New York Clipper (Mar 1879)

.* Pxoprteror.) IsTEW YORK:, Su^TXJRD^Y, MAJROH 29, 1879. I Piloe Ten Cemtm. ''■ iSHOWOROP AND PANSY. ■ Rlllta FOB TBB mr tobk ouptbr, BT FRANK J. OTTABSOH. Undenmih tb« dilRs of aow, UDtferneath tbe ftnm «aitli, Wben the son nhaU w«ni«r idov FBlir.foniu wiawBke to blith. Tbon aalecpt and ann-lii-Bnii; • Pusy strand SBowdnrpUa, Boh from enni mattes barm, WaittBc tlM iiwm.,l>7-aoiMiT«. B ^rand -tjre, when Tloter flJea ^ From tae axdant gloir of Spxin^, Suuwiliuu frnm talfl [tst wfU ilaa, PB1U7 blnsli'ln tdaaaomlii^ Kalnra la a mother Und: Wben the Aatamn dajs wvre nne She, touTeftvDi Winter's wind. Bid the flowvni la (craTea nn kuu w u . ButcdaUthelorely flower*; ^Bmtod them, hat not for ; . 'AHedBstheae fomiB of ooib ' .^^laep to rise another day. ^■'3<a» where the llald Is tare. , T J tmn wtwra the 6*oole* ai^ nee; Hear the horled flowera them i .n WUaiietingor the mom to be. ~ How th«7 bear old Winter's tread £Bdhue br Into the north; BnrfUrfiprlnjrherplnlonfl Rpread, A^Bln to ralo and olesa th«,earth. And Abe wUI brine the April vtaowera. And nhe will oabtr ln.tlie May, And brUihten all the Thoa dath lUtls ~ with flowere; WaJcesv SnowdroptTBprio^ bt caUlo^; ^ wake I wa mnowaltep afotln: W We, w bei e ' s s hgOm^rc tilUne, Most he earilaatlaher train. <THE AIBTOCRAT'S DaUGHTCR} OR, THE BBZDE OF TTTP. GUHJiOnHE. ' TBAaBLATXDTnS nB FRKKCH TOB ThkN. T.CLIFPBB, BT EDWIN F. 18 ^(IHK. I BDtn«d In the Ofll«a cf the U hrari an'of Oragcram, at Washington. D. C br^un QOBor, la the jear 1879. I . 1 OHAmil IZ.—OONTIMUHU. ! BaitUy had they reached the most dense por- ! tlon o( the thlekwafiarB trees luid planlB, when . LiaidotsaddeniykBUMl Aymeric: "Were yoa everaoquahued with the.dnnglitnr, \ of the OooDt de UmenD?" The snaiQ was very artful, and very suddenly sprang. A IflBS"waiT and 'soBd adveisaiy than the Baron would .have been cani^^it and orer- thiown at oncebylJazdoifaqnesbon. Bnt Can- dell, who was' piepared for-something of the kind, pi^ented a nont of bress to this danger- ons atmcK. Bnt he did not orerdo his part. An excess of ifmoranoe has its dangers as well ^as an excess of emotion. IjiArdot was too well in- stmoted in the onstoms of the old regime not tA know that an tlie old families of high nobHitr were aoqnialnted, or at least knew one another by leTAn ateoliita daiiuLWoiild have been s\is- >as; bnt Aymerfo'pEissed through the dan- _ gallantly. '''Do you mean a noble gentleman of Ton- 1 louse," i'aid he, "who had a magnifloent estsb- •■ Ushmentin Paris, and who held a liigh position I at coort in 1788, or theroabonts?" \, "Thosame," answered Llardot, already a lit- II tie disconcerted by the boldness of his gneat. II "Oh, I remember him very well," said Can- IfdelL "He was a tall, stnidy, vigorous old man, who waa never seen abroad without the cord of the Order of St. lionls about his neck, and who nsedanaSataterrfiiterata.'' ■. -y—^ "Tw yes; bat his danghter" intatmpted U- ardot ii voice sUghay tinpsd with impatience "Hisdauj^ter? I remember very little, if any- I tUng other. Perhaps I may have seen her some iwwhen I was in^ted to onool the Queen's ' Tteceptionsat Trianon; butshice the daughter of i so dfcanguished a nobleman was bvno means ■ tn those oays an eUgible party for the youngest son of a provincial gentleman, she Mver re- ceived any attentlona torn me. I devoted my- aeU in those happy tlmas to Uadame PoUgnao and Uadame Latnhnlle. But, if I'm not mis- taken, I read In the Engllflh papere whfle I was abnak that the old Count was guillotined on the same day with Madame Elizabeth." ^ ••Yes " said Liardot In a solemn tone; "he had the honor of ascending the scaffold with a prln- oees of the royal bloooL" . ^. , ' , "Tee- bnthlsdaughtar—what has become of her?" intralrod the Baron with an Innocence of tone and manner which drove away tte last lingering BuspiolonB of the ie^ous husband, ^5£_Ido not "know eiiactly," he stammered, "IbeHevo she was pared for by the friends of ^"Si rethought, when you asked me If we ^eieaujualnted, that you had some news of ""Oh. no ™8omo relatives of here abroad have rrttten me for Information conoeznlng her," II Bidied Uardot, "and I thought perhape I <i mtht get the information from yoo. •'I'm very aprry 1 cannot be of any service to (rhereabauts oi even my own tauueunua ra- kttvaa. '^But now that we an .albne, dont vou ff^ttSiwtmld be agood tlihe to talk a little about eerldnB afblis?" II "Tea* was my intentioa when I led you Iwav bom the rest of the company. But we tourt bo brief, for we have very UtUe Ume to ^uselves. if we deslie thatour absence shall '^rUbeasoonoiaeasTaoltaB. Piist of all, let bU transfer to you the dlspa W i b ee from the I/on- Aa. Oommlttee," said CandeU, qnlokly drawing 3)m bis pocket a lane package of papers Soring two large sealalkbla^ wax. - iPmSikB. I shaU read-tlifiae to-uJght," re- ried liardot. taking th« V>'^°>f^^^'^l ^ it in a capaciooa Inner pocket of his long ^^IS^^re to a bnndlB of bank-notes amount- S» to one hundred thousand Uvios, subecrlbod Aj, V nantrftff e- iuoj I a to retofai for my personal uoe two thon^d Stolngold. I hivVexpended a hundred to ' jthe roysSi properiy, but I am ready. If you 1 ah, to W the rest on the altar of my country, Itoyusfldtosayln'Si" ^'It would" be a useless saoriflco, ■ my .dear, iron." said Liardot. "The. money ib^erplaced than In yowhand^ rse to receive the ,h«^>^?" S a responsibility.'■' Bat tinus'TOei , how as briefly as paifSaao,1»hat you hai v^^SttlSgtas gone on isiiioothly. Ttonks iafrieidot,mtoe,I ^^^^0^,^^°^- Uveryneir^.Inthe»ieMarals.- fToa gave an assumed name there, 01 K^^res; Charles Fougeiay. the name of the 1 of a petty magistrate who used to Uve at uen,lSwhoTmlgratod to Louisiana some ■^rVery good. Now let me ask yon a few [ona. Hm the woman vrtiofamlsheB your unnsa any chlldieB-B husband or relattvee 'Swils? In ahqrt. Innreipn only her alone f^ ^ri iwj^r ireiitod the Baron - aeU^hesitstioalBUBTOloeL J -s: a splendid iuc ti titre , ■«Ak) works by the l' only had A^^PM^ «»d h^I" iSSaiged & v^^ kar.and proba- '2Si^1^*^¥*j»ji°«*l« ""Jte* ^^SttSr litite to:.|5i*^ 'fifft" *f«!i had or had not»:a«itfWl^*!pt"'"'g . •S^emS^saW the chief of ^e oolwpuraj -If I remind you. my young friend, that o{£divSrybne-5r the plf*f-^t^fjir^^"? oomecnUvely toJI^ has been betrayed by a ""l knpw that; and I .know, too, that on Vot women you" have not perfect con- b^ma. 1 Saknovdedgo that I need » tWwwtoSy.-ofion already know.'' •|-^ " f .««^f^ t-'the lady whoni jb* i S'lIeW-VeS'i'nl^t before yon wtiuld kit JOB Jiave seen thlajady agato sfiice you itol herthe ring yoffparohased for herat als Boyal that nljht?'' ^ ,• 7 answered Aymerle, who began to feel I bv these queettons. , ,. , rely on y<rar pniflishoe'wnh.ber in the tntnra,'! Teaomed Uardot, "and shall'say no more abcMt^ltor, since I see it annoys'you. But I must'oalr^tbn to give me the name of the friend- wKo got' you the lodging In the' Buo Blarais:' By me way, what is ue numljer?" . "Number twdve. "Ton understand it is neoeasaiy I should know it, tor I cannot tell, at what hour of the day or pight-I,might require yonr'^arvlcee^" "I shall never atiaent myself unless yon are informed." ■Ttut the name of your friend?" • "Oeorge Salviac, lieutenant of the Twenty-third Begiment of the line, dettiahad as a Junior aide- de-camp to OoDeml Bonaparte. He is in Paris on sick-leave, having been severely wounded in the lastUttle affair -with the Auatrlans." "SaWiao t Wasnt there a member of Oie Bevolutionary Convention of Qiat name?'' "Tes; he was guillotined with Banton. Geojge -was his only son." '• "His son I" cried Liardot, starting ' like a wounded lion. "And you have relied on'hiis son to find you lodgings?" "Tes." .^"Bnt this is Inexcusable tolly, monsieur. This Is putting the interests of our sacred oause at the mercy of one of our most bitter enemiee." "But George is a loyal soldier, and I believe him incapable of playing the spy, or belzsying anyone, and especially one who has done nim so great a service as L 'Why, I saved him from having his throat cnt in the Oarchy cafe. I wanant he 'will do as no harm; and yoii know thiei life I have led for the past Ave years has given me a pretty clear undeistanding of men and character." "But you have not made the lieutenant of the upstart Bonaparte your confidant in the least degree, I hope?" "Of course not; for it iB one of my prin- ciples never to tempt any man to do wrong. To Oeorge Salviac I am Charles Fougeray. Even his mother, a bitter Bepublioan, counten- ances me as a sort of half-'way, innocuous aris- tocrat" "But there is great danger and no chance of proflt to us in this connection." "No chance otpcofiC? 'Why, this young officer expects promotion to a captaincy, and intends Immediately aaUng a transfer to the Qnord of the Birectoitr now on duty in Paris. He told me so hlmsdf yesterday." "If this is true, there may be some advantage in this ac<{uaint^ce, but " "Of course if s true, every word of it Why, he's engaged to be married, and he will move heaven and earth to get a transfer to the gar- rison of Paris. The Jacobins will not refuse anything to an officer on the staff of the general who -wins victories, depend upon it" "Very well ;■ but if this Salvlao gets a com- mand in .the guard of the Directory he'will be more dangerous than ever as an intimate asso- ciate—remember that" "Excuse me; I don't 'view It in that 'way. Suppose some day our Black Bond decided to carry off the five potentates of the Luxembourg, do you not thluR it would be interesting to them to be informed of the slightest movement of the Directorial Guard that would be the only body standing between them and the success- ful accomplistunent of their plans?" "And do you flatter jouieelf that a brave and loyal soldier, ss you say he is, would confide his confidential orders to you?" "No, I do not think anything of the kind; but I could get everything from a third par^ from whom he would be sure to conceal noth^ tag." Liardot started and gnzed into Candcil's eyes 03 if he would read his inmost thouf^ts. "His intended wife, you mean?" said he with a slight tremor in his voice—"his Intended wife, to whom he has been foolish enough to mtro- duce you." "Tes," said Candeil, thinking as be made the acknowledgment: "If he thtakslam bent on fascinating Therese, he will not suspect Chris- tisne." "I -will not deny," sold the speculator, "that there is a chance in that direction; but the means employed are very dangerous, and " "Come, now. you must adnut that our parlv stands ta need of forming some relations with a Republican general 'with tbe view of gatatag him over to the royal cause," said the Baron. "Of course, I acknowledge It" said Liardot; "and I will go farther. I will state it has be- come absolutely necessary that we should do so. We will never succeed until we have at our head a military chief ivlth enough renown and enough Influence to assnre us the support of the army. The experience of the Thirteenth Tendemlalre proves It Our men bore them- selves -well enough that day, but they were not properly led." "True for you," said Aymerie; "while the legionaries of the Convention had at their head a certain general, quite young and inexperi- enced, it & true, but one who has already made himself known tar and 'wide by no lees s feat of arms than the reoaptuie of Toulon from onr valiant friends the EngUah." - "Bonaparte, a beggariy seUlor of fortune, a man who arose from nothtngL .'who is nothing, and who has nothing but. hK sword and the mantle he wraps himself in.' It Is a sad reflec- tion, and yet it must be saldtliat to him we owe our defeat It was he who :n)owed' as down 'withgrapeehot on the maiehes of St Booh." •■. "Well then, I see you are in a frame of mind to agree with me that if this same Bonspartt;. although a nobody, would consent to changtylth opinions, he would soon lead us to 'victory, a^w did the Jacobins." "Certelnly; bnt I doubt that this rough Oo«^' sican Is in the humor to put Mmtmif at our sarvlca?" "Do you think so? Dont yon imagine that his ambition would be satisfled with a guaranty of five or six thousand Uvres a year from the Sing's treasnryT" "Two years ago that might havs been pos- sible," said Liardot, "but staoe he has won ten battles in ten months, since he treate 'with Aus- tria flrst-handed, armed 'with all powers, this adventuror is no longer approachable." "Bahl The King, can command his price. He can go as tar as oestowingon him theriiler- shlp of a principality In some of the territories he has conquered. Whatcould'hS desire better than that, unless he desires -winning a regal crown?" said the Baron. "And why not?" said Liardot gravely. "IteU you, the ambition of this man is greater even than his wonderful good fotttune; and it-will be nothing less than a mlredje'S- he agree to sim- ply servo the good cause oranv other." ■ "Uiraole or no miracle, it will do no harm to try to convert him. If 'we dont sucoeed, we're no worse oft; but it we do, then the Dhreotory -wUI not stand ta our way a long time." "Such a temptation would have to be put delicately to a man like Bonaparte; for It he should refuse he might oomproihisa our entire movement and I know ot>|io person whooould take so important a duty on nimselt 'with any hope of snccesa." ' "Noperson? Why, heream I,"said tbeBaron. "Tou7" repeated Uardot. "Of course, 1. Bavent;! been tor the last fifteen minutes tiyllig to got at-that point In ex- plaining the adfwages of my aoqoalatanoe with George Salvl«>r*,. "But suppose BoD^aite does net oome to Paris shorUy?" "Then there's nothing to prevent me going to his oamp with a letter of introdnotlon from George.' "Bnt 'Will be give you snoh a letter?" "Tes; he has already promised It I have professed the greatest admiration for the gen- eral, and expressed an a^ent desire to see and speak to him before I return to America. Bona- parte Isnt so great yet that he will refuse to re- ceive the homage of so abject a woishlpor of his genius as Ghariee Fougeray." .A long ailenae ensne<l. Liardot appeared deeply impressed by the atgumente advanoed bv Cbndeil, and he regarded his guest with a look of astonishment and apprehension. "Do yon know. Baron," said he, "I think yon were horn fora oonapirator?" **Or a dlplomiajlst, replied Aymerio gayly. ••The otner night yoa proved yonr oourage under the extnme test; to-night yon manifest a BsmdlT that really aetonisbea me." ■>Indaed I /Dian the moment his M^esty as- cends the throne I shall ask' for the position of ambassador to some bortatons oonntry where my aagwttyiand my'gotirage oan both:be put to the ten at once." "The Sing-oould not, surely, make a better choice.'*' . ' ' . . -. ■ ■ . "Ton approve of my plan in retard to.Bona^ ''^^SsppAvoof itlir prindpla; but w« have yet Benjamin C. I*orter, Assassinated in Marshall, Texas, March 20. Maurice ^arrymore. Wounded in Maraball, To.\a8, Maroh 20. to settle the question of opportunity. But it it is decided that the chnnoe is favorable, will you undertake the mission?" "Of course. Why not?" A Btmnge light sparkled in Liordot's eyes. He lowered his voice to a deep whisper: "And you would have no regret In lea>'ing Paris?" "Ah—ha I" thought CandcU; "I understand him. The old man is not yet perfectly satisfied ta regard to his wife. Now or never is the mo- ment to end his suspicions." Then he answer- ed aloud: "'Why, Liardot, I thought you had a better opinion of me." "'What do you mean?" "Why, you seem to suppose thiit I fall in love 'nith every woman I meet, and that I could not leave Pons without tearing myself by force from the embraces of a score of jades." "I confess I euspooted something of the land," said Liardot "Have no fear tor me on that ^coro. then. I love women, bat only as you love^the rare flow- ere in your oonservatonr—or the rich wines m your cellar, it you find the first compikrison too poetic." "And that means what?" "It means that a pair of bright eyee, though they were drowned In tears tor me, could not tempt me to swerve from my slightest duty to the King any more than your floweis could make you theu- slave." "Good I I imderstond you now." said the merchant, evidently delighted 'with this profes- sion of fulth. "I trill lay your proposition be- fore my colleagues to-night" "To-night?" repeated Aymerie, to whom the thought at once came that if Liaidot Intended to be abeent from home he might take advant- age of the fact to have an Interview with Ills -wife. .... "Tes; we meet at midnight, and some definite action 'nill be taken at this session." "Shall I be informed of this action?" "Without a doubt I should take you with me were it not that I prefer to state your plans andplead your virtues in your absence." "Tes, I prefer It should l>e so," said Candeil. "Bnt when shall I see you again?" "Perhaps at your lodgings to-morrow morn- ing. Perhape, though, I may be detained here. In that event you 'will oome to the storehouse which opens on the quay. Ton 'will meet a dark who -will olfer to show yon samples of merohandlsa. Ton will say you wish to see Monsieur Nicholas. Bemember the name." "Have no tear. I have an excellent memory." "Well, the ol«irk 'will show you the 'way to enter my office unobserved." .."flood I" "And you 'wlil be ready to start on the mo- mmt'lf snoh is the order of the Band?" "Without delay and without resret" ^'Tour hand." said Liardot, and the two men esohanged a firm grip; "and now it is time to return to my gueete, for they may Iw astonished at-iny long absence." "Tee,"said Aymerie; "we have had time to examtae all the flowere ta creation." The conspirators retraced their steps. A rustUng was heard among the tropical plants near them. Lisjdot raised his voice: "My dear Charlee," said he, "you must not be too critical with my little oollection of flowere. We have not a southern sun ta Paris, you know." "No, but you have enough gold to make ujp tor if said Aymerio, "tor it seems like a viigta forest iere." "Forest or not" suddenly cried a coarse voice, as Margoutta, the batter speculator, burst through the shrubbery, "you devote too much time to it" "True," said Liardot; " we have lingered long- er than I had tatended." ."'Why, smce you have been away I've emptied an entire bottle of Jamaica rum—your rum is decidedly good. Citizen Llaidot But you had better como back, for they are growtag boister- ous already. There is Oriffard, tor Instance, who has learned by heart Robespierre's blas- phemous disconise on heavenly things, and threatens to recite itto us from begtamng to end." "Mercy on ust" cried Aymerie. "Let us hasten to the relief of Madame Liardot" It -was time indeed, for poor Christians al- ready had the look of a poor martyr cast among savage beaste of prey. At the first sight of her husband she oast him a supplicating glance that-was full of meaning; but Aymerio songht ta-vata tocatoh her eye. This pereistent re- fusal to notice him seemed so strange that he was more flrmlyresolved than ever to pass through the Bue Bourbon at midnight to see it there -was not a light burning ta her window. An Immediate tatamew, it seemed to him was ta- dispensable, tor he'was very anxlousjto have an nnaeretandmg wlili her in regard to the new sitoatlon of affairs. ' Madame Liardot probably shored this desire; forjwhsn he'bowed before here in taking hie leecve she said, so low that none but he oould hear: "In on hourl most'^peak -with you." Otherwise sh^ did not depart ta the slightest from the glacial coldness which she had pre- served all the evening. Liardot shook his hand warmly and aooom- panied him to the door, whispering: "To-mor- row." The-menihant returned to his gueete, who did not seem taoUned to leave Just yet; but Madame Liardot soon manitaBted a desire to retire to her own' apstments. This did not oooasion any eurtirlse, lor it was not often that the lady remained totne end of the entettota- ment. Truth to say, the company remaining were not displeased to see her going, staoe her preeenoo exeroised a great restiatat on them in both oonduot and topics of oonversation. 80 this evening, when she arose to retire, the same sensation of pleasure spread through the oom- panythat ptevails ta'a sohoolroom when the, schoolmaster takes np' 1^ hat for a brief prom- enade out of doois. ~ Liardot himself was not displeased that she disappeared at so aariy an hour. Hehad import- ant projects for this ni^t Ferfeotly ennd of his Drief fit of Jealousy, and- Teby deeply im- ptessed'With the views of the BarOBi ta'x^rd'to. the polWral neeeadtlea of the oonapl c aoy.lie was very aiudoas to report to the eoaaplratore tiie; Slans Aymerio had devised. Heamlledamia^^ lerefore; as liis.'Rlfa arffe^andlook her hand, for he never tailed .to .Imprlnta kissjin. bw-tar pering Sngen wfaen'tlftfy werS'fiaJpeitaliMCIt Vfiet tor a brief time. Christiane, ta a dreamy, dis- traughtstote of mind, hold out her hand as usual, and uardot bent over to perform the favorite riteof politeness of the eighteenth century: but Instaad of salnUng the tapering flngere with the customary kiss, his lips contracted sternly, and a hoaree, hnU-smothered cry escaped from bo- tweenthom. Atthesametlmehlsfaoebluncbod, his eyes became bloodshot,.and his Umbs trem- bled under him as it his heart had been pierced by the sword of a foeman. Christiane, absorbed in thoughte of her lover, did not notice the agita- tion of her husband. She bowed giaolonsly to her guests, and left the banqueUng-hAll vrith the gmce of a goddess returning to Olympus after ha-ring deigned to sojourn a.few momenta on •sorth. "What is the mutter, Linrdot?" cried Oriilord. MarRDUtin and the rest ot the company ta one voice, noticing the haggard and woebegone ap- poumnce of their host "Nothing—it lsnothlog,'>wtBA»ereltThcchl<)r ot the Black Band, pressing his hand to Ills heart, which was beating furiously. "That's the olTect of lovtag one's wife too much," said Margoutin. "True, tadeed; it's ta the blood," said the tat GrifTord." "The blood?"'repeated Liardbt'wlth a bewil- dered air. "Tes. that's where the disorder is— it's in the blood." "I advise you to have youreelf bled; and the sooner the bettor," advised Margoutta. But Liardot's malady 'was deeper than his friends hod any Idea of; for, as he leaned over to kiss his 'Wife's hand, he saw and recognized on her finger the ring, that the Baron Cnndell had t>oaght at the FaLsis Boyal on New-Tear's night as a prtssent tor his misDess. CHAPTBB X. WHAT CABASSON SAW AT UIDNTOIIT. An hour after this convivial soene the guests had all teken their departure; and Uardot con- Bumtagwith rxigo; hastened ito Uaf study and Esve way to his emotions. Up to this moment e had Men on the rack, compelled to bmr the agony that was gnavring at his heart, and yet wear a smiltag conntahance before his loiteruur gueste. But nowthejOAsk of tadUference fell from his features. Nothtag oould' give an ade- quate idea of tbe utter misery of tns tmhappy man. His agitation was such that he Ibund ft difficult to open the secret door that let^ tato his cabinet He succeeded after great effort how- ever, and, throwing himself tatoa ohair, buried his face in his hands and wept like a child. No one could witness his (prlef. for the sanotuaiy In which he bad taken refuge waa loAOOeaalUe to anyone after he had fastened the seoret spring of the door, or rather doors, tor then were uiree means ot ingress and egress to this apartment. The' first throngfa wmcfa he had I'oat passed, led to the nwepUon-rooma ot the iou8e:«the second opened on a seoret stair- case which oommunloated with tbe open stotss on the quay, and allowed the oonspiiatore ot the Black Band safe aooeea to him: the third; permitted the financier to descend dlreotly tato the vast garden that occupied the space between the quay and the former Bus Bonition. Thence he could gata onobeerved the detached wing of the buildings, whlcdiwas theysxdlilslve haliHsaon of his'Wife, aid the same means Chifstiane might secretly enter the apaitments of the man whoee name sh» bore. Of all the IssoWfrom 1^ cabtaet, however, this -was the leastiiused, Vr.the husband and wife rarely met except in a sort of official way ta the parior and the dintag- room. All the doore leading from this apart- ment were opened by an ingenious mechanism kno'wn only to the great conspirator, iriio retired to the secrecy of ttus well-guarded threat to plot and plan ta pollUos and commwce alike. From whatever direction a visltor^pdght appcpaoh his oabtaet, Liardot was wanugdnong before his arrival by the tinttling of an automatic bell, :8a that he had time to frame an excuse for not re- ceivtag the newcomer, or opportunity to escape before tbe newcomer oould roaoh-.tho door. It is needless to say that the secret slgnsil an- nouncing a visitor approaching'by.Oe passage leading from the garden was nnerS-cause for his retiremant, and never,OS Butnavisttoraoud be butone pereonwho knew thewcret way, and that person Christiane, her summons-was never , unanswered. This seoret labontoiy of con- spliBoy and meicantile speoalatl(m had also the additional idvantage of being tavislble from 'wlthoQt Situated In a squaro-bulR 'wlng, or rather a small projection from the main build- ings. It -was Ugfated by only one 'wtadow, which opened upon a gloomy, shaded Itaden vralk, vviiere the monks nod been ta the habit ot taking' their melancholy promenades. From the Quay ToKaln-sr the street this wtadow waa not vIbI- bla, sdFBO one oould see the light that buraed in it^mtr night from eariy dusk till dawn. But . toooAr^hls'Window was masked by the elooiii)rllnMn-trees,aai|JJaidot's retreatooidd not be S4Mi.'.fram wUiont. he could from Ua wlndbw oommond A view of, the vast gsxdan of the good monks. . . '• ° How many times had the wteiy ploitiw .se& Christiane leave her ooMike dwelling ai£l ooniS', forth to breathe -the^ mgtaat air of-the earqr morning beneath themnMtoheetnat-trees, when' she loved to loiter 1 Bow often he had aboiP doned his -weary work to' admire the graoiooS outltae of her figure unpercelved I How often, too, late in the night, .tHien he had returned from a stormy scene at thd meeting of theconspira- tois, hod be dlstnoti^ h|s mtad from Its tertl- ble preoooupatloii by simply gazlisthroadi tiie doAnees of the night-at tli^ - btjghtly Ughtefl' -wtadows ot her distant apartments 1 Thisvras the onlypleaisare,the onlyrelasa* tion, hl» aaoeUoapint perraiUad him. -This -wai^ apparent from the aln^Uelfy; which iirsvailed i|t the turiiteliing"oI'^e apartment-whereta weiv laid' 'pla^'> thAt "Won mflHona -of - money, -an3 whereUk'^raiia taventsdl)>]ata to ovetthrow-go^ enmiABCB^'aBdignloataii'.destinles of a greet iuiUoiu ..• i I - /p-i .' ' ; " I «rtfbmtt^ahbSf',iH ttsTfaeatlnswoiiIdxtdt' UmMU-bamloiAid any bolt with-the buTfinHsa Atthe waUs.inor <fcs togmar and anoomfortsble ipriaiitnew.at.th0.^fitaIn^ Thftpwele -ymto Ot l>tat biacIOiiiea'wtOTage; tbe few stocto ooA banheB acBttered-Mbovt?; might have dene duty lojig, yean- before, In '-the gnardrooni <^,'MiBei feudal eastt^>'': «id a'number ot sideboanl^jDad-i ed down-wiDi pUaa Ol,dusty poperej and *;«i9p*-ireti<lry,^T«diH5rSii"oriSelDeSR' lection of solidly made trunks completed the fumituro of the room, if wo exdept Liardot's desk and hrmchnir, which were,-Indeed, quite in keeping with the rest. This retnuit, whom nothtag bod been sacri- ficed to comfort might very readily have served as the.oell of a Benudictmo. . But a number ot sabres and pistols piled In a corner of the room and several poniards lying about on the chalre and -writlng-tablo somewhat modified the sever- ity of ite religious appeaianoo. There'were enough arms In the llttln room to have mata- tained a siege, and tliis night-au observer would have thought that Liardot was preparing to re- pel on assault on his stronghold, tor his com- pressed II ps and frowntag brow expressed a des- perate resolution. At Urst hehadglven ^-ay to grief and tnatu, but now he ralsod his head and ground his teotn ta rngo, and playing nervously withthehiltof a poniard on the table before him. _ "I will kill them—kill them .Mht^i^aalcl beln-t oailed •nrph ROyBter a terrible voice. ' —— '" Suddenly he passed his hand across bis brow as if to drive away the terrible thought^ that had taken possession of his bratn, and, rising to his feot, he began pactag the little room to and fro. The apartment was illumined l>y a lamp which his trusty servant lighted evoiy evening, and which bumod till the morning cnme. The dark shadow of Christiane's husband crept along the oaken panels after him like a phan- tom ot the night But the gloom of the situa- tion harmonized with the buck thoughte ti ^^t were besieging his brain, and the most torxible of all human passions to which he -was a victim —^olousy. When CbrlBtlane hod oonsented to bear his name she did not love him, and he knew it But he, bom the verv flret loved Christiane, and$ 'was tbe sustaining hope of his Ufa that she woqid. I.eam to love' him ta time. Like all kind and^generoua souls, he bad deluded him- self with the idea ttiat love maybe sown and cultivated till it springs up from the pampered soil and flourishes from very gratitude to the boor who drives the plow or holds the lake. He had made the mistake of supposing that women give their heatte away from -gratitude. He did'not understand that women expect ador- ation 08 a right, and never dream ot protesting af;aliist it uMriigh they are no more Ukelyto MY LITTLE MARCH LAMB. Blow, blow, March wtnda, bhnr; SUuc a aoiis to my darllnc; Driva away care, Blow, biMiaa fur. To bring good gina to my rtwrilTig. Sblne, shine, Marcb aao, ablno; . Open tbe floweia ft>r mr darling— HTBdnthabrlaht . Nartiaaoa wbJba— To maka a.oown Ibr mr darling. Pia^'pUy, Uinb>lTiB.play; - Wblnla. Manh birds, ror my darling: Lot tbe baea bom. And bauarcupa come. To brighten tbe meads llor my day, gay, be as ye inay, will not compare to my darlmg— To HrbabylUr Wltb golden hair. My llxtle Marob Iamb, my darling. JCXlA CODDAKD. THE EABLT ENOUSH DRAMA. OOMriLaD FOR TBB HCW TOaX OUPrSB. grant the pfaysis ot their adorere than are the beauteous Idolslietore which enthusiasts devout- ly bow. ; , . So, ta theahnpUol^ ot his heart, Uardot had found everything: oontzibuting to sustata his error and to 'pnloiig the illusive hopes he had conjured up. ".OHen hod Liardot brou^ her tato the comjpany of the meet winning and polished cavUlen of the fashionable worid ot the time, but she had received their homage with greater ooldness than she manifested tor him. There was this difference, however; when JS worshiped, she listened, but did not reply; but when the gay tascinatora of the hea>t mtmda flattered about her, there was oontempt as well as coldness ta her replying looks. Liardot did not fall to remark the difference ta his tavor ot the treatment aooorded by his queen to him as compared 'with that given his bs- olnating visitors. Inspired thus by hope, he did not sWve to break down her aristooratio pride that she might descend to his level. On the con- trary, he secreUy strove to lift himself to her plane. He made himself the chief of the consplr- acytabehAlfofthe Eln^.'an'd 'devoted all his en- ergies to It His Me^eefy, onoe plaoed firmly on the throne by the offloere of t&e Blaok Band, could not refuse any reasonable favor to tto ohlef. That chief was Liaidot He was already fab- ulously rich, and money oould not repay him tor his serrices. 'What would he ask? A tiUe of nobility, to make him the equal ot Clirlstlane. Then be 'was sure she 'would be his. This was the ddnslon thatOie Stmple-hearted man had been huggtag to hla bosom.- .This was what he had been woiklii|r toRilBIrt and day. "This 'was what urged hlm%> bia.'Ve^'B gutlloUne and make his life an agonyot tnfl thst he might be a nobleman- and poaa o ao the money to support as a nobleman should the high-born lady of his heart . '' If. lie had known that at the very time he pro- posed' to save Oiristlane from death by giving her his name, she had already been fortwo yeus the betrothed of the Baron Candeil, he migfatnot have been«o eager to speoulato for a proflt ta love matt«»as hehkAdone; but Christlane'had carefully preaarred Iwc seoret and he had been spared the ^terrlblQijlMsenchantment up to this time. She bad be^n told that Candeil had died with his father' oh the guillottae. and she was too proud to explatathe secrete ot her life to the menial she had'wed. Later, when she learned that the Baioh lived, sad Siat he''stU loved her she had not thb courage to tell hei> husband ol the taata, but consoled heiseUWlththe oonclons- ness o t her purity of mtad and her faithful ob- servanoe of the honorable undetstandtag which Bho supposed to exist between her and the man whose name she bore. This warihS sttd^bn o^dbln vvhsh, like a kj/underbblt: to-the ontad of Liardot, came the Mock of the dlsooveiy of the accusing rtag. Rpw.at last the .poor stewaidoonld not doubt Iheoverthrow of all his ohertohsd hopes, staoe s onlrtsnt had shown the tadkpnt^>Ie proob be- fore his Very eyes. The 'shape and setting of the ring were geonllar, and did at*- nernatlilm toentertata forraSaoinent tBCWw ffiat"he had made a mistake: Be Bad Seen ue Banm buy . - .- it and he examtaed it Intthedteteiy after the pni^ >9aBtameiit of big Rae8t& Neither tbeir actUig nor Ak.^ n. » •» «»-- —■- ■— r. -'•tpci^piaj-wriangttid so rauctt for the prosperons in as their abaies ta the Olotie or some other ag London theatre, llie rams charged for a<l- mffiaace were fipm two te six pence. The play- WTuers seldom received over eight or ten pounds ftar ttaetrprpQaettoas, a Uttlslater t&sy.tose totwenty and twentT-^vnpoonds, As tbe nambcr of thentras increased, tbe prices went np, and occasionally S' ,°fbw pounds.were added IbT a prologue to some new pl4y. The anthora, howevek-, were iieiietally allowed. The hlstoTv of EnsUsh atage-plajscan be traced as Ihr back as the middle of the sixteenth centuiy, when they were llisttatroduced by the clerny, not toatntwe the pabllc, but te Instrnct them in the scriptoral stories as taught In the Bible. The miracle plays, as acted In the churches and oonvents, under the im- mediate direction ot the cIerB7. was the earliest form of the Eoglish drama. The parts choaen were the most Bcmdng stories, such as the cieatton, craoUx- lon, delaRe, uU of man, etc., and these were drama- tized with little regard to the sacred and awlhl nature of tbem. The actors generally occupied during the play a ktad of Qrlple stage, one built above another. The topmost one was occupied by those who repre- sented the Almighty, snrronnded by bis angels; the next, t>y those who personated the redeemed; upon the lowest were those who played the pan of the world, showing the deeds of men, and near by burnt a great Are, wlilch represented the lower regtona. All these ImlteUons were bad enough, tnit the worst remains te be told; for the veiy ones who gathered here to be taogbt woald yawn and sleep until ap- peared that which we now term the "star," who iras no other than the Piinee of Darkness, whose capere and rongh Jokes keptthem amuAcd. Instead of awed, as 'was tatended by the playeis. 'We see ftom this that the amount of morally learned b.T the audience who gathered aroand euch actors could not have been much; but we mnat reopect te oome extent the an- tbom who produced them, as they were doubtless HerlooH enough In their Intentloiui. Uut gradually theiie miracle plnys< changed Into what was called moral plays, which formed the sec-, ond Plage of the EngURh dromn; and. In.itead of Kciiptural charocteis, we find abstract quallUea per- Honlfled Htrutting about the stage ta varied gar- ments—Koah, Abnthnm and Darid had been super- seded by Josuoe, Mercy and Ylce. This second clasi of plays were genenuly acted by Btudenis, school boys and men-of-the-town upon pnbllc days, state occaalonn and the Ulce. An open BcalTold, erected ta some public place, served a.1 a stage, and upon It, as we read, such pieces as "Hit the Nail on' the Head." "The Hog Hath Lost Its Pearl," etc, vrere acted. Tbe tun then moat relUhed consisted ta calling bad names, hitting the hardest blowji, etc.. In wtilch the Deril and Vice were often prominent charecteis, the former always proving triumphant at the close. And thus It Is that our two branches of Btnge-drama sprtag (torn the .same root Horalitv, broken In two, mipplfm the elements for both—Its Herlous part for English tragedy, and Its lighter for comedy. The first play deserving of the name of comedy that bLstoiy has ac4inalnt«^ n» -with was 'written about the middle of. Ihe-aUMntli eentniy... It wan- caned *1lBrph RByBterDoyWCT'," and Was a dmraatic picture of London 111^ The old British stoiy of "Fenex and Ponex," dramatized by SaclniUe and Norton, and acted In isei by the stodenu of the Temple, Is cunnldered the earliest treged.v In the lan- guage. Alter these fbllow others of plmllar charac- ter. In whlch the trne hnman character Ls dliitlncily portrayed, taxtead of those walldntr allegoilei thai trod the moral stage; and this forma one of the grand and distinctive features marking the progress of tbe Engllsb drama. The changing of the poppet for aesb and blood altered the tesnes entirely. The theatre ceased to be a place of duty, and liecame a place of icAort. The audiences no longer sat un- moved, but began to feel with the playem. wben marrlaiies were managed, crimes perpetrated, sof. rertags endnted, and difflcultles overcome by the actors, wbo hore tbe names and did the deeds of men. The audlencee were roused np and laughed and wept not 'with the performenee, bnt with the performere. And thus In a few yeare the rapid strides of the Btage-acter soon reached themagnlfl- cent productions or the Immortal Shakespeare. Not a half centnry later we find Elizabeth and her maids of honor assembled te laugh at the mislbrtones ot poor Jack Faislair, and te tremble at the Itaest scenes the stage ever saw. Bat while we see the grand strides the playwriters are making, we mnat not soppose that the stage kept np with the play; for even now, two hnndred yean later, at least two-thirds of our theatres are either too small or are badly arranged. On the con- trary, the stages on which the first Shakespearian plays were acted were simply little platforma. Often the stage 'was set np In the conrtjard of an tan, a wooden shed sheltering the andlence and players. The tnt licensed theatre ta London -waa set np at Blacktriar's In the year ISSl, and consisted of a sta- gle fence tacloetag the audience, the Btage being the only sheltered part, and that t>y a simple thatohed root The tret attempts at acejury at rach leading theatres as the Olobe and the Sose were very meagre. Some ihded tapestry or poorly daubed canvas 'was hong anund ue tlmheis of the stage, at the back of which ran a gaOery, eight or ten feet high, to bold those actors who might be snpposed to speak ttom castle-wtndows, wans, tilgh roeks, or other lofty iilaoes. A change of scene was denoted by hangtag out In'vlew of tbe andlence a placard on which the name of the plaoe—Rome, Athens, or Lon- doD—was painted. A farther Btietch of imssinatlon was required from the ssaemblv when the removal of a dtiwy thione and the aetttag-down of a rongh table with drtnktag-veaaels-was supposed tochaiige a polaoe tato a tavern; or the axchange of a paste- board rock fbr a thorn-banh -was expected to delade all tato the tiellef that they saw a pubUcahow, no longer Imt a leafy fbtest An exquisite comical mtiB- tiatlon of the acenle poverty or the times may lie foond ta tbe scene of "A HidBummer-nlght's Dream," where the tradesmen of Athens rehearse a play. Funny as It may seem, it Is no doubt a true picture nr drruDutancca ttiat snrronnded the first plays. The play of "Pyramna and Thlslie" requires tne ta- troducnon of a wall on the stage, that the ancient lovers may whisper throagh a chink ta Its masonry; so Snout the tinker la daubed with plaster, and, coming on the stage, announces to the audience that he Is the wall, and for a chink he'forms with his thumb and forefinger a cinle, through which the sppotatment to meetatKlnny-tomb Is made. Then, 'wlih a lantern, a dog and a bush, ta comes one who calls himself the man in the moon, and proceeds to llxbt the midnight scene. An nnbelleriog American critic of the present day would probably suggest that It would look tiettar for the man to get ta the lantern, as the man canyOig the moon ta which he Uved was liable to cause a vonfuslon of ideas. Such Is the picture that Shakespeare has presented to us as one that he dally nitiesSed during his residence ta Londoh. !^ The Ume for pertbrding dUKred ftom the present ta - that it -was generally fixed at one o'clock ta the day, and a fbw momenta prior to It the play.fiag could'be seeii daily, Sunday excepted, floating ftom the roof of the playhotue, and announcing that the periormanoe'was abont M begin. Placard!) had al- ready told the public what the play -was to be. The theatre patrons, as no w, consisted of various classes, the gnnndltags and gallants hetngthe most promi- nent The first occupied the pit ta ttont wtuch re- semtiled a pandemonlnm more than anything else. There the soiapea of all classes met to amoke and drink; nor did the gaUauta, who paid their sixpence to alt on the stage, show much better breeding tnan the mthy, notay plt-fsllows. Tells and oaths, loteo-. co-smoke, and varioos other fames formed the main atmosphere which surroimded the oshertag-ta of onr noblest plsys tato fhme. The trumpet sounded, after which the pralogae 'was read, and uen tbe play began; and If Ite early seanes did not salt the &flte of the andlence a storm of nolHes srose. hisses, yells, caucalla, cock^ruwlng, and-wblstltag drowned the actor s voice and stopped the prosreaa of the play. The SctoiB were attired ta the costomes of their own day, and played ta masked wlgs,andthe female parte, rach as the Vlolaa, Portias and Rosalinda were fiUad ■ by smooth-fSoed yoang men in women's dros. The idays consumed abont three hours, and the audience went home to an eariy anpper. The BDCCSBS of an actor depended not entirely on blB acting, but also on his ability to writs: Such men as Ben Jonson and Ohapman earned many a nhuiing to buy their steaks and ale with by acting, as' well as by -writing for llie stage. The actors Went then, as now, ta companies; and they played qndef the patronage of some nobleman for the en- chase. Be had, too; trMta ae-IfainHl'B own fins' an - acknowledgment tint ttaHmUtttOfti- asa gift .to Ua mistress.. .And.nMctta«SS«IUotts ^g^^aeredon^efl^T^ ,u5S^ 7= BBoiB,i«ni*ttnw»aai*r;tlie-lbUaw» 5555"i5y-25^"^J?s£.."« wen oflijui iSaoL ; qmte fair win diy ostsi'^ug'grata hu a'arestnmd- 2"» for damp, and wlll rm jUy absorb the lea*SlM i| 7,^?°LF;!^a^'>I> «>« boioti»MVt^ ii2fff,^utJ!S!??*J'^*^ uauerwltlM>athaMtenliiglt> uithe.manlnaaliBtai. < 1 j ■—■ 1 , ; ourop^c^ta^ndffiSg the-.feln .ta^ fifty ago, lolteiy-tlokete w^. the second night's.reoelplB asperqulaiteH. It ;t)ie penntea of tbe groondmgB and the ganants' six- ^aoat tlii^'enatried Shakespeare <o Imy his hoose at ^itfrn^anffretlre to'diea rich man In his native ■* "ipttthtwe exttavsgsntprlces that are now re- r autbon and playeia. - I. ■•^ -•"'abmBMmesglveAagaebool- inlJ ea ASSASSraiXHW BEN C. P ORTE^ »i>d SertOBS'WooBdlBg oT .' MAURICE BARRYMORE. 'C At the commencement of the nreaent diainaUe aeason P. n. Warde and Uandce Banymore onaih ' Ized a company to play "Diplomacy'' thnnghoame' i coimtzv. After traveling for some .moDtSs'ifniir' decided to engage a few additional peifbrinsis tSt diride the comt>lnanon tato two companies,'woh (6 be known as the Warde A Banymore "DtplMgLaan'-.' Combination. One of these, under the personal di- rection of Mr. 'Warde, liegan a tour of the mnbarn : part of the United Stales; while the other, nnderme management of Mr. Banymore. toxued the nutii."' The last-named company closed a brief Beaaoa ta Manball, Texas, Maroh IS, and shortly after the ter. mtnanon of that-evenlng's periormhnoes the ladles ■ and gentleme'n of tbe com"3ny went 'tcflUie nil- road-ataUon to teke the 2 a. icnorthward-bound ' trata for Bot Springs, Ark..' when the*- wen ' billed to .periorm. that night (m.-Aboalmid- ' night Maurice Bairrmore, Ben &f-Ct>rter and .one of the ladles or the company'5 retteshmente ta Uie White Bou-ie tanci by Nat Harvey. Almost immedlatalr Qierealtekl. James Carrie, a Texas Pacific Railroad detsottve, en- teied and made an insnlttng remark coBoeralngthe lady, which led to an altercation, during whlob CaT^ ' rie shot Haniloe "Barrymore, tbe ptstol^bollet enter- ing his arm and coming out under the Mtshonlder; ' he then shot Ben O. Porter, ta the abdomen, Crom the eUBctB of which wound Porter died 'wlthta some fifty mtantee thereafter. - A pOBONER<8 IKQUI8T was held at'ao'clock on theHioriilng of ao,abott two. hours aner tbe shooting, Nat - Haivey being the ptta^ cipal tritneaa. His tesllmony was aa folIoW%: N. A_ Tfarrej-, being d^lr pwoni. Jc pn aea and aaya, aftar looking at the dead man: I baTe seen that (keeCPartv^l I Haw thlaman InlUe at abont 12o'clock or tbe nl|^t of tbe 19th of March, IS7V. This man and another one (Ba ilflina e ) , who Is now over in my house wounded, and a laoy am« Into my lunch-room. Tbe man wbo Is uow In my boss wonndM called for beer and a Inneh. TtJa man aajdl *^ woot take beer. OlTe me a cup of coffee, r dont drink" iKave tbem tbe luncb—bc«r and coffee—that ther had ordeied. While they vera eatlnjc and drinUng, Jim ODRle came In and called for Afhmch alia I in>t It, and whu I went to fflie him rc^izne) bla' change he nld: "Easp that; don't you want to buy a dogt" He thea walfeaS Into the baoc roDm,.wlie» my bar la, and callad a drink of Ice-water, Whkh'I'EaTe blm. ThenbeaaU: *7 Euen I had better take a UtUubodge with It." I toU Urn e bad better go alow, that be bad eooogh. He aald: 'Vk I muiit hare some; it is too good a thing around bwa." X imre him the drink. After takinrtbe drink be aald, DOipt- Injrdnvn into the ]ancb-i«om: 'There laaSnt-claa^^" or "There's la a hlch-toned ." 1 do not mnamhar whether be nied tbe exTtewlon "flntt-claas" or 'Ugb- toned:"'butIthlnkltwaa"flnt-elaaa." laaldtoblm: jK, I dont know whether abets a lady or not. Shehaahfhaaed herself, and I would rattier you wouldn't make a^ abch remarks." Then be aald: "That's all right, paitoer,"and walked down out of tbe barroom. As ne walked to -tha front door of my t and aaid to the dei ITont door of my bouse (the Inncb-room). be tninnl round andaaid tothe deceased: "Here, you thiew your band up this way" (pattlnE hla hand op bMlde bla head) "wlual pafwed yoo, a wule aga Too caht alva me any nifeC that kind." .Tbe deceased aald: "Hy IMend, If yon have allode-l tn me, I hadnt thonj;ht of yoo. Z waa **r^v^K to tills lady bete." Then Ourrle said; "If yonaay that yooiie a d— liar." Deceased aald: 'Tm m company with a lady, and would pieftr that you wouldn't maka ramarkabt that kind In her presence; nnd If you want a dlfflcoltj, you can see me anywhere yoa like outside the house," oreome- thlng like that. Currie then said: "D flue lady." I said: "Jim, Jim, stop that," and.waa gettlng-up on tbe counter and about halfway orer. IL About that ttms the man wbo la now In my bouse wounded tjirned round and said: "I will protect a lady. anywtM bcpsn to pun oirhla.Qoat aa be got off nelo Juat Jiafbiethla the man wbo lleawoaaded tamy I ■aldtoCurrle: "(>onway;therels^aIady^era." Towbleh Ourrie ans w er e d: "tfafbe yoo want to take It op, you d ." Just then Currie pulled out a pistol anabesan- shooting. He fired on the man wbo la In my booae wound, od. The deceased here Jumped off tbe atool to catch bold of Currie. Just then Ciurle fired on blm and aaU: "G . I can kill tbe whole lot of yoo." The- deceased threw hla hands across his stomach, and althar went out or fell out tbe trout door. He ftn In tha room, but I don't uow whether be reooreied his ftet before he got out or not. The man wbo .Is-.in my house wounded ran tbroo^ the barroooi, biOke open the door, and ran out tbroogfa the kitchen Into the yard. When tbe dUBcnlty commenced T waa behind the oooAter. Abont the time-the shooting began I Jumped orer the counter, and the lady cangbt bold of me. .1 think Cnrtla fired three or fonrahota in an. He filed first at tbe wuosd- ed man. and then Inunedlatalj timed aod firad at tbe deceased. Tbe shots Memfd to strike lihn (Porter) about the middle of the atomach. Curria waa re^eloae to the de- ceased. Aa the woonded man ran through Iha^or Into the bamomCunie shot at him again. BefbreCgHapuUedout his pistol (when he put bla hand behind mv aa ttaotudi he waa going -to draw a plstoD the decMMd man aaU: 'Ton needn't shoot me. pm an ouarmeaman, and dont waot any trouble." Tbe wounded man la DK)KsaB wks polUiiJc off his eeat at thU iiM T i fnr B» aala; ^'Fm'im.. atmed, but cn ptottct a lady aaybow." Thanwtaaoaoa In the lioose at tlie time of the cecDRunee ^inrrt the par- tie* I liave maatlaned. ' WHAT ItB, BABRTMOHS SAID.' Fnrtherpiurtlcalars were gleaned ftom Mr. Bany- < more and the lody'or the company who was pnseot - Adltdnlng the restaurant where we want wtlti Hi. Porter to get lunch there Is a saloon, and nated thereto was James .Cnirie, wen known as aa ex-; army scout a desperado, -who had kSled two men. He Is a large, powarftd, rongh ttontienmaa, aod, being dmnk, was quanelaome and brntaL la a loud tone of voloe he uttered a rude insnltdlTectad at ttw lady, when Mr. Banymore replied: ."This las lady, - and yon must not insult her; she la imdtg ovr pn-' tection. We do not want any trouble 'witb yoo:'' - Then Curie aroee, -walked tato tbe ixilaiiiaiif and . asked Mr. Banymore If he "wanted to taka tt. mr" Tbe latter replied: "No;'we do not want to taks If as - atau. Tfe are both unarmed; leave a alone." "I don't Uke to be talked to m this -way," said the des- perado, and.aMiinaf .hlng nearer, drew a i b« uI i « OBd : fired at Mr. Banxmote, the ball rmming tliroagh.bls ■■■ ann and comtag ont under his left Bhonlder, nak-' tag a serioos 'wtrand. Mr. Porter at onee spnog ta ttont of Curie, and. potttag hb hand on his ; shoulder, Batd: "Oime, come, wbtb had eoMtm of this," Carrie loweted bis revolver directly tn itDat of Mr. Porter, and fired, tha ball paaatag thraoab his abdomen and ont at his hack, and Porter IMI to the floor mortallT woimded. Currie then drew another revolver, and kept the bystandsis—'who bad eoDeet- . ed and now attempted to tateiftre-^ h», aadde- . fled arrest yet when a poUeeman aimearea he gave . himseir up and was loaged In Ian. Ostriewassab. seqnenUy brought Iwfore Jnstice Hanlaaln, waived -' examination, and -was committed 'wtthont boD. '.IBe .' District oonrt convenes May s, when he wm tie ar- , reigned. TBZ mUNO IK HABSRAXZ- Then waa strong talk of lynching Onrrie. oaf the 1 aflkir is condemned aa one of the moot axfeni bratal aod unprovoked that ever occored tal The people were doing bB In their power ftcOa comfbrt of the troupe. The clttans of Dslla& neighboring town, also evince feelings of synpotky, 1 and Iiave decided to defYay all the nni i—iy ex- penses for a series of beneflts for the company. Bach » as tbe T«nt of the theatre, prtatlng. adTe r tis in g, Mil- ' posttagi licenses,'etc: and the ibuowlng call has been laraed, signed by hundreds of the most promi- nent busineBS-men and leading dtiaens: We. the underalaned dtlzens of Dallas andTlcliil^,,n^ ' memberfng your admirable performapee her« and tn ex- cellent personnel of your troupe, and In Tiew of tb calamHT and b e i e a ie m ent which baa so onto Tislted upon 1— ■— '■—'■ " beoefltatthe ' any number of pleasure. - , . ^ A rabdcrlption was started at tbe office of ^athj road company ta Marshall, and $140 w iuuasl S B df towards defisytng the fOnBial sxnnses tH tts^w- oeased actor. Throagh tickets tonew ToricCQ rlbr the remains and attendants, who left at K,aeA:lC° March zt were tamlshed. BIOOaAPBICAI, SKBTCa OF THB DK'JBASBD; Beolamln C. Porter was bom In Boston, xasa., ApenV, UOBl wbeie Be IlTVd uatniiewBS about •n yeanefaa*, whan his paients mored to Worcester. ^'Shcatly attar set-, tllngdawntu thatelty.bs lost hla falAer. BMursdng to ■ Bcatoo.Jieatlhsanor fourteenwas.Bugaged IntheMa- lloDeiT buslnesa, a* -which he coottaoed oulr ' InlOB he came to New Turk; not CndlE mentlnthe atatlooery buAieas.'he one day ( drop Into Jamea Oonner*a Dramatic Agency, and waa 1 once enn«ed to tfanagar Fuiuy of the old Chatliaa VtaL tre. Bfi Ont expertenoeUi tbe show bnaliuaa waa aaaas- t«r of the wardrobe; trat lie abortly alter taraed Ua aaM#^-.' tlon to aetlsg, playing email parte with eeolda He remained at the Chirham only aoe and then Joined Jfckean Baehanaa, and ed' all throngb tbe West, playing aseood b He next appeared In New York at Sanium's, . senm, Broadway and Ann Street, aa master er jW'I wardrobe and as an actor. When O. Zi. Fox took taadM- Bowery Theatre, thU dty. Hr. Porter waa U the Meek fat': ' a seaaon, playing someJuTenile aod^ uieral b u i l i w He * next appeared at the National Theatre, Bortoa. Leavfaig tbeTe,heTialtedtb<pi1ndpaItowi>ataiNewBariSB¥lw1taa , emsn dramatic eompaay un der Id s own manage metit Be * metlianoompeUcdtDretliwfiTaiaelivodtitiealnctepn- - feaslon m couseqnenoa of an. faitemal a y sase.. Be r*-- - malnsd out of the proOaloa fbr about itxyean. Bert-'.. appeared on the stageat VWl<^OK«m,^on^«s^ T tfjTaammecof ISrar. On Jan. tun,be Jeta^ -• Wilton's Fifth-sTenne Oomblnatkn. and tw abaal ttne i montba played Capt. I/ynde tn ~Dlruroe," whleh eha i sater . be aftaiwanis ptayed OTer fir* hoadred tlmaai -mxm ip ' wlilch ha made quite a reputation. Be tvmalned wltb ■ roihlsb's Cnsblnatlon tbr ssren seaseos as Btigii liB- ' asrr and actor, and Tlsiied au thoeelnelFal ctUsi and towns in the west and South. Whan Hr. BeadSHdt ' waa. nsakliix up his "Sbaugbrami" Own WnstVafr tor ihTtraralliJi aiaon of lOT-W. be »cwr«d;llr£»5Uir - aa ^aataice.inanager.ooBsidcTlng hlmcae orlheBeatlB- _ this coonOT. Hr. YafUn had undentndled amr ■»■» 'chaaetazin'■IMSIiaugl>iaoii,''aetha»beoDoldaDeB«a^ '; -pier any part In eSAe of tlia a lra iia M ef any a a»«tt^ eo».-^-r 'pany.DutlDC the sataon lie played Oomi.OariyKlaebfl- laand FatherBolan. aa weU as two utDtty pato.- flBaa th«' ' 'BoudaaoK (kmpany closed Nr. rotter bis had DO ifgilV'.; - eogaeemaDt, bat baaappeaied at rarloathcatiea|a and oatocttaetsy.-lAstSammerbewasL^. _.— ttoadway.-rbaatre, and. altaewsida atage-iiiiiiegia Ig liaa- Jeney Cby Opera^iogse.. Ha-also, maaajed ^A yn m^t : Tom's Cabin" party tbnub the East fbr.Btew . sBB tai v'HS' JoUad tbo Barrymem' r^Mplomacy" n iii U Bl n llias ♦ hj W" '.■ weeks ago to play Onns OrUO, whkk waBhahs t'BiT ■ ' ; Mr, JPortec resided daring his Msine tlBe-,aithU''% home, ta Famrapo, N, J-wm hlamothsr,-m>>r jaeSt^'^^.'. I.v trventr yean of ags<'.hls.wUe> vai. s lOWicaMa^^pr the daugnler of a deceased sister. ■ jtlfeWTll