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CARRIER BOY. globulin. THE MURDERED ACTOR. My friends never intended that I should follow the stage as a pro- fession. Tth considered them- selves above it, though for what reason I could not clearly under- stand, seeing that the position and comforts they enjoyed were deriv- ed front a fortune amassed by my father, who was himselfan actor. He died when l was very young, but the lalcnt which he possessed was supposed to have descended to me. There is no doubt nature intended me for a mummvr. ’l‘he thousand impudeni mocking antics of boyhood increased as I grew to man‘s estate. I used to take off, as it is called, everybody and every- thing to perfection. from the popu-. lar tragcdian of the day to Punch and Judy ; not a novelty frotn a street-cry too new tenor at Her Majesty’s, escaped me; and it was llie generally expressed opinion amongst my acquaintances that l was only fit for the stage. and should do no good at anything else. Yet my elder brothers and sisters, great people in their own ci:cle-â€"â€" would not hear of it; so I was eventually inslalled as a junior clerk in a government office. lit-re, however, my propensities soon, brought me to grief. Sundry over- heard dcrisivc imitations of my chiefs, mingled with impromptu ward aiices with ruler and dcsk ac‘ companiments. performed during the officehours, lo the immense de- light of my fellow clerks of my ownl age. chiefly brought about this re- sult. ltcprimand followed repri- mand, until it was politely intimat- ed that my resignation would be “capable. This was duly sent in, amidst a great storm in my family Now from what I may call the first of my laichkev days. l had con-. lracied many of tlicalriral friend- ships to which my Wcll~known name was a certain passport. l was free of nearly all the London theatres, before and behind the scenes. and many a time, for the fun of the thing, assisted in a spill and pelt crowd in a pantomime, or“ p ece requiring a multitude for a tliealricals of course were my hob- by; and, in the association for the encouragement of this amusement, to which I belonged. l was a lead- ing star. Thus, when my retire- ment from office begot so much in- dignation at home, I retaliated by indulging in my long pent up wish 'amoro, and veryihard work did I culiy about my doing so. The knowledge of :my determination, once circulatedé‘in the profession.| several engagéjpenie in the pro- ,pression ; and certainly vinces readilylofl'cred themselves. me more forcibly than ever done and two in Lori‘tlon. when I should before on going in front the first have served a fair, apprenticeship might after my arrival in Swelboro‘. in the country: ltvhic'h at that ' time was the real school for the London stage. At it, then, I went, can We had spent the afternoon togeth- er in the full enjoyment of each other's society, lwout Vi'llll him to his dressing room door, and then took my seat. to see part of the per- formance. They were doing a new piece. in which 1 had gained some reputa- tion in town, and tempting offers had been made by the manager for me to star m’the part at Swalboro’ for a week or two. This, however, was not my policy ; and I had re- sisted all his overtures- Dick con- sequeutlv hail retained his rol ': and l was a little curious to see whathe wouldth with it. As it was a favorite part of mine, mv adv verse criticism of his performance may possibly be attributed to the proverbial jealousy of the profession ldon‘t think it was however. be this as it may. my honest opinion my honest opinion is that. at the aforesaid dressing room door. I left an accomplished and refined gentleman, When the curtain rose upon the comedy, I saw before me, p in one word. a mere puppet. poss- played the Comedy of Errors, for essing not two ideas about the part many nights with great Success, be was playin". The onlv thing the parts of the "l‘wo Dromios’,lie did not lull in was his accrute of course being cast to me andlgel-up, so wonderfully like mine Richard llallerton. A mutual that had those been the days of understanding had existed be- photography it would have been tween us from the first time we scarcely possible lodisiinguish one met, and for several years we laid from the other, had we both been our plans so as to be engaged as taken in the same position. much as possible at the same thea- It was on walking home that ire, during which little we grew night. that poor I’lallerlon disclosed more and more appreciative ofeach to me the real slate of his finances, other, and a really very warm and touched me to the quick by friendship was the result. He, the unobtrusive and earnesilv poor fellow, ,neveande- mucbv pathetic appeal he made to me for way in the art. ll’is health failed help. Ah, my poor friend l thought him frequently; more than this, he I. it you could only speak in that married and had a family, and way upon the stage, you would having broken- ellirely with his very soon be able to do without my own people through his adoption of assistance, or that of anyone else. lhe stage as 8 meeSSl‘m. ll was 83 The result ofour conference was much as he could manage to keep that I promised him what he things going. I was not quite so required; but. as I knew I should badly off for private resources; be occupied the whole of the fol moreover, [ earned a larger salary, lowmg dav, [ arranged to bring, WlllCll enabled me 110‘ unfrefiuem hint the money (£30) to the theatre ly to be of service to him. At the the next evening. He resided in a clusc of a particulary arduous Lon- lonely 0Ul-Of-llie-Wfl)’ suburbâ€"gaps don season I returned to the fami- ofopen country, interspersed with liar locality of Swollboro'. This patches of brickficlds. heraldingthe find it. Still the love was there, and 1 hope the abiliiv. I played a round ofihc most ridiculously op- posile characters, from very old men down to very young ones; from grim warriors to the tenderâ€" est of lovers; from weird witches to a dragon in an extravaganza ; in short I served my time, and in due course achived a sufficiently prominent‘rank in my profession. It must be admitted that a theatri- cal company inibe country does not oflerto aman of any refine. mom a very large, field for the ac- quisnion of desirable friendships; yet I had formed one in the person of a young fellow of really good famin who had taken to the stage under not dissimilar circumstances to mine. in fact, we were rather alike in stature and person gener- ally, so much so that the manager oflbe Swellboro cirbuii took ad- vantage of this resemblance and inter- GENERAL ADVE 7 RTISER. TERMS $1.00 in Advance Whole No. 494. “ into another 0’ them betting houses for a year; and three \vceks after- wards, didn’t I see you a coming out o‘ Lington's with a mug on you more like an underlaker‘s than aâ€"Now, you'd best shut up. I don I wont no more 0’ your sermons here. v When I want to heartliat kind 0' game, I can 20 round the corner. You mind your ownâ€" 'l‘hisetlifyingconversaliou to which 1 had been an involuhlary listener, was hero brought to a conclusion, bv the shrill sound of the prompter’s whistle, and the noise and bustle ensuing upon a change of scene. I had arrived at the theatre. according to my ar- rangement with llallerlon, during the progress of the performance. He happened then to be on the stone, and l strolled down to the wing. It was whilst wailing as it chanced all alone. that I heard what passed on the other side of the flat. against which i was lean- ing. l paid no attention to this dialogue at the time, and it was only subsequent occurrences which invested it with anything like iuv tcresi for mo. \Vhen A [Iallerton came off, at the conclusion 'of the scene, as hcdid, by the entrance where l was standing, we walked away together on to the back of the stage. Nearly everybody was now engaged close down to the front, to that gentleman? what was it you said had been found in a brickfield? O. haven’t you heard, sirl terrible thing! only just dis- covered! Body found this morn- ing out in the brickfields, near the road leading to them new houses. mean little places, you knout. A good many gents from the theatre lodges out there. Beg your pardon, sir. not gents 0’ your standing, 1 don’t mean that. They tell me this was one ofihem; he that used to play the first young mam-Hall- erton i think they called him, Hall- erlon! exclaimed lspringing from my seat. What do you mean man 7 what do you say? Mr. Hallerion, found in the Brickheldsl Yes. sir; murderedâ€"dead. Great powers‘.[ I went on hardly able to under-' stand his words. Speak out, ex: plain yourself. Why he was my,‘ dearest friend i I only parted from him at tliisdoor late lasinight Yes. sir; that's what they say. He was alone as he crossed the brii'kfields, leastways, not quite alone neither; he’d got one companion, at any, rate, one too many for him. poor fellow.c)ntinued the waiter, and how much more to the the same purpose I know nonâ€"ho had said enough to take all thoughts of breakfast away from me. 1 inter: ruptod him, as may be imagined, by an earnest demand for his an? thorin for the name ofthe unfortux naie man, at the same time begun, ing for all details, which were only, to readily supplied, in such 3 Cir. cumslantial manner as loft little. doubt of their trulh. Yes, poor Richard llallerton had been found, as the waiter said brutally murder, ed; his body and the ground near him bearing strong evidences of a. struggle. The cheifcause of death appear-, ed to have been a heavy blow dealt by some weighty instrument at the, side of his head, but there were. marks also of strangulation, his neckcloih being twisted, as if it, had been used as a noose, A bunch of keys and a law coppch that 53, in lcclinical language. be; I WP“? 3” [hat “'35 f‘mnd “pmj him" fore the first grooves. and we were left by oursclves. Here are the notes dear old boy, said i, handing him the crisp little packet. Don‘t say a word about thanks; I am only too glad that it has p'eased the Fates to make me ab'e to help you. l hope it will put you straight for a time; at anv rate don't bother yourself by thinking how or when you are going to pay me; ifthc time-ever comes, when you are able to do so (and for your sake, I hope that it is not far off). as well and good. but, for the pre- sent, pray take it Without anything like a thought for the future. [lull- erlon was touched evidently bv what I said. murmuring many earriâ€" esl thanks as be squeezed my hand in reply. We Were soon interrupt- ed by the call-bov’s well-known words, You are called Mr. Hallcr- ion, upon which he walked hastily down the entrance. there to await his one. As I turned slowly to follow him, one of the carpenters, shirt-sleeved and white «taped. time, however, as a visitor to that fashionable watering place to re- cruit my health, give my razors a holiday, and study one 'or tvm new and important parts. My friend Richard llallerion was there as nsuual, slaving away in the old groove. He hal never risked his chances in Lomlon,and had sunk, l am sorry to say into a third-rate provincial actor. His family had increased. as wasto be expected, and with it his normal state of im- pccuniosily. This became more than usually apparent after our first meeting was over, and we had entered sotnovvliat into domcslic affairs. it appeared that he had been laid up for some months short- ly before this time, consequently his salarv had been stopped; and he had fallen deeply into arrear with his landlord. Credit to a cer- tain extent be had no difficulty in obtaining, as he was especially a favourite amongst all who knew lhim for his good nature and kind- ‘l.eartediiess. and seemed to be as permanentlv a part of the theatre as its chandelier or act-drop. There was no chance tor poor Dick Hall- erton running away. and no one feared that their pockets would eventually suffer. He had a hope- ful. 1 may even say a graceful. manner of getting over the impor- tunilies of creditors when they be- came pressmg. lnzleed, truth to tell, he was one of those (‘UflOIJS anomalies which are only to be met with in connection with the stage. Thoroughly gontlemanlike. somewhat good-looking, with a pleasant voice and manner, he gave you the idea in private life of being a man who would of nneces- siiy look well on the stageâ€"u jeunc premier, born and bred. But. alas and alasl once with lhe foollights between himself and an audi- ence. the whole bearing of the trap seemed to change. It was not that he lacked confidence. stage fright had long since disappeared. yet somehow or other his voice did not tell; he lost the entire grace of his to join the brotherhood of the sock and buskir. There was no diffi-thls make up, his face had no ex- tin. you promised you'd never 30' was that [heard you talking aim... hearing, and despite great skill in l altogether to my thinking, even fond of him as l was, he was one of the worst actors l ever saw. This fact struck erection of more tenements, emerged from a door in the set vened between it and the town, scene. close to which Dick and my which was now gradually out- self had held our short interview. growing itself. We shook handsl’l‘uis trivnl circumstance did not at the top of a road. still almosl 1 impress me, at the moment, and l rural. and which led across the only set it down here as a slight fleltis to the three or four housos, in thread thrown out to be taken up at one of which he lived. We pariedltbe proper time, as hearing rather with a hearty good-night. he, in importantly upon the fabric of my better spirits, as be said. than he story. When the performance was had been for months; but, for my- ! over for that night, the lights nearly self, well. I was not particularly/loll put out, the auditorium covered elated ; I felt that this kind of life i with the long dangling canvas. the could not last for him poor follow. stage cleared of its scenery, and And a foreboding of evil crept rwcr only now occupied by the night mo, mingled with a curious spec- fireman, who was lazily draggingr nlulive regret at the mysterious the snakeslike water-pipes across cause which seemed to operate so the boards,l idly lingered totake mv pertinaciously against his secesss friend’s arm, as far as his road and as an actor. mine lay together. He had boon l'tl tell you what it is, Jack. I engaged in the last scene of the must have that. money ; there's no last piece, and almost everyone mistake about it. You’ve been a had left ihe theatre by the limo promising and a promising, until I we emerged from the stage door. am pretty nigh sick of the word. into the dark drizzling night. A It seems as if you’d remembered carpenter putting on his coat and what they used to tell us at. school, hat, with his back towards us, was though I 'spe‘cts you liadnt much the only person in the ball as We 0’ your lurning from thereâ€"that passed out. Tile weather was on- some promises are made like pic- comfortable in the extreme, one of crust, only to be broken. Don’t I those soft greasy nights when you say you shall have it next wockf made, as the saying goes. two steps and I can’t do tnore- You csn’i backward for every one forward. get blood out of a stone. Next Indeed it was so bad that Hallerion week the Lancashire Spring would not allow HIP to walk to the Handicap comes off. l’ve had a corner of the road, where we had first-role lip; l’ve had a firSl-rale parted the previous evening, saying iii); he got my money on; and l ‘ It will be awfully muddy out of am safe to pull oil a pretty round the town, and so dark that you will sumâ€"when l‘ll pay all yourâ€" hardly find your way back.’ ldid calls at OUCC- Yes. you’ve 301 not press my company on him, for your money on; my money you the prospect was not inviting; it mean; and half a dozen other pco- was very late, the people at my ple’s money. What business has hotel seemed to be all in bed, so a chap like you to go belting? you my nroflbred glass of grog was re- know nothing at all about ltorsesâ€" jecied by [taller-ion. and we parted how Should You 9~And YOU gets at the door-steps of the inn. P00) taken in. and takln in. and loses fellow! llillle thought, as l sail almosl every year to keep a lal'L't? him disappear in the darkness. familv. You think you are very that We should meet no more l knowing about your tips, anl An earnest conversation in ii]! SlabIES. 53ml good lhmlls; bulif il coflee-room the following morninc Wam’lfm' What V0“ earns in ll“? between a waiter and one of the the-a-ire, through having your guests oftlie hotelâ€"a few words of head on the right way forlhal sort which 1 caughtâ€"â€"arrested my at of work, you’d have been lagged l tcnlion, and when the man began long ago. When l lent Y0n llle to serve my breakfast, 1 said, wlia‘ 's l but his pockets had been evidently rifled. for they were nearly every one of them turned inside out. Robbery obviously had been the object of the aSsassin ; bur it. was urged by those who knew Richard and his circumstances that the, villain could have obtained but a, poor reward for his desperate deed. ,- To be Continued. AN ELEPEANT RACEâ€"We were , great at; races in Rangoon, and the , ponies and horses that were turned out to say nothng of the amateur jockeys _ in their Calcutta colours, would have been a credit to any station. One of ‘ our days wound up with an elephant», race, for which twelve 01' sixteen of these. animals started, eac‘i carrying two. officers and a flag. Six hurdles were V erected for their benefit, and a. deep trench dug. A very spirited sketch by one of the riders, went. home by the. next mail to the Illustrated News, in. which the elephants were represented as; flying over the hurdles like horses; a slight exaggeration, and intended to be so; but which we found on enquiry that: . many people in England had taken for gospel truth l The real effect; though. widely different, was scarcely less ludi- crous. 'l‘he ponder-Otis racers, having started, went; plodding through the, trench, nearly upsetting all the jockeys, who were not accustomed to such up~and down hill work, and then trampling: down every hurdle which intercepted their path, gravely presented themselves before the winningpost, blinking their- little eyes and flapping their big ears, with a solemn want of excitement which. was killing. Only one, which was young and unused to noise and shouting, boult-., ed off the course,‘and approached with a, shamhl'ing gait, so near to the frail erec- tion which we called the grand stand, that the ladies were anticipating a sud- den overthrow, whichâ€"had he chosen to knock against one of the posts which; supported it 1 must inevitably have been . the result. BEES AT LARGE.-â€"-On the 19th of ' August a strange scene was witnessed in. the shop of a well known fruiterer and? dairynran of Bath. On the previous _. Saturday evening two hives of honey were conveyed to his premises, which, were duly secured after business hours, , and remained unopened till the following Monday mornlng, when, to the ainiize-. merit and discomforture of the proprie- tor and his family, it we; found that; the supposed suffocated bees had become rc-- suscitnted, and were as busy as bees can be, although confined within a fruiter’w window. The latter was a very unusuali and attractive spectacle to many of the public throughout the day; and al- though it is to be regretted that the worthy inmates experienced a loss of trade, and had several practical illustra- tions that bees possesses stings, it. is sat.- isfactorily to know that. as evening ap- proached, the bees returned to their hives. and long ere this, we fear, have met a fate too cruel for insects so indus: trious and provident as the English honey-bans " The llulllt: of the Abyssinian correspon- dent of th) Timesâ€"about which a. good deal of cuiiJsity is manifested-â€"-is Mix: Charles Austin. a gentleman well-known as one of the mest brilliant writers on the' Saturday Review. The Daily News having acquired new premises, and passed into the‘ hands of an enlar'red proprietiry, is only :twui‘ing the atrial of the recesm‘y Hoe inacliines from New York, before making a; fresh start it life as a penny daily paper. We may expect it to enter upon its new ,oireer at thqbeginnipg of 1,868. ; s