New York Clipper (Feb 1869)

awtor and. X>Doprlotor.: NEW YORK, SATUED^Y, FKBRUAHY 20, 1869 PIUOXl TEN ClUEf'XIK DEB BAIL T09SBB. vaimr roi m nw roii ouma, Br OirS FDUiLIPS. buten Flak m • bJm rank gil, . Uid iht TU ptnl tvMt iliteu, .,Cnd alu iMd t*i lira la ATtaia i, OodihATorkcd mltftHwlaguehlQ*: Ub4 htr btir ni blut, oad btr •/«! ni U» Uad hw Inu wu plakj gnea. Nov Bubtn bid > nlu taok rata, HlJ ami wu 9harl<7 Sbmtli; H« loffed bli dine u a tillor mao, Bat he doa'i aould mike tloltan al all: Cad def oa; Iwa dot be cood do. Vu der blaj dot gime—Dajo DaQ. He nenerallr and der bier ibtop ibart, Or pitoher beiiiod der bit; Oad bll uSirj dot rai pootr toot, Per he voro a ilripe plou bit; Vad bb bair ni oirlr ai iharlDie of wead, Uad ho creased dot balr mlt ftc Nov Bharlor oood blar dot guie rlilt AmuL Be TU en d«ll aod ibllm— He laji, "I oolj voDt a obeaee"— (De/ m Defer doo hot for bin)— "I caa ketch chul like a Indie bird; Yea, be ohompa on a hiekoj Umb" Too dir 9birIo;'t irovd de; blijed a |tm, Uad Barbj tu oo der artuad, Dad Shane/ rai haick like a mouw'l trap— He na hetchhjK dem ill inoad. Tonce lo a nJe he'd took a "flr," Uaddwlee bi a rlli a "btuod." Had Birbrvaidlekltd udtalb nitdol, For ibo liked biro pootr veil, Uad Tta be'd kaock a dilaj icraper, Bbe'd grj eud a leddte yell; Und deo be'd oabe l b\g blme ran, I'nd den ho ivheal bke—ofciTdlof. Oer gtDi iml oa dIU dtr Ttrr bit lanloit Dad It ahtood aboot lie aod Ue, Tea seoia penoa he hit a red hot oae PorBbartejto look "oa der flr:*' Bat be dido't took 11 etkieekir riihL rot dot look Alii In der eja Uad ebait u moo u be lol dot deia, (I bud no dot laiko bin hovl) Der Tiraplre glf oud bli deeliloD, Del hli ere TU ood oa a "foul;" Cad dree ouuldere del ao oae doa'l kaoir KoBoeaud right mj for to grovL Ood der ginie breabed op la a naeral r«v. Dad bold oflt (lalmtd der bill, Uad der Tioiplre ikjdoodlid like der dorTL Hitood |lflg| acme Jodgnenl at sll: Dot der Judlcllrj coomllln tIU utile dat Chut u woo u dey meet la der faU. Poor BbulerTeol home mlt bli ipralaed era. Uad bU fui all ofer hli oeee, Uad der mad oad blood all efer tu UllSharlej's bead aad doae; Dad Barbara had to lead him anoad. No Butlar Tenfer be goea, Dod iftera Tile rea Bharlergot tcU, He married hli Butara aear, Dad aov he*i a llcaaaed vandaiar, A peddllag liger bier; Dad oifariAUi vlU be spiel Bau Ball, Of be don't glldcea dooiaad a jear. THE GAMBLER'S ORPHANj oa, THE HOPE OF TfTEMTr TEilS. By AM Author of "She Would boon Aetresj." OHAPTHR XIV. aaioBia i ruT kgtla tha iprin; bloomed over Stanltr Dope tai Iks Boowas, and again ths day wu flied lor the wedding of Otrald ud AUoe. Bhe had letnrned from bar loathera trip blooming and froih as arer, witb bar fllorlons btautr frtthened and eobuced by bertbttnoo roa home. Gerald looked mora manly, too; ths year that bad gone orer bla head ainoa ho had lo nearly met bli detth oy the aide of poor Tom Jenilnie had added lo bll goodlooto aadgracefal bearing, andbotb ramllles agreed that the delay which seemed go nntoward bid tamed ont for good. Jane was flicd upon now for the wadding—rather earlier thia year then last. They were ta oe nalted In the verT height of the leason, and growde of faahlonablo frlenJj were ln?ited to grace Ihe oeremooT. It wis Uarch when they returned to Eog- lend, ua they foind the famllr at Fairy 7illa comfort' ■ble,aid to ell appearaaoo nappy la their lecloded home. Eageno was well, but Marie wa3 as lerely fading Into her grave as tho snmmer was drawing on: she looked as Ibougli a very short lima would end all her cares on earth, though aha etill peralited that there was BOthing tho matter with her. Indeed the doolor, whom BugODo had Insisted on her oonsultlog, said the sane. Tnore wu no loluil diseiso: she was wasting withcat any apparent otnie. She Know the reason, but she eovcred her wound bnvely and hid her sor- row, going aboat her duties es though she hid never dUoovered what hid cost her such a terrible ping—the knowledge that her hnsband'a heert hid never been hers. Be bsd but llltle leisure for observing her; ho hid keooma aoooslomod to the change In her md took batHttJe noUca of It, He was engrosieil heart and •on] lo tha prepsratioo of a new wcrb, a drama, which he hoped to get accepted al one of the London theatres, and which he fondly thought wis to rahe him to the tinnade of fame and make his fortano. Thus eoonpled. Is rrlends fouad him, when they retoraed home, so ab- sorbed in tho pel project as to be neglecting his regular employment. In vain Gerald (to whom he read tha work) begged bio not to be too sanguine, and Lord 81. Aubyo, who know the world hotter than elthor of lhen,ra|irejoated lo him the difflonltlea In Uio pith of an unknown dram- atisl; be wu full of sanguine hope and would luten to no santlon. Hli play wis to make hli fortano and Ihit of his wlfa md ohlld—the poor wife to whom no for- tano lould bring bsok the bygone days of trust In her dearly loved busbsnd. Finding thst nolhing wonid tarn Um from his purpose, they promised to aid him all they oonld and apply la such managers as Ihoy knew lo have bis nlsy iirodncod. They bad been ho far eacoesaful that Ur. Oblrpor, manager at the Theatre Royal, Dredllngton street, had promised to grant a hearing at ieut lo the new author, md for that pur- pose WM to visit tho UcoohoB and tlioro pcouounoe his verdlit. Ur. Venibles was not sanguine—indeed he had been somewhat severe upon Bogene for turning aside from tho beaten pith In which be had hitherto walked, and soaring into the unknown resloni of plats and ronanoes. lie had not much tuto for theslrlcois and thouahl the new work a terrible prostitution of talent But Allee had hor way In tho natter; she thonght Eogono a genius md wu dottrmlnod to malio the oocaalon a kind of fde. Siio hnd not heard niuoh of the play—only now md then hid she boon admlltod lo the suthor's stndy; ho hnd shown a conslralul and Uirla a coldness towards her for which she was at a loss to aooount, and much u she longed lo hoar the Btory whioh the drama told, she had to restrain her im- patience till his own time oime. A seleot party wore present at the reading of tho pliy; Lord and Lady Bt< Aubyn, hsr father ana Oorald, Marie Dubois end her Boir, air Harons Llaawarm and Ur, Ohliper were the ocat Inteieated. Tho olhor gneita bid no ptrtlonlar reuon either to approve or eoademn whit the) htard. Uiiie had.vJIh great dlffloolty been pertaoded to ennMr-U* itemed to have no Inlereatbi her hashand'i BoocMd.ot to oore'whether the play plesaed or not; hot the pl««thatihe pit forth was the oiio of not being ■MutemedtoBooletyi iha ihonid ti»\htl of plieeshe "But'not with nj, luiely," AUoe iileaded. "Ton 'MDUt feel olbetwliB Ihmathomoin "roa ua always kind," aha rapUei IndeM, I shontd feel awkward among .■Idee, I an not oied to evening droti, i IhiTewimUdo." "Bvtiythlog would do, dear Marie, yea feel lU tod Imgald) dceu Jaitss wUl.weit ■ do Mme TI-IE CHINKSK THEATKE. Ill tod Imgald) dceu Jos t a dtml-toUetIa to keep I for Eniene'a atkei he „ ■hare lilstrlimiph,'far atrinmph'llwlll "ir I eoaldoolythinklhit,"sald poc. ittf, aa Allee left h«r, Vt would go If it, nlieiliutetd of obe: bgt,alaiil. whit t and fetlifflaUeri nctldag U him now." ..^•.f'J!' -fiVbrnd In splK lona, IJoklng everv in6li i li|dy In her i thoagh lla sombre hue oidy^iew Intii Ihe narbia whltenose of her ftee, wtl tlhse of oolor. Mmyofthe oftmr, tkAdlittognlihed looking yooig i honia.' [gravely; "bat, nt gnosis; bC' a nothing that (k4ta only Ihit 1 liko, and . Only wife to latsnre. ■ ■ rto.her «lronty thinks ir objeo' ,„.ok dross, o„'er relief mhonta kd who Irho Bit rio BoqnletlybylUssTenables, endwerenota little snr- prlied to learn that she was only the author's wife. The reading waa ilglened to with profound attention, Ur. Chlrper Inclining his bead now and then with the oir of a eonnoissnir, and witb an air of extrerao pat- ronsge withal, as thoagh he fain would luproFS the author with asenio of nia greet condescension la giving op onongh of his Taiuobie tlino to boor bim road bis work. There were only two present who listened with reel heartfelt Interest end attention to the really beau- tifnl poetry and lentlmcnt it hid taken poor Eugene so many weiry nonthsto fashion to his likings, and these were Alice and Marcus Llinwarm. Lord and Lady St. Aubyn both felt la their hearts that ho hid been wast- ing bis time open what would bringbim butlltUe profit, and Oerald ehired Ihe feeling to some extent. He was aogry with his old friend for giving up, as It aeemed to him he hid dona, his ohmces for getting on for the sake of a ohlmera, a bubble. Ur. VeBsbles wee strictly neutral, oxpresaing neither assent nor dissent, simply agreeing for Ihe reading to lake place In Us honsa, and receiving Eugene and Marie with the oonrtesy that came eo kindly and spontane- ously from hin at all limes. Bnl Alice md BIr Uarcns listened with delight to the real feeling and genuine poetry, and when the author concluded- Bo fide all wordlr sehemci—unblltoo dies Aad bnmia plsslooi melt to emptT air; Oae ooly staji behind—ooecal/ tarirea loeirthlyioll; Lots 11th aadii Immortal I— there were tesra In her eves, and deep feeling In his. The rest appisnded loudly, and the manager was pro- fnse in his expressions of admiration. "The dramt wis heiullful," he slid, "very beiuliful, a leetle loo long, perhaps, end with n few iiults com- mon to new writers," with a great deal more Ibet, lo any one but Eugene, would havo rnng tha dcath-kncll of bis pliy atoDce; but he preiscd the question on Mr. Chlrper so closely tliat tbitgentiemsn wss obliged to giie a direct inswer, and tell bIm plilnly thil the pliT wonid not do for public renreaontatlon. Haric did not hear this decision; hut Alice, Gerald md EIr Uarcns did, and thoy aiw also the heart broken look upon the aether's face os he sit down in the bock- 6round to Ude his disappointment as best be might, [oat of the gneits had left the library, Mario among them. Udy 3t Aubyn hnd taken her away, reading disappolatment In the faces of all those who were mot to Judge, and theso four woro loft alone. "Ob, Gerald I you wore all ao hard—so bird I" Alice sald,lnalowtone. "Could none of you say a kind word for himt rmsure tho play Is heiatlTuI-such true poetry." "Yos, plenty of pootry, kntno sensation," Sir Harons returned. "Allthit mmagers want now-a-diys Is a vehicle for lotroduclng fine scenery end pretty faces. Ills Just beotuao our friend Is a true poetthatbis works aro beyond Iha oomprehenalon of such men u Mr. Chlrper, who ban no soul beyond canvas and pilnt-polB, tiasel and silk Ughta," "Out yon will do what vou cm, you md Genld," she pleaded; "for my lakc. I shall bo so sorry to see Eu- gene fell—It will brcik my heart." "For your sake we will do inylhiog. I spook for both of us," he replied, touohing her hind with hii lips. "Oorao along, Oorald, you md I cm col this Bottled If wa try. ^7hy. mm, you look quite cross about II—are yon angry with Alice, or Eugene,yonder, or your humblo servant, or have we olondcd )ou col- lectlvalyt" '■rmnotsngry,bntI think It Is utter nonsonsa; why oannot he keep to his work sloidlly end not fly olTlntorommce like thie t You knew the pliy will be a failure: and Alice too. \7hy her bohivlor Is perfectly childish." Alloe looked np at hin In astonishment, "what do jou mom?" ihe inked-shi had never soon him so irrltablo before. "I did not mem to olTond yon, Qereld." "Ub. I am not oITended-It's nothing—11 will only be ornol kindness to gel the menuaoripl accepted ; you will see that when It la too into." Taey loft the room logothor, and she looked after them with tears In hor oycs. "Willi om 1 hive done," eho asked heraelf, "thit he spoke to me like thit t" Engeno, saoing her ilono, came forward:— "1 thsnk you very much. Miss Voneblos," ho stld, 'for .vour kind and brave Intercession, but It la useless; I reid my rate In the manager's face long ago. You have only pained youneU by your Interhrenco ; my pley la doomed." 'It Is not doomed," she oald, with sparkling eyos. "It will live when you and I are dead-will survive a whola posse of manigors, and be quoted (rem md read when all tho sensation dramas of the pteient day are forgotten, It shell sucoeod. It will, ItmnsL" "Belter niske bIm a linrel wreath and orown bim wllh It, my fair yonag propheteto," said a iiughing Toloe la the doorwav, md, tninlog round, they saw Bit Haroii md Oarald in the doorwav, "Shica wa ir« all In a romanUo vein to-nlghl, per- hiss It weald be better," aald the latter, In atone which, though lively, did sot sound hearty, "victors werealwiysio crowned of old, and yon artavlotor, Eugene. The play's aooeptod, my boy; old Ohirper """ffe hM,1nd<ed, md herewith take my eonnatola-. Uone," M Btr Harous, oxUinding his hand Vindly. "Ut as, yrti friends, be the first to ipnak thern." aertlVi fierdiwere fow,ind, Aljoo fmclod, oeld "Oh, I em eo glad, .so glad I" she exclaimed, .with loft the room. "Ue oeems qnlto bitter against poor feryor. "What a soceesa It will be; how I longt'for ' Eugene and hia pla " tho first night of It to come I but yon luck dlsCrau and sad. Aro you not aatiallcd ?" "More than sallifled, but I dread the future allll." ^'^How^^they will all congritulato you end your "Don't speak of ber. In all this gay throng I core only for one voice—oae smile of approval. My suc- cess Is nothing lo Mario, nothing 1" "Oh, vcs. It la-everytblng. Uut who Is Uils mighty critic whose smiles yon court, whose frowns .vou fear r' ''Yea, Alice—yourself I Yonr smile, vour'voice, are heaven to ne—have been since Ihe day we wilked children together la yonder wood. Do you remoiiiber It! I do. It hss been one of my pleasant dreams through all the weary years I have been away from home and you." "Eugene, are rou mad!" "No, I havo been nud, blind, foolUb; but I have come 10 my senses now. Alice, while there ere none to heir us, let me tell you of my wild, despairing love." Ha seized her bona before ibo could withdraw It, and pressed kiss upon, kiss anon hor Itpsr fingem, Juit IS the curtains thit veiled Ine doorway parted to ad- mit Marie to the room. Ho wbold hirdlylot F^geno Ihmk hini for wha»he hid done, and hli. handsomo faoe wu clouded as he shookbaodswilh ths'author. _..„„,„ ' "Now, we'll go abdnnd Mri-Duholi,''8 r Morcaj BUggeitad, "ind tell her tho groit news, and thon we II airfilnk to tha health cI tho new author and euootis to *^H»'?iiir'Q«rtld away, loaring Alice eUndlog by the Mb^Vi wllb Bugene at a little dlitmoe. CUAPTEIl IT. riiiosi. Uarie's pile faoo dlssppeired from behind tha cur- tains IB oalokiy as It had parted them, end she leaned agalnat tie wall in an agony of grief. "I wanted proof," she murmiu'cd, covering her eyes with her hands, "Oh, I have had It now—would that I could die I" Neither of the nccnpants of Ihe room hail socn her. The piKlon which prompted the carots died onl of Eugene's breart at tho algnt of Alice's torrillod face. "Oh, forgivo me—ssy you forgive me," lie pleaded. "I did not mean to wrong or (righten you, but Ihe truth—for truth II Is—which I have hidden In my breast eo long flashed out without m; lutoiiding It. Say ,«ou wiif pardon mo. I will nevor so ooond agiln." "I don't think yon will," she replied, quietly, driw- log n llttlo awiy, wlille the tears sUrteil to hor oyer. "1 em nci angry, Euiene, but eo sorry, oh, so sorry." Her tears wtre (ailing now, end he was billerly re- proaching himself for bis folly. "What can I sav to youT Whst can I doT' ha asked, "I wasmid to speak as I did, but I " "I think you were,'' she returned. "You have grieved me. I Ihought you lovod ui ell—Oersld and me too—butie a dear brother uiighl. You shnulunot have mirred your hippiuesa liko this-you should not hive spoken ao. 1 know very well you did not moon It—thilvcn only did It under the happy cicltemont of tho good ROWS." "Yea, yes; that's II," he sold hurriedly. "It was all the excitement and tho good fortune. I forgot myself, Allce-Ulsa Vonibles, I mein ; lud I trust you will think no more about It-" "Indeed, 1 won't," WIS hor Iremlllng reply, as Sir Marcus Llanwaim, Oerald, eod some of tho gentlemen ume into tho room, , ,, „ "What I our fair enthnilasl still closeted witli the lucky author I" excinlmod the livoly baronet, "Aod tears, as I IIto I \Vhy, Dubois, what dismal story hive you been evoking out of yonr reposliory of romonce to bring such wilncsaen lo her oyoa I Oonld, wbv don't yon Insist on being told t" "I don't Ihlok I ahoiiid feel intoreslod," was the ihorl reply, "Uommce Is not In mj line." "I don't lliink you would," Eugene tclntncd. "It WIS a Bid story, and I chose nn Inopportnne time to tell It. Uut Hiss Venables has forgiven me. Havo you seen my wife, gentlemen t I have not told btr lie good news yet" _ ., , v "She knows II, my deer follow. Do you thlok she would be left In Igoorince till now I She Is wllh Lady 3t. Anbyn, nol very well. Infecl,»ho hnshad sklaU ol fainting fit; tho hcitof the rooms, I luspoct. "Hy poor Mario—she Is very weak, and a lltllo up- seUher. I will go end look for her." With a Blight how he left tho room, loivlag Alice illir standing by tho windo* with a very grivo face. Oerald marked this, and It eeomod to innoy '"'"i wish Dobola hid kept hiJ piny to hlmsoir," ho said, testily. "It hu put ni all out of sorts. Ilero " my mother wllh her pretty oyos ell red with crylna. fuating over Marie, wlo Is found fainting la i cold piuige; md now hero's Allee making i perfectfr gh of hotsell' over a lol of stupid, rommllc poetry. Uih I ' "A'nJ°Jt7^lhlng else thU raomont,! do bfllo".'' BIr Marcos uld ianghing. "Why, Oorald, whsl dees all you—you look i nerfoct mifinlhropo." "I'm ivoiriod to death of all tills aenllmon il non. sense, LImwarm. Look ot Alice there; e'le," ' perfect trensy of molmcholy excitement. I be she ta ospabie of crowning her net author with i wreath of laarol leaves end oarwigs, or snv oilier vogelablo monstrosity, In Inllatlon tf tho fools oi anolentareece," I "P'!*' "ea, upon my word I Boppose wo do » In foil oonclava before be iearei ths house. wh"t say yon,' Miss Venables—an cvorgrcon wreath, a bumner iPj.+lno, and a parUng aong-shsll we oslebrste Ibo ''Ms?*.!" f" '".9 "Jftraatio stylo t" . ,. , , ,. . ■Jfflf^B," she replied, entering into tho lively epirlt of tbibaronelt rather piqned, loo, at Oereid's oontoinptu- od^Uas. "He shall have a laurel wreitb, md Duncan ilhiirietllfor mo." "'Dea't drtg^me Into It, prey," said Ooraiil. "Yon ,ue into It, pror,"sBUi uoraio. ■ luu : biblos, itld like bibles rniuii have your VI1 send yOd tho girdonor t" snl'Dunoin, by nil moans, ^ ^..jt ti' gathering Ihe laurels present loetol" .'.('. , "Whit la tho matter with hlmP' asked Alice, u he are k boftpli> own wsyl'ia ' "Ob. »«7j have the '(oiii lie shall ; wo shall '"Ula praotloaf ni^nd cannot appreciate the ntlllty of plays, my dear HIsa Venables, that Is ell. He will get over II all Id an hour or two. Ms thinka Ihot you and I abonid Join him In Iblnhlngtliat a soil at a clerk's deek would bo fitter for Dubois than the back of a Pe;taaas." "Kugeoo a olerk I Oh, Sir Maroas I" "Dotier end wlier men than he have been olerke. Miss Venibles; but here qomes our worthy gsr- doner." "Wu ye wanting ma, MUs Alloe," he asked, enter- log the room shyly. "Malstor Qsrald sent m> In." "Yes, Ounoan, we wut you to do something for OP." "And ril dee It whatever It Is, ys ken that One, Ulta Alice." "Then I want yon to go and gather me some laurel loaves, enough to make me a crown. Wo are gohig to give Mr. Dnbols one; Iha lanrel mema ImmorUulty you know." "Aod you think he'll be Immortal, do you, my bairn T Ho may leave a lot of rnbbishlDg poelry behind him, but ne'er a eteady name for work ; he's nee mair no- tion 0' Ihe ways o' Ihe worid then a baby—he'll glc siller lo beggars and food to Iraiaps, and ua'cr think o' the oost." Never mind his shortcomings, get as the laurel, Duncan." "Hadna ye bolter gle him a hsili tree I" asked the old gardener, "Instead o' a wreath; it'll anawer for firewood some day, when he's gl'en awa' a' his suhstanco and aihauslod his brains, is ho sorely will before he dies." Dnncan wis privileged lo say what he chose, and Sir Mircua laughed. "Not a bid Idea, my moit matter of foot friend; he shall hivo alinral tree, and plsut It In hid garden." "And you'll get us ono now—this very minola t" Alice sdao" "I'm Ihl-i^'ng what your father will ssy to It, Missy." It's only fun yon tlons to 1st Marie want for aothing that atat wttlkUt provlnea, lo the very letter. ->MthTe(ttth|M.bvai and fmlt were dally praMated, or rather ofwM it Ik* villa; for lometlmes, when hit darktr moods w*r* oot Urn, BogeDB wonid refosa ihem with bitur peUtHMi, and send lbs old manaway wllh a sad faoe sMaptfiad heart. Heseldom saw Hiria now—tha waa Mtlatt lo her room, he heard, md whlspen weia rift ta tt« neighborhood that aha lacked all the comferli tktt ta Invalid should have. He forin ad a plan In hk owa mind, over which ha Ibonght long and eantally. aad it length axoltlmed one night, mach to hta wlfe't diaef- filure and alarm—"I'll dae It I my mlnd'a mti» w.* "Die wblir' aha uktd. "Ai« ya gta* dan, Du- nn, that ye ektrl oot I' the dead o'nIohtl'lhttfMfeiOBf Hand yir whht and gug to sleep, and lei It* gug too; It's near daybreak." So Dnnom heldhia ptaea tOl moralag, ta4 tktil iMfc his wife Into his condienee. ShadsBirtad •( Inl I* the scheme, bnt otme ronnd In the end. "We've neither ohick nor dhUd," iha saUt "tad wall hie enough to pot Ds Into onr gram whta tfa tm*. Do It, Dancsn, md the blessing betvta 11 gt» wl' U, for It's for the itke o' tha sick and helplea tut jt git It." ^ ■ ■ Dnncm sillied forth, with Importtoeo In hii ftea tad something mora sibilanUil In tus pookal,aiid<t(aMit visiting the various trodespeopla of the vlllaf*, U. *II of whom ho knew Engene wu In debt. Tho dial wit the bntoher, a rongh, oot-spoken man, whoae bD VM heavy, and who made no lecrct of IL "Oood day, Mr. Held," he uld, olrlllr. "Good diy, Mr. M'Shee, Any word of tb* .'f(ntay camlag backf" "Not yet." , "Ah,rmBorry. ll'e hard work for a poor feOov.ta (let along with both hoaset amply and people reaala- ng In debt on allaldoB. There's thattDthorfeDowlktl my lord took an ind made a gentlemtn of, UO IM. feo owes me, md I ihall never see a firthlng of lU" "I'm nae so sure o' that, Mr. Bald; I oomo fna Mr. Dubois the nno." "Bat nol to pay his bill f That wonid ba too good a Joke." "Indeed I hae. Joat mik' oot aracelpt, wall ye, tad gla it me; and here's tha money." "And hu ha come Into a fortona V tha man asked In amaieraent u he proseDted tha desired d o enae a L "or has he made a batter play, md got Itaodepted aod pild for r" "I diona ken ; It's nae boslnesa o' mloe. Fa tatf here to nay yonr bill; I'dldna spier whets oa gat tat rooner frto." And so from one ahop to another, lUlqoltaaUtUa buadio of recelptt lay u his pookei whea ha tamed bsck to Fairy Vfta. • ' "Bho shall hta petoe, pair yomig thhig," hA ftid to himseiri "iheshtU nae be worried, If it'iOD)rfotllla Allce'ssake—Oodbleaaher." . . ■ At the gate he met the slatternly, dlity itiTaat) tk* onlv domesUo left now to the Impovarlahtd Aad^y.aad bad a few words with her; therwara aotiMirf- ■ fcat ehe want In-doona wllh Ihe ihlfennesi TtaiiKM ffoa her bliok faoe. and walled on her mlsMM, aa poor Marie bid not btan attended to for mm/ a Stj. It wu Mrs. Dabolt that Dnncm uked for when bO reaohad tht honio, bst ha wu told ha ooold not tea her, ud wu shown lato the pktlor, what* Eogeoa naae of his frloads could '•"j .IB'T" singer. Applanaa and 'fhloUrtesonnded on an aldei; buttlie losrs that stood in one pair of gentle eyes were worth all to Eugene. Weak, wicked u It was, all tho lore lor Alloe Vouabirs wis reluming wllh double Intvnslty, end he turned from Iha pale wile al his sido to tha radiant beauty who was noon lo ba the bride of bis friend. It was a bappy evening end one Itng to bo remembered, aod the new dromalut went home vritb his heart once more filled with the wild, amblUoos long- ings for fame wbloh bid been tho drawbiok to bis sue- ceia before. II Is hard after anllcipitions of violory to have to cbroDloIe a defeat, hut ao It came to piu. The Irigedy of which Eugene had been bo proud tnmed out 1 complele failure; Botwithilanding Its beaatlfal language and lla tne poetry. It wu not oalenlaled to plesao as a play and It fell nst—nay. more. It wu an- mIsUkably sua nnonlmonsiy hissed. It wu only what every one who bid reid It expected, but lo Engene It oime like ruin; he bid so concontratad his energies and wssted his mental sirenglh upon It that Ita DOU' uuccoss completely proslratad him. presently Joined hwi., ., ::!^J'.J9ftM not^'jhMalAaaanwhatJtm^r "Oaa jUt not teiire tmraeitaia with ma r > ■ ■ atls,!' ilammailDg la umnoh "It WBsna Just a meusgt—that Is, I wsd Ilk* to hta sen hersol',''^replied Duncan, slammei< Oh, he'll lol ma do es I like, know." "I'm no so sure of that," wai tlio old man's miit- tered obtervitlon, la ho left tha room to fulllll her be- bstt. "What Is sport lo some la death lo othern. I'm no blind. Duncan M'Shoe oon soe as weel as the malat o'folk." Ao honr later no amall merriment wu caused In the party by the advent of the old ganleoer and a footman wllh a thriving young laurel bush In a gardoo vaae. Dunoan wu very comic In his Introduction of Ihe treu- ure. Is there one Mr. Dubois herel" he asked. "I wu bidden bring bIm this bush from me whniaja he's to live for evor. I dinns ken whether that mema till ha dies or what." Ihsro oouido't be a better Inlrcdiicllcn to ench a Rift, Duncan," said Sir Marcus, while they all Isnghod and applauded, and Eugene looked puzzled. "Ilave a glua of wine and drink bis hoillh, and Immortality to his works, not him." "Here's yor vern guld health, sir," said Dunoan, taking the glnaa, "end miyyo—no, yer hooks I mean —live for over ; end as to Ihe wee bush there, It'll be a big tree In time If ye tak' care o't. Dinna let the guld wife hang tho olees oa'l, nor the bolrna pn' tho loaves, or It'll dee. Ance malri bere'e lang life to you md It, and thank ye gsnliamen l'." He toned olT his gliss with nnoh rtllsh,md bowed blmself out, leaving a very merry company bohind bim. "Dunoin wu only a dispenser of some one else's iivors," (lerald said to Iha antbor. "This redoubtable laurel tree oomes irom Alice and Sir Mercus, ind It la to bo plmted In momorycf tbia, I tiusi, ausplolous day In your fortancs. Now then, gentlemen, full glasses to the hoalth of Mr. Dubois; snooesa to his trsgody—sod a song," " Wo mail have the lidles to give their viihes too," said Mr. Venables; "ihcy ore u much Intereelod u ourselves." They were snmmoned, and came to join In tho gcioral consratulntiona; and no aspiration for succoss WIS more fervent thnn Alice's is ehe touched tlie sparkling wine wllh llpn which she oonld scarooiy keep from quivering with emotion. Eugene's wild words to her hid mide ber trimhla for his happiness. Mot that sho thought for a moment that tbero wm tughl In them beyond e momentary excitoment; but they showed hor the Inslahllily of his chirsclor, and it needed no human akiii to loll that ho would soon be alone In the worid—that poor Marie's plsoe would be vacant. "AsoDg, a song," wss loodly demanded ' Proin whom V' Lady at. AObyn ukcd, "Oh, from Eugena,"hor eon replied. "None of ni can sing like him." "One- of your own songs, Dubois," Aubyn. "Kioy apeak to the heirt." Eugene pansad a moment u IIto consider, and then aing:— - Ohcilllt set a desert. Tbis pleassBt world belov, Sty not the Bower of sympithr ror misery here dotb blew. Affliction nay hare tried thee, Thy lot be hard to beu I Tat ipeik not eo ootnily, There are Und hurti emyvbere. Billle proadlr vilbmUforlane, , Nor heed bow loaf Ibe egbti iiatilanoe, whea leiit looked fur. Oft iienes lo akl the rigbL Hope00, hops lye; Iboujb ipirll orashed, Nor jwM thee lodoipaf: „ ^_ Thfosgh blioheil olouds the loallgbl pespe- Kiad hearts iro erorywbore. Tliere wu a pleasing, ringing molndy wedded to the words, md no more nppropiloio Irlbut* to tho kind- said Lord St. CUArTKR XVI, A ODJDU or uoxmA Tba failnro of llio tragedy on which Eugene hid so oxpended his energies auJ wasted bh mental strength proved only the beginning of a rapid downward oourse, which ended In alter ruin and proatretlon. His nitura was one of Ihoso which cinnot meet adversity with tha hopeful front of self-rellmco ind Inwird etrength, hot quailed end sank under the rod of advanity and the Btlnging losh of merolless orltlolsm. Uolween him and Ills Concfaolors there grew up a coldness which they could nol account for, ami ho would no( explain, thoagh, OS Is often tho case, fire minutes' oonvenatlon would havo aet mailers to righlii. Oorald bsd soma slight eonncctiOn wllh one ot Uio loading dally panert, arising out of sn important scrvloe once renderea by liim lo the proprletora.and In tills paper there appeared tha severest and most hitler critique of the play wbloh was iiiibllahoil, Homo trivial circumstances occoned to make tlie author Imagine tliol 11 was tho man he called bis friend who ha J done him this evil turn, and the first timo they mot ho attached him on Ihe subject. Ua was rosu and bot-terapored—and Oerald retorted as hastily—denying tho auuiorshl|i ot Ihe article, of which In truth ho knew nothing; but still the Impression re- mained. Eugene could not ha brought to nelleve that he was Ignorant, at any rale, of Ita Insertion, md from that lime tbolr frleadshlp eooled; Fairy Villa and lla Inbabltanhi were left unvlslled bv the famlUea at Btan- ley Hope and the Beeches, ud their names were rarely mentlonod In the bippy family olrclei of their bene- factors. Not that Mtria and her hoy were forgotten- far ft'omil. Many a kind preeant and message still found their way to them, bnt all aetnal Intarooona ohued; Eugene had, by his folly, worn ontthe ptUenoa of hia Iruesl and most enduring friends. They thonght of bim moie In sorrow than In anger—as men think of a fine, senilllve nature warped end blinded by clrcnm- slanoea, end spoke kindly of bim, even In Us wilful wrong-headedneu. Maria was dying, and povarly deepened around them; of thoio two faclB there wu no doubt. The lllUa In- oome aecured to bis wife and ehlld hn had managed to antlelpala, thongh he could not tonoh the prlnolpal, and tho bouaanold was sorely elmiianed. The wedding day of Oerald and Allee drew near, and the brido-oloct paid a farewell visit to hor old ftlends. Bho saw only bugene. Uo opposed her going up stairs to Maria with a quiet porslstanoo which palnou and puzzled her, and she could not persevere, lib manner was bard end cold, and tlie oontlralnod way In which he spoke tolior made any attempt at thorough friendly cunvorsallon utterly ueelesa. Bho left hirafaellngsad and depressed, end hor fnrowell to Marie and tho bov could only tf ko lio form of a kind messsgo alterail, fioUi bride ">,''l"'<f«; groom lelt Ike obsoiico of tUoIr old friond and bis wife at their wedding. The hoppy dronm '^.^'.''.f'W'J wu dispelled uow, and tlioy could do noli iig but let Eugene go bla willful way alone. And a wlllftil way It Su_to6lly neglecting buJiicss and ouployinont, wKlght'•'''« brought liim V,'°"e'L|?f„^''/ needs. Ho gave himeorr ui) lo wild Bohoming and vis- ionary Borih^llDg,wlill«I'l',''lf«,d"°P,'J """i faded, and b^flhouHOlioId worit to ruin. Ills obild was neg- i.Ti/ul iiid hsir fed by Uio Ill-paid sorvant, and tho onoo riXd cIciian llltIo villa took o sad air of forlorn doKon One f end only r^ to Ibe SShoni roolhor, and always defended him to tho ut- ability, and Uils wae BIr Marcus Llanwarm, ilo mainulned throughout Ihit Engono would one day bo known and acknowledged among Iha groat authors nf ilis dsy, ami strove to miko oxouses for bis Idle md olroirt" l"0;''<"''""'» 'i "••■"'O ecceDtriolty of a vonlnswhlofi would not he embed, md that ha would riresently show ths world that he wu fit for other things than dreaming away a disoontented life In a country house, . „ Hut Sir Uarcns wu abroad now, traveling, no one nullo know where, and notlnlending anlmmedlita re- turn. Ha had no Idea of tha libyriath of debt and dlf. Ilculty tha anther had plunged nimself Into, and Im- modlitelyifur tho wedding of Oerald and Alloe ha left England for a tour wheraTer bis fanoy might lead lilm. Only one who remained In England oared what became of the man, who wu only, m the eyaa ofUa nelghbon,adlsappolnudaoribbler,aad thatwu Dnnr ean H'Bbco. On tue famou night of the rtodUg ol the play, and tha halt serioni, half Joking pr«B«alIllon of the fiaroltree,bebid heirdapirt of th* leading through tha open wladow, and htd baaa not t lltUe ttiucK by the puuges whioh ratoked'hlt eari Plain, nntolored msn though he was, he had a heart for tme nootry, and ho drank In with dellghtthabeantlfol Ideu, olotheduthay wtrain words more lovely still. He bad watohed how mittera wint alnoe that night with the nuter of Fairy Villa, and wu sinotrely sorry to be a wllness of the rapidly downward career of the really brilllmtman. He hid fniailed AUoe't parting uliec M'Shee, "Duncan, sir; ca' mtir used till It." "Well, Duncan, theoi sa^ to mo I" me Doioan, If yon pleate, I<b And now,-what htrayoot*' I want to oa' to yer mind, air. If I mAyattk'ata bold, the night o' the party np yonder—the night whta' I bronght yon bonny bush till ye fort atno'itrla* morttllir, Thawtrld'B ohtngad a bit wl'a'o'^M ala' that night." "Changed I" axoltlmed Engene half to bliaadf— "aye. Indeed, Sunshine, friends, fortune, all gona— even Ihe very Isnrel tree round which we saag laek'a hopeful song ta fading In the slokly timoaphera' of aj useless preianoe." , , "Na, na. thst'awl' the heat," said DnBeta.Ia U« matter of fiot fuhlon. "Dnt It's abont that I otm* la speak till yon. Ye'd nte get mnokle (ra* tha pUykooM folk for yonr tragedy, I reckon r "Ooll Why It felled moot mtaersMy." "Aye, aja, I ken: bat that wu malr for want o*' hearts to nndenlud It than wmt o' beauty In the pity. I wu there," "You I" "Ay, ma and tha pilslreu. Did ye no hair oa ap- Elanding f We thnmpit wl' the family nmhrella till wa . nookit the brau ferrule dun sir, and we olapplt till' our verv bands were soir." "I only heard the hissing, have heard It aver tinea. But, my good friend, wa are only wuUog time. I sesraeiy tbhik yon oin have eome here to-day only to reeall tuoh unpleasant memories to my mlnd.'^ "No that exactly; bnt what I have to say wu oat Into my head by jour play. Eh, ICr. Dnnota, IVi a ' One ploy, and there'll oemo a time when yon.and I art low P the kirkyard maybe, when folkll read It aad feats. It, and aey in (heir hearts, 'A neat man wrola that' I sea ya dInna understand me; out I'm coming to It, I'm coming to It." Ua look onl the bundle of recelptt and Uld thtm oa the table, with his hind on them, before he weatoa. Engena looked at him with a pnizled faoe. He ooold nolmake ont hta motive, but there wu aomttUng la the Bcotobmm'a manner whieb prevented Uia trtallac him wllh the same abmptnesB which he had got Itto the habit lately of dlsplaybig to every one. TO BBOONTlHVaD. THE CHINESE THEITBE. Car illustration thta week renresente a perfoiaitaoe at the OhhiBse Theitro at tho Firit Exposition. And this loids us to notloa the pirtlillly which the Ohlae** entertain for ell kinds of omusemenlf. Among the** amusemenla that of thoalrleal representaHons oeenplea • an Important place. The theatre lo China, hew*m, Is a very dlfforont sort of thing f^om similar ettabUih' menis In Europo or Ibo United SUtaa. The letora oo- copy a moan place Ui pnhUc eslhnallon: th*j ar* act rooognlecd by lew: no female ta allowed to patfomu no tioa female ta allowed to marry u aetori moat of Ibe performers ere elavet of Ihe mtnosMi and to cdaoato a Iroo child for Ihe stage ta ponlshsble wllh a ' hundred stripes. Nolwllhittndlng tnaia rwUfetlou, tho Botors ore a numerous olua and their performancat aro cxcoodlngly popular. They have no regolar thealrca, but aro Invited lo private boniea and ooe*. ■Icnally oxhibit on a rough stage in the open abeet. - The government oontrlbateB largely toward^ dia- mstlo entertahimente, md permlaalon ta nadllv givon for tho ereollon of a stage In the ttraei, the players being romnnaraled by a aabaariptloB amongst those who have eiOoyed the antartatnBtnt.' Tfaoalres ore hulll u If by msglo. Two houa nSM to prepare a very oomplela alage of light bagtboo, . grotesquely decorated; a platform of board ta eltTatc^ i Bovon or eight feet above (ha ground, w pott^ tuee.'. sides are hung romd with ootwn< oloth tu tkt Ikoal '' left open to the audleneo. A oompany of atten: im- allyoonstata of ten or twelve penona, nnder<'th* dl- rootlon of a manager, md wmder'tlhealtelllag playan everywhere, (rem town to town, doing .their best la grituy their patrons. Beenerr It no^ Mnployad. ' An ., actor advinoiB to the front of theittge mdliifoinaIhe audience that the plaoeji lapposedto be a palace, a- nrtaon, a olty, or a wlldanea*, leavlog tha real to Ihe < Imagination of the ipeolatoia. Every actor, alto, ea - entarhig, glvet Ua nattta/the ohartoter he ta tnpposed . to peraonUy and hta Intantlons with regard lo the plet.' - The psrformanoa oonUsta of tbig-tongt. Tha aet- . former In the most erIUoil and txyug momenta make*. , no attempt to anress his sorrows In oorrespondbig lBnnaga,aaaU their tragedies are rendered remana* ble UT W« absanoo of Impassioned dlalone. Tha hero slranilea himself or slabs bis enemy vrtlh midtatiirbad tranqulllly, md employe aobons alone l« signify the depth of Ui feelings. Conservative ta lUa aa in every thin"' Utrmotlou of elae, the Ohinese adopt oertata pOMr . uarmoiiouB ui uio body, movemeots of the ltafldttAe*r to expreaa their theatrical grief or Jot, andlbtae te> tlons ito never teen inywhere else | tAeIr tonta, atae, when longuege ta employed, are thorotgbly "sttfey." Tho dramauo Ulerature of China U singiiltrly d*t< dent In sll essentltl reqnliltet of thta aaeleni aad popular department ot letters. Very few of tat pieooB produced In China have been transtated, and t* Ihoboe^of these eompoalllons bnt lltllo pralat eta a* awarded. They consist of Uagedles, oomedla* tad fsrces, bit oontaln nolhJng valoable, exoepUog u far u they throw light on the character and seotal lift U the moitpopoloaa oomlry oa the glebe.]