The Dillon tribune., 1886-01-09
An ACTORS STORY.
Reiatpd IN JOHN COLEMAN.

Cato puts it MY bane and antidote are both
before me- I',lt what rogue and peasant
slave am / to go wool-gathering thus!
WHO'S the bow.
Pike introduced me to Mr.. Campbell as
1.-THE juvenile hero Of the company, the corr.
ing man, The future Ronlco,h etc.
The old gentleman said, with sweet
smile:
Excuse me, sir. old men will still be talk
ing; its the privilege Of age. You are
young AMI rhine. All! I was young and
sanguinc ono, myself. I hope you will have
better for 'ua than bafel me. You have an
open bro, aud d frank eye. You can look
a man il. the face; I'm sure you're not
afraid. IT. La thing to be afraid. Ono
nomcn II a. blightad the life Of a man
know a, we'll Is / know myself. Cleanh-
ness. 4 say. Is t,n,sS 10 rodliness, but man
llness i lDove every thing. If q man insults
YOU. il he i, as HI Us Go,ath, don't wait to
talk. him first; hit hi.a ii your Eeart IS
quaiing, if you; nerves are shaking; LIT
him il he kills sou after! A brave man can
only die tlt cnce; but the coward! An!
tod help the poor miserable coward. tor ne
dies every day, every hour he llves! lie
paused, and looked strangely round as he
A~~0
beautiful Lair; then he stopped, took up a
handful. iow and rubbed it on his brow,
moppei it . y, and said with a low despond-
ing mean
sob could be bounded in nut-
shell. .ld count myself king of infinite
space, were it not that | have had bad
dreams" Then he continued: II fear you
will think me rather eccentric, and so am;
but was not always thus, was ], Pike!
Was what was I: I'm sure forget. Well,
AMI how is Madame Ia Pike, and the young
tisf@s. And the 4teck dsbt! And do we
stu delight t;,e lieges with Sir Edward Nor
timer, AMI Pixayro. and the Baillie, and
Caleb BIZ! !nr>ton: And get glorious as Of
yore on the mountain dew, fresh from Glen
Ilvat! Then, in a. altered tone, and with
touch ct salncs; il his voice, ''Of all
things else, avoid tnas, young gentleman.
Remember There's dealt! in the pot Only
begin with that. and 'Facilis dnscensus
Averni. All the rest is easy; slap, bang,
down you go through the primrose path till
you get to the abyss at tho bottom"
AT this moment Pike cut in with:
"Wc saw Lang Willie last night at
Paisley"
saw ons for whom,
Nature might stand up
And say toal! the worid-'This was mani"
After a moments pause he began to hun,
annie Laurie half aloud and half to him.
self. AT last Pike whispered HIM, then he
changed altoga her, and said:
You're good fellow, Pike. What is it
the Baltic says to Rob Roy! You're sort
OF Find of honest rogue, but as to money,
Keep YOU, trasn Baiilie; keep your trash.
n1tl ID -. Ia. Il
Roberto, yet,nand he sent bright new
smiling spinning in the air and caught it
aeftly- what is it Cleopatra's mailed
Bacchus says! Yet have we brain that
nourishes our nerves. not, by the by, that
he could have had much brains to spare
when he made such IN ass of himself for thu
sake OF that promiscuously amorous and de-
c4dedly dissolute oh gypsy. Good bye
good bye; good luck to you at Kilmarnock
May your shadow never grow less; may
your stock debt never increase: may yor
never share less than half a crown a night
and candles TO boot Ia, ia. we pray
heaven to have you Ill its holy kcaping!'
And 50, throwing his head aloft, he walked
rapidly down the hill singing as he passeo
out of sight tbs song OF Autolycus-
jog on, jog on. the footpath way,
And merrlly hcnt the stile a
4 merry heart goes all the way;
Your snl tires in a mile Il.
That was how | made Curly's acquaint
ance: and. indeed, that was the first All,
last and only time | ever saw Donal,
Campbell untl-but must not anticipate
With reference to the remainder of on
journey
As in a theatre, tn, owes oil men.
After u.well-graced actor leaves the stage
.Arcidly bent on him that enters next,
Thinkn" his pra,tlc to Ike tedious;
Even so would the reader REGARD our nd
ventures at kimarn'ck as tedious and j,
relevant, 50 / pass lem by, and leave III
record for anothe: tim, and place.
In the next chapter l win take I'D I'll
thread of Cl:ly'' AL Willie's story as
came almos under M own personal COS
nza,cs, many II lols day after poor Of
Pike ;ud had parted company forever