, 1870-12-25
An EVENING WITH ALEXANDER
DUMAS.

u1 actoaEt of the recent death Ct tho Ere
Ftench nose.lst. tho following re.ui1lisseat
ef AZ evening ps=std 1t his house, b:fole ii
interest:
In TIE palatial residerce Of tic deps1te
d,amatist, situated between St. GesmHn =
| I1ye and Paris, there existed in = vi nor =
Gothic architecture, aitr-+r1 i:...-. .-l vim
Of lir abode, clams' +. furnished exelu
sas'y Iba IL 4,anf', ., @ Toc9sS dS1s 60, s,vsss
peid tie choicest that Psrsi1 cou1: p'odu:t
inEe7se niIroIs on al st.es, ut:c:l l.ls-i
ing tic cecscu savo:i.na Of the moiuoat, II
passe1 sSsts CT e.rE1ous l11ufT. Her
often 73lted MaNbiSn. Georges, lists
Rathel. aud Mario Dorval. queens u
tlagt6y. Here. aso. 1t vas thai Dumas tas
en- hotet bscs that Incompatible brunette, I'll,
! Countess Of Ianoufyl Ito OILY woman tbs
te eveH sincerely layed, md he eays that att
had the wonderful gift Of leaving on her p3,t
IN exquisite perfume OF violet and Eerauium
~ night. nhen tss Oriental room was feebly.
Lighted By dlmunea rsJs, which p:ocseied from
An a!at1stet lamp. tie elr Wa entrancsd BY
e1INEisi u:nsie, ard two Nubian sarvanta
AarcCd round fefsetAtnents, Gu GOLDEN sal
ye:s. ahich generally preceded The teet,sal OF
midi ;ett, to which He1 invited tho s3al sluea
who ha1 not get received the pocket Eandker-
clief.
The Socr Of Dum,s' rsziAisn residence w.s
senen1lJ ATTENDED by nan servant, who was
his Ci.c1se5an vasilik, who saw Dumas for the
| hrtt time en the banks Of TIE So]gs, in Moth
esn Russia, 1han tho5ouehIs exhausted and
fAt1gued after + long days hunting. rasslik
Has poor fisherman, and he'd in his hand
b., lei containing msg.Iticeut eslmon. which
..e hstded to Dumas, oRetir9 lin, At the
:3me time the sIde hospitality ot his hut.
The g7eat noyetiet, In common With thosa OF
= similar asece=t, bad no small knnwledge Of
| the culinary at After brief conversation
| IL broken lingo, Dumas found tAat the Cir
! cassian was NO moan colaborer. and on takinr
I Lis departure be gave his address IL Fraucs'
I requesting Yasillf to communicate Z ne ever
stood in need Of help. Some months later.
ut home, While writing 4 novel, tbo circsssi.n
i,distauce from Tie backs Of lie Tolcs ia Paris %
! 10 remind him Of his promise. Dumas in
, med,stclv empIcyad. Sana "A chief ~ bis
! Kitchen.
Entering into long yettitula. willie nu-
nerout foene or tne right and lait bsn5,
fl:eid boz, ard Ii5appo..el with tleatrical
sisp. She vas dressed in the accented n,rb
[ Of Norma. the Drcideaa VIZ, cciden ,,pT,n-
] ing-hcok gutpecded 1T he= eides and on her
head she woro q crown Of OAK Leaves. The
was Marie rote1. The daughter Of Dumas. or
| skort stature, with q d.sriea. sng cart Of fes-
tures, immense raoutb, false Rsir. ald The
voice Of 4 man. she ca1std a n.n.t f,nr.rr1.. ~
bls impression. The cp1icn vss Confirmed
BY further 1cquainta;ice with her, when It
sant ~ .nst ;1st sae Eosaeea \. certatn
cisss ab1c', rIa,ta. ~, u VI 49, esocse s,'
h.s r,;tsa,, az 80. :. T. Mna.r sns
..Msd.me Benoit |. Il Main do pare est rsciia
Reeonuoitr Ta 4 word, the daughter OF
r;;a6 III - Wni;s+e -, ~ 4uoss .nn PLY: asn
G;s su. :. ta--;h1, ~ % * k's1s r'u1aT;
sr Wa a. ~ shtea, d-assas .-.,;,.iia ....1
!: rn.,t,a ~ n,.nr ,.tar aasa,,.. caa
10 jtast ~ .uaus otei If eeegntles. g nhe
m.a ha.r5 - oes o,eS,;n S wen Ta !oM Vo,ce
sr.an,fs sn1 va an..-s3 WI, -, -an: ms ,rn uoal
uith : r7ecu roirct n,ns- H,;os, .aS uunS
Sif1.n3ar Drrnas "A rlsmbsr snd .trSs
IL h.-nn,;a1 ~ ~ narsasJ ~ e'.a..
.a;nrtsp ~ ~;. ,,r,n.op ~ ehsasIu " 70"
this ssncsnar9 Where fl, ma;trc ds1v " uo,IaS sas
~ his literary Ishors The hsd vse nn,.'
ersd With 4 an;,t compose,i % Of rsre NE s,h,I;.n
fnr sI;ra. vl,;ie m H. Vii hsh;nd u.s ~
trorhy of ANS Of sii de.cr;ntinns froo. to wa
boornerauc to the straight Ffennh ,nniaT5
1lule ut the foot Of tho BED hung tue portrait
pr.. D. has Il rcu4s one hand lssns
on The head Of a fasori,e setter, and tho othsf
holds bis fovlipc.pioco, lie il faiiv rix faet
six inches lich. and il alnosI Of E.hionian
b!aclncsw, Ths expsession ia yery ipteiIiFsnt
hoNoycr. Hung Eear the bed were fot,r ware.-
color painti1es Ly the present King OF Uol-
lsud. Gons cxn,esslr fot Duuaa while he Was
ouly Prince I;oyal. They represent four Of
the most striking e,,i.odes taken from tia
wrrl or the "TlIee SIu.ke,eerr."
EeIow bune a portrait Of child Of r,c,an-
cl.oly hl.d touching ,,lainnesa. This is another
daughter tf Duruas Her mother was sur
LA,ald '.I1,e Admira,, = bec.use she ulxays
x7ccmpsried him On his yacht, tie Emma,
wl.lsc vessel was wrecked while on an oxnlor.
ing expedition to discover the source OF the
Nile. Gar;talai IL tho godfather Of this
child, which was born at pale1mo, in Sicily.
BY ! caprice. which has rot been explained,
'1Ttc Admiral" has never consented 10 allow,
Tue child 10 bear Dumas name.
Suddenly Eourc girl. Dumas Secretary.
entertd the room, Until she received this an
pointmtnt she Was pesaant IN pca1dy. gain
ing hef daily bread BY ,ieli l.b.r. barely ahls
loose lcxres Of one Of Dnulss'
works. Reading about lis paoriess
RoiAnds che became possessed with the
IDEA 10 becomo his pupil So ehe wrote to
Paris, and begged to be AlloN ed TO enter his
.tuay = a .IuannenAts: Among Dumas va
and tho idea OF protecting this incipiens liter.
afy tatte OF tie gifl pleased LINN. 10 be peE-
misted her TO cotns md enter upon her Sunc-
tons. commencing IL Als ser,ice ~ dec1e-
taty, Satui1ne has worked her WAT 70 be what
Dumas des'gnates tle cas Of thohouas- watch-
ire aLd intriguing ~ NIL thst rasses- THUS
the old writer III Monte Chnsto allowed
himself 10 pc the aupe Of the P1cafdy peas
ant. asasog ne.ean noneanan!iy by cur
elae. AIet eaVng us: Ah o1-h41o DOW. che
Comncnseo teAo1nsA noNei; ucf f1aGa !. lar
as1,a;n ,s a1;.t,I ~ oos Gacels IN =
saa. CERTAIN 70 ceeels'ol e3psseaon. het aEe l.
aeea1 - scatf, ~ sne was oteseeo IN Hi ALI
aque !o.a o. s.o'es e.snmeec.
ASnh ICE coof opens, 70 inkhe passage fot
colossus Heanps fsa sent, cut win lap-
mel tIo1:eis, with eea5sk;n shPrsts- This per