Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-23

ing sister to support. 1T may be thh
some less material thoughts mingled
with these, and told him that the life
he had been spending was not a very
noble one, and that man has other
missions to fulfill than those of rolling
about boulevards in phaeton, and sign
ing his name to o US. Anyhow, the
resolution he took in the couree of one
day, and unflinchingly adhered to dur
ing several years, revealed in him a
frmness of character and an honesty of
purpose which could not have come
from parental example, and must have
been innate. He severed himself COM
pletely from his former mode of living,
his friends, and associations. His dis
carded his phaeton and grooms, sub-let
his fine lodgings, sold off his furniture,
dressed plainly. and, having convoked
his creditors, told them with frankness
that he could not pay them then, but
that if they would give him time he
would work till he had discharged his
obligations to the last farthing. One
would have been glad to record that the
creditors met this assurance in be.
lieving spirit; but the fact is they tried
to lodge him in Clichy. He eluded
them, however, took refuge at Fontain-
bleau in small inn.room, for which he
paid thirty sous day, and there, during
two years, worked like man. He had
already written a novel, an absurd book,
called "Les Aventures de Quatre Fem
me, ct dun Perroquet." lie now
changed his style, and, perceiving that
he had not imagination enough to com
pose sensational novels, like his father,
set himself to the minute analy tical
portrayal of such social manners as he
had observed. AS his lot had been cast
in the very loosest of social sphei es,
" La Dame aux Camelas' was the first
result of his observations. This novel
was fair success. Then he wrote the
dramatized version of the tale, and sub
mitted it to his father, who, not suspect
ing him of having much brains, was
startled at the dramatic power of the
work, and with tears of pride, as he
himself often repeated, accepted it
for the Theater Historique. This thea
ter, however, like many other under
takings of the great mans, was at this
time on the eve of bankruptcy, and
young Dumas was soon obliged to get
off with his piece on round of mana
gerial visits which lasteo Two years
odo'y enough IL was IN mos cases ms
name "hich aamaSeo nun. A.eAahure le :
dumas, 'ne el"ef' having peeii Ine lnosI
years, had naturally accumulated very
satisfactory collection of rivals, and 1t
was feared that some OF these would be
only too delighted to hit blow at the
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son. otner managers Vooh ai",ni -, ~ .ne
lmmoraiity OF !he oiaiila' anu 'nl: ;ln.
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10 "hen La Daliie auA o'1lte.'.ss Wa.:ma Was
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:, 0 - ,h;s that wc muat attribute NJ
n,no.s, ~ I d;staste for rennbl;can inst;tu.
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'"ann vio uban tho En,n;ra had heen estah h.
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tho % mor.l;tv Of stace n;eces- Everv
.n uieoa was accentohIe accord;ng to his
p,;o p so Iona 90 i eyc;tad The nnblic
~ ,aml IN other ton;cs than nolitics
~ bn".sIo narno o'Ix C,mel;asn would
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40 I'd ,ook tbe oc,ors wbo nlaved #
tho n,anager the audience and soon
,ho whole ,oyn. hv storm If was the
,,'ost ., ort,;n, success an record M
nnn,as, astonisbed creditors emerged
fron, tbeir la;rs nounced unon him,