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April 17-0 ?COXT??UED.3 SYNOPSIS. IN CHAPTER 1 Gen Inigo, ft prominent ita presario, confides to Hamilton Joceljn, a man about town, that Marana, a Russian prima donna, engaged at enormous expense to open his new opera boose in New York, has cabled that she cannot keep her contract. Jocelyn offers to Sud an acceptable substitute at once. CHAPTER 2 introduces to the reader Beatrix Randolph, a thoroughly trained amateur, possessing a remarkable voice and struggling under financial and social reverses. She lives with ber widowed father on heavily incum bered estates np the Hudson. CHAPTER 3 brings Gen. Inigo and Jocelyn, who ia an old acquaintance of the Randolphs, to their retired homestead, and Beatrix is en? gaged at a large salary to impersonate Ma? rana, us?ng the Russian's name. IN CHAPTER 4 Mr. Geoffrey Bellingham, A rising young architect, who is superintending work on the new opera house, suggests some changes to Geo. Inigo and wins a high com? pliment. ^. IN CHAPTER 5 Jocelyn, acting as a friend of all concerned, arranges temporary quarters for Beatrix in New York and, secnres a chaperon for her, inadvertently showing him? self to be a man of shady antecedents, living by his wits. CHAPTER 6 brings the heroine, in the assumed character of Marana, before New Yory society. She meets Geoffrey Belling? ham at a dinner given in ber honor by a rich patron of the muses. ?HAPTER. JIL HEB fgn?lfej HER ENEMIES, AND BXS LOVEES. "Couran?Kw ?^<Aedk,M ea**i*rf0O. Within the neal few days everybody in New York coi?d ?uofea inore.or less auflwrite?fc^ of Mlle. Marana; for the guests at the j Dinsmores* dinner and reception had been so-sefecl^d, that their varions re? ports could reach all sections of polite society. The verdict on the part of both sexesr was almost - tmrversa?ly favorable, and every one consequently made preparations to extend farther h> r?t?&oiis.to%er. 3?he only; noteworthy 'Insentient voice was that o? Mrs. Bright, who affirmed that the great prima donna was underbred and pre? suming^. : ^f?veii tf?s critic, however, ad mitted thaine had redeeming traits. "In her proper place she is very well. She is a professional singer; and, though she-is ver?pr^essio?fris?e is really a very gor?ihiger, toa* Jr! Mr. ?ardyfie, the amateur composer, contributed an able article to a leading journal, in which he attempted to as? sign Mlle. Marana her place among the great singers of the last forty years. "To the culture, the vivacity, and the subtlety of. the preeent,* he wrote, "our Russian guest - unites -the training, the knowledge, and the solidity of the past. Rooted in the soil of the best traditions of her predecessors, the flower of- her genius blossoms in the new sunshine of today. The grandeur and dignity of her method are vivified and sweetened by raie Personal charms of maimer, and by that seeming artlessness of execu? tion which is the finest triumph of art Her appearance ?among us is another ?ob?tV^not ??y oft tfe& repetition which woof the western world have attained of being the fina], tribunal in matters of musical* tast and judgment, but of the great fact thal; real genius is always unique. "Mlle. Marana recalls no other singer; she is herself! ard. io say this is (as those who have heard her win testify) to pay berthe highest compliment. She does not accentuate an epoch-ehe makes one. Of hex dramatic capacities we have yet to Judge, but simple and unassuming as is her bearing in private society it is easy for the initiated to discern in the grace, effectiveness and precision of her gestures and carriage the resulta of that long training upon the stage and command of its resources which alone can make the poetry of movement a . second nature. Our only misgiving is," added the writer, "that the ordinary repertoire of operas may fail to afford ME?. Marana an ade? quate opportunity for the manifestation of her powers. While yielding to none m our reverence and admiration for the operatic productions of the great com? posers, from Mozart to Wagner, we may be permitted to wish that some now work might be forthcoming, essentially mod? em in its scope and quality, and thereby answering mor? completely to the re? quirements of modern culture. It would indeed be a matter of congratulation were such a work to claim an American originr ??1 I; 1 Those who knew the authorship of this article made merry over the perora? tion, and inquired archly whether Bar clyffe had at last found somebody capa? ble of appreciating- his musical accom? plishments. But by the majority it was j accepted, with becoming docility; and the impresario, it is needless to say, was enchanted with it. The allusions to the Maraca's familiarity with the stage were especially grateful to him. 'Til just tell you how it is," he said to Jocelyn; "you play off a little game on the public, and you feel nervous because there's one or two weak points in it. Well, sir, by Jupiter? those weak points j are just the very ones the public swal- I lows the quickest Now, here's this girl -she can sing; we all know that; but j she's a born American, and she's never 1 been on the stage. Well, six, there was old Lucretia March at the dinner, who said she could hardly understand her on ! account of her Russian accent; and now j Barclyffe comes out and swears she must j have been born behind the footlights! j The next thingTL be we shall have some woman turning up and vowing the Marana has run off with ber husband and a hundred thousand dollarsr "Are you aware, Moses,** inquired his friend, "that Wallie Dinsmore has seen the real woman ra Vienna, and knows this one to be a fra?d?" The general set down the cocktail with which he Was about to celebrate his good fortune. "Are you lying, or what's the matter?" he demanded brusquely. "I had it from the man himself, you old blackguard, " rejoined thB other co; poeedty. "Does he know who thia one is?* I **U he doesn't he probably will befe long." The general reflected. At last he sad .?Well, I ain't scared. What should ! make a row for? It ain't going to ht him, and what's more, he's taken np t 1 girl himself. It may tickle him to fb out the facta, but he ain't a fellow talk, if it was you, now, I might wa to buy you off; but he's another sorl And Gen. Inigo tossed off hiscocks with renewed serenity. "Til bet you you're mistaken," sa Jocelyn. "I don't bet witlji you, my go? friend," replied the impresario, sha iag his head and chuckling sardo ni ca II "Til tell you what Twill do, though he added, after a moment. He to? from his pockets a check bock and Mackinnon pen, and wrote a chec which he showed to Jocelyn. It w $10,000, and was drawn to Jocelyn's c der. '.You can have that check," sa Inigo, "and be fingering the bank not in half an hour from now, on one cone tion." "Go on," said Jocelyn. "On condition that you take yourse out of the whole business, and leave n to deal with the girl direct. It's damned shame, by Jupiter, that ye should be putting 30 per cent, of fr money into your pocket every time si sings, and making her think I pay b that much less thuin I do. HI buy ye out for $10,000, cash down, today, ar take the risk of her bursting up, az everything else. Tm talking mone; that's what Fm doing; and there it i Will you do itT "You may go to the devil!" said Joe lyn, pushing back: the check book, thong not without an effort. "HI have you 1 know that money's not the only thir Tm after. Tve got my own views aboi the girl, and Hi manage the business ic own way." The impresario detached the chec from the book, and having rolled it in1 an allumette lit his cigar wi?h i "That's all right," said he, crushing tl burnt remnant under his foot, '*onl don't you talk to me no more about be ting! I know a man when I clap ey< on him, and I know a woman, too, an I guess you'll have time to grow to be bigger rascal than you are before ye rope in my prima donna! She's meet fe your betters, my boy, and they're not fi to look for!" Jocelyn contrived to maintain a coi temptuously indifferent demeanor, bi it is certain that whoever made moue out of the impresario was obliged i earn it in one way or another. Meanwhile Miss Beatrix Randolph, c the Marana, as all the world now calle her, was in more cheerful spirits tha she had been before her reception at th Dinsmores. She liked the Dinsmore die was inclined to like almost ever} body. She tried to take a charitabl view even ot the young gentlemen i high shirt collars who complimented he ? badly, and said things which she knen were witty only because they laughed a chem? She reflected that she knew nott ing of the freemasonry of modern sc ciety, and that probably the young ger tlemen intended only to be polite an? entertaining. Mrs. Bemax, when ar pealed to on the subject, said they-Mi Witman and the rest of them-wer wealthy and well connected, and that i was desirable for a lady connected wi tl the stage to cult?vate their acquaintance "A little social relaxation is an excel lent thing for you, my dear mademoi selle," declared this worthy lady, "am a capital way to get rid of that littl? frigidity and stifi^ess you have brough with you from the country. Ladies con nected with the stage have to work hard but, en revanche, they are allowed mon freedom in social intercourse than othe: people. It will be quite proper for yor to let Mr. Witman drive you hom? from rehearsal in Ids brougham if I an along, or even without me at a pinch All the others do it. You will not le him take any liberties, of course; bm don't betray any timidity; he wouldn't understand it." "It is one thing for mc to do as I like,' replied mademoiselle, "and another thing for me tc let other people do as they like. I dont mean to be stiff, but there is nc reason why I should be bothered either." "It will be no bother when you ar? used to it," Mrs. Bemax replied; but al the time she did not advocate her view any farther. The finishing touches were being put to the theatre, and Geoffroy Bellingham was constantly on hand to oversee the work; consequently he and the prima donna must needs meet occasionally. He said very little to her; and was generally very busy when she might have entered into conversation with him; but she had an impression that he kept his eyes upon her often when she was not looking at him; and his appearance at the theatre was generally coincident with the hpur of her aehearsals. One day after she had been singing a grand scene very ef? fectively she happened to catch his eye in the stage box, where he stood leaning against the curtained partition, abstract? edly knotting and unknotting & piece of tape. His gaze was so earnest, and at the same time so melancholy, that the prima donna, obeying an impulse-?hat Was partly curiosity, but partly some? thing else, went round to the box when the scene was over, and met him as he was coming out. "How unhappy you looked!" she said. "Was anything wrong?" He stared at her for a moment, and said ironically, "Oh, you're a great artiste!" "I mean to be," she iuiswered smiling. "A great actress, too! I should like to see you when you are yourself." "1 am myself now," replied Mlle. Marana. Then she rememl>ercd that she was not telling the whole truth, and blushed and looked down. "Tlieu you must be a remarkable woman! But you probably don't know that you always appear to mo like a fresh anti innocent American girl. I can't see anything foreign or-stagey in your talk or manners. Extremes meet} I suppose, and, like Paul, you are all things to all men." This speech made the young diva feel that the world was very wide and very cruel, and tears rame into her eyes. J She w.ts alone; there was no one to an i swer for her or to protect her. She would not have mindel so much what most people thought of her, but it would nave been a great comfort to her if this man, a* any rate, had by some divine faculty of vision been able to see through the disguise that veiled her from the rest of the world. He did see through it; but he did not believe what he saw. He thought that his discovery was her deception, and the more sh:? was frank and simple, the more she was her real self, the less would ho believe in her. It was a dilemma between intuition and reason; and, with a man of the world, reason, in such cases, is apt ta havo tho best ot it. It would brtvrj been easy for the pri donna to haye enlightened Mm, and-1 der certain circumstances she mij have been tempted to do so. But n it -was a matter of pride to her, if no ing else, to say no word that could 1? him to infer that his sympathy was ai thing to ber one way or the other. I she was at liberty to resent an inst and she felt that to do so would help 1 to preserve her composure. "You probably ?ont know, dr," ? said, imitating his phrase, "that to c even an opera singer the extreme op] site of fresh and innocent ?3 not poli I am not so contemptible a thing to men as I seem to be to your "It was a brutal thing to say, and did not mean it,n he replied in a li voice. "But I can't say what I wish you. There's no middle way," And I fore she could make up her mind wi this meant he passed by her and walk heavily away down the corridor. The prima donna fell into a deep a not altogether painful revery. She se ed herself on, a bench behind the scei and followed ont her musings with 1 chin On her hand. The rehearsal v< going forward in front, the duets, t quartets and the choruses, but she v* lost in thought "There's no midi way." What was in his mind-in ] heart-when he said that? There h been something very potent in his ey that she was sure of. What eyes had! What a stern, resolute face, wi nothing mean or commonplace in itt J was not like the others, either in aspt or in manner. His very carelessness a; roughness were more high bred th their best behavior. Though he mig go among other men, he would al wa be apart from them; he was lonely, li herself, but, unlike hers, his was a vi untary and a noble loneliness. And despised her because-because soi other woman was despicable! That w unjust, and yet perhaps there was ina vertent justice in it. Perhaps, if ! knew the truth, he would despise her i less on other grounds. But again the was some other feeling beside con tem at work within him. What could th be? The girl raised her head slightl with a doubtful, musing smile on h lips. There was a stealthy step behind h which she did not hear until it was clo upon her. Then suddenly a pair of han were pressed over her eyes, and her hei was drawn back. For a moment she w too much amazed to resist; besides, si thought, it must be-could not but be some one who had a right to treat her i -her father, or even her brother Ed; i stranger would dare! Any impossibilil was more possible than that. The ne: moment she felt kisses on her cheek ar mouth-clumsy, offensive kisses. SI was not a screaming woman, but si gave a passionate outcry of disgus twisted herself free, and sprang to h< feet The offender stood before her, eviden ly not at all convinced of the enormit of his outrage. His visage was wrinkle into a waggish laugh, in which he seen ed to expect the prima donna to join. '. had already been made apparent to h* that the man had been drinking, but th' mist of wrath in her eyes kept her fe an instant from recognizing in bim th newly engaged musical director, Hei PlotowskL ' She felt that if she had ha a weapon in her hand she could hav killed him on tho spot. And he W? laughing! "Aha! my beautiful ma'm'selle! catch you fair dat timer he exclaime jovially. "Oh! dose beautiful lips! Ins often long to salute demi" "If you ever come near me or speak t me again"-began the prima donna; bu she checked herself. She would nc condescend even to threaten such wretch. Besides, what power had sh to carry a threat into execution? Her Hotowski had been engaged at grea expense; he was considered a valuabl acquisition. No one could lead ai orchestra more ably than he. If sh complained of him her complaint woul< be pat off or disregarded; nor could sh bring herself to confide the outrage to ; man like Glen. Inigo. He would b< sure to laugh, and answer with som coarse, good humored jest In this nev world she had entered into everybody seemed to make a jest of everything There was no one to defend her; ab must submit if she could not defenc herself. But, as her glance fell upoi Herr Plotowski, she told herself shi would rather die than submit to suer, another insult. Her passionate indignation must have made itself perceptible through th< eallous hide of the director, fortifi?e though he was by whisky. The wrinklec laugh gradually faded from his counte nance, and gave place to an expressior of absurd solemnity and irritation "You be angry dat I kiss you, ehr h< cried in a harsh voice. "Let me tell you, ma'm'selle, I kiss all ze ladies vol sing by me. Zey dake it as compliment; if not, I make it vorse for zem, eh; Plotowski kiss all he please, and dat all right ain't it? You ask ze general, and you find out! Now denf* And he stalked away haughtily. This incident would perhaps have af? fected her somewhat less poignantly if it had not occurred immediately after her interview with Bellingham, and while*her thoughts were full of him. The revulsion was almost unendurable, and made her feel as if the pollution could never be removed. Her bosom heaved, and bitter tears ran down her face. A woman is helpless enough at beet, but 6he more than the rest, because she was fighting under a false name and reputation. Nevertheless, she could not retreat now nor srive un the battle. She knew that her father bad incurred pecuniary obligations to Inigo which could only be repaid through her. Be? sides, should she let her career be de? stroyed at the outset because a creature lijce Plotowski had insulted her? Should sho not rattier persevere until she had won tinch position and such power as should enable her to protect herself against all the world? There was a proud, unconquered spirit in her, which asserted itself in ber forlornness and dis? tress more than it had ever done in her security and happiness. And, after all. she was not without friends. At the worst she could apply to her father; and then there was Ham? ilton Jocelyn, who, although rather worldly and absurd, was really a good man, with her interests at heart, fis was proved by his having obtained for her this splendid engagement, and there was Mr. Dinsmore, who seemed kindly and a gentleman: and Mr. Barclyffe, who had written all that praise of her in the newspaper; and there, too, was Geoffrey Bellingham; whatever his opinion of her ! might be, she did not believe that he ! would havo stood by and allowed Herr i Plotowski to insult her. No; things were ; not so hopeless, after all. j Mme. Beuiax had been out to make a j few purchases on Broadway. She now j j returned, carrying her little bundies by I loops in the strings that tied them. She# hoped mademoiselle had not been delayed or inconvenienced. Mademoiselle replied that she had sot been delayed; bat some? thing prevented hex from telling Mme. Bernas about the adventure with the di? rector. She feared madame would say something about the benefits of a little social relaxation and about getting used to it; and she did not wish to feel an aversion toward the good lady, who was in many respects agreeable to her. So she held her peace and hid her secrets in her heart; but she could not forget them. [TO BE CONTINT BD ] George Washington and the Columbia Centennial. The city of Columbia will celebrate next May (he one hundredth anniver? sary of the first meeting of the Gen? eral Assembly of South Carolina in that place as the capital of the State. General Wade Hampton will deliver an oration ; there will be a trade's display and probably a military en? campment; the city will be decorated and illuminated at night ; water ?ill be turned into the great canal, and many other attractions will be offered the visitor and sight-seer during the three days of the celebration. In addition to the meeting of the Legislature, there was another occur? rence in the city of Columbia io May, 1791, that deserves a passing notice. During that month President George Washington made his first and only visit to this State, and spent several days in Columbia-from Sunday, May 22, till Wednesday morning, May 25. The President left Philadelphia (then the capital of the United States) on Monday, March 21st, 1791. Mrs. Washington and her two grandchildren accompanied him to Mount Vernon, where they spent the time during bis Southern tour. He reached Mount Vernon on his return June 12th, "having made a most satisfactory journey of more tbao seventeen hun? dred miles, io sixty-six days, with the same team of horses.'* In his diary be say? : "In this tour I was accompanied by Major Jackson. My equipage and attendance consisted of a chariot and four horses drove in hand, a light baggage wagoo and two horses, four saddle horses, besides a led one for myself, aod five, to wit : my valet de chambre, too footmen, coachman and postillion " The route of the President through our State was as follows : Leaving Wilmington, N. C., Tuesday, April 25th, 1791, be "crossed the boundary line between North aod Sooth Carolioa about half past 12 o'clock" OD the following day. His course was through Georgetowo to Charleston, aod theo by Savannah to Augusta, Ga. We copy his diary for a few day?, begin? ning at this point : SATURDAY, 21sT, (MAY, 1791 ) "Left Augusta about 6 o'clock, and taking leave of the Governor and principal gentlemen of the place at the bridge over the Savannah River, where they had assembled for the purpose, I proceeded io company with Colonels Hampton aod Taylor and Mr. Lithgow, a committee from Colombia, (who bad come oo to meet aod conduct me to that place) aod a Mr. Jameson from from the Village of Granby, on my route. "Dined at a boase about twenty miles from Augusta, and lodged at one Odern'e, about twenty miles farther.'* SUNDAY, 22D. "Rode about, twenty-one miles to breakfast, aod passed through the Village of Granby, just below the first falls io the Coogaree, (which was passed io a fiat-bottomed boat at a rope ferry,)i lodged at Columbia, the newly adopted Beat of the government of Sooth Carolina, about three miles from it, OD the North side of the river, and twenty-seven from my breakfasting stage. "The whole road from Augusta to Columbia is a pioe barreo of the worst sort, being hilly as well as poor. This circumstance, added to the distance, length of the stages, want of water aod heat of the day, foundered one of my horses very badly. ..Beyond Granby, four miles, I was met by several gentlemen of that place and VVynnesborough, and on the bauks of the river OD the North side by a number of others, who escorted me to Colombia. MONDAY, 23D. "Dined at a public diooer io the State House with a number of gentle? men and ladies of the town of Colum? bia and country round about to thc amount of more thaa one hundred and fifty, of which fifty or sixty were of the latter. TUESDAY, 24TH. ..The condition of my foundered horse obliged me to remain at this place, contrary to my intention, this day also, "Columbia is laid out upon a large scale, but, in my opinion, had better been placed oo the river below the falls. It is DOW ao uncleared woods, with very few houses in it, and those all wooden ones. The State House (which is also of wood) is a large and commodious building, bot unfinished. The town is on dry, but cannot be called high ground, and though sur? rounded by piney aod sandy land is itself good. The State House is near two miles from the river, at thc con? fluence of the Broad River aod Saluda. From Granby the river is navigable for craft, which will, when the river is a little swelled, carry 3,000 bushels grain ; when at its usual heighth less, and always some. The river from hence to the Wateree, below whio.i it takes tbe name of Santee, is very crooked, it being, according to thc computed distance, near four hundred miles Columbia from Cbarlestou is oue hundred aod thirty miles WEDNESDAY, 2?)TH. "Set ont al 4 o'clock for Camden the foundered hors? being led slowly on -breakfasted at an indifferent house, twenty-two raiiea from the town, (the I first wo came to.) and reached Camden about 2 o'clock, fourteen miles farther, when an address was received and answered. Dined late with a number of gentlemen aod ladies at a publio dinner. The road from Camden to Columbia, excepting a mile or two at eaob place, goes over the moe* ni able pine barren I ever saw, b quite a white sand and very billy, the Wateree, within a mile and a of which the town stands, 'he laode very good. They cohere corn, tobi and indigo. Vessels carrying fift sixty hods of tobacco come ap to ferry at this place, at which there tobacco warehouse." ? - ? ? ? mm - Our Modern Mammon. Greenville Newe. So mach is beiog said of Jay Gc in the South just now that an atte at a pen picture of him and the pressions obtained from a first vitM him may furnish interesting reading One morning last week he walked on the depot platform at Saulisbury, C., coming from the palace on wh io whioh he had spent the oight. was with Sidney Pillion, who. towe above him, aod by comparison v him, looked majestic and aristocrat for Mr Pillion is rather tail, car himself well aod has snow white, ne: trimmed side whiskers. As the stepped from one end of the plasf* and down between the rails of the r they are supposed to have large in es ts in, three negroes were huddled gether at the other end anxiously de1 iog ways and means to recover a cent piece which one of them had dr ped through a crack betweeo the plan It was a vivid contrast. Ooe of th dealt io millions of dollars s.nd other io dimes. Ooe was burdened an accumulation of wealth, the ot was annoyed by a lack of it. But negroes were seeking their own moi aod Mr. Goold was probably after so other mao's. The negroes were ragg and patched bot their limbs mw with the strength aod freedom health aod ease aod the frowns anxious cogitation OD their faces mel into gleeful laughter as the absurd of their situation broke upon the Mr. Goold did oot look healthy or hi py or easy io his miod. He wore a heavy shaggy overcoat, black coat aod waistcoat, white sb aod collar, a plain black tie aod black Derby bat. His breeches w< dark with a small stripe io them. I legs bow decidedly, aod his should* stoop aod he bad on bis hands a p; of dark colored cloth gloves which pi bably oost half a dollar and are I beautiful or ornamental, haviog peculiarly awkward aod shabby i pearanoe. He does not look to km what to do with his hands very w while walking, so he usually, as far the observation of this writer go< carries them io his overcoat pocket Wheo they are oot there they a crossed io front cf him io a peculiai meek and penitential attitude. lo fact his whole appearance is o of meekness. His plain, ooobtrosi dress, his humble carriage, hi * diffide glance make him a perambulating jol He is oot more thao five feet and fo inches high, aod the idea of this Iittl insignificant, shrinking, bow-legg mao being the financial monarch of tl world's greatest couotry-with mo available wealth and little less pow than the Czar of all the Russians, wi more ready cash aod general proper thao aoy of the Roman emperors i conquerers ever knew-is absurdly i congruous. It may be an inheritam from barbaric ancestry, bot there is the humao miod ao instinctive ass ciation between power and eminen* and physical strength and presenc There is really no physiological i philosophical reason why greatness soul or intellect should not be wrapp< io the smallest or ugliest of frames bot it is not easy for the ordinary ma to reconcile such contents with sue casing. Mr. Gould has a good, well rouode forehead, but there is nothing peculit io its shape, except that it is rathe narrow io front. His eyes are dar and the lid-* have deep, creases in thei as if they had been held open too lon aod too tightly aod could oot be easil closed down. The eyes themselves ar well set, Dot too close together or to deep set or too prominent. Th strongest viable feature of his face i his nose, which is large and broad am projects over his upper-lip-not sharp! as we sometimes see in an old mai who has lost his front teeth, but sui lenly and absolutely, its whole breadth It is a peculiarly shaped Dose. It ha an outward curve but the curve is no the sharp, clear one of the bridge tha gives a shape like the eagle's beak The entire Dose, flesh, bone and all appears to join io the curve and th? feature looks to be thc same width fron cheek to bridge, from eyes io end The mouth, chin and cheek are hid bj full black beard aod moustache, streaked with white, the former abou three inches long from the chin, th< latter coming well dowo over the mouth, both neatly kept. Mr. Gould walks gently but awk? wardly. He does not lift his feet high from the ground or pot them down firmly and looks as if he would stumble easily. He apparently never looks anybody in the eye. When he meets people he looks upward?t them quickly with a shy half smile as if anxious to speak. If not spoken to be drops his eyelids shyly. When spoken rn he bows ?readiij,' and quickly. Being talked to he sit? or stsnds with his eyes cast down hut with an expression j of close attention on his face as if he h read and judged men with his ear?. Looking at anything his eyes have a tired expression as if they had seen it all and were much wearied with it, and that expressiao is appropriate to j his sallow complexion. When he ; shakes hands he does it limply and as I if he was anxious to get through with I it as quiekly as possible and have his hand back in his own keeping. Iii* general aspect ia company is that of a man who is io the habit of being stared at and who endures it but. bas never got over being embarrassed hy it, for there is constraint and ill-at-ease in his every movement when before a num? ber of strangers. He smiles frequently and mechanically when the occasion requires it, but he does not look like a man who laughs much or very heartily The only time the writer saw him annually laugh during a day's journey [ grid four hours of banquet, when : ho j wine was going freely and everybody was trying lo be as amusing as possible, was when President McKee spoke of j getting a long rate for a short haal over the Western North Carolina road. Then Mr. Goold did not emit any I uproarious or musical ha ha's. ?6 seemed to be something between a cackle and a giggle and showed a seVo? teeth which looked to be well worn away from the front as if he used his back teeth to eat with and they do nos stand the service very well, while his front ones are left intact for show, il is Voice is rather fiat and slightly nasal, and his pronunciation is New York-not four hundred 'New York which ha3 come to Be a whine in *u?e4 for a drawl and a bastard cross between New England and old England -but the chipper, chipped, business? like, rapid, irritating (io Southern ears) sharp and unmusical New York of down town. There is no strength or depth to his tones, such as we find sometimes ia the voices of small but deep-chested men. All he says seems to come from the roof of his mouth as if his braios were talking and bis heart and lungs and soul-allowing that he owns one-. had nothing to do with it. j Glancing at Mr. Gould carelessly, taking in bis meekness and awkward? ness and constraint, one would take I him for the preacher of a country church with some brains bat litUe self I assertion who bad been a good deal repressed and not very well treated by his congregation. Looking more closely, one would see rn his face and aspect the indescribable msrks arid lines of a man who knows the world and is of it and would "size him np7' as a sharp and not over-scrupulous trader in a small way who had made some gains. There is not about him anywhere a sug? gestion of a man who counts the mil? lions of his dollars by tens and scores, whose brain controls and manipulates vast systems of railways and huge and complicated dealings in finances. He bas precisely the same expression tn bis eyes and on his brow as a man the writer knew once who pot op one of the largest and most elaborate swindles on fire insurance companies in the history of the business and was defeated only by what the clear intellect of a high souled gentleman and observer pf human nature read written in tbe lines about his eyelids and forehead. Mr. Gould uses no tobacco. His drinking is apparently a mere matter of form and without enjoyment and his eating ts little better. He is said to enjoy solid reading and a good picture, but he has little time for either and is not a player of any game of cards, chess, or backgammon or an admirer of horses or athletic sports. He does not seem to take any interest in women, and if he bas any musical or artistic tastes or religious tendencies they have never been devoloped. He is not a miser. He spends his money freely for bis family and probably buys everything he wishes for himself, bot be wishes very little. Unlike most rich men, he appears to enjoy joking and being joked about bis wealth. At Asheville he said, demurely, that a man in his circumstances coold not be expected to afford a dress coat and be evidently relished the laugh that greeted the rather Sat witticism. His purpose, hope, amusement, care and occupation tc life seem to be to amass money and power, to pile fortune on fortune by any means and at any cost of strength or friendship or trast or reputation. So far as we know, no? body bas ever ventured to ask him what be intends to do with it all or whether he is not, in his opinion rank? ing rather a bad bargain by exchanging health and pleasure and all the better things of life as well as all its fun and comfort and physical, intellectual and morai enjoyment for more dollars wheo he already has more than be can possibly spend. He does not look to be a man of very broad views, however. There be men who give for whiskey or gaming or other vices and pursuits the same things. 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