The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-02-13
Living TanestrY.

The following adventure happened in Bath in
the year 49,, and the lady who narrated il o.
the writer wa- I'm those day-) q young giH stay
ins IN the house. IL was IN the Ialmy DAYS OF
bath, when that now fallen city riyaled London
IN brilliancy and dissipation. and when all the
rich, the gay. and the hiEE-bJu Of England con-
grcgited there in tie balls and assemblies. Mrs.
r.. once the belle Of tire court 81 George Ill.
but 90 this period gradually retiring from general
society, possessed one u jIc largest Of the old
houses, and gave IN II Entertainments which were
the most popular Of tie day. She was celebrated
for three thing (uuee for four. but the fourth
her heauty-Wa- Of the days gone by,) these
things were. her fascination. her bcnev,leucc. and
IA -ct 81 tire most perfect and matchless anne
thy-t-. Her house contained tlTcstricI chambers.
Ilc vlll- 81 the one IN which she slept were hung
around with de-isus from heather mythology.
and the finest piece in the room was that which
hung over her dressing table. II represented
Phebu- driving the chariot Of tie sun. The
figure and horse being life size. II filed up the
whole -Iace between the two windows, and the
hDTres were concealed behind the high old-iash-
iuned Venetian lJOkiug-slass, while PEurbus him
-elf, xix feet high, looked down by day and by
night at his mistress ut her toilette.
One evening Mir. R-had an unusually large
Iarty ~ home. On retiring 10 her room, about
four O'clock in the morning, She took of al her
Jewels, laid them ON the table, and dismi-sing
tire weary maid, intended u put them away her
self, but before doing 30, knelt down, a. usual,
% her prayers. While engaged III Ter deyOtiOns.
il was n habit with her 10 look upward. and the
face Of Pbucbus was generally her point Of sight.
n II were, and the object ON which her eyes most
easily rested. On this particular night, AZ usual,
size raised her eyes to Phcbus. What does she
zee? Has PigmaliOn been here ut work? Has
he filled these dull silk eyes with vital fire? Or
i she dreaming? No. Possessed naturally Of
wonderful courage and c~almness, she continued
To move her lips rs If in silent PRAYER, and never
once withdrew her gaze, and still the eyes looked
down on hers. The light Of her candles shonc
distinctly on living orbs, and her good keen sight
enabled her, after a clcycriy managed scrutiny, T.
see that the tapestry eyes Of Ph0,bus had been
cut out. and that. with her door locked and every
servant in bed in their distant apartments, and
all her jewels spread out before her, she was not
alone in the room. She concluded her prayers
with her face sunk in her hands.
We can well imagine what those prayers must
lave been She knew there was some one be-
hind that tapestry sine knew that bells and
in her bed as usual and waited the issue, her
only omission being that she did not put away
her Jewels. They may save my life, she said
10 herself, and she closed her eyes. The clock
struck five before Il sound was heard, and then
the moment arrived. She heard q rustic, Il de-
scent from behind the tapestry, and Il man stood
at her drcssing-tablc. He took of his coat, and
one by one lac secured the Jewels beneath his
waistcDat. What would be his next move?
Would it be to the bedside, or 10 the window?
iAt NAAiNA dNA ailibsAtAIA az btAa@iAlts Dll Nv
that time she had seen enough and again closing
her eyes resigned herself to the Providence whose
protection she had just been craving. The man
was her own cOachman. apparently satisfied by
q brief glance under his dark lantern that he had
not disturbed her, he quietly unlocked her door
and left her. For two hours-they must have
seemed two days-shc allowed the house To- re-
main unalarmcd, her only movement having been
to rcloek the door which her living Phobus had
left ajlr.
At seven in the morning she rang her bell, and
ordered the carriage around Immediately after
All this was according To her usual
On the box was the man who had cost
her a nights rest, and most probably. all her
Jewels. However, she drove off; she went
to the house of n magistrate. Seize
my c~Oachman,'' said she; secure him and
search him. | have been robbed, and | hardly
think he has had time TO diSencumbcr himself of
the jewels lie has taken from me-" She was
and she was right. The amethysts were
still about him and ne gave himself mp without a
struggle.