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THE NIGHTINGALE 



spell-bound May nights. It is tluMi like those artists so 

 aninialed aiul dazzling. a])|)aiently so young and brilliant 

 ^vllen seen in the eostume ol the stage, the dim peispeclive 

 ol" the baek ground, and the sparkling footlights, and 

 Mhoin vou are surprised to find so faded and old-looking. 

 Avhen vow see them leave the theatre, clad in an old 

 over-coat, tramping along pitifully in the mud, 



