The Sentinel, 1880-11-19, Page 73./.3(Gia(41'.
Not many years back the late Maisano
li-estrii4 vas b`ringing out a si.sries uf i lirit
nuts extravaganzas which aitraeleil 1,11
London to the Lyceum Theatre.. Youno
playgoers can have no idea, of the beauty
and attraction of the charming spectaelcs
which i•eventeen or eighteen- years since
delighted the town. . The, sparkling and
witty verse of Planche. the splendid
seenery of Beverley, and the. Wen:, iiiiisi-
cal ant -1. histrionie, of the entire coaipany
who interpreted a-lich pieces as .. `nib King
of the Peacocks," •• 'fbe Isi•mtl. of Jewels. -
and - 1-:_ing Charming- will ever ci,iise the
period of iNf.adanie Vet'Aris' manaigemex1t.
of tin‘ L10011111. to be remembered as a
memorable epoch in the :meals of t.i.i,
theatre.
It was during the •' run - of the " Island
of Jewels.- and the pit entrance to the
theatre was. As usual. crammed with a
dense mob of sight -seers eagerly awaiting
the opening of the doors. In a. great posi-
tion. almost at the extreme. eml of the
avenue, strod two young men side by side,
endeavoring to make the time pass more
rapidly by lesting ;with, or. as they
termed, it. •• chatting," tliose around =them
They weie about- the same age-thiat is,
from•two-and-twenty to four- and -twenty -e
and- were ineilim*students; but, though
evidently close friends., there Was a striking
"difference in their- detnean,r. The one,
tall. wiry, muscular,. With :an impudent
smile. sparkling, .sauey blank oyes, and a
.bullet -head covered with- thick datk curl-,
of the. texture of horse -hair, spared noth-
ing alai nollody in big attcsiiapts to get
laugh out of the crowd.. The °Thee, also
tali, • -but :with a high : white. brow, nut:
brown hair:and lqoft .drearhy hazel eyes,
seemed bashful and uneasy., and. fretplently
even:blushed ra.t the eoarti-e 10kgS of hi,s coin- w
panion, whilst he hiniself ventuted Zudy On 1 0
. ak=fewroild jests,- widela.seenied intended aS.- iAtii
.a.set-off. t.o the -rudenessof his. boisterous t t
friend: --- ' - • = ' • .. A ,.
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Iinniediately -ill freht-of thid patrstotli.l..a
thin, Unilersiz.l:d inan of middle age,poorlY
yet nett,t1y....clatl, Whose face. -\raS, -though.
wrinkled:ain't' of the f color of coffee:int-611i-
- gent 'in .the i..treine..-- - Ills oulek, 'LIC 's
gray eyes,.-_peprino Prom --a pent‘lim.t,c.- of
4i b...2' i.lrin-cldirrirftl-hair,- his, -aquiline:, nese
anal firimwel'iLentrra'outli, all deu..ted:- intt-1-,
-1..-c..ft:itd, pAvers Of a high =order. Ile It:pact:el
, like - Oaa-- of the..--sztges of old. ...Eccentricity
W.14 stamped in Q-Vt.!t41.411:e....1.14a, ;.,.na ;yet-
. ,u. wt:o lima -atly discernment of -.cibaratewr
. -instinct iveW felt- that beneath this.dis'unise
\% t-, ezini-e,,a,ted a Niritable, diamond. The
• old Maui had no hat •on.. ----=he haid.iliviliably
1111. it C1'-1 1111 the :1nelee2--but in lieu of
it - his .1:av." Wa.Lii _covered:. NAit.b. tt..Ted
handkerchief kaiotted :at the foil:- coruertz.
Tt.it l-:- .*bc..i.A•6rolni of the YOlitig: ti!e!it
11-2.11:1 itaSkulpt up a continuous fire of.c.,vcit
4arcasint, a.. -t his novel. if .not -elegant, la•-.4.al'-.
dress. The old man toi-,k Cal's -all iii g.:0,1
par:., bu-; aft. -r soin,e-rez.ii,rk. more I.,. n7y.bit,,
• tic. and .1i.t.t.c4ed.thit.ti -asualfront il.:11K-illet.7
:cluictl.• .61.,seried that
- ha.? ,-• ---.#.trw,Ly- -oi.dt. rsttiltd tItZtt 11(1 1..aeited,
turk.0:0.‘.7.711I.:15.!-):.''..
.7 .0. \O._•.... ........• 1 Av. ,...[.. !Li-. .•.. .t ...... -... ...• ,
-chi:7- of, jo'ke..:-.; .vsho 7: re- - n,-% cr".
shkw .to NV.)1...td, thtt itti:Iiii!'i CIE' l)i.I.I.•:',..- It1n. :
rtirti.')Itttr1 V ...- 1:.ti-!iysitoeff.:stiv qua rkels,• tle. .
1.3.-iten ...It ••ir i!c„ n w,aponsare ti,citea against:
thona. •Szi..i.i!:`, 1...:5, lb-, laughter iii. -the
romadin....! crw.v.i, olai,iiyof whow inalieliusly.
told hin: tlizt. th,kt :was ,- one for hin.i.:- 7he:
was- al.. ic.t. to rcttirt angrily, Witfell ZL.graTrug
, _ ..
}ifle.-)NItt.' ' ill tellig.enc.e-totr.c-
- --weary -car tawdat hat -the- d;wrs were ,apening.
--. Tii„, yoz413,4. -;11:1,7a ttstatitl_s. riyt.:•Jvcced: his
good }Minor_ .. . • - . . -., .1- ::
',..`.Z.t,w 1. 11 671.1.- .11e 0Di 0d. '' f p r witrti: , _old
-1 Alo...suci0iL--.1e1,,k sharp!.
"flie". Int;tailic )6.c/11ml -of i 1w.,tier A.c.-z!...--. im.
mt4liatelv 'heard, .-....he ticiket„.distribator
puired-bkw a.rid. perspired, ittla the littigli- iu
Mg. pusiiing,:. eager Mob surged .iir and ele
packed the pretty little theatre from floor a
.,
to Ceiling. - . . ' - • '.. k
Bier -men the- handsomer Awl by far the
more gentiernaulvof thetwo friends, :waa
. -of .Swedleir extraetion and Was an -suitase
sthning, modest: 3•0ting. fellow.: ...-1.1essey",
en- the ether- band, - was ' a . coarse
lout' ..of -the . worst . peesibie -type,
half 'belly, -.hall efo0b; and ..th9,- inke
mtiey „between the- y.ounee Meet Wag -t0 be
.: accounted for only- by imputing -itito that jta
strtinge• attractielewhich so often draws 4es
men ei totally% dissimilaitastee aild'elliarac-: I? b
- ters-togetbete •"-Like will to.like - is ateite Plud.
but .a, false .--,aying.; and. we far more -fee-. 'al
.- quently linch that Men and.....women both • vo
choose the owesite ofthemselves; and that „ is
like is.at-trail to unlik-e. -
Theperforinariee ',over, thc. two young f:lol
melt enteredthe theatre tavern in ordert' lo
int:e an itepromptu supper .61, pork pie and-
tAi,-r.. itie. -Strangely enough- theyfound
he old man who had been the subject of so.
Much sarcasm in the . earlier part of the
evening'and who- also had. Oct:Tied-a seat
in the Pit'. immediately .iii front of them, e le
there- before them
The old beggar spans to be our shad-
, s'" said. Ilessey, coarAel.y,.in an under-
tone to- his companion- '`:'..Oae would. think
. lie was a c.etective." - r.-- • . - .. •
. TheyeadVanced to -the, .bar of the taveen:
and gave their orders • - ..• .- "- . .
: -
. "Do.. take_ care-, Tiessey," said 'young
Brenner; "ehe.will hear.you." . - • .
: -"The: obi --beggar has heard" said the
strange Man, with a ..sioilo -full` of irony,.
"and: perhaps he may be a 'detective'k--7
Ifet-seyS 71r-ted.-7-ef eharacter,,addedthe.
old -man, ,),.
quietly. : .. - •
"Oh; •-thaeti."- Ali!' pried. Heseey, are
lessly. - ..-. . .. •
The old man deliberately- iiwailowed a
Merkel of, Cheese:And biebuit, and taking 1
hie glass in hand, adyineed'to that part of
thebar where the young trietestood,
'•• Yeethat's all -and. enotigh, toe,” he.
fillid.: "-1)-t Me tell -you, young geutieman,
.that seine people haveri!t •rruich.. of that to
1ase.7-
= IIes.sey delored and, -to change. the Su. -
jeet, said z - e . - . • -- . • ' • '
7" Well. goyerrier, and what did.you.think
of ' The Island -of Jewels?' " - .-. a . • -
•`‘.13eautiful !" responded the old Ibwa,
• eutiimattstically. - '" „.
= -"•And which of the : actors. aid, you. nre-
.fer. eir ? ': .s..,ted iir-enn ei. sotaewhat titri-
' "Sir,".Teplit&the Straugori 'i=there wa-e-
• no A,J111f,T.- ' • • -
. -.4. No -acting? --'1- saidilkenuer- .
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1.:it..2- i•ezfl1f)ry;V.7it, . ber-Aityi,if you like,
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iigmatirammonsenomnaa•
.r," broke in the old man, wa ling his
eu• impatiently, "she is a xvnderful
07 all ; but --
Veil, sir?" said Brenner.
vou young ineu ever hear this say-
• Tnere is but (me God, aud Maliomet
prophet?' •
/11, yes, sir! "-said 13renner."
tathe?,- supported Hessey. ,
0 strauger cast a withering glance at
ei atter speaker and said -
e !letters. There is but on% Shahs
Ve.11, then, this is my opinion ofpedarrae-,
Edmund Kettle is -alas, I should say
- his interpreter !"
den't'wonder at that," said Heseey,
with the insolence which appeared,
eel to him.
'city?" asked the old man. . •
eatuse yen are not unlike Shylock
ov1se1f," replied Hessey ; "and there isan
01 0111 clothes -about you.''
len he had perpetrated this brutal jeet.,-
ey looked round for applause; as ie the
on of self-styled "wits;" but a dead
re fell upon his ear. Brenner colored
son. est
lir," said the old. mail, with dignity,
xi g• his calm -penetrating eyes on Hessey
11 he medical student, with all his impu-
el e, fell abashed, e when you have lived
ng as I have„ youwill know that youth
eters itself in dishonoring old • age." -•
murmur of sympathy arose from all.
nd, and Hessey felt ready to eink -into
'round, -
s for you, young man," adder the
iger, turning -with an :indescribably
voleritysnaile to-13reener, and puttieg a
itlto his hand, ••hereis my -address.
Is the honor. to give me yours. Strange
• happen in fhis.world, and we may
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t eyes were directed to. the young
de; who, bhishints .and covered 'with
tiSion,- drew.. forth his eardecate;. and
ed -a card to -the old -man; Taking -it,
out another word,- the stranger van-.
1 :through .the-wihg:rloor of the tavern,
*army ola-cOve !" s4id Hessey; playing
his glass• and tierhig to-flaugh the-
-er.dff. - '
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iS-1114.611 respected by all who Sinew
ling •of Lo idon ilieattes," iiiterpoSed
ii:trinaid, looking tontemptuouSlytt
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as he bee.0 an actor?" asked Brenne.r,
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sir," said the _young Wothan, with
,at deal, -:more respect than She had
yilfested •towards his companionhut
very fond_ of the drama. They eall
• Little 'li•-ette;',: because be thinks Ed-
li,.ean the greatest. actor that ever
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:They :Ilse Say. that: he ,really re-
41.es Mi Kean it face and figure:" •-•
:on x 0 in -hick, Brenner," remarked
ey,..uueasy. ".the. -coutempt: whiell
ss diSplacd tawards -hire 111 the coati(
ices ofseveral of - the ensiinners.
ea.
;menu; eaeouder :if the old geni-1e.V1-'01
on. st4..% of guineas 1." -
`e r-eporred to bc riclirsaid the b,i.r1.
34:M11c:zanily_ .
owe alung.-leCs get out of_ this, 1ixen7
cried lieqsey Siiincf the. arm of ii
and _hurrVing him into`
e. • Then, 'when triey: were.-outsidc,
••• What. A: shindy. just beaa,use a
55 had aj,',ke with the old cove
ea -mer did not reply. By. the light of
as lamp lie .was,•exarnining tui eitrd-
h the okl.gentlemaii. had given 10 .h 'ii
6 thisiascription , writ ten in peneilee
thj4pOrge, i negta- Yard, Driiry
the young surgeon mitered his -consulting-
rpm this was what he seat-.
Half sitting, lia.lf crouching in an arm-
chair before the fireplace, in which yet
glinnnered a few expiring embers, was a
young woman of apparently not more than
2G years of age -indeed so slight, so fragile
was she, that, butfor the anxious look
upon her face, 'she might have passed for a
girl • of 15. Her attire was an old straw
bonnet, a dark meriao dress, and a coarse
black -and -white shawl of •• shepherd's
plaid." She was sitting with her back to
him when the young surgeon opened the
door, so that all he could see of her was a
shower of lona golden curls, which, loosen;
ed by her walle't and damp with the. falling
sleet, had escaped from beneath her bonnet
and tumbled over her shawl, gleaming in,
the gaslight like a cascade of 'burnished
gold. She was looking intently into the
tire, and sighed -deeply. Then, as she
heard young Beenner's footsteps, she turned
round, raised her head; and rose; and the
surgeon was positively -ainaz.ed at her ex-
treme beauty, as well as at her graceiiii
.salutation. - . . -
" Mikis right," lie said to himself, as he
instinctively 'bowed; "she is. a lady:"
He- noticecl that the young .girl's fade
was . wet With repent tears, as she
hurriedly. explailied to Brenner the -motive
it her visit.
My father, sir -env, poor father 1 'He
has mettvith a sad accident, and- lie wishes
so to see 3-Ou again !''
"-1 know hini then?" said Brenner.
. . "No, sir; .yet -that is, he knows -you.-
-
You have seen hini once," she replied, 1107
Ling a card into- his hand. . •
The 3.•oting sure/eon looked,puzZlecl as -lie
"road the nanee aloud. . . •
• Sporge.," said. he-' Spoige" 1 den
remeniber tiny -one .of the naine.--; I nev e
saw' him," -• -
Oh, Yet; sir -eyes," cried :the. giri teare
full -yea" at the theatre -the -.•Zyceuria, I -
think liesaldr : • --
"A,hl-•Yes, now I eremember," saud
Brentiere- ".1.leer old- gentleman' ' -Is 1e•
ill, then ?"•-•
. • .
. . . -
e Oh," answered. the young girl, clasph
her hands "he has broken both his leg
• Oood 'leaven haw horrible!" Sad
I3tenner... " How did it happen?"
beenrufi over by -A cab, sin!'
- Has he had no. attendance then ?"
' ,--Ire§ sir' but he sale.; that lie would:- n
be tortared. ' It was useless; he Idle* he
-shu1d. the. And then hasuddenly tlionghi
of -you and wished -to :See -you.. Oh, dear!
Oli dear t." '
. The surgeon Saw. that the young girl tv
rapidly becoming hy'steri-pal. • Ile tookft0 -
the cupboard a small bottle- of choice Mar •
schino, and -poured out It liqueur glasS'
"brink thils.- he said quickly.
• She'obeyed him:like a .child; 'and thn
Brenner rang the bell.
' " Fetoh a cab-, Bob,"
,
' Sir," he- began, • . •
t.
.e „years later. liess.e.y, the teekleSs
C;(.. student, had, . Sq:Ct,reei V per. -
• be wondered...at, " gone t0
ner, on the other hand. .wlioSe quiet
tudioris rii-armer had ained foridin as.
esteem frOM his fellow-Staidetits and
uthoritics Of the hospital as the ipso.,
and -looseness of -Ilesiey had gained
ith was prospering in the -world.
as noili twenty-eight yeara of age and:
gistant-surgeoll:at one of thelicaipitals:
Was rather a rough Winter uight, and
t lialf-Paet 6 o'clock. Brenner had just
eclhiSbaeloi'e dinner of -A fried Bele
steak. and was sitting in the. parlor
comfOrtablelodginge liear the hespi,
eet on fender, and cigar 1i Mouth, ge
ndulgieg in those Almischar-like- rave -
iii which most of: the . deveteee of The pate* ..opened has .eyeS- with an,
C0 are prone in stiCh moments Of eaSe exclamation Of joy, . -Ete recognized Been-
einess to revel, --when tha sharp' lad, net and feeblY.Plit-c>11.t his hand. • Breinier
errand -bey, half .ps,ge„ who waited took:it between his own, and utte.reda -f6ticr
him -and who, by the way,. though kindly words Of recognition and of conee-.
ievous as thost_London boys " of thir- Idiom But, as he afterwards' said, he Saw
who hair() been taken froniethe streets, 'froth the first that the .eaSe- was, hopeless.'
tsl bus master -made bus appearance, The poet old man's face Was contreteted by
ng extremely eraysterioni and impore intense' pain, his cheeks were sunken and • ' - hello* andtdark piirtderings surrounded
etiseesit, there's- a yew:1g woman= his eyes,: :Eft) lookedinquiringly at thin` re
ways- a...Young' ladywaitin' below, as goon, bilt_inet With no reply. - . . •.
S -to sec you immediate." • Yes;. 1 kiiew1 I knowl" he said: "Oh,
.
'miscue -6,13.011f" said B. renner, remolf-• my pcior • Suddenly: he asked,
iSecigar slowIy frem. his _mouth and 4e7Whatilitis become of that scapegrace?" -
ing. from it A cloud of blue smoke. "My coMpanion When: I sraW you, do you
ng -ladies don't ome out alone in the inean?":aeked•Betniner. . • .
ziald foie* after- dark on a December ' The old Man bo*edlis head and
ng' • • "Iehe deadr-. • -
be minese- eure. as She 111, ladyl3was ,
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.renner . • .
'Bohstolitly 'and' nothing daunted:
u your consultin%room, please,"Much1worse,""-yr!.
.d Brenner..-: Yalid=" TioiratiL,ETe:. co!I a - .,vhote is she ?" aske-
said Brennei.
Veil, let her wait -a: bite. .What:- (lees The invalid fidgeted -TestlesslY for a few
oek like ' : moments; during which. no :one 'BP. dke-
oOk like? - Oh, ler . I" exclaimed- Then he: said .
"Look like?- 'W‘y,,, like a 'etunig, =' e•-lAticille, my • darling, g9 iouy. me
Vaal etd7, you!" he repeated.
:The astonished. 'Bob vanished a but e
kii:f.e.t.land that.in lout minute,:.
the'cab-Was at. the door: -
The youug.nian rose and- offere'd hie -arm,
to his visitor, who- took without speak-
ing-; alld„ -having directed the ea:bream
'whither to drive . -:the pair were:. whielad
aWay. as -fast ;Is the Inausoin eotilde take
them. - •• .• e • • .
"Oh,screamed Bob down stars
to the old housekeeper. here's ii•:goi• !If
-Master Aet been and bolted along With.
young girl, and neither. of "ern'.1tin't sai
word "." • And e with -a wild warwlicicip,-
dived down -the kitchen stairs,.
BleartWhile st ran gely 4tssEir tecl- con
were driven JO Yinegar, Yard, And, c
re
le -
ducted by the _young Werrian; -Brenner
askanided :the greasy Wooden staircase of
the 'house, in a squalid room of 'whieb the
puor hevaiid. The old Man turned bs
'Back so soon; Lucille" he said-" baLk
bead fretfully as the door opened ° •
so soon-? Ah, the world all- over S If;
self-! I.Itneve Wouldnet Came!"
Elven in the tiresence,of Se flinch Suffer-
ing the thonghtflashed-acros.s the surgeon's
brain,. " ItieilIe-e-bea.ittifuil • But --Spo4ge.
-odious' Sporge-What. a can
kination 1" •
No 'father, I.:have Upt: .failOd.;" • s id.
Lucille' _soothingly, " The: gentlemah. is
here:" • • : s :
sonie lemona-
ressed well?" askedlirenner. Knowing that, her father desired her lab-
or, no, -sir 1" said Bob, with a giggle, ethieei Lucille went; - - And immediately
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a are got on a old- straw bonnet, and a she had left' the rooni the old Man aid
;ley dress, -:*and." -• . - .eagerly : ° . '. • • - . .
h4re, that'll'doi" said Brenner, laugh- 4. Sir, will you. tell me the trUth:2 ,_,
"Some slovenly Maid -of -all -work who : 44 Yesf" replied Brenner. -
• ,,
s' physic gratis! -
.
" Am I dying 2 fieasked.
h; no, sir ; she be quite beautiful' "re- "Yes," was the answer. -
d the boy: earnestly. A - • For one instant human nature had its
onsenset What ma10s-yob: call her a *ay, and the dreadannOuneemerit. brought:
, Bob? " _ - the shock it brings to all of us. Then ,the
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Sir, She looks like one, she do invalidsaid
she speaks like one, too," persiSted lihtpn to a•, dying man's
People think me poor- am not A I have
saved money." E
Brenner could not repress an oxelkinatioa
of surprise.
a
"It is as I tell you," said the 0 : man.
"1 haye made my will and ray ettild will
not want. Well, sir, one-aud-twei4 years
ago.I married a second time -a bOautifal
and vittuous actress, who preferred the
poor cashier to her rieher suitors. ,i I was
44 and growing bald and middle -ad, and
she was 23 -yet she loved me, sit'e She
died, alas, when Lucille was born."R
-But, if yen. have money," said the sue-
geon•--" pray pardon me -it seems 'itrange,
t
if only for the sake of your daugla r, that
you should remain in this state of t.,• • parent
poverty and in so wretched a localty." -
.' Sir; Lucille has reeeived a tst-rate
education, and u. til a week ago s1) kneer
not that I was hr father, nor. had E e ever
entered. this belle " -,, ,•
The young suegeon-Idoked eaten ed f
"-Yes, sit; I suffered so much in mie:
lir_
earlier days -sensitive as I WS the froth
that contempt with which the wor il visits
poverty that, when I at laist beca ' e well
off, I was disgusted with eyerythin e I be-
came Cynical and feigned poverty, ough :I
was not peer. Besides, tong yel'es hall
made use second nature. I liked Leking iii
poor localities and I smiled to invstilfwheii
people spoke of me as a 'beggar,' 41owinie
that if I disclosed -the trath, they wiluld fall
cdown -and worshitathe golden calf. 1 When
_hLeu,t:;hett wii. tailo6rhn, ,a,nkdjilndly wife died,'I corn-
slis lived, had every doinfciet." • 1-1
dipped lits.pOpke0.14ndltercief in tib wate
ewer and -bound it round the el man'13
enenced this obscure life. My wife -1whilet
Seeing grow Pale, the young Orgeoli
. , .
-heart,' t fiks ! '
mnercetired the dying - man • feebly • Then
he .continued ; "When *Lucille was lit twii
yearsold 1 placed her in the eliarg Of th,:.
ladye•superintendelit of a - schodl high:-
.
class, •who knew my:family. . -Wile at 113
years Of -age my daughter lied. finiaedhe
Course i:of .schoolingand she ' istlhighl I
educated, Siree' She lids hadthe best iti.baSter
-t--1 Made arrangernents for her to Ontinuh
with MrSeIkeintenewho had then tiven uk
her school, as compairien? That gitted-and'
excellent -•NY011:16,11... 111iS . treated herti like 0.
detioliter: " May she he rewarded' fce-j it! .
0- ,
• ..• '• She will be 80 " said. the younarurgee i
, , / .0 it
•",-if not here, hereafter," . . e-- ,
.• •"t pelt/ a week . since, centhinedt, lie -ol t
mail, "el -1y poor ,girl, -in a weak int. ent o
Mrs. Derriton's confidence, 'diScovelbdWhe
and *hate I. -was '. and Where, -I &Olt. ..lir.
4hp-of:all. expostulations elie Conaive.,1„
to be her duty -to Come to Me, and el.;isistett
Th•re.tning, les; tire, that, beaut fill an ,I..
i
her ceinfortable -borne land assq. ed the"
'tt
deliplit.ly-niirtoredgirl-voluntarily ave.uli
Inimble ilreSS.in Which you see here . -:---t
a Sli ' is right," .deelared. the; it4urge On
warmly. • ' ...,. , • . 1-
•,,. . •
- . - Alas:" retttrfied .,_the fald -Man. atintlyi;
" I cannot say she is not.- - - e - .i
e et- But," said -the Yeting Mate to4 reven15.
the' -in\ alid7s thOughts -froirt dwe 4ng toy
nothing for you? They.eught :to: :' ve.,' rci-
ka
rinicji on one subject, " tbt lei -et -tell ;- e. how
yen , met...with this. ACeident ? - C ti I di,
moved yeti 16 an hospital. . , ..A ,- ,
::".1, Would not let ethent," -he itepliedi
And, as. to doh* anytkingifor nate - could
- : 4
it save inc V_
-no !" --dni;t• ed 'renner. . e
``-'17.464.11et me die 111 peace,"-sai he- el
Man. - • -,
-".A.t.least.tellnie how it happe , el '?.'-'• re
--(1-ue'e'slext°:a.'13Sreatriiingera.'See Ile' len 'Fa •r!;.'it PlaV-'1
- -4 - -:
!‘„Ro§tijitid:"; .it Was • her • benefie meht -;
and, as i'-' reached-- the 'portico '191.:D;urit
Lane Itfell and rolled into the 4 adwa-ye.
‘
-and- a cab -ah, ah,?" and' he. simadered4
-"•Went: completely over both •niy frat" !, .
• . 4.' Poor fellow !" said Brenner. 'fa' ' .- C
.'" I know' not how it was, Sitilesumed
. . ,
the invalid; e' but when the doeteEts Car4
and looked at me -with their hard, gast iron,
unfeeling faces. I reectembered-yeatq feeling
behavior . when . your, eanapanionnsulte$
had heard of yone success in life, tir,I ha
di
reid, and that, you. also, were - a . Tetor. I
kept -ybur card, and knew -I cold _learn
about you at your hospital; and an earnest
eleelee came over mo to See you • again; and
to:.kii0*--if contact with :a harSh Mid cruel
World had bliinted your feeling." W. •
. : "Are, you satisfied?" asked Bretiner. .i
e dying.
. e. •
i
ty,a.e...aili-;
rgeon-
. ..
a :
4 ' -
t a, young
. - . • . ' ,
love each other, as Carl and Lucil1e. after-
wards mutually confessed that theirs was
a case of "love at first sight." The young
surgeon is now a famous man, tuel he
always maintains that he owes his rood for-
tune to the fact of his having paid respect
to gray hairs.
MADAME RACEME.
Row Rachel Booker, the Irish sicevant
Girl, Turned into i‘ .La Belie Parfn..
mense":-From the Boudoir to the Pen-
itentiary.
(London Truth.)
Situate in the wild west of Ireland, and
not far from Ballinasloe, the town of Augh-
rim would, even in the present day, be
hardly the spot which a doctor would select
As a likely place in which to establish- a
.flourishing practice. ' Yet, more than half
'a century ago, when the locality was even .
mare desolate than now, a certain Dr.
Fuller arrived with this idea, bringing with
him his wife and. a letter of introduction
from the resident magistrate at Athlone.
But either through the sparseness of the
population, or its poverty, the salubrity of
the spot, or want of skill on the
adyenturous . doctor's part, he found
it• very .hard to keep thei wolf from .
the door. In this emergency he
turned -his attention to the distillation of
cosmetics and manufacture of concoctiens•
supposed to preserve and improve the
delicacy of the female complexion. Ile was
assisted in his search for those herbs from
whose leaves and petals could be extracted
the essence of perpetual beauty, by his sera •
:ya.nt Rachel Booker, a red -legged
wench of some fourteen summers. Rachel
was a native of the village, but, judging
froria her -name, and the peculiar type of
her ifeatures, it is more than probable:that .
her parents -were notindigeno:us to the soil,
butiwere gipsies of a Semitic caste, who,•in -
theiceurse of their •nornad career, had found
something .sci attractive in Aughrim as to
chain them to the spot. j Rachel had picked
up 4-little_learning, before entering'service,
at a sort of dame's school. supported by the
landlord whose tenants her parents were..
Early in life she seems, "with reference to
frequent disappearances of cordwood from -
the) park, to have displayed that •
liazy'liotion of metim tied. tninn, whick, if
undiscovered., goes so far to ensure 'succesa
in Ike. But even a talent . for preserving
andibeautifying complexions will not keep
a family when there is not a stifficientlY
extended fiel for the talent to be exercised
on. k So, _finally, Dr.'Fuller was force:c1 to.
take hiSdeparture, and. .seek for pastures
new, where his genius would. meet -with
rnorie pecuniary response. Having left 'the
Galtway ladies "beautiful for ever," Lb
emigrated to Manchester, taking his be-
Mugu:1gs and household with Idru. Here
Raehel Bboker won the -heart and hand of
an assistant in a _chemist's shop. 'Lost .
sight of foe years, she turned up again in
the well known person of Ma,dame
Such is the story Of the early life of 'this
notorious woman... The history, of -her
trial and her subsequent imprisonment are
Wet fresh in the world•senind to need re -
Capitulation. A' week or two ago she died,
al 4est without notice, in .'Woking prison. -
" 4f.I alp and then--"- Here t
Man hesitated.. * • • .
. , .. . . .
' ".Speak freely;" Said Brenner.
° ''' I had-anothertheitight ; perha
he looked.earnestly at the young a
'it was a dying inspiration." - .: -
Brenner listened anxiously.
" I Said to inyeelf, •sir --Here i
naan- of ability, of position, of hea " -Iet rag
seer him for myself. I have men --:- • :nay' '
a daughter -she is beautiful, go::t1,- virtn-
ous,accomplished..q The old mail3. reathes :
i
harder revery moment, and the ye g man's
i
face was dyed 'scarlet. • ." Isai6ianybod,
would Mire- Luoillel- and flow -c., -now
have seen yon, sir I.thinls . " ' gain .he
painited. • ' - - . - . '
"You think what 2'(-said.Brenfier. . ,
repliedohr,tthaenoymytoouanng. gir. l migh:t„.1rivi e yeu,i
--- "-You Wish then," said the. Aung su;
geon, hardly able to - speak .fo4-iemotion
aliativi :should • by-and-by minry you;
' 'The old mad laci..-..,:„. ., • .iait / - '
"1 have seen her only---ach; :ead.: -.:-
ner ;.* " yet I feel that I could lotlititi-eit-, '
if she sheuldnotlove me ?" . 't " -4
' ".SME! Will, sir -oh, - she will 1' tixclairka
the .old man; clasping the other"C. and with
great effort. ' "1 feel ' I can' diread_.y .sik:
into the future, and she will i-Promigie
me --oh, promise me 1 -
- i, i
• Itere he gasped for "breath.. Brenutpr
-pressed his hand :'and.. bathed s clamm
brow. - . • • ,1 -
- I promise. yOU;" he said solenitily.
"[leaven bless you 1" rettitnOd - the old
man. "-That japanned box,thy-.--Will'4.,-:
eight--thousand---pounds--mij name. !is
Grainger ---quick, quick, Lucille.* •
. - At that moment the young gikl returned
with the,lemonade, and sprang "amide: bier
father,. on whose: brow" death a•Vis raPidly
'setting his stamp. • _ . fl • :.•
. The old '' Man - made .a last 1-,:rellort Old
.joined the hands of the young -.Nr, whist
his face was lit up with an tinegthiyesiiilie.
._ --" Try to love.eadh 9thereelaus%and-wife
.-aprotect-eLlmucille-e-legacy I" ' His q0E3
Veil, ask her what Medicine she Wants, ". I will," sur
'11 make it uP..'1 : -- ' . . taking his -hand tenderlv/.. ': - • -
• . ... replied the young -
he. don't -want nO med'eine, sir, She .'Heaven bless yoUl ''' said theolden.
;" Cried Bob; ?she ain'till abit; sir 1" ."You wonder that beautiful -girl Should be
She maY Want it for some brie elseeyou In -datiehter 2." he continued. I 'am
. !" •sixty -ft 'e. = :' I . Was. - a ', rich .. ro.an 13-
MAIOTP1.6aSe,..Fit I Slle. Said "She warted 1 son. - oitk-fiNie years Ago - r marrie0.- .closed d h f back' d d - -
, an e 11 e .ea s,. . .,..
ii- you . iminediate ;- and nothin' _ also a poor, but beautiful- Air I. . She - .trelt " Oh," cried Lucille; burstin into -tears,
n i, o . • ' . left me --deserted her honiee-heavene , . • ..,, - .,. . . - .• t, a,,eato
- a , ,,
etiner's.Curibsity Was aroused. : ne as gene 1 e
eon,
- A .DARIINt4 ACV.
• ---- .
.easant irl•Passina.lillerself Off for a
' Priest. • ' '
• .11,fatreila. anovna, -at Russian peasant
girl of 22, has recently acquired considera-
ble notoriety in her native land throngh
the. fact that under the. Monastic designa-
tion sof. " Father Michael," she succeeded
in passing several months in the cloister -of
Staraja Ladoga, without incurring the least
susPicion on 'the part of her fellow Monks '
tlia she was other than what she seenaed
to be. Forced by her father to marry -a
• il
person v,Thora she 5letested, She disappeared
frain her hotne *on the. day suceeeding her
7-e4ding, and upon search: being- made,•her '.
clothes. and two long 'plaits of her "back .
hair "-were found near the WolchoffRiyer,
as -well as a letter in her handwriting stet- •
ing that; rather titer:dive with her husband,
she had • resolved.- .to" drown herself.•
Her relatives, believing that she had really -
coritimitted suicide, forbore any further in-
quiry,- and Mourned for her as one dead.. -
Sh , however, dressed, in...man's clothing,
k
ap lied last: -March'. for admission to the
.abe &mentioned monastery, and Was duly
-received into-. the Confraternity on probs.,
tion; taking -the minor vows and officiating
as coachman to the_ prior. There is no.
knowing to 'that ecclesiastical dignitiesshe
'might not in time have risen, had. not for- -
tune decreed that a native of her Own vil-
lage should i have ....bee4 Sent to Staraja
Ladoga. by hismaster for correction at the
hands of tide brethren, his .Offence being
inveterate- driinkenness. Promptly, recog-. .
niied and denounced by this indiscreet
toper as Matiena Ivanovna, a friend of his
youth, "Father Michael" was handed,over .
to the police -authorities by the indignant
Monks, and ,is now awaiting trial- for -
im-
posture upon a religious community. _ '
:,,.. _
NeW filtibstitute for. Slobber. .
This artificial composition,which answers
th4purpose of genuine caeutchouc or gutta
perpha,• can, be employed, according to
Dankworth and Sanders; of St. Petersburg, -
either alone or in eonneetion with other
resinous substances: According to Acker-
mann's Gewerbezeitung, this new product
--rff4wds an inexpensive means for a perfect -
•The ion of 'wires for electrirkl. purposes.
Se ilatoatjapiatufas.stte 41.) bAltat:
chou 'td dieretis the 'first intitalraent Of what
byl hig [m. -• • •
1s4preP Ta old gentleman loolied as if be decidedli
• ,
quantitiod wirreney, and with moistened eyes
C09.1 alitat 1:e vainly tried to Tender humorous., be
pathirtheidraileyie41.;eirtoizuisa, rhis strauidsLc.i his fing-er fit!! t Es
with Doit'i. you ever get out of debt to me.'
4
s)•.
;
oerit4 -: CHAF'TER LI.
tura w
-e.tee all; it was a long day to -Christine. _
•
awn
rs Would start from her eyesat the tuotgl-t
'•
BILL CSON11.8 -TOAST. •
'third, " ther father;- but she realized that -the op*y.''
04? 7i713. iie for her to do wal to shroud his memory
1
t!ie1.2 a . '-gii;at forgiiFinglity, and. put itaway-fvp--' -
bye tr, ,-- She cauld only turn from the mystery -
Sperma '8 life aud deatli-the 'Mystery ef :eVil Yo. ,..
then b. • who olteth- away the am rof the world,
mini tais iirt4 311' d'arkttems in that:direction. - Sloe
f I ailed erseit.with. Mrs.. Learned, and the die
pi
trilmti ai of fond to °gum, tin six. 0.ici!,...,-.- .. ,
then she Stood near the de,t----,----- -:
...
'true knight illwrif ir- - - -- '' --- •
allth-e!i• ' -
. . I
-V-
foegiva het . She hasbeeti dead these forty
years. I Ita.d:110 ehildren by that mart age:
'Welt, :sir; _caned .it -f &itnay, a,
f eable-liviiig as cashier of :one of
at.thp‘mysti.-..rious stranger. And when theatreS-rny:gps.ssion WAS the • demi:tie,. . - „
„
Well," he Beide" go and ;tell he
'He'has- left you teime #,IS legaei
her directly," ' •
• n
• .". . Said. the young surgeon Solemn4 . -
Awful,
the • •
r flew the bo-- ewer •• to talee another
• There -was' not niuch r
1
A