The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-14

GueullN sDcul tuelE VACATION.
With Dick two and two always made
five when it was to his own interest and
three whenever it was in the interest OF
anyone else; he never got beyond that
in science at Dublin You can imagine
him at the age of l., a we'll clad person
age, handsome, with sunny brown hair,
a cooked hat, a gold headed cane, a scar
let waistcoat, knee brooches, silk stock
ings, low quartered shoes, with silvea
buckles on them, and a short sword al
his side, the indispensable token of a
gentleman's full dress.
The Sheridans had some intimate
friends in the family of the Lindleys in
Bath, and Mr.. LindIey was the father of
three wonderful girls, the eldest of whom
was known as EIZa, Familiarity known as
Betsy, | can we'll imagine how the
clever young ladies Of the audience will
be startled when they near that the
LindIey girl, who was the greatest singer
then living, | suppose, was billed upon
operate ana concert bulletins of the
town, giving notice that she and her sis
tiers were TO appear AS Miss Betsy
Lindley What q change has come over
the world what young American lady
could hope TO gam prominence before
the public, in this line and hold it under
the ridiculous name of Betsy. She would
have TO be MademOiselle somebody or
go on the stage under some other fancy
name. Betsy Lindley was destined, how.
ever, to play a more important part in
the world than any OF these young
women OF high.sOundlng N Size had
many suitOrs who followed in her train,
and sought for her haDd. Among them
was one, DR.. Burke, a man then 80 years
| cf ara for IT WAS mon Ihpn fhblUhT lnlS
ual tor d man OF 90 to fail in owe with a
woman of 20. Her parents were deter
mined that oue should marry DR.. Burke,
| but she was not III love with him and did
not want 10 marry hIm. Another sutton
was Captain Madison, who was married
| but separated from his wife. ShegOeS with
her woes to a sister of Dick sheridan
and tells her of the troubles that her
parents intend her to marry one OF
these men and are prompted by mercen
airy motives The slstet goes TO her
bl mother DICK with the story, for a hun
dred years ago, as now, women could
| not keep secrets, and ASKS him for adj
wise. He advises that the girl fly to
| France until her suitOrs are forgotten.
And one summer afternoon at Bath APP
| peared in a long lane two women closely
| yelled, the two driving in a post chai5e.
| They are met by Richard BrInsley Sheri-
| dan, and the three drive rapidly away.
Iney take the train for London, where
| he secures rooms for Miss Lindley at the
| hotel and at this stage Of the flight he
COnsults the probability Of a scandal re-
sulting from their relations in travelling,
advised that they hasten to France and
there be married. She consents and they
start for Dover. Tney together cross
--- n~l r~0t, +hnir ~riro OF
Calais were married byl4 Roman Catholic
priest. There they remain and write to
their respective parents Of their situation.
Her missives are tear stained, while
his are stained with wine. At last
her father claims her and carries her back
to England to serve out her "apprentice
ship on the stage" and Richard is left
to raise the wind and get home as best
he can, as many young men to-day are.
After their return to England they are
not allowed to see each other, but he de.
vises a scheme to meet her. He takes
the part Of a cOachman n drives her to
the theatre, where she is singing in grand
opera. AS she alights from the carriage
he lets down the step and as she alights
her lily-white hand rests on his arm and
she assures him of her faitfulness.
They were soon after married at Dub.
lin according to the ceremony OF English
church and there took a cottage. Here
began the literary career Of Richard
Brinsley Sheridan. Here he was induced
to write and then was evolved the first
production of the two minds. The first
product is a farce for which their cam
pensation very much encourages them.
She tells him this is not the limit of his
ability, and advises him to try comedy.
Soon a comedy is produced and this also
is an instant success. Then they attempt
opera, he writing the librettO and she the
score. Thus began the brilliant career
in letters in which Sheridan antOnished
the world.
Sheridan's next step is to obtain a seat
in Parliament, which under the then eX.
listing state Of affair in England, was
accomplished by the purchase of forty
four voters, for the paltry sun of four
pounds five shillings. Shortly after
taking his seat in Parliament, he rises on
an important occasion TO speak, but is
overcome by his bashfulness. His knees
refuse to perform their duty, his tongue
becomes sadly too large for the aperture
of his mouth, his hands seem as if bound
to his back, and after several severe at
at articulation, he does the wise
thing and sits down.
This signal failure acted as an incentive
to determined effort, and by the aid of
his wife, after several years of deep
study by her Of voluminous papers re
gardlng tn. troubles then exciting
national comment and the public inter
est in India, she was at last enabled to
thoroughly comprehend the situation
which the members of Parliament gross.
ly neglected and seemed entirely indif-
ferent to. This knowledge and deep
thought she drilled into her husband,
whom she recognized in the beginning as
too indolent to investigate the ques
ton as it should be, and when the famous
trial of Lord Warren Hastings came off
Sheridan was the last prosecutor to ap
pear. There was the customary giggIe
and smoker on the side OF his oppo
and his friends shrank from the
room in disgust, but in a m all
not the Sheridan who had so
often before faced this great body with
scarcely the courage of a school bow,
but a man whose face blaZed with an IN
enthusiasm and determination, a
face that depicted thorough knowledge