, 1870-12-25

1atovsM. the orerh'ic composer, and last. nu
rot la1at. Guatave DORIS. nho 20 eupesb!5 de
rictr The cid towers and owle, the noble cara
iiera and fair nurs Of old Father Rhine.
| The next srrivsls were the notatae stars oi
| .hs Theatre Fzarcais, Madeline aIt Augustine
Ni!sEon. The somewhat mature .'OpheG4" OF
..Har1let-" Shortly aftc.war1 Domingo. The
tlsck fontmap. announced that dinner Nas On
The tsble; so the party buried ont OF the
Aaitre's tarctnZn for the saloon. Dumas ;
t'iarrer might hare thought, wuuld havs
itru LIE Eads uss TO tnrn ur the sleeves Of
s:s RCD wcoilen shi1t wl.eu he apPeaSad few
Hirutes later. surFonndsd by riuhus OF per-
,ane Of some exquisite dish for whIch be
,s &C nasn Cur cnesipe ssuee naae Of cham-
Iarne and ms;al,Eooms. aud On which he espo-
"a fi!ced AinErlf. The dinner was srIeu-
Alr,sees.
1he austere DluiLese, Madame Ns1ie Petel.
his daughter, cid rot hike the company. aud 40
ktpt her room. where che also had her pctit
scuper. Ihe dinrer was presided over BY Da-
INNS. Eon mota aud rcpaStees ehased esch
cthtr rcurd ani acrods tho festive board. The
nanrefs were exceedingly free and easy Tbs
cat, instead Of taking its psse at the table, sat
Cow-1 as befu1e besIde the masters chsir. toy
ing cs.elessly~i sponge cake which sfe hold
en- her LAP. Al the metFimeDt increased, the
Ao40tG5 u E444E u LN4 pSek l34jca LII 44AA@L0
wezc diecusscl- Damas joined n with gusfov
hut re unfortunately ed the faonosyf1abfe
u" rather more frequently thar people ad-
mi1c0..
Oce Ct h;s weskreeses WIS Eta itsea th4t be
poscsesed an tmmeae amount Of 1uiIuxl nag
hesisua. Madame Kattszzi, being daaazous Of
an ocular demcustrat1eu, WAS placed in char,
hut whether it was the Ictiou Of the strong
coffee o. the pore, she epuld net BE- 1u|letes into
auy magnetic elcsp BY any Amount OF passing
II EaIde before her face by Dumas. Nedo-
rnoisele ol!mps then took her p!a:e. aud AZ
feet1ng to BE- ove1coma by tho ctrzcas, coz
mai eondit,on5 number q rtus1es reiisctinr
on Dumas aboxs the connection
between him and the Austrian oouutess, L1Gor
dosi. whom Dumas had met IN the stseeta OF
Naples, starving, and had ai9od for an inte-
rested purpose. She also. twiesed him about
come Of the reeollectious at hir old residenee
in tae Rue st. Lazar.. Dun:as appeared
yexed, but .geod-naturedly laughed or tho
AttacSs Of the seeming somnara5ulist, aad
tcck coed care to wake her btfcte further
mischief Wa done, which WIS not difficult.
Al she WAA wide awake The xhole tine! Du-
mas. ee sirg bis eEbrts had been maGe fun Of,
arapiectica11y, which canee,t al present to
laugh heartily. Nilsson, to break tho spell,
EAve fcT ro111dea With her Elorioas voice.
and rertHmed the mad ecene in Han,let.
After that The two actresses Dwaau performed I
4 chatade -erv clevesls
At 10 O'clock tea was brought, and tho au-
th'r OF - Monte Christie" returned 10 con-
rc'ousness. He said: My dear friends, you
nust take c,e as l am :: Z AN too old TO change
Al this stage Of my life" Dumas las rcma,n- |
Cd eEts faithful to tho Ecuss Of Orleans. ua |
il.a been intimately acquainted with NAPOLEON
= hen be was simple Captain, but kai evil
dent1y no admiration for the II an as an Em-
peror. Dumas read In italian translation
lIcm Alhe1i o. '' Romeo aud tiiuletta," that
he had been working at for .te last few d.ys-
tea1d in the street below, and the party knew
he time to depart had arrived. Al the writer
eft Fapa Dnn19. the old Maitre repeated his
irritation to come aud see him early and
,.sen, bnt little dreaming tia, within = few
kslt 1nc1ths he would leave this worldly !
.e&re.