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342 'rilE ~PRIS .. -TDII: OF 1.1 n:.
was the only b3.1m which the IC3.rned medical
mall knew for a woulHled 8pirit. But it tUrJW{]
Ollt, to the diR(';redit of hi" pre,,'('riptioTl, th:1.t the
patient was this very actor hiIU5elf, nlld that
while he was, night after night, ~xc:itiDg the
applause of a crowded the-atre l Lis own Ilcar~
was cold and cheerless as the gran. \rhat a
t;ptttacle! This poor lIlan, weill to killdle a
rnpt\lrl~ ill wllir:h he could not participlltt', and
to l-\lnnd a dl'jectcd mourner in the midst of the
tumultuous joy which his own yoil'C had awak-
ened. \Vould that e\'cry pll'a.-.llrt:-lo\'ing youth
would remember this lesson I It teaches us in
terms Dot to be gainsayed, that the heart may
be lorn with anguish, while (oreed f'mile.~ f:cem
to irroditl.1C tho countenance.
Uuma profec..;ed to be a hnppy ma.n, llow
sincerely it is not very difficult to determine,
'fou bnye 0.11hcard ~1th wha.t foolish nml indecent
jesting bc pas ..