ALHAMBRA WAS OPENED IN INVRCARGIL.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 99, 9 October 1863, Page 5

ALHAMBRA WAS OPENED IN INVRCARGIL.

I ' iHflLi a Kttle, J:>«Cv iv acious man,v,H c stood.by t^^^^XUalli^tature, butbold as iflHfi hsnasrebukihglynx the ,face? Esßßi* V Peris, who were trying to *3W* P her.He : .did not ftH? l Uo£** at m suddei - r ay S dropped , upon mm. \$M- fJby virtue 6i his noble l*4M" mncd to the rough contact L " i M tu-ns. He didn't f wince ; he I «-; ft °ad iook from my proffering to the vulgar as the "Co; J «L r , " with-n look of distrust, that T h Wr, ' « If it weren't for the blessed J " KketoringWs'ereuponabiessed; I I, I shouldn't wonder if it was r Hf 1 , - UI1 » I knew it was an unbee » d s «s not offended. With a 6 RdJ reproach -that ought to have ' c Ko the heart, but, whi,h strange tor ■Lmed very amusing to the rejected, *" >--mTun the cause of outraged virtue, - MJUhat inebriated Peris, I swung I -'m oU "li « swing door, aadbefore the I :Ko lamented John Robinson could - ■ mentioned, I was there, all there. __ fc Beet for the first time trod the floor » Kml " llalambra," I can't say it was - Xt moment of my life, nor yet that f Hj M ppic3t day in my existence. My \ ■not beat with extra quickness ; but * Bagood deal; I felt as if my dear I Bpfj > who ahvays will press his box i> BiDi tGs vh ° d ° not snuff ' were once II Bnj clbon, and shuddered. No one - Be 'helped sneezing— the most proper c Bie^crvore a w l lite neckcloth and * Btacles would have sneezed, so, cou'H Bbcn induced to visit the palace of T 5 h Kings, Would the most angelic 4 B*" 11 cv "' usod pearl powdGr; the ' t Bio" o f Canterbury woull have j a BsVir-y Gamp would have sneeze 1. Boke was dreadful— it was as if \ B,; n ia and the West Indies had' c Hot, and the vrhole tobacco " plantay- '» Bo&otlier with " dem black niggers, 1 ' B Binii offerea up as a holocaust to the 0 Bgir Walter lluleigh. It dimmed the ° Bt wove 'fantastic circlets about the t a dreamy far-awayness to n B fllark eyes tlmt ueamecl fu S it; i v ely & B from behind a beer-pump on a bars' H^o the right. I looked at the Eyes, . p Bfyes looked at me, and I began to " J Hie.Eves interesting. It was not much . , Bll 'though. I did'nt believe in that j |Btliinsout of G. P. R. James' novels— i 1 Bondering nil the time why the Eyes •* * B$ me3n(^ * lookecl at tne % es » '' in(l * j tli'e eyes did nt ; but I found it f minutes elapsed, and into Has crowded the smoke of years, before j-- organisation 1 ' gradually began to- & Htgielf to circumstances. I discovered t t Mjiiiet contemplation of the Eyes, varied J ..^Joccasiorial squint at the becr-pu np, \ ~J^Kk Iso contemplated and squinted, j tlie"work of acclimatisation prot At length I became fully conscious? i my surroundings. Iwas 1 the back of a bench, at the very large room, crowded with speciv genus homo of every class, from 3 an(^ faster Clerk, to the *„ Bdigger. There were faces there that I ■ ' Hien I could swear to -(I am t . "^Bdoualy conscientious) otherwise than ; * J^Be'jStra\vbeiTy mark on the left arm ;" i 1 • Hdid not care to know them, or the ; i 80/ the liquors they were consuming. J Bccupied with a stage, yards, ill front, l B' n o ' n the back ground a scene of tr u ly ; s Bappiness, comprising perennial 'foun- \ j luscious viues, and in the front i Bjf kerosine footlights, Combined with a t B, piano, played upon—^the piano, not f B^ho'lits— by a .promising young man, t Bnmsical education had been, I fear, Bed. I sought in vain for the tartan , Hgs, of which, I had, when outside, f B°ne fleeting glance. But they dwelt iv it. B llol^' lc y> ant^ c Eyes-, 'and the beer tEv ? to l .'" s nOU F e^ are e Wnff i" ' >B™ c fanciful residence, and even as 1 HI have curious kaleidoscopic visions of 0 Biers of the stocking-!, the Ryes and the ,ji Hump. But 1 wander, and not being a n Bjvnerry Zingara "it won't do. As I i r B^cl P'jzefl upon the stage picture, which, / BfreuTennyson been present, wonld have t> ■tonce called "many fountamed Ida," r e piano and the promising young °> lens^ Of l an cl intensified. They culmit WP ! ast > andbroke out all over the White : 1 B J ust «is a dilapidated gentleman from the body of the hall on to the *,■ struck^ art .attitude, and leered at the There was something odibus o M tliat lGer 5 flesli Jlncl blood could not *» M l Tlle P°°P le left off Milking, and a Bl till Loarseness compelled them tostop. 0 ■! )lt wns ie tattered one abashed ; he s w continued to leer, but grinned — * Aatingly grinned, «s the Cheshire cats ;\*P° seel to grin; and, aided and abetted 't A 6 piano and the young man of the ( j'Wtcd education, described to the roof how lt ' White Squall rides." Positively this p* tian performance took. The audience a thely left me and went over to the < : man. The -warmest and most enthut» . :npplause rewarded the shrieks of the iflj triumphantly chuckling vocalist. An 1° > B-Hns loudly demanded, and he, nothing v :om'plied. It was excruciating patriot 10 imc. I almost expected to see the |D ice one and all take to wiping away the l( j tear ; and when the singer came with a ,{, »c moan, to 'exprpss fats passionate ,; 'g to lie down, at earliest convenience 1 : die, for the sweet sake of a young per■s 'i the name of " Hannie Laurie," the » • on on all hands was appalling. I turned , : how the Eyes stood it: They were not sed with tears — in fact, were entirely mi lied with a tall man, who was whispeiI ■'Oraething over the counter. The tathaving apparent! y repented of his ' ■»tion to commit immediate suicide, burst j|»P final eulogy upon the personal charms io m a^ oresa^ ss Laurie, and with a «ng assurance of his deeply-rooted consi *. n t ' mt ncr nGc^ was c * nG swan, and grfffj er voice was low and sweet (which his g<*i;ily wasn't), lept into the 'arms of the 'ill seats, to whom he immediately became 3j«o. A dozen arms were round the talented a dozen voices eagerly asked what ijwjjuld take to drink ; would he have it jMoitters, or hot? — say peppermint, now; |M 0 bo raspbeiry? The great man 0 !<iual to the occasion ; he would have six j| «ys to follow, and he had them, and he j| t fall under the bench, but only fell tfj P) and consciousness was far from him ; rii we voice of the faithful friend that asked J to have a seventh was unheaid ; and the yj dof his snoring was audible ; and not all UJ King's horses, nor all the king's men, aw raise poor Humpty Dumpty on to the ■M. again- . .1 (To be continued. J