The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-09
POSTSCRIPT ADDED BY FELICIA.

POSTSCRIPT ADDED BY FELICIA.
III the last line extracted from my dear ia
theirs diary does not contain explanntinn
enough In Itself, ! add some sentences from
Marnadukes letter to me, sent from the
theatre last night IN. b. / leave out tho ex-
presslons OF endearmcnt; they are my own
private property
thor talked about theatres and actors when I
was Mt Cauldkirk, and how you listened In
dutiful agreement with him. Would he have
consented to your marriage ii he had known
that was one Of the 'spouting rogues' ASSOC
ciated with the painted Jezebels' OF the play
house2 He would never have cons ontqd and
you, yourself. my darling, would have trern-
bled at the bare idea Of marrying an actor.
Have been guilty of any serious decep-
tonf and have my friends been guilty In
helping TO keep my secret? My birth, my
| name, my surviving relatives, my fortune
| Inherited from my father all these impor-
| tant particulars have been truly stated
| The name OF barrymore il nothing but the
| name that | assumed when / went on the
stage.
LAS 10 what has happened since our return
from Switzerland, i own that / ought TO have
| made my confession " you. Forgive me If
weakly hesitatcd; was 80 fond Of you; and
SO distrusted the Puritanical convictions
which your education had rooted i'm your
mind, that putt off from day to day. Oh,
| my. angel
"Yes, / kept the address Of my new house d
thew
would betray me If they paid US visits, Az
for my mysteriously closed study, IL was the
place IN which privately rehearsed my new
part When left you In the mornings, IL was
| 10 20 to the theatre rehearsals. Ny evening
absences bugan Of C urse with the first uer.
fOrmance.
Your father arrival seriousl Y embarrassed
me. When you (lnost property insisted on
my giving up some Of my evenings to him,
you necessarily made it impossible for me Ia
n
could make to the theatre WAS that WAC too
Ill to act. 1t did certainly occur To me to ellt
the GOrdian knot by owning the truth. But
your tather horror, when you spoke Of the
newspaper review Of the play, and the shame
| and fear you showed at your own holiness
daunted me once more.
THE arrival at the theatre Of my written
excuse brought the manageress down upon
me 10 state Of distraction Nobody could
supply my place; all the seats were taken
and the Prince aud Princess Of Wales were
expected. There was what we call q scene
between the poor lady aud myself / felt I
was In the wrong; saw that the position In
which had impulsively placed m yself was
unworthy Of me-and 1t ended I'm nv doing
my duty to the theatre and the public But
| for the affair Of the bracelet, which obliged
me as an honorable man 10 give my name
aud address, ths manaReress would not have
discovered me. She like every one else. only
knew Of my address at my bachelor cham
berS. How could you be Jealous OF the old
theatrical cOmrade Of my first days on the
slater Don't you know yet that you are the
one woman In the world
"A last word relating TO your father, and
have done.
Do you remember leaving me at the tele-
graph officer 1t was to send a rnessaoe TO n
friend OF mine, an architect i'm EdinbiIrp, in
structtng him togo immediately TO CauIdkirk
and provide for the repairs at my expensa
The theatre, my dear, more than trebles nv
paternal income, and can well afford II. viii
your father refuse TO accept tribute Of re-
speCt To Scottish minister because 1t ia paid
out OF an actors pocket? You shall ask him
the question.
"And, say, Felicia, will you come and see
me act2 don't expect your father TO enter
theatre; but, by way Of further rec0neoncii-
ing him TO his son-in-law, suppose you ask
him to hear me read the play?i