girl learning what he to be a set of words sir c s eye had been on her the moment she entered and he watched keenly the effect of s bat apparently the was too deep in her for anything else she came in saying over her and she went on doing so the experienced mr who had divined in an instant drew him into a corner and him on his well timed tou acted mat mighty well sir said he my i if i did not think yon were iu earnest till i saw the had slipped in us it told sir � it told up fired what do yon mean � sir do you sup pose ray of that lady is no need to speak so sir replied the old gentleman she hears you these have ears like he then a wink and a public bow with which he away from mr and walked feebly and np the j whistling fair fixing his eye upon the past and somewhat overlooking the of the present company there is no great harm jn an old gentleman whistling but there are two ways of doing it and as old did it it seemed not unlike a small cock a of general defiance and the of green room swelled now to a considerable by the addition of all the ladies and gentlemen who had been killed in the act or whom the could not keep in hand until the fall of the curtain felt it as such and so they were not sorry when mrs looking up from her cast a glance upon the old waited for him and walked parallel with him on the other side the room giving an exact imitation of his carriage and to make this more striking she pulled out of her pocket a mock search a huge ring on it with a of simple wonder stuck it like s diamond on her little finger and up her j j a quick by some played the old beau s slow ment without being at it as the character of this performance it was clear and as blacksmith the laughed was shocked she herself by whistling thought he mr was confounded he appealed to have no idea whence came this o he looked round placed his hands to his ears and off whistling so did his gentlemen said with pathetic gravity the wind most this evening i took it for a drunken by at this a roar of laughter except mr laughed as be the and showed a set of teeth that were really but all in moment without the an ordinary countenance requires this laughing pulled a face gloomy beyond conception down came her black brows straight as a line and she cast a look of reproach on all present her study as who say are je not ashamed to divert a poor girl om her and then ever and anon glances and this made the lai again the was now respectfully addressed by one of his admirers james tho of the day and tho rival at this time of in ti aj c characters though the general opinion was that he could not long maintain a standing against the younger and his rising school of art off he stage james was a character his were three � a a and an honest man that often caused astonishment and especially the last we not hope tor something from mr s pen alter so long a silence so was the considerate reply who have ye io play it plenty said join there s humble servant there s � humility at the head of the list cried she of the i this so olive here at my side mrs the best tr ic i ever saw who is as good a as you ever saw sir and turned as red as fire keep temper said mrs with accent tou my here was a blow the public said in agitation would if we acted as they did in your how do j on know that sir was the you tried mr was silenced looked off her ns said she coolly we might be mr i turned round slightly ms eyebrows said he added he with a smile will you be kind enough to explain to me how you could be worse if like a we could go back at this the and mr had i to liis spy gentleman was or insolent as the case might demand in three degrees of which the snuff box was and the spy glass the he had learned on the in just used the snuff weapon and now he drew his upon poor have we here said he he looked with his spy glass to oh i ihe little irish whose basket a salary for the first years of his dramatic career was the delicate reply to the above delicate remark it staggered him for a moment however lie a most puzzled air then gradually allowed a light to steal features eh i how stupid i am i understand you sold something besides oh i said mr and colored up to the temples and cast a look oh as much as to say if you were not seventy three his was something so by different from any tone any other person there present could liave uttered that tlie s on him for a single moment and in that moment he felt himself looked through and through i sold the young a you mean was her calm reply and now i am come down to the old ones a mr what do yon understand by an actor tell me i am foolish enough to respect your opinion on these an actor lady said he gravely is an artist who has gone deep enough in his art to make and take it for nature he really which mere man of ihe never does he has learned 