The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-10

possessed more mirfA o. humor than Of
heart. was a good companion. plant.
courteous. discreet and able 60 forgive
and forget an injury, yet never able 20
unite himself with thase who oyerxtepped
the limits OF the right. the good and The
bec0min9.
Conceive . prince sueh a. ] have paint
81 him. and tina. his father suddenly dies
Ambition and love OF men are not the
passions thai inspire him. As king s
son he would have been contsnted. but
now he is frst constrained to consider the
difference which separates a sovereign
from subject. The crown was not her
editary. yet bis fathers longer possession
Of IL would have strengthened the pre-
tensions Of an only son. and secured his
hopes Of succession. In place Of this he
now beholds himself excluded by his un-
Gle, in spite of specious promises. most
probably forever. He Ia now poor In
goods and In favor, and a stranger in the
scene which from youth he had looked
upon as his inheritance. His temper now
assumes its first moasnfri tinge. He
fesls that now be is not more. that he is
less. than a private nohieman: be Offers
himself as the servant Of every one. he
Is not courteous ard condescending he u
needy and degraded
His past condition he remembers as a
vanished dream. IL IL in vain that his
uncle strives to cheer him. TO present his
situation tn another point OF view. The
feeling OF bis nothingness Will not leave
him.
wounded deeper bowed stu more. IL
was the marriage of his mother. The
faithful. tender son had yet mother
when the father passed away. but his
mother, too. he loses. and II is something
worse than death that robs him OF her.
The trrstfui image which good child
loves to form Of its parents - gone. With
the dead there Is no help, on the living no
hold. New only does he feel completely
bowed down. now only orphaned. and no
happiness of life can repay what he has
lost. Not reflective or sorrowful by ma
ture. rejection and sorrow have become
for him heavy obligation. II In thus
that we see him nrst enter the scene.
Figure yourselves this youth. this prince
OF princes: conceive him wildly. bring his
state before your eyes. and then observe
him when he learns his fathers spirit
walks. stand by him In the terrors OF the
night, when even the venerable ghost
appears before him. He ss seized with
boundiess horror: he speaks to the mys-
FERROUS fern: he sees IL becken TO him;
he follows and hears The fearful aecu-
sation Of HIS mother rings In his ears. the
summons TO revenge and the piercing.
And when the ghost has vanished. who
In II that stands before us7 A young hero
painting for vengeance? A prince by birth
rejoicing TO be called to punish the usurp-
er OF his crown7 No. trouble and aston
ishment take hold Of this solitary young
man. he grows bitter against smiling vii
lains. swears that he will not forget the
spirit and concludes with the significant
ejaculation
THE time is out of joint, q cursed spite,
That ever was born TO set II rightr'
l think, In the present ease. Shakespeare
meant 10 represent the effects of great
action laid upon soul unfit for the per-
formance of IL There is an oak tree
planted In a costly jar. which should have
borne only pleasant flowers in Its bosom:
the roots expand the jar Is shivered
A lovely. pure. noble and most moral
nature, without the strength of nerve
which forms a hero, sinks beneath a bur
den IL cannot bear, and must not cast
away All duties are holy for him; the
present is too hard Representatives, have
been required Of him-uot in themselves
impossibtiit.es. but such for him. He
winds and turns. and tornents himself
he advances and recoiis; rs ever put In
mind, ever puts himself ia mind az last
does all but lost his purpose from his
thoughts. yet stili without recovering his
peace Of mind.--t'oethe's Wilhelm Meis-