Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1882, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC, PATIENCE —M'CULLOUGH—NEW OPERETTAS, ETC. — Patience, which has been a great success everywhere, will be given next week at Ford’s by Fe ce t opera company. — John McCullough begins another week on Monday night at the National, opening in the | Gladiator. The New York Philharmonic Cinb will give a concert at Lincoln Hall on February. Miss | Miss Annie Louise Cary has been invited and will be present. — The Apoilo Glee Club, a well-known musical organization, propose during the coming spring, to give a of three subscription concertsat Lineota Hall. Tyey will be assixted by a fall orchestra of forty 3, all under the leader- ship or. E. 8. bail. The number of sub- seribers. 00. The price fixed for membership which will be good for three seats As the list will not be ‘open | «ay next, those desiring to take advantaze of this musicai treat will do well to call on some member of the club and leave their name. —Mr. Samuel Colville has purchased the Jatest of the English melodramas, called Jaken and will shortly bring this work ta will be presen Chickering hall, New York, on Februar: It is the composition of Mr. Henry Warren, and Mr. Paine is the author of the book. —An operetta entitled I’ Afrique was pro- duced at the Bijou Opera House, New York, nt. The libretto is said to be clever riginal and bright. — The management of the Park Theaterstates that The Colonl, now performing there, has grown qniekly popular, and will, therefore, be ed for an indedinite time. This piece fur- especially at this dull season, some bright entertainment. Gaiety Theater, of Boston, has been jeased by Mr. Frederick Vokes and Mr. George Tyler, and will he entirely refitted and redec- ated by them, Mr. Vokes will thus establish himselt permanently in Boston, and will direct the new theater aceording to his own ideas. ense audience at the in. Boston nearly $2,000. Georze sented witha laurel prmance. Monday ni and the mus! —There was an imi matinee of the Greek p . Pendragon, will ew York, This play ing forward Mr. Lawrence which is said to be well t in suited to him. — Le Jour will be sang fe first time in English in this country to-nixit at the Fifth Avenue, New York. Great preparations have been made for the event. Miss Catharine Lewis and Mr. John Howson assnine the leading ro! te said to be as bright as t of Madame Angot, and the story about as perilous as it weil can be, for it telis how two women arranged that a man should be the husband of one by day and of the other by night, and how it all comes out right next day. Probably so much of the wick- edness will be cut out that the point will be lost or only suggested, as in The Mascotte. —The fiftieth anniversary of Mr. William | Warren's first appearance on the stage will be celebrated in Boston on the 28th of next Octo- ber. A letter tendering a benefit to the come- dian on that date. and inviting him to sit for his portrait, so that it may be finished at the time of the anniversary, is signed by many prominent Bostonians. — At Daly's New York theater on Monday evening, February 6, Sardou’s new drama, Odette, will be piayed for the first time in this country. The names of the actors who hays parts in this drama have already been printed, althongh one ehange hastately been made—Mias Emma Hinckley naving been chosen for the ebaracter of the Princess. —Miss Mary Anderson left Booth’s last week and has been at the Grand Opera House, N. Y.. this week. Miss Anderson’s engagement in New York has been a decided success as cem- pared with a former one, and especially in Pygmation and Galawa she has been highly commen Next week she visits the New Eagland circuit. = —Blanche Reosevelt took the part of ““Mar- gherita” in Faust for ber debut with the Stra- kosch opera company at New Orleans. But she lended-looking woman and y she does not fill the re- quirements of this roe.” When the opera was repeated a few days later another singer took this part. — Mrs. 16th perfe ter, N.Y Burnett's Esmeralda celebrated its ie at the Madison Square Thea- last night, and as usnal at this thea- ir was given to every ene It still promises to have a long run. Mitehell closes to-night her third ment at Boston. She has ap- w play called The Littie Savage, and it has becn a fair success. It is the old story of love triumphing over all difficulties, with the scene laid in the Island of Gaudaloupe. ‘There 1s some pretty music in the piece. — That New Orleans man had a rare ex- perience when La Traviafa was performed in hiseity by the Strakosch company. He says: “With a sweetness that was trespassing on the realms of the angelic, the overture began its tender plaint, weaving a web of sabtle gossa- sound that the ear at times could but ch. Thea vith an airy grace the vio- 1 one over pleasant meadows and be- rehes, until, with the rising of the we reception scene, La Traviata was ter a haudsome present. enrtain on opened.” — D. A. M., A. C. Gunter’s new farce comedy, ‘Was produ by Robson and Crane, for the first tine on any stage, at Norfolk, Va., last Tuesday evening. The scene is laid in Paris. Robson plays “Moliere Shakespeare Ambigue,” an im- pecunious dramatist, and Crane “Z. Blackstone Perkins,” district attorney of Montana. The plot revolves about a young American giri,really poor, but supposed to be an heiress. to whom ied men in the neighborhood pay hope of vetting her fortune. <d'*Perkins” are the most prominent and each doesall he can to dispar- age his rival; but, affer numerous adventures, the American wins the prize. The Norfolk papers say the large audience witnessing the Ss was kept in aroer of iaughter from o last. — Henry French has bonght the American Tight to Pinero’s Syuire, and it is intimated that Wallack will bring it out. This is the play whieh has got literary and theatrical London by the ears because of the charge that it is taken from Hardy's novel “Far From the Maddening Crowd,” a charge which Mr. Pinero stoutly nies. He says, moreover, that be had never seen the novel up to the time of the production ofhis play. Yet the resemblances between piay and novel are many and marked. —“Miss Anule Louise Cary writes weekly letters to her relations in Darham, Maine, and in them frequently alludes to her approaching marriage to Mr. James Lorrilard, of New York,” says the Boston Post, commenting on the va- Fious rumors in regard to the future of that eminent artiste. The wedding will occur early in the autumn, and they will reside in New York. The last time Miss Cary will sing in | args will be in June next at City Hall, Port- — This is from an ode to Oscar Wilde. W. J. Florence is supposed to be responsibte : ‘Thou lean yet fat and tripes chiid, Intensely too, supremely noodle, Lank, limp and'splay-toot Oscar Wilde, Chiet of Asses, Prince Flopdoodle, Welcome to this land of gulis, land of shoddy, shams and funktes! Thow'k td a us bindred fouls, > So like thyself, esthetic donkeys, Abd when you've ta And slop, ad wi And biather ught them how to gush, ear shert-wilsted cellai platitudes of mmsh, mi ith 0 on Your hose gigantic, And langh like blazes when you wink ‘What fovis live on this side th’ Atlantic Jane Swissheim om Her Sex. Dressed as women usually are the less ex- eeuinn thay Cals hathcs Gas tats In faet, they are seldom fit to stand erect or walk 3 Dloek, but should be rolled around on a sofa or carried on a palanguin. Not one woman in ten hag room inside her clothes for the gad fell of the ribs in breathing; nor one in ntoorg vital organs are not dis- externs} pressure, and while this is ped cted with marked success at | t, Le Cocq’s new opera, | The music | ; the verdiet concerning her | THE WHITE POINTER. A THRILLING STORY. | The Honorable and Reverend Edward Lam- bert, a clergyman of the Church of England, {found that his health was growing infirm, a moral and physical lanzuor seemed to take pos- session of him; that English melancholy which comes, no one knows why or wherefore. and he | could not shake it off. Young, rich, handsome, eloquent, sure of preferment in the Church— what was the matter with the Honorable and Reverend Edward Lambert? He did what all Englishmen do when other remedies fail—he crossed the channel. He thought he would seek the rays of the sun, that luminary so scarce in England. Per- | haps it was the syn that he needed. So one fine day he sailed for France, and soon | found himself at Rouen, where he stayed for | some days, taking every morning a walk around | the cathedral, carrying a volume of Dante under his arm. | One afternoon he walked Arg the Mont St. | Catherine, and seating himseif on the grass, | gravely devoted himself to the @ivine Comedy. | He had scarce lost himself In Dante's stately | measure when a stranger approached with the | most perfect courtesy and addressed him, asking | if he were an Englishman, and, if so, if he would | permit a few minute's conversation. “I wish to perfect myself in your languace.” said the stranger, smiling, “and I always | Seize every opportunity to talk to an English- man.” | “Yon already speak the language fluently,” | said Mr. Lambert, politely; “sit down, Mon- sieur.”” Resting on the turf, with a glorious view be- | fore them, the two young men soon found them- | selves talking glibly of the news of the day, of | Dante, of religion. politics and the weather. The | Frenchman was yery agreeable, well educated, and up fo the times on all points. He immedi- | ately told Mr. Lambert that he was a doctoraud | practicing his profession at Kouen. Tt was natural that the young clerzyman | Should speak to him of his own case, which he did freely, asking the doctor's advice. The doctor became extremely interested, and upon examining Mr. Lambert's tongue and pulse, gave him a prescription. They walked together to Rouen, and Mr. Lambert thea noticed that the doctor had a | beautiful white dog, a pointer, which gamboled around his master’s heels. They separated as they reached the city, the doctor to go and see his patients, the clergyman ; | to seek an apothecary, where he got his pre- * | scription prepared. ‘The next morning the Honorable and Reverend | Mr. Lambert was better. The doctor's pre- scription had made him sleep. It had given | him strength, he felt an appetite for break’ ast. Menths of treatment in Loudon at the hands of the best pi He wisty doctor, when he remembered, that he did not know his name. Instinct told him, however, that he might meet bim again onthe Mont St. Catherine. So, with renewed hope, health and e walked again to the top of the hill. minutes he was Joined by the French doctor and his dog, who eame bounding along With his pointer-nose in the grass. | The two men greeted each other with smiles, and shook hands cordially. “You have saved my life, doctor,” said Mr. vert. with unusgal enthusiasm. ‘ot at all, not at all, dear friend,” said he dector; “+1 only gave you a good tonic,which also made you sleep. I found out (what none | of my English brothers in medicine seem to have | found out) that you have nothing the matter with you! Your system needs a little jogging, | that is all. Railroad travel, my dear friend, mis had not done this for hi | been leading’a very easy and sedentary life; now, have you?” “It is trae, | have.” “Take my advice, travel. ride day and night: take no medicine, excepting these sirups, which I will give you; seek adventure. lead & more oe ne, and, my friend, you are ali ig! Now came the delicate and the Englishman felt guinea. Ee tendered it to the French doctor, who laughingly pushed it away, with a very soft, well-formed white hand. Ss er, never.” said he; “forso slight a service; permit me to make my advice a return for a les- #on in English couversatio: It was gracefutly done, and the embarrassed Englishman, put his gold back inte his pocket. Doctor,” said he, in a lew voice, hesitatingly, am an Enzlishman, and [ hate te be under an obligation: you have lifted a load off my heart whieh has hung there for six months; you have | made anew man of me. New allow ine to be | of some service to you. I leave here by rail, at {one o'clock to-morrow morning. for Paris, until then Tam at your service—and forever after. Can I do anythin fer you?” rates doctor reflected’ a moment and looked at | his dog. “I don’t know, indeed; and yet I do happento think of one thing. You might save mea jour- }ney to Paris, which, with my engagements, is jast now inconvenient. But it is asking too much, perhaps.” | “What—how—too much?” | mai A aera of money, for the proverbial said the clergy- , [have a number of sick people under my cherge, whom I treat for diseases of the re One of these is a y rich woman, who htly deranged. Unhay)pily she has deter- mined te return to Paris, and | have no author- ity to detain her. I perceive that she will fret until this caprice is gratified. I must go with her to place her in charge ef her friends, and I have been putting it off, from day to day, be- eause I cannot leave my other patients, the duty of taking her home. Now, if you would escort her, it woukd be a real service,” said the doctor. “My dear sir, a crazy young woman, at one o'clock at night, and I a clergyman’ of the Church of Engi: said Mr. Lambert, forget- ting his late gratitude. - “Oh, she is forty-six, my dear sir, and her ma- nia is avery quiet one. She looks and acta like a sheep, poor woman, and she will scarcely speak toa stranger. ido not hnow that she will go with you. The hour is rather early—one in the morning—but still, I might ask her, and it will be a real tavor to me.” “Bring her along, doctor!” said the clergy- man, ashamed of his own reluctance; “bring her along—a sheep and forty-siz-—I will take care of your patient to Paris!” ‘alking in this way they reached the gates of the city. " Before separating the doctor gave his card to Mr. Lambert. “‘Au revoir,” said he; “and perhaps adieu, my dear sir. Let me hear from you from time to time; and I hope if we never mect again that you will retain,.as I shall do, an agreeable Tecollection of our acquaintance. I may not see you agaln, as my friend may not be willing to go with you—adien!” Mr. Lambert glaneed at the doctor's card, feeling anew the embarrassment of the possi- ble night journey with an insane woman, — regretting his promise, in spite of bis grati- tude. He read on the card— “* Dr. de La Belle, Rue Antoine, No. 11.” Mr. Lambert walked through the rue Antoine and stopped at No.11. It was a large, hand- some house, with the announcement in black letters on a brass plate: -* Docteur de La Belle.” On arriving at his hotel he asked the landlord if he knew of Dr. de La Belle. “I believe, sir,” said the man, civilly, “that he is the best physician in Ronen.” At one o'clock in the morning Mr. Lambert waited with some anxiety in the depot the arrival of the train. Dr. de La Belle had net arrived. The Engtish clergyman rubbed his hands with great eatisfaction—for he did not care for this particular responsibility—when some one touched him lightly on the sheulder. It was the doctor! Seated en a bench wasa lady in black, with a veil tightly draw over her face. “TI have taken a coupe,” said the doctor, “so Ss will not be incommoded by other travelers. lere is Mi "a puree, ticket and little traveling satchel; perhaps she will need some- thing. Have the kindness te show her ticket to the conductor. I have telegraphed to her friends who will meet her at the station. She is'as quiet as a dove. Should you find her agitated, give her a drop of this essence of sugar; here is the bettle. Monsieur Lambert, Bustin Baped enor lethen hetped the Invalid Indy, and Wire att Seabee er: ste Out, held Mr. Lambert. by the tints cust taheod with French effusion, as theofficials hurried pas- sengers ont and in. have no trouble, adieu,” kind rated from him by a doctor's last vite to thank and to remunerate the | 4 will soon set you up. Now I dare say you have | When they sfrived at Paris fhe determined that she should speak. “Mademoiselle,” said he ina loud voice “do awake and listen to me; I must leave you fora moment to go find your friends.” No answer. He sought a long time, but could not find any- body who wanted a lady from Rouen. He eame back to the carriage very discontent- edly, when, to his intenseastonishment, he found a crowd around the compartment where the lady still sat. He went forward to see what was the cause of the excitement. “Are you the man who traveled from Ronen in this coupe?” said the policeman. “Yes.” “Do you know that this lady isdead? You have poisoned her with prussic acid? She has been dead four hours?” “And the populace | groaned. |The clergyman was speechless with horror. He tried to clear himself with all the earnest- hess of an innocent man, but this story was a most improbable one. The police found on him the purse of the poor woman and a bottle con- taining prussiec acid. It was the bottle which Dr. de La Belle had foreed upon him in the train. Mr. Lambert, stunned, half-dead, allowed himself to be carried to prison without resist- bere! was past that. A day or two later he said: “Take me to Rouen; I will unmask the vil- lain; he can never face me! Two sergeants de ville, with other employes of the police. in plain clothes, attended this dan- gerous criminal to Ronen in the railway, and drove to the house of Dr. de La Beile. Mr. Lam- bert was sure that at the sight of his face the assassin doctor would confess ail. Dr. de La Belle was engaged at the moment, and kept them some time waiting. When at last the police begau to be troubled, the head sergeant bade them be calm. ¢. The house is guarded,” said he, “he cannot Presently there entered a calm, elderly gen- tleman. with spectacles, which he removed as he looked at them. “1 beg your pardon for keeping you waiting.” said he, * but did you want me? I am Dr. de La Belle.” Mr. Lambert trembled from head to foot. An abyss opened before him, of which he could not see the bottom. This was not at all the man whom he had met on Mont St. Catherine. “You are not Dr. de La Belle at all!” said the unhappy man. “I think that T ean prove that Iam,” said the suave old doctor, smiling. Alas! everything was against him. The Eng- Ush clerzymian had fallen into. tie most terrible snare, laid by a most complished viliain. They returned to Paris. “f wish I could meet him again with his | white dog,” said Mr. Lambert, throwing his | hands in tne air. “White dog, did you say?” asked the sergeant e. “aht Some weeks passed, and the police became convineed that Mr. Lambert was innocent, tnt they were yet waitihg for the real vil- ain. Mr. Lambert was taken blindfolded, and in the night. to a house, he knew not in what street, where he, however, was well-lodged, and Where he was allowed to read and write, but Was strictly watched. Shortly after his new inearceration, a valet arrived with his clothes. and asked him reapect- fuliy to make his toilette. A sergeant escorted him to a closed carriage and drove toward the Champs Elysees. “Look at everybody who passes, said he.” Mr. Lambert looked, but saw nothing. The next day the sergeant, elezantly dressed, came again, in an open ‘carriage, and. by ie aide of the coachman, sat a white pointer 0; “You have seen that dog before!” said the sergeant. “it is his dog,” sat Mr. Lambert. “Keep caim and look ubout you,” sald the peicoman. But they looked in vain. They saw no master for the dog “On the night that crime was committed this dog was found in Rouen without a master,” said the sergeant de ville. Later, the prisoner was requested to make an evening toilette, and was escorted to a grand ball in a maguiticent house in one of the best parts of Paris. “You are serving the ends of the sergeant to him. the euests.” He was presented to the lady of the house, who received him very graciously, and intro” duced him to her young danghter.’ He talked with her and looked ut the guests, but saw nothing. Another week passed. He went to another ball, in the same company; his young hest, Mon- ur de F—, seated himself befere him, and ly before them the curtains of a large window, which filled half the room. Tt was not long before Mr. Lambert heard the well-known voice of the sergeant of police (who in the most irreproachable of black coats and white ties, looked like a Conde or a Monti- morenci) talking to a gentleman near him of hunting. “It is along time since I haye followed the hounds,” answered the gentleman. Mr. Lambert darted from his seat. “It is h said he. “It is Dr. de La Belle!” “Be silent,” said Monsieur de F—, “be silent,” and be held hin in his seat by main force. In a moment they were joined by the sergeant de ville. “I have heard him! it is his voice!” said Mr. Lambert, trembling all over. are still wrong,” said that im- perturbabie individual. fay here without moving. I will draw the curtain; look at e ery one who enters with a lady; when the suspected passes, press my arm without a word.” “Is it Monsieur de Bocage?” asked the host in a low voice of the officer. “Probably,” said the policeman: “he was the lover of the unfortunate Blanche Villiers.” At this moment poor Lambert, peeping from behind the curtain, saw the well-known smiling lace and jaunty ficure of the doctor of Rouen pass with a young lady on his arm. He gripped the arm of the officer. “it is h said he, choking. The sergeant de ville drew the curtain quickly. ‘The chain is complete,” said he; “we only wait for the doy. Mr. Lambert, your imprisonment will be short One visit more and you are free.” The next day a close carriage, with the white or ae tied under the seat, called for Mr. Lam- justice,” said “Be patient and observe ert. “I shall conduct you to his door, but you must enter alone,” said the friendly sergeant. “You are not afraid?” “Afraid!” said the En, to kill him.” “No, no personai violence, please. You would spoil a pretty job,” said the officer. “Coachman, drive to the house of Monsieur de Boeage, ave. nue Josephine.” When Mr. Lambert, pale as death, rang the bell of the inner door M. de Bocaze, a Parisian ore Just putting on his gloves, opened it him- sel glishman. I enly desire He started back, horrified but soon composed himeelf. “You wish to see me, etr?” said he. “Yes, you wretched murderer!” said the Hon- orable and Reverend Lambert. “I do wish to see you.” Monsieur de Bocage retreated several steps. “You are mad!” said he. “T have come to unmask you, villain!” . “You are deceived, my brave gentlemat said M. de Bocaze, and reaching behind him, he caught up a pistol and discharged it full in the face of the Euglishinan. At this noise and the fall of the clergyman, who was stunned and blinded for a moment, the two sergeants and several policemen en. tered the room, accompanied by a white pointer, who leaped up and caressed Monsieur le “Down ‘Thanor, down,” said the murderer, forge : tet in complete,” said the sergeant joyfully. ae “Monsieur de Bocage, allas Dr. de Ia Belle, you stand charged with the murder of Made- MGiveiie Dinuche Villers, in a coupe of the rail- way which left Rouen at one o'clock at night on the 13th instant, a crime-which you sought to affix to this gentleman.—(Throw a pitcher of water in his face; the ball was extracted this morning, whilst Monsieur de Boeage took his choeolate—he is not hurt.”) So saying, the sergeant revived the English- man, and took Monsieur de Bocage from his luxurious chamber toward twenty years of the The wretch looked back. ‘It was you, nance, after all,” said he, caressing the white pointer. “Yes,” nt. encouragingly, “Had you but remembered to give the poor thing a pill of strychnine!” The Honorable and Reverend Mr. Lambert re- turned home much better. He had certain}: taken the advice of his unknewn medical ad. viser, and had varied his usual life considerably. He never traveled in any coupe in with velled ladies, nor did he ever quite get over the horror of having ridden from Rouen to Paris with a corpse. He had the curosity to take the doctor's pre- in London, who Serf om te an apothecary powerful stimulant, sir” said -he, “we recommend you to use it very tre- A in “ Portia in Petticoats. Scene—The Interior of a Solicitor's Office. Mr. Korsis discovered in his Sanctum, regarding a newspaper with fired attention. Mr. Korsts. Let me read my letter to the ‘Morning Journal once again. (Reads.) “Isball try the experiment by and by of engaging two young women as writers, and I shall see what stuff they are made of, not as mechanical writers, but as intelligent brain-workers in the law, your obedient sérvant—signed—A Soict- Tor.” ‘Twas a noble plan, and I have carried it into execution. Nay, more, I have deyéloped the idea, My whole staff are females, and I have purposely been away from the office for a week to see how they would get on without me. I will soon learn. J will ring for my idante, Miss Fanny. (Sovnda bell.) From her I will learn how business is progressing. (After a peise.) Strange, she does not come. (Opens door of communication between sanctum and outer office.) Whatjsthis I hear? The sounds of a lively waltz! (Music ceases abruptiy when enter Miss anny.) ” Miss Fanny. Glad to see you back in Mr. Korsts. I hope you have enjoyed your holiday. Mr. Korsts. Thanks, yes. But what was that noise? Miss Fanny. Neise! Ha, ha, ha. Youare not very complimentary. It was only my piano. I was practicing “Tie Chantilly.” Mr. Korsts. In office hours! Scarcely profes- sional, Miss Fanny—scarcely profesional. 5 Fanny. Well, sir, its so lonely all by myself, and T am sure music can hurt nobody. Mr. Korsts. But,the neighbors, Miss Fanny— the neighbors! Miss Fanny. Oh, they don’t object. sir. You see, your idea has been taken up by Mr. Knock- about, the auctionger, up above, and Mr. Ellis Dee, the banker, down below—and they neituer of them haye any male clerks now. We are all girls together. It’s great fun! When we Solici- ters sing a Christy Minstrel song in unison as a solo, the banKers and the auctioneers join us in the chorus! We used to practise all day long. Oh, it was so pretty! Mr. Korsts. But the clients, Miss Fanny—the clients? Miss Fanny. Oh, bother the clients, sir! Well sir, you may stare. But you told us that was our chief duty, to bother the clienta! Mr. Korsts (good-naturedly). Well, well—per- haps I did—perhaps I did. And now how have you been getting on? Miss Fanny. Oh. tol tol. Only 1 must say it is a shame that 1 should be obliged to be here by myself all alone! ‘a Mr. Kersts. All alone! Why, what has be- come of the rest? Where is Miss Agues, the Common Law Clerk? Miss Fanny. Oh, she has behaved shame- fully, sir. You know you pat a man in posses- sion at Mr. Brown’s. Weil, sir, Miss Agnes persuaded the officer to take her to the Pan- tomime, and when Mr. Brown got the man once cut of the house, he refused to let him come in again! Mr. Korsts. Good gracious! Why, I shall be responsible for all this. Miss Fanny, So 1 told her, sir. But Miss Agnes asked me to mind my own business, and said I only did it because I’ was jealous of her. Faney being jealous of a sheriff's officer! So I ordered her not to come back—and she hasn't. Mr. Korsts. Quite right. Her conduct called for Instant dismissal. And Miss Mary, the Chau- cery Clerk? Miss Fanny. Don’t talk of her, sir. She had to examine the marriaxe settlement for Captain | Butterfly’s betrothed, you know, sir. Well, sir, she insisted upon seeing him to take his instruo- tions. Mr. Korsts. Well. That was certainly un- professional, but the captain will have to pay the expenses. And the settlement was ail PHgnt? iiss Fanny. She burned it, and eloped with the captain ! Mr. Korsts. Good gracious! Why, I shall be ruined! Miss Fanny. Well, its your own fault. You oughtn’t to engage such hussies. Mr. Korsts. Aud the others? I left Miss Susan to draw old Mr. Tombstone’s will. Miss Fanuy. Yes, And she has drawn it. But then she has rendered it invalid by going and marrying the testater! Mr. Korsts. Gracious! What will his family say? And his eldest son is eur best client. And Miss Ellen? Miss Fanny. Oh, she is the worst of the whole lot. Yeu remember Mr. Sweetman Mildmay ? Mr. Korsts. ‘To be sure. We were proceed- ing against him on.a bill of exchange for £500. ‘Mise Fanny. Well, be used to pay marked attentions te me. He used to send me bon- quets and lots of things, sir. Weil, the deceit- ful creature has actually taken him from me! She bribed him, sir—bribee him! (Sobbing.) I am sure he wouldnt have given me up, poor fellow! if he hadn’t been bribed! Mr. Korsts. Bribed! What do you mean! Miss Fanny. Why. the nasty creature sto) ped all proceedings in your name, and gave him back the bill of exchange! Mr. Korsts (ecpioding). Gracious goodness! (Angrily.) And _you, Miss Fanny, are responsi- ble for all this. You were head of the office, and ought to have prevented the mischief. dismiss you en the spot. 4t will be nogreat loss, because I don’t beiieve you have done a single stroke of work since you have been in the office! ‘There now. Miss Fanny, (very calmly). I beg your pardon, Mr. Korets. I gavelyéu a paper to sign the very day I came here. Mr. Korsts. Yes; and as I didn't read it no doubt it was ail wrong. Miss Fanny. Outhe contrary, it was all right! Here itis. [Produces Paper. Mr. Korsts (veading). Good gracious! A for- mal proposal to marry you! Miss Fanny. Exactly. And if you do not com- ply with it at once; I shall commence an action for ch. You shall have two minutes to de- cide. Good-day. Erit. Mr. Korsts. She meansit! (Takes oud sratch.) Why such an action would ruinme! What shall Ido? Well, make the best of it. It’s consoling, however, to think that I was that female clerks could act workers in the law”! as “intelligent brain- (Looks at watch.) The two minutes are up! (Opens door of communication.) Fanny! Dearest Faiany! (Scene closes in upon Br. Korsts betrothal. Punch, en ee Some New Geography. From the Detroit Free Prese, “Of what is the sutface of the earti com- posed?” “Of corner tracks, base skating rinks. “What portion of the globe is water?” “about three-fourths. Sometimes they add a little gin and nutmeg te it.” “ What is a town?” “A town is a considerable collection of houses and inhabitants, with four or five men who ‘run the party’ and lend money at 15 per cent interest,” “ What is a city?” “A city is an incorporated town, with a mayor who believes that the whole world shakes when he happens to fall flat ona crosswalk.” GS ae 2 Gap tale “Borrow! 5 for a day ortwo and dodgin; the lender ae @ year or two.” . “ Name the different races?” “Horse race, bout race, bicycle race and Taciug around to find a man to indorse your note, “Into how many classes is mankind di- vided?’ “Six; being enlightened, civilized, half civil- ized, savage, too utter, not-worth-a+ent and Indian agents.” “What nations are called enlightened?” “Those which have the most wars, the worst laws, and produce the worst criminals.” “How many motions has the earth?” “That's to how you mix your drinks and which way you go home.” “What is the earth's axis?” “The lines passing between New York and CE ane an i causes and night?” ‘Day is caused by night getting tired out. Night is caused by everybody taking the street car. and going homeito supper.” * jots, mig r roads, railroad I y poo! ball grounds, cricket fields and to show the jury where Smith stood when Jones zave him & \eft under the eye.” ‘i “What is a mariner’s compass?” “A Jug holding four gallons.’ ne Mrs. Lucy Hooper writes to Harper's that there are tne cemen of oe in who dress a great deal--the mondaines, the dem+mondaines aiitl the. attresses. The work. and the'wivés ef tradesmen have a A correspondent writes us to know which, in our judgment, is the safest scat in case of a railroad collision, a8 he wishes.to settle a con- troversy with some friends. From a long and painful study in thismatter and calling to ourald “| right in supposing | THE GREAT MAINE LAND SERPENT. Ite Weight Esti led mt Pounds by a SCiueent Who Dinterenen its ‘Trail. From the Ca’sis Times. On Friday, December 30, Mr. Chas. S. Hunne- well, of Alexander, accompanied by Jos. and Frederick Harriman, of Meddybemps, went up above the upper Chain Lake pickerel fishing, and in going up the stream he was startled by coming upon the trail of some enormous beast. The party at once abandoned all other business in order to trace, examine and measure the as- tonishing, sinuous and unbroken indenture in the earth. It was found that the monster that made it had come down Chain Lake stream, and leaving the water had passed over a meadow in a bend; it then crossed the stream and went a long distance over a bog, until reaching the woods, where it had turned in a wide circle and gone back to the stream by the same track. It then passed down the stream some distance and entered a |: floating bog on the other side. In this bog thé trail ended in overflowing water, from which no indications exist that the serpent returned. The total length of the tracks is from one-fourth to one-third of a mile. The path is sinuous, similar to that made by a snake. and fs from four to four and a half feet wide, and measuring from the top of the furrows of earth two and a half to three feet deep, accord- ing to the firmness of the meadow and bogs. The distance between the curves is, by accurate measurement, thirty feet, and as every snake makes three curves in moving, the total length of this creature must not be less than ninety feet, and, allowing for the bend of the body and the erect portion seen by Mr. Hall, probably over 100 feet. Where the monster circled in turning, buried logs and brush are thrown some feet, and at other piaces in the course obstacles are thrown out of the way, apparently to make an easier passage for the long sweep of body. Saturday, the 3lst, Mr. Hunnewell went to the camp of Messrs. Sewell and Hiram Quiiaby, who are lumbering in that vicinity, and M Hiram Quimby returned with him to the bo; Mr. Quimby, who had entertained the liveliest doubt of Mr. Hall's story, and expressed utter disbelief inthe existence of sea serpents and such, is said to have been rooted to the earth with amazement and awe when he viewed the track to which he was led. He stated that in his judgment the animal that could make so deep an impression on the earth must have weighed at least 60,000 pounds. Subsequently Mr. Sewell Quimby and all the camp crew examined the trail, and Sunday many people from Wesley visited the spot. The Quizn- bys, well known in Calais as reliable aad thful men, give about the same particulars as Mr. Hunnewell has stated, and other parties vary but little in their descriptions. The track at present is covered with snow, but all say that neither the storms of this winter nor the rains of next spring can obliterate it. It must re- main a good part of next summer, and all who are luterested enough in th eries of | Nature, or desire to be convinced of t exist- ence of Mr. Hall's monster, can examine the trail for theniseives. The spot is only about ten miles from Wesley Corner. How Mr. Spoopcadyke Opens Oysters. | From the Brooklyn Eagle. | “My dear,” queried Mr. Spoopendyke, “did | you put those oysters on the ceilar floor with the round shells down, as I told you t I did most of ’em,” repiied Mrs. Spoopen- dyke. “Some of em would’nt stay that way. They turned right over.” “Must have been extraordinary intelligent oysters,” muttered Mr. Spoodenkyke, eyein; her with suspicion. “Didn't any of em’ stan up onend and ask for a morning paper, did they?” “You know what I mean,” fluttered Mrs. Spoopendyke. They tipped over siqgways, and 80 I laid them on the flat shell.” hat’s right,” grunted Mr. Spoopeadyke. “You want to give an oyster His own w: or you'll burt his feefings. Suppose you Zz up some of those gifted oysters and an oyster knife, and we'll eat ‘em.” ‘Mrs. Spoopendyke hurried away and pattered back with the feast duly set ont on a tea waiter which she placed before Mr. Spoopendyke with a flourish. “Now.” said she, drawing up her sewing chair, and resting her elbows on her knees and her chin on her hands, want, you may open me some.” Mr. Spoopetidyke whirled the knife around jhishead aud brought it down with a sharp erack. Then he chipped away at the end for a moment. and jabbed at what he supposed was the opening. "The knife slipped and plowed the bark off his thumb. “Won't come open, won't ye!” he snorted, fetching it another lick, and jabbingaway again! “Haven't completed your eensus of wite’s out here working at ye, have ye?” and he brought it another wh: “Prape ye think I haven't fully nade up my mind to inauire within, don't ate and he rammed the point of the kniie at it, nocking the skin off his knuckle. “That isu't the way to open an oyster,” eng- gested Mra. Spoopendyke. “Look here,” roared Mr. Spoondyke, tarning fiercely on his wife. ‘Have you got any private understanding with this oyster? Has the oys- ter confided in you the particular way in which he wants to be opened?’ Xo-ol” stammered Mrs. Spoopendyke. “Only I thought—* “This is no time for thought!” shouted Mr. Spoopendyke, banging away at the edge of the shell. his is the moment for battle, and if I've happened to catch this oyster durin, hours, he’s going to enter into re! undersigned. Come out, will y the knife flew up his sleeve. Maybe ye don’t recognize the voice of Spoopendyke!’ Come out, ye dod gasted coward, before ye make an enemy of me for life!” aud he belted away at the sheil with the handle of the knife, and spat- tered mud like a dredging machine. “Let me get you a hammer to crack him with,” recommended Mrs. Spoopendyke, hover- ing over her husband in great perturbation. “Don’t want any hammer!” howled Mr. Spoo- pendyke, slamming around with his knife, “S'pose I’m going to use brute force on a dod gasted fish that I could swallow alive if I could only get him out of his house? Open your measly premises!” raved Mr. Spoopendyke,sta bing at the oyster vindictively, and slicing hig shirt sleeve clear to the elbow. ‘Come forty and enjoy the society of Spoopendyke!” and the worthy gentleman foamed at the mouth as he sunk back in his chair and contemplated hi s stubborn foe with glaring eyes. “Pil tell you what to do!” exclaimed Mra. Spoopendyke, radiant with a profound idea. “Crack him in the doo! “That's the scheme!” grinned Mr. Spoopen- dyke, with horrible contortions of visage. “Fetch me the door. Set that doer right before meona pie This oyster is going to stay here. Tf you think this oyster is going to enjoy any change ot climate until he strikes the tropics of Spoopendyke, you don’t know the domestic habits of shell fish, Loose your hold!” squealed Mr. Spoopendyke, returning to the ora est fetching the bivalve a prodigious whack. “Come into the outer world, where all is gay and bean tiful. Come out and let me introduce you to my wife;” and Mr. Spoopendyke laid the nyste. on the arm of his chair, and slogged him re- morselessly. “Wait! squealed Mrs. Spoopendyke, “here's one with his mouth open!” and she pointed cau- tiously at a gaping oyster whe had’ evidently taken down the shutters to see what the row was about. ts Dont care . aca gure pices eas ahole in it!” protest. i pendyke, thoroughly impatient. “Here's one that’s fae to open his mouth, or the resurrection will find him still wrastl with the ostensible head of this family. Ow!” and Mr. Spoopendyke, having rammed the knife into the (ogee of his hand, slammed the oyster against the chimney-piece, where it was shattered, and danced around the room wrig- gling with wrath and agony. 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