The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-04-08
F,sn tie Jos,uAi 81 Cs~ssfee
r1iE TEAR DR0P.

urea. No matter what part sc act up
on 'he stage. here al has, we lay down
the role. aud appear in our own proper
characier'. IL seems "a ii there we're
some necessity laid upon us. wh.n be.
hind the sceiies. 10 throw ef The disguise
and exbibi, the tue lights aad shades
of What we are and have been.
Not long ago hea:d little story 10
tue green room Of q theatre in Paris,
which may possess some interest for
readers hey ond the circle who knew and
appreciated the narrator.
The conversation, shared 10y authors.
actors and editors, had taken a meta>
phy sieat ,ara, and some osfe wws trying
TO prove that our character and destiny
were controlled entirely by our original
constitution, and tia, il was therefore
impossible for US TO change.
No man. said he, can ever be cured
OF bis vices or evil passions who ever
heard OF miser being made gener-
ou,s
have, sad IA deep voice at my side
am living witness 10 the reality of
change you have pronounced as I'M
possible. Was once mi,erY
, We All turned towards the speaker :;
recognized him at once AS lhc mos,
succ,s,tul dramatic writer of the day,
! and one whose Iibcrali,y was the ,l,emc
Of every tongue.
! And who performed this miracle !!
/ inquired the fret speaker.
/ Who? "a tear shed by !. child =
Here our attention increased. and G
drew around the speaker.
! 1t was in 1881, said he Il had
Just given to The theatre Of In ioue
Saint Martin drama, which thus far
( brought me thr most money. AMI (why
should | not LAY i, y lhe most fame, rs
dramatic writer. received bv the
same post Two letters from MarseiIles.
One was from The manager Of the thea
ire in that city. saying that, TO secure
the better performance and con.
segment success Of my new piece
lie desired, my personal aid at the
reher,als. The proprielors Of the
theatre left the sum 10 be allowed me
for my council. time and expenses, to
be named by myself; but must GER
,ainly go, AMI 60 Immediately. The
other letter was in these words:
The widow and child Of your late
brother are in sickness, and nearly dy.
ing of want. a few hundred franc.
would save their lives. and your pres
ence restor. them back 10 health.
(Signed) 7.
VICToR LAMBERT, NJ. D.,
Il said to you at first, and ] do moi
shrink from repeating t.(for l now
can make the avowal without shame, J
that had the iliu,y heart of Il dem
oil. ofavaricc. The physicians letter
pu. NE in rage, and | crushed and
tore it in pieces; but the Iroposa
from tie manaser required an immc'
date answer, and | started the very
next dav for Marscillcs.
My journey was one long sum il
addition. ! noted to n ceattme nj
expenses | estimated the value 0
every hour of my time fixed upol
= the sam to be asked for my advic,
--cacl. word was weighed. and hac
its price, and nothing was omitted By
which could swell up the amount 0
my demands,
Ny poor sistcr-ln.law | though
Of as little a rossibie ; and when he
: image, in sickness aud in poverty
did force itself up, Oh my memory
| quietly banishea ii. Oh ii vas vile
in me it was iniamous-ior l ha'
long ago Intentionally i'll treated m.
= POO: kiaswoman.
Wears before the Ieiiod in 4ues
? ton, had received a letter from II
only brother, a true hearted sailor
J now, alas buried in the ocean, info
ing ne that le vas doei y in love will
I, and about TO marry. the daughter c
a fisherman, Mlo would bling him
e valuable doHry, made UP Of an exec
, len, heart, iine IeIsou, eyes Ct II.
:, | greatest beauty, and an entire al
sence Of ready money. To this le
5 ter ! ,eIlied as follows:
e You are in love, it appears. an
= YOU would marry a foolish girl vi
), has the rare meri, Of being poorc
thar yourself. he happy with yos
d mermaid if you can; bat betNee
:. ourselves, YOU are going TO do ver
\, foolish thing-if not too late, brea
=, it off. Adieu. This letter WAS ce
tainly short, bu, not s,cee!.
Ny sister.;n-law was a native
II Normandy, which implies as We We
e know, that ehc was, besides, yir,uou
/; rcsoiute. and especially headstron.
She never forgot the unfeeiing le,te
and at heart she nourished a dee
D. seated cont,mrt for the writer =
"a Wher, therefore, her husband peris
- ed at sea,Sh-n without SUPPORT or hol
., f.. the future, she found herself r
:, duced to penury and in sickness, 81
determined 10 suffer everything, exc
&c death itself, rather than seek my SIC
Is and she might have died without vi
- ins TO me--whnh would certain
have been very headstrong, not Pa