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well the style Of her face and Agu,e. She
appeared in the pure classic drapery, bear
ing basket Of freshly gathered flowers;
these, it was easily seen, were choice and
costly, and as she moved through her part,
her action was graceful and dguifed, and
her voice soft and pleasing. BY the end
OF the third act she had secured the atten-
tion Of the audience; as she went on, her
powers became gradually developed, and at
the end Of the fifth act, not only was the
success of the tragedy complete, but the
new actress, being loudly called for, show
er Of bouquets fell at her feet, which she
did not leave for q servant to collect, but
herself bore off, amid smiles and courtesies,
whale the tragedy was announced for repe.
tition, until further notice, and storm of
applause.
AS she left the stage, she heard a voice
close beside her exclaim, "Why, good gwa-
ciouss Is it possiblea Do my eyes de-
ccive met ow do weally see again my
allowable heart ensaved-the chawminp
| Miss-."
"Lovelace is my name, Lord Rivers. And
| trust you will have the goodness to re-.
member it?"
"a webnke, by all that is unccnqwewabcl !!
I'm in despaiw!"
At that moment distinguished looking
and very handsome man who had sat in
the stage-box. an attentive spectator, arrived
with lady in deep mourning, leaning up
on his arm. and. after few whispered words,
carefully arranging the folds of an ample
cloak around Miss Lovelace, he held her
respectfully from the crowds who every
where greeted her.
The ballet-room, the next evening, was in a
state of great excitement.
"Who, exclaimed dozen voices, sis this
Miss Lovelacel"
"Guess |"
81 am sure her face is familiar to me ~
said one.
"And to me-and to me! but it's no use
guessing-tell us!'
"Do you remember that proud, silent
girl, who used TO look so melancholy when
she was with US, but whom all the young
men were wild about2"
mis- OdeIl, to be sure"
"Yes. And she has brother-he was
in the army-went out 10 India, and was
thought to be dead. He's come home rich
and she's, going to be married"
"But what brings her on the stage2"
"Oh that's another part Of The story.-It
seems that her father fell into poverty through
some bank breaking, or something; and
then his family behaved very i'll towards him
aud then he changed his name-and then
he died-no, he wrote play, and couldn't t
get it acted, and then lie died !"
Wel-and so the tragedy is her fathers
1supposea'
ayes, it is-you've hit it And 80 it
appears that this Miss Loveace is her real
name,t seems; the other was an assumed
one-took it into her head that it WAS
respect to her dead father to produce the
play that he, poor man, had SO much set
his heart on-for it seems he wrote the
character for her when she was quite lit.
tie child-and so she determined to act
the part before ever she got married, be-
cause, ! suppose, she did not imagine he,
husband would let her do 80 afterward; for
a grandm other, or an aunt, or an uncle, o,
some one, has died, and left them some
money; and SO, you see, she sports be,
brougham."
* Il
The morning was clear and bright, and
the trees were putting forth their first buds
when marriage party issued from the por.
tails Of St. Pancras. Several carriages at.
tended, still there was an air of auietude
about the affair. Soon the bride appeared
led by her husband, whose noble countenance
bore the impress Of service done in sunny
India; he looked proud of his choice; and
she-as, in her simple white dress, she
leaned confidently on his arm-wore on
her face the honest glow of an approving
conscience, and as Sir Arthur and Lady
Leslie stepped into their carriage, few would
have guessed that she had once figured on
the stage, or shivered at midnight through
The lonely streets poor, unprotected ballet
girl.-Yes, there was one circumstance
which might have led observers to suspect
something Of the kind, ,'for as the2carriages
drove away group Of young girls appeared
at the door Of the sacred edifice, and though
some tiitered-as girls will, whenever a
wedding takes plsce-more we're 10 tears.
And very proud were those who had sue
ceeded in gaininga passing notice from
Lady Leslie; and many a one, 10 after years,
was by her means,s rescued from life of