco face she was attired in a plain black silk and wore her hair drooping droop inc g about her shoulders in a wreath of r ringlets ring lots her delivery ia Is good and hr her words word are given with au all the with v elbich lich they ore are written the pool poet 1114 tile anu 1 mrs miller be begin n her lecture as follows in w 8 joaquin Joail uia li miller fillar the poet of tho lite sierras is ia not ray cay iol individual vidual property lie he belongs to tho the world of poetry and of letters but tho the world must bearin mind that he was mine before he had anc no through h that haft which mado made vim bim valuate valuable to the world As a a diamond in ia the rough he belonged to aio and nad as such I 1 propose to tell you of lim I 1 do not dot come cocoa before you AS a wronged 1 I or wife I 1 do not come to 0 o complain coia the course of our life late has las developer developed a new phase paaso of nature and no one is ia injured to say any great extent I 1 have the experience and the world his has the poet the career of joaquin miller as a 0 bocc c li has as been moro remer remarkably remark ablo than ph hat ito of any other known the career of the mid no u as it a man has not been less remarkably remark remarkable abl e no he left ell home lame al the tha age ag of 14 and the intervening years bad been ican spent mostly in ia tho the shadow of lafount aunt shasta red men and women for or companions companion thop et hoy boy alth 1 1 4 lellow hair and ad blue eyes IM hail beard of joaquin the spanish bandit and thought him tho the greatest man loan of tho the of to be like lie joaquin joaqui 12 was the tire dream ot of his hia liff life adventure spiced with I 1 h danger was his bia constant con pursuit if he lid did not nol have the iho d dL ebion sagacity a aad a d subtlety all of the po poet a of I 1 the a cierras ho he at lent least had the iho p persistent stan t c energy der g y an and 1 I indefatigable able ind industry r which le cha characterize r ac te r he jo joaquin A quin miller she tint farat wrote to lim and then asked him to come to her she taya says I 1 wrote letters descriptive ivo of the wild I 1 r ro 0 mantia scenery I 1 told him of t tho h 0 gloomy pines and the moaning meaning cedars data of tho the wild roses rosca and the gas flowers t bat crammed the bluffs orthe of the f spotted potted fishes that stela away up through the streams of the white lagoon and the little sailboat sail tail boat that wafted wafred on its shores at toy my behest i of tho the birds birda that shrieked ihrie ked from their nests neata upon the reels reef oad and floated in dizzy flocos ils down the t liello L do river and then I 1 told him of my kiy own desolate life of my longing for a anial spirit etc em 1 I told him ill that coni a delightful ca jg h t f dreamy rca my t trait wound over the m 0 U n t q and if ho be would come I 1 would ferry him i M over the river ti in my little bout boat now new I 1 I 1 bay this in ill behalf of the young poet of the sierras what young man woo who had tho the embryo nature of a poet within lit hio in could do less leas than forsake the cold delusive realms of salmon river ana and ignoring the ho robes bud and pinks of the willamette turn a deavear deat jear to the tender voices of the maiden of eugeno crafto creek the poetry and grandeur of the si sea there b re lie ila came riding on the famous spotted horse lie ile slopped to before the door dismounted an aad I 1 eme in 10 the das dashing b lug itoman aloman genera general I 1 who captured cleopatra could not have been more dignified I 1 frit the magnitude of the situation bill and tried to assume the beanne of a spartan sparlan maiden but foiled not knowing what else to do I 1 aled a led him to come in and sit mt iowa down and mate make himself at home I 1 will not narrate what followed in the four or five duys days that followed fill owed we todo rodo and walked and failed and talked and together watched the sun set upon the ocean ocl eart and the moon rise over the fures alo lived in ia an atmosphere of poetry on sunday we wro ma married tried it wat mostly ray my fault joaquin has often reproached me for it ita and I 1 foci the justice of his bis reproaches it is ia true the marriage was wal vastly HILO A firne rul than it 11 dang many of the guests did not dot hesitate to say that it would bo be better far if the brido were a corpse the dashing di alling daring 4 oun editor who came so grandly on lits lis spotted coerber had not dot their hearts as ai lie oad bad mine hut but he was not dot Li climiell lie ile lit idt callej up upon on as ho he does docs today to do soul ething grand and awo awe lie did not think it last to compromise his dignity asan editor of an oregon paper by being affable so when tho genolous hearted wi mi nors ners approached him he waved th them era off whit a 3 blood bland wave of his hand and smiled that peculiar smile emila of his which is is all below the eyes mrs miller badler here went into the by tonto romo period of Joa joaquims quins existence and referred humorously to hid hi search JOE lor a mary chaworth in alo ho person of of a Wd wilametta lametta girl front I 1 boiu that little eai gode ilia camu to their lifo in this city where they eked out an existence exis teace by writing fur for the papers tile the bic or of tile aws or r tile 1 lit elle ellerre rrT lacu to their lire life iu in grant county oregon where joaquin was elected a judge aud and where MM myn her baby was boro born bac be drew a beautiful and most poetic picture of her collage tile there euan faid t that at the he ten kenderest derest recollections ecal c clustered around that place for there the TO was not nat only born her second baby bill ilia tile of if the hidia I 1 anil and ahen followed tho the description ot at Jo Joa iquina quins studies as follain fol loin A ow ladies ud gent gentlemen lerne I 1 will introduce oa lot into the poetic workshop wor khop we VB go up an n outside stairway airway tl enter a a hall and from thence a small biogy room which is 11 the th office of the h e county judge of grant county but re really a vy the par poetic lie workshop of the poet of tho the sierras and ia bore wo we behold the artist at work there in if a lonk long table covered with rub black oil cloth and furnished with nth drawer ed over this table are etro books pit re stationery and at tris mil table wits 6 alta the inist pouring over a lare opert open book ila 1113 pen pea tests rests la in i a spacious inkstand uil ready for use A page of fools foolscap is spread before him hia on which we sea written with walt irregular dashes between there the corli eve r acler oler catter fre daire and so on wo we alarco at alic bool book i prend befort before liim him it t is ii a copy of 11 websters UBI bridged brid cd the poet id u sear searching lhing for euphonious words we wa look at the apoll the tibia tabla hero is a late la um u m here of 0 the llie four antl sh ltd lewd 1011 woods the atlantic tod and overland liep les Is hes lie crick brick democrat mot or micks almanac etc cle we glanca glance up tit t tho the books ullon tho the shelves the Bri tift poets poem in amund volumes are ro ranged in a row then the american poets and authors aullion aut lion victor dlugo a worl works the tha waverly novels some latin audbor aul aut bor horm whose names I 1 bare newt never learned ancient and modern history and biography tue the works of various author too numerous to mention are carefully arranged upon baltic kobau to acau voltaire tom paine ila bla caulay and many others ol 01 bathe the other side odthe of the house is the law library A laro large family bible bound in turkia h morocco coo lies carelessly WL upon 1 pon the end of t the ho a t bics le la Is this thia bible b lo 10 used you aik indeed it is every evening at a certain hour the poet opens this his bible draws his hia huge I 1 closer toward him gives the alvoidy dila disabled bled pen a fierce thrust into ha its depths and an 1 reads reada lie ile rendi rapidly for hill hii eye is quick tod and his perception ready lion the J axe reli rel I is I 1 ajor I 1 for if I 1 footstep is 13 heard in ia tho the hall hail before the door hta tie time lim to swing owing open this volume is ia actors abe the poets knees and tho the perplexed perplex edy legal scowl on his brow but the visitor unless he is a favorite does not remain ah the judge talks clo eloquently eloquent quent I 1 of J toe a science of at law lays his w white K ite hand ja familiarly upon lis his shoulder and handly blandly insists upon lm his sull why does docs bo be not cot remain 7 the room is small thare is ii but bat one W window mid rid that is 13 closed in one corner is a large barroom barrom bar room rom stove behind this stove is I 1 wooden box heaped with dry fire wood mr miller arises when his visitor antem shivers a little tays says he is not well feels chilly hopeni the door and fills ilia the stove with with wood in a few minutes the stove is red hot and the visitor sits fanning fanni Df bimel with me ble Cor cornicks Cormick micks fl almanto until he can endure it no longer when ho he als rises es bud and goes au out t the artist then closes ls goe the draught opens the wi window n and 1 resumes resume lis his work th that a ia the an only way I 1 can do ho he wool would 11 ay 1 to 0 m me they would sit and talk for nu hours r s i if f ei I 1 mate make it too warm for them I 1 give i V this for the benefit of industrious 1 lawyers cri who tire are bored with vi visitors sito B but joaquin was as anick and acute in perceiving perceiving genius genius or originality in people As in books and us As careful in an culling fee hag gems gains from conversation as from authors ol thre the Tu choit of byron and ana so sirs miller went on W with etli an after anecdote ot of him whom she called the distinguished poet pact in his b imitation of Byron mrs miller thus took him off during daring the preparation previL ration of these poems through which joaquin expected a to win a lame fame in Undo obo was excessively baronie By ronie and I 1 charge the great bar bard in indirectly with many of hla his rat little ittia it juluies foibles joaquia joaquin had sia an incorrect idea of byron and being much luch an anim admirer orbital of him it wast doa trance strange that ho he did almost imperceptibly to himself bim solf fill fall into an imitation of many ny of his whims lord tile that bat he did not admire a learned woman ergo joaquin professed a horror of literary woman lie ile kept his h n literary library in his law office and acid when I 1 would oak ask him for any information in literature politics politic aci cienci ci ence or current topics ho he would tell we me not nob to seek to enow an anything y rk litin t in t that I 1 was tomoe moro attractive e t to 0 him lus as I 1 was alord lord byron for the sale sake of being M witty alty said that be could not at endure to see nee beauty at beor keak and in consequence my poet always epoco spa a of a women wo an who w a enjoyed enjoy a good maal 2 derisively ive called id them ormand gormand ize iscra an and I 1 the a it like e lie a never neve liked to see me 0 parts partake 0 of huoh h food of course I 1 was i nt e r 1 l to maling a agreeable g r e e I 1 h had a d a ted desire etire io to please my p poetic 0 e t ic liege and I 1 went hungry until I 1 became quito quite palo pale and but it was all in vain va in for my poet went treat down to the classic shades of oregon and made love to s bouncing Wil willamette WilTa lametto metlo tirl girl who be weighed pounds avoirdupois and alia at ate all she wanted A Pris princely seely Pre tnt this th u little episode epi of the favori fai fa hars hori teader leoder regard for lna his is ia peculiarly rich J joaquin 03 I 1 1 as you kaow k abow sl is very eccentric I 1 i in avii bis 1 drem ress always very S ago at in liia is talal to in ia looking any little p purchase a for or myself y or tho babies babics lie ile a aaran ays taught aught me to disregard jewelry a and a ornaments orn amen amentA I 1 but ut last winter he be sent maul 3 a a little tire at in jewelry I 1 suppose to coco ungo go tho the child ia in her syndics to is naud wu was in ia anxious anticipation of this present for ho he had bad written her for months that bo be had bad a locket and chain for her bar which he would send mod as soon as a bo be got his hia photograph ready lor for it and hoped she would he bo a good girl just before I 1 jett portland it came I 1 I 1 received a package a of papers in the mail mad and upon upon unrolling them out it dropped a hugo huge ell chain ain which looked lile like tho the tail fail oi of a ma magnificent serpent and a quaint looking I 1 picked it up tenderly 1 I looked at it tested it it was braw bras aud and must have bare cost lim him about twenty civo cents I 1 but bat you know it ant tho the value tadao of a sift which wakes makes it precious I 1 Jr artig tig 1 in ajro to st iiii 1 jn lc tead MM miller lillor drew a touching pic picture turo of her desi widowhood tiler liter joa gains quins departure for london and ana closed her er lecture in ia the following slowing glowing aaa ti ire it must bol be del thit that what I 1 havo have said tonight to night dight will wound tho the pride rid to or is jure tho the 11 miller I 1 iller should they reach ln is cars cari pollack in ia tho the practice pra elice of duthu says lahat that BIBO men could stever never tell sagi w what better mount or why that should ile be called lollar honor which makes man maa mur der 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