The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-05-11

NV hIt' lHn, COntlllHcu the stranger,
"nnd ! drcamcd-alas it was but u
| drcam-thnt should go forth from this
| house free from the burden Of rcmorsc
! that mas wei 5hcd mo down these many
years. But, no; such miracle could
not happen. | have walked once more
to misery and to tho fact that | am
! IN outcaSt.'
Hush !" exclaimed Nctte. awe
will speak Of that later You must not
talk SO bitterly; for, whatever your at
! tire, your address is that of a gentle
man.
Ncttic DOW rcsltmcd her place with us,
and the stranger was lett TO his rcpast.
Charlie produccdN highly-coIorcd mccr-
schnrm, and, without regarding his
mothers cntrcatIng looks, proceeded to
ill and light it.
Come Charlie she could not for
bear saying mt last "it is not often that
! usk you to sacrifice anything for me,
hut do wish you would give up smoli-
ing
"No use, mother; should think You
would know better than to make such
demand
"Obcy r. thundcred voice from the
open door. Let her lightest wish be
law, or beware! My fato may be
yours y
The deep, tragic tones in which these
words were uttered, the erect, digniicd
form standing upon the threshold with
threatening forciinGcr pointing directly
ut the object of his attack, the flashing,
magnetic eye that compelled attention
and obedicnce-Nll lnvoluntarily re-
minded me of an evening somo forty
years before when had seen the elder
Kean advance to the footlights, and,
with rapid, unexpected speech, electriy
the audience. SO, too, had seen a re-
ligious rcviyalist single out some stiff
nccked sinner in the crowd, and with
dafting iorcfngcr pour out the walls OF
scriptural vengeance on the unbapti2od
| head.
"Thc man must be mad or a strolhng
actor playing part !" cried Charlie,
who was the first to recover from the
general amn2emcnt
The effect of this remark on the man
was magical; the extended hand
dropped; his figure shranE and dropped
into its former listlcss attitude; the fire
,,o,, u'o,' U" r"T,alaJ its ycn,s Villa his voice
low and hoarae, muttored an apology
"Fmgiye me. ! forgot where Was
Rnd who | am. No, can never forget
that. ! cannot escape myself.
Ncttie's sympathetic soul was touched.
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an actor, nud 50 WAS my latheF before
me. AS Il enid, | lnlmlchcd thG SET
phrases and gestures OF the actors @p0It
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n'r So''yfhISS ana "'Ti"i' l iu'S', C,I. ,',' ! :,
o'eh' &ho never '"'''o '"Ii"' T"ia !
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l"lIY aSNc" iho "I''I I''I"''" " ~
Wnen L gre" up 10 hn"hlloo"' anu l ~.
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,"' il,"'''' ''t' l'. l',u ,,ac, ~,
hrr arms, ana i'it i'r warm war; '','II VI.
my lace as she crlcd Oilt' OH, H"t ''''V
my son Anything but that Choose
again, lust to please your mother But
/ obduratcly insisted that | would be an
actor and nothing else. From that mo-
mcnt my mother seemed to regard me
with great apprehension, and ] am
afraid would have secretly reioiccd i
my first appearance had been such an
utter failure as to deter me from taking
any further steps in that direction. But
nv father aided and encouraged me.
Himself careful, conscientious student,
he would qucnch my too-ardent entlu-
siasm by an immersion in the ocean of
work that lies between every artist and
his goal and anon, lifting me up to his
own lookout he would point out some
new and undiscovered country where
fresh glory awaited the first conner.
Alternately stimulated and held in
oLool, ronillv oroy in nonuIor favor