The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-01

Drate0 In TIE great Snakesperlan cnarac-
tiers, such as Romeo, Othello, Hamlet
and others, being especially great in
Hamlet. Ff
In November, just five years after
Harold Wyman murdered his wife,
the Weathcrby Dramatic Combination,
with the renowned and peerless"
tragedian, Cecil Basye, supported by the
Largest and finest dramatic company
now travelling" visited the town of N
for positively one night only The
play that night was to be Hamlet--the
title-role by the eminent and unap-
proachable tragedian, Cecil Basye, with
the beautiful and finished actress, and
gem of the dramatic stage" Miss Pearl
White, i'm her great creation of "Ophe-
liza the other characters by fourteen
of the best artists in the profession.
this was the first time that Cecil Basye
had visited the town since he left il as
Harold Wyman, and he would not have
visited it now if he could have persuaded
the manager to skip the town. How
ever, he had but little fear of being de-
tected, although, doubtless, his parents
and many of his former friends and
acquaintance would be in the
audience. He was much changed in
appearance in consequence OF a recent
serious illness induced by too severe study
and the exhausting labor of the parts he
acted. He could disguise his voice and
felt sure he would not be recognized
unless he was too careless. Now, since he
could hardly help it, he was rather glad
that he was to visit N, for he
wanted to see the place again; TO see if
his parents still lived there, and find out
how and when his wife had been found ;
by whom she was buried, and what was
thought about the crime; whether it had
blown over, or whether it was still fresh
in the remembrance of the citizens. He
had great curiosity to know the various
theories which must have been advanced
at the time, respecting the cause of the
crime, and to find out whether search had
been made for him, az, of course, when
he was found to be missing, no one could
have doubted but that he had murdered
mis- wife. With these objects in view, on
the morning the company arrived, he
" fell in" with a number of persons, for
he was great hand at making friends
and acquaintance, and in the course of
general conversation, artfully and un-
concernedly made inquiries. He found
oat that Judge Wyman still lived there
an honOred and respected old gentle
man, but that his wife had died of a
broken heart some four years ago, in con-
sequence of O crime committed by their
only son. This son had murdered a
wife whom he had married against his
parents wishes But he could not learn
particulars. So from one person and
he wished to know, and though he recog-
nized many old faces upon the street,
none of them recognized him. This re-
moved from his mind all fear of appear
ing upon the stage that night. Late in
the afternoon he learned from n saloon
keeper, whom he had drawn into CONVEX
satiOn upon the subject, that the dead
body of his wife had been discovered the
merning after he Harold or CeciD left,
by the lady who called for the dress his
wife had made for her. Her husband
was found to be missing, and there was
no doubt but that he had murdered her.
He found out that his father had given
her decent burial, and that detectives
time, but without success.
We should now inform our reader that
Cecil Basye was deeply in love with the
leading lady of the company, and that
she returned his affection. In the six
months that they had played together,
they had become devotedly attached to
each other and were to be married at the
close of the season. The next season
they would, Cecil intended, start out
with a company of their own. This
lady, Miss Pearl White, was very beau
tiful little lady, educated ahd refined to
degree seldom found in actresses. An
orphan when child, she had been raised
in luxury and fashion by wealthy
uncle. At the age of sixteen, after the
death of her uncle,-which occurred
soon after financial disaster which
brought him to poverty,-she had found
herself alone upon the world, and rather
than accept the aid of distant relatives,
she took the advice of an actress who
was friend of hers, and adopted the
stage. For number of years she had
devoted herself to her profession, and
escaping the dangers and temptations of
an actress life, had steadily advanced.
Cecil Basye was the first man she had
ever loved, and she loved him devotedly.
That night Cecil, dressed as Hamlet,
was standing in the wings, waiting for
the curtain TO rise. He was thinking:
"After tonight need never fear that
my crime will find me out l am ia
nous, and when, with my sweet pearl
as my wife, / can travel with n COM
pany of my own; then will my cup of
happiness be full. / can make my
fortune and enjoy life. The world is
wide and never will l enter this town
again. My name and all was and did
here when / lived here, I'll forget for
ever-if can. O, / curse it! / wish
we had not come to this town; it has re-
vived what l had almost made myself
forget, and / feel strangely tonight in
spite of myself. ] will be glad when
this season is ended, so can take good
long rest The doctor said when was
sick that / was working too hard; that
l excited myself too much by playing
the parts do, and that if i did not soon
take rest, the strain on my mental and
nervous system would break me down.
and perhaDs mpair nv iptallect That