Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-07-12
The Noble Hearted Actor.

every evening in front of the curtain, young
person of extreme beauty, who had watched his
playing with an attention in which it was difficult
to believe the motive single one. Our actor
knew we'll that he had inspired profound pas
sion and he did not hesitate to respond to it with
full heart, although completely ignorant who
who this young lady was, that night after night
cast on him her burning looks. .r...
! In the meantime, wealthy parsonage wished
our actor to put himself to the trouble of calling
/ at his residence t..a,. e., ...r 3D..
| "Monsieur," said the banker, al have an i'm
mense service to ask you. 1t is to name the
sum that will induce you to leave the city for a
few years." q-rsss ~ re
To this strange proposition the actor replied
with loud laugh -a..-. ID aE -...r bly,
'What do you think, Monsieur, am not vet
at the climax of my reputation and glory, which
are my fortune. Iwould not leave for million" 1"
swell, |. offer it to you. Leave and will in
stantly.count you out million--that will mate
rialize the times of glory" T g.. .-.......
But, Monsieur can know the powerful mo.
tves which induce you to make such an offerl'
"Yes, will tell you. My daughter--my only
daughter, wish to marry her cousin, young
man destined for the highest Office of the king
dom, and she is feolishly enamored in you. /
cannot give her to you. 1t is necessary therefore
that you should leave"
"Monsieur," replied the actor, after he had sur
mounted the first of his pride eff that be all make
yourimind easy. Twill leave you; you shall no,
spend a million, and your daughter shall marry
her cousin.'' ~. .-
"What do you meant" s
"Detain me for dinner to-day, and place me
near her." t- 4
AT first the banker dared not trust him, but the
actor insisted, and the other yielded. There were
many of the wealthy to partake of the dinner;
among others, several bankers and their wives.
The guests had already arrived, and the young
lady of the house appeared at the same time
But what was the surprise, the chagrin and re-
gret ofthe actor, in recognizing in this young la
dy, the very one for whom he had been so pas.
sionately enamored in front of the scenery of his
theatre -.. .,.a '.-t--. ... s......-.-.,. 4
She, stupifed at seeing him at her father's,
stammered out few words, and accepted his arm
to go to the table, for the actor was determined
let the consequences be what they might to keep
the promise he had made to the father of his love.
And he did keep it in TRUTH and so we'll that
the young lady on seeing what kind of coarse,
abject person of clown she had given her heart
to felt ne if IL would hraoL T, foot ~ aoto- L.
caused thousand inconvenience, and concluded
by insulting the guests so grossly that most of
OF them were anxious to leave. In word the
scene became so stirring, that as soon as dinner
was over the young lady herself, indignant and
outraged, had the servant called and the actor
pushed outside the door.
But her cousin, her atianced, arrived in the
evening. He recognized the celebrated actor
The latter related him how he had just broken his
own ties, annihiated himself by an odious robe.
in an incredible comedy of the bon ton--he told
him the whole affair. The young lady discovered
that she had been duped by an admirable ruse-
that the man she had loved and who loved her, had
been inundated to the exigences of her father
She saw her cousin no more with pleasure. She
detested him from that time forth, and when press
ed to determine on her being married to him, she
would give way to her feelings in reproaches, and
disappear. -F
The whole of the next day was passed in de-
Spair by the banker, and in uneasiness and ieal-
ousy by the cousin. They finally concluded that
The young lady had gone to join her lover and
they fastened to take her from him. A fact soon
proved to them that their suspicious were well
founded; then the justices were applied to- in Or
ler to have the ravisher arrested.
But the actor had not accepted the sacrifice of
he young lady. He vowded his courageous SUBJ
erfuge of the previous evening, and that he loved
MS admirer to distraction; but he did not wish
hat she should be lost, dishonored He catech-
.ed her, persuaded her, and carried her back to
ler father at the very moment that the latter was
n search of him. The father understood the le-
gal better than passionate expressions of his un-
expected announcement, and gradually touched
struck him that he could
10 nothing better than to give the actor his daugh
er, he being the most honorable and honest man
le had ever met.
"Well, who is the hero of this tale!" will pro-
oably be asked Bressante, Brindeaux Laten-
ians or some eloquent lover of gymnasium, or of
he Comedie Franchise! t.e-t.s i
No. 1t happened to be the actor Carrie, who
vas SO much esteemed, that at his death his fu-
neral pail was borne by the Duke of Devonshre
Lord Camden, Earl Spencer, and Viscount Pal
nerston, followed by fifty mourning carriages,
containing the most of the English nobility. But
N Melville, who has made u comedy out of this
anecdote, has attributed it to George Sullivan,
md it is under the title of Sullivan that the piece
obtained at the Theatre Francaise, such brilliant
success. .s,., ..-. su--t H.s
ALL THE SAME IN DUTcH.-"There must be |
some truth" writes Tarrytown correspondent,
'in the phrase, lit is all the same in Dutch, RI