Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-14


That time he lag upon The bed ot death,
Which he told me % open when reached
n twentieth year. ask that you will keep
Uood charge Of them, 'tin l return again
Lity Let not q lhoC ght in fear arise for them
Bsller ~ guard them Than If they were my own.
Eater Ar and Mrs. Arden
Ard aud SO you must so soon depart from us
WoIld ! could now bestOw fortune on you
Before yougo; for you deserve it well;
Deny il not with those thy lovely blushes,
That .re the oycrtiowinVs Of a soul
That hath ten thousand fortunes in its purity
Since / have BOT fortune to give thee
Receive that which have-an old mans blessing
Though Bosld give It, i I had it now,
I .sk not fortune 10 shower wealth on thee
toT could these shining things have tongues and
speak,
'I'is my belief they'd tel more darbened tales
OK weary heart pains, gailty consciences,
Than they could e'er invent OF happiness.
But / would have thy breast free from those cares
That keep men walked o nights; that on the heart
10 sit and Drnod, I'LL but Nightmares left;
From the hard pair and CALLING bitterness
Which low spirit to s higher may give.
And, with my blessing, do l say farewell
Hrs Ard. aud let my blessing be aside OF his
turn again Exit Josephine.
Ms. Ard. How swiftly Time, upon unwearied
wings,
IA ever fleeing back into the past:
The monster future slowly ereeps on towards us
While that poor sparroT, Time, affrighted flies
Into the Past, hat prison cage, which, closed
There's mono so strong can ever open it.
IL seems Dut yesterday that Lily, here,
Gave up her hand TO her Jo1ng, loving husband
And then seemed Josephine but still child,
That nOv il turned intC q full grown woman.
Ard Lifes but breath, borne eff by meanesi
WINDS
n word, thas writ upon the oceans shore,
The waves will wash away
A feeting thing, Shat sleeps, aud wakes, and dies
iresm thai ID dreamed and is over! [Exeunt.
SEINE la bedroom 10 q hotel in New York A
door L. Q T., through which enters Blackwell and
blrs. Stone. door f c., which opens into a room
behind the first. Il. 2. I. a window with curtains
hInziRg or either side.
Black Thy niece looks colder on me every hour
IrS. Sfo Ba is il scg And hath
Thy love moi prosperedi
Black Prospered? I'd sooner WOO the porcu-
Than woo thy niece io- when moved near her,
SIZE shot hef scornfu Ciz1ces,
As swift as flames FROM out mitreilleuse
And when | called her "rose," she called me
VILLAIN "
Then, wher spoke o. owe, she said my tongue
Had stained that word, 50 that she ne er again
Could stand and hear II uttered patiently
Jhen sent out nay thoughts Ger all creation
Abandoning, to gather pretty names,
" hcb, sarnIshed with sweet accent, did call her
But, al the while, she stamped with her small
Gor would sue lend attention to my speech
lErs Sto. And, like . craven, you gave up the
tightl
On that we're man, but for an hour.
Tssn To make such Eooing for these maidens,
AS they have never dreamed Of heretofore.
Not with a mournful lock would gaze at them,
But with glance that reached their very souls
And they did tremble 'til their knees wsged war
With one another
Fox every sOfi and silly sigh they gave
II give curse, ttRt GO would frighten Love-
That, trembling, he would hide behind their tears
But come poor coward ; 81 thy work again.
u be at hand 10 give thes my protection,
If you are yanquished for = second time
III 90 cali Josephine, snC bring her here,
1hat you may Woo and then IN slip behind
This hanging surtain, there to note your progress
fEait
Black. Wers no~ enc OF these wLrm-hearted
fools
This Josephine I'd cal 1 flower, and send up tears
To weep IN my two eyes, Tor she, unlike the oak,
Has no protection 'salusJ the bowling storms.
I'd harp upon her child Ike innocence
And then perchance some burning tears Of mine
Would warm the heart, ,ill did grow SO soft,
I'd love the Little birds, and fear to crush
a creeping worm
But should marry her at first shed weep,
And pale her face world grow but then we cannot
Forever lOet upon the biushng rose;
At times tiH best ~ see the cold.fsced lily.
Enter Josephine through door R. c., followed by
Mrs Stone, who steIs behind the window
curtain uIPerceived BY her.
But here sbt comes
Jos. Ny aunt told ne you had some ~eighty
matter
10 tell me
Black. Tho matter IS Of such weight
Ny thought can hardly lift it unto you
Oh now, my sweet my bright eyed Josephine =
Jos. Again this insolence land has my aunt
Given her consent ~ this-my degradationi
It cannot be All no il cannot be
Black. Why, look OF me, is 1t degradation
That have asked thee fo1 thy hand thy loVeg
But this is but q mockery Of anger
That's IN thy eyes shadow OF q frown
That's on thy brow come, let me take that hand
To see If anger trembles in it too
Jos. Stand oG, villain
BiGcs. Nov you rroE cruel, lovely Josephine,
And in thv eye tear-s little tear
Il well becomes that pretty face of thine
dooms-mAE
Jos With all my strength 1 hurl, then. "No p
at thee,
Haet. AUD ha-i - Yes !" for, be it known to
thee,
Il Is decided you shal be nv wife
Jos. II IS decidedi y no has made the decision
B!ack. Try asnt anG ], myself, have done it
Jos In her twas generous thus to give away
Anothers hand
Black. Ay, it was generous
And, for the gift, tnsak her heartily
neer received 50 sweet gift before:-
There is pleasing variation in
Your character; lis all fire, aud now
As calm is silent summers morn
Jos But will end judge 10 guard me gainst-
ArS Sto lentering from behind the curtain.I
am yonr Judge snd you shall marry him,
Or, BY heaven, wen say that you're inssne,
Or that he is your lawful husband now:
Or other tales viii dnd TO plead against thee
Jos. AND, ere marry him III find judge
that's called Death, Who cannot hear your tales
Springs To the door L. 9 T., and rnshes out
Black. lstarts after herl I'll follow her.
Ars Sio holding MIN back. No. that would
be the hight oi recklessness
She will return when leeeh-like hunger
Begins 70 suck her blood
Black But she Dsy plunge into the bays deep
waters,-
Mrs. Sto. Ther is he torture made
BGck IT'S true then is fortune assured to us-
Ars. Sto. To Va Ray your and is your mind gone
wreng;
Or do you sieep, And in that sleep are dreaming p
To US ha. ma 50 us
Black. TO US, say did you not make agree
ment
With me that shoplc have sum denoted
IL | should marry with this niece of yoursl
Mrs. Sto. Ay Il you married her
Black. And wonld you have me marry her dead
bodyi
Ms. Sto, II 'tis your pleasure to marry her dead
Go marry it but I'll not pay you for it.
Black Then, il she dies, you will not pay the
sunni
Mrs. Ste No
Black Then FL expose such dee6s oil thine as
Make mems fesn creep
Mrs .Sto. And I'll expose
A deed Of thine-s morsel delicate
To feed hungry halter on ,-Ha you
Knew not thai hao knowledge Of this deed
Black May curses thee fall from heaven like
rain
Mrs. Sto. A ft one thou TO call upon high heaven
But think not on her body being dead,
For predict that ere week be past,
Will che return, and then, by marrying her,
You shall obtain reward (ENeunt
SCENE III-Time, night wharf at the end of .
street in New York Showing.
Enter Josephine.
Jos Boul howl howl ye chilly winter winds
Tear of THE po0, weak flesh Of mins
And you,