Show p. yr ROMANCE IN RUSKIN'S LIFE Divergent Rel Views for Long LongTime Jt Time Separated Him From the tho i Woman He Loved r rIn s In 1866 RuskIn declared ared h his s love for La Touche and told her parents parents' of his hope to make her his wife says fr J. J Howard Whitehouse In Scribners i There was a great difference of years 5 between them Ruskin was sev forty f en Rosie was In her eighteenth year fi k There was some natural hesitation on on the p pit part t of the parents and It was arranged arranged ar ar- ranged that the matter postponed post r tor for three years fi z But when the period of proba probation o t was ended new difficulties arose j I There was hesitation not only on the r i part of the parents but also by RosIe Miss La Touche was of a deeply religious religious re re- nature but her views were ere orthodox orthodox or or- and she did not share the wider which views on spiritual questions In RuskIn Increasingly believed Her love for him had never wavered way way- J. J ered since the days of her childhood but she doubted If holding the views i. i she did she could marry him Both I she and Ruskin suffered the deepest aN a distress l. f For a little time there was estrangement es es- t and there Is a moving entry en try In Ruskin's diary In the year 1870 1 Last Friday about twelve o'clock at noon my mistress passed me and would not speak In tho following j year there was reconciliation 1 The end of RuskIn's dream came In 1875 Miss La Touches Touche's health never strong began to fall and she died In May of that year v |