The sun., 1888-04-22

WAY chsriss wsrdhs. s.ia rsoie ~ when
he Get Letter srea an A,bssseder.

he Get Letter ire. an Ambassador.
Charles wyndham, tho English comedian,
has Just been playing an engagement In 81.
Petersburg. and nt its close has been presented
by the Gear with n double ruby and diamond
ring. while Miss Mary Moore, one OF hie COM
pany, received from tho same person double
circle diamond brooch. The visit to Russia
was upon an invitation from the Gar. and was
prefaced by an intimation from the Russian
Ambassador In London that such an honor was
to be conferred. wyndham had had no pre-
vious notice OF tho Invitation, and when he re-
oelved the communication purporting to como
from tho Ambassador no looked 1t over, smiled,
winked. and as he handed 1t to his business
manager. J. L. Moore. said, significantly:
"Toolet"
whereat the business manager also smiled,
winked, shook his head, and remarked:
"Toole, for a certainty"
Then they consulted for while and decided
that Mr.. J. L. Toole had picked up the wrong
man upon whom to attempt a practical Joke
tom 'as' to the ee and N Walt to see
what % MSnd come next S was dnc3 with S33nslder 81 h
eSs ho and not
the product OF the comical brain Of Mr.. Toole.
The reason for oil of which suspiciousness Is
but away back thirteen years ago when the
elder Sothern was alive. and he and Wyndham
the thew Whole S United Kingdom. to % say nothing OF
being so Ingenious and fertile in Invention that
forksd tail and his horns had he submitted
himself to their maGhnntions. The story OF
tho great original Wyndham-Sothe trip to
Russia, as told bv tho London Sunday Tunes.
bears singular resemblance even In details to
the reality Of the present trip; -
actor with whom he was very chummy. and who
sss n S s aso A
"a another London thAn-
s %tS soSsrn
SutSesn on
other. the name being mumbled SO as to be too
the he cheerful habits Of Sothern when in ioyiai
mood among his riends I'm, y made out TIA,
then The Being bn Russian Ambassador to England;
tho. that view Of the cass. and sothern began 70 teiI
enoah to promise to use his infinence @ With the
Gear to got an Invitation for Sothern TO come to
sssss os f The and sss
into II so far as to answer merely yes and no to
1oap Tx sHes%s1sd sa
morrow to arrange details"
:. s%s S + q sslshssd SS have always Peaasd
Then ~, that settles it." said sothern. I'VE
hsn SSS sSS ssn ssS ss ss wsns
began to build grand castles upon the basis Of
their coming trip. sothern and nd Wyndham w en-.
energy and enthusiasm OF schoolboys, and
they sat up nearly all night talking 1t over and
arranged. should drop acting entirely and be-
come manager for Sothern and Wyndham. and
the affair was TO be engineered with The idsa g!
Petersbure as manager Of foreign attractions.
regular theatrical CAMPAIGN was mapped
EnElish stare wore re- ineludsd. !: 3 was 70 ar AZ.
!hs an Of and
petite ior ,he iofe: Ths next night Wypdham,
Which read and tSen
curiosity BY score Of little devices. but failed
to let him into the secret OF the mysterious
catch % eagerly % at sothern's whispered a question
the three came together ~ WV ~ ~
manner possibIe that the note % wgDdha% had
accompanying ring as souvenir Of the very
pleasing evening spent Pn n y9Sr nnd pa
certabie to t 4. B. I ''' " ~
,Wyndham explained that he had not shown
and said that he had asked the Count to excuse
Biz 1e
By Sa RSu P s i III s6 Fl w about
cid fellow shsnt be I;h
rel 's with thine me-" whereupon wyndham dashed bis
ss mshs OATH that It
and left the room There .Stsd was CONSERVATION
%But what-whnt is tho matter3"
mo matter what is the matter; you must
and me, / never wish to speak to sothern
4. b. protested that no foolish quarrel should
be allowed to @ interfere with the magniiaieSent
h9r and
besought Sothern to come down and make up
the quarrel, but WAS answered.:
1T is 81 impossible; never wish to see Wynd-
Several more trips back and forth were
s cause of the Quarrel. s Which was that Wyndha%
had accused him OF being, jealous, being told
@ sta sbe
wrapped up In the great Russian scheme to be
and 81 WITH until Until coeE
the morning, praying with him not to ruin all
Sf %sm ie
Ing note. drafted by A. B.:
DkAR S0rHRRs: am very sorry We hAvo had any
pleasantness night the fact of the matter
TO your supper irritable state Of mind had acted
srt9ton stthe Crystal Palace during the day and At
or course. very much obliged to you for your
ssance this Russian business aud hope now that
bygones will be bygoneR
P.S.-Dont forget about A. BIS ring. CIV.
A. B.. to make things sure. trotted over to
Sotherns place during the next day and re-
ceived an assurance that, In view Of this note,
| II would be all right, but In the evening down
came = hanson from the Haymarket to the
Standard with this note:
SIR: accept your apology. but never wish to see
your your Internal faco again. 60rHKRs.
A. b.. bewdered beyond measure yet did
not despair. and promptly began to engineer
| for meeting and reconciliation at a reception
that was TO be given that night at Wallis
MacKay's
MY dear follow" he protested, you must
we must not let such grand thing as this
Russian business come to grief through q
'Wvndbnm smfyarad b,n,aaf m hs ner.uadad