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HUFt0 EiF'OSITO
FEB. 27, 1874.
ON THESTAcE—A STORY.
FROM IkEISS MARY O'BRIEN, IN DUBLIN, TO
MISS ROSS, OF KILLBALLIIIONE,s COUNTY
CLARE.
• "Surely, dear Mists Ross, this is the
grandest place in the. world, .ancl I don't
regret coming here now one bit. One
thing, indeed'I want, to 'make rue ene
tirely contented and comfortable, and -
that is you, my- dearest •Old friend, to
talk to and tell of all my sayings and do.,
.
usgs among these queer people.
New, where shall , I ,begin? Shall I
• tell you all my troubles with my, Aunt
Macroom ? How he said I shouldn't go
and demean rayself,with the play-acting
people? 'Oh, Miss Macroom,' said I,
'1 don'tsee that it's demeaning myself at
all totry to make my living like an
honest woman instead of hanging on to
relations who can hardly keep them;
selves.' 'Then, Molly O'Brien,' says
my aunt, 'if you doe't see it, I d.o, and
. others do -besideime ; for, sure, it's clear
enough to everyone that a young lady
•born and bred, an O'Brein of Lem, has
no bissineas to be seen on the boards of a
theatre, spouting and - sefeaming like a
and woman, in spangles and glass Ijewels,
• and to get her namein the new papers,
maybe, with a ba,c1 tale tacked or to it."
'Stop, there, . MissMacroom, jif. you
• please,' I 'cried,• very envy with her;
'no Gee has ever said a bad wordl of an
O'Brien yet; and, please ,God, in shall
not be we to give the first catise for
1 • - .
that!'
Oh! she was frightened,. 1 Can tell you
when I spoke up! 'Now, Molly,dear,
be easy,' she says.. : 'No one dreaMs you
- would do anything to bring the old name
low;- but these newspaper. men will tell
a lie of any one to make a good. story or
to spite a person.''My. dear,' she said.
, waxingly,. 'you've too pretty a face to
...aiiear it with rouge auds hiting. What
',
. now, Molly darling, cant yon get an
honest living other ava, s than this!?
Why not go for a gover, ess—yoii that
can sing and play so sweetly and speak
French so well ? 'Yes,' I said, • and
be a dependent all my life -long for poor
• wages, and get scant kindness from any
• one. No, thank -you, kisis Macroom.'
• They were all the, same. I was to sta
at home fin- the honor of the O'Brien ,
mid wear their cast-off deeseee and ec t
their cold mutton, and _be thankful, an I
be a poor relation„ and obliged.- to b
grateful for small favors, and be humbi
and useful all my life long—ail for the
• honor of the O'Briens? •
• So, at last,. off I Went ; and. when I got .
here, I called on the manager of the
Theatre Royal. ' What !' he said, when
• he heard me tell the story:of hew my
people would not have let- me coniee
'you—an - O'Brien" of • tern-- -to comb
amongst us! Why, that won't do at alit
What will all your folks be . saying'?
They will just be tearing Me to pieces fo
decoying you away l'
' Sir, I said, 'was it not you you
self that first encpuraged •me to wish I
go tport the stage?' i
'0h, Lord !' said the manager, 'here'
a pretty piece of work ! Why, ma'am !
why, my dear young lady,' he cried, get-
ting up and walking up and down in his
_ little room off the back of the - stage,
'when I saw you acting in those private
• theatricals of • ydur father's .house at
• Castle Kill, mire enough I did say y-oi
were the only one, man or woman, of the
whole lot, who was worthy to stand be-
fore the foothglets. Yes; 1 Is-aid—and I
meant it too, in a ways -that I would be
willing to make a good engagement with
•yousfor the theatre here. It was a joke,
ma'am ; a poor one enough'left a joke,
anyhow, to say such a thing to Miss
-• Mary O'Brien;'and 1 never thetight yen I
would take inc at my word -eta young f
lady like you ! Oh, dear me, no ! We b
could not think of such a thing; ma'am !' ;h
•
If I can elm my living et .34ter theatre,
1
' Well now,' said T,' and why not? h
t
why should. I not? If you 'won't have i
,ne here, Sir, I must try elsewhere.' f
' 'No, no !' said the old man • 'we c
shan't allow that either. We shan't'drive
_ you away. But, come, now, _Miss O'Brien, li
what will year friends be _saying, when t
they hear you are an actress on the Dub- s
lin Theatre !' •it.
• So then I told_ him exactly how intood li
siuce my deer &flees death—show I was -li
alone in the world, without brother, sis- o
• ter, father or mot ' , that it was gen- B
teal beggary and epeedence on the one *a
side, and on the o ier at least a .deCent h
livelihood and free opa; and possibly- sue- e
cess in a nobleptol ,tion.. N
'Ha ! youug lad, . a said, 'T see you. l'S.
know how to flatte n old. -actor wiab fe
• loves his calling. t -sit ia 'noble pro,- -
fession for those -WI e are fit or- it -and s
• that you are fit for i • I ! am re cly enough st
te believe. God biese rny sou ! _Do yoti :
remember how you warmed hem all up .
in that last act! ' tecollect 1 cept think p
ing to myself, n w the piece is gon• e
asleep with all these lady ad gentlemen
actors, who are no better than a bundle
of sticks, the lot of them- and then'you
came on. I remember it all as if it was
yesterday. -Let me see! what was it ?
" ThePrincees of Troves." Aye, and a
wretched choice for a, company of eine• s
tours. _There was one fellow pretty good,
• I remember. What was his name?
Captain Doneraile—yes, that was it ; and
- he appeared with you, in that scene where
he comes on as the Prince, with some
atrocious nonsensical rant; and thenyon
cut him abort—poor enough stuff it was;
but heavena ! how you gave it—with
what fire ! What life you, put into this
rant, and flashed your eyes on poor Cap-
tain Doneraile as if yen could stab. hirn !
I assure you, ma'am; in all my experi-
ence, 1 never saw high trinedy. so fine as
that bit of your acting." `I ha,vernever
forgotten it. You. seemed to pu your
whle soul into every Word yeti spoke.
' Why, now,' he said, looking full at me,
. 'if 1 haveift frightened you talking so
lend ! and you tired to death, maybe,
, :with traveling ; and wishing me further
I with my spoutings and nonsense!'
• i 'Oh ! it's nothine 1 said; 'nothing to
1
signify—only 1 ani a, little tired with the
i 0
i long journey; and. then—it was foolish
. 1 of me—you btought it all .back in a mo-
1-ment. But 1 am - all right again now.
. 1 Now, Mr. Ball, will you take me, as you
! said you would ?'
1 He ,refiected for • a few moments.
! 'he said, Presently, 'If you must,
•1 you must. If you will be an actress, ,
.
better begin here; but I advise you to
think well about it first. If you posi-
tively offer yourself for an engagement, I
tell you frankly that, in the;wa:Sr of busi-
4ess,'I shall have t� aecept it. I am ,
knanager only—not proprietor—and, act-
ingfor the adyantage. of the house,- I
hould not be justified. in turning talent
*.ke Yours from the boards ; and now,
too-, we are a litile shorthanded. We
legin. in a month with the ' Heir-7at Law.'
(rome to -morrow at any hour you pleese.
Let me hear you read one or twcd scenes;
,
°a, etay, Miss O'Brien, here is a scene on,
;.
from r Phe Rivals ;' please to learn it, and
we Will see what you make of it. We
are neither of us bound for the present.
Sleep upon it ; think it well over, and
if we are both pleased with each other
to -mo To , we will sign an engagement.'
Judy as waiting for me outside the
theat nd we went- home to our lodg-
ings. Y u heard, of course, that Judy
O'Sla e d gone -with me. I had had to
make lap mind to part with the girl,
though I as sorry enough to have to do
it, fur sh: is the best and feithfullest
creature the world • but I said, g Judy,
my• git , am 'going to try my fortune M
the werl , and we must part.' But leav-
ing Judy behind Was no easy nliatter.
She began to cry, and, of course, got
her wa , ud has come with me ; and
now I se she was quite in he right,
fori dell I not have got on, without her
,
It got home I read the play, and
at all.
Whe
learnt h' scene Mr. Ball had ti,tven me:
to you, aid to -m rrow you s all have
have just finished ;.y letter
and no
another,that shal tell you whether I
am enga.ged at th Theatre ROyal, Dub-
lin, with h chance of working' hcnestly
for my 't) n brea , and being beholden
to no ones charity So, good yo, deal -
est Missoss, and don't fret a d worry
yourself! About y- ur true and loving,
friend. ' 1 ' MARY, 0 '11P, RIEN. "
FROM MIS.1.MARY 0 BRIEN TO ILSS Ross.
" Thi 'Morning I was walking ,up and
cloein in ny room, r citing the scene from -
the pla and tur ing every now and
then to Judy, who sitting knitting in
the wind' W,- to ask for her opi ion; but
Judy is #I, t much of •a critic, and all I
can ever et from her is, t Stile, now,
that's ele, ant ;' or, "frast , you, Miss
Molly, foe, )sendling the long werds- ;' or,
'You'll beiher them all, mistress darl-
ing, nevell fear !' But this is not what
I require, :of ' course, for I want Some one
to tell me of My Mistakes." '
i
Jtcly h , e never been in a- large town
before, .anti she is delighted with every-
thing; sh ' keeps looking out of the win.
dow, and telling me of all that takes
place in the street. "Oh, ma'am, here's
an honest tgentleman. coming from over
the way ! . Oh, _ma'am, the. honest gen-
tlema,n's g tei, fall—he's Muddied him-
self all o er r Oh.; ina,'aen, the honest
gentlemanle cmite to our door, and ring-
ing the be !" • In a minute Or two af-
terward titlge was a step on the stairs
t
and a knee at the room door, and the
"holiest ge tleman" himself _came into
.
the room. 1,
He told 'me his name was Brand, and
he was- st ge-manager at the Theatre
Royal—tht, is, he:has to see after everyr
thing that.; es on, drill the actors, over-
look every, ocly, and - keep everything
straight; next to .Mr. Ball he is the
most kap* int person on the theatre.
He said t t Mr. Ball had asked. him to
come to m, to -see if he could be of any
use, for th t he might give me any in-
formation f m re comfortably- to myself
here than ' mi ng a crowd of other actors
and actresses. .
7 4
I said I was extremely. obliged to Mr.
,
Ball and t himself; and that if he would
give me an , bets I would clp my best to
profit by t a
Mr. Brand is a little old mart, with
bright, deep-set eyes, a handsome face
marked alA o(ler with, innumerable line
'and wrinkles. i He is old enought6 hay
1.
quite white hair, hilt he is a map of stir
prising ene-ges and activity of mind. anc
body. Whatever he does he seems t
making a w he bows down to he ver
4
put his \via le soul. into. If it is onl
ground, and ekes a" great swee in th
air with his at, if he sits down h
settle,s himse right clown, and Lan
tack in his chaer as if he was to lee thet
or a month; 1when he gets Up again, h
minds fro it with a sudden start, as i
e had see4 a tiger. When he speaks
e suits hi i i nner, asicl hiseaction, an
.he tone.of, hia voice, exactly to what h
s saying, tirlueh has a most ludicrous ef
ect, and, in tituth, always makes inc in
lined to laugh. '
.
Mr. Bra ' cl, tnotwithstanding lirs. Eng
sh name,- is an Italian by lirthganc
hough he has, a slight foreign! accent,
pt. -eke better English. than any one con
ected with the theatre. He knows on
terature, paiticelarly our playhouse
terature, thorkighly, and.his tastes and
pinions axe loelted up to by every- one.
ehind his )ace he is. familiarly known
s " the C'etintr and it, is said that he
as A claim to that title; but no; one has
ver yet .ventered -so to address him.
otwithstandiag his curious excitable
-a.ys, I caii, see that he is a gentleman in
ding as -Well !ses in manners.
"Now let me hear' you your lesson,"
aid Mr. Biand. "Have you a quick
udy ?"
"Do i lehrn. fast ?"-
' Yes, that s how we stage people
hrase it." t
"1 thinkj now the scene by. heart
ow. It i0, i 'portant to leern fast, I
ppose ?". 1 1 . .
"it is the mest useless and meet cried -
p qualifictition of an actor. Clive me
e actor Who ;can necletstancl the au-
or's meaning; and feel his part, and it
atters not, if it takes him an hour to
arn each Word." -
Then ,he glariced over the scene. " Oh !
all has gi4enlyou this to learn—very
ell -very 'pr7per a him, indeed. If
u can. do a thss, you can do anything.
his is just one -of thdse .scenes- where
mere. ranter is off, his guard. Now to
gin"—and hti tossed the book on one
anguish, havi g discovered that Cap -
ell
le. "The s ene is where Miss Lydia
ant Absolute end Ensig,a Beverley ,. are
e and thet same persou, finds all the
ntiment and Iromance which she hacl
ornisedherself ha,vedisappeared. Lydia
' discovered,' I, according to the stage
rections, slittiipg sullenly in her chair."
r: Brand placed me in a chair, and ask -
me to doesider the window as repre-
nting :the footlights. Then, suddenly
anging hie own gait and manner in a
st wonderful way, he stood still and
tched inc for 4, moment ; then speak -
g in a kiiw, leflective, Most natural
le, in the ; ohmmeter of Captain Abso-
e, he began the speech which opens
e scene with the '' asicle"--" So much
Might bodes Dad no geed." ,fle seenied
know the part as well as I did, and it
nt, as I thought, swimmingly. tWhen
was over herelhpsed into his own en-
etic manner.
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" Excellent," he said'; I never saw
the part so cempre ended ; if it had been
Mrs. Abington h self, who first acted
Lydia Langisish., d gclt Sheridan's own
instructions, you ould not have entered
better into the author's ideas. Lydia is
a complicated. character, sentimental and
romantic, but with l strong feeling, under
it. Most actressea either exaggerate the
sentiment and make it sickly, or ever -do
the feeling and lose all the fun." Then
he gave specimens, !delightfully amusing,
of both extremes ; I" but you, he went
can give the ight and shade of the
se.an,
part. You are magnificent, iss
O'Brien, '. he said, with &half mock 14w.
"Ah !" he exclaimed, "this is whatit
is to have: been born a lady 1 All he
littlefine-sea whichcome unconsciously
to you, h w are ourpoor ' girls to gubas
them ? ut hush," laying his finger on
his lips ith a smile; "eve must forget
all this, !. Now if you will take the book
and read:Captain bsoldte's part; I Will
take Ly ia. i 'shall follow year ohm
reading c osely, fortI can't betteieit, only
throwing in a little Stage businets,
which yo sr experience has not taught
you." Thereupon he sat in ,the cha r,
and, whi e I read Captain Absblut 's
part, he acted Lydia, stopping to shew
me all the hundred little -artifices for
enhancing effect and giving point, whieh
it would take years to discover for one-
self.
For tw hours he continued his Ne-
ws,. niost kindly and. most- patiently,
going eve and over again, till I began
to see hos much unsaspected art lies in
good actii g, and how to be perfect'
natural ant unafl:ccted is itself only a
tailed thr ugh an artitical training. it
was most interesting. He kept, back
nothing fr. xi -me of the secrets of his
profession, and went on all the tune int
terspersing advice, criticiem and flattery
with the in' st ,veondeafrii Volubility.
' " Ah I." 'se said, stopping suddenly
" now you ee how, I can teach where I
have a goo pupil • Will you see Inc a
.?
work on un romising oneS ? I am. going
to show the company how- they should;
act in the n w piece. We bring it outi
next week. All parts are filled, alli
the songs a d speeehes are learnt. Now'
you shall have an opportunitylof seeing
human Datu e from one of, its most rich- •
stu-
pidity, and •ejudices and envies, arad
culous pointsof view, with all its stu-
• jealousies at work undiaguised. Do you
want to knee the world, Miss O'Brieu ?
There is no better place te make its ac-
quaintance thani a f green room, and no
such opportuhity as a rehearsal. Do you
want to kno*
so white? Com.
lessonl to the co
an opportunity,
thing of your fel ow -actors."'
So he ran on, n 1 his quick, excitable
way, as we crossed. the streets on our
way together to 1,I,h theatre. "Stop !"
said he. "One th --have you thought
of a name?"
" A name ?" 1
" Yes, a nowt
romantic; someth
in a !"
This had not ocoiirred to me, but I was
glad. not to have I\ see my own name
before the. public: and I asked him to
suggest a new one to me.
'Let me see ! y4u will not like a very
grand one, like Miss Biddy O'Toole
presently, who Would
h, anything less than
ency !' Will Love-
etherme Lovelace'—a
etag,ey, but not very
that suit you, Miss
Lovelace ! "
Attay &Brien in favor,
cl, by the time we
Itant !hatter we had.
r. A great wrangle
'me that the cone-
' mbled.
said my companion,
eheir parts ! Now
ve minutes, to ex-,
begin again."
11 upon the assem-
lachea .ancl gentle-
' said Mr. Brand,
vity, "let Inc pre-
a,therine Lovelace.
he said, turning to
-akes to represent
hsit has :turned my hair
enci see me give my
Pany ; and it will be
tee, of learning some -
re theatre—something
ing that ,will look well
whom you shall see
not be satisfied wi
.‘ Augusta Montm
lace suit you ?',
pretty name, a a-4
magnificent. Will
O'Brien—say Kat
• I agreed to drop
of Kate Lovelace,
had settled this. im t
readhed the stage db
of vdices had warn&
pany was already s
"There they are
"all fighting civet
they'll be quiet for,
amine you, and then
A sudden silenea f
bly of ten or twelVe
men as we entered,
• "Mrs. Templembr
with ceremonious kr
sent you to Miss!
Mrs. Teniplemoree"
me, " kindly under
the queens of tragede
• reasoning, and persuading, he got ' the
two girls to exert themselves, and the
scene pasSed. off tolerably well. The,
'same thing occurred with the net.,scene,
and with'almost every other. Tlii.e ac-
tors were always wiehiag to act listless-
ly that their false rendering might es-
cape the 'lynx eyes of the stage-manag,er,
always with the excuse that they Nyottid
exert themselves when the audienee was
. present. • ',Ile same plea was always
urged, " Don't put yourself out; Mr.
Brand, it Will be all right when there's
1
an audiende.", 1
" That'S right, gentlemen, put it off
till the audience is there and when the
curtain draws up what does it disenver ?
incapable, sticks on the
asalcgnoettiplhilee'slor:ous part, Mrs. Templemore
,
came on with a long soliloquy, which she
declaimed ' with considerable emphasis.
• ' 'May T inquire, madam, why you
Keep on sWingin,g your arms backward
;t
and forwa d like that ?' • -
"1 tho ght, sir," said Mrs. Temple-,
more, not without some little diffidence;
"that the' action might be suggestive—
might not be altogether unsuited, sir, to
the—despondency in which the chai-ac-
ter I repreaent is thrown."
"Pray, madam, did you ever see, or
hear, or read of a despondent person
swinging his arms like a pendultim'?"
- " I reatert thought, sir," said , Airs.
Templemoie, deptecatingly, " that, un-
der the influence of a strong emotion, it
might sbe i_ermissible to—give a certain
Pendulous emotion to the arms -a -thus."
".Good .heavens, ma'am !" said the
impatient stage -manager, "keep them
• quiet, or the audience will wish to see
strait waistcoat !"
you under the influence 1 of a strong
FROM MIS ROSS, OF KILL ALLMONE, To
• miss MARY o'ER N.
I should.have laughed o
tore, Molly dearest, if 1 wa
deal nearer, to Crying about it all. - Le
too late' tO change your iurposeeeev
• now? ; tan you not, even .at the 1
1,
moment; throw up your en agement a
come down to. us here? Oi , ifolly,:w
did you oat all; and not let me , he
about it irst ; enaybe I cou el .have to
you.eom :thing that would h ve kept y
at borne' . Did you reflect that if (sii
,
you ever0 on the stage, if -on y mice, y
trod. the cateds of a public. t eatre, nev
afterwar alcould you hold 11) youe he
in_ Collet Clare? You now wh
their pride!is here, and whit they'd s
about play-acting people in all tha
Do think It a vet.' eeriouely, y dear- gi
• make a sedden resolution fol your gob
and comeown to us with J cly.
, Totell the honest truth to you, I a
not half bdIieve in your reaeo 18 for goii
to Dublin. s Come now, Moll , don't
cross with ' e, but say it I n ust. You
..
-know we o d people have no ing to do
but sit sal , and use our eyes and. ears.
We can't hdp knowing some hings, and
we - can't l'ele. talking about them. I
know Why oti Went, as well as if you -
had Want). ; and if I do not say what
it is that now, it is not to flake you
take offene ; and scold me for it. - So
that ..‘:3 IV li it -J00aleS, Molly, of young
ladies hat ng . a -high : .epirit an&
quick temp ers., that their best friends
he
er your let -
not a 'good
it
en
ast
hy
ar
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ce
Otl
play, ;i emminnly worded par,
ou
er been inserted in the.new' pap
my life, SO I 113116, tell . you, after all,
What Capt. Doneraile's: story is, though
for my life I can't :Itee: what" concern it
can have for you, or why he should wieh
so much you should:know. it. It is ou
that his cousin, the rich Mrs, Crawfor
of Crawfordstown, lit goingto be marri
to Lord Lintore. $ le has be n engag
to him f sr three .yea s. It ne pears th
Capt. Doneraile's era naine bad be
connected with the! lady's, nit this,
says, is unfounded. I I am a . t iti'd o
woman, my dear, and. eee nothing int(
eating in this _story ; lnit you are you
and clever, and peri 1 . yit do.
}'ROM miss mARY BRIEN, ,AT DUBLi
, TO MIS BOSS, 01 KYLLRAT.,I,iiioNE.
What can I ever t
thank you enouglis
enough, my darling Miss TfosS, for yom
-dear. good, kind letter ? ',lien It re,
it T kept forgetting 1 'as "i 1 a bare. u
tidy lodging in Dublin, an 1 fancying
was listening to yori, sitt ng in ym
pretty little drawing•room ,t Killball
hone, with .the row ofk old ell
on the mantelpiece, aed the
place, and that old worsted.
on the fire -screen; with the
beads for eyes ; and, ; do y
heartily wished. I was back
ing at your friendly face,
fun in your eyes, and listen
pleasant voice !
Now, I will tell you wh,
hannenina with me here sii
before. The manager : and
have taken incessant -roub
theatrical . education, and b
Brand informed me that he
me all he knew, and that so
part of Lydia, in " The Rival
cerned I was. he was i plea
perfect. 'It appears that th
very favorite one with the
ences, and they have s5nly
lately because they hail 'n
take the chief female part, anal now they
have net me they have at ace put the
play in rehearsal.
. The rehearsals had. cone ' o an end,
our drestes were readya the scenes for
at
the new pieces had been ot nit and fur-
bished U. .'Ilie city w placarded with
annaunceinents of the Ow 'etiaiss who
weZ to make b-er debut in he. Favorite
graphs had
rs, hinting
ag vaguely at the marVelo a - 1 eautn and
at talent, of Miss Catherinq Lovelace. and
aa a very', considerable amottnti of interest
a'. and curiosity had been aims d. Every
place in the house had.beeii t, ken a week
rl,
T caught
glass, with
haDds.. "
trick !" t
ne glance of Myself in the
a white face and 'outstretched
Ie will think I it a etage •
hought to myself,' as the dark.
iy aess round, me grew thicken. Then he
cl, laid me doWn gently upon the sofa, -end
en in a momet t I had begun to recover eons
en scionsDess, 1 and saw Capt. Doneraile's
at alarmed. fade over -me. Then 1 .made a
en huge effort_and recovered altniost entire -
he ly, and tola him it was no hing, end I
,11(..1 wasisthmeleflilrliiiitgathinh'ig he atked_ine was if yena'
ng had written to me. el 6illid, " Yea."
- "And teld me what he. had said9"
" Something of it," 1 seid, ' ' Did she
N' give you my messa.ge ?" he as eel '' No,
she did not, hut she wad yoz asked he
to to." So then Capt. Dona, ile gave it
Tal me himself ?It.yarrilip.lezet;artitsyieta,..jolnIkiii:;•
ve -wt,lia..) tet nit,
nu -1' .1 iO's'frile1(3flii.3siei•esis(el via)ie have made up ur quarrel ;
Tr up, I have fiothing to -quarrel' about for
t
T i indeed, ev ekything having leen clear
1- the present.; . 1
all my life do
and be gra,tef
117ri
-orle- parrot
p:le °
eattIN.)c
ittliall e
bere'1:)tI-
ng to your
There we,4e great remonstrances when
Capt. Done:tilde aenoutieed tltat I should
not be able to act, and ehoeld-break 'my
cligagementi altogether, The poor man-
ager was in ciespair, but aapt. Doner-
aile succeeded at last in completely sat-
isfying him—not, I am afraid, for not
ing. n
As I got into the carriatee that drove
me from the ;theatre, still in my stage
costa inc. but Wrapped from head to foot
in a long cloak', I cast a last look at the
pit entrance of the theatre. 1 The doors
would be open to admit the public m a
few minutest. A great piece -6f paper had.
il
been nailed .a,gaiDm, am orst thee it Wan
zwritten, in very large letters , aid. with
the ink still Wet : 1
t has bee:
Mr.eNyitiBirarend
ce I wrote
le day MI
had taught
far as the
s" Ayes con-
ed.• to say
;• niece is
ubliu aud
not had. i
actress t
a. On acme') t of the sudden, ancl alarm-
ing indispesitioa of Miss Cat erine Love -
t lace, the pittly of '‚11he Rivals' isunavoid.o ably postpoeed."
So, after ell, you see. -1 Mwer really
went On the stage. "— The i.Nrelo Quar-
terly Alayazipte.
• a: • i
d, before. I
The aftpinoon of the day on which I
idwas to A.p sear had wern slittqy away ;
le never kite v time so longUI passing. 1-
e
be was perfe t in my pert, hail io fear that
s prepared
et I was ed byoMesses, James Epps & eso., man,
daren't for t ie life of them tell hem t
:torte ilcii
day a ter yon went Cap . Done
ei.dlcd t see me. -I can a sure; yo
the poor me was in a Very hsturbe
state of whet, . He begged and ntreate
O I a handl ed timen over to tell hi
het you hal gone to do. Of course
a Mot satia'y him, after what you 'ha
id tome, and having the fear of you
iger before my eyes. Then he told m
long storir about some misun erstant
g you and he had had, ased how' yo
ad listened o some report ab ut hina
n1 how _that report was enti cly an
solutely fa, se and ridiculous, lid hoe
.
le proof that it was false was hie, tha
but here 1 stopped him, for it coul
of no ei rthly consequenc to . m
e last time you saw me, yo • wishe
hethereanY'stOry about Capt. onerail
as tree or f Ilse,. as you and h are u
ager friend , and as you Saic to me
u might neerset eyes on'hint more 1
*world ; P ut he seemed very auxiou
persuade' e, coming back aaain an
ain to wha he Called his prom, till a
st he almioe broke down my iliatience
d he did. actually get some vlay int
ying, Mollie what a talkative, trouble
cl
s story, an telling how it eva'' that
stain Mrs. ; but you will b
me old. won an this is, to be bbtherin
e always with some st-uPid gears whe
O should b talking eente !
However, I managed to , ilatetrup
. . • t
r-
tl
rn
t break- ent
e felt as
sliding do
ii ward a pre
, own liana
d which wonld separate me for
v what caul( make my only la
t would ha,v given the world::
d treated, or to have woke 'up'
.111
di
sa
81
in
apou these humble at
boards ; herself a 'w orthy successor of ..ab
Siddons and of Pri ,el arc . tl
Mrs. Templemore wept we a curtsey
which it ouly ed the robes of a be
Roxalana to make iajestic. She ac- w
cepted the absurd omplithout of • the •ee
stage -manager in ara •eaenest, though 0
*I noticed that all the othera were pinch- h
Mg their lips to avoic laughing. 0
"Miss Montmoren y,.1 desire you to h
be acquainted with 1 iss ll,ovelace," he 0
said, turning to the n-ettyyoung lady,
nee Bridget O'Toole, vho takes the parts a7
of soubrettes 'on the Dublin" Theatre;
" he said, with a I i
escends to link an
ch.Toles.as Madge,
ta
,o
looked -delighted, c
urtsey. I should ea
ssed with her dig-
s lady's- singularly
said, with a broad
o know ye,
this. an
to • be taken
and Miss O'Toole
quite cordially.
; the has a
mise of fun
I should 1
for the ev
nervous a
letter the
reek down, and ity,
ning in every way,
d wretched. I ;:b
morning. 1 wa0
self all day whether I waS1 i
in,h rash enterprise. - T se
drifting t timid what would
forever fr. m all my former 1*
first entin siasm about succ
triumphs ad died, away, i
after thatight 1 might or might not be
a famous . ettess, but I coulal never again
be the Mary O'Brien whonil my friends
had knowe. .Then, too, I was beginning
to see that
to the colt
what had
you know
had been t
I
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Mr. Epps hap provided our bileakfast ta-
bles with a dlelicately fia,voured beverage
which may save un many heater doctors'
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simply with; Boiling Water or Milk.
Each packet' is- labelled—J:ne
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now give an aecount of the pro
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" We will
ess adopt-
3:rtot your ufacturers of dietetic artieleA, at their
skin, mu, WOrliS th Easton Iload,..London" —
•
0 engaged • Cassell's Rau ellolc-1
seed to be sairConsumption, so prevalept and so
arate- me fatal, is dreaded as the great Iscourge of
0. Allemy our race, and lyet in the iormatiive stages,
and stage all pulmonary coMplaints May Ilse readily
felt that \c\ornatferors11.e, rib.,eisteuysiNiirgin` IB.eti•iyeattrei's _iPhteslinwoenriset
cough in a few minutes, and have a most
beueficiai influence on thts. broichial and
Pulmonary .oeganse-but they 1 must be
-used in time. Public speakers' and sing-
ers also derive great benefit by -using
them. • Sold by all druggists and coun-
try dealers. Price 25 cents* per box. ;
I had been hastk in coming
Anion which 1 rti4 admit was
hiefly led. to my leaving home;
bat T mean. 1 thought, T
nied with and cruplly ins -nit --
ed. • It ha 1 madeene feel al*olt ;
and then t had taken the resiolution to
aly with my past Now
Alen, in some &Opal, one is
n, slowly and. hel tlessly, to-
ipice. I felt tha tytth my
was raisin°. th obstacle
sesnod from
piness. I
•have -re-
met found
e my engai4 nent and My aqt 1 g, and all
e connected:with it, h bad dreeM.
o Five o'clock came. In ani l'Iour the
e doors of the theatre would he opened ;
d in another, the house would : begin to
n fill. 1 hall begged. _Mr. Brand i to let me
s sit in his jowl' room, that iI might be
d spared. the disagreeable rem 'Its of the
t other aetre ses. I was alone. ,,,I:theught
, a "great deal more of your late-- than of
o niy part, !:Te words, " Telnlate ! too
le
a late !" thoe i, ,: wretched, hope, ts words,
c seemed every moment HU ne ie my
- ears. I a as restless, wide t g 'king up
g and down,' I caught, every no v Ind then, .
n a reflection of my figure in th all pier_
glassthat' )Carly filled eine. : $ile of the
t room. Dr ssed for my - part n a stiff `
"Miss Montmorency
profound bow, "cons
honored. name with st
and -Prue, and. Patty.
Miss Montmorency
and. made her best
have been more im
nity but for the yotin
rich brogue, when sb
smile, ".Sure I'm ple
ma'ain." I could no
too true an irishwom
by the, real- brogue,
a,nd I shook hands
think that I 'shall lil
pleasant face, with g
very affected
round, pasty face. ci
and a small, well-wa
came up and begged. t
"Mr. Julius Ocht
Brand, with the sant
ner, "walking gent
lover ;" . then in a vet
me, while the actor %V
and muttering sortie
mark, " Mr. Ochterlo
pet, extraordinary me
tleman !"
.14
4
sed.
resist
n net
O her
od pr
entlen
rling black hair,
ed moestache, now
be' introduced.
niony," said Mr,
sententious man,!
emen, hero, and
audible aside to
s Malting his bow
omplimentary re -
y of Castle Tram -
it, and a real gen-
an, with a -
Mr. Brand went on by one through
the company, intiodicing each with a
mock compliment, of ssvhich every one in
the room but the Person to whom it was
a,ddressed saw the utter absurdity a
" Now, ladies and 1 gentlemen," said
Mr. Brand, suddenly rhstuaiing his sharp,
quick manner, ." we.. re losing time ;
on in the first scene of oblige
Maiden of
1
Miss Montmorency, us by coming
Mexico."
It was a melodrama *the true Modern
type, with highly emotional passages
and over wrought' tsentiment, tempered
by scenes of broad face.,
Miss Montmorency came forward, with
another actress, oat selivants, and they
began to drawl listlessly through their
parts, contenting thems lves with chang-
ing their position as the stage directions
required, and speaking without anima-
tion and entirely out of siharacter.
"This won't do,- yoUng ladies. Do
you want to send the aaMience to sleep
before they have heard the piece out?
Pray leave that to the author."
"Oh !" said Miss
"don't be botherin us f
Brand ; when the dece
you shall see !"
"When the piec is pia
piece is played! Aiwa
story; and. when t e cur
there is nothing at 11 to
By dint of scol mg, a
at -
Montmorency,
r nothing, Mr.
splayed. then
-ed—whenithe
-s the same
aim. draws up
ee !"
d joking, and
OWNERS 00 HORsEs REJoiciN 0. -7 -And
why not? and. who knows but that their
horses are rejoicing as ; who can
prove the contrary? But their owners re-
joice because ef the astonishing and al-
most miractilons effects on their hams of
" Darley's Condition Powders end Ar-
abian Heave Itemedy." Some were lean
and. poor, haying no appetite, others
would &yew' their, food ravenously, yet
derive no benefit ftona ; some were
Inde-bomni, with rough and sletagy hair;
others had severe coughs and colds;
many had thei heaves and other com-
plaints peculiar to horses ; on all it op -
erated as a charm, the disease or com-
plaint was speedily removed, the. appe-
tite and dig,estive organs corrected, the
skin ail:toned, and a sleek anti shining
appearance given to the coat, without
out any danger to, er _preventing
the hot -Se . from• being used, --
Remember the name' and see that the
signature of Hurd SsCo, is on ea.ch
package. Northrop & Lyman, New-
castle, Ont., proprietors for Canada.
'Sold by all medicine dealers.
• DR. EARLE'S TESTIMONY.
Ain. JAMES I..FELLows, Manufacialling
apt. Donerale again just in tin e not to
ear him ottt
e began
I found som • mouth
O would
st,R4scslO
ne little
int you
e finish
endsone
'Brien!"
essages
Yentlennui to youn !, ladies
what they are; a d bow
hat they are, if you sit
t open your mouth, just for
ike a statue cif th god of
3.
laughed, and i deed it
, inessasgae
but when he told his story I lau hed at
.1.
d upon him, who ad been
trying to g(it a, word in for the 1 st half
hour. At las I did consent to et him
tell his story rid give me his ge
me to
; and every time 1
thing to stop hi
N ith, till, in fhe end I thought
ave lost his temper. " Mi
t ,tiss Ross ! e called out at 1
f r heaven's s ke let me edge in
ord, which it is most import
siould kno Will you hear
one single' ettence, ma'am, and
single messegh from me to Miss
"1 -tow can 11. Promise to send
from youn
before I kn
can I kno
f
th
1
flowered and brocaded silk, esit patches,
my hair Owdered ahd drawn back from
my face, le ig gloves reaching . half way
to the elb' , and all- the 04 -feshioned
peculiariti of the dress of r_tSe ,time, I
seemed to thyself to be uttetlly changed
in appeara . ce as well as in feelings, and
to he actually taking leave. Of my old
1 h
self- ala delayed putting oa rouge,
though 1 si mild. presently hate to Io . it,
from some unaccountable tepulsion to
this last di' gnise of myself and badge of
my new pt fession, and my 'face had. a
sad, hinetai d look not all suitable to a
"light conz,1dy lady."
The noia , of preparation, the Shuffling
ere a, ra
all the world
silence ?" .
The Ca,ptai
was rather ha
it, and when I heard his me
_scolded himr venturing to as
be the bearer f such an impertin ns one k
Tell a young lady, indeed, that - there,
Molly ! you sees' was going to b indis-
creet aganai only I remembered n time
not to bother you with his no sense.
However, I was indiscreet after .11, and
I hardly know how to excuse my 'elf to
you for what I have done, or if ev r you.
will forgive me. What do you think
that wheedling Capt. Doneraile ? My
dear, what a haDdsome creature it is,
to be sure, with a tongue that Would
charm a wild bird off its nest, I do really
believe ! lFfe coaxed me to tell him
where ' you , were gone, and what you
were doing in pablin. What wil4 you
say to me for that? Really, n w, I
hardly like to t • k. m _so terriried
As soon as I told him, he snatche hie
hat off the tahle,1 seized my hand inl his,
as ifitwas his sivercl. hilt he'd got hold
of and was going ,to cut his enemy's iead
off with it, (Thank you, dear liss
Ross," he cries, clrushing all my fli gess
together in a jelly, "1 believe you are
the very beet woman in the world," and
was out of the roam in a minute. I nly
hope he may not he on his way to Dublin
at this moment.
I am, dear Mo y, always your a ee-
tionate friend, LETITIA Ros
P. S.—I niever 4bould keep a seere
ot. feet, the knocking of ha -tamers, and
the pushing of " scenes" 44 flies"
along thea' slides, and the' humming
sound of i satient and rentonatrant land
angry ;stoic s came deadened' and ton -
fused to in -ears. Suddenly thert was a
cessation of all sound. for atI instant ;
then my , own name, interrogatively
spokee, reeehed me. It was repeated by
several voices in the same t(Men I re-
flected that only my assumed/name was
known, andi that my real neine to
too
cm
omon for the inquiry to relate o ;
lout I was mistaken. 8tepsii 011ie along
the passage, and Mr. Brat* entered. A
friend of mine, he said, desired to see me
at once, and before he could say a word
more Capt. Donereile himself was in the
room. Mrs Brand shut the door and
walked away.
Dear Miss Ross, that short moment
•was, I think, the bitterest I have yet
lived ! To be seen in that place, in that
wretched dress, and to think that in 0111
short hour I should have to go through
all the abominable mummeries of the
stage before the eyes of Capt. Doneraile
himself ;ato be seen in that disguise by
the man, whom, as yon truly guessed,
I hae-e loved with all thy bean ! 1 could
not bear up lagainst the i'lastucte rind the
humiliationi
. What do you think I did ?
You, who have no faith in .hysterics or
fainting fits, Will hardly believe that I,
who used to Obi' ik as you do about such
things, actually went into a faint my-
self ! I have quite conapromisetl myself
in your eyes. I did not faint right off,
I believe, but the room seemed to turn
round, the light faded from my eyes. I
should have fallen if Capt. -Doneraile
had not held me, and inst as he earne up
tem s —8 r lot several months past
I have used your Compound Syrup in
treatment of incipient Phthisis, Cheonie -
Bronchitis, and other affections of the
Chest, and have no hesitation in stating
that it ranks foremost amongst the rem-
edies used in those diseases. Being an
excellent nervous tonic; it exerts a, direct
influence on the nervous system, and.
through it, it nivigorates the body. It
affords me pleanure to recommend a rem-
; edy, which i really good. in cases for
' which it is intended, when so iii -any ad-
vertised are worse than useless. I am,
sir, yours truly, Z. 8, Eanere M. D.
ST. Sonzi N. 13., January, J818,
A
DISTINGUISHED PHYSIOLOGIST .HAS
mad that Neuralgia is the cry of the hungry
• nerves for their special food., which .is the Phos-
phorousnt
coainedin the blood. Tins painful dis-
ease is usually follbwet by gtneral prostration on
account of the great waste of nerve tissue and in-
sufficient supply of nerve force to maintain the
functions of the'vital qgans. The common cause
of :Neuralgic and. Rheumatic Pains is depraved Nu-
rition arising from Derangements of the Stom-
ach, 2Ia1 ashinult.tion of Food, and 1 ow. Mood.
Dr. Wheeler,s Compound Elixir of Phosphaies and
Calisuya supplies Thosphorous for the "neryoUS
I system, Lime is an excitant of nutrition, Iron for
the blood, and Calisaya for promoting strength.
:No preparation in i?xistenceis ,t) reliable to main-
tain the vital forays iota energize all the organs
and tissues of the body:
Thomas' Ectectrie 011,
WORTg TI;25 TDX11S fsWEIIIIIT IN tio_LIL- no Yon
1%.1‘91,1, . NO ITIS
Ilan: you Dna
There aro bat !few preparhtions of nw.dienThe
which have witlistoOd the impartial lodgment of
the people for oii,.4. gri.ot li-ngth of time One:of
these is TunX.Ns' ELEt!Tita: OIL, purely a prepar-
,,ation of six of some of the best oils that are known,
each One 1(”4se.-simt virtues of its own. -licientitic
physicians know that ;ilealt-iiwt; Way he formed of
several ingredients in certain llAcd. proportions of
greater power, and :Producing Tct vijich could
never result from tne 118e of any one of them, or in
different combinations. Tbas in the preparation
f this at.mic41 onange takes place, terming
a compound which ould not by any:possibility he
made from any otlor: ewabination or proportions
of the some ingredk%as, or any othc2 ingredients,
and entirely AlitlerOtt from anything ever before
(lade, one hich prkinces the most ahtonishing re-
sults, and baying :a wider range of application
than any 3neg1icine t-..,•er before discoverot It con-
tains no alcohol or other volatile liquids, conse-
quently loses nothing by evaporation. Wherever
applied you get the ;a,:netit of every drop; - whereas
with other prepam.tiona nearly ll the alcohol is
lost ill that way, and yofli get only the small quan-
tity of oils which tifiv may contain.
S. THOMAS, PunLI>s, N. Y.
And NORTHROP & LI'MAN„ Newcastle, Ont.,
Sole Agents for the Dominion.
NOTY..—Eleetlie–,SPlecteil and Electrized.
Sold in Seaforth by E. Hickson & Co. and
laumsden.
ttr.
"The Came
Sea -Laity of hnsh
—A yaning Mai
to seeure, his iswe-
so hetook her
threatened to,ju'
Iake if she dianot -
But it aia *net ass
him a dollar that
— Prot, Pipe
guilty pia pared
c.,ent lectures be
there wet no at
And. yitt,' iniinaj
• IY-Fyx)e, hi. she
eratets,"
f Dinna i) -
s. pair fatherless
woman te an apot
ing ont two enact
—ft Was an •re
practical man re
the period, recent
enough, sir, to bo
--What is the'
action on record
ceived a eheek on,
Sea, eroseed by"•
--A bnchelor mt
a newspapnr with
it, not a line wall,
of interest felt in
will centre in iish
7ng paragraph co
--Spaiu is a nic
ens.•Thq have
—At a, prayer
-
few days Stgo, tim-
ed LOrd, thou,
Tomplain$ has sel -
us,. Make him di
—' MOno-poets
persons ,Whe writ
then die. This is
• that &man pieces
—Clergymau --
tipsy, Lachie."
he 'feered—yer qu
—" I'm sorry for i
I, for I got' fon -
whisky waS gran'
—Inferior ('se
make all your n
to do this. an
ever consulting ?
madame, that 1as
hitsband 'whenn,yii
honor -and obey?'"
(engagingly)—"
its no good being,
promised, of cou
MN'er meantit !.'
On a shieping
lady exclaimed,
voice, "-Oh. how
was a inotnent's
out, " how it
moment p4issed, a I
were once. Janore
ehral
W -011:t 4orueboa-
drink howled af
being rhatanatia,
berth, seenTel not N
Thk: aelatrila was t.
lg.-rat:114 sTomazf1
J_».
knee, nd sitaiONNil
801e1113.1 "
• There appeared to -
the ocoup3nt8 of t
emuld have been.
iieliishIse aleal she
' they compoeed
Tte: 11)%tt
air (
body started, and.
tern (1. Oh, h
ad the grateful ma
eere,anaZd the gal
the upper berth.
- . Charles AV
. Sophia Illopkcy,
pal magisrate, v.-
iliettiite nsiw
t_ AiNt'bes,1
i 1
white became has li
her habits by h -m- :
and she, n4sed _hi'
miaid to marry hcr
the idea 1)f et mane
tea the inatter to
who axle -teed him t(
in the • Ullitter..
adolsle,or)e' reistteit NA-
pienued, ankl hastil
on.e. Williap). WWI
• 1:--jaCSiey
tookritere ni
, urged her ejelo, 1447,ak '
inetrint 1141 . • eat
entry in hi a Murtha
':-1ab
Fe-ebierullitalllitt;
anaa.
toward me ibigan tt
For many days 1 ee
which way the. s
WAS it fully deters.
Ihtictullyid4.(efed.ye„oe,i
determined tx .do B
herself to Mr. Will
t
t( 13;z 1 le)xthencgutivioe ' y, n.o:
- pea -formed •Ni! at
• again : "March
•
remarkable for le
for greatness, neitb
edge or enee, .and I
and Me Saturday,
married, thig bon
tle
her. N
eaklahe year
hu
etarof(rd)
110t110Ny, brit 1 4ai
About tlii,..3 -time
erence to - this
wrote the well kno
as there a thing bent
• That strives withl
-Oh, tf ar it thence„ a
The Lord of every
j• \:::11T111?),:F'S? 11,4.i' bad
1
olcvehue:::
tt..;rrs1:7,:e2IllauzaL,me(n:e
and-thirtv, Wesie
-.. ., ..., . .,,.
31irei;itir.8 ;:41(4.1:;e3111-lett41
41::::S\ Vii1:14: great,114 '
tell bow to believe
4 inite natprally„ t-424
ton; uureeel .Ielai
1 ag y44111]. But ( ;
ut
,11\e:Nlt:ftli.::::‘;:rrsr:41.:t)illsh;lr:.it.l'Isi:17:;::311;
n eonnely Listing
wliielt ao playwr
put upon the stage.
ii:leleviirsniltertletitmitieoTti
eontrary to all ex;
tiellt one whom
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