WEYXOLDSVIIiLK, TMNN'A., WEDNESDAY. JIAHCII 17, 1111)7. NHlttKK 11. VOIil.'iMK 5. BeatrlxRandoiph. By JULIAN HAWTHORNE 'iii. iIkIiI lvliy Ann ' ciiii l're A-xn-liilimi C()NTIMI'.l).l As lio snt there nnd listened Id Imt. with his fat hands folded on his waist coat, hill stumpy little fret crossed ono over the other, nml liis big hi'iul wagging and swaying in involuntary accord with the splendid diapason of sound, lie was linpiiicr tluiti lio had ever been in his lift-. Nut only win his reputation saved. Ii!h outlay secured, nml his revenge on tho Russian made certain, lint his lititm Would go down to posterity ns that of tho man who lni'l brought before the World the brightest operatic star of tlic ago. "I'll tl. tho handsome tiling by Imt 1 will, liy Jupiter!" thought t lio gen eral to himself. "There urn cases In which genero: ity pays Til) per emit., nml here's one of 'em." Beatrix sang for the bettor part of an hour, nml illicit have gone indefi nitely, so far nit either hIio or her audi torn wern concerneil, for n truly noble Voice rightly traineil ami tiinnnged is nit tireless nml untiring as it is beautiful, lint mortal existence is full of petty lets nml hindrances, ami Beatrix, being for the present it hostess as well as prima donna assoluta, was obliged to go ami See about the supper. When the gentle men were nlono the general pulled down his waistcoat, sat up in his chair, ami after regarding Jocelyu for a few mo menta liet ween half closed eyelids nod ded his head several times (.lowly. "I see you are fond of music, general." said Mr. Randolph discerningly. "Well, music and I uro under some obligations to each other." was tho gen eral's reply. "Now, just tell me, has that young lady ever sung In public?" "My daughter ever sung in public!" exclaimed the young lady's father, with the air of a prince of the blood. "We are not that sort of people-, sir I" "Come now, Randolph, thin is be tween friends, you know," said Jocelyn, smiling ns ono who is superior to preju dice. "Oreat gifts liko hers douce take it, you've no right to hido 'um! We're not living in tho feudal nges; what's the good of a girl's being talented if no body's to know anything about it? Be sides, talent means money nowadays, and your daughter's voice is a fortune if it's rightly managed. Don't you agree with me, general?" "Well, a great deal depends on the management," returned that gentleman, queering his largo noso between his thumb and forefinger. "But with good management yes sho could make money, as much as she wants." "I should say sho could, as much ns she wants, or as much as you want either, Randolph, if these stories I hear about your embarrassments have any troth in Vin." "I scarcely understand; perhaps you will explain yourself more fully," said Randolph, looking from ono to tho other n a manner that betrayed agitation. "I see you don't know who Inigo is," observed Jocelyn snavely. "You've made such a hermit of yourself up here of late years you've dropped out of the running. Why, Inigo, my dear man simple as you see him sit there is tho foremost impresario and musical man ager of the age. He has heard a report of onr Beatrix's powers, and well, go ahead, Inigo; put it in your own wav." "I'll just tell you what it is, Mr. Kan. dolph," said the impresario, assuming the reins of the conversation with a wave of the hand. "A few words are best, When it's about business. I came up here to find out if your daughter could sing as good as Jocelyn here says she could. Well, she's got a fine organ, and sho knows what to do with it; no mis take about that I Well, I've got au open ing and I'll tuke her in, and Til pay her first prices; that's what I'll do. She goes right on, in opera, under me, and she makes her fortune; that's all about it! Tm a square man, by Jupiter! and I don't make no fuss about terms; when I buy a good article I pny good money for it. When I say I'll make her a boom I'll do it When Moses Inigo says he'll do the management tho young lady's all right, if she was as homely as a cow and sung like a bull; and if she gets a fool to manage her, or manages herself (it's about the same thing), she might sins like an angel and look like Venus and not make fifty dollars a week, and don't yon forget it!" "I am not accustomed, I need bardly say." observed Randolph, with an ap pealing glance at Jocelyn, and endeav oring to appear calm and indifferent, "to consider or discuss such matters. I have always lived, as my forefathers have be fore me, upon my private resources, without reference to trade of any sort However, gentlomen, I must admit that fortune has played me a very scurvy trick, through no fault of my own; and I suppose that what you say is true the good old days ore passing away, and each one of ns has to fight for his own band. At the lame time it could only be with the greatest reluctance, and under pressure of the severest necessity, that I could permit a daughter of mine" "To be of course that's understood!" put in Jocelyn comfortably, "But you'll be surprised to find how little annoy ance there is about it, especially since, in your case, it very fortunately happens that we shall be able to put Beatrix upon the stage without any one's being aware who she is. She will be incognita from first to last." "Ah! that changes the aspectof the w '.' i tit Assembly Hall of Public School matter materially," said Randolph, look ing at the impresario. "Mut it occurs to 1110 that" The entrance of Beatrix: herself at this juncture prevented the thing which had occurred to her father from becoming known. She anuoiiiiced that supper was ready. Tho gentlemen arose, and Jocelyn, approaching her, took her hand and put it under his arm, murmuring confidentially in her ear, "How would our little Beatrix liko to pay nil her fa ther's debts, and set up tho family on its legs again?" Beatrix gazed round nt him with searching eyes and questioning lips. The unruly part of her excitement had been composed by her singing, lint tho exulted mood remained, so that she was ready to exjiect anything thot wus not commonplace. Sho could not havo told what Jocelyn meant, ami yet she seemed to herself to anticipate what ho was go ing to say. Good news was in the or . However, for tho moment nothing mo.e was said. Her father was behind, wi h the general, and they were speaking in on undertone. Her heart beat high, and her step was light. As they came to tho supper table, and Jocelyn pressed her hand, she gave him a smile which, hud he been worthy of it, would have knight ed him on the spot. She was young uud knew nothing worse than her own pure self, and sho was ready to give gratitude without wailing to know for what her gratitude was duo. Experience of the world is apt to correct this impulse. The conversation at table wandered first over miscellaneous topics, for Mr. Randolph was somewhat ut a loss how to present tin all important Bubjoct to his daughtci, Jocelyn wus busy thinking over his own part in the little comedy, and tho impiesurio, besides finding much to occupy hU attention in the viands, was now wholly ut ease in his own mind and dreamed of no diiUculties. Ilo had Interpreted Mr. Randolph's scruples as merely a bid for good payment, to which he hud responded in his usual who!' souled style; as to the young laity, rf course she would follow her father' I lead. Of the throe it was Jocelyn who first spoke. "I don't see why we should keep th1 dear child auy longer in ignorance of tim plot we have hutched against her," t said, addressing the others, but keeping his eyes caressingly on Beatrix. "My dear girl, I suid I brought you fame and fortune; but, in fact, I only brought you the opportunity to win them for your self. You have a glorious future before you. This gentleman is the owner and manager of 'the new opera house in the city. All your favorite operas will be produced there this season, splendidly set and cast, and you, my dear Beatrix, are to sing the leading music.' Beatrix grew pale, and turned her face toward her father. "Oh, papa, can I?" shewmtln a low voice. "It is painful, of course, to contem plate such a thing," Mr. Randolph re plied, looking down in his plate with an uneasy, evasive air; "but we org poor folks now, you know, and we must do the best we can. We can only hope, my dear, that the necessity will not" "Oh, but it is not that!" excluimed the girl, interrupting him, and tremu lous with excitement; "but to sing, papa to sing in real opera before a real au dience! It IS the best thing in the world! But can I do it, do you think? Amiable? Would Professor Dorimor have wished it? I would rather" she was going to say "marry Mr, Vinal," but changed it to, "I would rather do any thing than disgrace Professor Dorimar." "You just leave all that to me, young lady," suid the impresario, nodding good naturedly. "I take the risks! You'll not disgrace Dorimar nor nobody f V. ' mi mime.. .ttv mtim . .I , 1' if., iv t 1 . else. You're as good ns tho licst of 'em, though it's money out of my pocket to tell you so! You'll need some drilling about tho stago business of course; that But don't you worry, I'll fix it all right! You've got a month or six weeks' re hearsals, and you'll catch on as quick as most gals, 1 guess." Thus far tlin glory nnd delight of the merely musical aspect of the adventure had so dazzled Beatrix's eyes thai he had thought of nothing else, but now a new idea entered her head. "Am I to bo paid for doing this?" she asked, glancing from her father to Joce lyn. "Of courso I mean by mid by if I succeed. Is that what you meant when you talked about my winning fortune? But I would rather not make money in that wny I would rather make it in bouio other way than by sing ing, becuuso But I couldn't muko it in any other way, I suppose," she added, faltering n little. "Singing is all I can do! And, after all, it would be good if my singing would help pay our debts; that would not be unworthy even of music, would it, papa? I wouldn't take money to get rich, but I would to prevent your living troubled any more by Oh, papa, can it lie true? Tm sure you nre very kind. Gen. Inigo; and thank you for telling him of me, Mr. Jocelyn." This speech a broken iro-dley of mu sical tones, smiles, wet eyelashes, pause of reflection and eager utterance com pleted the .general's cimtivution. Ilo thumped his fat fist down on the table cloth and exclaimed, "By Jupiter! gen tlemen, I move wo drink the health of the now prima donnu" "And christen her at tho sume time," put in Jocelyn quickly. "Yon haven't heard your new stage name, Beatrix. Henceforward you are to be known to the world, not us Beatrix Rundolph, but as what is it, general?" "Mademoiselle Marana," said Inigo. "Here's Mademoiselle Murana's health, boys! May she stand at the top of the profession, and sing pearls and diamonds, like the gal in the fairy tale! Down she goes!" "Up she goes! you mean," said Joce lyn laughing. "Well, mademoiselle, how do you like your new name?" "It's very pretty," answered she; "but how did I get it?" "It you or your father had been in New York lately you wouldn't need to sic The name of Mademoiselle Ma rana, the great prima donna from St. Petersburg and Moscow, is placarded all over town. All the world is agog to see and hear her. The new opera house was. built expressly for her." "But how" "I'm going to tell you. There's an other ludy somewhere, who sings under thut name, and whom Inigo had invited to sing here. But she refused to keep her word at the lust moment, and since the public must have some new divinity to worship, and since I know it would be painful to your father to have you appear under your own name, I advised Inigo to put you in her place. That's the whole story." Beatrix's clear eyes grew troubled. "It doesn't seem right to pretend to be an other person it would be deceiving peo ple," she said. "Nobody goes on the stage under hi own name," replied Jocelyn. "To go on the stage is to change your identity, aud become some one else. Nobody's de ceived, because nobody expects anything else." But Beatrix at once detected the flaw in this argument. "Why should I be called. Marana?" she demanded. "Why not give ae some other noma that no body has?" "It seems to me that that might be 1 i e.t.r- i .if- .i Building Seating Capacity 500. preferable," observed Mr. Rumlolpli. "My dear Randolph, it's merely a bus iness question," said Jocelyn, not sorry to make the explanation to him instead uf to his daughter. "Wo cull her Mn. rami simply because Marana in tho mini i in people's mouths at this iiioiiinnt. 'io give her another uuino would be to create all sorts of doubt aud confusion, in tho courso of which tho dnitr child'a Identity would bo certain to be discov ered. Nobody hero knows Marauu by sight or sound; so, even if Beatrix were Inferior a a Binger, they would be defrauded of nothing. But tho fact is us Inigo, who has heurd the lady, will confirm mo in saying Beatrix can sing ov jry bit us well u Marana, nml rather bettor; so wo are giving tho publio even mure than they bargained for. It's pure formal ity, hut Homo forms uro of tho first im portance practically. To bring her out under uny other uuino tliun Marana would bo a greut injustice to our friend, the general, who hits, so to speak, mudu out all his invoices and labeled all his goods under thut title, and it would be quite as great on injustice to Beatrix herself, who, Instead of at ouce receiv ing the salary that her ger.'.us deserves, would huvo to fight an uphill buttle through stupidity and prejudice, and. taking all accidents into consideration, might not win through at all." "It may be foolish, but I can't help not liking it," said Beatrix, feeling un happy. "But yon know liest, pupa, and 111 do what you say." "I believo tho amount of the salary has not been mentioned," said Mr. Ran dolph, turning to tho impresario. The latter was ubo.it to reply when Jocelyn swiftly took np the word. "She Will to paid $1,000 a night," said he "and there will bo from three to four performances a week." Mr. Randolph grew very red, and could not suppress a start. His most sanguine expectations had not exceeded tenth of this sum. From 9,000 to 13,000 a week! it was scarcely credible; it was magnificent; it was a fortune once month! Meunwhile Beatrix sat almost indifferent, much to Inigo's admiration; but the truth was the girl knew nothing of the value of money, and was, more over, personally much less concerned about the rewards of the enterprise than about the enterprise itself. She certainly never imagined that her fa ther's discrimination between right and wrong could be influenced by such con siderations. After a pause to recover his compos are Mr. Randolph cleared his throat and said: "I only asked for information: 1 know little about these matters, but ( presume the snm you name would lw considered fair remuneration. As to t It morality of the matter," he added, break ing into his shrill laugh, "I agree Willi you, Jocelyn, that the question is rnor. one of form than anything ebe, and it would be an ungracious return for Gen. Inigo's courtesy to subject hiut to t1' -enibarrassment you indicate. I thielc ywa may call yourself Mademoiselle Ma rana with a clear conscience, my dear." Beatrix sighed and faintly smiled. The worst that can be said of her at this moment is that she did not know wheth er she were glad or sorry, TO BE CONTINUEDl Tha people living at Peak's Island, Ma, ore so healthy that the physician who attempted to make living by re maining there failed, and the islanders, ick and well aliko, contribute certain amount yearly, outside that paid for services, to keep him there. Publio exposure of horse flesh for sale Is authorized in Denmark, Sweden and porta of France. T '. ; l 1 , ,:. ' ' '. --f : : . r , ' - , j . fiir-ns.t -.;rri It ,.fj,-"'!-'f. it (Irrman Pmlng" Slump. Contrary to the custom of most mon arch, Kinperor William II nf Germnny has never allowed his effigy to bo en gruveri npon a postage stamp, nnd philat elists and the world in general have wondorcd at tho modesty in this rnspeot of tho young kaiser, who usually is not averso to having his features displayed before the eyes of his admiring subjects. No direct and authentic reason has been given why the Prussian bla' k cnglo has not been long ngo replaced by the kai ser's rfTlgy, but perhaps an explanation mny bo found In tho strain of supersti tion which mora than mice has influ meed the notion of tho Ilohenzollerns. The Prussian stamps issued from 1850 to lHfiR hnre tho imago nf Frederick William IV. But tho year before he be came legally iiisiino ho had it replaced with the black eagle, for he could not bear to see his countenance soiled and mu Dilated by the postofflce employees. A few years ugo an enterprising Berlin manufacturer had lead pencils made, npon which was stamped a bus relief bead of William II. The minister of ed ucation nt once ordered schoolteachers not to allow their pupils to use these particular pencils "since the children might disfiguro the face of their sov ereign by bitinn the pencils with their teeth." Now York Tribune. HMttli African Chivalry. The following interesting little dia logue was heard last week at a wedding in a west end church. Parson Who gives this woman away? Vnieo at Back of tho Congregation I toold, but I won't. The individual at the back of tha congregation manifests a marvelous generosity. Wo do not give the story as an intended reflection on South African morality. African Review. The Gentleman Digger. Some curious stories are told of the ways of the newoomcr to South Africa. It is said that recently a fresh clerk was imported for an office of the Neth erlands (Transvaal) railway. The gen tleman in question was born in Hol land, and took thence au alarming amount of luggage. During the unpack ing of one of his largest boxes an oper ation which was watched with interest by several of the callow youth's col leagues a bright, new steel spade came to view. "Hello," queried a bystander, "what's that for?" "I thought," re plied, in all innocence, the youth, "I thought I might do a little gold dig ging in my leisure hours." Westmin ster Qaxette. now flpoogea Are Propagated. There are a great many things which the scientists of toduy are not able to explain, and a groat muny others over which they buve frequent discussions, owing to a difference of opinion. The method by which sponges are propagated when left to themselves is one of these mooted soieutifio qubstious. Some de clare that they are reproduced from true eggs; ethers are equally positive that they are propuguted from buds. St. Louis Republic. Only One. "Do you mean to say," said the soul ful young woman, "that you have never yet met the woman whose presence and touoh thrillod your whole being in an utterly indescribable muuuer?" "Only onoe, " said the weary young man. "It was when I was in the hands of a woniuu dentist." London An swers. ' Tho flneiesH c f our gold coins is uhoui 90 per oeul, A Krrntitn to I litAfiniitlfl. The average man eats only two meals a day In his own house, and thewi meals are the opportunities for social and do mestic talk, delightful to the wife, who has no siu h opportunity in her husband of rubbing against other minds all day, mid imKirtaiit to the children in widen ing their horizon, their views of life. At. the first meal of the day most wo men like to talk to their hiisbamls ulKitit tho plans of tho flay, but the woman Who has once received the distrait, self at snrbeil growl which euuimiti s from a tmilo disturbed in the rending of his newspaper iluc nut again atb injil tonsk her husband this or that on u subject, of domes'! ie Interest. The buck of a n ws pajicr is not u pleasant thing to contem plate across the breaKtiet. table. Think of this, husbands, when you look round for the CMst'Ti "r oilier suit able prop for the back of your paper, and for the t.,;lie of good nianiu is, for the sake of your wife's feeliugM nml tho example to your children, remove your newspaper, reserving it, for the train, omnibus or tram car. Of course there are occasions when matters of absorbing ii.leiest must bo looked to nt once teli gi'Miusof thrilling import. Why not glance nt the p;tier fivo minutes before the breakfast lu ll rings if it is n ally essential that such news should be seen lit once? Special oc casions somi limes justify special be havior, but f your merry let the news paper be banished firm the breakfast table on ordinary occasions. English Kxehuuge. On Afiiirienn lintel Clerk. L. F. Austin, in Loudon Sketch, sup poses that, "the American hotel clerk is still the dread of the incxpi rienceil trav eler. When you stand in his presence, you lieeomo ut once aware that yon nro a hardened offender nnd that hern is tho magistrate who will appoint u fitting punishment for your crimes. lie growls the, number of your room ns if it wero the condemned et 11, and you are a littlo surprised that he iliK'S not assume tho blnek cup and invoke the divine clem ency on your soul. I used to think ho suffered from overstndy of the rights of man and regarded them as asocial pyra mid with himself us tho apex. "In tho Kuropean hotel the traveler is accustomed to bo treated with considera tion. He stays in the house for his own pleasure and lnoksupnu the administra tors us designed for his service. Such a theory is hateful to tho peculiar repub licanism of the American hotel clerk. Ho is something morn than a man and your brother, for ho does not recognizo equality, much less deferential civility. Tho hotel is a houso not of entertain ment, but correction, and if you do not earn for the discipline yon can go else where without exciting in tho clerk tho slightest emotion of surprise or even of inquiry. Should America ever be dis posed to try tho experiment of an oli garchy a jnnta of hotel clerks might conduct tho business of tho country with an impnssivo severity which would have astonished tho council of ten." Combination and Wage. In what, lines of industry or the- wges lowest nnd the abuses greatest? Is it in these, where modern method havo been most extensively employed, and where machinery, with its attendant concentration of power, has made the most progress, or is it in tiioso whose methods are survivals from an earlier stage of industrial order? To this question there can be but one answer. The lowest wages, tho most un sanitary conditions, the grossest abuse and oppressions are not to be found in factories, but in tenement houso indus tries. It is among tho cigar makers, or ' among the workers in certain branche of the ready mudo clothing trado that these matters are at their worst. Yet it Is just hero that tho conditions of em--plnymeut nre most liko those which pre vailed in eailier industrial periods. Tho sufferers under tho sweating sys tem are not, as is so often charged, the victims of tho present industrial order. They are tho victims of a survival of past labor conditions into an ago which has become familiar with better ones. Professor Arthur T. Had ley in Atlantic. Natur' Windows, Nothing hitherto was ever stranded, cast aside; but all, wero it only a with ered leaf, works together with all, is borne forward on the bottomless, shore less flood of action and lives through perpetual metamorphoses Tho withered leaf is not dead aud lust; there are force in it and around it, though working in inverse order, else how could it rot? Despise, not the rag from which man makes paper or the litter from which the earth makes corn. Rightly viewed, no meanest object is insignificant; all objects are as windows, through whioa the philosopbio eye louks into infinitude itself. Thomas Curly le. The World' Future Population. It is now claimed by some statisti cians that the world will be overpeopled at the end of 178 year This brings us to the yeur 3073, when the population, at the present rate of inoreuse, will be 6,904,000,000 people. Bad Lack la slipper. Tommy Here! Don't you hit ma with that old shoe! Don't you know it' awful bod luok to hit anybody with shoe? Jimmy Is it? I must tell maw that as noon as I get home. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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