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CANADA, FAIR CANADA 
 
 
 A MODliRX RUM ANTIC TRAGEDY 
 
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 A. E. DK GARCIA. 
 
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 TO UK OIITAINKIJOF 
 
 MONTREAL SHORTHAND INSl IIUTK and 
 BLSINKSS COI.LKCK, 
 
 13 McGill Collcije Avenue, Montreal. 
 
 PRICE, 25 Cents. 
 
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 Kntered accon inu to Act of the I'jiliamcnl of Canada, 
 
 in the year 1902, 
 
 by A. K. DK (Jarcia, 
 
 at the Department of Agiicultiirc. 
 
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 &-&4K^ 
 
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 AC'l' I -I.ove Defiant 
 
 ACT II - I.ove Thwarted 
 
 S( KNK 1— Appeat to [>uty 
 SCKNK II— Appear to I'ride 
 SCKNK III- Appeal to l.ove 
 
 ACT III— Love Suffering 
 
 SCtINK ; A Fathei > f^-^cf 
 SCKNK II A Debacle 
 
 AC'l IV'—I.ove TTininphant 
 
CAST Ol CIIAKAC1I.RS : 
 
 JlA.NCllu|•l^^AI, President of the (;icat Canadian lians- 
 portatinn C<, 
 
 IIk.vkv Kincmi akt, dealer on ClianKC. 
 
 Okikgk KiNCiiii akt. his son. 
 
 1>R. Joi.v, Chopincau ■> family Dhysician. 
 
 Jacc.m i;s DfVAi , ir, love with Juliette 
 
 I'Ai'i- Fki-.nk.tti:, 
 
 M. Fkkni ill; 
 
 I.KKKAI . 
 FORNIN. 
 
 Lady Rivkks. 
 
 Jamf.s, Lady Rivers' Butler. 
 
 I'OI.K-KMAN O I AKKI I.I.. 
 •Mr.S. IIi;NK\ KlNGIII-AKT. 
 
 Ai.iCK, Chopincau s daushler. 
 Jii.iKTTK, her sister. 
 .NLme. Frksettk, 
 Si SAN, Lady Rivers' NLiid. 
 Jeannk, Juliette's maid. 
 
 Brokers, clerks, ushers, messenger boys and dealc 
 on 'Chanfje ; women and servants. 
 
 lers 
 
 TiMK— 1902. 
 SCENK— Montreal . 
 
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 ACT I Love Defiant. 
 
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 'IlMK. -VVif ),i, • ■ MAy. 
 
 SciNK : Siniif) ,sly Apfutinlci oj/ue of Jr<in Clwpine.iu 
 (IS head of the G. C. '/'. Coinftany Enter Jaiqucs. 
 
 I \c (.1. Nobody in! Not ;m otfioe-ho) arouiul ! In a swell 
 suite of oCfiies like tl.is there siiould he two or three, i/.ooks 
 lit clotk) A (juarter to ei^ht I ana Juliette said, ,ier father 
 always reaches otitice early. 1 don't want the old man to 
 find me here. He owes me no kind feelmj^ for threatening; 
 to expose him eavesdropping on (ieor^je and Alt. e at Latiy 
 Rivers ball, and minht want to know what I was doin^ iiere 
 so early, hailing to x:et a j;ood reason, he mi^-ht give me 
 the boot. Or he nji^ht think I ( ame to demand lilaokniad. 
 I would sooner have the kickinj-. The ti( ker - I am to look 
 at the ticker and see what the market price of G. C. 1". is. 
 Was It "ticker" or " tick-tacker " Jidiette saidr No,it must 
 have been 'dicker." I wrote it down on my wristb.ind. 
 '•Look at ticker and tint! out (|untation." What in thunder is 
 a ti( ker '. \ hi\e heard a wit< h so designated by some fri- 
 volous people, .sothinj- resembling a watch is here. Juliette 
 could not have sent me on a dunce's pil^jrima^e : it would 
 be just like her, alv.ays up to some new fancy. -No, I think 
 she was serious this time. I wanted to ask very much what 
 a tu ker was, but it wouldn't do to betray my ignorance-she 
 has such a high opinion of mv talents. — How near I was 
 betraying myself I I thought it a'ioke at first until she added 
 ih.it her father was to-day going to make a settlement of 
 stocks and bonds at their par value and shr wanted tc cal- 
 < ulate their present market woith. My quick wit turned it 
 nicely when she asked me why I laughed. ' Oh, no, you 
 don't. Your ogre of a father sha'n't catch me in his den ' 
 He might do like that other ogre in Fuss in lioots- turn 
 me into a mouse and eat me.'" And here I am right in the 
 den : The good (lod grant he may not catch me and eat 
 me.— An office boy, aw office-boy, my forth-coming novel 
 tor an office boy : If there is one he is either in the elevator 
 getting a free ride and trying the patience of the elevator- 
 man, or he IS down in the engine-room, or in the hall teas- 
 ing the girl at the cigar counter, or out on the street— anv 
 where, except in the office where he ought to be. 'I hat was 
 the •••'e when I was an office-boy.— Here is a pretty dilem- 
 ma am to look at the ticker, and I don't know where tc 
 
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 CANADA, lAIR CANADA. 
 
 find the ticker, and there's nobody to show it to me, and that 
 Old 1 urk, Chopineau, will be here upon me soon.— Ah, here 
 IS somebody at last. 
 
 {Enter Footman) 
 
 Foot. The boss in .' 
 
 JACQ. Not yet, monsieur. 
 
 Foot. When he comes in, give him that letter. .Sfe you 
 do It, now. V 7 « 
 
 JAC(^ He'll get it, sir 
 
 Foot. It's ftom Lieutenant (Jobin, and it is important, 
 ail light -hay fellow, who makes your clothes '. The same 
 tailor what makes the (iovernoi -General's, I guess. Come 
 around and I II introduce you to a swell tailor. 
 
 JACQ Thank you ever so much. Does your master tra- 
 vel for him and carry you round like a wooden model, to 
 show the clothes on .' 
 
 Foot What's that ? It's a mighty good thing for you, 
 fellow, I m in a big hurry. I wouldn't dc a thing to you. 
 
 jACg That will do, run away now. 
 
 Foot. What's that ? You come outside and you'll see 
 who II run away. You wouldn't be able to run no place 
 when I was done with you. There wouldn't be nothing left 
 but clothes and a pool of blood. But you have got a bloom- 
 '5f.r/y) * °" '*°"'' '*"°''' ''''^" •'"" ^""^ talking to, fellow. 
 
 jACQ. Impudent scoundrel ; but what more can one expect 
 from a servant of (iobin. Like master, like man.— An im- 
 pudent, bullying, bragging swaggerer, that fellow Cobin, 
 who does not think 7//« ordhnhe of himself, parades his 
 wealth and spends with the lavishness of an Eastern poten- 
 tate. Ha ! an aspirant for Alice's hand, (ieorge's rival 
 and the girl's detestation. Well, I wish her better luck — 
 
 I J'j',^"P®''!*',^P^*^'""* "'^'^**' ^'i^*« oftlcesof Chopineau ' 
 Ididnt think he was so magnificently installed as all this- 
 huch an air of solidity and comfort in the furnishings of 
 simple grandeur in the decorations ; everything suggesting 
 the wealthy, substantial enterprising concern behind it-the 
 (.reat Canadian Transportation Company with its millions 
 Kvery desk and chair tells a story-vast trade promoted, 
 human industry increased a thousand fold, splendid levia- 
 than, ocean goiUK boats with their immense cargoes and 
 thousands of employes dependent on them, hundreds of 
 merchants on one side of the water brought in touch with a 
 toi responding number on the other. Well, what wealth 
 

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 can do: Now this is inspiring.— What a contrast to the 
 use that fellow Gobin puts his— with his clubs, fine clothes, 
 expensive wines, abundant and costly food, liveried servants 
 and the rest. — Blucher or night ; an office boy or the ticker, 
 I don't care which.— Eight o'clock, and that much abused,' 
 much kicked, much hurried, much delaying, much worried, 
 much mdependent, freak of humanity and embryonic busi- 
 ness personage, the office-boy, hasn't put in an appearance 
 yet. My memory goes back to the time 1 was an office-boy 
 and to the day in particular old Daniels gave me the sack 
 for writmg an apostrophe to that dear old bald head of his. 
 Well, this IS the only ticking or clicking thing that I see 
 here, and it is spinning out white ribbon. One might think 
 Chopineau in the riblion busines, instead of the shipping 
 business— Paper— well that's belter. Holloa ! Printed on 
 one side, 'A.K. 102; M.P. 100,118^'. What does that say, I 
 wonder .-" One of those odd cable messages they send in 
 cipher from the other side to mystify the public and hide 
 from them their rascalities, 1 suppose. Well, time hangs 
 iieavily on my hands and fear on my mind. I'll employ 
 the one profitably, and dispel the other gradually by turning 
 off a stanza or two,— or let me see,-bv the way, to-day is 
 Juliette s birthday. .She'll expect something effusive from 
 me. What shall it be ? .An apostrophe to Caprice 
 would not be inappropriate— sending me all this blooming 
 way down here to look up stock quotations.— It never rains 
 but It pours. A moment ago, there was m t even an office- 
 boy. Now all Montreal is trooping in at the door. 
 
 {Enter Freneffe, Mndame Frenette and Paul) 
 
 Fren. Aren't you going to ask them what they want, 
 Paul i ' 
 
 Paul. Don't worry yourself, father. They know what 
 ttiey want. They want to see the boss. That's only a few. 
 VVait a little while, and that anteroom will be so crowded it 
 will look like a free dispensary, each one waiting his turn 
 Anything I tell them won't have the same effect as a word 
 from him. When he comes he may not see one— may order 
 tbem all sent away, but if I tell them to g^, they won't mind. 
 They prefer to wait. 
 
 Frkn. .And do they all come here to put money in the 
 business .' 
 
 Paul. Most do, but some don't want anything, and come 
 because they haven't anything else to do. 
 
 {En'er several persons) 
 
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 CANADA, FAIR CAN \ DA. 
 
 I ST WOM. Pray, can you tell me when Monsieur Chop- 
 ineau will be in ? "^ 
 
 Paul. It is his hour, madame. He is not down yet. but 
 1 expect hiin in at any moment. He comes early to busi- 
 ness, so you'll not have Inn^ to wait. 
 
 IST WoM. Thank you. I shall await him, then. (Ex//) 
 Haul. Please take seats in the ante-room. {Exeunt 
 
 ^i/icrs.) One moment, father. {To Jacques) Can I serve 
 
 you in any way, sir.' 
 
 jACg I beg your pardon. 1 came to look at the ticker 
 anil hnd out the present worth of (l.C.T. 
 
 Paul. Y&s s,\r. {Uok/n^ a/ /ape) It is now 135. 
 
 jAcg. And to think I xvas sitting next to the ticker and 
 di.ln t know. \ou may well smile. Friend, if my ignorance 
 of what I suppose is a common appliance in the domains of 
 speculation seems appalling, know that my whole life has 
 been passed amid surroundings and in pursuits quite the 
 reverse to those here. 
 
 Haul. 1 am a country-boy myself, sir, if that is what 
 you ^mean. These are my parents who just came to town 
 
 jAcy. What is the name ? 
 
 Fren. Frenette, sir. 
 
 J ACQ I ani always glad to meet anyone from the coun- 
 try. monsieur Frenette .... I am charmed, madame. 
 
 Fren. We have come to live in Montreal. 
 
 jACv. Not for yood, I hope. 1 will not allow you to tell 
 me you are going to prove fickle to your past friendships 
 -and associations. u^mps 
 
 Fren I did not want to sever them, sir, but Paul beet-ed 
 us so hard to sell the farm and move in town. 
 
 jAcg. My impression is it was very unwholesome advice 
 monsieur Paul. ' 
 
 Fren. That is what I thought, but he told me so many 
 people were getting rich out of this concern, and as I ain 
 growing too old to work, I thought I may as well put my 
 money where I would be sure of laying by something for me 
 and the old woman. What do you think of the company! 
 
 JACQ. Oh. it's safe enough. You run no risk in puitina 
 your money in it. It is not that I alluded to when I said 
 Paul had given you unwholesome advice. Jlut think what 
 Jt IS to give up the sweet, unperverted, free life, and the loykl 
 
CANADA, KAIR CANADA. 
 
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 friendships, of the country for the tyrannyzing convention-, 
 the artificial advantages, therorriiptinj; influences, the sham 
 amities, the petty envies and jealousies of the city. Doesn't 
 even all this magnificence seem hollow and false and ensnar- 
 ing and treacherous alongside the solid, permanent worth of 
 the country ? 
 
 Paul. Why did you leave it then, sir ? 
 
 Mmk. Fren. Paul, Paul where is your manners? h\ 
 the truth, what the gentleman says, and, Lord I he talks so 
 beautifully, I could listen to him all day. 
 
 J ACQ. You do well to ask me why 1 deserted the country 
 for the town, Paul, and I confess that I h ive only this palttv 
 excuse, that scope for satisfying ones love of study book's 
 and the rest— can be found only in town. 
 
 Mme. Fren. i hope you'll mind what the gentleman 
 says ; he has given you such good advice. 
 
 Jac(j. Oh, I am sure Paul does not need my advice. I 
 never fear for a country youth. The wholesome training he 
 receives naturally disposes him to retain that freshness, that 
 wholeness of heart which stands him in good stead in resist- 
 ing the temptations of the city. Above money, above ships 
 and cotton, and gram and iron is a guileless heart, is it not 
 so.'' I trust that that is the lesson you have learnt from 
 
 (^ood-bye, monsieur 
 
 (jood-bye, monsieur 
 
 your minute observations here. Pan 
 Frenette, may we meet again 
 
 Fren. j 
 
 Mme. Fren. ""i 
 
 JACQ. My name is Duval— Jacques Duval— and 1 shall 
 be glad to shake hands with you at anv time. Oh, by the 
 way, Paul, here's a letter for monsieur Chopineau which 
 Lieutenant Gobin's footman brought before you came. 
 ,u^^^'^i /i'h;ink you, sir. {E.y// facques) Well, that fellow 
 thinks he s the chief bower, but, he : he : not to know a 
 ticker from a gas pipe beats me. 
 
 Mme. Fren He's a nice gentleman, just the same, and 
 there was lots he said I wish you would take heed by. 
 Fren. Ma is afraid of you in this wicked town, Paul. 
 
 Paul. I guess I am twenty-one and big enough to take 
 care of myself. 
 
 I' REN- Well, he did make me kind o' regret I sold the 
 farm now. 
 
 Paul. Regret what ? What are you afraid of, father ? 
 
 Fren. Well, boy, it is all I have in the world, remember ; 
 
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 CANADA, KArR CANADA. 
 
 pSorihoUr ''*'' '°"' ^'' P^--*^"'^ -i" have to go to the 
 
 Sel' wTcre?v:"Ir"v'v/";"uf ; '''* ^^^''^^^ '^ ^" ««fe- 
 «very day. I am «oinl to Se i llh"^ «°'">' "P '''»•''=•• 
 ha-e been working hard al vou> Mrt 5 !"^" "^ y°"- ^'"^ 
 know that -and uhat Inn iL^ ^u'*"'^ '""« enough-you 
 
 after so man? yea s s,S 'b^^^'^ "°' been able to accomplish 
 The boss is Alri«ht He t^f T'*''^ '^"^ ^^^ '" * ''«'« t""*- 
 
 can make "'on^^y'^he^^otdTe sTcr^H^^r^- "' 
 talkinif to Dr loli- vvk-„ »i1 j • ' "^"^^ "« 'S nowv 
 
 up to him anV ;odice vo u »o h'*''' '\^°"'^' I'll take you 
 your pile and he 'l eN you wl,a? h^; h"" '^^I! -^''^ ^^"^ 
 yon worry. ' "*' "® "" do with it. Don't 
 
 {£n/er Chopineau and Dr. Joly) 
 
 Chop. 
 soul— 
 
 ^'AUL. 
 
 ■ Chop. 
 
 Paul, send all those people away. I won't see a 
 
 Yes, sir, but the— 
 
 But the devil : Send them all a ..ay, I say 
 
 intoa-siatt" mT^Z^.o:\:^:^oxTt\^ ^°""l|f "P 
 btr vihriTo-uT - F --^-'^ -nTge^'u'n^tS? 
 by any sm oSense .edlno '"V^"'"''^'^ *° ^^ ^^^'''^^ ^-"v 
 you do the ^Sar act an"^ exc.tement, I would make 
 satisfactorily. ' ^" °'" ^^^'^ ""»'! you did it 
 
 paSeTeto^p^u^rsr/harcotTeiTi^f^"^'?'^ ^'''^^■'^-- "f 
 want? -^*'ne t renetU) What do these people 
 
 PAUL. My father and mother, Mr. Chopineau. 
 motherrPauI."" """' '"'^^'' ^" ^"«- >-- father and 
 Fren. How do you do, Mr. Chopineau ' 
 t^HOP. Are you well, madame ' 
 
 \:^r!^ S.S'?; ;i;!^^;;s;eS;er ^^^ ^^-"-'- 
 
 do';omething7orTou°''"^ * ^^^'"^^ "^^ ^^^^ ''"e caa 
 
 CHOP I^?" '"^^ ''^'^ "'" ^^™ ^^ ' »°'d y°"' sir- 
 PAUL Ye"s!sTr'"'' "'"' ''°'' '" °"^ "^""P^"^ ' 
 
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CANADA, KAIR CAN^".)A. 
 
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 Chop. Well, take monsieur F ren^tte to Sanuielson and 
 nave everything fixed up—Haul will introduce you to niv 
 oroker, M. P renette. who will treat vou all right, I promise 
 you {To Paul) Tell Sanuielson to let his commission ^o 
 tnis time, and that anything he does for your father I w 11 
 consider a personal favour. 
 
 Fren. How is Paul getting on .> Is he learning the 
 business fast ? 
 
 Chop. Oh, he's getting on first rate. He's a reliable, 
 nard-working young man, and some day when I retire fro:a 
 the presidency, I hope to see him take my place. 
 
 Mme. Fren. And is he behaving himself? 
 
 Chop Oh, yes. He's sober and honest and keeps awav 
 trom bad associates.— What do you think of Montreal r ' 
 
 Fren. My : but it is a big town. 
 . Chop. [Lauf^lnns:) That's so, and Paul and I are go. 
 ing to make it bigger, aren't we, Paul ? Well, you'll excuse 
 me. I m very busy liut come up to my house and see me. 
 1 II have more tmie there. Paul will bring you up. (7ood 
 morning. ^ ' 
 
 Fren. (Jood day, sir. 
 
 Mme. Fren. (;ood day and thankye, sir, for all vou 
 have done for Paul . .^ > . . 
 
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 Chop. .Send away all those people out there, Paul 
 am too busy to see anybody. 
 PAur,. Yes, sir. 
 
 {Exeunt Frenetic, Madame Frenette and Paul.) 
 
 Chop. You see how it is, doctor. They won't let me 
 have a moment's peace and yet you expect me to be as 
 composed as a m. - iient. 
 
 Dr. J. Yes. : 
 
 Chop. One mou.ent. Stet>s to door) Paul : Paul : 
 
 Paul {Within.) Sir! 
 
 Chop. Don't go away without giving me my letters. 
 
 {Re-enter Paul) 
 
 Paul. Yes, sir. Here they are, sir. - The one without 
 the stamp Lieutenant Gobin's footman brought. 
 
 Chop. H -m : Thank you, you may go. (Exit Paul.) 
 Ves. you'll want me to believe I am going to die soon, 
 doctor. 
 
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 CANADA, KAIk CAN \ DA. 
 
 Choi-. Vou doctors are such alarmists. The Chinee 
 are the only people who know how to put a proper value on 
 you. I hey fee you as long a. they are in health, and sto 
 paying yoi. when they fall sick. ' ' 
 
 ■i.?-"^' • ■ /^. ^^''''''r '''i''' , y"" *''^' ""' 'vo^'h is best apprc- 
 P .nlh V ?' ^"'/^°" ' y°" «e ">^' ">eir plan placed us 
 even above Nature They so far mistrust her ability to keep 
 
 hem sound that the> pay us most during the verv\ me "e 
 is giving them best service. 
 
 Chop. Ha : Ha : Ha! I must say that that is an 
 original way of looking at it.- Well, if is only a ligh pain 
 an?th!n;'more."' '"" '"" "^-'^" '" ^"" «-'«/eratiSg it'into 
 
 Dr. J. Ye3, but imprudence may develop that little trouble 
 mto something worse. Therefore, I ins^t. you be always 
 as cool and composed as possible. Avoid worry Exer- 
 cise the utmost caution you can. 
 
 Chop. Very well, doctor. I shall take your advice and 
 endeavour to be more careful in future. 
 
 iJurf'Jl- ^'''^''^'"^"t 's no friend to a recovery of the 
 hearts tissues, and you may be laid up for a time, if some- . 
 thing more serious does not occur.- Otherwise you are in 
 good health, and, 1 must say, in excellent spirits! too. As 
 ong as you are careful and composed and do not let 
 business trouble you, there is no reason why you may no 
 live as long as— well Methusaiah. ' 
 
 Chop, No, please not that long, doctor. 
 Dr. J. Well, good.vxning. 
 
 Chop. Good bye doctor. (ICx/f Di . folv ) Well 
 suppose It IS the subject the lieutenant broached to n,e at 
 ^f.'^^ '^':;^j:i ^^^^ ^'^^^ ^^ ^^"'e^ about now. (Reads 
 Iclier) The sentiments of esteem and attachment " 
 ■ •'. ■ ■ ^;t "v, ■ ,'*^,^°s as if taken from a ready letter- 
 writer. Well, that's something for Alice." She's a lucky 
 ijirl. He's a good catch with his three millions ^ 
 
 (Enter Alice) 
 AtjCE Papa, ha; I.ady Rivers called? I promised to 
 formehtre"!^ to-morrow with her and she was to call 
 
 Chop. No my dear, she has not been. I am glad you 
 have come, though. I have some good news for fou 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 15 
 
 AlICK 
 
 Chop. 
 terest you. 
 
 Ai.ici; 
 Chop. 
 Alice 
 Chop. 
 
 Al.ICK 
 
 Chop. 
 
 Al.ICF, 
 
 What is the good news, papa ? 
 
 Here is a letter I received to-day tliat may in- 
 
 J 
 
 From whom is it .' 
 
 From Lieutenant (;ol)in. 
 
 Oh: 
 
 You seem to know what it is about ? 
 
 I can guess. (Reads) 
 
 What do you think of the lieutenant's ofifer r 
 
 Tlie lieutenant honours me, indeed. —When you 
 write him, papa, advise him to change his letter-writer ; 
 this style is all too mixed up. 
 
 Chop. You will accept, of course.' It is the chance of 
 your life. 
 
 Alick You know, papa. I have no ambition to be a 
 soldier s widow. Suppose he should be sent to the war and 
 be killed. 
 
 Chop. Nonsense. I shall write to tell him you accept. 
 .■\i.lCK. You must be in a great hurry to get rid of me. 
 .\re you weary of me ? 
 
 Chop. It is the lieutenant who is in a hurry. Probably 
 he IS afraid somebody may get ahead of him, and snap up 
 such a rare jewel, if he is not expeditious. 
 
 .Alice Dear me. My father is in the humour for com- 
 pliments to-day. 
 
 Chop Y <u speak as if praise from my lips is a rare ex- 
 pref^sion. 
 
 Alice . .>, papa, it is not ; I will admit. You are the 
 kmdest and most chivalrous of fathers— except when you 
 want to have your way about something — and then — 
 
 Chop. And then— 
 
 .Alice You are simply horrid. 
 
 Chop. I warn you I have my horrid mood on no,>- then, 
 for 1 want to have my way in this. 
 
 .Alice In what ? Oh, I forgot ; we were discussing the 
 lieutenant's precipitancy. How old was mamma when you 
 were married ? 
 
 Chop. Your mother was just your age— eighteen. Why 
 do you ask .'' 
 
 •Alice Well, that is too young to make a sensible mar- 
 riage. Now, I know why I was born with so little sense. 
 
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 CANADA, FAIR CANAUA. 
 
 Cho.'. That is a leflection on your parents, mv dear. 
 My daughter .5 not in the humour for con^phmentstoday 
 \\ eli. you ought to jump ;t ihis offer. Mrlny a girl would 
 be proud of such a husband, Alice. ^ 
 
 Alice Any jjirl can have him and welcome. I wish I 
 Knew one who would take him off my hand^ - What is 
 there to be proud of, papa. = »natis 
 
 Chop. He has position, wealth, influence— 
 
 Alice The big three, the great social trinity -if the 
 .eutenant has pos.t.on, we.ith%nd influence Mia^en^ 
 I yould beaone-s.ded bargain and I couldn't lend mysef 
 to a y cheatmg transaction, you know, father. ^ 
 
 Choi- I mean' to settle $500,000 on each of von 
 l^ery'Jespea'^^' ^'^" youm/e equal to thelStelr^n 
 
 1 am doing SrS.' ^'^ >—'f- '"V -count, father. 
 
 Choi- Con e, come, I haven't time for sport -It is mv 
 ^v.sh you become the affianced of Lieuten.?,.t Gobi,r7t 
 ..II be my greatest happiness to see hiu, your iSusbS one 
 
 Alice Him my husband, father : 
 
 father was a vde canteen man. 
 Choh. What has that to do with the son .- 
 Alice Truly nothing, I grant you that. Hut it has -» 
 
 f::L '" '° ""' "''^ "°'"^" ^^^""' ^"'-»' son is Peeking 
 
 A man whose 
 
 his money 
 
 to wed 
 
 Chor Nobody here knows or cares how 
 came. ^ ou are too nice about such things. 
 
 Alice Not so, father.-It is more generally known than 
 vou suppose At Kmgslon, they used to Toss h ,Vin a 
 blanket, send h.m to Coventry and do everything to d sJSs? 
 hm, with the serv.ce. -Apart from his bith, the son him 
 his b'loor"'' ''" ''"'"" ^""""^' ^" '^-« Perc'olale^ imo 
 
 Chop. You are not just to him, my girl, 
 qual.tie, that_ offset any short-comings. There 
 better.hearted fellow anywhere, you mnst admit. 
 
 Alice Yes, but I don't want him. 
 
 Chop. Well, it's my order you accept him at once 
 
 .Alice Do you sit there, father, and seriously contem 
 plate my becommg betrothed to lieutenant GobinSV 
 view to marrymg hmi ? jouin wun a 
 
 He has 
 is not a 
 
CANADA, KAIK CANAr)A. 
 
 17 
 
 Choi'. Certainly, I mean it, I impose it. 
 Al.iCK Without queitioninj; whether 1 love him or not - 
 CUdi'. What does a child like you know about love ? - 
 loo youn« to have a plenary feeling of the passion. Voun^' 
 people at your age are swa>ed hy infatuation, and are not 
 in possession of the emotion of love in its full vigour. They 
 admire each other for looks, dress, pretty conceits and 
 graces, and on no solid foundation whatever. There isn't 
 one ^irl in a do/en at your a^-e can give a better reason 
 for her admiratior. of a youn>; man than "that he is nice ". 
 If question of future happiness is actuating you in your 
 decision, let me tell yoi, tha; it is as apt to come one way as 
 another. 
 
 Ar.KK And yet y u siy mother married you at eighteen 
 which aigues she must hive become your atifianced at a 
 siill tenderer age. Oid she have no plenary possession 
 of love at the time of plighting her troth to vou ? Or did 
 love come to her la.er in life .- l)\d she marry you or you 
 marry her without any sentiment in the heart leaving it to 
 chance to create it in time ? How many in this world who 
 liave ventured this raslr course have afterwards bitterlv 
 rued it ? 
 
 Chop. As many as those who having married for love, 
 have afterwards rudely awakened to the fact that their ami 
 cipated paradise was only an illusion. No, my child, you 
 shall be guided by my larger experience, marry the lieut'en 
 ant and leave this love you lay so much stress on to come 
 afterwards. 
 
 Alice Hut this is something criminal that 
 for me to do. 
 
 Chop. Nonsense : It is for your advantage and, I mav 
 add, indirectly in the interest of your sister and vour fatheV 
 as well. 
 
 Ai.iCK .^ye, now we are at the bottom of it. Mr-iev, 
 money; the eternal consideration of niDney. For a bag of 
 dollars, I am to be bartered away like so much cot. on or 
 iron. Vou would sell me as you sell one of yo-^r ships. 
 Well, I shall not be sold even in the interest of the family 
 
 Chop. Do not be too positive. The impetuous have- 
 often to undergo the humiliation of a change of purpose. 
 
 Alick I am well satisfied to wait till that moment 
 arrives. 
 
 Chop. Which means that for the present at least you 
 abide in your determination .' 
 
 you propose. 
 
I8 
 
 CANADA, IMK Ca.s.aKA. 
 
 Al.K K \es. 
 «.fi"'lllth!r.n""' i'"'*^''':* y"" '^^'" humbug your ^ <,er 
 
 A'.KK Ves, I love him. 
 
 -- to scale's o^oSl^;, 5 ;;?^;;.,,'r-^ay.-.ntentio„ 
 
 power to determine whether y^l/'::i^'^ yJ.:';-SonZ 
 
 (En\'r J.,„iv Risers) 
 Well, liere I am at last. 
 
 <iood morning to 
 
 never coming, dear.- 
 
 hlM -. W\ 'V \ '^^ "^^*'' co'iimt-, dear 
 ot a father m one of li.s horrid humours .' 
 
 LAhv K. 
 boll) of you. 
 
 Chop, ciood n-.orninjf, Lina. 
 
 I-\I>V K. iJid you think I was 
 In tears, child? '■" 
 'ts this ogre 
 
 'M^^,;%:t^V^ 'r"?^ •" « ^-tin'tion without a 
 LAr)\ M \ X , ! . "" P'^-t'cularly chummv. 
 
 Amck It was 
 
 about someth.ng, I suppose? 
 Chop. That's it. 
 
 Now 'whlt'i^','" M''^''"''^'"'r"'"''"^'^'^^'f-^villed children 
 Lai,v K. And so that is it .' And you are anxious t„ 
 
 to have his own 
 
 wav 
 
< ANADA, I AlK C ANAItA. 
 
 10 
 
 ■ 
 
 I 
 
 have liet leave you and srol'.l her because she prefers tn 
 stay? You bad, hateful man. And you, Mademoiselle, 
 prefer to stay mistress of your father's house to bein>{ 
 mistress of your own f Well, there isn't many a j-irl so 
 foolish, th-re now, I have ^i^en it to you both hip and 
 thij{h, like a ^ood impanial judne. 
 
 Cm'M'. IJiit, most learned and nprij^ht jud^e, you pro- 
 nounce sentence before hearioK all the charge against the 
 prisoner. 
 
 Lady k. Is there more yet ? Well, out with it. 
 
 Choi'. .She confesses to lo\ in^j one who she knows she 
 cannot marry -younx Kin>;hearf 
 
 Lai>v R. .-Mice dear, step in the ante room a moment, ! 
 have a word to sa;' to your f.itlier -I siian't be long, i A'lv/ 
 A/ice' At length you h ive discovered that her affections are 
 in that direction ? How l)lind \'>ii jiave been. That is 
 an old, old story that everybody lias lor.;' known. Jean, 
 you and 1 were onre l)oy and girl together.' ^'..i' remember 
 the good old days ? N'ou remen)bei hovv you usea ic call 
 every morning on your way to the s< hool-house for your little 
 sweetheart and how one suffered and coukl not recite if tlie 
 other was absent.- \o{\ remember the winter evenings ; 
 you would cone over to our ("arm and we would be happy 
 together with the old folks round the tire? And in the 
 summer, we passed the time barefooted strolling by the 
 side of the creek, or fi-hing or running races or at some 
 other diversion. Well, we gtew up together in our simple 
 pastoral wa\-, and as our ye.irs increased n id our height 
 moved up, our love in. reased in proportion, until, one dav, 
 you asked me to be your wife. -Well, my parents interposed 
 tlieii veto on the ground of religious differences. They took 
 me ofTto England, and forced me to marry Captam Rivers 
 because of his soci.il prominence and his wealth. Me.in- 
 lime you drifted off' to town, where in due course of time 
 you met another woman. Kach of is got a partner we did 
 not want. We are old now. and the confessions of old 
 people have an odour of sanctity about them. .At least the 
 charge of flippancy should not be made at this serious hour. 
 — Well, Jean, I am free to make a fiank statement about 
 my wedded life if yon promise to be equally frank.- My 
 marria^je was not a happy one, was yours ? .\nswer me, 
 Jean. 
 
 Chop. No. 
 
 Lady R. No. We were the victims of our parents' 
 meddling. Our disaster is nov beyond repair, but the star of 
 these two young people lies in the future. Will you profit by 
 
?o 
 
 ' *NM»A. r.\|« ( ANAI.A. 
 
 oiir misfoituiie and t.ii. .1.- 
 
 l^l'Kht their liv/Xiv.??" -^""^ '"'''^' "> the.r prayer ..nci 
 
 I ^eS> 'cM!;u::.';^:'c;^r7"'-"»>'>^-i">sc M..od 
 
 ;rronK«i ,„e but ul,o,„ Lye.lJ''^ '''"I''*" who have 
 'h.s man'. f;.,her this v y i I'f ^ >'" r""^''^ ' '^' '""'' 
 certain min '^ """'^ '* '^e"'K ^"rj-ed the doo,,, ,.f 
 
 L^'^v k. What do you n.ean ? 
 
 hi» pmisten;"o;;.;!; i;!,,^';,;' ;""!' -V '^'^ i«i'o.i. course- 
 
 n''tl'mgmaybelif?to,hem ftheirnr .'• '" " ^'^^ '"'"•■^' 
 over their heads. "'*" P'^"'e ""t even tlie roof 
 
 to !ffink of -it. """• ''""'^"' • ''"-. poor people. , .hudder 
 
 e..e.ny at the very nioniem he w / ^^"' '"^'''''^^ '" 1h* 
 
 l.^^ppmess !>y ui.itinK her to a bej^ar ."' ""*''"' '"-^ •^'"'^'* 
 
 'eiasu. do t^:'S E 'uwL"" "'I >•"" - - P'ti- 
 utterly ? '=' """><• to tiestrov these p„„, people 
 
 CUfii'. ^'o,, sneak ts ■( 1 
 ""»ty wild beas^J; whereas t T'.'n'^'T '""* '""^' '''""'■ 
 '"Htter of business and 'elf- .JLr^".r "'"'l' ^"'''''l-oded 
 imphes a^xressor as wei ai .W. i " """' ""^- ''"tie 
 Montreal knows I have ' t bee ,hL ' '■^'"'='\'^^^^ --I'-i all 
 H«^s /.„ni„i. ,„e. I -un not nSn' i.r'"'""'- '" "^ •"'*^''t 
 
 i£;H^^arrf^S;-;iX^K^''''" out and out, 
 ^"O' . So have I. Una. 
 
 Jerem'to L uSncI^ mtiiudT-ulV "^'''l "'"" ^''''^'^ '"^' f" 
 Toese Kinyhe-iits ^../"'"'"'"ean^ jjive hini n vini; chance 
 
 and f ^^oJiUXI^'^o'^S'^^ -ll-connett:',: too, 
 
 str^hof a'^liir;;^/^,;-;- ^-i. if they do. O. .he 
 was caused bv a glutted .iL,"^'! ''* P-eferred to arj;„e 
 
 ^trenuously selling our stock shor ^'■" "' ''*' '' '* ''^f-n 
 
 h.s own account I^nde I" r,.'''";Vn '''*'' ''"" ^eeks-on 
 [■ave to blame himself, fie jfl'^ '^^ '^='M"eeze.i. he will 
 ^""-"otl. lnevercon^:.;^;S!„;:j^„lH.^- 
 
CANADA, K.\IR I ANAKA. 
 
 31 
 
 mtercsis and my own too. Voii lilanie me, I.ina, hut neitlier 
 by word nor tleed have I ever injured Kinnheart. lUil, per- 
 haps, you don't know that- Well, ! owe hiin neither ill will 
 nor hate. For some reason that I don't know, he has 
 always p' red himself in an attitude of opposition to me and 
 my inle .s. In the ordinary cvery-day transat tion of 
 business on 'Chan)(e, I attai hed no partii ular consideration 
 to it. but when il exreeded thoie limits, naturally I became a 
 Ifttle more attentive. Well, at the inception ofthed.C.T., 
 I extended the invitation to all Canadian steamship lines to 
 enter the coml)ination. I wasn't obliged to do that. A man 
 has an undoubted rijjht to pick and < lioose his i)artners, but, 
 as I bore animosity to none, I v.anted to be gracious to all 
 
 alike Well, it was thronj^h his inriuence that 
 
 the Koyal Atlantic lieUl aloof, and he has been fijjhlinn the 
 orjjanizalion ever since, both on and oft the Stock Kxchange 
 floor, misrepreseniint; it whoever and whenever he could. 
 lUit It will s{)on be all over wiih him, and, perhaps to-morrow 
 iMornin^.he will wake up to find tl)a»,wlieieas we have soared 
 up to i>jo /.oiikiiii^ at titpe), he has l)ecome a bej^^ar. 
 
 Lakv K. Well, my wonian's heart still returns to the 
 happiness of these younjj folk. Can't you and Henry 
 Kinjjheirt make it up for their sakc-before the fall of this 
 tlire lalamity. 
 
 Choi'. Oh. as far as I am concerned, Lina, I am not 
 Si h a bad fellow as people think me, and it he c' oses to 
 come to me and— well, I was fjoini- to say, if he chooses to 
 acknowieilge that he has not ireated me deservedly -but 
 that would be asking too much of a man like Henry King- 
 heart 1 suppose. \Vell, if he makes the first offer I won't be 
 the fellou to refuse him the hand. lUit the advance niust 
 come from him, remembei. I have nothinj( to be penitent 
 for. 
 
 Ladv K. Hut he mijjhl not think he ou^dit to make the 
 first advance. —Peace-making is not a very inviting under- 
 taking, but, if I thought there was a chance of settling the 
 tlifference between you and him, I would not hesitate to at- 
 tempt it. I never fully understood the real trouble, though. 
 
 Chop. Oh ! I suppose it does not amount to much after 
 all, and I wouldn't know where to begin to state it. 
 
 Lady R. I know he was blamed for your disgraceful 
 tseatnient at the Albert Edward Club. 
 
 Chop. .As for that. I lost no sleep on that account, I as- 
 sure you. You know clubs are not much in my line, I 
 haven t any time for the social side of life. But it was dif- 
 
^-^^■^DA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 reforms I wished to introduce ? ^^''^^ ''''«'•« were 
 
 I'oi'cy of the execnti eTo '^e%rdi;!Tl"''^ !^ ".'^^'•^"^^ 'he 
 vatis.n of just such men .Ik'm ,''''',""'''="'''"« ^onser- 
 and younger blood in its per,on^er'''V'^ ■"trodurin^ new 
 electioneering against me h^' ^'- ' ""derstand that in 
 
 he has shown towards you ^^ Cs h'^"' ^^' "'^ ^"™"^'''y 
 s'n^ular coincidence of"' sea.iln^ r""'y*^^"y' O"" f'e 
 ^^•i"ch he found himself comSecrto" ^'•''^"'"^'•-«"^^es, in 
 you, to differ fro.p you, as it S '" °PP"si"'>n to 
 
 Chop. Now reallv ' 4 
 "'cn ? Admitting that Vhat \Z the">' ^'^^" '>^«'- to hin„ 
 •"atter. that he wanted some n„. f''^ ,'" ''^'^ ^'^^hange 
 chair, how do vou ircnJ?f ? '^''f °^ ''"^ '" '^e m the 
 blackball when-tlev "roted'on" ''"'""^'."^ 'he solitarv 
 Albert Edward Club ? "" '">' ^PPl'^atmn to the 
 
 partfcular'persm,'^'"'^' "'''''"'^ '^^""' '=^ "nattachable to any 
 
 l3t^1^"inSsSS^on iS^'^Sl^'^S 'o ''1^'^ 'Y '''''■ "^ it. 
 n;>"e m the club, who we e ' n a ^""' ''^ ^^'"^"^^ "^ 
 *).c,ted the discovery tl^,, no o„e w^^Ti''^-"' "^>' ^^J^^""". 
 ^ept Henry K,„,,,eirt who let ife o^ tf7T'} ^" "'« «- 
 considered I was not a fit per on to be ! '^'l'''''« '''''' »^e 
 of gentlemen. \ow whir J , '^ "^^'"ber of a club 
 
 you, the ,nan had on >' „^ e' ,e m Tin'''''' ""' ">^' ' ^^rk 
 not state, though, what conVt" medmv n«n" r^' "^ ^'^^ 
 presume he meant that sor a I « ^ Particular unfitness. I 
 tiie Albert Edward Club! ^ ' ""' «""*' ^"""Sli for 
 
 LaI)\ K. KidiciilniK; ' Tl 
 
 than yours. Hemy Km«ll' n^oe" VL'" '^"^">' '" Canada 
 
 'c ;r^TrT- ' '^^^^^^^^i!^--''- 
 
 i^a^:i,nc^m-^!;K/;S;^':--P^.^-here 
 <i^pl.cate : my ancestors acrX,n.eSr^"«''f ''*'■' '-^"""t 
 c.nintry to win a footing by harJ.Cd 'vcS- ^'■'''" '" '"^'^ 
 
 CHOP PirV'""'"'?'"^ '"'■ P^'^^' '"^«d. 
 --"rmd^^;'^,'^',-^-^^'^,; wealth usually stands rv>r 
 -et.n.e. ^he wo-k^'^ ^flSts^^- a^ 
 
CANADA, KA I R CANADA. 25 
 
 dollars from bis earnin^'s and knows how to invest it to ad- 
 vantage is a hundred per cent, moie intetesting and more 
 respectable in my eyes than Henry Kin^heart who has 
 nothmg but birth and social position behind iiini and mav 
 be a pauper to-morrow.— 'lo tell you the truth 1 doubt that 
 he himself can really account for his dislike to me. A great 
 many considerations enter into the solution of it. First and 
 foremost our temperaments are antipodal— 
 
 Ladv K. Naturally. 
 
 Chop. His whole manner is repellin.;, indicative as i: is 
 of extreme haughtiness. 1 understand he is an eai I's brother, 
 and I don't doubt it in the least, for he bears himself as if he 
 were a kmg's. He is a great m in for some people on th s 
 account who fall on their knees and worship him for iiis 
 high birth. Perhaps he feels somewhat resentful that 1 am 
 not among the coterie of his admirers : but, unfortunately, I 
 am not built that way. If pride is a large ingredient in his 
 composition, it is fully matched by his intense bigotry ? 
 
 Lady R. Bigotry.' Vou don't mean. religious bigotry ? 
 
 Choi'. No. I do not mean that, though he mav be 
 tmged with that. too. He lives so much in the past in 
 other respects that it wouldn't surprise me if he were to 
 reveal some day the intolerance of three hundred years back, 
 as if we had not done with all that sort of stuff forever. -No, 
 I choose a wrong word I should have said intense ad- 
 herence to certain ideals and traditions, extreme conserva- 
 tism, in fact. Indeed, if conservatism, bull-headedness and 
 facklessness count for anything, then he has strong points to 
 ensure suc:ess in life. He is dictatorial and treats others 
 with something akin to contempt. I admit his intense 
 loyalty to a high standard of business ethics and that he has 
 the courage of his convictions. .And I do not believe that 
 his business course is governed by any self-interest or ili- 
 advised ambition, but his code is too straight-laced for him 
 ever to be a man suited to direct successfully the destinies of 
 a great enterprise. 
 
 Lady R. Well, it is easy to account for a good deal of 
 what you say. He has been trained in . different school, 
 and brings to his view of things the conservatism of an old 
 world training. 
 
 Chop. Exactly. Vou have stated the case thoroughlv. 
 The truth is there are certain people in the world "who 
 oppose every progressive movement projected and see in 
 every innovation some dire calamity. Henry Kingheart is 
 one of them. 
 
-4 CANADA, FAIR ( ANADA. 
 
 Of u:v ccl^^rv^ ii t '::!:'''''"' ■" ^^^^^^" ■-'""« '-''^"t-- 
 
 insuTce u'i!"r^7J;"""^'"' ''■'*« "^« R^yal Atlantic, for 
 out oHh; . u "*•' h.s mstance that that company stayed 
 
 he d .t 'roffir"r'r"H-^'^'- '^'"' '^'r '" ^'^^ firsf conference 
 "murine he vvh,^lt '" "^l'^"'' T '''''^'"« ^^ consolidation. 
 
 ^:SVhi:i::i ''- ---ncS^hirjtSi^Se;'';; .^^i;^ 
 
 nminced th.^ iudgv.ient upon an enterprise that ranks now -is 
 one of the greatest in the world -if say i myself that' s 
 
 York Chic"ir" ^''V"^ '^"T^f "^"^ - theTondon '5ew 
 capiul of T' Z^ Il'7''' Exchanges as well, that from a 
 
 sh' ^i-ie,? ;, fhil . I 'i'^"'^"^ «f s"' per cent- to the 
 is . .. V Wv> / ,/ 1'*!' >alf. yearly meeting, whose quotation 
 ranir'ri '/; K. 5 V''^^^ '5°' »"'' "''"^h will soon have its 
 enSIprS '^^ ^"'^ ""''"'■'^ '" °''^^^ ^''-^^^ ^"^^ distinct?; new 
 Ladv K. His judgment certainly went astray there. 
 
 ■have"him .on ''"'' ""! ^^">=*' *^"«"»'^ stockholders will 
 have hmi to blame one day for not being one of us -We 
 U >s not a surpnsmg thing that he has Uiings al his own 
 
 composed of a lot of R,p Van Wmkles. men of a past aye 
 
 i! nnd^ ""' ^^' T""^"^ "f •" '•'« f^i« that thifcountr; 
 is undergomg an undoubted and rapid change. The "hi" ? 
 
 vans of trade Hut, look around to-day and what do you see ^ 
 
 WeTe'noXn'e" 'T/"" "''''"'''' "^ "^ --^-t-Jea " 
 
 in thi realms of mH.'V'"' \v «"'yJ'"P'e'"ent now wielded 
 
 rai vvL? "f industry. We are building towns and yreat 
 
 hem^ VW ^" ^T ^' ''^ '^" clear forests and level hills for 
 
 ivers widenTn'. H^''^' ^•-^"''^'^'L^ridging streams, dredg.ng 
 
 rivers, widen mg harbours— makmg ready for the oveat 
 
 o r?acro;ierV.:d'""'"^« , ^Ve are'sending the' pr'ilctro 
 We areS ''"'' ^''''^' ''•""^clcast over the world. 
 
 We a e dfv no ^i"^' ""' great granaries in the North-West. 
 out the hidden fr" '"'°'h«. bowels of the earth and raking 
 out the hidden treasure therein. In a word, from Sydnev to 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 25 
 
 Victoria from Kingston to Dawson City, the country is alive 
 Canada h-"- awoke from her sleep and realizes the import- 
 ance of H -.tmy among the nations of the world. vVe are 
 "P ^S'^ ush and go-aheaditiveness of other com- 
 mercial Ties, and if we aie not equal to it. we will be 
 Jelt behiiK. in the procession. Do you thmk that the average 
 man in the street does not feel all this and take pride in it "' 
 Do you thmk he is not hustling himself to get his share of 
 the dollars of the country.? Well, the (i.G.T. no less is 
 hustling to win its portion of the country's coin, and it is 
 at such a time this man insists we are visionaries and comes 
 to 'nterpose hn bulk in our way as if it were the bulk of the 
 Oreat VVall of China. What must we do.' Destiny fore- 
 ordains the onward march of the Goddess of Progress .She 
 hasn't got time to wait for him to get out of her way, and he 
 obstinate y refuses to move. Well, she must pass'over him 
 and grind him down, that's all. 
 
 Lady K. But this is the doctrine of the survival of the 
 fittest. 
 
 Chop. Call it what you will, it is the doctrine of the age 
 and must become the doctrine of awakened Canada. 
 
 Lady R. You absolutely withhold vour consent, then, to 
 these two people's betrothal, though you see how much 
 Alice s happiness depends on it. 
 
 Chop. Absolutely. A moment ago you disposed me to 
 be concialatory to Henry Kingheait, -not that consent to 
 this m.arnage would have ever been wrung out of me, no 
 never that- but the memories of the wrong he has done me 
 and the insults he has shown me have swept back within 
 me such a tide of resentment, that ten thousand times sooner 
 would I see her married to some up-start, flippant broker's 
 clerk uian to any son of his. 
 
 J V'^^'c!*' , ^y^"' ''""'' ^^"•■'■y •'«'■ ''i"y '"ore to-day, please 
 don t. .She belongs to me. We are going to have a delight- 
 ttil time shopping, and after lunch I am going to take her 
 oh home for to-day and to-morrow, and I hope that after a 
 couple of days you will be all right again, and like the two 
 old cronies you have always been. -Good bye, Je^n. (E.vi/.) 
 Chop. Goodbye, Lina. {Looking at watc/i) Eleven 
 o clock. Juliette IS late. Shall I make that settle.nent ' It 
 seems unfair to give one and not the other.— But Juliette 
 has my word, and she would be greatly disappointed if she 
 did not get her birth-day gift. Well. Alice has herself to 
 blame, and it will emphasize my displeasure for Juliette to 
 have something from me and not her. No, I shall go right 
 
36 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 along as I 
 pay for it. 
 
 intended. If she will be obstinate let her 
 {Enter Juliette.) 
 
 Jul. How so, father ? 
 
 Chop. I'U tel! you as we go .-.long. 
 
 I- OR. (M„irs) ' For he's a jolly good fellow.' 
 
 Choi>. What's all this .' 
 
 Lm. We can have that capital doubled now 
 
 For. \ ou don't say you don't know ? Of course wp 
 
 Pardon my rudeness, Mademoiselle. \iojuiutte) 
 
 Leb. .Mademoiselle, my humblest a..d sincerest apologies 
 
 Chop. Is this a fact, gentlemen ? 
 
 Leu. There can be no doubt about it. What C>Lc^(^<^ v -,„■ 
 icker say.= Haven't you looked at i lo dav or Hn\ 
 keep ,t m your office for an ornament ? ^' '^^ ^°" 
 
 Hl^^-'^?''; (^/'.''^''>'.?"''''/''-^-^'-) Thunder! (i.C.T. 380 When 
 
 d,d .t take th,s spurt .' A l.ttle while ago it was o?ly ,50 " 
 
 hOR. Did you expect it to remain at i;o alw-ivs ? 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 27 
 
 {Enter Paul with message Jor Chopineau ) 
 
 Paul. Have you heard, sir, C,.C.T. is up to 389, and Mr. 
 Henry Kuijihe:irt has failed .' 
 
 Chop. {Reading message) This confirms it, gentlemen. 
 Then it means that every C.C. T. shareholder lias simply 
 corned money. 
 
 {Fornin ami Lebeau dance ar. iind.) 
 
 Lp- The scene on 'Change to-day beggars description. 
 I believe there has never been such a panic in ihe history of 
 the Montreal Stock Exchange, and it is likely we shall 
 have long to wait for another. Towards the last, just before 
 the final crash, such pandemonium reigned and the excite- 
 ment was so great that actual intelligence of speech 
 became impossible, and men had to resoit to signs and 
 gestures in trading. A jerk of the hand upward meant 
 an offer ; downward — -nf -nee. Quotations were 
 
 indicated by upheld fing .. a nod indi. ated a sale. 
 
 Sometimes for whole intervals here was practicilly no 
 market indications, the stocks were olTered in such foods. 
 Brokers clutched brokers, seemingly afraid to let them get 
 out of leach of trading, while others sought in vain for 
 purchasers of their holdings. .Messengers, clerks, and other 
 brokers' assistants dashed in bravely, struggled through 
 a close fit to find their colleagues, forced buying orders into 
 their hands and flew off again as they had come. Hrokers 
 who held (J.C.T. and who had bought it around no or so 
 were tlie happy fellows, while anxiety, despair, ruin, or 
 impending suicide was pictured on the face of those who 
 were short. And they were many. Truly it was an historic 
 day— a sight long to be remembered. 
 
 Jul. .And how well you describe it. Monsieur Lebeau. 
 You make me regret I was not there. When I get home. I 
 shall try to remember all you said, write it out, and commit 
 It. I was dying for some descriptive piece truly Canadian 
 —some piece outside of the hackneyed one in the school 
 readers, and lo 1 you give me one of singular interest 
 to us individually. 
 
 Chop. Who can doubt the G.CT.'s stiength with the 
 public after this .> I perceive the time has come when we 
 may safely apply to parliament for permission to double our 
 cafMtal. 
 
 For. Thar.ks to your able management. 
 Chop. Gentlemen, when you honoured me by placing me 
 at the head of the (i.C.T., I made promises many of which 
 
28 
 
 CANADA, FAIK CANADA. 
 
 may have seemed at that dav iinoossil^lp r.f o,. • 
 Son,e-not all-of those promise Ci'^been A riTouI' 
 The othe.s are now w.thin the verge of fulfih'en? ' Uar y 
 
 share, too. We are going to maL I e' ri J'.s we 1 74^1 
 charge us with not being patriotic -savfh,, o P^ 
 
 ■s selfish but we are gomgt't?. show them 'dSS^Jent"''""'"" 
 
 world, to India, Japan and Australia" ''" """ "'^ 
 
 bnthday and 1 .-.m n,Uirg her a ^nH}^^.^ -, 1 ,.ll "" 
 to keep her purse warn,, if anything s ol S^hap^eV n f"/ 
 had $500,000 in mind, but this niece . fannwr^ ' 
 
 me-well, would you object '.riS'ed If^fgur:;^^'^"" 
 
 Jul. Provided you leave yourself a decent living 
 
 <-Hop. Suppose I make yours $800,000 ' 
 
 thi wolf ftom th'dSor^"" "'" "'" '^"'*^^ ^"""^"^ '^^^ 'o keep 
 
 be^pie[^:^,'^;,*i:;^^j°r°or'^ ' ^°p^ ^'-^ -"■ -- 
 
 LEB. And I should like to add a like sum 
 
 Jul. Vou overwhelm me with kindness eentlemfn -.^a 
 leave me powerless to express adequ'JlyThe'tln'kll 
 
 I OR. The debt is ours, mademoiselle 
 
 yoSstiigi.ishid%atLr ''''" ^" ""^^"^« °"'- ^-''^»^e 'o 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 29 
 
 Chop, Well, well, when you peopb have stopped com- 
 plimenting each other 
 
 Jur,. JJut it was you who was really complimented. Did 
 you not mark what M. Fornin snid :— 'In recognition of 
 your brilliant services " and " our indebtedness to your dis- 
 tinguished father ?" 
 
 Chop. Oh, these girls, resentful if a compliment is paid 
 somebody else— 
 
 Jur,. Oh, I had the best of it in the end, papa. While 
 you were receiving the mere shadowiness of a compliment, 
 I was getting the solid substantiality of a splendid gift, don t 
 you see ? 
 
 Chop. Come, come, pet, we'll be here all dn" at this 
 pace. The gentlemen will excuse us. We are ceeping 
 Levesque waiting. Make yourselves at home, I si. not be 
 long. Hy the way, I suppose Kingheart will be here to know 
 what figure we'll allow him to settle on. One sixty will do, 
 don't you think ? I don't want to be hard on the beggar. 
 Besides he hasn't a dollar to liquidate, anyhow. If he comes, 
 keep him in good humour till I get bav^k. Tata 1 
 
 {Exeunt Chopineau and Juliette.) 
 l,Ki!. That's a snug little sum he's giving her. 
 For. He can well afford to give her more, for he's 
 rolling in wealth, the lucky dog. If he has given this one 
 $800,000, I suppose he has settled a million on the elder 
 girl, — though, I believe, this is his pet. 
 
 {Enter Kini^heart.) 
 
 KiNc;. I beg your pardon, gentlemen. I came to see 
 Mr. Chopineau. Do you know wliat time he will be in ? 
 
 Lki!. He has just gone out and will be back soon. He 
 expects you and begs you'll wait, Mr. Kingheart. 
 
 For. You'll permit me to extend to you my sincere 
 regret at your losses this moining, but I know it will not be 
 long before you're on your feet again 
 
 KlN(;. 1 thank you very much for your kind expression 
 of sympathy, sir. 
 
 Lkh. I hope we'll be better friends after this, and not cut 
 each other's throats is we'v , been doing. 
 
 King. I pray so, sir. I have no regrets on my part, 
 however. Whatever I've done, I'd do again. 
 
 For. Very unwise, Mr. Kingheart, to persist in your at- 
 titude of hostility. 
 
30 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 business pnWrl i , 've „n, ^ accountable to you for m> 
 "f it- I came to see Mr r?"'* ^"^ '° ''^'«" '° "iticism 
 I shall call again '' ^"^"P'"""' ""d if he is not in" 
 
 ' wo°Wn't''p^'ern*r'Eve?v'""''^T"^'^' ^'^- f^'-Sheart. 
 fortune, anci sj "1 be accou^,;"hiV: "^* '"°"'^«' °f '''^ "wn 
 unoerstand why you are so nJe tera^/r """' '^"^ ' '^^ ""' 
 ynir own loss. Vou canno H. „, ^.^^'"'' "^-even to 
 anything. '^'^""°' ^'^'"^ "« Have ever done you 
 
 you'^'S ZlilTn^J^IZ^'Z 'V"'' ^'-P'y-because 
 colourtomycourse Re^,"ember sirTf" '° ^'"•'^ '-^ ^"'g^^'" 
 
 K'-Nc;. Oh that is nit '7"\' 'T'^''^' ''''•• '^''"«'^^-'- 
 t'-ugh I do nV I'rk respoSi itv'fr' '° ^^ " P-"ciple," 
 one's convictions. '^"P°"sib.lity there, either. I „^ant 
 
 ti>-^re!SliI;.°;!:;: -"Mictions „,ay be costly and, 
 
 to'^ideM^';s^t";^,irS ^z^"^^"- ^° ^-p 
 
 country would not have so oLnT . '1 "^f''^' ""' his 
 
 oppressed, the persecuted .ndth.T'"'' '^^ "^"^'^ "^ the 
 
 satisfied that the lojc o? speculation n7'''°'^^'"- ' •■*'» 
 hguies IS on my side The r r t ''""j "'^ ^0"in'erce and of 
 
 cioo^fany ter-.^^;^-,----n- js^^^^^^ 
 
 '^cts.P There is no intention trL 'FT"' .''*''"•■« 'han 
 advance been rem?rkable? K-.n ''• ''"' '^^^ ""' "ur 
 
 we have grown to a capital of «?!,- '' ''"'"'" ''^ ^75.ooo,ooo 
 
 yearly dividend net'ed S stockh S"^" "^''^ '"'' '^''^- 
 quotation is now ^Sg witi nrr.-^ . , ^ ^" P^'' «"»• Our 
 $5oo. We are addii g o Sur^^hi' ''^"'■" ',""« "^ ''^^^hing 
 enlarging the field olVn agen ieT'"^' T'^w ''''' ^^^ «"^ 
 gone WTong, everything has "o Te out .'I '"«u '" ^^"^ ^^^ 
 points have revealed themselves"^ u ''^^^' "" ^^eak 
 
 after all this, Mr. KinghSn that tV ''"' '"^^ ^''''' '"^i"'^'" 
 unstable principles? ^'''^' ^'"' ""^e"' is built on 
 
 yo^^ aii'u.r^^cS'Snbmes'r '"' ^"^' ^'^ '^-'"-s 
 They are. as it were, a pan o the aslt^°.^r '°"'^'''^ '''''^'■ 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 31 
 
 company, and, frequently, p.re paraded most when the com- 
 pany IS weakest— to dazzle the unthinking. Takmg up the 
 first pomt— your capital and its growth -I shill show that it 
 IS the most conspicuous and dangerous element of your 
 weakness. You launched the tireit Canadian Transporta- 
 tion Company on a capital of $75,000,000. Now there are 
 not more than 41 boats owned by companies purely Can- 
 adian. Of these, 8 of the best boats belong to the Royal 
 Atlantic, and they are worth $13,000,000. The remaining 
 33 hema small boats can be duplicated new brand for 
 $25,000,000, but you are capitalized now at $125,000,000. 
 What does the remaining $100,000,000 represent? Watered 
 stock. It is more than outrageous, it is criminal, and every 
 director ought to be put in gaol for it. 
 
 Ler That is rather strong language to use to two of 
 the directors, Mr. Kingheart. 
 
 Kino. What, then, must be the inevitable result of this 
 over-capitaliz.ition .' You will be utterly unable to pay your 
 interest rhirges, and the small shareholders— the unsophis- 
 ticated rabble— will wake up one day to find their many years' 
 earnings completely swamped. It is they who will suffer 
 most, for, devoid of time and training, they will be utterly 
 unable to retrieve their misfortune, whereas the business- 
 bred men of the concern have a chance to recover. With 
 regard to your statement that your quotation is now at 38;, 
 the market price of your b mJs and stocks h ive been forced' 
 tip by every inconceivab'e artificial device. Oh, your man is 
 the prince of manipulators— I mike him a deferential bow 
 there. Original shareholders were asked not to part with 
 stock so that the market might not be glutted. Whenever 
 the people are losing confidence, some new stratagem is re- 
 sorted to, to keep the market value up. One time the 
 government is going to subsidize you ; another time you are 
 going to build your own dockyard and ships, or you are 
 going to have a f.ist Atlantic service. 
 
 Leh. And we are going to carry out the whole pro- 
 gramme from A to Z. This victory will place us high in the 
 eyes of the people. We shall receive permission lo increase 
 our capital. Then you shall see whether we won't put down 
 a shipbuilding plant and build the fastest boats in the 
 world. 
 
 KiN'G. Oh, 4vell, it is not worth while to refute such 
 claims. .Mr. Cramp, the great American ship builder has 
 answered that -better than I can, and has very well shown 
 tint on account of the difference in wages paid to workmen 
 here, anJ those paid to English workmen, ships will be built 
 
3a 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 govern- 
 
 "onVJSme, bin rhc'r;r''nm!„'','7 circulating .hat report a 
 portuner that comes ho' ,".^ ""' ^"bsidi/e every im- 
 
 more^han^ou'think^'"*''^"'"'' ^^^ •'''''"'^* >°" ^'"V '"uch, 
 KiNc;. Thank you, sir. 
 For. 
 
 M-nat we dd U'» ,k„ o -v...^.. wy reason.' Look 
 
 con,pa„iesntd then de'u-K '" """ """'" '^""'f-'")' 'h' 
 'I'at a reduction in the vo k . ""P""'"'"'- '^^''^ '^^'^^^^d 
 «^v'end our fielJo; operation: ^^ ''P'"^'=*'' ""'^ ""•«= '-"^'^ 
 King. I L-nf.«. »^«,..u:_ ^ . 
 
 by 
 to 
 
 I know scniethinjr about the ab 
 
 companies, for I ha, he Znn . ''^^ absorption of those 
 'antic Steamship Co, ianv a? H I" 'T''"' "^*^ '^">'"' ^t- 
 Chop;.,e.-,u's thenoS ThiV "".^''"■'T" ''«=''' *" ^'r- 
 caught them S ire.?/ .h. '''T "'•" '''''' by which V:e 
 i"/companies we'e to be ch-Jn?"" lf"l"^ *'°° '" «" ''-'ify' 
 of $2ic in the new concern P'nT'f''"''^'"^''^^ P^^ ^•''''■e 
 from him the weak po" ms „ vo ,?' I "'' ^V" '"''^ ''^'^ «" '^i^e 
 Jump at the rlKuice of ^n nU , P';«", what man wouldn't 
 each share he owns in as m„rf, 7 ^^'^"^^h ''« makes $, ,o on 
 
 -nne to the letterau",:!?; „1^'', i'",^- ^ 'T '"^ T^? '"^ 
 done It mvse f hi<l i .,^. . ^'^•'nsiei. i won U have 
 
 <loon,ed.,nrre;nedlabi;coll"pTe.'''''' "" ^^""'^ ''-« "- 
 Kingtar"r'' ''''''''■'' ^^"^ of "calan.ity howlers," Mr. 
 
 to.I:rnJ^^^;;S lj^:^?^>r "-' ^'->' have their use. 
 
 public fron, heinrcS ^ '""^ '''^'''' ''"""""' "^"P ''^^ 
 entfr into a discfission 1 hT.;' ''^ PC."mtted myself to 
 
 came here sin/pK o see Mr ri "" '"'""'""] "^ ^"'^''"S- ' 
 
 J'i." at what fig'uJe ';:; w.sllls meTolStle:*"' '"' ""' ^'''- 
 
 ■--ted panies r ^; •■-:,;: ^^—^ 
 
 It 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 35 
 
 Kino. I appreciate Mr. Chopineau's kimliiess, gentle- 
 men, and hex as soon as you have had your conference, 
 yt)u will let me know. (Jood day )ientleu)en. 
 
 For. (lood day, Mr. Kinxheart. 
 
 Leb. (ioodday, sir, and i^jond luck. {Exit Kini^^/uart.) 
 Ha : ha : ha: Did you --ver see such a crusty, rabid, fiRht- 
 ing barbarian. And the airs he puts on, a N'anderbilt mijiht 
 take a pointer from. 
 
 For. Well, I admire a man who dies jjame 
 
 [Enter Chof>inenu.) 
 
 Lkh. Chopineau, y-i have just missed it. Kinyheart h.is 
 been here to see you, the same old Kinj-heart, as dogmatic 
 and |)roud as ever. I wonder that he condescended lo 
 come -lilazing away against all creation. He said he didn't 
 came here to argue, and we kept him at it over half an hour. 
 
 Choi» Did you tell him our figure of settlement .' 
 
 Lkh. Oh : yes and {Imilatin^ Kitigheatt) he appreciated 
 Mr. Chopineau's kindness veiy much and begged as soon as 
 we had had our conference we would let him know. 
 
 Chop. He'll know sooner than he is able to pay. 
 
 I.Kli. I .im afraid so. 
 
 Chop. Well, we'll call up the other boys and have a con- 
 ference at three o'clock. At the same time 1 have propo- 
 sitions to make touching the future policy of the Company.— 
 l.'ntil then, gentlemen 
 
 Led. .So long, Chopineau* 
 
 For. (lood day, Mr. Chopineau. 
 
 [Exeunt I-oniin and Lcbeau.) 
 
 ChO!'. Every do;; has his day is a pretty true saving. 
 You have had yours, my fine aristocrat; now mine has come, 
 and come with a vengeance too. What will you do now, 
 without a dollar in the world and at your time of life ? 
 Well, you have your li)fty birili and your family pride to fall 
 back on,— all the good they'll do you in saving you from 
 your creditors and your family from starving. I wasn't 
 good enough for your club ? Well, I think I much prefer 
 being Jean Chopineau at this moment than Henry King- 
 heart —And as for that son of yours. I don't intend he shall 
 be the thorn in my side you were. I'll have no beggar sons- 
 in-law. I'll not see my daughters married to men wht cannot 
 maintain them in a sphere equal to the one they're ac- 
 customed to.— Would that this downfall could affect the 
 
J4 
 
 CANADA, r \|R CANADA. 
 
 of my domain. "?t wefe°; d'"u'" '''"' " '*" ^irecly ou* 
 e-ther of them rich I '^hV^reTfr'"* °'''''''^^ 
 sentiment I make no oreienVin^. a * "■' '" * "^''''c' of 
 
 Why not appe.nl^ohir.rXAal'^W°'!" L^ '"'"*• 
 bully him and III let him knr JTif-' ' threaten him, I'll 
 of mine. "'"* *'* "" < '"arry a daughter 
 
ACT II.— Love Thwarted. 
 
 ScF.NK I.— Appeal to Duty. 
 
 TlMR. -Morning after prtciding icene. 
 
 iiCKSE.—r,ir/fiitr of l.ady Rivers' house. Alice and Juliette 
 discovered ; the forme' with o/ien newspapers, some on a 
 table near, and some at her feet j the latter in viutin^ 
 attiie. 
 
 ]\i\.. And whan papa told me whit he was Roin;- to do. 
 that h; was determined n it to give you anything, I was so 
 angry that I gave him my mind abnut it and told hiiu he 
 was not treating you justly. 
 
 Alice. You should not have done that, sis. 
 
 Jui,. It was no more than he deserved to be told. I fe't 
 like refusing his gift. 
 
 Alice. I am glad you did not go to the length of allow- 
 mg your affection for me to commit you to any such act of 
 disrespect. 
 
 Jul. To treat you in that way, you who have always 
 been so dutiful and good. If he had done it to a rebellious, 
 fire-eatmg savage like me, there would have been some sense 
 in it, hwX. you — 
 
 Alice. You must not disparage yourself to my advan- 
 tage m that way. What would I be but for the contact of 
 your own generous nature : What would any of us be in this 
 world but for the silent, unseen influence of tha^e around us. 
 Whiteverduty and respert I may show Tither, -believe mp 
 you have your part in the formation of it. 
 
 Jul. I don't know anything about that, but I know 1 
 can never be as gof)d as you. —Well, at any rate, the money 
 is mme now to do what I please with, and, remember, 
 sister, while I have a dollar, I share with vou. Papa had 
 better not turn you out of the house. If he does, I'll leave 
 too, and as he can't take back what bv law is now mine, we 
 can go somewhere and live together, and my money will do 
 for both. 
 
 Alice. Your devotion to me is only equalled by the 
 unbounded gener.->srty of your nature. 
 
 Jul. I suppose papa will quarrel with me soon, for 
 Jacques and I mean to marry straight away. 
 
 Alice. I hope you'll not take any rash step. Juliette. 
 
36 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CANAIM. 
 
 kE titer Lady Rivers.) 
 comfr^)' ^\ j^^J"^'''^^^) ('Ood mornl,,^, :,,v .lea- I have 
 
 ^^SE^'rt^ !""-»"" ;^>Si.:;^:^,=s^! 
 
 Alice All the papers print Ion- accounts of it 
 newsaboni ."^f'? iP""'- ^'^i'^' '''^ devoured .very scrap of 
 
 riches ir^/clfff^ter;. '""' ''^ ^'^'"^ '-^^ --"' ^ '^ 
 Jur.. Not a bit of difference, my dear Lady Rivers. 
 
 J{,n ^^^•'^■ ''^^"^''^'« Kirl. That is the '.vay to bear success 
 thmlc'T''" J"'' f "'"'^ '""^^ sparkle in the eye 'ui 
 
 iuu Isn't it too bad = 
 
 '>uii,KR. Yes. ma am. (Ex//) 
 
 }Vi.. But surely they h.aven't lost everyihing ' 
 
 Ladv R. I am afraid they have, my dear 
 
 mmmmsm 
 
 t.ese Ensiish oeoDle t^W «1:.L ''l"":. I '''\'"^- ^ow 
 inern than with 
 
 heart 
 
 us. 1 hey are excellent people, these K 
 
 well connected, and I ad 
 
 njj- 
 
 ■eorge is to me like a son. He is a fine 
 
 'mire them immensely, 
 
 young fellow. But 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 37 
 
 ( To Alice) 
 BUTLEK. 
 
 Lady H. 
 
 BUTLKR. 
 
 he IS clever and has .1 host of friends and will get on. And 
 there IS Mr. Kinj,' heart's brother, i Enter Huiler with cofiee) 
 the Earl of Uolan. He will not Itt them suffer, I am sure. 
 Drink some coffee, dear. It will brace you up. 
 
 Mr. George is in the hall, my lady. 
 
 In the hall ? What is he doing out there ? 
 
 I liid not know if your ladyship wanted to 
 receive him, now the family has lost their money. 
 
 Ladv R. What impudence : How dare you ? Oo and 
 show Mr. George in at once. {,Exit Butler.) The fellow 
 niust be^ mad. ( Advances to the door and meets George. 
 Enter George.) My dear (ieorge, 1 must apologize for the 
 stupidity of my butler. Indeed, I am quite indignant. You 
 know you are always welcome here, and you are quite 
 sensible not to let any misfortune keep you away from your 
 friends. 
 
 Geo. Indeed it won't, Lady Rivers. Why should it, you 
 know ? Should I be ashamed of what is liable to befall any 
 man -aye, the shrewdest business head— any day in the 
 year. Then again, it will affect nie personally very little. I 
 mean to make my own way in the world. 
 
 Lady R. But give me some reassuring news; tell me 
 things are not so bad as reported. 
 
 Geo. I wish I could, Lady Rivers, but I am afraid 
 my father's career on 'Change is ended. 
 
 Lady R. M/ dear friend, you alarm me. Has your 
 father lost everything, then ': 
 
 (iFO. Yes, not a dollar saved. 
 
 Lady R. Poor, dear, old man. 
 
 George. In one respect, perhaps, it is the best thing 
 th.it ever happened. You see the family was always averse 
 to his engaging in the business of speculation— he wasn't suf- 
 ficiently experienced or something -but he wouldn't listen 
 to us. 
 
 Lady R. Well, you've not lost name and honour, at any 
 rate— that's a blessing. All the same I am sorrv you have 
 lost what you have lost, and I would repair it if it weie 
 in my power. 
 
 Geo. That I believe. Lady Rivers. 
 
 Lady R. And how will all this affect your answer to the 
 •South African cffer.' 
 
 (7E0. Only to hurry on the date of my departure. The 
 government is importunate and I am anxious to get to work 
 
.38 
 
 CANADA, FAIl CANADA. 
 
 I sail from Africa via England a week 
 
 all the sooner now. 
 A\o\w to-day. 
 
 .to s;.'v'Ihn;,. !k^? ""^'t^ somebody else will have something 
 .to say about that, is that not so, Alice .' Vou plea«e remcm 
 oer, s.r, that your fate is not wholly your owj to dispose of 
 
 inv^ ^' „'r«;/^" VT*' ■'"''«"«' ' suppose these two people 
 
 haxeagreat deal to say to each other this morning and 
 
 would l-ke to be left alone.-And I want to show yo^ a new 
 
 .«.mn I am gomg to wear to Mrs. Sylvester's dinner, Ta ! 
 
 {Exeunt Lady Rivers and Juliette) 
 
 'Cko. You realize, Alice, that I am a pauper now .' 
 
 ^rid'e'Sy. '*"'' ''^*'''*'"'' '^'^«' <"'e«^S«^' don't put it in that 
 
 as^'^Snay.'"'^"'^'' """ ''"""'' '° state it to you as frankly 
 
 Alice You are not a pauper, (leorge. No one in dos- 
 ^ess.on of such capital can be said to be a pauper ^ 
 
 Geo. Capital, indeed I .Some books, engineering instru- 
 .uents and a few clothes. Are you mocking., sweetheart .^ 
 
 ,vi^^^^^' . TJ"'^''''! '"^' dearest, for using a word revivinsr 
 the pam of th.s unfortunate disaster. I was alluding to your 
 natural resources,— health, strength " .s'^yo""^ 
 
 and the ambition to succeed. Of t, 
 me, you know. 
 
 finnf"' '^''^" '.V^'" »«^ "lake any aitference in our rela- 
 !k? ■ • V; '^ unfortunate event, Alice .- I recognize 
 that .s my obligation to free you if you ask it. '*=^°S:nize 
 
 Alice. Do you want to break off the engagement ' 
 
 C.EO. God forbid. 
 
 Alice. Then shut up, silly bov. 
 
 into our fu'tu^eX"?'"' " "'" ^""^'^'=^^''- '^ '"^^''-ed 
 Alice. Yes, perhaps, you won't be able to give me 
 so many dresses or .so much pin money now as you would 
 have done had nothing happened. 
 
 . <^'f'«- , No. seriously, Alice, have you pondered the ques- 
 tion in all Its phases .' Can you stand the scorn of the world 
 -not ofyour relatives, who are rich and we a!re.-,dy know 
 would renounce you for that reason ; nor of mine, who we 
 expect might object to you, though they are poor themselves 
 
 voir childhn ''^ ""•''' ""^ ^""''^'^ y°" ^^''^ kno^'from" 
 your childhood -your companions and friends in short. 
 
 •It, the will to work 
 have full meas- 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 39» 
 
 Would you pine for their society, and for the society 
 of those others you have not met yet, but to whose circle youi 
 rightfully belong ? 
 
 Alice. With you, no. For you I would think the worldi 
 little to" lose. 
 
 (lEO. Will you be content to be poor.'' Think : privation* 
 is not an enviable state. 
 
 Alice. Yet there are many poor people quite happy. 
 
 Geo. And we shall have to wait a few years longer, Alice. 
 Are you willing to wait ? 
 
 Alice {petulantly .^ No, sir. I want to be married .it 
 once. 
 
 Geo. Would that it were feasible, dearest. I wish it 
 from the bottom of my heart. Hut, if you are content \o 
 wait, a few years or so in South ."Africa will find me successful 
 and rich I hope. Hope ! I'm posititive of it ; for there will 
 be plenty out there for me to do, even alter the government 
 finishes with me, and, I thank (]od, life in Canada has taught 
 me a love of work, and how to work, and the necessity of 
 employing all my faculties, and being wide-awake, so that i 
 am more self-adapting and more indispensable than those 
 who have nothing but a mere faculty developed, or a small 
 
 training by which to gain them a livelihood A> 
 
 you have said, I have health and strength and ambition. 
 With these the possibilities of wealth lie open as free for nie 
 to attain as for any other man. Success is no respecter of 
 persons, and I despair not of success in the light of what I 
 have already done, little though that may be. 
 
 Alice. N'es, your magnificent bridge over the Riviere de 
 rOurs is an evidence of your great abilities. 
 
 Geo. Only have faith in me, confidence in my ability to 
 achieve success, and I shall win. With your encouragement, 
 everything ; without it, nothing. The impulse, the in- 
 spiration to work, to achieve great things is the knowledge 
 that there is some one who has abiding faith in one's 
 abilities to master and do anything within human power who 
 looks up to one as her Star of Hope. 
 
 Alice. Yes, I believe in your pow'*r to accomplish any- 
 thing you want. 
 
 Geo. You are the dearest and sweetest girl in the 
 world. 
 
 Alice. Take care you don't change your mind. 
 
 Geo. Never fear, dearest ; I love you with all my heart- 
 
40 
 
 l.VNADA, FAIK ( ANADA. 
 
 •'■■-"^-r^-sJ:;'''-;.-:-^^ 
 
 • etle.t ul.ethcr I , ..,. ,1 r!^u . '""'' >'"" "'"PPe.l t<, 
 al..enre would n.tsc me ..,'""' >""'■ ^^'""""^^ y""t 
 
 can , he helped. 'and „ „„„'? be Z C^ ' ' '^'^"-"''"^' - 't 
 I'fe.in.e to l.u.ld. Ccm^'c f'"t""ed.,es no. take a 
 
 eMa...s.,e^:;::!;!.;;'l;.'T;:jj;;-^;-;-^^ 
 
 «e are (luite alone in the «m , x • '^ <"'"«'" 'jfr, 
 
 lonehnesi I do Son , Ve s -1 T \"" """' '^'^l ""=* 
 Ijatred or .ehuke of .w wn fn i" cs ul i ''' I" ^'''" "'^' 
 deserted by the.n wh.n o r en. n ' ' "'■'>' ''*' '""tirelv 
 
 .mable%,, ,te,y „;y ,„;,',S,,>"" ''>■ '">■ =■"« 1 should te 
 
 ..»;™„,c!,tdr '■" -s'jid ™:'i'""''' '">• "<"■" <» "- 
 
 family n.isfor.une is tn,„v„.? ' " '"" ""= "»> "I"" >l« 
 Soth Afe:'if',i,e,rl"„t i'^'i^w'^S"; " '■"" "•"' so "• 
 
CANADA, ^AIR CANADA. 
 
 4» 
 
 rannot, you shall not. You have herome my wliole rx- 
 istcnf e ; tlie thonjjhts I think, llie air I hreathe, the w«)rl(l I 
 live in, niy life, my all. The only real living is when 
 you are by my si<le. Now I ( annot hear your ahsenre from 
 me one little moment of time. Mow then endure an 
 eternity of se|)aration such as this absence in .South A rira 
 implies. Well do I know by what I suffer when you are 
 away from me, what my state would be if we were to 
 separate for so lonj,' i time. Kven when you are away you 
 are my -onstant thought, y«)U aie never absent from my 
 mmtl. No, if you must «" to .South Africa you must take 
 me with you. 
 
 C.Ko IJut the country is at war, my dear, and you have 
 taken no consideration of the dmjjers and risk. 
 
 Ai.K i\ Ah, tell me of all that ; tell me of the poverty we 
 must face, of the scorn of friends, of the perils of ocean and 
 the danj;ets of wai. All this will be a joy, a deli^-ht to me 
 if I can bear them with you l!ut do not kill me with a 
 threat of separation. Last nijjht I lay awake in my bed .tucl 
 tlic)U)iht of the humiliation you must suffer cm account c.f 
 this misfortune, and I blessed Heaven that out of the 
 wictchedn. s of it all would come to me the happiness 
 of comforting; you. Melieve nie I could face these or any 
 d.inj;ers for your sake. Why the jjloiy of us Canadians is 
 our ancestors' sturdy manliness, indc^mita'ile fortitude and 
 untiring perseverance. They braved storn)s and penis of 
 the deep to come to this country, they Ci»cecl the extremities 
 of cliiiKite, I ij,'ors of winter, heat of summer and dangers from 
 n.awt attac :k to establish a home here- Women as well as 
 men did this, when the danjjers and difficulties were a 
 thousand times j,Meater, were, indeed, almost insuperable. 
 Now when dan>;er of travellin),' is minimized and comfort 
 assured, shall I >hune them by flmchinj; in the hoar of 
 e-xigency ? Shall I be less resolute ci intrepid than they .' 
 
 r.KO. The brave jjirl that you are, my own incomparable 
 sweetheart. Cod bless you for your devotion to me, and 
 your intrepid heart. How as I know you more, I see more 
 and more in you to ac'-'-e. Ea< h day reveals to my wonder- 
 Wii sense some new uait, some new beauty of character 1 
 never saw before. Constancy 1 knew to be one of the 
 divinities enshrined in this hallowed temple, and now 
 emcrj;es Fortitute from behind the vail to claim a share of 
 my worship, and to swell that long list of attributes which 
 render you as adorable and as worthy of praise as was ever 
 
 any Roman woman of old And so vou would 
 
 go to South Africa— all that long way ? 
 
42 
 
 CANADA, KAIR CANADA. 
 
 Vci, George, for to remain behind would be 
 
 Alice. 
 <leath. 
 
 ^„?/^°' .u'^"''!^?," ^''"''^ ^^^^ '■'« patience to wait there the 
 success that shall ultimately be ours .' 
 
 or^lfi"^*!' '^'<^''' ^"^ ' sh«ill appropriate a share in the 
 gratification and reward that that success shall bring 
 il^l^^J"^ of yours 1 want to be mine, every interest of yours 
 shal be my interest ; whereve. you are I want to be, so that 
 whatever you do I may be by your side to commend or ap 
 
 K,:, u" ''''*^ '?° ""* ^"^^ of Lady Rivers just now that I 
 should be consulted about going to South Africa. 
 
 sweetheart.* ''"" '^^ "' ^" ''"'^ ''^^ '^"^ '^'"''''^ ^°^'*=""='"' 
 
 AucK- Yes, and let us not delay a moment. To-morrow 
 4 return home. Next week we'll begin our long journey, 
 between those tvyo events who knows what may happen, 
 what design may be concocted to sunder us } When I an 
 once yoin; wife they dare do nothing. There is no time to 
 be lost. Go find a priest and bid him be prepared to unite us 
 fluu, °^'^'^'' ""^ evening. I shall be in readiness, . . 
 ■yn. blessed to-morrow when as husband and wife we can 
 <lefy the world. Sweetheart, take me to your heart and 
 *eep me there. I cannot bear to be parted from you. 
 
 Gko Until five, then, my beloved, until five. (Exeunt.) 
 
 Scene H. —Appeal to Pride. 
 
 "WlMK. ~A//e/noo/i of .uime day as preceding scene. 
 .Sc^NE.- Room in Kingheart's house. 
 
 (Enter Chopineau and Mr. and Mrs. Kingheart.) 
 
 KrNc;. I presume your vi«it, sir, concerns an early settle- 
 «iiept of my losses on 'Change yesterday i> 
 
 Chop. No. sir. It is to see your son I have called. I 
 ■^v.sh to remonstrate with him for persisting in his attentions 
 X^i my eldest daughter. 
 
 Mk.s K. Persisting in attentions to Miss Chopineau ' I 
 <am afraid we do not understand you, sir. 
 
 Chop. In plain words, then, madame, he has made my 
 -daughter believe that he is in love with her. 
 
 K I Nf;. This is certainly news.— Pray, what grounds have 
 you for such a charge ? 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 43 
 
 Chop. The evidences of my own senses, and the assur- 
 ance of Mademoiselle Chopineau's own admission. Hut I 
 would like to see the young man himself, if he is m. 
 
 KiNfi. Certainly. He is within call. 
 
 iSteis A» door and calls ^'George:'- 
 '' Yes, Father.") 
 
 -A voice 'u't'thin. 
 
 Mrs. 
 Choi- 
 Mrs. 
 
 for 
 
 K. And how long has this been going on ? 
 
 Undoubtedly more than three months. 
 K. Well, it is the last thing I should have looked 
 
 ( Enter iJeori^e.) 
 
 KiNc;. Oorge, Mr Chopineau is here this morning to 
 see you. He maintains that you have been persistent m your 
 attentions to Miss Chopineau, and ha\<: made her believe 
 you are in love with her. 
 
 Oko. Made Mademoiselle Chopineau believe that I am 
 in love with her ! I an confident Mademoiselle Chopineau 
 would not sanction that way of representing it— that 1 have 
 made her believe I love her. If Mr. Chopineau says 
 we are engaged 
 
 CHOI'. Flngagement, sir, may be the melodious term by 
 which 'ou are in the habit of designating your gallantries 
 and yoiir impostures on innocent women 
 
 GEO. Sir : 
 
 Mrs. K. I beg you will allow me to withdraw at once, 
 sir. [Exit.) 
 
 KiNi;. Have you come here to insult us, sir .' I hope the 
 fact that you are not under your own roof will act as some 
 restraint on the violence of your language 
 
 Chop. Hut I call them amours. Now, perhaps, we 
 understand each other, sir. 
 
 Geo. Hut this is imposing on good feeling. 
 
 King. If that is the kind of relations common to your 
 circle, sir, I beg you will not look for them here. My son 
 in paying attention to your daughter has unquestionably out 
 raged that common sense he was always given credit 
 for, but I am confident this is the only outiage of which a 
 Kingheart could be guilty. My son is endowed with a high 
 sense of honour, and would be ulteily incapable of any base 
 intrigue. 
 
 Chop. I know of no other name by which to designate 
 attentions which we all know circumstances prevent cul- 
 
44 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 ♦f'e fathtr of the jrirj bm r*"''''°!^'"*f 't "ot only from 
 Kenien.ber it is not so mmh ,v,"' '"' °*" P^^nts as we 
 Jnown an engagement aT it ?s the?'"?"'* "^^'""^ '° '" "ke 
 position to modesty may con ^-"^^^ An inherent dis- 
 consciousness that it wouW nn/>. ^"' ^' "'°"'d also the 
 '" this case. But a mnn u i ' i"^'"* '* parent's sanction a! 
 
 Jl^t that his inten^io'nT a"re honojiS '"r"-"^"'''* ^''''"-" 
 stances. The least »!,,► "onourabie, whatever the cirmm 
 your father and To .?/„ ^.P-'^.^ ol you was to app?,Te 
 disapproval. ' *" «»ough you anticipated their 
 
 -^b'o;■V„n';a"fie1ts:;;l?va'^''"" '"" ^'-^^^^ at once 
 Chop, i n<.#.H r.„» . 
 
 "'ine, for, apart frp,"the"?t.io"' ." """i'^ '^''^'^ ««a'n'y met 
 ' must naturally be appreheS''r,^"^''="^^y '-^^"ishing i* 
 relations of the two f .mn u i^"'"'^''^ '^rs. Ami:.) the 
 
 n)aliciousorvindicivedi Ih^^^'k*^ ""' -^'^^ are, "hit ' 
 
 A letter for you fr„„i the earl TT/ u^'"K''^'' '"»'' '« m- 
 border, some ne^v disaster apprehend, by the black 
 
 Y^' '??his^'';irr-i.^r ' '"""^'^ ^'-^^jy. ^-d 
 
 Job's resignation. (aS.) *" ^"^ '""'' '^"^^ example by 
 
 ^er''a?couIrtlierefo?e'T:;';::'lC'-P'"«-"'s father, and. on 
 ^'"^e, I beg to impres's on vouThrr^'' ''"'' ^^ '^^ ^^'"^ 
 *l;scred.t my honour in th°s wav ' ./'""' ''""^ y«" '" 
 
 able purpose. ^ '''*y- ' y^W to none in honour- 
 
 K.^N^.^ My God. brother (George is dead: 
 
 '^een very sudrn'^'vyJU^n^o imrmL"'\'^^''' """^^ ''«ve 
 ^•KO. About mv , , "° '"'™»"on he was ill. 
 
 t^bere can be "^o qu'es r"^/?^ ^['-^demoiselle Chopineau ' 
 <leclared my love^ to her v2 k" "i""'''* ^'"^^ ' fi^st 
 remote from deception has ou. ifiTn """' ^^^ ^''^'^ <^ourse 
 ^vHl assent to this^ Vesterd^; S/^^ ^"'^'^^^ She 
 
 n^zed ,t my duty to lay beSer ,h/f"?/^'''^' '''' ' '«"S- 
 Pects, which I did this nio ninp V ^"" '""="' "^ '"y Pml 
 
CANADA, KAIR CANAIiA. 
 
 45 
 
 declared her unalterable purpose of clinjjinf; to me, offered 
 to marry me immediately and go with me to South Africa. 
 
 Chop. Marry you, and go with you to South Africa! 
 You are both mad, and such an insane coarse must not be 
 allowed.— Young man you have not numey enough to take 
 care of my daughter- She is l "i to a life of ease and 
 luxury such as you have not the means to provide— I doubt 
 if you have even ever enjoyed it. I have been an mdulgent 
 father to her all h^r lite, not allowing her to want for .my- 
 thing. Do you think, after thai, I ih ill permit her to marry 
 a beggar ? 
 
 Geo. Hut this is the acme of violence to my respect. 
 Take care, sir, how far you impose on it. 
 
 Chop. With regard to this pretty story about her offer- 
 ing to marry you at once, and accompany you to South 
 Africa, there is not a word of truth in it 
 
 tip:o. Sir ! Uo I hear my word ii..pugned ? 
 
 Chop. She understands that she is already affi meed to 
 Lieutenant (iobin. If it is my money you are after, well, 
 understand right here, not one cent of it goes to her if <he 
 marries you. Good day, sir. I'm a very busy man, and 
 have no further time to spare you. {Exit.) 
 
 Mrs. K. Was there ever such a fellow.^ It tried my 
 patience to sit and listen to him. 
 
 KlNt;. You cannot conceive my indignation, my dear. I 
 never expected to be so grossly insulted,— under my own 
 roof at least. —Well, sir, what do you think of this outrage 
 on your father and mother in their own house .' Are you 
 proud of your work? It is through you this contemptible 
 fellow was here— as if yesterday's humiliation was not 
 enough at his hands. While you are running the family 
 into disgrace, bringing down humiliati(m and insult on \*. '- 
 well, your uncle. George, is dead, and the childless earl, 
 realizing that, after me, you are now in consequence the suc- 
 cessor to his title, is consulting for your interest. You are 
 to go to England and prepare for your coming respon- 
 sibility. Little does he dream how unworthy of his concern 
 you are. 
 
 Mrs. K. Don't say that, dear. After this shameful 
 scene, I am sure George has already made up his mind to 
 let Miss Chopineau go.— And what else has the earl to say? 
 
 King. George is to marry Lady Hilda Barlow and enter 
 parliament for Seamingdale under her father's auspices. 
 
CANADA, KAR CANADA. 45 
 
 cur'!JJ'ln^;l,w°'^'"^'*y• ^^*^°''«*' A ''"'"«"« marriage se- 
 
 Geo. Nothintf, mother. 
 
 kneeT'-ind^ihfe.^"" "nKrateful scamp. Down on your 
 oDnnr't.'mi,; ff ^^V""" ='''"'Rhty Stars that so soon is the 
 opportunity afforded you to scoff at »his lartar and hi. 
 measley m.llions. and to chuck his vulgar daughter back^o 
 
 5eli;. Jh^" "^'"r '""\ ""'^''^ ^ ^'^""^^"d thankV for haig 
 de vered you from the gr.p of temptation at such a try nS 
 
 nelrilfs .kaT""^''"*!'. ''O"'- future is assured. No more 
 need of South Africa. You can hold your head ud like a 
 man and defy the •vorld. You are on the sure road to the 
 
 eS' e'iceotTh.l? /^^''^', "M^^ "'^ KreateltTonour t 
 As for thi?f. ;1 ri^'"*^ "'*' .'l'"'*'' ^<'^erei«n himself.- 
 2L L ci .?* Chopmeau, I hope he will live to rue the 
 Qay he spurned you as a son-in-law. Let him have hi! 
 
 en o'f heT ' '" "^'""'- ''''''' " "^^ »«^'°- '^ wor?h a doj! 
 r fSf-^' ''^l''^''' •"'■*'■* y°" *«" «''*!" Lady Hilda or Miss 
 
 If Lady Hilda were not the woman to make you a prooer 
 wife and .t IS easy to reason from this n,an, Chopineau" 
 ostentation and • -.^arity what his daughter must be 
 
 Geo. Say v clauxhters, and you would be eauallv 
 
 ncorrect about both, as, I am afraid, our judKmems of Mr 
 Chopmeau hiiuself are often far from cor ect 1 have ob 
 rerved the two young ladies very closely, and yet am unable 
 to discover a trace of offensive ostentation in either 
 ^^MRs. K. I have heard .Miss Chopineau very well spoken 
 
 Gko Believe me, mother, an estimable young ladv a 
 favourite not only by reason of her beauty and charm U 
 for her w,t, sensibility, modesty and affability. ' ^ 
 
 vir^u'eT- vir tT' ''^' '•'* P"ssessess the whole show list of 
 virtues , yet not good enough to be the wife of a British 
 
 littfe'^fingen^"^''^" *°"''' ""' ^* ''""''^'^ '° 'o"^»^ »"•• 
 Kino. You are a great fool, that's what you are. 
 
 tj 
 
47 
 
 CANADA, KAIK C\N\UA. 
 
 Mks. K. My dear, you are too easily provoked. Let me 
 (alk to (ieortje. 
 
 KiN(;. It's enoii^ih to provoke one ; to have one's word 
 disputed at every turn by an obstinate, opinionated boy who 
 thinks he knows more than his father. His uncle, with his 
 best interests at heart, has ^one to the trouble of hunting out 
 an enviable match for him, an heiress in her own right, and 
 a daughter of one of the oldest houses in Kngland and he 
 treats the whole thinjj as indifferently as if she were a 
 raj{ picker's daughter, harrying one's ears with the praise> 
 of a woman whose father just told him he was a beggar, and 
 not decent enough to be his son-in-law- a son of mine, 
 a Kingheart, to swallow insults so complacently. —Once for 
 ail, will you acrept your uncle's kin affers. or are you going 
 to let infatuation for this creature get the best of your ( om- 
 mon sense ? 
 
 C'.KO. Had this offer come three months ago, father, 
 I might have considered it, because 1 was not then clear 
 whether I dared declare my mind to Mademoiselle Chop- 
 ineau. IJut this date puts any sui.h offer out of the question, 
 for not only am I engaged to her, but our marriage 
 is already fixed. 
 
 KlNd. That ends our interview, sir. I have nothing 
 more to say to you, except thai you pack up your things and 
 leave the house at once. You are no son of mine. 
 
 Mrs. K. Henr. 'ear, don't be so hasty. 
 
 KiN(;. I shall cut you off— Ah 1 you choose well the f me 
 for defying my wishes, when you know there is nothing for 
 vou to get out of me. I should have cut you off to the last 
 cent. Dut you sh.in't remain under the roof. I could almost 
 wish the eail would change and marry, so that he may yet 
 have children to cheat you out of the peerage. (Exit., 
 
 Mr.s. K. .See what a temper you have put your father i 
 You should not aggravate him like that. Yesterday's losses 
 have made him iriitable, you know. 
 
 Geo. I have not sought to irritate him. He asks an 
 impossible sacrifice of me. 
 
 Mrs. K. But you know it's for your good, (leorge. He 
 wouldn't have advised you as he did if it were not for your 
 good. Let me add my entreaties to his, and beg you— for 
 mv sake — to give up Miss Chopineau. I don't doubt but 
 she is a very amiable young woman and all that, and would 
 make an admirable wife for someone, but 1 think she is not 
 the kind of wife for you. And where are your reason and 
 your pride ? Let me appeal to your common sense. Your 
 
48 
 
 CANADA, HAIR ( aNADA. 
 
 ■i 
 
 
 father and Mr. Chopineau are not on wood terms inH« i 
 
 huntiHR lovers indwlln^l f ""sympathy with fortune- 
 ceived inv of K *" P^P*"'* '""' 'fi" y«" had not re- 
 
 i-ith., «• »r<e other has been too well stated bv vonr 
 
 ^W)idd anv man 111.W 5 \- r Jiine. Whit more 
 
 .H^^'f \4^ J '^"' • ^ ""■■ ^"'u«'e would be assured i 
 
 im. This very day at five o'clock we are to be marHed 
 MRS. K. To be married at five o'clock * 
 
 nutrias, ''in J-' Fx"li'I,°';nH"'','"''''" »"'' """"'•'l 
 iic.M wecK, and foreseeing the annoyance her 
 
"■^K 
 
 » AN.\I>A, I AIR ( VN.MiA, 
 
 49 
 
 constancy would brinx down on her. entreated n.e to consen 
 
 to our immediate uni 
 Willi me. 
 
 <m, and to take liei to S 
 
 oiHb Afn 
 
 Mks. K. 15ut this is sheer madness, (;eorge 
 'iKo It is too late now, motlier, for me to deba'e i with 
 vou. I o you It inay seem the acme of ma.lness, bin «e are 
 <|JUe persuaded of its ne.essity. And now vou wdl p.irdon 
 me. must ^o. My tin.e for prepar.ition h ., |,m,ted 
 enouj-h, but father s expulsion has laid . new demand on i- 
 c.ood-bye, nmther- Don't forjjet I love you. 
 
 {A'/s:u-\ /lis mother iin<l te<n'e>. ) 
 
 Mks. K. C.eorxe, (ieor^r, I implore you 
 
 (iKo, \-vithin. (lood-bye, mother. 
 
 .Mrs. K. r„ be married to-day ,.t (ive o'clock. - Ki' hes 
 h-mour, fame perhaps, within his ).r.isp, ana he insanely 
 tiirusts them aside for this creature. Whichever way one 
 I )oks at it, obscu.ity- ex, ept such as a certain measure of 
 professional success may dissipate will be his portion if he 
 marries this woman, ah, even when he inherits the earldom 
 .She m.iy prevail on him to remain in Canada or South 
 Atrica, wherever they l.appen to be at the time, preferring to 
 be a countess where countesses are r.iie than where an 
 abundance of them may relegate her to the sh.ide ; or she 
 miyattect, like her father, to hold titles in contempt these 
 western tradespeople usuillv do. (),i the other h.md if her 
 ambition impel her to choo,e Knylan I, parli imt-nt.irv sue 
 cess at that late date will be out of the ouction. All the 
 men in the hrst rank of the House of L.r.ls are men who 
 h ive - ome to the front after Ion- schoolmj^ in the Commons 
 I" briny up a child, an only child : to hope mu< h, to prav 
 m ;> h, and to e.xpect much, and tlien to see those hopes 
 siiitteied in a twinklin- by a woman wh )se love for him 
 caiaoi be.tjin to compare with mine, i)iit for whom he dis- 
 re,.^ards my most fervent appeals. - A brilliant career sacri- 
 ficed by a passionate, ill-advised infatuation. Shall I let it 
 t.ike Its course .- Shall I sit indififerently and say it is no 
 attiir of mine, I have done my best, his fortune is in his 
 own hands to mar or mend .- Xo. Does not this man Cho- 
 pmeau answer the question r He came in behalf of his child 
 and shall h.s love be said to tr.anscend mine .'-1 shall profit 
 by n,, e.xample, only improving on it, see Mademoiselle 
 Chopineau and appeal to her better nature. Hut, whereas 
 he used threats, msults and abuse, I sh ill sink self-interest 
 so completely out of sight as to throw her intuition completely 
 o.} the scent. I shall clothe myself in my s.iavest, most 
 
50 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 ! 
 
 i 
 i 
 
 diplomatic mood, for I probably have a woman of spirit and 
 •determination to deal with, if she is a whit like her father. 
 :Ah, mademoiselle, it is your love agiinst mine, which will 
 win ? (Exit.) 
 
 .Scene I II. —Appeal to Love. 
 
 TiMK.—S/iU later in the iifternoon than the t>recedinir uene. 
 .S'. ENE.--i"(i;«^ as scene I. of this tut. 
 
 (Enter Juliette and Jacques.) 
 
 jui.. I am beginning to think you haven't a spark of im- 
 agination after all. How you will fall in my present concep- 
 tion of you, if ever 1 convince myself yon haven't. 
 
 jAcij. Better I fill in that at first to be exalted in your 
 «steem afterwards^ for the former is often provoked by cap- 
 rice or mood, the latter is founded on reason. I do not 
 \\ant to be loved for what I am conceived to be, but for 
 what I .im. 
 
 J III,. But for a novelist and a poet you are as unromantic 
 as the mechanic who studies everything and plans every- 
 thing by the rule of square and compass. Every suggestion 
 must conform to the test of expediency; every proposition 
 must be subjected to the searchlight of examination. — Here 
 is our position. We are engaged and are impatient to be 
 married. We have the means necessary, but know full well 
 my father's consent will never be given. What must be 
 done, then.'' What would any reasonable person infer ought 
 to be done .' Take measures in our own hand and run away. 
 Yet you refuse point blank to elope with me 
 
 jACy. But your reasoning is vicious, my dear. .Such an 
 inference is forced, and does not proceed naturally from the 
 premises. 
 
 Jul. I don't know anything or care anything about your 
 premises. I p*^ interested in facts. 
 
 J.\CQ. It lot follow that because I do not harmonize 
 
 with your lati s conception of .in ideal husband for you, his 
 consent will, therefore, be withheld. There are hundreds of 
 parents in the world who have had to acquiesce to a child's 
 marriage even in direct violence to their own prejudices. 
 Nor is the other conclusion, that we must run away, 
 a sound one. Wouldn't it be just as effectual and a great 
 deal cheaper, for instance, to walk away from home, since we 
 are going to live in Montreal .^ 
 
 Jul. Oh 1 there is no reasoning with you. You are 
 
CANADA, KAIR CANADA. 
 
 5» 
 
 beyond all endurance. As Alice says, you argue everything 
 and want to have your own way about everything, even whea 
 you know you're absolutely wronj. 
 
 Jacq. In telling me that, you flitter my conceit, for if 
 my views receive private examination between you and your 
 sister, it argues that they must be at least worthy of some 
 notice. 
 
 Jul. Don't be carried away too rapidly by egotism. It 
 is not your views we discuss ; it is you and your obstinacy. 
 Hut I'm going to have my way about this, make up your 
 mind. 
 
 Jac9. Hut you always do in the end, you know. 
 
 Jul. Vou are perfectly odious in your ruling passion to 
 have the last word about everything. .A pretty sweetheart 
 you are to refuse to indulge your affianced at any time . . . 
 I'll wager you didn't remember yesterd.iy was my birthday 
 
 JaC(J. There you wrong me, sweetheart. It has not 
 passed out of my mind a single moment the whole da>. 
 Here is a trifle I have brought you as a souvenir. Vou have 
 never had an engagement ring from me. Let this compen- 
 sate for the delinquency. 
 
 Jul. Oh isn't that a beauty? How good of you, Jacques. 
 Well, I forgive you your ve.\ations for this token of your love. 
 
 But Jacques, you won't mind if I say something, wilt 
 
 you ? 
 
 }.\Cii. I anticipate what it is. Vou would scold me for 
 spending on you out of my slender purse. 
 
 Jul. I am aware it is a sensitive — I mean a delicate point- 
 
 JaC(^. Not at all. There should be no ceremony, as 
 one day there must be no mysteries, between us. — Well, yes- 
 terday morning, the editor of Le Petit Tribune offered me 
 service on the staff of the paper — 
 
 Jul. How lovely. Vou'll bean editor, won't you ?~a 
 poet, a novelist and an editor. I always told you you would 
 come to the front. Wasn't it clever of me to discover your 
 genius ? 
 
 JAC<^. Not out and out an editor, but a hybrid position, 
 editor and reporter in one.— Well, your birthday brought 
 me good luck, you see, and I wanted to signalise the fact in 
 so— le way. Hut. you know, fund* are not alway; as plentiful 
 as I would wish them. So at times I have to resort to an 
 expedient. I'll tell you My uncle is a great politician, 
 that is so far as his judgment goes. — I have never heard of 
 anyone who agreed with him in this particular. Well, when 
 
52 
 
 CANADA, KAIR CANADA. 
 
 , i 
 
 things go badly with me, I pay him a visit, and in con- 
 s deranon of the loan of a dollar, I allow him 'to explain to 
 me what fools the present Government are. and how they 
 are runnmg the country headlong into ruin. I feed lul 
 vehemence by certain mterjaculatory remarks-for instance 
 
 n6 r^TT??'^ "''.S''\'^ ""^ '"'•'« """^« "' Commons 
 and that that honourable body has much to regret in not 
 possessing him as one of its forceful ornaments I wauh 
 
 beenTuEn^'fi"^, ']\''' ' ^''^''''^ "'•'^' ^'^ conceit has 
 \r^,. , t^^ ^?*^' ' •'""'" "''*' »''« ''•"«= f'as come when 
 1 can tap him. Hut yesterday he squirmed when I raised 
 
 no'w'^an eH?."'' ^""'"\""'" !,^^P'-"ed to him that? was 
 now an editor, a somewhat influential personage, and that I 
 
 Sedar ''""" '" ''' "f ^""- p'-'ble fer'vice to ill 
 
 Jur.. How clever : .Still I would have preferred your gift 
 to take the direction of some eflTorl of your talent 
 
 JAOJ. Oh : i did that, too. I had nearly forgofen- I 
 made a little poem in honour of your birthday. 
 
 Jur.. How thoughtful you are, Jacques. 
 
 jAcg. \yhy, what did I do with it.' I put it 
 Oh, here it is, I hope you will like it, dear. 
 
 Jur. "Caprice, a. Sonnet." Caprice! Why, what has 
 capricetodo with my birthday.' ■>, "natnas 
 
 ,ul^?^\- ^^^'f^' ^.'«"d="cy to-day in literature, mvdear- 
 asLcSr "' '"""'^^ '^""^'""' ''^ '-- ^"^'^-''-. «f 
 Jur.. Oh, it is. 
 
 jACo. Vou see fashion in literature is like fashion in 
 tastes, manners and everything else : it changes. Si.ch 
 poems as Landor's "Sixteen" or Shakespere's " Suee 
 and wenty," aie no longer possible. Our modem -^en 
 
 fadiswi.r'"''"^ '■'"•■;"""•''« '"8 the finer sinsesof tl?e 
 ladies with reference to their age. \or does modern taste 
 permit personal love poems any more. We would just as 
 
 Heatnces our Lydias and our Highland Marys. The .>re- 
 
 mvself 1,^ K • '""^r"* ;'^>' ' '""'^'' P^^^" '^e old way 
 ni>self, but, being of the age, must have an eye to mv 
 
 sotr.T""'; ""'^ '"'f'.^^^ *^""'P«'^ '"« ^° submerge pe.^ 
 sonal choice to general demand. ^ 
 
 Trii!';; k"! r''^ "''^'''i^ ^ ^V"^*' ''»s '»'»' to do with me ? 
 That IS what I want to know. 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 53 
 
 ]\CQ. But what would you have, my dear? You a 
 strictly up-to-date girl would resent any such thing as 
 *' To Sweet Seventeen," for instance, as any other girl of the 
 day would. Shall I blazon your age before the world ? Uo 
 1 not arrive exactly at the same results with caprice as my 
 theme ? 
 
 Jul. Ob o seventeen is the age of caprice, is it ? And 
 1 am capricioi, , am I ? Well, \^throwin^s; MS at him.) you 
 may keep your old poem .... and doMt ever speak 
 to me anymore. You horrid thing. I hate you. {E.ril in 
 
 tears. ) 
 
 jACtj. Well, a little noise and a few tears will not alter 
 me. This love of excitement, this wild chase after sensation 
 and notoriety that is the characterstic of the average girl of 
 to-day, and the disgust of sensible people shall not have my 
 indulgence, as far as I can help it. Undoubtedly the way to 
 meet such a disposition as yours is to manage with 
 indifference, to meet humour with reason, to yield only as a 
 last alternative. Hy this way I shall win genuine admira- 
 tion from you which 1 haven't now, and I shall gain your love 
 in the end. Your capricious nature would draw me into 
 ridiculous actions, but that is insensate indulgence, not 
 love, my dear Juliette, that allows itself to be drawn into 
 every variation of folly, and into all manner of sfrat.gc capers 
 for the mere end of pleasing. 
 
 {Enter Alice.) 
 
 -Al.iCK. M. Duval, what is the matter now with you and 
 my sister? You never meet but you quarrel. 
 
 JaC(,». Nevertheless, mademoiselle, we have much to be 
 thankful for, in that up to now v.e hive both escaped a 
 scratched face and the loss of a single hair. 
 
 Alice. Well, you're very unreasonable, I must 
 You can't expect her to fall into your ideas of things. 
 
 JaC(.) But, m.-idemoiselle, it is your sister who is unrea- 
 S')nable, with her odd fancies and e>;traordiiviry projects. 
 
 Alice. Yes, I know, but you are as much at fault as she" 
 Her ideals are at times romantic and not always obvious, 1 
 .-xdmit, but you are inclined to be too captious, argumenta- 
 tive and obstmatc. 
 
 J acq. Ah, yes, she told me that th.it was the opinion you 
 had of me, but do you not mistake something else for all 
 this? You should know, mademoiselle. -The charge of 
 being intensely devoted to her well-being even to the point 
 
 say. 
 
54 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CAN\I»A. 
 
 nii 
 
 of exactness I may allow, but obstinate and argumentative, 
 no, I am neither of those. 
 
 Ai.rcK. Well, go and compose her, for she is fretting verv 
 iTiuch. " ' 
 
 jAcg. I run a great risk in doing it, mademoiselle, but 
 smce you command it, I shall do my best. {Exit.) 
 
 Alice. How singular it is that in the lives of some 
 people who love each other ardently these little tiffs will 
 occur. Juliette is very proud of her poet sweetheart and he 
 is unquestionably devoted to her, so much so that her girlish 
 extravagances cause him as much distress as if she were 
 running into real danger ; yet they are always having their 
 Jittle family parties. George and I get on first rate. vVe 
 are too practical to allow any differences creep in our hao- 
 pmess in this way. ' ^ 
 
 (Enter ihitler Mt/t Saher.) 
 
 But. Mrs. Kingheart wishes to see you, mademoiselle. 
 
 Amcf. Mrs. Kingheart : {Advancing to door.) Ple.ise 
 show her in. 
 
 {Enter Mrs. Kingheart) 
 
 Mrs. K. Mile. Chopineau, I presume .' 
 
 AucR. I am. And you are Mrs. Kmgheait, George's 
 mother ? bis 
 
 Mrs. K. I am. 
 
 .-\i.icK. It ;s an honour tn know you Mrs. Kingheart 
 <ieorge did not apprise me— 
 
 .Mrs. K. I am here without his knowledge. Hut you 
 think rightly if you suppose my visit hasanv lelation to him.- - 
 You love George t 
 
 Ai.icF. Yes. 
 
 Mrs. K. And he has declared his love to you } 
 
 Alick. He has so honoured me. 
 
 Mrs. K. Hut, mademoiselle, has he not acquainted you 
 with his prospects.- Didn't he tell you that at present he 
 nasn t a cent in the world and has to commence a slow, uphill 
 conque>t of the world with his profession onlv behind him - 
 
 AucR. He did. 
 
 jMrs. K. And we have nothing to give him. We lost all 
 we had through Mr. Kinghearts misfortune on 'Change yes- 
 terday when your father had such signally good fortune 
 Of course, you know. George can expect nothing from us, 
 
 
CANADA, FAIR ( ANADA. 
 
 55 
 
 Mrs. K. 
 Alick. 
 Mrs. K. 
 Alice. 
 Mrs. K. 
 
 Al.ICK, 
 
 therefore, and must look only to himself, and you are 
 accustomed to a life of luxury and ease, in which George 
 would be unable to indulge you. Then there is that other 
 reason. 
 
 Alice. Which one, madam ? 
 
 Mrs. K. Vour father's antipathy. I am positive consent 
 to such a marriage could never be wrung from him. 
 
 A lick. I know it. 
 
 He would cut you of! with the last cent. 
 He has so informed me. 
 
 And, knowing all this, you are still determined— 
 To marry (icorge ? Yes. 
 
 Constant giii. 
 George loves me and that is all I ask. I do not 
 question his al)ility to make future provision for us ; I am 
 positive of it. 
 
 Mrs. K. It will be all uphill work, I warn you, made- 
 moiselle, for George is proud, dislikes asking favours, and 
 prefers fighting his own way. It will not be the flowery path 
 you think. 
 
 . .^LiCF. Pardon me, but George and I have gone into 
 all that, Mrs. Kingheait. 
 
 Mrs. K. Then again, I must remind you, mademoiselle, 
 that our families are not on good terms. 
 
 Al.ICK. I cannot see what that has to do with the matter, 
 Mrs. Kingheart. George and I are on the best of terms. 
 We love each other and these are terms good enough for us. 
 
 Mrs. K. It is all very well to dismiss it in th^t self-con- 
 fident 
 h.appy, 
 
 Alice. Ours may be one of the rare ones, nmdam. At 
 least we are willing to risk it. 
 
 Mrs. K. Let me come to the point, mademoiselle. 
 Suppose I were to tell you that such a marriage wou'd blight 
 (Jeorge's future- - 
 
 .Alice. I do not understand you. 
 
 Mrs. K Patience, mademoiselle, I shall explain. You 
 love George ? 
 
 .Alice. I have already declared so, madam. 
 
 Mrs. K. Then you are prepared to make any sacrifice 
 for his well-being ? 
 
 Alice. Undoubtedly. 
 
 way, but such marriages, I assure you, are rarely 
 
56 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 1 1 
 
 con'lSedin IZS-^'T'' '^^''^--i^elie. we are highly 
 
 Alice. Mrs. Kingheart : If you are going - 
 
 <i.spa''rage^"yorrbirrh"in' '"^''*'"°i ««=>'«. ' do not mean to 
 ^^■h^t I Ll^L ,i*"y "^^y- ^^" "o' be offended at 
 
 nmrrv whVr. hf S '"' '"'Pp"'«»s- Would you have him 
 
 flml.l ' *"' ""' S"'»" I'is heari? Would you conve 
 
 An'^d'/'then me i\Vh v H^" "°' ^"°^ ^"°''S* '^ >'«" ^^y t^at. 
 
 Mrs. k. Ves. 
 he*' Sote^l';" :," '"" ""' ""'"« "■'"■ ""> ' ""' •«" yo" 
 P^rid'io mT-a^y «cr£'''"' ■•"" ' "" '''"''' >">" ^ 
 
 '.4y'o?w :'iSuT£!„\:v:;r,rr„ 's '" """^' • -■ ' 
 li tr ;"uttu;f "i s^';;' '"?'"• '?'"'' ^'■" "'■'"■■'■ 
 
 ! . r 
 
CANADA, KAIk CANAlJA. 
 
 57 
 
 
 Mrs. K. On the contrmy ; I have both before lue. I see 
 ' that such an alliance will terminate unhappily for both. It 
 has always been so. It is better, therefore, that it should 
 be brought to an end at once. For it cannot be. It meets 
 with disapproval on both sides and I need not tell you, 
 mademoiselle, that the gulf of reconciliation between your 
 father and Mr. Kingheart is impassable. 
 
 Alice. I know it. 
 
 Mks. K. Yes ; and on the other hand, you must know .-vUo 
 that above love and marriaj^e are ceitain responsibilities 
 attached to the rank of which (jeorge is a part— responsibi- 
 lities he dare not shirk without betrayinj.; the heritage en- 
 trusted to him. Of these responsibilities no marriage is 
 allowed to divest him, na> . marriage is secondary to them 
 and should only be contracted for the purpose of assisting in 
 I heir observance. A'oblesse oblige, I can assure you, ma- 
 demoiselle, is anything but an empty phrase. Some day 
 (jeorge must assume the state of an earl. Can you under- 
 stand what that means -the duties it entails— in the eyes of 
 one of English training, be he of the highest or the lowest 
 class ? I pass over the obligation a nobleman owe? of stand- 
 ing wi'hin the splendour of the throne, but assure ycu, made- 
 moiselle, that his responsibilities towards the under • ' . s^s 
 are to-day a thousand times greater than in 1213 when he 
 stood as their champion before a tyrant king. Every public 
 movement he is called upon to lead ; every pliilanthropic 
 enterprise, to support. Do you understand me, mademoi- 
 selle ': 
 
 Alice. Do I understand you? -Ah, too well do I antici- 
 pate the drift of your plea. 
 
 Mrs. K. He should bear a hand also in shaping the 
 legislation of his country. Other no less important func- 
 tions he is called upon to perform. Must I tell you that 
 wealth and influence are necessary to all this ? 
 
 Alice. Ah, me : Why was I born : 
 
 Mrs. K Lord Dolan, Mr. Kingheart's brother, has made 
 arrangements for George's marriage with a lady who will 
 bring him this wealth and influence, which you see you can- 
 not. Moreover, her father has immense influence to get hiin 
 into parliament. 1 entreat you, therefore, by that love yon 
 have for him to give him up. If you love him prove it by 
 consulting for his interest. You are a woman of generous 
 impulses ; you will therefore not hesitate to make this sacri- 
 fice that I ask. See here I have a letter from his uncle. 
 Read it, mademoiselle, and you will see that nothing of that 
 
58 
 
 CANADA, KAIR CANADA. 
 
 
 1 have said with reference to George's future is visionary. 
 
 AlJCfc, It is mnecessary, madam. Keep your letter. 
 All shall be done as you request. 
 
 Mrs. K. How noble of you. Ah, I knew I would not 
 appeal to you in vain. I shall never forget your sacrifice. 
 Adieu, mademoiselle. 
 
 Alice. Adieu. 
 
 {Ex// Mrs. King/ieart) 
 
 ALict. So ends our bright young dream with its life of 
 a summer's wooing -not cut short bv lovers' quarrel, but by 
 family feud, for, in spile of the Lord Dolan pretext, family 
 diflTerences were leallyat the bottom of my lady's anxiety, 
 .^fter all she is right. Su(h a betrothal could not have 
 lasted. Not so wonderfully begun after all, for enmity often 
 enough m this odd world turns into friendship, hatred into 
 love ; but continued over an active volcano of hate our truth 
 could only end as it has ended. Now that I am awake I 
 am not so greatly surprised that we loved as that our engage- 
 ment did not cease long ago. We were children to think it 
 could endure under the circumstances. But then well id 
 eyes only for love and lost sight of what was threatening 
 every moment. And now to apprise George. I dare not 
 meet him face to face for love and fear together would sub- 
 vert my determination to yield all iip for his interest. Once 
 to see him would be to weaken in my purpose, and present 
 resolve would be renounced in the face of one tender smile 
 from him. I'll write to him and explain. ( Writes) " My dear 
 friend, God grant you strength to receive with composure 
 what I am about to communicate. No doubt it will cause 
 you no small measure of surprise after the serious and defin- 
 itive conversation we had to-day. We had made up our 
 minds to be married at once. Hut alas ; that cannot be. 
 
 Since seeing you there has tome to me an absolute recon- 
 sideration of my plans and my promise, i know now what 
 I did not know before— that it is to the interest of both of us 
 that our betiothmcnt come to an end. Believe me, my 
 friend, when I say that it is in the interest of both that this 
 should be so. I ask you, therefore, to free me. I regret it 
 sincerely, but I can assure you that the step has been care- 
 fully considered and cannot be helped. 
 
 It will be useless to call here to see me, for I return home 
 to-day, where, you know it will be utterlv impossible to 
 receive you." Alice 'Chopineau. 
 
CXNAOA, KAIU CANA(»A. 
 
 59 
 
 Cowards writes letters ; a brave soul meets his nmn. lUit 
 pcorme! I'm only a woiuan- with the stien>>lh as well iis 
 the weakness of my sex. -Take (leorjje from me. take all 
 from me the whole world lost. Oh ! the pain of it ail. 
 (/'/(urs hand on heart) What an aching ! I remember when 
 mothei died : it seemed as if I would dissolve in tears, but 
 h.id father died at that time too, the sum of those two ^{riefs 
 would be to this single one as a paltry teardrop to the ocean. 
 Now the fountain ot my tears seems spent. Not one drop 
 will flow to relieve the seething tide within.— (leorge lost, 
 •wh.it is there left to live for.' The light oi iife is gone. 
 Henceforth life with darkness. Oh ! the pain, the pain here. 
 My poor heart will break. Ah 1 what need to suffer when 
 this is by. {Takes ufi a paper da^^er on table) Come, 
 quieiinj! spike of steel and spit this wretched bulk of flesh. 
 My s( ul is drunk with woe and sits heav ly on my poor, frail 
 frame. Come separate this suffeiing body from its incubus 
 of sorrow. One prayer for him. .May suih honour and 
 fame as his mother wishes crown him. May he be blessed 
 with a happy home, and may this lady selected for him— - 
 Ha I 1 had almost forgotten. Lord Uolan has selected a 
 lady who can bring weahh and influence to (leorge. -And 
 so my heart was half-treacherous to me, and grief was not 
 only for loss of him but for loss of him to her. .Aw;«y perfi- 
 dious blade. In league with my rival ? Now 1 shall not 
 give her that satisfaction to crow over my grave and say I 
 took my life because (ieorge threw me over for her. {Rin^s 
 bell and proceeds to ^eal up letter) No, my lady, that proud 
 triumph shall never lie granted you. (Enter fhitler) James, 
 I expect .Mr. Kingheart. When he comes please give him 
 this, and say to him I an out. 
 
 ijur. Yes, Miss. 'Exit Alice) I'll bet that's the grand 
 bounce now. .She and (leorge's mother can't agree, 1 reckon. 
 .She '11 have to look out for an tiher fellow now. Well, I 
 ain't finding fault with a girl what throws a fellow over th.it 
 ain't got no money. Money talks nowadays, and the man 
 without it ought to take a back seat. {A noice is heard 
 T>.'ithin) I wonder what's that i Something fell down. Them 
 Kinghearts deserve to have a backset, with their heads so 
 high up in the air. as if they owned Montreal. Well, I ain't 
 got no kick coming. I made a cool $150 in the plunge yes- 
 terday, (ieorge ain't such a bad fellow, though, b'U he ain't 
 our equal. I don't see what my lady invites h r 'ct-.t for. 
 (.Enter Susan) What was that noise, Susan '. 
 
 Sus. Oh, I'm in such a state. Mis? Alic-* 'i.-.s just 
 stretched out on the floor and her ladyship ot .t. •i(;me. Do 
 
I!' 
 
 i 
 
 «o 
 
 rVNADV, I AIK CANAMA. 
 
 you kno" where the missus' smellin«-silts is? ()]\, there it 
 IS. (/T.tv/. 
 
 lUiT. Fainted : SometliinK to (lo with that letter, I reckon. 
 --Well, it's mi^jhty funny. Writes him a letter, and then 
 f.iints away ; Init tlieie'?. no understamlintj women. 
 
 {Enter iicor^i^e drtsstd as >t /iriile'x'toom,, 
 
 Cv.O. Well, James, you see 1 < anie rijjht in this time 
 without waitinj; in the hall till permission was given. I'lease 
 tell mademoiselle I am here. 
 
 ilui. Miss Alice his (;one out, sir. 
 
 (iEO. Cione out .- Tint's singular. .She had an appoint- 
 ment with me at tliis hour. Did site leave no message ': 
 
 lU'T. No, sir, hut she ^-ave me this to give you. 
 
 ("iKo. .Ah. a letter. Thanks. Kxplaiiis her absence, I 
 suppose. A'fiit/s) 'My dear fnend, etc.'' .My (iod, is 
 this true .' No, I aU) mad or dreamin;; .- lllse what < in mean 
 this burning face, this smj,'ular sensation of oneness and 
 li>jlnne:.s, this bu/zin>{ in my ears, this ph mtom-like appear- 
 ance of thinjjs aroumi, tins straiijje rushing, of the whole looai 
 to one spot, ^■es, unquestionably I am dreaming. And 
 yet is this not paper and w.)rds and .Alne's writing, and'a 
 letter to me ■■• Perhaps I read wron^;. lAVa/A No, 1 was 
 not wrong. Tdo unmistakeably you burn your red-hot 
 ^message into the w.ixen surface of my br;.in, you hurrying, 
 rushing words. Ah, dance away, you instruments of the 
 <!evil. League yourselves in your work of mo>.keiy with my 
 unreliable senses. I shall not take the evidence of either of 
 you, but m ike a searching cross-examin.ition of this upstart 
 butler. What 'hough I know I am already the laughing- 
 stock of him, and the whole hoose, I sh ill know the truth, 
 1 shall know the truth. A'//ii_'.i h-Z/j I'll stiffen mvself up 
 before the whole crowd of em, defying them all. They shall 
 not see a trace of severing, a quiver of emotion, an evidence 
 of my humiliation. I shall show them that though I am 
 poor, I can be -s proud as they. 
 
 {Enfcr niiilcr.) 
 
 Geo. \'illan, you lied to me just now. Mademoiselle 
 Chopineau has not gone out; she is here in the house. Tell 
 her I demand tvi see her at once. 
 
 But. .Sorry, sir, but Miss Alice can't be seen. 
 
 Gko. Ha : I said vou lied. 1 hive had enough of your 
 insolence, you overbearing fellow. Go and tell Mademoiselle 
 Chopit.eau I am awaiting her and must see her at once. 
 
rxNADA, KVIk C ANAI»\. 
 
 (>t 
 
 llUI. Woiilti like to oblige you. sir, but Miss Alire was 
 take,! very ill ;i few minutes ajjo ami Dr. )<)ly lias been 
 
 ill, and the doctor sent for .' Where is I.ady 
 Tell her ladyship I am here and wouhl like to see 
 
 Lady Kivers is not at home. sir. 
 
 Oh she isn't .' Isnt the v-ook out too, and the maid 
 
 the family, all except you and .Mademoiselle Cho- 
 
 My j;o,»d fellow, I conj>ratulate you. you are 
 
 It is plain to see that you know your business 
 
 sent for. 
 
 Geo. 
 Hi vers ? 
 her. 
 
 Hut. 
 
 ('•K(t. 
 and all 
 p neau ? 
 admirable 
 first rate. 
 
 Hut. IJelieve me, sir, her ladyship is out. .She went out 
 some time a«o. I heard her say she was nom^ out shopping. 
 She IS setting ready to go to Newport for the summer. She 
 leaves next week. Vou know that, sir. 
 
 r.KO. Very well. That'll do, thank you. Vou may go. 
 . /f r// AW/^r. ; After all, he is the rmly honest creature in 
 the house. It is as much as his employ is worth to act 
 otherwise. I see it now. When he kept me waiting in the 
 lull to-day, it wasn't because the fellow was contemptible, 
 but he knew the people he had to do with and was afraid to 
 risk It,— Lady Kivers, with her gracious manner and warm 
 greeting, her lavish sympathy ~ sustained until morbid 
 curiosity had pumped me dry, and she was quite suie my 
 father's failure was a fact.— Taken in by a deceitful old 
 woman, and trifed with by a jilt, an infamous, heartless jilt. 
 .My Ood, it is hard to believe mankind so base '. Only a few 
 h )urs a^jo this woman clung to my neck, declared she could 
 not wait any longer; we must be married at once : and sent 
 me away to make the necessary preparations, and then sits 
 down and writes this.- Vet it is impossible for her to be so 
 artful a deceiver, her love all aflfert itioii— and tins fellow 
 says she is ill, taken alarmingly ill, the doctor sent for. -She 
 has not t.aken this course of her own volition, then } No, 
 .Alice IS the tool of her father's tyranny, and of this artful old 
 wou'in's cunning. She is attached to this Chopineau family 
 and has money invested in I. is company. Sl.e has an interesr, 
 therefore, in performing this or any ignoble service. What 
 a humiliation for one uay, what a humiliation : Told by 
 this man that I was a beggar who could not provide the 
 hKUiy his daughter is used to, and then duped by one 
 w iman, and cast off by another. Well, one must need be of 
 stone not to be acutely conscious of this insult. Hut I shall 
 mike them rue it the longest day they live. IJy heaven, 1 
 
li! 
 
 f}l 
 
 rANAt>A, KAIK ( \N\HA. 
 
 shill k'ct even. I shall ever hold myself keyed up to a hinh 
 pitch of resoluteness and action so that the humiliation ot 
 this day may never be lost sight of from befor. my eyes but 
 th.tt all thinKs be ordered and shaped to the one unalter- 
 able, inexorable purpose of humiliating this proud man ami 
 patting my heel piieously on his nerk. (Exit.) 
 
 u 1 
 
 %^S» 
 
ACT III-Love Suffering. 
 
 S( KNE I. - A FiUher's tinef. 
 
 Time.— To-canh the etui of Stpteinher. 
 
 Scene. A comer of Juliittc \ i/rcsiinjL^roont. Hetween 
 three and four in the worn in:;;. Juliette in dre^ .''/«,' ,(,'<^H//i, 
 
 JiL. {Looking (il ht> v)<\uk.) Half past two,— an !> <uranda 
 half yet. AnticifKition has turned my habitua iy sound siecji 
 into "cat naps." I must have waked up evcf. en sninuii-* in 
 the night. {Listening') All quiet on the I'otniHC. (Picdu.es 
 I ope litdJet) Come, my preciou-' treasure, assi ne lo fame and 
 wifehood [A'issins; ii) You and 1 underst.inii t ,ich othei — 
 aye, better than Jacques and 1 do, I'm afraid W*- wasfor g. - 
 irig to church in broacf day — could see no rtasor; for a miti 
 nifjht elopement We were to ^^o thi'izh the -streets anil 
 through the church door liketwoordina ^ople. Ridiculous! 
 I cotddn't make him see that here s an :umer.t, ordmary 
 and unengajjinji though it seems, which i nked with some 
 of the most romantic and famous events m history, the flight 
 of political prisoners from the Ha-tilc, the escape of distin- 
 guished persons from a burning hotel, the rescue of Christian 
 Kriights from dungeons. Men have such prescribed ways of 
 doing things. If this is to be an elopement, it must be a real 
 elopement following precedents set by hundreds, in real life, 
 and others like Jessica and Jaciutha, in fiction, flow odd: 
 1 never noticed before my name l>egan with the same letter 
 as Jessica's and Jacintha's. 'Tis an omen of j;ood luck ; my 
 flight will be a success. Good bye, subjection and insignifi- 
 cance ; welcome, liberty, position and w.fehood :— Well, I'm 
 glad I carried my pomt with Jacques, though 1 had to make 
 a beastly compromise on four o'clock inste.id of midnight. 
 I must !)e revenged for this. He shall publish verses in 
 honour of my ladder. — I wonder if Jeanne is ready. (A tup 
 /t fieard <u tht Jcoi ; Jtilieitt hides ladda ami 
 Is that y(.u [einne? 
 
 J K.ANNE. Yes, mademoiselle. 
 
 Cjuliet!' opens dooi niutirtis.'v; ,-nter Jeaunt uith dothes over 
 h(r arm) 
 
 J vL. The 5U;ts ? We!!, you may put aside the longtrousers. 
 Jkannk. The long trousers, mademoiselle? I thought it 
 was to be the knickerbockers. 
 
 Jul. Yes, 1 thought of them at first, but finally settled oti 
 the long ones. 
 
 id j^ofs to set' who it is) 
 
64 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 Jeanne. That is a pity, mademoiselle, for the boy's suit 
 becomes you much better. You are just the height. 
 
 Jul. Yes, but, Jeanne, I am a little too bi<j from there 
 down for a hoy {Jndictiting j'rom the knee downvinrth) and it 
 might betray me. 
 
 Jeanne. Not at all, mademoiselle. Look at Louis Le- 
 boeuf what big legs he has— the prettiest legs I ever saw on 
 a boy. 
 
 Jul. Very well, Jeanne. It shall be ihe knickerbockers, 
 then. They are my preference too. Anything except those 
 Turkish trousers. Don't leave them out. I can't bring my 
 mind to those things. They suggest shrunk balloons too 
 much. I would as soon wear a pair of father's. How 
 Jacques will be entertained to see me in my boy's suit. I 
 wish I could let sister into the secret. 
 
 Jeanne. Oh, that would never .do, mademoiselle. She 
 would set her face against it and try to talk you out of it. 
 
 Jul. Of course'she would and I love sister too much to 
 have any differences with her— especially npw she^s ill. 
 
 I 
 
 hinted it to her once and she wouldn't entertain it. {P'pJunmr 
 laddir again) This thing gave me more uneasiness when I 
 brought it home to-day than I ever had in mv life. 
 
 Jeanne. I could hardly keep from laughing at the way 
 Mme LeFer looked at the bundle and kept wondering what 
 it was. 
 
 Jut. Her habitual ro!e of custom house officer, asking 
 questions and prying her old nose into evetything. -Little 
 did she suspect how very contraband this was. 
 
 JEA NNE. She asked me why you kept your room so much 
 to-day and locked it when you went out. 
 
 Jul And what did you say "t 
 
 Jeanne I told her that you were preparing a surprise for 
 the house and did not want anybody to know until it was 
 done. 
 
 Jul. Clever girl 1 Thank heavens I'll be quite rid of her 
 surveillance after to-day.— I wish the whole thing was over, 
 Jeanne. 
 
 Jeanne I believe you, mademoiselle. It is a great 
 anxiety to you. I know. 
 
 Jul. You think it will be in the newspapers ? 
 
 Jeanne No doubt of it, ma'am. 
 
 Jur,. I dcn't care whethere it is or not, Jeanne. There 
 is nothing to be ashamed of. 
 
CANADA, fAI R CANADA. (^^ 
 
 jEANNK Not at all, mademoiselle. You and M. Duval 
 are Koinjj to be married. 
 
 )vi.. I am sure the papers would not object to getting 
 hold of the facts. 
 
 Jkanne Especially, mademoiselle, if the reporters found 
 out that It was a newspaper man who had run off with one of 
 the rich Mr Chopineau's pretty dauj^hters. 
 
 Jul. And you think that would make some difference, 
 Jeanne ? 
 
 Jkannk Yes, mademoiselle. I have always noticed that 
 reporters never miss an opportunity to praise each other or 
 say something about each other in the papers. 
 
 JlTl.. You are quite observant, Jeanne. As much as I 
 read the papers I never noticed that before. It is quite a 
 pomt and I shall tell it to M. Duval. - It is a noble confra- 
 ternity—the newspaper circle. I am glad M. Duval is a 
 newspaper man. I would not marry any but a public man. 
 
 One moment : I am going to sis's room. I mustn't 
 
 go without seeing her. It will be our first real separation, 
 and we shall miss each other very much. 'Exit). 
 
 Jkanne. Yes, mademoiselle, but you haven't thought what 
 effect this will have on your sister whi is so poorly. You 
 want to be talked about, to have your name in the papers, 
 and for that you would sacrifice your sister's life and your 
 father's happiness. It's all one to you. 
 
 Re-enter /ulielte.) 
 
 Jul. .She is sleeping so soundly I would not disturb her. 
 You may go to your room now, Jeanne, and hold vourself in 
 readmess to dress me when I call. I am going to take an- 
 other nap, for 1 am worn out with auxietv. Mut I would go 
 through fifty times as much to be Mine 'Duval, married and 
 talked of. Good night for the present. 
 
 Jkannk. Good night, m.i'am. {Exit Jeanne. Juliette 
 j^oes to window and attaches ladde>\ ) 
 
 Jul. Ihere, all is ready now. Jai ques may come as 
 soon as he likes. Meantime to dre.ims of him. {Lies on 
 couch : after a moment talks in her sleep.) Is this the hotel ? 
 Then, remain here while I no to my room and change my 
 <lress. Is that you, Jacques ? Have you the ladder in vour 
 
 ptrt-kei .'• Hold it for me Ha.' I hear a noise. Come 
 
 down- quick ! It is the duenna.* VVe are lost ; the policy 
 h iS seen us, and is making straight for us. I defy him. 
 
 {A-wakes) Dear me ! What a frightful dream I had 
 
 got away ail safe and reached the hotel and was changing 
 
66 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CANAUA. 
 
 my clothes. Then I thought I was escaping from the Has- 
 tile and a pohceinan tried to arrest us, but we got away. 
 
 {A hat is thrown in through the li'indoiv.) 
 
 The signal ! {Looks down on herself) and I am not ready. 
 What time is it? How long did I sleep? {Leaks at her 
 ■watch.) Jacques is half an hour ahead. {.Goes to window 
 and whistles. The signal is returned) Hist ! Jacques, are 
 you there ? {Lets down the ladder., Come up, I'm not quite 
 
 ready I say I'm not quite ready. Come up Dear 
 
 me ! can't you hear? Come up a moment. {Cvining away 
 from window.) I'm frightened out of my wits. I wish it 
 were all over. ( Enter Jacques through window,) Jacques, 
 are you sure noljody saw you ? I'm frightened to death. 
 
 jAcy. (Kissing her.) Poor dear : 1 am sure there was 
 no one around. 
 
 Jul. Hut what made you come before the time ? 
 
 jAcy. {Showing his watch.) I'm not ahead of time, 
 dear. 
 
 Jul. Half past four I (Looking at her -watch.) My watch 
 has stopped. 
 
 Jacq. Well, hurry, sweetheart. It will soon be day. 
 
 Jul,. I'm going to Jeanne's room to dress. 
 
 jACy. Very well, d-ar. Don't be long. {Exit Juliette.) 
 What an idiotic piece of business all this is. I feel like a 
 fool. Eloping by night in this fashion : Whoever heard of 
 such a thing except from fiction,— a conceit that not even 
 the genius of Shakespeare can justify. Jessica would need 
 be of a very unresourcefiil imagination not to be able to 
 outwit her father by day and in regulation attire. There 
 would be little scope for the poet's imagination among our 
 «iils, I am afraid. 1 would like to see the Canadian girl, 
 besides this one. who would need to choose night for running 
 itway and a boy's disguise to safeguard her flight. 
 
 {Enter, at w.ndow, Policeman if 1- art ell from his heat; 
 he threatins Jacques with a cocked reToher.) 
 
 Poi.. O'F. Is it the foire depahrtment you are thinking 
 of Jining- practising ladder cloimbing loike that ? Small use 
 you wo. id be to the sarvke it ye niver larni to come 
 oop faster. Hands oop, theie I 
 
 J ACQ. What are you doing in here ? 
 
 Foi.. O'F. What am I doing in here 1 Yer a good un, 
 ye are. Ain't I gf.t as nuuh roighl up here as yerself, 
 
 HI. 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 67 
 
 an' the window standin' that invitin' open that ye couldn't 
 raysist the timptation yer own self. Hands cop, I say '. 
 
 jACy. {with forefinger laid 'ii'iintintily against his lips) Sh! 
 
 Poi.. O'F. Ah, I'm not that unmanneily to wake up the 
 house. Don't Ht thim fingers git too frindly with yer 
 pavvkets. {Searching f acq ues-still threatening ivith revolver. ) 
 What've j^ot in yer pawkets ? Where's the goon ? In yer 
 boots ? Coom, Iiand it over. I know you've got one some 
 wliere. 
 
 JaC(j. (Layimy his hands on OT-arrcirs shoulder.) 
 Officer- 
 Pol. O'F {Pushing him off.) We're on moighty foine 
 terms on such short acquaintance. Remimber that the per- 
 son of a n.imber of the city government is sacred. 
 
 Jacq. That's so. I shall not forget it, officer. Hut you 
 must allow that a member of the city government, notwith- 
 standing that sanctity he enjoys, may occasionally fall into a 
 misapprehension. You are deceived in thinking I come here 
 to rob. I am here for another purpose. 
 
 Poi.. O'F. Are ye ? To git a brith of frish air, I suppose. 
 Faith, an' its moighty hot on the sthrayts to-night. Come, 
 put on the bracelets, me man. 
 
 JaC("). 1 assure you, officer, reasons which I cannot 
 <lii'ulge to you have brought me here. — 
 
 Poi.. O'F. Ah, 1 gissed as mooch. 
 
 Jacij. I have a right to be here or I would not be here. 
 1 .uTi a gentlem m, officer, and not a burglar. 
 
 Poi.. of Agintleman. The sm-xhrt ould man that lam* 
 .Sure the moment I seen you I knowed you was a gintleman 
 at wansf— drissed up so illigant. Its ginllem'n the likes o' 
 you I have to dale with ivery day in me loife. 1 couldn't 
 hould me job if I didn't know a giuilemai whm I see him. 
 
 Jaco a pretty pickle, surely. 
 
 Poi.. O'V. Niver moind, me by. Kape yer spirits oop 
 and take your midicin loike a man. It was yer misfortune, 
 and not yer fault, ye were took in the act. O'Farrell has not 
 been on the force thirihy years not to ricognize that ye are 
 gr.ine at the business, and that it is yer first attimpt. Yer 
 as grane at it as Mike McCarthy tryin to be a Protistint. 
 
 {Attempts to put handcuffs on his prisoner.) 
 
 JaCi^ Hold oft'! Don't dare touch me with these 
 wretched things, you unmitigated idiot. 
 
68 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 Pol. O'F. Ye 're making yer case worse, I warn ye, me 
 by, —disorderly conduct and raysistin' an officer in the 
 execution of his duty. 
 
 jAcg. Officer, I swear to you I am not what you take nie 
 to be. 
 
 Pol. O'F. Of course ye're not. Ye're a victim ofsarcum 
 •stances, ye are, loike the rist of you giiitlemen. 
 
 J AC. If you do not leave here instantly, I shall act on 
 your hint and rouse the house. 
 
 Pol. O'F. Sartinly, ye will. Ver dying to do that same 
 this minute, I can se«* it in yer face. The p.itient ould man 
 that I am— me standing here and me pardner waiting to 
 treat me to the drinks in Tim Murphy's saloon. {O'l-'arreU 
 seizes Jacques to put on the handciijffs ; they tussle. Enter 
 Juliette dressed in hoy's clothes.) The divil shall not git ye 
 out of me clutches. Ha I This is the other one. 
 
 i {Juliette shrieks) 
 
 JaC(j. .Sh—, my dear. 
 
 Pol. O'F. A woman : O'Karre'l, ye're an ornamint to tha 
 force and ye're desarvin of promotion. N'our suspicions were 
 imoirely corric. One of the chambermaids in league to clane 
 out the house and divide the swag. I knowed it as soon 
 as 1 seen the hat passed up. The rich hiul ye would have 
 made. Aren't ye ash imed of yerself to be robbin honest 
 folk whoile they are fast asleep, and' you gettin' yer bread 
 and butter out ov them, too. 
 
 Jul. Impertinence ' Who is this man and how did he 
 come here.' 
 
 Por.. O'F. Policeman O'Farrell at yer sarvice, and I cjme 
 in l)y that same window as yer pardner. 
 
 Jul. Well, Mr. Policeman O'Farrell, be kind enough to 
 leave at once by the window you ca ne. 
 
 JaC(?. Be quiet, my dear. They will hear us. 
 
 I'OL. O'F. And jist now yer war on the pint uv wakin' 
 oop the house. 
 
 J ACQ. This comes of your obstinacy in carrying out your 
 senseless project. 
 
 Pol. O'F. I'm thinking ye might have done the inli up 
 better. {Enter Jeanne) Houly saints ! Another of 'em ! 
 O'Farrell me boy, ye're in luck. Ye've came upon a swar- 
 inin' nist of robbers. 
 
 Jul. Do you know in whose house you are, sir? You are 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 69 
 
 in the home of Mr. Jeart Chopineau, he.id of the Canadian 
 Transportation Company. I am his daughter, this gentle- 
 men, my intended husband, {Pol. O'F. whisiies) and this 
 girl my maid. 
 
 Poi,. O'F. Is it loies orthetruth yeare tellin'? Faith an= 
 if it's ail loies, I ax yer pardon and take back all I said that 
 ye are grane at the business. .Sure an' ye are the cliverest 
 gang I ever coom across. 
 
 Jul. Impudence! 
 
 Pol. O'F. How many more are ye? Is there a rigiment 
 of you secrated in the house. Barrin' surprise, I will signal 
 me pardner to call out the whole force. {As he steps to wtn- 
 doiv to whistle, a knocking is heurd within) Aisy, Dennis, 
 you were never known to turn yer back on the inemy. 
 
 Chop. {H'ithiin Juliette! Juliette! What has happend» 
 girl? 
 
 Jul. Father! 
 
 Chor In (]od's name open the door, open the door if yow 
 can. Are there thieves, Juliette ? Have they killed my 
 child ? Where are you ? 
 
 Pol. of. Is it a boy or a gurhl ye are lookin' for ? Faith 
 and ye will find 'em both in this young cratur. 
 
 Chop. Juliette ! What does this mean ? What are these 
 men doing here ? 
 
 Pol. OF. And it's that same Oi'd like to know meseif, 
 for divil a bit I can make head or tail of it, thou^^h it's forty 
 years I've been on the force. 
 
 Chop. Juliette, do you heai ? What does all this mean, 
 girl? Why don't you speak ? [Juliette sobbing) Nonsense,^ 
 don't be frightened child ; nobody can harm you. ', To I'ol. 
 O'F.) Officer, what is your business here ? 
 
 Pol. O'F. Beaisy, Mounsare Shoopinco ; its meself that 
 will break it to v hat aisy it will go down like a dose of 
 ile in a drink of u ,key. Oi was making me bate, an' as I 
 was passin' your ^i^^it, Oi noticed through the railings a 
 man hanging aboot liie lawn in froont of the hoose. Me 
 attinlion was arristed and Oi looked agin and saw him turn 
 round as if he wis looking to see if any body was on the 
 lookoot. Then I saw him pass oop his hat -that same on 
 the floor i'm thinkin' — through the winder, an* Oi sez to 
 meself, sez Oi : " Dennis OTarrell, there is wurrk fer yer, 
 as warhm a noight as it is." So Oi hid meself behoind onr 
 of the big stone pillars of the gate and kept me oie open to- 
 see what was coomin' nixt, and it were not long I had to 
 
70 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 h 
 
 wait. Pritty soon a yoong leddy.coom to the winder an' 
 whistled to him, an' he answered. Thin she threw oot a 
 rope ladder — 
 
 Chop. Threw out a rope ladder ? The young lady did ?— 
 
 ((Joes to window) Juliette I And this man entered her 
 
 chamber ? 
 
 Jul. For shame, father 1 I refuse to stav here and 
 submit to the indignity of listening to your cross-examination 
 of this man concerning an affair touching myself. Am I 
 your daughter that I am to be subjected tc such an insult } 
 
 Chop. Insult 1 Talk not to me of insult to you, made- 
 moiselle. It is your father and his household that have been 
 outraged. — Is it in a garb like that you have been taught to 
 bedeck yourself.' When had you permission from your 
 father or example from your sister to admit a member of the 
 male sex to your (hamber- .ir.d at such an hour. If 
 I have questioned this man, it was because there were three 
 here that would not speak and one with a whole history 
 ready on his tongue. 
 
 jACgUts. If we did not speak, sir — 
 
 Chop. You miserable scoundrel I (Rushing at Jacques' 
 throat) I want to hear nothing from you. 
 
 Foi,. O'F. ( Restraining hivi) Stop that noo 1 Contimpt 
 of court.. . He aisy, Mr. Shoopinoo. Yer can't do that. 
 
 Chop. Let me go 1 let me go I, I say. I am master of 
 my house. Do not dare lay your hands on me ! 
 
 Poi. O'F. He belongs to joostice now, Mr. Shoopinoo. 
 Kemimber. 
 
 Chop. He does, indeed. 15y God, I mean to kill him. 
 Hands off. 
 
 Poi. O'F. .Sure and you will do it over me did body, thin. 
 
 Chop. I forbade him ever crossing my door. 
 
 Poi.. O'F. Faith, thin, he has kept his word like an honest 
 gintleman. an' I noo know why he came in at the winder. 
 
 Chop. To think that the honour of my house has been 
 assailed '. Oh, my (jod, it is enough to kill a man. 
 
 Jul. Father, father, your honour has not been assailed - 
 still less impaired. It is ridiculous — and cruel — to make 
 such an aspersion on me — me, your own child, whose actions 
 you have watched all her life. When have you ever seen 
 anything in my acts to justily such a base charge? When 
 you are rational and have dismissed this odious man from 
 participating in a family affair, I shall tell you how far we 
 iiave offended. 
 
CANADA, KAIR CANADA. 
 
 71 
 
 Pol. O'Far Well spoken, mademoiselle. An' I know 
 by that ye are as innocent as my own Kathleen. 
 
 Chop. You are right . ... {To Pol. O'Far.) 
 What right have you here, officer ? Go — by the window as 
 you came. — But one moment ; you just said my 
 daughter is innocent, as innocent as — 
 
 Poi,. O'Far. As my Kathleen, who is as white as a Iamb. 
 
 Choh. Who is this Kathleen ? V'our daughter? 
 
 Pol. O'Far. Yes, yer honour, and aljonny girl she is, 
 too. 
 
 Chop. Is she as dear to you as my girl is to me ? 
 
 Pol. O'Far. Begorra, an' she is dearer ; she is as dear 
 to me as my own life. 
 
 Chop. Then, by that love you bear your child, by your 
 own concern for her reputation before the world, I, a dis- 
 tressed father, implore you to keep this matter secret that 
 you have witnessed here this morning. 
 
 Pol. O'Far. As a mimberofthecity gouvernment I am 
 bound to do that, Mounsare Choopinoo. 
 
 Chop. Our nicest scruples shall .>e satisfied and every- 
 thing to safeguard my child's name and honour shall be 
 rigorously enforced. You shall be witness of a father's re- 
 solution to maintain his child's reputation in the eyes of the 
 world. M. Duval, by your artifice and your silly accom- 
 plishments you have wormed yourself into my daughter's 
 favour and stolen her affections. — 
 
 Jul. That is not so. M. Duval is incapable of pursuing 
 such a course. We grew to love each other as artlessly as 
 ever man and woman loved. 
 
 Chop. Love I You are but a child, not knowing your 
 own mind in such things. Well, you shall lie married just as 
 soon as it is possible for Father Baron to be here. It is in- 
 dispensable, do you understand, M Duval ? I am not going 
 to have the respectability and long standing of my family 
 jeopardized. 
 
 J ACQ. You must know that I have every honourable 
 intention to mademoiselle. It was to ta'Ke her to *' s .'.it^'-ch 
 to be married that I came here this morning. 
 
 Chop. You choose a strange trosseau for your b.-ide .M. 
 Duval. Would you have taken her into church in that 
 garb ? — I would have sooner seen her married to one of the 
 scatter brain young dandies on 'Change than to you. ( To 
 Jeanne.) Not a word of this to the oth^r servants — to any 
 one— if you value your position here. Refer all questions to 
 
7i CANADA, l-AIR ( ANAhA. 
 
 nie. {'/on//.) Above all stifle stan-.lal ; I bate it and my 
 Ii.iubehold li IS liitlicito been free fiutn it. Tn tie <bawln>;- 
 roum and await the piifst tbcie. Ymi, ton, my ^ood fneml. 
 Von will di) me that favour, will ymi not. jjo and witness 
 the renMiiony ? 
 
 I'oi (»'K. Ves, Mr. .Shoopinoo. Ai <•///// it// fy,f/>/ 
 Chopincitu. ) 
 
 Cilfii'. .\nd tliis it is to have childn-n ! Why an» 1 thus 
 cur>ed in mine ? Have I been too indulgent. Only two. but 
 both a source of vexation ; they were better in a nunnery. 
 My will set at noii>;ht by one, my n'>"d name endangered by 
 the other. Alire's he.idstron>;ness was bad enough, but it, 
 at least, was not tainted with folly and shame. (/>'/r<»A> 
 </(i;i'«/i Poor me I Toilinj; from nxirninn till ni«ht for 
 them this very day I fi^ht a life or death stniKK's wiikiny 
 or sleeping my thouf^hts are .always of them and makiuK 
 |ir<Hibion for their future : and this is the end of it all. /•.'t//. 
 
 ScKNK II. -A lA'bacle. 
 
 Ti M K . Moriiiii^ lifter preced,; ,• .f( itu-. 
 
 ScKNK >'Uppost'i/ pit of Monttt'ix/ S'Oik Ewhatii^c. liiki-rs 
 
 iitiii tlic yfiiiiiiv i}ppurttniinie:< of an K.v /iiiime sefn iiroum/. 
 
 A ,^>oi4;> of lirokets : l.c/haii and l-'ornin 'iOiuuinjL^ h/iie 
 
 rosettes. 
 
 I(»K. Will the ajjony be ever to-tlay .' 
 
 isr I'KOK. ILul enough, have you : 
 
 For. 1 shouldn't regret if it were all over. It wouldn't 
 matter if the work and won;, terminated here, but when a 
 fellow, after leaving this bloomin^j place, his then to yo to 
 his otHice and work over books, letters, orders and that sort 
 of ihinji! till two or three o'clock in the morning, it is more 
 than strength can stand. Ihese two weeks I've reached 
 home, on an aveiaye, at half pass three. 
 
 LkI!. 1 never >{ot to bed this morning till four o'clock. 
 
 For. Two 'veeks' strain and diudgery such as this, is 
 enough to put a man in the giave. 
 
 2Nl) llKOK Or make a .v;rave man of him. 
 
 3RL) I5ROK. it won'' p.>,ike a gr.tve fr.an of you. 
 
 isr Bkok. No, indeed He'll come to his grave in a 
 ••'olent manner. 
 
 Nil Hrok And so defe.it grave Care's ambition to be 
 , grave-digger. 
 
<AN.\I)A, FAIR ( \NAI)A. 
 
 7$ 
 
 Lki!. Reserve yoin wit, Kentleinen. I appieheiul iheie 
 will be Krave matter for it to lunrrow. 
 
 2NII Hkok. The obsequies of the Creat Canadian 'I'rans 
 portation Company will, in(lee<l, lie matter jjravc enotij-li. 
 
 I.Kl!. Never feai. It will not be the (;. C. I" tiiat will 
 furnish it food. 
 
 rsr IJkok. And yet people think that its ^nnsc is 
 cooked. 
 
 ;,Kl> Mrok. And that by tomorrow the shareholders will 
 all l>e in a stew. 
 
 2NI. IJKOK. (;. C. T. or Royal Atlantic, it is all one to 
 me whi( hever is "disheil."' 
 
 LkI! In a day or so you will (pialify that statement, I 
 am sure. 
 
 I.ST IJROK. Holloa, here's John (KKlding. Ill bet he's 
 brimful of news. 
 
 .IRl) IJROK. I'll Ko you a bet belter than that. 
 
 2Nl> Hrok. Then )ou'll be a belter licttor. What is 
 IS your bet .' 
 
 3RI) IJROK. He hasn't a jjood thinx to say of ( hopincau. 
 2Ni> Hrok. The drinks .' 
 3KI) Hrok. I take you. 
 
 {Enter Fourth Broker) 
 
 ("Ciood inorninj;, John. 
 SKVKRAt. HrokkrS. Halloa, John. 
 
 I What's the latest, John. 
 
 41 M IJuoK. It's all over, boys. He can't make a xo of it. 
 
 3Rn Brok. Who ? Chopineau ? 
 
 4111 likOK. No; (leorge Kingheart. The old man is too 
 mu<:li for him. 
 
 {brokers whistle and laugh : I.ebeau seems fileased at the 
 
 news. 
 2Ni> liROK. (To 3rd Hrok.) You've lost. 
 
 4TH Hrok. What <loes it all mean, gentlemen I do not 
 understand this mirth ; are you all bears to-day ? 
 
 3RD Hrok. Are you a bull to-day, John > You've lost 
 me the drinks to Tiu> here. 
 
 2ND Brok. How much will you realize bu'linij the 
 market, John ? 
 
74 
 
 CANADA, KAIK CANADA. 
 
 41 H IJROK. Nonsense, there's no bullint{ about it. I hatl 
 it from Kingheart's closest friend. It's neither one nor the 
 other to me which wins. You fellows know full well that 
 I've been selling all week- I've sold out all 1 had to sell, 
 and am out of the fight, -for to-day. at all events. 
 
 <;nOKU.soF Hrokkrs. They always say they're out of 
 the fifiht but they get there just the same. 
 
 2ND Urok. Bob, your chance h.-»s come to get even. 
 Here's Fhilip. I'll bet you the drinks that if he has any 
 news, it isn't in Kingheart's favour. 
 
 3RI) Brok. Done (hnter lifth Broker.) Holloa, 
 l»hilip. Why so late this morning ?' Anything up ? 
 
 5TH Brok. At last we are at the bottom of it, boys. The 
 syndicate behind Kingheart does not want to corner the 
 <;. C. T.,— at least just yet. They'll wait till the prices have 
 been hammered down still more. When the bears have 
 the last drop of blood, the syndicate will come to the rescue 
 and gobble up as much stock as they can. 
 
 (Brokers dance for joy. I'ornin tiiui I.ebeiiu remain ilent.) 
 
 3RD Brok . ( To smi Brok. ) .So we are quits ? 
 
 ^TH Brok. You seem to be all bears to-day, gentlemen ? 
 
 2ND Brok. {To stit Brok.) Are you with Kinghcart 
 to-day, Philip ? This is not the news I would have heard 
 from you. You've lost me the drinks. 
 
 3RD BkoK. {To ^th Brok.) H.id you brought this news 
 instead, 1 should not have been out the drinks. 
 
 5TH Brok. I must needs have been a clairvoy.%nt to have 
 known that before hand. Why didn't you give me the wink ? 
 1 could have said as good on the other side. 
 
 1ST Brok- [To 4th Brok.) John, your news was not as 
 good as Philip's. 
 
 4TH Brok. Had I known what kind of news you gentle- 
 men wanted I could have done is well. 
 
 Leh {To Fornin) Let's go Fornin. These fcllous are 
 all bears. 
 
 For. They'll wish to-morrow they hadn't been. 
 
 3RD Brok. That's all very well, but you fellows will see 
 your '• finish'' to-day. 
 
 For. Uon't you wish it might be so 1 You'll find out 
 different before you are many hours older. 
 
 3RD Brok. {To Another.) Chopineau is keeping his head 
 just above water. He is •' matching orders " and buying 
 heavily of his own stock. 
 
 I had it from one of his own men. 
 
CANADA, K AIR CANADA. 
 
 75 
 
 Lkk, Uidyoa? And what is your hatchet-faced, hol- 
 low-eyed young man, tleor^e Kinxheart, doinj; ; He knows 
 as much about trading as a two-year old. 
 
 For. but he has " nerve "—to stand up with a man like 
 Chopineau who knows all the tricks. 
 
 3RD Brok. .Much will his tricks avail a^-ainst the 
 Government's backing. 
 
 Leu. {Angrily.) I know ihe C.C.T. has no friends 
 anions you fellows. W lu don't like it because it has l>ecn a 
 grand success. 
 
 3RD Hkok. Is that so ': We don't like it because it has 
 been a miserable humbug, you mean. 
 
 Leu. Oh well; it's mighty easy to make such sweeping 
 charges ; but what we want is facts. 
 
 3RD Brok. You want facts, do you - Well, I'll give them 
 to you. The newspapers— 
 
 Lei!. Oh : the newspapers '. You fellows always 
 drag m the newspapers ; the newspapers publish any trash 
 to fill their columns. Two thirds of what they stated about 
 the (i.C-T. was nothing but a tissue of lies. 
 
 3RD Urok. Was it lies when they said you were forcing 
 the railway interests to boycot the Royal Atlantic by refusing 
 to carry any immigrants over their road that that com- 
 pany brought .= Was it lie^ that you had sent an ultimatum 
 to the (Government at Uitawa through its Immigration 
 Departineiii insisting that its London office should refrain 
 from supplying any information to the Royal Atlantic and 
 should disni'-s all their agents in the United Kingdom ; or 
 immigrants would be induced to favour the States .- 
 
 For. Oh, give us a rest ; we have heard all that before. 
 
 3RD BruK. I know you have heard it before, but I'm 
 gomg to rub it in. You fellows don't like to heir the truth, 
 you know. Don't you see how arbitrary success made you .' 
 Your demand amounted to unconscionable insolence. Well, 
 at last you have bDth the Government's and the railways' 
 answer to all this. The < Government has subsidized the 
 Royal Atlantic, and now we ire ^oing lo have a "cracking" 
 fast mail serv more commodio,;3 and comfort ible l.ioats. 
 The whole CO ...y will be independent of you and the rail- 
 ways can aflford to snap their fingers at your threats. 
 
 Leu. The G. C. T. is all right. You fellows don't know 
 what IS for the country's good. When the (i.C.T. was form- 
 ed, you threw up vour hats and said it was a good thing 
 Now you are shouting for the Royal Atlantic. A year from 
 
76 
 
 CANADA, KAIK CANADA. 
 
 now if another company comes along, you will do the same 
 thing for it. 
 
 1ST Hrok. If we threw up our hats for the G. C. T., it 
 was because you promised great things which yuu have not 
 carried out. It will be a lesson to Canada not to let another 
 of those danmed trusts get a footing on her soil. 
 
 For. That d-m-d trust, as you call it, was a Cana- 
 dian enterprise from start to finish and was first and last in 
 the interest of Can.ida and the Canadians. Your company 
 belongs to foreign capitalists. 
 
 1ST Hkok. That about the (i. C T. looking out for 
 Canadian interests is all bosh. The directors, and Chopi- 
 neau especially, were looking out to feather their own ne^ts. 
 1 have always noticed whenever an arrogant institution hnd^ 
 itself in bad odour in the country and wants to recover 
 ground with the people, it always strikes the key-note of 
 patriotism. ) 
 
 Leij. Now that's coming it too strong. The Ci. C. T. 
 is the greatest thing Canada ever had and will have for 
 twenty years to come. Look at its enormous earningb 
 I would like you to parallel any other company in the coun- 
 try, or in the world for that matter, that has as great. The 
 combined railways of the country can't show such figures. 
 You fellows don't know what you are talking about. Canada 
 is ever so much lichfr for having such an establishment as 
 the G. C. T. You ought to congratulate yourselves. 
 
 For. I bet you in six months' time you'll be on your 
 knees to the G.C.T. 
 
 3RD Brok. On our knees 1 for what ? Had you fellows 
 been as wide-awake and enterprising as you pretended to be, 
 you would have built faster and faster boats, and you would' 
 have made yourselves masters of at least one trunk line, so 
 that either passengers or freight from the west could be 
 shipped through to Liverpool, .Southampton or Hamburg 
 without the trouble and annoyance of changing lines so to 
 speak. Now that the Royal Atlantic owns a railway line 
 connecting with it direct, it will be a tremendous improve- 
 ment on the old state of affairs. 
 
 1ST Hrok. Yes, and one must have had both eyes shut 
 not to have seen how the G.CT. has broken its pledges. 
 Where is that ship-building plant it was going to establish ? 
 And it was going to get the iron for the ships from the 
 Sydney mines. It was going to boom Sydney, and Sydney 
 was to be a great city and have a population of 100,000 in 
 no time. Well, do the facts agree with these promises ? 
 
CANADA, FAIR r ANAI>A. 
 
 n 
 
 LEB. Oh, for thit matter, that is genenilly so with every 
 enterprise. They alwiys promise more than they actually 
 acxoinphsh. And will the Royal Atlantic do any better' 
 V\ ill It erect a plant or boom Sydney ? 
 
 istBrok. It never said it would, but wait and see. 
 Ihe IJominion has a^jreed to give it monetary assistance, 
 and if the British (iovernment supplements this subsidy by 
 p.issmg the bill now before the House, look out for us reviv- 
 int; our ancient glory as a great ship-buildiiig r.,itio,n. We 
 on'e used to supply the world with woo.ien ships ; now we 
 are going to give them iron ones. 
 
 For. We will have to wait a long time if the Roval 
 Atlantic IS to build them. 
 
 1KD Hkok. Not as long as we would have had to wait 
 oi. the OCT We would have waited for them till the crack 
 «'t iloom. 
 
 Fok. Oh, well, you talk like a child. Vou don't know 
 enough to keep out of the rain. 
 
 jRD Brok, But you know, don't you ? 
 
 For. I know enough not to sell C,.C.T. stock. 
 IS any lying around loose, I ir.ein to go out afier it. 
 
 1ST Hrok. I have some ..i^-cs you can have. 
 
 For. What tigure .' 
 
 If there 
 
 1ST Brok. Yestenj 
 For. I'll take ev y 
 for a lucky boy to \\ ■- 
 
 {F.nter n country inr ■■ • i 
 'n mouth, an,i conve >., t 
 him lustily. Durini^ iJi-.> . 
 ge tic ally and smokes awiiy . 
 
 have, and pat myself 
 
 ■ ■ M -' Chopineau^ < 'A'"'' 
 ' ' The bulls cheer 
 . ' ' ■■/'ineait talks ener- 
 
 For. {contin.\ The old man's on deck early. Look out 
 for a hard fight. 
 
 Lkh. Looking as cool and composed as usual. 
 
 I ^U ^uZ^- ,^^°"'«d and neart sick, you mean. Such 
 looks will be cold comfort to his friends. 
 
 . Chop, ito liroi.) The Canadian people, my dear friend, 
 are a capricious people. Is there anything that has been 
 given to us since confederation that would have developed 
 ihe country, promoted her trade and brought her to the front 
 among the nations as the G. C. T. would have done.? 
 Brok. Nothing. 
 
78 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 f 
 
 Chop. No. But they hadn't the patience to wait until 
 we could do what we wanted. They complain our ships 
 are not fast enough. Well, if they had paid us for better 
 service as they are goirg to pay these people, they would 
 have got it. Not getting any state aid, we had to put up our 
 rates. Then there was a great outcry that taking advantage 
 of the lack of competition we had become extortionists. 
 What were they expecting— an object lesson in pure philan- 
 thropy ? I'll beat the whole crowd of 'em. Only see th.it 
 my instructions are carried out to the letter. Remember, 
 discountenance all puny efiorts. There is more than the 
 ordinary speculative opposition in this fight. It is a prede- 
 termined, obstinate purpose to overthrow the G. C. T. and, 
 by God, I shall lead them a pretty dance. It is dear to me 
 and I am ready to lose money— aye, my life for it. I created 
 it out of the best effort of my brain, and I have built it up 
 gradually to its present position with a vast expenditure of 
 energy, time and money. It is a balt'e to the death, with 
 all I possess in the world at stake — money, and reputation 
 for solid business judgment, enterprise and integrity. Ah, it 
 mears something to a man to fight for them. - Have you 
 arranged with the "street" to open wtth a good strong price.- 
 
 Hkok. Three of the curbstone men are looking out for 
 us. 
 
 Chop. That's good. It will give tone to the opening 
 here. Tell the boys to look alive, keep things going, work 
 hard and use up a lot of lung power. People are still 
 impressed by noise. So have the crowd hurrah and trade 
 with a will. If they carry out these inslri.ctions and the 
 -thers vou have given them, we shall drive these upstarts 
 easily from the floor. Hut let us not resign ourselves to the 
 fancy that it will be a comp'ete walk-over. In having the 
 <.overnnient behind them they have a strong point >n their 
 favou.. And these Kinghearts have influence. The fact 
 that sensible, level headed men should rho.ise a mere boy 
 to head the rombination, proves there are still some fatuous 
 people on the floor loyal to the name Kingheait. As for 
 this foolish boy, he'll come to his serses soon enough.-I 
 admire his pluck, however, though, in truth, he hasn t 
 anything to lose. Disaster on the floor wouldn't mean to 
 him what it would to me. He has two score y^-ars or more 
 before him to recover, wheieas 1 have little of my life left if I 
 am reduced to beggary. 
 
 ( Upstart Rioker aicos/s him.) 
 
 L P. Hkok. Ah, monsieur, you are early. 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 79 
 
 Chop. A trifle earlier than usual. 
 
 Up. Brok. What is the outlook ? Another hard contes- 
 ted battle to-day, I suppose. 
 
 Chop. I don't know, I'm sure. I never counted the gift 
 of prophecy among my attainments. You could tell me as 
 well as I could tell you. 
 
 Up. Brok. There will be lots of fun. 
 
 Chop. I suppose so. 
 
 Up. Brok. Hope you will come out on top. 
 
 Chop. Hope so. Six months ago that fellow did not 
 have a dollar, and I gave him the first lift. Now he is ready 
 to cut my throat. That is gratitude on 'Change. 
 
 {Enter George. Bears cheer him lustily.) 
 
 Up. Brok. Here comes the man of the hour, the Napoleon 
 of the campaign. 
 
 [Goes up and speaks to Geon^e.) How d'ye do, great man ? 
 I'm with you, you know. 
 
 Gko. Ah, really ? Friends are so scarce nowadays, it 
 is very comforting to come across one. 
 
 Up. Brok. I hope we'll come out on top. 
 
 Geo. I hope so. 
 
 Up. Brok. I would like to see him completely swamped> 
 I hate him. 
 
 CVgO. Why, has he ever wronged you ? 
 
 Up. Brok. Yes ; I was in his ofifice at the time. He 
 worked the hide off me, keeping me going as hard as I could 
 nine hours a day at starvation wages. 
 
 ( Enter Juliette ; thtn. Dr. Jdy. 
 
 Geo If you say this or if you feel this, what must I feel, 
 I, whose family have not only been the victims ot this man's 
 power, but also the object of his insults. {Hr. ker leaves him 
 and goes to another part of the st ii;e.) But I am not so 
 ingenuous as not to know that you, like every man on this 
 floor, carry a dagger up your sleeve to knife your fellow man. 
 [//(■ is nodded (o and recognized />v others around.] Ah, they 
 are changing. Two days since they greeted me with a 
 condescending, ultra-couiteous and patronising; air. — Well, 
 such is the world. 
 
 Jul. {To Dr. July} lam particularly glad to find you 
 here, doctor. Do you think papa looks well ? 1 am afraid 
 this strain and excitement are proving too much for him. 
 
So 
 
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 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 Ha\ e you been caught 
 
 {Enter Kin^heart.) 
 
 Dr. J. I have cautioned M. Chopineau lepe.Medly, Mme 
 Duval, but you know, though hr listens kindly enough to my 
 expostulations, he never profits by them. .So, what can I 
 do.? 
 
 (Chopineau cones down to where they are.) 
 
 Chop. Well, doctor, you here ? 
 by the speculating fever too? 
 
 Dr. J. Not quite, but I share the curiosity of the 
 multitude. 
 
 {They tii/k earner t/y ,ogether.) 
 
 Kino. Be advised by me and retire from this foolhardy 
 contest. I, with my mature ye irs and ripe experience on 
 'Change, was utterly ruined 'iy this man. What chance, 
 therefore, will the few years' training you had under me 
 stand against his shrewdness and his keen business insight. 
 
 Geo. My dear father the conditions are very different 
 now to when you and h.- locked hnrns. Vou went in the 
 light alone and unaided : but I have not only this syndicate, 
 but the Canadian govarniiieni behind me and the Canadian 
 people, too. The l'on>inion government has subsidiied us, 
 and the bill before (he Imperial Parliament is sure to pass 
 to-day. It is the strength of this impression with the public 
 that has caused shares in this thing to decline the past two 
 weeks. I tell you, father, the end is in sight. In a few- 
 hours this bi^ bubble will burst. 
 
 Pall. Don't worry, father, the money is all safe. You 
 hive nothing to fear so long as you see that fellow over 
 there (Pointing to Chopineau) in such good spirits- 
 
 Chop. I may have to borrow your stock to-day, Juliette. 
 
 Jim.. Impossible. Jacques advised me to sell out a wjek 
 ago befoie the prices fell, and I sold out at 187. 
 
 Chop. You, you sold out? My (iod I Your stock was 
 some of that 1 had to buy in to keep up the market. 
 
 (J 'torn this time on, the number in the pit increases, /i rovers 
 — ci few hears with red rosettes and bulls with blue— keep 
 passing to and fro, buying, selling and shouting vociferously; 
 ti perpetual, endless at pearance and disappearance of telegraph 
 messengers, brokers^ clerks, etc. The bell rin^s and the 
 market opens.) 
 
 IST Krok. What's ofifered for loco CCT. ? 
 Chorus OK Brokers. 127)^,128 
 
 29 V, 
 
 129. 
 
^4>^ 
 
 CANAIJA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 8c 
 
 I'll take your looo at 130 and 4000 more. Who 
 
 For. 
 has it? 
 
 2ND Brok. I have. 
 For. Send it along. 
 
 {They ii>rite dmvn their deals in their books. Noise of other 
 l>rokers buyimj; and selling : ,1 sharp contest, then a lull. ) 
 
 1ST Brok. So much for the first onslaught 
 
 For. (Pointing to a crowd loho have retired nto iz 
 
 corner to confer.) Which has resulted in a flight. 
 
 IST Brok. Do you 'all that a flight ? Well, wait a little, 
 
 then, and I will show you your people in a complete rout. 
 
 (Enter Butler.) 
 
 Chop. ( To Uystander.) Well, we're climbing up again 
 We are now at 130. 
 
 By.stan. I know. I just ordered all my stock sold out 
 at that figure. 
 
 Choi>. You did .' This beats all I ever heard—one of the 
 directors selling out his stock and joining hands with the 
 enemy, [l^o another. What do you think of that, Smith .' 
 Rogers has sold his stock out. You're not going to sell out, 
 are you ? 
 
 2NDBYSrAN. Indeed I'm not 
 all in the same boat, are we not ? 
 
 COUNTK. What a noisy, excited crowd ! Whv do thev 
 shout so, son? Can't they sell their goods peaceably behind a 
 counter as they do in the stores ? 
 
 3'<D Bkok. Why, you see, father, a broker who uants to 
 sell is oeaf when others want him to buy. 
 
 CouNTK. And is it always in an uproar like this ? 
 
 3RD Brok. Sometimes not so bad, sometimes worse. 
 Today's market is a very important one, though. 
 
 COUNTR. What is the difterence between a bull and a 
 bear ? 
 
 3RD Brok. Well, when you see a full-blooded, red- 
 faced, happy-looking fellow, puftmg away at his c gar like 
 mad ; that fellow is a bull, and the sallow-faced fellow, who 
 looks as if his liver troubles him, is a bear. 
 
 CouNTK. {Pointing to C.eoroe andChopineau) That fellow- 
 
 Why should 1 r We are 
 
 is a bear then, and that one a bul 
 
 3KD Brok. Yes, those are the great men, the b 
 the market. 
 
 osses 
 
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83 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 I Spec. ( To Chop.) How are things going ? 
 
 Chop. {With a warm hand-grasfi.) Good. We are 
 going up to the 200 notch to-day. 
 
 COUNTR. I heard him say, "We are going up to the 200 
 notch to-day." 
 
 1ST Bbok. Oh, he's dreaming. It will be a smash-up for 
 him. There's the fellow that's going to win, the " Napoleon 
 of speculation " they call him. 
 
 CouNTR. Isthat the young plunger who has been making 
 things hum so ? 
 
 1ST Brok. That is he. 
 
 COUNTR. A lively dance he has been leading you fellows 
 the past week or two. I read all about it in the papers. 
 What is the matter with him ? 
 
 1ST Brok. Do you refer to that tense, severe look he 
 has, as if he is keyed up to a high pitch of determination 
 and aggressiveness ? * 
 
 CoUNTR. Yes. Why does he look so ? 
 
 1ST Brok. A lovely maiden jilted him. They say it 
 was Chopineau's daughter and that it was on Chopineau's 
 account. Now he's going for the old man tooth and nail 
 to get even. 
 
 CouNTR. He must have been awfully hard up for a girl. 
 Couldn't he find another .' 
 
 {Reneiual of activity on the floor.) 
 
 2ND Brok. 2500 G.C.T. at 135. Who wants them ? 
 
 For. I take them. 
 
 3RD Brok. 1500 at 138 who wants them ? 
 
 Lkh. I'm your man. 
 
 For. Send them along. 
 
 Leu. I'll take looo shares at 140. 
 
 2NU Brok. Done. 
 
 {A messenger arrives and hands Chopintau a telegram.) 
 
 Chop. {Reading.) "New York is a heavy buyer ol 
 G. C. T." {A shout of joy from the bulls.) 1 thank you, my 
 fiiends. That is only a foretaste of another great victory we 
 shall win to-day. Rally, gentlemen, rally and we shaP drive 
 our enemies ignominiously from the field. 
 
 (Paul Frenette runs around rallying bulls. A mtssenger 
 mrtives 'with two telegrams for George.) 
 
CANADA, KAIR CANADA. 
 
 83 
 
 Geo. {Reading.) "The Imperial Parliament has just 
 passed the Royal Atlantic subsid) bill." 
 
 {A great outcry from the bears. Thev tkro\o up their hat <iy 
 dance around, embrace each other, etc. ) 
 
 Ceo. That is the news we were waiting for, gentlemen' 
 The top of the market has been reached. The time for un- 
 loadmg is here. Hear the news from the London .Stock 
 Exr mge. [Reading:) " On account of the passing of the 
 b! subsidizmg the Royal Atlantic Company by the Imperial 
 Parliament, G.C.T. stock has declined here 30 points." 
 
 {Another shout from the Bears) 
 
 Chop. A ruse, a ruse of the bears. Pav no attention to it 
 Rally : Rally ! I'll take 10,000, 20,000 iV.C.T. 
 3RD Brok. I have 'em. 
 
 {A Messenger liandt George a telegram) 
 
 Geo. {Reads) Amid scenes of wildest excitement of the 
 Toronto market (J.C. I', began to drop at eleven o'clock 
 to-day. The shares are now 40 below par. 
 
 Brok. A crisis: a crisis 1 — 1 have 50,000 shares of 
 <^.C.T. going. Who buys.' Will nobody buy.' Are you all 
 bears ? 
 
 1ST Brok. All the bulls are over on St. Helen's Island 
 to-day, man. 
 
 Chop. My God? Are they no end to the sellers. All 
 common sense seems to have deserted them. 
 
 {Enter a great crowd of excited speculators, wen and women 
 aristocrats and plebeians, titey run to the tickers} ' 
 
 1ST .Spfx. How is it now? 
 
 2NI) Spec. Still falling. 
 
 3RD Spec. Has it gone down very much ? 
 
 2ND Spec. Fifty below par. 
 
 3Rn Spec. God help me, I'm ruined. 
 
 ( They tush to the Broker, and Clerks and order their 
 
 stock sold out) 
 
 1ST Spec. ( To Broker) Have you sold out my stock ? 
 
 2ND Spec. ( To Broker) .Sdi out '. Sell out I— every dol- 
 lars worth. 
 
 3RD Spec. {To Broker) Man alive, why didn't you sell 
 ov; when you saw prices going down. 
 
«4 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CANXDA. 
 
 {PamltmoHitim reigns. Men rusk iit e<uA other attJ fi?ht ; 
 < hairs are overturned ; order slips thrown w * in the air.) 
 
 Brok. You told me to hold it for a further rise. 
 
 3RU Spec. Fool ! I'm ruined through your stupidity. 
 
 ( Women in frantic state. They wring their hands, tear 
 their hair and u<eep bitterly) 
 
 1ST WOM. My (iod, every cent I owned in the world. 
 
 2Nr) WOM. You've got a husband to support you any- 
 how, but 1 have to work for my own living and I've lost all 
 I ever had. 
 
 3Rn WoM. I'm worse than either of you, for I'm a widow 
 with five young children and not a sou! to keep me 
 
 4TH WOM. All I've saved frjm my wages loi six years, 
 swallowed up. 
 
 (Ciim<ds of frantic men and women rush at Chofiueaii an I 
 threaten him ivi h clenched fists, ugly wonts being thrown at him 
 freely, as '' Thief !"*• Liar ! " '' Kmbfiz'er! '■ " Inhere is my 
 m*ney /"' " Call the police, f/e has stolen my money." 
 
 Geo. What is the matter, old man ? Lost anything ? 
 
 But. Yes, Mr. George, all I had in the woild. 
 
 Geo. How much ? 
 
 But. Five hundred dollars— ten years' savings. 
 
 Geo. Well, who told you to speculate? What do you 
 know about stocks? Does her ladyship permit you to 
 gamble ? 
 
 But. .She don't mind, sir. She does a little of it herself. 
 
 Geo. I thought so. Has she lost anything in this panic ? 
 
 But. I don't think so, sir. She made a pile the time 
 your father went under, sir, and I heard her say then, that 
 would be the last time she would ever have anything to do 
 with speculating on 'Change. 
 
 Geo Well, it is a pity you didn't take counsel by her 
 example. — Has she returned from Newport yet ? 
 
 But. Not yet, sir. 
 ' Geo. Ah, that's how you have the lime to be here. With 
 nothing to do, time hangs heavily on your hands, and Satan 
 finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.— Well, come 
 to my office to-morrow and you shall have back your $500 on 
 the proviso you never speculate again. Agreed ? 
 
 {Enter Jacques) 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 8$ 
 
 But. Yes, sir, I have had enough. {Georgt ffoes to another 
 Piirt of the s/a^e.) He always was a good fellow, that George 
 WHS. I never will forget the time he was courting Alice. 
 .She wasn't good enough for him. He belongs to the blue 
 bloods, the nobility of England. He give me a couple of 
 dollars one night not to let her ladyship know it was 
 twelve o'clock when he left Alice— as if her ladyship would 
 have cared if he had staid all night. It was just fun for her. 
 
 J ACQ. M. Frenette, I am deeply grieved at your loss. 
 But, perhaps 1 can help you to recover some of your money. 
 
 Chop. Paul : Paul ! Why isn't that fellow here about 
 his business? 
 
 Brok. Paul has been .\rrested for forgery 
 
 Forgery ? Whose name has he forged ? 
 Your own. 
 
 Chop. 
 Brok. 
 Chop. 
 
 He tool My (Jod ! Is there no faith in man? 
 
 {f/e is seised lentil a stroke of apoplexy ) One fifty for 20,000 
 G.C.T Who buys sells. {Dies.) 
 
 (Gradually, sl«^vly, the crorvd tliins out, leaviui; the dead 
 Chopintau alone. When all are gone, enter Alice and Juliette, 
 hotK dressed in mourning, and accompanied by Dr. f ly, who 
 takes ChopintaWs wrist in hani^ ant, ffeling his pulse, pro- 
 nounces him dead. The two dinghters give way to violent grief, 
 Alice on her knees before her father, fuliette standing.) 
 
 Dr. J. The end has come as I warned him. 
 
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 ACT IV — I-ovc Triumphant. 
 
 Time.— T/if month of October. 
 
 Scene. — Private encloud avenue of some prctensioumess. 
 /.., Houteivith si^ " T> Let" on it : verandah or portico 
 overlooking street, steps lecuiing up to it—R., Verandah of 
 Juliette's house, steps also leading thereto ; rustic or other 
 seats on the verandah. 
 
 {Enter on street George and Mrs. Kingheart.) 
 
 Mrs. K. This is the house. Look at it and tell me if you 
 like it. Isn't it magnificent? It's just what we want. 
 
 Geo. It is, indeed, a hai^dsome place. 
 
 Mrs. K. And more suited to our rank than that wretched 
 hovel in which we are now livin/,' , ...If we were here, 
 and Lady Hilda were to come over, we would have a decent 
 home to receive he^. 
 
 Geo. Lady Hilda ! Neither Lady Hilda nor any other 
 woman, except yourself, shall ever live in the house, if I am 
 master of it. 
 
 Mrs. K. Don't be rude, George. Vour manners have 
 sadly altered for the worst of late, I am sorry to say. There 
 can be no harm in my saying that if Lady Hilda were 
 to come over, we would have a decent home to receive her. — 
 It is my fervent prayer, George, that you may come to change 
 your mind, and recognize that your father and mother have 
 this marriage dearly at heart. I don't see why you set your 
 face so obstinately against it, for Lady Hilda has everything 
 that a man can wish for in a wife. 
 
 Geo. Am I to beg you for the hundredth time, mother, 
 not to mention this marriage to me ? 
 
 Mks. K. I do it because I know it to be to your interest- 
 - »VeIl, you have the keys. Open and let us see what the 
 house is like inside. 
 
 Geo. One minute, mother ; let us take in the surround- 
 ings from here. 
 
 Mrs. K. Oht I can vouch for its respectability. 
 Geo. It is not that I mean. What I want is a secluded 
 cjuiet quarter, and this seemingly fills the bill. 
 
 They stand and look up the avenue ; enter, on the verandah 
 of lunette's house, Juliette and Dr. Joly.) 
 
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CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
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 Jul. (To doctor.) And you think it is good for her to 
 be out here, doctor ? 
 
 {George and Mrs. A', turn and go up the opposite verandah) 
 
 Dr. J. The best thing in the world for her, I can assure 
 you, madame,— better than all the medicine in the apothe- 
 caries' shops. {George turns and recoi^nhes Juliette.) A few 
 hours in the sunshine will go further towards restoring her 
 strength than anything I know of. Cases like your sister's 
 are greatly benefitted by a moderate amount of outdoor 
 exposure in good weather. Her trouble, remember, is not 
 so much constitutional as it is nervous. No, give her 
 plenty of sunlight. In such cases the good that the sun's 
 rays do is inestimable. But above all, madame, be very 
 circumspect, and guard her from any sudden surprise Any 
 alarming news or violent shock may result fatally. 
 
 Jul. I shall take every precaution possible, doctor. 
 
 Dr. J. Very well, madame. Good day. 
 
 Jul. Good day, doctor 
 
 Mrs. K. Well, George, 1 am waiting. 
 
 Geo. a very charming street, indeed. 
 
 {Exit Juliette within her house ; Dr. Joly descends veran- 
 dah steps and goes up avenue to leave. He recognizes Mrs. 
 K. and George, and the recognition i '^e turned.) 
 
 Dr. J. Ah, good day, Mrs. Kingheart and Mr. King- 
 heart. Are we going to be neighbours ? 
 
 Mrs. K. We are yet to see the inside of the house, 
 doctor ; so I cannot say {Pointing to Juliette's house.) Is one 
 of your patients there ? 
 
 Dr. J. Yes. Mile Chopineau. 
 
 Mrs. K. Mile. Chopineau ! 
 
 Dr. J. Yes. She lives there with her sister, Madame 
 Duval, r.ow that their father is dead. You remember the.n, 
 do you not ? 
 
 Mrs. K. Our acquaintance is vtry flight.— Which is- 
 Mme. Duval, the elder or the youn.; . 
 
 Dr. J. The younger. 
 
 Mrs. K. Has Mme Duval btc' lor^^ rn^nied? 
 
 Dr. J. About two weeks. 
 
 Mrs. K. She married a Lieuten nt Somebody did she 
 not? 
 
 Dr J. Doubtless you mistake Miv* . >:>uval tot 'e ;ister 
 whom Lieutenant Gobin was paying addresses to. 
 
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 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 
 Mrs. K. Ah, perhaps. -Well, ve are going to examine 
 the house now. vVon't you come and assist us with your 
 advice ? 
 
 Ur. J. {Ascending the verandah stefis.) I shall be 
 delighted to give you any advice I can. 
 
 {Gtorge unlocks door and they disapprnr within. Enter 
 vn strec! Lady Rivers, with footman catry.tig books.) 
 
 Lady R. James, you may give me the books and return 
 to the carriage now. Tell John to wait. I'll not be long. 
 FOOIM. Yes, my lady. 
 
 (Gives books to Lady A', ami goes in. Entm; on rerandiii, Ju. 
 titttt and Aliit, Ike latter stretched out en an iMvnIidthitir, carried 
 bv two servants . ll'ken they have set doivn the chair, they (o 
 inside. Durinsi the entire act, Juliette looks after h<r suffering 
 sitter's ifants with tender solicitude.) 
 Jul. Here's Lady Rivers. 
 
 Ladv R. (AscfiUiiifi stairs.) My dear Juliette .'^nd 
 
 Alice, my child, how are you ? Well enough to be out? I am 
 glad to see you so much improved Y 
 Alicf.. Why haven't you been lo see me before ? 
 (While they converse tos^ether^ enta , on cppciite verandah, Dr, 
 yo'y and George.) 
 
 Dr. J. I havf, asked Mrs. Kingheart to excuse us 
 because I wish lo say something to you about the people 
 opposite. 
 
 Gf.o. In what capacity, docto There are some thin^js 
 relating to that family that I should not care to enter into 
 any discussion ubout. 
 
 Dr J. Rest assured I shall say nothing that will tend to 
 pain you. Uiit, in my profession, we are sometimes physicians 
 of the mind as well as of the body. Now, I know your 
 excellent heart and am satisfiei! you would not refuse to do 
 any thing that would contribute to the relief and happiness 
 of any one who W.1S suffering and who was in need of your 
 sympathy. Where you could brighten and, perhaps, save 
 the life of .in unfortunate, you would do it, would you not, 
 Mr Kingheart? 
 (lEO. Possibly. 
 
 I)R J. I am sure you would.— Over there is some one 
 who needs a physician rather of the mind than of the body. 
 I have exhausted all my resources and am now ready to bow to 
 one who is more able to heal than I .am, and that is yourself. 
 Mile. Chopineau has more need of your sympathy than of 
 iTiy skill. 
 

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 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. $9 
 
 CiP.o. Of my sympathy ? 
 
 I)R J. Of more than your sympathy, of your tenderness 
 and love. Could you but see her, you wouUI pity her. Her 
 »??ui!M 'J '' ^«'-y ^'»fe"inR one. Indeed, she i. almost 
 at death s door. You know wljat her trouble is ? It ,s jjrief 
 as much for your absence as for her fathei'^ deam. Vou 
 alone may be able to heal her malady, for she loves you verv 
 mucn. ' ^ 
 
 Gko. How do you mean "grief for me ' ? How love ' I 
 ani bewildered at your strange account of .Mademoiselle 
 Chopmeau s suffermg. I do not understand one word of it 
 especially in reference to me, and did I not knou you, doctor'. 
 I would thmk yon were ridiculing me for the too ready cre- 
 dulity I placed in Jii« woman. Vou say that she is grieving, 
 but, when last saw Mademoiselle Chopineau there was no 
 one in this world h.-ippier than she. xVot a sign of grief was 
 there discernible m her face, not the faintest indication of any 
 suffering. 1 have not seen her since, nor have I heard of 
 her, and the fact th.it she is ailing, that any thing l.ke sor- 
 row on my account is disturbing her surprises me. -vet 
 more am I surprised to learn that she is dying of love for 
 me. she who s., heartlessly jilted me four months ago-I am 
 not ashamed to acknowledge it-the shame is that I placed 
 such ready and deep belief in her pretensions of love and 
 lacked the penetration to see th.it she had not the moral 
 strength to rise above our family differences. -Ah, but then 
 1 was poor, but now it is different. The possession of riches 
 gives one a different value in the eyes of people. 
 
 Ur.J Believe me, Mr. Kinghcm, you wrong her. I, 
 who am her physician and a friend of the family know dif- 
 ferent. The past five months have been months of solicitude 
 on their part, and anxiety on mine, for oftimes her life 
 seemed to h ing on a thread. Do pallor and weakness and 
 high fever atid loss of spirits count for nothing .' Are these 
 then .eigned, or are they hke an open book-for all to 
 
 Geo. These may be the symptoms of a hundred different 
 CiMses, as you we I knovv, doctor -of suffering from wrong 
 undergone as well as remorse from wrong inflicted ' Where 
 .s the man to whom she was affi ^nced .' Did he jilt her as 
 she Jilted me, and does she seek to nurse her wounds in mj 
 arms, now he has left her .=■ ' 
 
 Dr. J. She was never aftianced to Lieutenant Gobin, if 
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 (;po. And the words of her own father to the contrary 
 shouted in n.y ear -^-^^^^^'^"f^.^, ,,,, .^e should marry 
 
 the lieutenant, but she f ^!'.';''V?. "^eart, if I remind you 
 refusing. r>ut, pardon ,'^«' •^''^:.^ "£,e of the case. My 
 that I am not here to d.scu s 1^=1' PP',^„*^; '^ne over there 
 interest is purely P^^^f^^!'""^'- !£ surely a^vay- As the 
 whose life 1 have ob^^e'^^^^,,^!'^."^-'"^ ^nd as somewhat 
 physkian of the fam.ly for ' ->^^ ^^^^^f ^"„,,,in, that the 
 the r confidant, I ha%e the a(i ''"^«^ • . trouble, that it 
 cause is far removed from any ^""f "^T^' a that i all has 
 has only to do with a severe ;];^"'^^„i;°^,^(ron between you 
 very close connection wuh f ^/"'^^J.^^.ciliation can be 
 and Mile. Chopmeau, ^"^^,f\^^'Verlt"my lead to some- 
 brought about '^e^!;"" y^^„f Jjjft o . Wm you promise 
 '^'^^^V^^^^r't:^ speaU to herP That .s 
 ^V.:t If, as you say, Mile. Chopineau is so ill and it is 
 in n.y power to benefit her^^^^ -^ continuation of her life 
 DR. J. I<^a" ^"""^^ -"."'Ion vou Hut the meet- 
 
 ;. /./y .osses arcnue and ascends Julictt^s rerandak 
 y'^'- J -^ steps.) 
 
 ,. ,-r m;:\ Here are a few of the magazines, 
 
 readrng. ((-'''''^'''-' f^'fVL''s-Lecli '' I"5t what 1 want. 
 ;^^^^d^bn;^ne'm>'p:^rl.handled paper dagger, 
 
 P''*'^'^- (^..7/ Jtdiette.) 
 
 LA..V. K. Ah, doctor, I am glad to see your patient .s 
 
 " HK 'r"?es she's gaining strength, I'n. pleased to say. 
 
 'ZL. 'where ha^ve you come fro-n, doc- P J thou.Jt 
 you had gone How 8""f "f >"« ;' ,.vhat a charmmg 
 
 Iring me out l^^--^"" 'i^'^^'^,^" f^Un Nice and Cannes and 
 Siei^^;:^S[;ingto\;eatapure Canadian autumn 
 
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CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
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 sky. Oh, Canada, fair Canada ' My only regret to die is 
 
 to leave Canada. 
 
 (Enter Juliet fc, with <i<i,i;,i;er, which she hands to Alia.) 
 I)R J. Vou would joke with your last breath, mademoi- 
 
 <^elle. 
 
 (A/ice diseng,ii,n's herself sni^ht^v from the eoverinir to <ut the 
 leans of the maoazme.) 
 
 AUCE. I will choke with my last breath if they don't 
 clear me of some of these things. 
 
 Dr J. Be careful. Vou must not uncover too much. Hut 
 why talk of dying ? Voure not going to die. 
 
 Ai.iCK. That would be true if I belonged to the crow 
 family. A crow never dies. — Doctor, I have been scoldmg 
 Lady Rivers for not having been to see me before. Should 
 friends desert us in trouble ? 
 
 Dr J. No, but I am inclined to think thai that is not the 
 kind of friend Lady Rivers is. 
 
 Lady R. No, nor does she really think that either. 
 Juliette does not endorse her in any such charge, I am glad 
 to say. 
 
 Jul. No, you have always been the tried, unfailing friend 
 of the family. 
 
 Lady R. You little ingrate, why don't you tell the doctor 
 that 1 made a satisfactory explaration. 
 
 Dr J. (To Aliee) Well, 1 hope you are better from her 
 ladyship's visit at any rate ? 
 
 .■\i,:cK. Very much better, mdeed, 1 could only wish that 
 others of my friends would come and see me. — Vou know, 
 doctor, I always like having a crowd around me. 
 
 Dr J. Ves, mademoiselle. Vou always have a large 
 circle of friends. And, apropos of friends, there is one of 
 whom I could especially speak. 
 
 Alice. Who is it, doctor ? 
 
 Dr. J. First of all, you must promise nie to have respect 
 to your present condition and compose yourself. 
 
 .Alice. I am composed, doctor. Hut why all this mys- 
 tery ? Is there, then, dejecting news ? 
 
 Dr. J. '-)n the contrary, the news is of the most re-assur- 
 ing character. There is someone I would bring you— some- 
 one that 
 
 Alice. I am glad to see all my friends. They are all 
 welcome. 
 
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 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
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 I)R. J. And one more than the rest, I am sure. 
 
 Alice. Ah, you mean (.eorge. 
 
 Dr. J. Yes, Mademoiselle. 
 
 Alice. And would he come ? 
 
 Dr. J. He has promised. 
 
 Alice. When is lie comint; ? 
 
 Dr. J. Now, if you wish. 
 
 Alice. He is not here ? 
 
 Dr. J. Yes, he is over in the house opposite, and will be 
 here in a moment. 
 
 Alice. Very well. I am ready to receive him. {Dr. Joly 
 leaves ; Alice looks at herself in a /kvuI i^lass.) 
 
 Jul. (To doctor.) If I consent to this, doctor, it is only 
 out of regard to my sister's present state. 
 
 Dr. J. It is imperative that I have my way in this, 
 madame. This is not Merely the empty formal reconcilation 
 made at times for politic considerations. It is an efliective 
 plan looking to a well-defined end. I do this to restore 
 your sister, and, this failing, 1 am at the end of my resources, 
 inuring your father's life, the attempt would have been im- 
 possible, but now, I hope you will not follow in his steps and 
 frustrate its accomplishment. I have approached this recon- 
 ciliation from a purely professional standpoint, but if I am 
 not to have the free hand accorded a physician, then, I res- 
 pecvfuUy ask to be allowed to retire from the case. 
 
 J JL. But it is exaspenating, you must admit, to have 
 under our roof the man who has brought such misfortune on 
 the family, who was the conspicuous cause of my father's 
 sudden death, and to a large extent, is resposible for my 
 sister's present condition. And then, as if this was not 
 shame enough to bear, we nmst undergo still more humilia- 
 tion by kneeling to him and beseeching him to be the 
 salutary agent of .-Mice's recovery? — lUit if it must be, it must 
 he. Only, as I do not share my sister's af^miration for him 
 I shall ask her permission to retire. 
 
 Lady Rivers rises to leave. Dr. Joly sii^fials Ceort^e, ■H'/io 
 crosses over to Juliette s verandah. 
 
 Ladv R. Good-bye, Alice. I hope you'll be belter soon, 
 (lood-bye, Juliette. 
 
 Alicf. Good bye. 
 
 Jul. Don't be so long next time. (To Alice) Is there 
 anything you want, sister? 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 93 
 
 Alick. No, nothing. 
 Jul. No nourishment I can bring you? 
 Alice. Nothing, sis. 
 {Exit Juliette. Lady Risers meets George on steps.) 
 
 Lady R. {To Geort^e) Ah 1 Good morning, Mr. King- 
 heart. Havi; you become a recluse ? Why do you nor 
 come to see me any more ? You must not give up olJ 
 friends, you know. 
 
 Gro. Because I have not been to see you. Lady Rivers, I 
 would not have you suppose my treatment of you has been 
 ditferent from my treatment of others. Your reproof is not 
 singular, I can assure you. I hear it from all my friends. 
 Nor have I anything to plead in extenuation, I must confess, 
 bu: the stereotyped excuse, pressure of business. 
 
 Lady R. I know you have been quite busy of late, and 
 you have become quite famous, too. I told you you were 
 destined to come to the front some day. But you should 
 remember that when a man becomes famous it is then that 
 the world and his friends like to see him most I claim as 
 my reward for being your true clairvoyant that you come to 
 see me oftener. Good bye. (Exit) 
 
 Geo. Good bye. Lady Rivers. ( To doctor.) You have 
 not overstated her condition, doctor. She is, indeed, in an 
 alarming state. How ghastly I What a decline from her 
 former loveliness. 
 
 Dr J. Yes, a sad decline. (To Alice). He is here, 
 mademoiselle. 
 
 Alice. How pood of you to come, George. It is like 
 old times to be together again, isn't it ? And yet not like old 
 times, for never in the old limes did we meet like this. Then 
 we were two happy creatures together— love, laughter and 
 frolic — and it was ever June time, be the season what it 
 may. 
 
 Dr J. (Going in) With your permission, mademoiselle. 
 
 Alick. Are you going in, doctor ?— Well, I thank you 
 very much. 'Exit Dr. Joly.) But now we meet -Oh, 
 George, have you no smile, no word of love for me r That 
 look — Oh, if you knew the pain — worse than a thousand 
 daggers. 
 
 Geo. If I have not kept pace with you in the effort to 
 restore our former relations, mademoiselle, it is because I 
 am not yet out of the throes of bewilderment and do not 
 know what to make of it all. Have I no word of love for 
 
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 yoii? Well, is there anyone who should kno'v the reason 
 better than you ? 
 
 Alice. Ah, do not crush me so, George. Well, then, I 
 accept the whole responsibility. Only I thought you might 
 have had -Ah, I am not deserving of your pardon. I have 
 wronged you, bitterly wronged you, but, you see, you have 
 
 had a most signal revenge See how ill I am. Take my 
 
 hand and feel what a fever I have. Can you not afford, 
 then, to be generous and forgive : 
 
 Geo. Ah, Mademoiselle, you speak of 'forgiveness as if 
 it is a thing that rises instinctively to one's lips. I^o >'«" 
 realize the cruel wrong you did me? You must know it is hard 
 to forgive on the impulse under such circumstances. 
 
 Alice. 1 know it full well, but you must know that I 
 have suflfered too. Yet, I would not have pardon too lightly 
 won. 
 
 Geo. Why did you deceive me ? The wrong drove me 
 almost to desperation. You knew I loved you madly. 
 
 Ai.iCE. And do you suppose that 1 did not love you. 
 Never has my heart refused to beat madly on seeing you. 
 Never have you lost your empire over it. My greatest sin 
 \\ .s my love for you. Do you understand truly the nature 
 of this moment. Well, you see— you realize that 1 have not 
 long to live— and that at such a moment only truth can 
 escape the lips. 
 
 Geo. Ay, mademoiselle, I am waiting to know the truth. 
 You seem on the brink of making a clean breast c' some ter- 
 rible revelation. I an^ curions to know what considerations, 
 other than mercenary, were the ones hinted at in your letter 
 dismissing me. 
 
 Alice. Do not say that, George. Do not be so cruel. 
 Remember that there are times when right may seem wrong; 
 reason, injustice. You need no longer give yourself up 
 wholly to resentment.— Your father's misfortune had nothing 
 to do with my decision. 
 
 CiEO. What, then .' Your father's wish ? 
 
 Alice. No, nor that either. True he ordered me to give 
 
 you up He is dead now. God rest his soul. I owe it 
 
 to him to exculpate him. He bade me give you up, but 
 much as I loved him and always tried to please hini, I 
 refused. You do not understand us women of the New 
 World. In your land parental authority is paramount. 
 Here, we women think that we owe something to ourselves, 
 to our future happiness. Witness my sister's action. 
 
CANAItA, KAIR CANADA. 
 
 95 
 
 C;ko. Explain yourself, mademoiselle. This is no tin,*, 
 for enigmas. What particular re«a.d for my wel are co Id 
 have prompted you to take the course you did = 
 
 pliiht'eTto Lml'rl"*"^'"^'^'' '"^•°'^" "'^ ''■''' °f •— 
 
 Cko. What is your word of honour piediied to t lat ner 
 
 ^ILr' "'■"' '"''■■'"'<' "• -■• W,ric„'sCud''l'a 
 
 (En/er Mrs A'. 
 
 Al.iCK Th^t question I will answer in a moment, when I 
 
 a.n made a httle more con,fortable. W.il you call Jul,ette?»r 
 
 Cko. To adjust your pillow = That is unnpri.<:<;-irv 
 mademoiselle, it you will let me. "nnecessary, 
 
 .Mrs K. Why does Georj-e stay .' 
 (//.' raises A,r to adjust her fjlhw and settle the orerino 
 Atue too As at the h ■ use across the street- ) 
 
 Alicf.. The doctor told me you were over in the house 
 opposite. How came you there .' 
 
 suit'us.' ' ''^' '''°'''"^' """""^^ "^'^ ^°"'''^ ^« ^^« if it ^vould 
 
 (////.v .vz/r/z^j ,/^/,/ of Mrs. Khigheart and falls back.) 
 
 WhaUs it .' For heaven's sake, mademoiselle, what is the 
 
 W^'tliat il"ln'"''" ^^'"^''^ "'^"-^ ^'^^"^'^^^ her hand on her 
 here ' ' "'^' "°' ^'^^'"'^ ^^'''S- I^ingli^-art was 
 
 An^/?- ^^'?T\ ""''■ ^°""''' °f '"<^ ""t to mention it 
 And It IS that that has upset you, I suppose .= 
 
 Alice. I am very weak you see, and the unevoected 
 ecognifon overcame me. but I am better now . . A^d e 
 
 flown *;;f i::^e:}r^^i^:j^ -y •^■"-^ -ms to hav'e' 
 
 tened so 
 
 fl 
 easily. 
 
 frigh 
 
 'J to the door and 
 
 {Enter Juliette and Dr Joly.) 
 
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 96 
 
 CANAUA, lAlR ( ANADA. 
 
 Look up and speak. It is 1. J"" 
 
 Sister, sister 
 Speak to me. 
 
 jui 
 lieite 
 
 c^H^ Ais? 1 warneu you o, -■. |;'-;--^-,;^j „„„ . „ ;, „„, 
 
 '"a,.,ck. do no, b,a.. M.. K^5«^,=;-. :■ ''...r/Sf ..:' 
 So Hl%':useTu.lX U'-.'-^rlfy ..-»-"'- '-""■ 
 "g'o Oh, A«c., my l«v., >■" '" "^ "^^'i ,„., „,„, ,., 
 
 MICE. Say thai y»" lo" "'" •""' '"'*• 
 ""oto.'"r;ryou and fo,«.ve you w„h a., n,y hca,.. 
 (A/ice (fi'es.) -. 
 
 UR. J. It's all over 
 lui- My God: My Cod: -/,,,>/■) 
 
 ^ c.lf Mme l)uv.d,.-ind'etmetake 
 
 DR. J. Compose y^ureir Me l^^u ^ 
 
 inside, I beg you^ nirio in. please. 1 add ...y 
 
 GKO. Yes ^'"^«;„J,^^"^.Vl^re sno need for you to be 
 
 en'reaties to the doctors. , |''^^;„yii,in„. Meanwhile, 1 
 
 Jeie. He and I -dl attend ^o «- Vt un, ^^^^^^,^ ^^^^^^ ^,,^ 
 
 beg of you to l«--;^:,^ryo' T'>ve.l'her as much as n.rn 
 a little while. I sweai 10 y aistracte<l man. C.nct 
 
 <:ould ever love woman. Ycanno straightway pour it out, 
 is at its flo°.^V.'V':.^"V/.i ""/>-.>/.'• ar„ufu!ielte, sob- 
 n,y heart will beak.(A.w/,.'^^ ;(,; ho-v 1 loved you^ 
 
 J,ini;.) Oh, Ah«, '^"^^ ' ^g ^^^,^1 sport of us... The 
 Oh, cursed fate thai '^'^f . 7''"^ g^aured -to be consuimng 
 gn;f, the suffering you .n^stW^^ ^^^^ ^j^^^^ ^, fi, 
 
 with a flame you had ^^ "=^'^J^,' e,,„, and to realize all 
 of love we.e burning as potently as ee^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^.^ 
 
 ?he time that 1 ^bought jot^ a «^^- ,;j.,,..,,ed. 1 swear to 
 suffered: But V"" ^*^^" ""J „„ti" 1 have ferreted out the 
 vou 1 never shall ' elax effoUs until ^ ^ ^^.^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ 
 
 base cause of it f'^"^Vft „?,";' displeastire-Yet, not one 
 me? Leave all for me to do' 
 
 me : 
 
 jweeiiicrtii, ■•"' — T 
 Leave all for me to do , 
 < Mrs Kin,heart crosses over to JuHett^s House 
 
 ^ Aren't you con .g, George ? Vou are keeping 
 
 Mrs K 
 nie wait' g 
 
C\N \I>A. 1 \IK ( \N \Ii\. 
 
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 (•.(..). Iliisli, motlier. V<mi aie m the pre-t-n.-e i.f de.uli. 
 M.Kifini.i-elle ( li.)|.me.iii lias iii>l .iie.l. 
 
 Mk-< K. In.ieca : That i^ -i ^^'^'^H l"--- <"'■ "''">' \'""^- 
 
 Duval his mv prof, iin.l sviui':"''^' '^'"' ""'' >"'' '':"^ 
 
 pai.l yom ( ..mlolen. e^. you aie leady to ^;o, are y,.u m.t 1 
 (mJc. Autl leave 'he beiUuie of the dea.i so ahiiiptly r 
 Mks K. Why, uh-il fuither meil to remain r 
 (".K'l. Have yuu foii;oltf'ii inademo.selle aivl 1 were 
 lovers OI11 e ? 
 
 Mi;s K For shame. Ceor^e. N'oii s( ainla!i/e the memory 
 (f ina.lenui^elle Chopmeaii ' m >|)eaUiii- thus. I . ammt 
 reu.einl.er what 1 never knew ; therefore 1 h .ve to. ^cuten 
 that mademoiselle Chopme.iu and you were lovers : at least 
 I do not care to entertain anv recol'.e, tion wiiatever ot > . 
 |U,t I have not forgotten that the fither of n.ademoiselle 
 Ch.)i)ine in was our bitterest enemy, that it was he that <leli- 
 beraiely(ompassed our rum, that spurned you as i so" in- 
 law and besouKht me lo piess her to give you up W here 
 IS your -eif-iespe.-t, after all th-e in.ult. ami m|u-.a-s that 
 you should come agam to tut. kle to these m.olent peop e. 
 
 (lio. Mother: Kememher whete you are. .\nd so 
 ina iemoiscle Chopinerius fathei hcM, u-hi you to press her 
 to give me iii)? And yon made her th.s request .- 
 Mks K. Certainly, I di<i 
 (ii'.o Personally ': 
 Mks K. Yes. personally 
 Ckw. And imposed secrecy on her? 
 Mrs K. Which she has honnuralily observed, 1 see. 
 (i|.(). Yes Mademoiselle (:ho|)ir.eau was not the one 
 lobet.ava trust, I can assure y( u. And by what line of 
 argument did you influence lur? That is a thmg I am 
 curious to know. 
 
 Mks. K. Come, let us go. 1 his is no time nor place for 
 that. We'll finish it s( ^ other time. 
 
 r,KO. No, mother. We shall finish it right now and 
 here What place more fitting than by the deathbed of her 
 whose life vou bhghted. You shall T' lish it in the presence 
 Duval whom vour blind course prematurely de|>rive(l 
 
 of Mme. D 
 
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 a Slater. 
 
 S/an's to 
 
 ,/.' Mme Puiuil 
 
 And vet. no. 
 
 :AMr 
 
 !^ the hodv of Ali^e.) You kept it se( 
 
 ret frr 
 
 nn 
 
 her, while you hv 
 
 ed 
 
 VI ur WISH 
 
 you are 
 
 dead. Well, mother, I'm waitnv. 
 
 es shall be res|)e':ied, now 
 )vv were yoii 
 
 ible to influence Mile. Chopineau to such a stej) 
 
98 
 
 CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
 i i 
 
 Mks K. If you insist that I state it liere, 1 tiwn it 
 promlK ; lor it was a moihei's love and anil)iii()n that 
 prompied it. I representcH t<i Madentoisellc Cliopincau 
 that after Mr. Kin).;hea I hau failed in business, we were no 
 lonj^er al)!e to icivaive your inter«sts as we would have 
 liked, hut that Mr. Kinj^hean's hmtlur. the Karl of Dolaii. 
 was re idy to do you the inestimable service of proniotinj; 
 your advantane, provided you were willing to (ome under 
 ins tu'ela^e and marry as lie rhoo>e ; and 1 sh.wetl her the 
 letter from the earl which we had received. 
 
 Gko. Now I know all. Now I know all O. Ali<e, 
 
 my lov, it is I and mine who have brought ynu to your 
 early deith. My passion which ouyht to have been a joy 
 and comfor to you has enjju'fed you in disaster. F(u>;ive 
 me, adored spirit, forgive my fatal love. . . .( 7'o Mrs. A'.,) As 
 you stan<l tliere, I'o y.ui fully realize the enormity of your 
 otTence against Mndemoiselle Chopineau .' 
 
 Mks K , OflTence ? this language to your mother ? 
 
 ("iKO. Aye, more tlu'.n ;)flfence -imposition, outrage. See 
 what you did. Vou profiled by niadenioiselle's generous 
 nature and unbounded love for me. From the day vou de- 
 manded of her her heroic sacrifice, she d, ooped -Ur. Joly is 
 my authority- and today when a mere accident of the hour 
 suddenly discovered you to her, the flood of recollc tion that 
 came over her was too great for her weakened condition . . 
 So, you see, mother, the cause of Mademoiselle Chopineau's 
 death lies at your door. 
 
 Mrs. K. (".eorge, such words to me. Do not make pie 
 blush that you <ire mv son. 
 
 (iKO. Son : Vou have nothing to complain of me . . the 
 score of filial duty. Never have I brouglit a blush of shame 
 to vour cheeks or a single pang of pain to your breast. 
 Twentv years and more have I been an exemplary, devoted 
 child finding unbounded interest in doing your bidding and 
 subserving vour most trivial wishes. Twenty yeats' faithful 
 service by a domestic should win a fitting recognition. How 
 n-.uch more the twenty years uninterrupted obedience and 
 love of a child. And yet far from lending your aid lo the con- 
 =,uminaliou «if th.it child's happiness an. I to the ac(;omplish- 
 ment of a purpose which is the cherished amhition and 
 pride of most men, you have deliberately thwarted his wishes 
 and wrecked his future 
 
 Mus. K. Say rathci", my son, I have rendered your 
 future brighter and more promising by arranging a more 
 glorious marriage for you. 
 
CANADA, FAIR CANADA. 
 
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 nd I d„n t k, .vv .vho. l.ut were h.s sinews of steel these 
 
 I^M>u;E^;-^?.r s,^-" '- '^^'^'^ - ^'-^« "- ^'^ 
 
 nmu'er "^^ *"'*°'*^* ' *'"°'^'*' '<«'"«'"''^ ^ J am your 
 
 Gko. Never fear. I ,U.nt n.ean to fnrwet it 1 shill 
 not , an,n n,y soul with the enornmy of matn ide A 
 -n.petuosity to violence, all mchnat.on to revenue mus 
 
 nc mo" OU "T '"7 ."' ''''' '■''''' •^-'^ tlut Ss "^ 
 
 u her>wi?v\ilH •■ ''"' ^'"".""' '•''^^ 'h^ other coufse. 
 
 m.ther_ Why d.d you not, for your son's sake, pronune 
 
 v.u the cKv her'7..'^"PP'"^'' something > D.d I not assu're 
 
 and'clutv""' llv" "!i''^"" ■•account of a ...other's apprehension 
 
 Nimrd V thf= • ^'^"l""«-'" "ever K'ot o., well together, 
 
 fn e 1 e tiv^'t- "'t""' ^V-.ipath.sed ,n to some'.xtent 
 t > the lespertue families. Was there not an element of 
 danger m this ,„ any n,arria>,^e ? Show „,e a n.arr" «e heLun 
 
 cri. r. then I will say 1 had mo n«ht to intervene. This w Vs 
 m.s«,vin^ enough but not the only one. Vou cl o.'e to 
 degrade your love to the level of an mtnxue. 
 C.KO. Mother ; 
 
 bim'^of Mr 'r."" ""' ■'''""*' "' "^'^ impression. It was the 
 bam of Mr. Chopmeau's complaint. What other nm.e 
 
 S^sn^Jir"" ''" ^''^''^ ^^-" ■" --- -'^'^u^iS 
 prll^ty of^ei7o;^„"^Xi,J;„ -^ j'- /--n 
 
 unewahj^,.,.„dsod.djuiie;;;^';;;i^'^;.e:^^^^^^^ 
 
 ne''':'f^he;''^^v;^:,;;|,,«''-; i''^"^ "- M'ss Chop- 
 van, ronfidence ;' bu, the neonU ." u'!, ^'^'"^ '-'"ed mto 
 v iio !r ved vou most il'^!^'*' "^'''^ ^''^ '^^'''^^ V^" both, 
 
 inaeea they have to thank chance for 
 
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 ( \N \l>\, M(K C \N A|)\. 
 
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 knowing ,t at ail. When, at It n^jili. we . ame to know ,t we 
 lemon^tratcd wiih you tr. no |)tii|)o-,e. \ u wire ileat to all 
 itMM.n ; >,,ii >|uit your ear, to all entreaties of :|i,oe .viio 
 loved yon and foie!,aw the danv;er into win. I, sou were luit- 
 lyu.j^ the >;n f you weir ,i|,( i ,a. hinK- '1 lieie' was nothmi. 
 left ilien hut to a|.|.e..l to Mil,-. ( hopmeau Itlinded as vo« 
 are by pass'on. you see nothinK in it hut opposition and a 
 imel dettrnnnation to thwart your wishes, and not what was 
 truly at the hottoui of it all a niotoer's con. em foi her only 
 child. 
 
 <;i'.<). I't-rhaps you are lixlit, perhaps 
 
 Ilierelorc-, in the name of that solli.itude wh ( h von sav was 
 the leal incentive, and for the sake of iier who would 'have 
 me loijjive, I absolve you. And now let me be^ of you 
 to leave n;e, leave n-e witli her whom I loved better than my 
 hie. and if you would have a reason for this re(|iiest. when 
 you are honie, open your Ihble and read where it says 
 • A man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his 
 wite ; ' , 
 
 Mks K. His wife : 
 
 (;i(>. \'es my wife ; for that verv dav we were to l)e 
 married. Ihe ple<l«e had been made, the s.ii itn.il union 
 was con.sum.ited. Wh.it remained to be tione was on.y an 
 empty form. 
 
 Mk.s. K. (;eorj;e, (leorjje. it is your moiiier. 
 
 (".K<>. The carriage is waiting for you, mother. Not a 
 word more. Co. . /uv/ .IM. A'.. ,wnw/V/-.j Oh Alice 
 my hrst, my only love, what unhappiness the meddlini; of 
 others has wrou)^ht for us. If they had only let us alone if 
 they had only suffered our love to pnisue its natuial end. 
 
 Oil happy provision ! I)i.' .ou anticipate mv need 
 sweet lieart. that you laid this l.cre. I have not »oi-otteu it' 
 though I saw It only once before— the very day your father 
 lust came between us and forbade me the house. ' Voii used 
 It to sever the cord around a packet contaimii}.; a j;ift fror.. 
 an admirer. I remember how frantic 1 was ihat any one 
 but me should send you a present. N'ou nuve me tiie history 
 of the da^jjer, how you had bouj^ht it in a Parisian stoie of 
 cunos on account of the tragic love story of some prince 
 woven .'.round ir Vhus history may repeat itself, and this 
 same steol th: je so effectually eased one achin^-^ heart 
 will again lend its soothing power to anothei. O my love, 
 my life, this blow is double. 15v it love is rr>nsumated and 
 your wrong expiated. {St,i/>s himself.) One last look, one 
 last kiss, and then I come, sweetheart. {Lu\i.