, 1875-12-05

ane now be ia teaching Coralie to dance, and she
il going to make her debut IN the new ballet IN
employed At Jetfsra', so is bis wife; Aad they
have made the wonderful b1ue satin boots fer
CoraIa to wear on that occasion. and 1t Is quite
certain no other danseuso will be 80 magmh-
cansly shod. But II. Aphonse is 1t home' and
he must be introucad to tia lind gentleman who
has brought back the lost boots. SO CofaAs
trips on, ind Simon Ia left bewi1dered at the 80
c1ety into which he has fallan,-A ballet dances
and = fiddler belonging 10 Ninlo'a Theatre NOW
Simon knows very httle shout theatre, only
thar it is one Of those snares OF Satan denounced
by grandma sort Of wiidsroess OF sin which
he has never liked to ahook tho old l1eys pTo1u-
dices by exploring.
Then ID. Alphonse comes in, and Coralio trips
OF to tell the story Of the boots to Mrs. Mug
gins. The ittle Frenchmsn beams euthusiastio~
ally upon Simon. ''Ze leette glrl is schsrm. do
light, ze m 'seur ees 50 goot 10 tine 10 boots.
Then H. Aphonse, grosing confidential. gives
IT the simple hearted Frenchman could have
known what Simon's early education had taught
him to think Of the Terpsichorean art, be would
never have given the young man sach pathes1u
history OF his efforts to teach Coralie to dance
AN can do noting nit her. m'sieur. Sc can
not dance. No. sair. not vun Bit At this point
Ii. Alphouna would tear his hair aad look posi-
tiTely w1et he'd. But Cozalie came in directly,
and then tho old mans faca lighted up with
| pleasure, and somehow tho reelection got into
Smon'a face; and when the small dancer in e1n-
| hryo uaads him cup Of ooneo three people in
Worth street we're ndiculously happy, and Ill
about nothing.
When, Simon went home that night, ha fels
| that his feet had wandered into strange places.
And the worst Of it MAS, his feet kept wandering
! there. The small boys got used to him, and
when the policemen found they had no OCCASION
| to arrest him, they gradually assumed friendly
| look II. Mphonse began to PLAY the part OF
chapsron with an anxious air, but Mrs. Anggina
| vlnked her eye, and said 1t was - all right
So time went On until the night Of Corale'a
| debut Now Simon had never YET entered the
theatre. but when Coralie purred and co.xed, be
consented to go. II. Alphonse procured h1m
ltte ticket that would admit him at the stage-
| door and then he was to watch the ballet from
| the aides Ut the scenery until Little ooral'e had
| finished her part, when he and Mrs. MuEg1na
were to bring her home Thua it Was that sin1on
found himself at = theatre, and not only that,
| nut behind the scenes.
What Simon fas when he found himself
among that wilderness Of ropes and woodwork,
| how be bIushed when he obaarved the curtalled
naturo of the attire worn by the corypheesr
| cannot nstempt to describe But when Cora!ia
| executed pirouette before him, and asked him
"lf she didn't look nice" his hair stood On and.
The music begins The premiere danseusa
| astio Welcome. Then abe stands hrst On one toe
| and then on the other, and finally on both Now
| abs dies back and forth and round about, in
| waYes and curves, aud circles, and jumps, and
sprluEb, anu pf2nce8, Untu olu4ou ise4H esotJ
bone in his body ache ID sympathy for her. Al
! last the great lady has exhausted herself. and
! retires to tha back Of the stage to get hex
I breath. Then the cozyphses coma foETaId
each one ia to execute = httla pas seul, aud 70"
r1le il the second on the list The first ona
does her part creditably and falls back
Now comes Co1atie. II. Aphonso grows pale in
i the orchestra, and growls to bis musrache,
.'S'e can not dance, noe vun bit"
Nor does she. She bows to the audience, and
! Tff+nrn %nIJ JFt MT =
| foot-lights tiny jet Of dame seizes upon them.
S,mon IL the first to SEQ the catastrophe. QUICK
| ct than thought he seizes piece OF canTas
| that once represented the forest VI Dunzinane,
| wraps It around the shsiek4og Glrl, rushee
| through the etage-door into tho streets, and
| runs naH \ block before he knows what ha Ia
| about.
Now there can ba no more embarrassing altun-
| tloo IN life to bashful young man from the
| countrv than to eeand in the middle OF crowded
city street with q bundle IN n1s arms Consisting
OF young l&dy in ta1latan and tights. wrapped
| in q canvas Forest with two blue sAtin boota
prosruding from tho trunk Of tree-
| But Simon Ia q man OF RESOURCES 4 passing
cab-man is soon hailed, aud our young country
man retites to the depths Of this vehicle with hia
charge, while cabby grius aud drives to Worth
strest Then Simon makes discovery that ap-
naIIa him. The whole world is shrouded in DARK
ness because two black eyes refuse to opsn.
,oio2ysd e,y si0n bT Iii hIphopss Tne bsea eyes ats
lo1o"su ~ - ~ ~ iitt,e nit. nj ammonis
openeu ~ ,ts .o "; - aonr9x scnidsd md nnt b.
any, any, 1e oso4'A'A@ - 0o'
p7u: ..ur1,on cro,rs M A.
ean aa ~ : w.. w. ~ nos;,osroot for nnsu
phonae. " s'o' toA As1AN'e eo
Now Simon begins to talk. He has evidently
got sonls:a1us ,hsnn.e ~ !. naaylv drvan mi OF
nefs uuta H. W. - nj u,.3 eea Who ran
nls aensea. ss s tn 20 = th;nks the noor
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ffencnan 1 ta'i;na-,ca anI3naa tn .ha root Of
nes @ len'a1o - eane r., ~ eha has aaan Il Iii
tne m7''et ~ oD'7' =" '~ -
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t"o usys ;asci s..a'a Ih.+ 30 .n,onnt 1t uict-
M on, Nv WY VIZ 2to ha. +"neht von in two months
eaoess gov Luz. h. nas ~ hacl With hin, to
re is gong 70 ha bs Ell. ms' crsndna tic mama
uuck.o"n. ..e unn - - ea1i.|ss.i sneg.stlon ahout
ana pn,s !" a. so1a uua.smrt oa famss Of Frnnce.
tne gooo o1u nusoouo. .to.a tDe1 - .na,na tss.
Ihen he pfoSeaus 20 !ussuuaso " E. s.M brtn"
it Is very chllalsn nt.lo "omau ,n 10 d w raa;
back WITH nim ana 1nss sno w.. ero. ue ~ So
deal o. panenee ~ hnu 1d 1ar", AA''AA
gf1noo.uss aa1ae ~ | h.a s1r.r. ara.dad that he,
reign might come 30 an en9 "nep nl.noe ~. WIS
came to the homestead, ano Inc 4ooa VI s!'&