, 1879-04-26

slIn work In hand, shu luya. l,er art n,nl
sho loves NIL lsun'nuk!n.l, ,mrtten!ar!y sufl, mr.
tli'n Vi 1t aa tn lInnlaEG to 1iCr fno AMI lrlhl
tar prcsnnro which Is nor best tusrhratItNf. Nho
cnt, onnck tdmfe hecauso ylIo enlhuAics n!fcet-
lin MS att ctnnlent.
It u not nm actress Tint ron,es to tlc fnot-
lights III response 10 tho cansor t,Ht awaits her.
i Is very 'nhan so1l'nn who pn'1scs incn to
faro with tt,c swayin4y liue hcforn !isr. Thure Is
little Of greeting ~ face Or picture. Bic rcn&s
her audience with t'1a e!,oe.l Of llgllnng A,,'l
for thu t,n,ncnt IA crttlgur. a marvellous light
ilntnes her bcwftrhing fncc, alnl slo Is th
rapport With thu world.
In that llrst sccnu s|lc Is woman. hut afler it
Atrnnstlrurntsn11, nn apothe1als. shu has not
cnrru to her hertngo hefora a.io cumcs to tho
ssnrc 40 she tones ~ y as n woman. ller
dress is tyne. That faint emerald Eicaln tetls
you she r. such stuff d. tlrea1ns arc n,n.lc Of,
,natn Hi '"1 ebony # her tr"i" forc'h'ow' ''es
r4e strolcetrtntn il down; you find yorrself
leaning forward. eager, impatient, fur with IN.
th!tlve coEnzancc you knnw Tint Camille 4 hid"
uen hy Tint hitoons Intervention, und by tc
cords TINT every Instant tighten renoraclcss'y
ah0ut your hrart you know she has left sou fol.
oyer. Somewhere within tlleir reccsses Il smell
10 "envll!s !ntlet!nahle surely, but cIearly dis
rsr,'iole 70 .'nt senso Of yours With which you
Presently shape IL before you. 4 shapowIsh
svIco tins having tli,ce heard YOU will lluar for
ever. a shape clal upon will garlnunts, hut
about 1t ihe rainclcss art Of the sculptor where
marble, but with every outllns ieiined 10 tint
iunce vsIun with witch you shall SEQ eternity:
tllat inner consciousness With which you slall
comprehend Immortality. She Ia motion ITSELF
leaves Of The willow aud uyery 1lbrc OF her being
nluvss In cnnsonarcc. You cannot discern ono
trace ot tic commonplace S,,o neither sits nor
stands: Dragged, itnpeiIet1, swayodt she sinks,
rises, iloats. ln,palpabc she seems, ind uvon III
dr,nands clasp shs vnny ya1sl, II sho wIllcd,
Sho Is will.o'- thuwisp, mud you ars brcatllless
lest caprtcous jnsta1t may tenr her fruu, YOUR
gaze. Now nm again ilcf supple m,lsclri ara
rigid, c,,nngcl 10 marble by determination, born
OF tle uxlgcnny which thtentens him she loyes.
She 10 exquisite In ilcr nosi,rcs. III iler Atti.
lules OF pleading, her pbudtunt ]f.nbs lra,n0
ndictl stlpplinuco to l,or faco n,,ll voce.
Her Investment Ia marvellous. In 1t art has
wrought itself to Naiuro's completeness. Her
rubc Il a part OF ilersolf. Tho IeMl, luaircluss
IubrIt might ba ms,lc from cluud living low In
the East, awnting tbs supreme 1nntEout wien
the iIrst tinted glow Of tin dawn ahuil brIng to
It tl,u radn,re VI tho tnor,lng. hut light, aud
life, anI trutt, arc at lanI, nntl she bcnrs thu
Inspiration Of tho cofntng Inolllent like burner.
In another iIstant she nDars her ruin. She ls
4irHla,,ti's, ilc fs hers.
Wuut uextt No tongue can tell, no pen de-
scribe. Slla Ia happy mud, Eami.'e Ike, reycls
In ilvr Ior by Istpt.f,tE to tue recital OF Nchefts
humbso bltss. 4 texture Of cerlcan elI,ige about
her Sllu is lt,aitste in the pta{u, ai,unlu drcss
rclIcyetl by Tho lmy laco which Is its ONLY cur.
nituro nl stu is imperial IN tho severe dignity
with which e]le t,cets tho rcbukcs of dr.nauuie
fathcr. lie catne III snRlY pain. liz speaks ter
rlblo words; lte chccka ,eir uttera'lee; he r..
him fol t,af in the mutual loyn ot herse.f AMI
hfs son she Tins passed from Garth nnl startls
al tho threshold OF Heavens vcstlbulo, within
the protcytot, Of GoIfa holy ephcres, Ans!
hur lt,cnrnnti,n IA nut yct s.inurrcd. aacrifirc
lnd suffering still await her. She must tread
the wIup. .;>rcss nuuc, Not ntonc earrillca and