' WT? V ? v,i -V. -. ir fHB liAKOASTER PAIIYINTELMGENCETI. 8ATPKPAT. ; -" - SB MISS BRETHERTON By UEa HUMPHBET WARD, AUTIIOnO "ROBERT ELSMERK." " 'But bow,' l Mid te ber warmly, yea have get free ; or, rather, you arts en lb way te freedom.' "Sbe tbeuglit e little without speaking, her chin resting en bcr band, her elbow en bcr knee. Wa were passing the great red brown man of the' Armenian convent. Bhe oemnl te be drinking in the daaling bar bar bar uoelea of blae and warm brown and pearly light When she did (peak again it waa vary slowly, as though the were trying te give words te a number of complex impressions. " 'Yes,' (he said; 'it seems te me that I am different; but I cant tell exactly bow or why. 1 bee all sorts of cow possibilities, new meanings everywhere; that Is ene half of it I Out the ether, and the greater, bait U huw te make all these new feelings and any new knowledge which may come te me tell en my art.' And then she chanced altogether with oue of theso delightful swift transformations .of hers, and ber face rippled with laughter. 'At present the chief result of the difference, whatever It may lie, seems te be te make me most unmanageable at home, lam forever disagreeing with my people, saying I can't de this and I won't de that lam getting te enjoy baring my own way in the most about abeut about inable manner.' And then she caught my band, that was holding hers, between both ber own, and said half laughing and half In earnest: "'Did you ever rcalize that I don't knew any tltigle lauguage besides tuy own net eveu French 1 That I can't read any French book or any French play I' "'Well,' I said, half laughing, tee, lt is very astonishing. And you knew it can't go en it you ero te de what I think you will de. French you positively must learn, and learn quickly. I don't mean te say that we haven't geed plays and a tradition of our own; but 4er the moment France is the center of your art, and you cannot rematn at a distance from it I The French bave organized their knowledge; it Is available for all who coma. Ours is still floating and amateurish' "And se en. Yeu may imagine it, my dear Eustace; I spare you any mero of it ver batim. After I bad talked away for a lent; time, and brought it all back te the absolute necessity that she should knew French and become acquainted with French acting and French dramatic ideals, she pulled me up In the full career of cloquenco by demanding with a Uttle practical air, a twiukle lurking somewhero In her eyes " 'Explain te me, please, hew it is te be donel' " 'Ob, I said, 'nothing Is easier. De you knew anything at alii' " 'Very little. I ence had a term's lessens at Kingsten.' " 'Very well, then,' I wentctj, onjeyingtbli little comedy of a neglected education, 'get a French maid, a French master and a novel; I will provlde you with "Consuole" and a trans lation te-morrow.' " 'As for the French maid,' she answered, dubiously, shaking ber bead, 'I don't knew. I expect my old bkick woman that I brought with me from Jamaica would ill treat her perhaps murder ber. Out the master can be managed and the novel Will nene of you laugh at me it you sue me trailing a French grammar about I' "And se she has actually begun today. She makes a pretense of keeping ber novel and a little 'dictionary and grammar in a bag and hides them when any one appears. Out Faul has already ,Jgun te tcase her about ber new and mysterious occupation, and I feresee that be will presently spend the greater part of bis n jjrulngs in teaching her. I never saw any body attract him se much ; she is absolutely different from anything ha has seen before; and, ns he says, the mixture of ignorance nnd genius in her yes, genius; don't be startledl Is most stimulating te the imagination." "August 21 "Durlig the last few days I have net been seeing se much of Miss Uretherten as before. She has been devoting herself te ber family aud Paul und I have been doing our pictures) We cannot pcrsuade her te take any very large doie of 'galleries; It seems te me that bet thoughts are set en one subject and en subject only and whlle she is in this first (tage of intensity It Is net likely that any thing else will linve a chance. "It is amusing te study the dissatisfaction of the uncle and aunt with the turn things have taken since they left Londen. Mr. Worrall has been ovidently accustomed te direct his nlece's llfe front top te bottom te cheese her plays for ber, bel-wd by Mr. Ilqb Ilqb insen; te advise her as te her fellow-actors and her behavior in society, and all, of course, n ith a shrewd eye te the family profit and as little regard ns need be te nny fantas tical conception of art "New, however, Isabel has asserted berself lu several unexpected it ays. She lias refused altogether te open her autumn season with the play which bad been nearly decided en before they left Londen n flimsy spectacular performance, quite unweitby of her. As seen as (tossible she will inaUe Important changes in the troupe who are te be with her, and at thobeginniugef September she is com ing te stay three weeks with us in Paris, and, in all probability (though the world is te knew nothing of it), Pcrrault of the Conservatoiro, . who is a great friend of purs, w ill give her a goerhical of positive teaching. This last ar rangement is particularly exasperating te Mr. Worrall. He regards it as sure te be known, a ridiculous confession of weakness en Isabel's part, and se en. However, in tpltoef his wrath aud the auut's sullen or tearful disapproval, she has steed Arm, and matters are se arranged." "Saturday night, August 25. 'Tills evenlug we persuaded bcr at lust te glve us some scenes of Juliet. Hew I wish you could have been here I It was one of th09) experiences which remain w 1th ene as a sort of perpetual witness te the poetry which life holds in it, and may yield up te ene at any moment It was In our little garden; the moon was blub abeve the houses oppo site, and the narrow canal running past our tide railing into the Grand canal was a shin ing ttreak of silver. The air was balmy und absolutely still; no mere iierfect setting te Bha&espcare or te Juliet could have been imagined. Paul sat at a little table in front of U3e rest of us; he was te read Itomee and the Jfurse in the scenes she had chosen, while in the background were the Werralls and Lucy Uretherten tfbe little crippled sister), Mr. Wallace and myself. She did the bal cony scene, the morning scene with Homee, the scene with the Nurse after Tybalt's death and the scene of the philter. There is an old sundial in the garden, which caught the moonbeams. She leaned her arms upon It, ber eyes fixed upon the throbbing, moonlit sky, her white brocaded dress glistening here and there in the pale light a vision of por per Vect beauty. And when she Legan ber sigh ing apjieal O, Komee, Itomee, wherefore ait thou, Itomee J it seemed te me as if the night the passion passien passien ate Italian ulgbt had found its volce the only voice which fitted it. "Afterwards I tried as much as posslble te shake off the impressions peculiar te the scene itself, te think of her under the ordi nary conditions of the stage, te judge ber purely as an actress. Iu the lave scenes there seemed hardly anything te find fault with. I 0 thought I ceu'd trace lu many places the in " fluwiee of hercenttautdramatictalksand ex ercises with Paul. Tbe flew of passion was continuous and electric, but marked by all the simp!enc3, all tbe sweetness, all the young winsome extravagance which belong te Juliet The great scene with the Nurse had many fine things In it; she had evidently worked bard at it line by Hue, aud that speech of Juliet's with Its extraordinary dra matic capabilities EhaU I speak IU of him that is my buban J was given with admirable variety and sup pleness of intonation. The dreary sweetness of her IUnUhedl that ene word beniahed I still lives with me, and her gestures as she paced I estlcssly along tbe little strip of moon lit path The speech before she takes the potion was tbe least satisfactory of all; the ghastliucss and horror of It are beyeud ber reseuTccrasyct; she could uet infuse them with that terrible beauty which Dosferets would have given te ever' line, Dut where Is the English actress that lias ever yet suc ceeded in let "W were all silent for a minute after lwr great cry Remee, Itomee, Bernee, 1 drlak te tbcel , t! U am'? de It tbt toaesb; I can't de ItP r -it want m6re wefk.'iald K5T; TreuTl get it But the rest wa admirable. Yen ntM bar worked very bardl' '"Se I have,' she said, brightening at the warmth of bis praise. 'Bat Dideret is wrong, wrong, wrong 1 When I could once rrach the feeling of the Tybalt speech, when I could ueca bate him for killing Tybalt In the same breath la which I loved him for being Bernee, all waa easy; gesture and movement oataeteme; I learned them, and tbe thing was done.' "The reference, of course, meant that Paul bad been reading te her his favorite 'Para 'Para dexe sur le Cemedien,' and that (he bad been Stimulated, but net converted, by the famous contention that the actor should be the tncre 'cold and tranquil spectator,' the Imitator of ether men's feelings, whlle possessing none of bis own. lie naturally wjeUd have argued, but I would net have it, and made ber rest Bhe was quite worn out by the effort, and I de net liks this oxcesstvo fatigue of bers. I often wonder whether the llfe she Is leading Is net tee exciting for her. This is supposed te be ber holiday, and (he is really going through mere brain waste than she boa ever done in her life before I Paul is throwing his whole enorgies into ene thing only, tbe training of Miss Uretherten, and be is a man of forty-eight, with en immense experience, and she a girl of twenty -one, with everything te learn, and as easily excited as he Is capa ble of exciting her. I really must keep him In check. "Mr. Wallace, when we had sent ber home across tbe canal their apartment is en the ether side, further up towards the railway station could net say enough tome of his amazement at the change in her. "'What bave you done teberP he asked. 'I can hardly recognize the old Miss Brother Brether Brother ten at all. Is it really net yet four months since your brother nnd I went te sooner in the "White Lady!" Why, you bave be witched bcr I' I " 'We have done something, I admit,',! said ; 'but the power you see developed in her new was reused in her when months age she first canto in contract with the new world and the new ideal which you and Eustace repres-nted te her.' " 'Tbcre, my dear Eustace, have I given you your duel Ob, Miss Brctherten says se many kind things about you I I'll take espe cial pains te tell you seme of them next time I write.' WAIAACS TO KEXDAL. Vmicb, Aug. 27. 1 "My Dxxn KtNDAt This has been a day of events which, I bellove, will interest you as much as they did me. I told Mme. de Cbateauvieux that I should write te you to night, and my letter, she says, must de in place of one from her for a day or two. We have been te Torcolle today your sister, M. de Cbateauvieux, Miss Brctherten, and I. The expedition itself was delightful, but that I have no time te describe. I only want te tell you what happened when we get te Tor Ter cello. "But first you will, of ceurse, knew from your sister's letter she tells me she writes te you twlce a week hew absorbed we have all been in the artistic progress of Miss Brethcr Brethcr ten. I myself n'ever saw such a change, such en extraordinary development in anyone. Hew was it that you and I did net see fur ther into berl I see new, as I leek back upon her old self, that the new self was tbere In germ. But I think perhaps it may have been the vast disproportion of her celebrity te bcr performance that blinded us te the premise in ber; it was irritation with the publte that made us deliver an ever hasty verdict en ber. "However that may be, I have been mak ing up my mind for seme days past that the embassy en behalf of Elvira which I thrust upon you, and which you se generously undertook, was a bluuder en my part which it would be delightful te repair, and which no artUtle considerations whatever need pro pre vent me from repairing. Yeu cannot think bow dlvlne she was in Juliet the ether night Imperfect and harsh, of ceurse, here and there, but still a creature te build many and great hopes upon, If ever there was one. She is shaking oil trick after trick; your brother-in-law Is merciless te them whonever they appear, and she is forever working with a view te his approval, aud also, I think, from two or three things she has said, with a raomery of that distant standard of criticism which she bolleves te be embedied lit you I "M. de Cbateauvieux has devoted himself te bcr; It is a pretty sight te see them to gether. Your sister aud she, tee, are In separable, nnd Mme. de Chateau vlcux's quiet, equable refinement makes a geed contrast te Miss Bretherton's mobility. She will never lese the imprint of ber friendship with these two peeple; it was n happy thought which led you te brlug them together. "Well, we went te Torcelle, nnd I watched for nit opportunity of getting her alene. At last lime, de Cliatcauvleux gave me ene; she carried off her husband, Ruskiu lit bend, te study the mosaics, and Miss Brctherten aud I were left sitting under the outer wall of San Fesca till they should ceme back. We bad been talk ing of a hundred things net of acting at all ; of the Kiiiegranates, of which she bad n scarlet mess in her lap; et tne gray slum berous warmth of the day, or the ragged children who pestered us for coppers and then, suddenly, I asked her whether she would auswer me a personal questien: Was there any grudge lit her mind toward tnu for anythlug I had said and dene in Londen or caused ethers te say and de for me? "She was much startled, and colored a geed deal, but sbe said very steadily: 'I feel no sort of grudge; I nevcr had any cause,' Well, then,' I went en, threning myself down en the grass befere ber that I might really see bcr expression, 'it you bear me no grudge. If you feel kindly towards me, will you help tne te uude a great mlstake et miner "She looked at me with parted lips aud eyes which seemed te be trying te flud out from my face what I meant. 'Will you,' I sold, hurrying en, 'will you take from me "Elvira," and de whut you Hke with itl And then, de you knew what happened! Her lips quivered audi thought she was en the point of tears, but suddenly the nervousness of each of us scorned te strike the ether, and we both laughed she long aud helplessly, as if sbe could net help herself. "Presently she looked up, with ber great eyes swimming In tears, and tried te impress en me that I was speakiug hastily; that I bad an Ideal for that play she could uever prom prem ise te reach; that It was my friendship for her that made ma change my mind; that tbcre might be practical difficulties new that se many arrangements Bad been made, nnd se en. But I would uet listen te ber. I had It all ready; I bad an actor te propase te ber for Maclas, and even the costumes in my mind, ready te sketch for her, if need were, Ferbes, I suggested, might and would direct the setting of the plece; ftoeno could de It with mero perfect kuowledgeor a moroox meroox moreox qulslto taste; and for ber, as we both knew, be would turn scene julutcr, if necessary. Aud sol rambled en, seething her shaken feelings uud my own until she had let me bo be gulle her out of her attitude of reluctance and shrinking into one at least et common interest. "But by the time the ethers came back I bad uet get a direct consent out of ber and all the way home sbe was very silent I, of ceurse, get anxious, aud began te think that my blunder bad been Irreparable; but, at any rate. I was determined net te let the thing linger oil Se that when the Cbateauvieux asked me te stay and sup with them aud her, I supped, and uf tern urds In the garden boldly brought it out befere them all and appealed te your sister for help. I knew that both she and ber husband w ere acquainted with w hat bad bapiK-iied at Oxford, nnd I supposed that Miss Brctherten would knew that they were, se that it was awkward enough. Only that women, when they please, have such tact, such an art of smoothing ever and iguering the rough places et life, that one often with them gets through a difficult thing without realizing bow difficult It is. M. de Cbateau vieux smoked a long time and said nothing, then be asked me a grat many questions about the play, and finally gave no opinion. I was almost in despair she said se little until, just us I was going away with 'Elvira's' fate still qui te unsettled, sua saiu u me wuu a smlle aud a warm pressure et the bend: 'Te-morrow come and see me and I will tell you yes or nel' "And today I bave been te tee ber, and the night has brought geed luck I Fer 'Elvira,' my dear Keudal, will be produced ea or about the 20th of November, In this year of grace, and Isabel Brctherten will play the heroine, and your friend Is already plunged In business, and alew with hepe and expectation. Hew I with hew we all wish that you were beret 1 feel mere and mero penitent towards you. It was you who gave (be impulse of which the results are npMtiRg, atia you ought te m bte with x new playing In the body that friend's part when we all yield you se readily in spirit Tell Mr. Kendal,' were almost ber last words te me, 'that I cannot say hew much I ewe te bis lnfluence and his friendship. He first opened my eyes te se many things. He was se kind te me even when he thought least of me, I bope I shall win a word of praise trout bin yetl There! I trust that will reuse little pleasant conceit Id you. She meant It, and it Is true, I must go ort and work at many things. Te morrow or next day, after seme further talk with her, I shall set off homeward, leek up Ferbes and begin opera tions. She will be In town about three weeks from new as you knew she is going te stay first with your sister in Paris and then we shall have bard work till about the middle et November, when I suppose the play will be produced. This will be mero than a fort night later than she Intended te open, and Mr. Worrall will probably be furious ever the delay, but she has developed a will et ber own lately, "Au revelr, then. Yeu must have had a peaceful summer with your book and your heather. I wish 1 bad anything like the tame digestion for work that you bave; I nevcr saw n man get as much pleasure out of bis beets ns you de. Te me, I confess, that work is always work, and idleness n joy I "However, no mero idleness for me for a geed while te coma Hew grandjshe will be in that last act I Wbere were my eyes last spring! I wish tbcre were a chance of her seeing much that is Interesting In Paris. However, flat ns September generally is, she will get eotue Meliere at the 'Franceis,' and your sister will take care that she sees the right peeple. Perrault, 1 bear. Is te git e bsr" lessens uudcr the rose, Happy man I'1 Ecdal read this letter en a glowing Au gust morning as be walked homeward along the side et the pond, wbere the shade et the fir trees was a welceme protection against the rising beat and the air was fragrant with the scent et the ling, which was just out iu all Its first faint flush et beauty. He threw himself dewti among It after be bad flutshed tha sheets and stared for long at the sunlit, motionless water, bis hat drawn forward ever bis brews. Se this was the outcome et It alL Isabel Brctherten was about te be come a Great actress Undine bad found her Eem' . .... It seemed te him, as he lay there burled in the ling, that during the past three weeks ha had lived through a whele drama et feeling a drama which bad Its beginning, its com plications, its climax. Whlle It bad been going en be had been only halt conscious of its bearings, half conscious of himself. Wal: lace's letter had made bint sensible of tbe sit uation, as it concerned himself, with a deci sive sharpness and completeness. There was no possibility of any further self delusion; the last defenses were overcome., the last veil between himself and the pursuing force which had overtaken him bad fallen, and Kendal, with n shiver ft pain, found him self looking straight into the wide, hungry eyes of Levol Oh, was this leve eore de sire, this dumb craving, this restlessness et tha whole being? The bees bummed nmeng the heather, every new and then n little brown streaked lizard rustled faintly bestde hint, a pair of kingfishers flashed across the pond. But he saw and beard nothing, responsive as every sense in him commonly was te the detalls of the wild llfe about him. His own mlserable rorerle absorbed him. What was it that had made the charm of theso early weeks in July immediately after bis parting with her? What was it which had added zest te his work, and enchantment te the summer beauty of the country, and, like a hidden harmony dimly resonant within him, had kept llfe tuneful and delightful I He could put words te It new. It had been nothing less than a settled foresight, a deep conviction et Isabel Bretherton's failurel What a treacheryl Out, yes the vision perpetually bofero his eyes bad been the vision et a dying fame, a waning celebrity, a forsaken and discrewned beauty I And from that abandonment and that failure he had dimly foreseen the rise and tipspringlng of new aud indescrib able Jey. He bad (cn her, conscious of do de feat and of the Incxorable limits et ber own personality, turning te the man who had read ber truly and yet had leved her, surely, from tha very begluniug, aud finding In his love a fresh glory aud an all sufllclent conso lation. This hud been tbe inmost truth, tbe center, tha kernel of nil bis thought, et all his llfe. He saw it new with sharp distinctness new that every perception was intensified by paiu and longing. Then, as he went ever the past, he saw hew this consciousness had been gradually invaded and broken up by his sister's letters. He remembered the incredulous impatieuce with which he bad read the earlier ones. Be Marie thought htm mistaken I "Isabel Brcth Brcth ereon would be nn actress yet" "she lmd genius after all" "she was learning, grow ing, developing every day." Absurd I He had becnable te keep his critical est I ma te et the actress and bis personal admiration et the woman separate front ene another. Out evidently Marie's head bad been contused, misled by her heart. And then little by lit tle his incredulity had yielded and bis point of view bad changed. Instead of impationce of Marie'n laxity of Judgment, what he bad lieen fiercely conscious of for days was jeal ousy of Paul de Cliatcauvleux -jealousy of his oppertuuitics, his influence, bis relation towards that keen, sweet nature. That, tee, bad been ene of his dreams of thofuture the dream et tuterlug and training her young, unformed intelligence. He bad doue some semo seme thing towards it; he had, as it were, touched the spring which bad set free all this new and unexpected store of ower. Dut, if he had planted, ethers bad watered and ethers would reap. In this great ci bis of ber fortunes be bad been nothing te her. Otber voices and ether bauds bad guided and directed ber. Her kindly, grateful messages euly stung and tortured him. They seemed te him the mer est friendly commonplace In reality ber llfe bad passed out et his ken; her nature bad flowered into a new perfection, and he had uet been tbcre te see or te help. She would nevcr connect him with the incidents or the influences which had transformed ex istence te her, und would probably Irrevoca bly change the whole outliue of her future. Once he had wounded and startled her and had despaired for awhile of undoing the im pression made upon her. But new be felt ue quick unxiety, no fear bow things might turn, only a settled flat consciousness of di vision, of a life that had once been near te bis swept an uy from him forever, of diverging reads which no kindly fate would ever join again. Fer, by the end of this time et solitary watting, his change of attitudewas complete. It was evident te him that his anticipation of her failure, potent as It had bceu evor bis life, bad nevcr leen half se real, half se vivid, as this new aud strange foreboding et bcr true success. Marie must be right. Ue bad been a mere blind, hair splitting pedant, judging Isabel Uretherten by principles uud standards which left out of count tbe inborn energy, the natural power of growth, of such a personality as hers. Aud the mero he bad ence doubted, the mero he new believed. Yes, she would be great she would male bcr way into that city et the mind lu which he himself bail made his dwelling place; she, 4w wmiM cntur men tha world's vast inherl. ! tauce of knowledge. She would become, If only her physical fruine proved equal te the demands upon it, oue of that little baud et Interpreters, of ministers et the Idea, by whom the intellectual life of a society is fed and uulckenal. Was he se lest in bis own 1 selQsb, covetous need as net te rejoice? Oh, but h was a woman she was beauti ful and ha loved berl De what be would, all ' ideal and impersonal considerations fell ut terly cway fieai htm. Day by day be knew mere of his own heart; day by day the phi losopher grew weaker In him uud the man's claim fiercer Before him pcrjietually were two figures of n me-t human and practical reality. He saw a great uctiess absorbed in the excitement of the most stimulating of I lives, bcr power rijiculng from jcar te year, Lerfame growing und widening with time; and beside this brilliant vision he taw him self, the quiet man of letttrs, with the enthu- siasms of youth behind him, the calm of mid db age U-fere him. What possible lmk could there be Letiveeu them? i At last, Wallace's letter cleaied still further the Issues et the conflict, or rather it led tc Kendal's making a fatalist compact will himself. He was weary et tbe ttruzglc, and it teemed te bint that he must somehow et ether escape from the grip lu which his lift i was held. He must somehow deaden thti sense, this bitter sense et les, If It were only by postpeulns the last recunciatlen. Hi would go back te bis work and force bimsell net te bate it It was his only refuge, and be must cUnr te It ter dear life. And bi would cot see her agam till the nlgbt or UN first performance et "Elvira." Bhe would be In Londen in a month's time, but he weaM take ears te be out of reach. He would net Btsst these glorious eyes or touch that band gain till the die was cast upon the fate et "Elvira" he staked his own. Tha decltlen brought him a strange kind of peace, and he went back le his papersand books like a m3 who has escaped from the grasp of some deadly physical M Inte a period of compara tive case and relief. CHAPTEIl VII. It was a rainy Nevemtwr night A sett, continuous downpour was soaking the Lon Len Lon eon streets, without, however, affecting their animation or the nectural brightness et the capital, for the brllllauce et the gas lamps was flashed back from Innumerable patches et water, aud every ray et light seemed te 1m broken by the rain iute a hundred shimmer ing reflections. It was the hour when all the society of which au autumnal Londen can beast is in the streets, hurrying te its dinner or its amusements, and when the stream et diners out, flowing through the different cbannels of the west, is met In all the great thoroughfares by the stream et theatregeers setting eastward Tbe west-. end of D street was" espe cially crowded, and se was tbe entrance te a certain narrow street leading northward from It, In which steed the new bare buildings of tbe Calliope, Outside the theatre itself there wasadense mass of carriages and human beings, only kept In order by the active vigi lance et tbe police, and wavering te and fro with kaleidcecople rapidity. The line of carriages seemed interminable, and after these who emerged front thorn had run the gauntlet of tbe dripping, curious, geed tem pered multitude outside, they had te taco the sterner ordeal of the struggling well dressed crowd within, surging up the double stair case of the newly decorated theatre. The air luside was full et the hunt of talk, and the whole crowd had a homegenoous, almost a family air, as though tha contents of ene great Londen salon had been poured Inte the theatre. Everybody seemed te knew every body clse; tbcre were politicians nnd artists, and writers of books; known and unknown; there were fair women and wise wemen aud great ladies; and there was that large sub stratum of faithful, but comparatively name less, persons en whom a successful tnauagcr learns te depend with seme confidence en any first night of Importance. And this was a first night et exception exceptien exceptien able interest. Se keen, Indeed, had been tha competition for tickets, that many of theso E resent had as vague and contused an idea et ew they came te be among the favored mul titude peuriug into the Calliope nsn man in a street pante has et tha devices by which be has struggled past the barrier which has overthrown his neighbor. Miss Bretherton's first appoarance iu "Elvira" had been the subject et conversation for weeks past among a far larger number et Louden circles than gonerally concern themselves with theatrical affairs. Among theso which might be said te be wjtbln a certain literary and artlstle circumference, peeple were able te give dell dell uite grounds for the public interest The play, it was said, was an unusually geed ene, and the progress of the rehearsals had let loose a flood of rumors te the effect that Mlts Bretherton's acting lit it would be a great surprise te the public Further, front the in tellectual center et thiugs, it was euly known that the famous beauty bad returned te the scene et her triumphs; aud that new, as In the season, one of the first article of the social decalogue laid it down as necessary that you should, first of all, see her iu the theatre, and secondly, knew her by fair means, it possible, it uet, by croekod ones in society. It was nearly n quarter te 8. The orches tra had taken thelr places and almost every scat was full. In ene of the dress clrcle bores sat three people who bad arrived early, and had for soma time employed themselves in making a study et the Incoming stream through their opera glasses. They were Eustace Keudal, bis sister, Mme, de Chateau vhjux, and ber husband. The Cbateauvieux had travoled ever Paris expressly for the occasion, and Mine, de Chatcauvieux, ber gray blue eyes sparkling with expectation and all her small, dcllcate features altve with interest and animation, was watching for the rising of the heavy velvet curtain with an eagerness which brought down upon ber the occasional mockery of her husband, who was in reality, how-ever, little less excited than herself. It was but three weeks since they had parted with Isabel Orethorten lu Paris, and they were feeling en this first night something et the anxiety aud responsi bility which parents feel when they launch a child upon whom they have expended their best efforts Inte a critical world. As for Eustace, be also bad but that after noon arrived In Louden. He liad been laying along duty visit te seme aged relatives lu the north, aud liad se lengthened It out, lu accordance with the whim which had taken Iossessiou of bint in Surrey, that be had missed all the preparations for "Elvira," and bad arrived upon tbe scene only at the mo me mo ment when the final coup was te be delivered. Miss Brctherten had herself scut him a warm note of invitation, containing an order for tha first night uud an appeal te 111 in te coma and "Judge me as kindly as truth will let you." And be bad answered her that, what ever happened, he would be in bis place lu tbe Calliope en the night et tue 20th of No vember. And new here Ue was, wearing outwardly precisely tbe seme aspect et interested ex ex pectatien as theso around him, and all the time conscious inwardly that te him alone, of all tba human beings in that vast theatre, the experience et the evening would be se vitally aud desperately important that Ufa en the ether slde of it would bear the mark of It forever. It was a burden te him that his sister suspected nothing et bis state of feel ing; it would bave consoled him that sbe should knew it, but it seemed te him lmpes. slble te tell ber. "There are the Stuarts," he said, bending down te ber, ns tbe orchestra struck up, "in the box te tbe left Ferbes, I suppose, will join tbcm when it begins. I am told he has been working Uke a herse for this play. Every detail in it, they say, is perfect, artis tically and historically, and tha time et preparation has bceu exceptionally short. Why did she refuse te begin again with the 'White Lady, te glve herself mere timef ' "I cannot tell you, except that she bad a rcpuguauce te It w hich could net be get ever. 1 bellove ber associations with the play were se painful that It would bave seemed au evil omen te bcr te begin a new season with it." "Was she wise, I woederl'' "I think tbe did well te fellow bcr fancy iu the matter, and she bei self has bad plenty of time. Sbe was working at it all the weeks she was with us, and ycung Hartlng, tee, I think, had netice eueugh. Some of the smaller parts may go roughly te-night, but they will seen fall Inte shape." "Peer Wallace!" said Kendal, "le must ! wishing it well ever. I never saw a house better stocked with critics." "Here be Is," cried Mine, de Chatcauvieux, betraying ber suppressed excitement lu bcr nervous little start "Oh, Mr, Wallace, bow de you de) aud bow are tilings going 1" Peer Wallace threw blmself Inte bis seat, looking the picture of misery se far as bis face, which Nature bad melded lu one et ber cbeerf ulest moods, was capable of it "My dear Mme. de Cbateauvieux, I have no mere uotlen than the man lu the moon. Mass Brctherten is un nngel, and without Ferbes we should bave rollaesed a hundred times already, and that's ubeut all I knew. As for the ether actors, I suppose they will get through thelr parts somelle w, but at pres ent I foci like a man at the feet of tbe gallows. There gees the bell; new for it" The sketch for the play of "Elvira" bad been found among th iapeni of a young penniless Italluu bn bad died, almost of starvation, In bis Ileman garret, during theso teeming years alter 1853, when poets grew en every hedge and the romantic jm jm tieuwas abroad. The sketch bad appeared in a little privately printed volume which Ednnrd Wallace bad picked up by chance en the Paris quajs. He had read it in an idle hour lu u railway, had been Its capabilities, und bad forthwith set te work te develop the sketch into a play. But lu developing it he bad carefully preserved the character of the original conception. It was a couceptlen strictly of the Kemuntlc time, and the exe cution of it presented very little of that arlety of tene w hich modern audiences bave learned teexi.-ct The play tel i oue rapid, breathle .story of leve, Jealousy, despair and death, and told it directly and uninter ruptedly, without any lighter interludes. Auther and adapter ullke bad trusted en tirely te the tragic force of the situation and the uelvcrtalitv of tha motives annealed te The diction cf the piece was the mictien et Alfred dsVlgnyoref Us school et Victer Huge. It was, Indeed, rather dramatle levs poem than a play In the modern sense, and It depended altogether for its success upon the two characters pf Macias and El vira. In devlslng the character of Maclas the Italian author had made use et a traditional Bpanlsh type, which has its historical sources, and has inspired many a Spanish peet from the Fifteenth century downward. Maclas is knight, poet and lever; his leve is a kind of southern madness which withers every ether feeling in Its neighborhood, and his trnglu death is tbe only natural ending te a career se fierce and uncontrolled. Elvira, with whom Maclas Is in love, the daughter of Nune Fernandas, is embodied geutlcuess and Virtue, until tbe ilerce progress et her fate has taught ber that men are treacherous and the world cruel. Fer htr leve had been pros perous and smooth uutll by a series et events it bad bean brought into antagonism with two opposing Interests theso et her fatber aud of a certain Fernan Perez, the tool and favorite of the powerful Duke of Villcna. Tbe ambition aud selfish passion of theso two men are enlisted against her. Perez is de termined te marry ber; her father is deter mined te sweep Msclas out of the path of his own political advancement The intrigue devised between tbe two Is perfectly success ful. Maclas is enticed away; Elvira, forced tobelleve that she Is dceerted and betrayed, Is half driven, halt entrapped Inte a marriage with Peres, and Maclas, returning te claim her against hundred obstacles, meets the wedding party en their way back te the palace et the duke. The rest of the play represented, of ceurse, the struggle between the contending forces thus developed. Iu plan and inechanisnt the story was one of a cotnmeu romantte type, neither better nor worse than hundreds of ethers of which the literary achlres et tbe first half of the present century are full. It required all the aid that flne literary treat ment could give it te raise it above tbe lovel of vulgar melodrama and turn It into trag edy. But fortune had been kind te It; the subject had been already handled iu the Ital ian sketch with delicacy and true tragie in sight, and Edward Wallace had brought all the resources of a very evenly trained aud critical mind te bear upon his task. It could hardly have been foreseen that he would be attracted by the subject, but ence at work upon it be had worked with, enthusiasm. (Cernl lUMl iax(Bituiu) ) A llluniend Among the Mublei. Mrs. L. O. Abraham, then living en Euclid nvonue, lest n diamond which was ene of a pair of car rings, tlie pair being milled at $1,000. Tb diamond when lest was incased In a geld ball. Mera than ten months insaed, nnd, ns tlicre was no rospenso te the advertise ments, it was given up as lest. Hut strange things happen in this prosale world, nnd Mrs. Abraham In again iu possession of her diamond. It was re turned te her last Friday, nnd it cauie nbeut In this way. About the time the etone was lest u werkinnn nnmed Jehn Scott happened te leek into the gutter and there saw the small golden ball. lie picked it tin aud the next day showed it te soma of his fellow empleyes. He even offered it as a gift te the workman at the next liench te him, but he said: "What de I want with the thing? It's no geed; only a brass plnythlng." Se Scott took it home and gave it te his children. The little ones hud a bag et marbles, and they added the golden bull te the collection, rolling it about the fleer. This sort of thing was kept up for ten ment lis. One day last weak a woman living in the neighborhood called en the Scott family and the youngfiters were rolling the golden ball ubeut the fleer. The woman picked it up, examined it closely aud said: "Why, there's a crease right around the center et it." The two wemen went te work en It until the geld Kill was opened, nnd right in the center of it was a dazzling aud precious gem. A consultation was held among the neighbors nnd Scott took the diamond down te Chafer & Uecker's and showed it te Mr. Decker, who advised him te ad ad vcrtise it. Finally the 'advertisement was read by Mrs. Abraham, llnr hus band went down te see it, and could scarcely bellove his eyes when he beheld the sparkling gem lest by his wife nearly a year age. Ue gave the finder u reward of $50 and restored the missing earring te liis wife. Cleveland Plain Dealer. CiniI n a Facter In Clvllliatlen. rrofes.ser J. S. Newberry, of Columbia college, New Yerk, lu u recent Iccturoeu "Ceal, the Dominant Facter in Medem History," salds "Few persons have real ized the inagnitude mid dignity of the work coal is doing iu the world, and fewer still have thought that it is really the Bunshiue of by geno nges, and that it has ence composed the tissues of various nlrange plants, seme of which nre among the most graceful and beautiful of veg etable tonus. Hurled iu the earth or covered with water, vegetable fiber de cays or oxidizes slowly, forming, iu sue sue crsuive fatages of decomposition, peat, lignite, coal, niithracite, graphite, the hydro-caiben gates und petroleum. By regulating and con ti oiling the further oxidation of these we nre able te utilize the resulting foree ns light or heat or uiotlve power, "Te help you te rcalize the potency of tills wonderful substance, coal, let me recall te your memories the measure ments of tlie power evolved in its com bustion. It is estimated that with the average engines new in use, about 1,500,- 000 feet pounds are practically evolved from the combustion of n pound of coal, and are availably in tlie pcrformance of any work done. New, this is about tlie power exerted lu a day's labofef an average man. llence u ten of coal is capable of yielding nn amount of force cqulviileiit te that of six uud two-thirds men, or of six men und n well grown boy, throughout the year. Or, the annual production of coat iu tills country and tircat Ilrltaln is equivalent te a thousand million men working for a year." !! of ri.h. Delc3 of fish are very numerous, nnd with patticulars of a fuw examples we clese our paper, Jehn Tiiake, iu his will, drawn tip In 1037, left hishouse and laud en condition that his heirs, annually en Friday, in the first week iu Lent, gave te the peer of Clavcrlng, iu Essex, ene bar rel of white herrings and a cade of red herrings. At Dronfield, Derbyshire, in 1577, llicliard Stoveuseu left half a hun dred of herrings, and as much bread us could be made from a "strike" of geed 1 wheat. Tlie deles were te be distributed every Friday during Lent forever. At Farnham ICeyal, Buckinghamshire, in 1C0 1, David Slater gave money te pur chase bread and herrings and a (Ktir et kid gloves unuually for tlie parson of the parL.li for the time being. Tlie gloves were te le purchased ready for the first Sunday in Lent At Newmarktt in SulTelk tlicre was a bequest et fish and fagots. Chambers' Journal. ll)imtUt'd Uy the riiuuugrapli. Dr. I'iucl, of Paris, is said te have suc ceeded in hypnotizing faeveral subjects by means of the phonograph. All the commands given through this channel were, he declares, as readily ebej cd as theso which he uttered dlicctly, und "suggestions" of every pessible sort were as effectually communicated through the medium of the machiue as if made viva voce, llie conclusion which he dedu ces from his experiments is that the re ceived theory of a magnetic current pass ing from the operator te the subject is entirely baseless, and that the real cause of the phenomena of hypnotism is ner ner veuj derangement en the part of theso subject te tbcm. New Yerk TeleCTam. HE&IiCISE FOR GIRLS;"" THE APPLICATION OF CALISTHENICS COMMENTED UPON. Physic!" and Members of the Heard of Education of Philadelphia Express a Dl- . verslty of Opinion Alt Agree, However, Thai Seme Exercise Is Necessary. A number of prominent men, who are In a position te knew, expressed their Ideas in regard te the effect produced by the use of calisthenics. The subject, w hich was discussed by thoIIemocopaUtio Medical society, is thoroughly familiar te them, nnd their opinions varied te a considerable degree. Tlie men who gave their ideas se freely Included several members of the beard of education and Drs, Komdecrfcr, Mehr, Van Buun and BctU Superintendent MncAllstcr said: "Ju dicious exercise is essential te every body, The lady who teaches calisthenics in the Girls' Nermal school understands her business. Tlicre may be seme pupils te whom the usoef these exercises is in jurious, and in Hint ense the fattlt lies with the parents. CnliMhenlcs ns prac ticed, at the Nermal school are net vio lent, and are net Injurious ns far as I knew." Tint doctors aiie aitAHNira. A. 8. Jenks, of the Nermal school commlttce! "The doctors who made such a statement are old grannies. After a child has been sitting in n school room for flve hours n little exercise is needed. Calisthenlcs have been practiced iu the Nermal school for fifteen years that I knew of, and I nevcr heard of n slngle case of sickness or bad health resulting. Tlie weights used nre light ones, nnd would net harm nn Infant, They are a great benefit and should be used mera extensively than they tire. Tlie chest is expanded and the musclc3 glvwi full play. I'll wager that nene of tlie physi cians ever saw the pupils ut exercise." I Dr. Mehr: "I have been misunderstood en, this question. 1 never Intended te say that calisthenics were generally inju rious. With seme scholars they are, but with the mnjerity tlie pupil's health is benefited. They are net nearly be hurt ful as the long sessions which it schelur is obliged te sit out nid net get their regular midday meal." Dr. Komdeerferi "I de net wish it te be understood that I nut finding fault with the beard of education. I nm net. I euly desire te point out nn error und hew hew it can be roinedled. The pres ent system of calisthenics is n bad ene. They should use Lewis' system. At pres ent the exercise is entirely tee violent. The arms tire thrown out uud upwards with great force. Why, It'll enough te tear the child's chest te pieces. Then, again, the children nre told te bend their bodies backward, They de se, nnd, as a result, the child comes home nnd com plains of a sole back. 1 advecate the two of light weights, slew movements, increasing in motion only en the muscles and joints become accustomed te the rapid movement. The practlce should be repeated daily, nnd uet left for a week et a time, ns it is new." TUB METHOD NOT I'llOl'Kltl.Y AITMED. Dr Van lUiin: "I Imlorse calisthenics when thuy ere irnMrly npplied te tlie individual pupil. I consider the method at the Gills' Nermal school open te criti cism. The cults cause the removal of the ordinary bkirts und are much shorter and of lighter material. The selection and lungth of time devoted te the exer cise is often Injudicious, frequently caus ing fatlgue. I knew that Class O, Ne. 0, is exerclsed every ether Ftidity for two consecutive heui'u, whlle rt number of B classes had an hour dally for two weeks. An ordinary pupil cannot stand such work as this." Dr. Bcttst "I consider the require ments of the Girls' Nermal school, to gether with tlie long hours, as tee great a strain en the health of many of the pupils. I have frequently noticed that girls began their work In the fall with ruddy faces nnd nil the evidences et geed health, and by the following June they looked wnn and tired aud com plained of peer health." Simen Gratz: "The doctors who object te calisthenics In the Nermal mIioeI don't knew what they are talking nbeut. Tlie weights nre of light weed nnd the motion is uet violent or jerky. The dresses are of heavy woolen material and nre much warmer than theirerdhiary street dresbes. I have never known of n girl complain ing fcliice the method lias bceu iu use. We use Dle Lewis' BVbteui and that proves that the physicians don't knew what they are talking nbeut. The scholars Uke it and the Scheel of Practice scholars, little 0-ycar-eld tots, are especially delighted." A girl iu Class B: "It's ubnurd te cay that the exercises are tee violent. The ferce of the movement is uet sufficient te injure a baby. As te the tchelars looking wan and tired,' that is rather due te the overcrowded condition of the classes und the lack of proper ventilation, which we often experience. The exercises de net continue for two hours en any occasion, aud our teacher is very considerate of our comfort." Philadelphia Times. Ijwjcr'i Labors. Within the memory of men still living, It was net a difficult task for a lawyer in active practlce te fumiliarlze himself with all the leading American decisions. Hew is ft new? Unless his memory is abnormally developed he cannot retain the names of the reports, even, much less their contents, lu this multitude of au thorities, both luminous nnd fuligineus, no preposition, however absurd, is to te quired te stand with apparent support. Tlie lawyer of the present, iutdcad of basing his judgment upon bread, general principles of right, is apt te spend his time uud waste his faculties in delving and searching among the yellow coveted literature of a public law library (no ene but a millionaire can afford oue of his own) for some case similar te the oue in hand. He shrinks iute a inere "decision index or an echo." He Iwcemes a pa tient teller searching for the threads et precedent te twist a repe with which te strangle principle. A writer who took the pains te gather the statistics asserts that from December, 1880, te August, 1887 a period of tight months the su preme court nnd the courts of last resort of the various states rendered 8,825 de cisions, in most et which opinions were written. Forum. Tlie Mullce or CrliuluaU. If nil the threats made of contemplated vengeance of convicted criminals were carried out, tlie mortality among officers et the law would be astounding. Ne thief ever felt the halter draw with geed opinion of the law, se runs the ancient chestnut, audit is equally true thatnever yet was tlicre a criminal who liad philoso phy enough te glve the officer who sends him up credit for doing his duty. They imagine themselves the victim et a pri vate griovance, and when they are ou their way te the penitentiary they hon estly bclieve that they intend togctevcu with the officer at the cxpiratlonet their terms. A year or two in the prison has a wonderfully calming effect, and when the prisoner is released he is net inclined te seek readmtssien te its walls. Ne little scheme of re veuge will tempt hltu te tak ing the chances et another term. I de net recall a single case in my pelice ex perience where a returned convict has attempted the life of a prosecuting offi cer, Police Official In QiobeDcmocrat, Meb. MIPS litVftft FILL. ' " TBUXOaBS.C. Mc LANE'S UBLEdftaTBD LIVER . PILLS. READ THIS! FOM DAKOTA. ' finning Brei ! DaAastas. for a Ionic time 1 suffer tram the effects of ledhpMtiua aaa elek htaAaaa, anApn trying yenrltr. u. MeLaai's Ceiehta ttil Liver Fills i found qalek and tatteeaMer relief, a very few Anetm fleea lBwerkaat would net be without tbetn. siettx rails, Dakota. 4 N avail KNOWN Ter AIL. finni sink tiMdutha. tiUlAuaae. Ii am plal at, indigestion, dmeneta. baribara,aM tans, ptmpiea en the Ince and body, tupaia bleed, .te., uy using regularly or. u. MaijarTi Mnine iiiver ring, iiraparea out BT I Ins; Brethers, ruubnrg, Pa , the auMI iuii ui iBiiiiieiniuenaineHBimastB1 Olftorentlv bnt of the aana ntmnaFi Always leek rer the signature of rhaatM Urns, and V. McLane, ifitsbnrf. Fa., eat the wrapimr. AiiuunninwtnniMweiii pared with the genuine ateLaae'a. norSMveeaTu.l b,sa w 8 wiPr HPJcoine co. & Oa bl . Our little giii when bnt three week old uniioem wituecEetna. wainaainai lien trout several geed doctors, bat wllheat any upccuu Dsnenc wa into a, a. a, aaa ay vh time one hettia wa gene, fear head begaa ti heal, and by the time she had takaa gUM tin she wis eutnp'eteiy cured. Kew aha hea a (nil and heavy araae1batr-nbaet.aaatlh chlM. 1 (eel it but my duly timakeUUsUta mcut, M.T.BHoaa,uehUU),ko. agrBend for Beehs en Bleed aaft lata Dt. et-et and Ad? ice te auflerers, mail trea. tub a win arsoirte co., H Drawer 1, Atlanta, 8a. WIN MB AtlD LHtUOMM riur.ADKr.nitA, February 21, 1880. J llUNOAUIAN ) s ( SKAL. 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