Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-25
DICKBY's DARLING.
The MatrimODial adventures of a
fhes tricsl Lady knOWA IN nem-
phfs.

or more popular in the Western
cities in roles of her class, than the
plump little Dickey Lingard, who
has so often appeared here, and the
following account of that petite
young lady's misadventures, from
the San Francisco Chronicle, viii
be consequently interesting. Says
the newspaper mentioned
Probably the idea never popped
into the head of a single individual
of the large audiences that nightly
crowded the California theater dur
ing the Lingard engagement to
sympathize with the trials and trib-
ulations of the Two Orphans
Alice and Diekey Lingard-that
these two affectionate darlings, with
the head Of the one pressed so low
ingIy and confdingly on the blossom
of the other, would ever be separa-
ted or torn asunder. Yet such is
the case. From far off Australia
T the story comes freighted with
Dickey's woe. 1t appears that a
short time after her safe arrival in
Sydney, Miss Dickey became daz-
zled with a very prepossessing Mr.,
D. Dalziel, the editor, publisher
and struggler with n little evening
paper called the Sydney Echo.
Now Dalziel was an adept in the
art of fascination. He fathomed
at once the extent Of Dickey's
, blindness, and then the Pierre he
, played would have double dis
counted the original article. lie
not only told the orphan that he
loved her, but represented that be
5 was "A man Of immense landed
property, with a villa at Kingston
, on-Thames, and a snug little inter-
est in as many London theaters as
D petite Dickey could count on her
jeweled fingers. On top Of this
he trotted out his pedigree
and showed the already be-
{ wildered orphan how, when and
c where the ancient Dalziel came
c over with William the Conqueror.
Then he kept a magnificent team
of flyers, handled the ribbons well,
g and was in every respect just what
IS he advertised himself to be. Why
rInot take him? Dickey put the
question to herself one quiet even
ing and the result was that she
married him ere the curtain was
i rung down on the first act of the
sentimental drama. The marriage
70 consummated, Sir Dalziel at once
:, sold out his Sydney paper, and ac-
companied by his bride went to
Melbourne, where William Horace
A. was under engagement, and there
a commenced the publication Of the
. Melbourne Echo in co nection
Il with Edward Ellis. William Horace
lie with his accustomed liberality adj
I'd vanced the needlul capital with the
express understanding that the pa
per should be run in his interest
=" and for his glory. This mutual
admiration society p~rospered won
y derfully, till mi day a rival dra-
ne matte manager, failing to get the
! notice he thought he deserved,
wrote out Il communication which
he caused to be published in the
he Echo as an advertisement. When
William Horace Thomas, alias Lin
!, gard, read it, he Immediately flew
into a passion, refused to advance
~ any more money, and the first thing
at that Sir Dalziel knew, the click of
the sheriff's paddock was heard on
l. the door of the Echo establishment.
Then there was music in the air.
" Alice Dunning, as a matter of
course, took sides with William
ct Horace, and Diekey took Sir Dalziel
IT out under a blue gum tree and de-
manded an explanation. She got
it. Her lord frankly admitted that
he wasn't worth a cent, that the
of villa on the Thames was all a snare
" and delusion, and capped the climax
Il by informing the misguided girl
that he was heavily in debt-that
his team, and even his wardrobe,
re- was in the hands of an officer, and
that the outlook for the future was
J., decidedly blue. Dickey dropped a
40 silent tear or two over this most dis
ne NAL state of affairs went into the
at house and scrambled her hair, and
o. then took Sir Dalziel and left for
.or parts unknown. The creditors of
:; the Echo got together, put Ellis in
u charge, and William Horace and
Alice Dunning, bereft of favorable
or. mention, took to the provinces to
,h- replenish the somewhat depleted
exchequer. It is the general inn
preston that Dickey, after having
put Sir Dalziel to work on some
led sheep-ranch in the bush, will again
les return to the boards and the other
orphan, but there are those who
stoutly maintain that the breach is
ant too wide to be soon closed, and that
f a the Dalziel aud Lingaro families
icb are henceforth and forever stran-
an gers,
lus They were sitting on the front