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lard -Breckinridge proceedings. From the testimony adduced there is material sufficient to electrty the imagination of any reali1t If zola, 0uida, Tolstoi and others could find fame and for tune from portraying character us it is, and not as it should be. why should not some writer sift the evidence of this Washington trial and rear the structure of realism one peg higherP Would not snch theme be real enough? Surely the newspapers have been flooded with matter appertaining to it it has opened the hyways of dis tussion in the pulpit and among the laity; it has sown tho germs of discord in various clubs, social, political aud otherwise; it drew from the tribunal of justice scathing rebuke on the nor bid curiosity of the general public, and it elicited from the stage tempting offer to one of the principals to appear before the footlights Are not these points the essentials of realism, and are they not the clements of sensational ism-the elements that tend to the financial success of book?
 We do not apprehend that such q theme would be valuable to English literature, nor do We commend the idea io the purists, the morahsts, or the re- formers, but as business speculation to satisfy the morbid curiosity of those to whom the place of trial was too dis tant, the theme seems to have its mer- its. What could be more delectable to the morbid curiosity fend than to gloat over the character of man of brilliant mental equipment, eloquent, outwardly happy respected by the bar by the church, by the country, trusted by all, and yetunder this serene exterior to be burning with fear of exposure for fault Would this be enough, or would it not add to the character to throw 6 few faggots of mysterious pow CT on the fire that burns within him? {? He then could appear as one dragged down from his exalted position, not willingly, not voluntarily, but by a strange, irresistible influence exercised over him by 8 woman And then what an edmirsbls field lies open in which to depict the character of this woman, what study 1t affords, what nice discriminatons are offered in such @ portrayal The woman, one of uu- usual intellectual attachments, emotion al, possessed of an unnatural power, . power of wAich she is entirely ignorant, artIessly, inuocantly, eatangles the elo- quent man in the net of reproaeh from which neither she nor he can be disen- tangled.
 ' This theme with the title, 'Hefo, or Heroine, Which s' would certainly be rich food for the "disgusting, morbid earnestly" that Judge Bradley referred to. and it would bring m the "scads to the realist who should essay to write such a novel
 ! How naturally would such a book be adapted to the stage, how easy to ! dramafize is.
 | Act l. scene IA beautiful Ken lucky home-the home of man uni yersally esteemed, man in public life, surrounded by children and happines. and chosen by his fellowmen to repre-. sent them in the National legislature.
 Scene 2:-A female seminary;a love 1 ly school girl in trouble; she is under ! promise to wed maa who is gener ously paying for her education, but sb, is disinclined to observe the obligation and seeks the advice of the eloquent Kentuckian.
 Scene 3:-The lovely school girl in nocently bewitohes the Blue Grass ora. tor; he yields to the winsome smile, bi, spirit is under the charm and like th, fairy queen of midsummer nght'i dream he sips from the fount Elysium The curtain falls and in the next ac' rises to disclose the picture of mar yainly striving to sorget the dream seeking to hanish it from his sight, i'm ploring relief. The beauty of tn, dream IS gone and in it's place th, hideous spectre of upbraiding con science is leading him, dragging him |, exposure. He summons all his vii power, oyerthows the hideous spectre and assumes the role of tho good mar again. And the lovely school girl but this is further on. We merel, wished to peep behind the scenes O possibility and steal glimpse of thu future By all means if this morbi, curiosity is to be satisfied let it be sat isfied soon, let some roalist seize tn idea and write the novel and then le us have the stage version with all tn trimmings, red lights, blue lights, etc
 We then will guarantee that the nor bid curiosity fend will be GO sated tha
 his death may be relied upon.
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