| Show A ROMANCE nM N t m f I t c cOSE I lB OSE tW IS CAREER tR 1 j jI II I I Letters Show That Aged Author Fell in Love With an Aus Austrian Austrian Austrian trian Maid of Twenty HEART WAS DEEPLY WOUNDED Told tier eter lo to Write to Hint Him Again i After AUr They 1110 lied Corresponded S J Tor Three Years i Special tal J JC f OJ E July July J i JS 2 I en ti f C at 61 el dour and gray gra was In love Iov ip t with a 1 girt of M 20 That is the tha R conclusion which most people will draw from the tho series of ot letters letter j written by b the poet to a beautiful Aus Aun Austrian Au trian girl which Prof Brandes has bas Just jut published 1 in n Copenhagen journal Some may muy mu call It J affection re r that Ibsen was a married 5 man roan and that his hll wife was waa living at atthe atthe U Uthe the time but lifter After all that la is only an b 1 other name Ion for tho the seine same thing It li is I probable blu that some Omo reference may have ba g b beon leon on made to 10 tho thu correspondence in III telegraphic dispatches but the tho interest i the letters are sure aure to arouse arousa justifies V treating the matter at nt greater length lenith t tIET j IET HER HEtt AT TYROL 1 Of Ot the tho girl herself Emilie Emille Bardach i f unfortunately we know very el little tIer Her letters arc are not Included In the corre come tI n Ibsen en met mel her with her a j mother In ln the Tyrol In the sum mar r of ot vi 1859 US They Tho sport SPOIlt only a II few tew weeks cekA to w i gather gether Reth r and they th never noer met mot again That fil she must have hl been an altogether ether charming charm In creature feature to have Inspired the tha elderly dl Ibsen with such sucha 4 ii a I strung lit ronI feeling t for her can well bt be b imagined With nil all my m heart h h he says in his hie hi first lint letter lotter I 1 thank you ou most moat es IS teemed for lor the ex cx kind and friendly letter Jetter which I received the tha day dl before leaving gos Goa os and which I 1 have read again and again That summer resort hat has worn quite juite a 0 mournful look for th the 1 past week or in any an case BO so it seemed 1 to me rna No Nu o more All gone gon I t vanished The few Ie visitors that n re could of ot course Mi e offer me no i the fair brief t days dayi of ot summer Rummer I took look my walk in the lter every 01 day da There Is III a seat seal 1 by the road side aide where I un sure flure two people could converse with sympathetic feeling teUn But that se t was empty and I 1 passed pa sed it by WAS GLOOMY TOO ine rne ne goat ICAt hall too too I found gloomy gloom and desolate Do you rou her bar the great drop deep bay lIa of ot the window on the right of u the e entrance to the Ole veranda It was a 1 beautiful bay f I window Th The flowers and plants Nants with t l their intoxicating perfume still sUIl stood 1100 1 there thore as M before But DUl empty how deserted Poor old Ibsen felt just as AI the or Binary dinar young oun man titan feels lel when his hie hi has hu pone gone away war If It It wa at mere Platonic affection he ha had a wry very Ir bad case caso of ot It 11 He lIe always reads rudl her letters letten again and again and tells her so ID I 1 have received your our dear letter with a 8 thou nd thank thanks h he says jays In his next epistle and read rad r It again and again nero Here I sit lit aa as usual at my writ opt F i ing table row ow I would gladly work Hut I cannot j 1 My 1 imagination 1 I lively and e i I i enough en But It li Is always soaring Oaring away 47 elsewhere Thither where In working hours it has hall no business to b be I can not repress rt my memories of ot summer r Nor or will I I to go O through my m aden lures tUftS again and ever again a AIn To transform all this to a poem is II at present pru nt Impossible Im Ah Ali dear Fraulein he says las further on nn forgive foIe me you OU write so 80 charm J Jingly InI In n your Jour last no no Oed God forbid that It should be your our I tIn your Tour lat laI d set est letter you write so 0 charmingly But I J em m not to you Ou Well then dear that you OU are In any an case clue tC to me metell tell me do you ou remember r on one day Ia when we se e talked about a follies and madness s Or rather I talk talked d a 1 lot about them And ADd then Ih n you ou dear child j took up u the part rt of teacher t h r and w rev re rl marked In your quiet qUI t melodious way sway a with a taron look l ok that there was wu nev nen ne l always alway a difference and mine mineA 4 I A Surely If Ihsen had ha not net It t been In tn love lobo 10 t 11 hi n would auld not have regarded that a at as a r profound n And the fact falt that uttered by the charming it made such a deep impression on In him In Is proof hat ht t ho he h was In love t with her If It Mrs lt Ibsen en had bad to tn M let fall h a i r mark rk It II In Is It probable that he h t very n little attention to 10 II It and i r of It II would nev nen never t er tr hAve hace h t car wid 1 Urn to lo such loch h an extent teal it i Tiered with witt his bb hi work Now oll seen ti niRh b he b continues I t tI H a i u ru on I of tHat lat difference before It I yet s 11 all alt the th rest lest i is In Iw in Iii t J 1 memory For 1 tan an r f 1 belt tell I ne It II over again and aF i I e v or madness that thata I I w a i r et it C I err r Or rna 18 It both bothi f e II i Or was U It neither f t r I 01 opts I 1 I i h i n II H supposition Is li ih the thee c e f e ii i mf t the case ra TI nIa 1 II irh a physical n no fd e ity It ItA AM A ii it i v V ie sr fate fata Now o ponder r rc e c r it I It If that t ts WH u these which Ibsen pr rr om an Was WAIl as It f n ty or f t r J vh Ht cat Jf tty ity T b boo wj wt j i lard love Inn OLI u s dy ki tit said Mid it c sear ir cH rv granted tn to thi thA g grid ts t ov eel 1 t It I gi tr to I Ibsen t n f nil all of f t hit his three threes f s re rl years veers ih Jeh Sf f c returning r i si as tty Ity bt lat odds tn HI be he h oc t think It U itt 11 t 1 after artH K r that thaI she he should t render ponder r aver OHr it n 1 j assume um he M says U III t yen JI will 1111 tan It II al already already ready rd its If dollars dollart to doughnuts doughnut U that she t hi all 1 the Ih tattle mute III IN 1 r Text two tn leases are ar couched fOuche In III saner strain He III makes tome some refer careo to a Perk rk en ea which he I Is li engaged 11 I It was a rand makes It plain 1101 that teat Cupid CupIS affords Mm him no sj JUI scalene la In the matter malUr of oC composition hi lea hj bi bU next n Utter letter hf he h goes off on into chap rhapsodies gt f for ft le the present 1 I give ve up upI the till hope opt of our photograph but bet wt better I ter reg s fO e Bathe wilt wait Alt than have hAO a p pore rc trait that lat does dt not net satisfy And Aad be b besides sides r how Hf your Our t I Nt MO remain In irA m my For Tor I z a wn my LIn la tits ICI r t tr r Ji I it nut the e Itself It l f ii 1 I one can Ir m an aft u bf things and IG spin maDr pm fi It Iti i Arid AIM to so I 1 do For or at to tt It Is le some erne J 1 small for the able ablo andU ami reality r In my m mV V k 4 l 1 imagination I always see e you ou adorned adorn 1 I 0 it 1 lIh pearls pearl There lieu lies something deep deeper er something hidden In thin preference But Dut what t can oan it t be I often oUen ponder over lv r it tt Think too now and aM then that 11 I 1 have havo hll 0 found tho the connection And nd than thann again n ln that I have 11 not IF f 11 U ti Which I Is tantamount to tl A confession j that thai when Ibsen came fAme U t wrt with 1111 the tha th of f love lov In his bli own p on onlie J t he lie could no mote more make heal head or tall tail out of If It than trw tn plat moat ordinary of mot mor mortals r tale How shall halll I thank you for tor your our dear lr charming letter he say Fe in a hie next nut letter I simply cannot Not ot as u I should hould wish to It Ii de it not In It my tine line Un I think I 1 hate hare haret t told toM you ax to already And anyhow you OU i Mill 11 have blo remarked it II ite e 11 Meanwhile I road read your our letter latter I r again and liPiD and It the Ui scenes rnea of If w lust let 1 w summer imro r so In wonderfully vivid l and lifelike I 1 see ue I feel the put past anew Like a Q lovely lifting boing of nf rammer I 1 have learnt to 10 know kno you my tear deer ar Only ai BI a form gIn to the season lon of er butterflies and wild flow flower er eye HACK TO HIS S II IIA A letter written iota m tiler iter might be lit b entitled U It t to have occurred to toc c him that infatuation for tor an anold anold anold old man was Mas not altogether a good food thing for the 11 Ctrl I quota float the letter In td full for tor It I le the Interesting one of the series A long a II very ery lung long while I J have bave al cl allowed lowed 1000 your our last lut dear letter to lie be before before before fore me have road reed it and auld reed read it again a ln but never nover It Receive today my InY heartiest thanks In A ft few words Worde And henceforward until we Wt meet again personally you OU will hear but little IIttI from me by letter Indeed Ind very seldom Believe me m It is le I better M foG It Is Ic the th only right thing I f feel l it as ore a n matter of ot conscience that I must Inuit or restrict my m correspondence with you ou For Tor the prevent present you OU must occupy your our pelf colt elf as RI little as ore possible with me m You 1011 have bove other objects to pursue In 10 your Our i young life other elber feelings to which to tu devote yourself And r In d I a 1 t hae have al ai already reedy ready told you jou OU by br word ward of oC mouth can never neer feel Ceel with lIh n connection kept up through the t le poet It teems feIrn to t tome mt me that there l I Ia always something in Inv ck untrue in It Ir I 1 Inee r 0 see nee lI t I lAin nm painfully aware ere that I 1 can cannot cannot not keep myself fully up to 10 the tho right e pitch That la Is that lies iley once for tor all al In my m nature nl ure Impossible therefore In to alter after it ti But Dut you OU have bae such delicate perception such nuch instinctive tive th penetration You will understand all 11 In the way a I have h Intended it ItAn And An when we ve e meet Inett again gain I shall nall ex explain explain explain plain It to tn you ou more exactly Until then and forever you will remAIn In my m t And even cn more to ro than be bl before bet t tore fore when whon this Ihl troublesome trouble Incomplete of lit no sager longer disturbs them themA A greetings Yours 11 H I As All I 1 have h e said lAid they the ite never met again a l which probably bly was woI va lust Juet tys i s well Sell I for far l at lit till all events event lie wrote rote her hi he a aletter ar ai r i letter I of or condolence some Ii aonie III seven months month later on thu death Mth of Ctr her lifT father in P he signs himself Your our c devoted 1 Ibsen f A D I In n 1 brief letter written mitten about ab ut n II nf f month afterward lie fie 10 acknowledges the tha receipt of or n 1 deny dear letter leUr end and lint likewise the bell with the beautiful picture which his wife thought very prettily painted Then he lie adds nut Hut I 1 beg b you do not write to jn the any an more at present When are o t changed I shall let you know t Could It IL have been lieen that Mrs Mt Ibsen Y was II getting Jealous and making It un t v K comfortable for Cor him Emilie i I m obeyed his hi injunction and wrote no nomore Q more letters to him titer After an Inter r 7 veal al 81 of ot reran zeven yearn she telegraphed him himL I L her congratulations on Mi his seventieth i r birthday and Ind received d In reply his ii oj jj photograph with the t e follow following Ing lines puce J Dearest Deare l r t neche my tn mo most t heartfelt thanks for tor your our letter That summer rummer at Gas floe floer r I unease was sas the Iho happiest the Ille fairest of ofIn ny my In life Dare scarcely think of ot It And Ande e yet et must do to co forever Forever Your faithfully I fG 1 mold the rut rest is le silence |
