Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-04-02

o necessity laid unon us u,Lon hoLinJ, ,Ioa aoa,,
10 throw off all discpise. and oyhMi, ,ho ~,
limits and shades of what ,ye araa and ba -
q been.
Not lepp aro heard n li,,1s s,ory !, a.
= rtren room of theatre in paris ujicL ,,o
u possess some interest E,r raaders hovond ,b
circle who knew and appreciated the narra,oi
The conversation. shared bv authors. ac,or
and editors. ha taken a np,anhvsical turn an
, some one was tryinp 20 prove that our charac
ter end destiny were controlled entirely, bv on
, original constitution and that il was tLeroror
} Impossible for US to change.
no man. said he. can oyer be cured of hi
vices or evil passions: who ever heard Of .
mjser made generous p
i have sad a deep voice at NV side. Ga,
a living witness Ia tie rea lity of a chanuo vn,
have pronouucad i,npn-sihlp y,o. t,,o,
misern
We all turned toward the sneaker I recoo,
ni2ed him at once as one of,he most successtu
dramatic writers Of the day. and one ,yhns,
liberalily was the theme of every ,ououe
And who performed this miracle p inourer
the first speaker.
who a tear shed by a cbildr
Here our attention increased and we drew
around the speaker
1T was in 1884, said he. had inst rivpn
TO the theatre of La Porte .Sn,nt .lLorI;n a
drama, which thus far has BROUGHT me the no.t
money, and (why should | not saw il ~ tI,e
most fame, as a dramatic wri.er. recrivad
by the same post two letters from Marseilles
One was from the MANAGER of the theatre in
that city. SAVING that. fl secure the he,,nr r,r-
formance and CONSIGNMENT snccess Of NV pov,
piece. he desired nv personal aid at iba No.
/ hearsals. The rroprietors O. tbo theatre left
the sum TO be allowed me for nv counsel time
and expenses. to be named BY my.,ll. but (
must certainly go and oo immediately Tbe
other letter was IN tbps. words -
"The widow and child Of your la,e bro,har
are in sickness. and nearly dyInr of want A
/ few hundred francs would save their lives and
vonr presence here would restore them back 20
health
(SEned) NlcToR LAMBERT, NJ, D.
i sad to you at first, and ! do not shrink
from repeating 1t, Gor | can now make the
avowaI without shame that | had the finty
heart OF demon Of avarcc. The physicians
letter put me IN rage, and crashed aud tore
1t IN pieces but the proposal from the mana
ger required an Immediate answer, and staff
ed the very next day for Marseles.
My journey WAS one long sum in addition.
noted down to a ccniimc my expenses ; csl-
mated the value ci every honr Of my time;
fixed upon the sum to be asked for INV advice
each word was weighed aud had It's price.
and nothing WAS omitted by which could swell
up the amount Of nay demands.
My poor sister in-laW thought of AS little
a. possible aud when her image, in Sickness
and in poverty, did force Itself upon my memo-
ry, quickly banlshed il. Ga. 1t was vile in
M, it WAS IntAmous-lor had ung ago lnlcn-
touay i'll treated ny pour kln,wumtn.
Years before lne period in question, had
received Il letter from my only bother, true.
hearted sailor, now. alas buried in the ccean,)
inform ng me that he was deeply iH love wl,u,
a"d about to marry, the daughter Of a fisher,
man, VINO would Unng him Il valuable dowrv,
made up OF an excellent heart, a fine persou.
eyes OF the greatest beauty, aud an entire abb
sence OF ready money, 10 this letter replied
as follows -
"l ou are in love, i. appears, and YOU would
marry foolish girl who has the rare merit OF
beng poorer than yourself Be happy with
your mermaid ii YOU can; but, between onr,
selves, you are gong to do very foolish thing
If not too late break it of. AdIeu.' FMS
letter was certainly short, but not street.
sNv sister in-law was a na,iyo ot' \or,n,,,l,,