, 1859-07-29
NO. 81.

liyid. lie played his part throughout without
failure or interruption, save BY the paudits of hl
compatriotS and the ironical applause Of the
Russians, who were disposed 70 return to the nida
Of the Prince. The curtain fell, and Pauline vas
carried to her carriage. -. \. 49,.
The next evening Gcrgecn played MaehavoIne,
10 Le Nisdnthrope et rAusergndt,p admirably.
Brassieur neyer did IL betterI The French andi-
ence had brought wreaths and crowns Of laurels
and roses, and the Russians were furnished with
crowns o. vegetable leaves and other absnrditIes,
all Of which rained together on poor 0oreeonS
while some poor wit shouted las len The 6laerl
Ny compliments to Madame Goreeon Wlpl
with rage as he entered his drtssine.foon,
and finding on the table new letter from Pau.
line, wet with tears, he tore Il savagcly up, and
threw the fragments in the fire.
Aiter those two horrible evenings, Pnulins Sc.
sought the Prince to dispense with he other six.
Gorgeon was more than sufficiently punished.
VasilikoR was amiable enough 70 drop half
his vengeance, and declared that aflcr two more
nights Pauline should be free. "GorEeon." he
said, "had played him Of eight timts, but he
thought his comedy ought 70 count double, und
four performances would heal bis wounded
honor"
They were to play, The two succeeding nirhts.
an amusing vaudeville, Of Messrs. Xavier and
Varin, called La eolsrs dAchilisp The hero
OF the piece, Ashitle Pdngolin, Is modern . Sy-
anarelle, who finds In everything cause for suk-
pcion and jealousy. If he discovers 4 cnno n hff
entry, be thinks L was len by rival and breaks
It to atoms without recognizing Il as his own. He
orgets his hat in his Wifes chamber, and returns
for Il; seizes IT, and crushes Il nriously up look
ing sayagely around At the same time, in every
possible corner, for the owner Of the cursed hat.
Finally, in climax Of despair. he resolves on sui.
eide, and loads pistol 70 blow out bis brains;
but scruple arrests him He wants 70 destroy
himself to be sure but be does not wish to give
himself pain. So, to eonciiate his horrtf a
existence with bis tenderness for bis nesh. hs
places himself before mirror, and suicidet ~
image % Eft al
Thepiece on the iirst night achieved an enlha.
siastic success. Two hours before the perform
ance, Gorgeon had refused TO receive visit3ifcm
his wife, and be played the part Of the eniarod
Aehille con am0rs. Unfortunately, the theatre
pistol was a venerable relic, which would not 20
of until after the third attempt But Gorfton
said % the manager, IS he made an excuse sllcr
the Performance: Never mind-Tye got an e.,
cellcnt pistol IN my room, which IN bring for To-
mcrrow's performance. and which IN promise
Sure enough, the next evening he brouthf
double.barrel pistol q admirable WofkmanIh|p.
"1on see said he TO the manager, II lho fIIt
barrel fails, can FIRE the second
He acted with . force and spirit beyond bis
happiest anteccdrnts
Al The last scene, instead of firing into ne
mirror, he turned The barrel 'of his weapon rap,
idly around and shot his wife through he hearf,
then, before the spectators had dfecovored their
presence Of mind, be blew out bis Own bIuins
with the second barrel.
The performance was Of couras interrupted.
and the tragedy made great hubbub N 81 Ps-
tersburg Il was Prince FaSiIikof Who rslaItd
Il to me.
Would you have believed ilf1 cried be, as ho
finished the tale. Gorgeon and Pauline Rad
really married for lovei That's The way win
you people at Parisi"