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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Hubble-Shue + +Author: Christian Carstairs + +Release Date: January 22, 2011 [EBook #35039] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HUBBLE-SHUE *** + + + + +Produced by Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +THE HUBBLE-SHUE. + + +BY + +MISS CARSTAIRS. + + + Harry, harry, hobillischowe! + Se quha is cummyn nowe. + + THE CRYING OF ANE PLAYE. + + +[THIRTY COPIES PRINTED.] + +EDINBURGH: +Printed by ANDREW SHORTREDE, Thistle Lane. + + + + +INTRODUCTORY NOTICE. + + +If originality be a test of genius, the authoress of the _Hubble-Shue_ +bids fair to rank highest amongst the dramatic writers of the last +century. This rare merit even the most fastidious critic must allow: +but her histrionic essay is, in another respect, equally remarkable. We +are told that obscurity is one of the sources of the sublime; and who +will presume to deny that this drama is not sufficiently obscure? +Perhaps the most remarkable feature in it is that singular, partially +intelligible mystification, which we in vain look for in other writers: +thus, when Gustard enters with his sword drawn, is it possible to +figure any thing more intelligible and natural than that the cat should +run in beneath the bed? But, on the other hand, who was Gustard?--why +was his sword drawn?--what did he want?--how came the cat there? are +questions, the solution of which is not easy. Then we have the +interesting Lady Gundie, who flits across the stage without saying a +word, like one of the phantom kings in Macbeth, leaving the beholder in +a state of the most feverish excitement. In short, so much is left to +the imagination, that the mind gets quite bewildered, and we regard +with most profound veneration a drama capable of producing such +extraordinary sensations. + +Perhaps there is not in the forcible vernacular of our country, a more +touching description than the interesting child's graphic account of +the horrid crocodile devouring a yellow Indian for his luncheon, with +as much relish, and as little remorse, as the pitiless black men seized +upon the blessed missionary, and "eat him all up."[1] Hard must that +heart be, which cannot feel for the situation of the hapless +daughter--who but a Cannibal or a Whig would refuse a tear of +sympathy?--and who does not fondly hope that the charming little story +teller will be relieved by the "little senna," and "the puke" which the +tender apothecary, in the fulness of his heart, prescribes for her? +Touches such as these mark the poet. Were we, however, to dwell upon +all the beauties, our pages would swell into a large folio; but we must +restrain our inclinations, as we intend gratifying our readers with a +few extracts from the poetical lucubrations of the amiable writer, of +whose personal history, we regret to say, little is known. + + [1] The lamentable occurrence, to which allusion is here made, is + as follows:-- + + A venerable missionary was put ashore on one of the South Sea + Islands, where he was most graciously received by the king, + queen, and the rest of the royal family. During the time the + vessel remained, which was only a few days, this useful person + was fed most luxuriously, and every attention was paid to + him--the result of which was, that in a short time he became + uncommonly plump. The vessel which brought him, had occasion a + few months afterwards to touch at the island, and inquiry was + made for the excellent person who had been left there. But the + king and court did not seem inclined to afford much information, + merely contenting themselves with answering, "Squi wab squob + squavarab skoi rig," which, being interpreted, runs thus, "Very + fine man the missionary." At last the captain got the king and + some of the chiefs to dinner, when his majesty, (after having got + drunk, in answer to an inquiry after the missionary,) exclaimed, + "Squi wab squob squavarab skoi rig, skadery shoy oy lig baggary + bhum;" meaning, "Fine man the missionary--eat him all up one + day." + + It turned out that the missionary, in consequence of good usage, + had got so fat and sleek, that the king and chiefs could not + resist the inclination, which, during the progress of his + fattening had been increasing; so they gave a public feast, at + which the missionary, cooked in a variety of ways, formed the + standing dish. + +Her name, it is understood, was Carstairs. She was by occupation a +governess, and was nearly related to the Bruce Carstairs, a family of +great respectability in Fifeshire. + +In the year 1786, there was published "Original Poems, by a Lady, +dedicated to Miss Ann Henderson. A tribute to gratitude and +friendship." Edinburgh, 4to. To the copy presently before the editor, +the following note is attached: "These poems, neatly stitched in +marbled paper, price 6sh. Commissions to be sent to Mr Andrew Steel,[2] +writer, Adam's Court; Mr F. Fraser, writer, James's Court; and Mrs +Robertson, foot of New Street." Besides the internal evidence, +sufficient in itself to fix the authorship upon Miss Carstairs, she +has herself removed all dubiety by mentioning upon the first number, +that this poetical banquet has been prepared "by the author of the +Hubble-Shue." + + [2] Afterwards a Writer to the Signet--better known as the great + Peat Moss Philosopher. + +Where there is such a variety of sweets, selection is difficult, but we +will do our best. There is one charming little song entitled "The +Basket of Flowers," in which the sentiment and versification are alike +admirable. There is a touching simplicity about it, with which the +reader will doubtlessly be enraptured:-- + + Profusely gay, they catch the eye, + This one I chuse and most admire. + &c. + + Such as the rose may MARY be, + When youth is fled. She's good to me. + &c. + + Stranger I came without a name, + All these fine flowers she brought to me. + &c. + + Softly, my lyre--that silken string, + Tuned to a gift so sweet to sing. + &c. + + The blushing rose, and jessamine, + Sweet is that air--sweet lyre again. + &c. + + Than blushing rose or jessamine, + Dearer to me in friendship's name. + &c. + + Softly, my lyre, that trembling string, + Friendship so new, a fleeting thing! + &c. + + No, strike! nor tremble, tremble so, + Friendship and virtue thou art one. + Friendship and virtue, &c. + +The lamentable fate of the hapless Mary has been made the subject of a +series of fragments, from which it would be unpardonable not to give a +specimen. Can there be any thing more affecting than the following? + + --Had she, as thou! Lucretia--durst-- + But here the soul! superior by her faith, + Triumph'd--and for her country and her son, + Endured, in misery, all her cruel fate, + Accursed marriage!--deep laid Malice. O MARY! + Their vill'nous designs--were here accomplish'd,-- + And stabb'd thy fame! But time shall bring to light + Their darkest deeds--and heal thy wounded name. + --Avaunt thou!--Murray, Morton, Bothwell, + And thou Elizabeth, great as a Queen, + But deadly in thy hate--as desperate by thy love. + Mary and Essex, victims of thy ire, + Bright stars that fell by thy malignant breath, + Yet, yet I weep for thee--thy woman's weakness, + And thy jealous mind,-- + O they were punishment enough--forgive, + Forgive, O mighty God! forgive. + +Many have written on this subject, but certainly none more effectively +than Miss Carstairs, although passages do occur in the magnificent +historical poem of Mary Queen of Scots, by Margaretta Wedderburn,[3] +which may admit of a comparison. We may instance that in which the +unfortunate Mary is made to say, + + In history, my foul catastrophe + Is told by Dr Robertson, and others, + In colours lively, delicate, and just. + + [3] Bannatyne Club Edition. Edin. 1811. + +As every one must be familiar with a poem, which will be read when +Shakespeare and Byron are not, a simple reference only is necessary. +One of the first poets of the age has more recently enriched the pages +of the New Scots Magazine with verses on the same subject, yet we +must confess, in our humble estimation, that the Carstairs remains +inviolate--_virgo intacta_. That our readers, however, may judge +for themselves, we subjoin a stanza or two. + + I dwell upon a mournful theme; however dark it be, + It is no vague, no empty dream, that visions such to me: + Were all my numbers flowing rills, all glittering stars my dots, + Yet could I never sing the ills of--Mary Queen of Scots! + + Oh! she was bright and beautiful--her charms her birth enhance; + Descended from a hundred kings--the Dowager of France. + Yet she was born in grief, to bear the trials Heaven allots-- + To which, "alas! all flesh is heir"--e'en Mary Queen of Scots! + + Yes, she was bright and beautiful--unfortunate and fair; + The captive of a tyrant Queen, the victim of despair; + What youthful heart from folly's free? what star hath not its spots? + The virtues veil the faults we see in Mary Queen of Scots. + + * * * * * + + Away! away!--the breezes swell--the surging waters foam! + "Farewell! beloved France; farewell, my country, and my home! + "I'll never, never see thee more, tho' dear to all my thots:"[4] + Thus sobb'd, as sunk the fading shore, poor Mary Queen of Scots.[5] + + [4] Poeticé for thoughts. + + [5] Ascribed to the immortal quill of Mr Charles Doyne Sillery. + See _New Scots Mag._ vol. ii. p. 168. + +We cannot pass over the little gem entitled + + THE NIGHTINGALE. + + Oh! could my sweet plaint lull to rest, + Soften one sigh--as thou dream'st, + I'd sit the whole night on thy tree, + And sing, ---- ---- sing, ---- ---- + With the thorn at my breast. + +We omit innumerable beauties to insert this sweet song to the tune of +"Here awa', there awa'." + + Farewell my Betty, and farewell my Annie, + And farewell my Ammie, and farewell my friends. + &c. + + Farewell to these plains and to innocent freedom, + Believe me, my heart was akin to these scenes. + &c. + + In each cheerful moment I meant you a pleasure, + And ne'er gave offence, but it gave me more pain. + &c. + + Through the lang muir I'll think of my Willie, + And through the lang muir I'll think o' him again. + Through the lang muir I'll think o' my Willie, + And through the lang muir I'll think o't again. + +While the foregoing exquisite lines still ring upon the ears of the +reader, the merit of the ensuing stanzas cannot be fully appreciated. + + VERSES UPON A MUFF. + + Altho' it may be black, + Altho' it may be grey, + Altho' it may be brown, + 'Tis all the same to me. + + For while it keeps my fingers warm, + I care not for its colour, + But I wish it as large as a sugar barrel, + And as soft as a down pillow. + +It is delightful to mark the strong _amor patriæ_ displayed in the +following lines addressed to a young lady who was going to India: + + Shall we once more then meet on Albion's coast, + Before, my dear, in India you're a toast? + There gilded pleasures wait your jet-black eyes, + And Asian youths for Scots Maria dies. + Yes! they may die--and die--and die again, + But ye's return, and wed a Scotish swain-- + Or wed him there. + +We shall conclude our extracts with the following magnificent effusion, +the exact meaning of which kindred minds only can understand. + + _Sept._ 13, 1786. + + ----In a triumphal car, + Round the Town-house of Berwick, + The Genius of Tweed + Drove the Genius of Scotland, + From Berwick to town, on a mouthful of porter + She begg'd at a door of a generous ostler. + +The Editor has now completed this arduous undertaking, in which his +sole object has been to rescue from oblivion these remarkable relics; +and although so many years have been sacrificed without the prospect of +a corresponding return for the laborious exertion bestowed--severer +than was at first anticipated--he has steadfastly brought the work to +a conclusion under circumstances of considerable difficulty and +discouragement. In conclusion, he has only to observe, that it has all +along been his anxious study to furnish, in a scrupulously faithful and +accurate manner, an exact copy of the text, without using even the +slightest liberty with the masculine phraseology of the original. + +_December_, 1833. + + + + +THE HUBBLE-SHUE. + + +DEDICATED + +TO THE + +HONOURABLE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. + + + + +THE HUBBLE-SHUE. + + + + +N. + +'Tis false--'tis a mistake--there's not one word of truth in it. + +M. + +Never was a man so astonished--if he had been shot out of the mouth of +a cannon, he could not have been more confounded. + +_Enter_ LADY GUNDIE. + +Good God!--there is not one great name in the whole town that is not in +her list. + + No wonder than he was in a passion. + She flew at him like a tiger. + +N. + + No, no--he was in no passion. + For God's sake let us hear some of her poems. + +M. + +Her poems!--some of them are pretty enough, to be sure--and feeling--as +one might say--(_takes a great snuff_)--But, for the dramatic piece, +certainly never was any thing so ridiculous. + +N. + +Her dramatic!--the thing she calls the _Scundum_ is ten times better +than the dramatic. + +M. + +Dare you, sir!--that's altogether an imposition--that verse was written +by her sister. + +_Enter_ GUSTARD _with a drawn sword, and the Cat runs in beneath the +bed_. + + +SCENE II. + +_A door opens, and discovers a long table, with twenty covers--a fine +sideboard, with a display of silver-plate, china, glasses, &c. The +company ushered in by a fine powdered footman_,--_The_ SCRIVENER _and +his_ WIFE--_their three_ DAUGHTERS--_a_ FAT MINISTER _and his_ +DAUGHTER--_other two young_ LADIES--MRS UMPHREY, _a widow_--_a_ WEST +INDIAN STUDENT--_three_ LIEUTENANTS--_an_ IRISHMAN--_an old_ ENSIGN, +_and a_ COLONEL. + +THE LADY OF THE HOUSE. + +Do you choose a little soup, ma'am? + +MRS ---- + +I am terribly fatigued--I would rather have a pâté. + +FAT MINISTER. + +Hobbernob, Miss--Colonel, I fancy our bonny lasses at home are little +short of the three _tits_--you took at the battle of _Malplackuy_. + +COLONEL. + +I can remember yet how they blush'd, when they were set up amongst us +youngsters. + +FAT MINISTER. + +They would be educate in a nunnery. + +COLONEL. + +She had the most enchanting voice--the one with the dark hair. + +ENSIGN. + +It was the sweetest evening. + +MRS UMPHREY. + +Give me the pepper. + +IRISHMAN. + +Zoms--Miss--take care of your feathers--has the scoundrel spilt the +gravy down your back? + +ENSIGN. + +Colonel, do you remember the locket--on her white arm? + +COLONEL. + +And her mild blue eyes. + +FAT MINISTER. + +Ay, ay--He's wanting to introduce his story again; and to tell us how +she look'd when the soldiers crowded round the tent to listen to her +song. + +COLONEL. + +Sweet was her song. + + And soft the enchanted air, + That angels paused, and hung + Their golden harps. + +ENSIGN. + +She did not know at that time that her lover was wounded. + +FAT MINISTER. + +Come, Nan--give us one of your songs. + +DAUGHTER. + +Yes, papa. + + Down in the vale, + The dew hung on the rose-- + +FAT MINISTER. + +None of your vales, nor your dews and your roses--and your flowery +fields, and your myrtle groves. + + Play, "Up and waur them a', Willie." + Miss, are you for a jig? + +COLONEL. + +Ladies, good-night--I have seen the time when I would have passed up +amongst the gayest--I am now an old fellow. + +FAT MINISTER. + +And has a tear for pity. + +COLONEL. + +Yes, sir; and a heart that can feel the happiness of others. + +(_They all crowd round him._) + +Oh, sir, you must not leave us--you must not go away. + +(_The Company move to the Withdrawing Room._) + +FAT MINISTER. + +Come, Miss, give us your Italian-- + +MISS. + +Yes, papa. + + Si li si ti o to, + Ki li qui si o so, + Fa la se scud. + Qui a vi a vi a, + Que a vi a ve a, + Qui a vi a bo, &c. + +_Enter_ MRS CONSUL _and her_ GRANDCHILD. + +MRS CONSUL. + +Madam, I beg you ten thousand pardons, it was not in my power to wait +upon you at dinner; there is no separating my grandchild and the little +black girl. + +CHILD. + +O mamma, I'm frightened! + +MRS CONSUL. + +Why are you frightened? + +CHILD. + +The little girl says, a great fish (a crocodile) came out of the water, +(the Ganges,) and devoured her father--and a fine gentleman came +running with a sword, and stabb'd the monster--and her father was all +bloody, and she would have been killed; but the fine gentleman took her +away, and they were carried by black mans with muslin on their head, +(turbans)--and the fine gentleman gave her to a great lady--All the +fine things could not make her forget her poor father--He was very +hungry, and as she lay on his arm, beneath the tree where the ugly +monster came, he was giving her a little rice--it is all--the last +mor--sel. + +FAT MINISTER. + +Hold your tongue, my bonny dear, and you and the black girl shall go to +the dancing school. + +CHILD. + +No, mamma.--(_Cries._) + +MRS CONSUL. + +No, my love.--(_One of the gentlemen takes her on his knee_--_dries her +eyes._) + +(_A Footman enters._) + +The coach is come, madam. + +THE LADY OF THE HOUSE. + +Madam, we are going to the play; will you be so obliging as make one of +the party? It will divert miss. + +CHILD. + +Take me home, mamma--take me to Cloy. + +T. + +A name for a dog. + +MRS CONSUL. + +Come, my dear--Excuse me, madam--my child is really not well--feel her +hand--I am afraid she's feverish. + +(_The Apothecary steps aside, and whispers_--) + +Madam, you had better give miss a little senna and a puke; if it +operates six times, it will be sufficient. + +(_They go to the Playhouse._) + +Mr Woods comes on the stage, and makes a genteel apology, that the +play, from an accident, must be put off for half an hour. + +In the meantime, Mrs Kennedy (though not expressed in the bills) +obligingly appears, and sings-- + + How sweet's the love + That meets return. + +Then a beautiful young girl, dressed in the character of Spring, sings, +and skimming along the stage,-- + + When you hear a mournful tale, + Laugh and hide your tears; + When you hear a mournful tale, + Laugh and hide your tears. + La--a--a--a--laugh, &c. + +"This is poor entertainment"--(_from one of the boxes._) + +An orange from the footman's gallery hits the Irishman such a blow on +the nose.--He flies upon the stage, drawing his dagger--throws one of +the players heels o'er head--wounds Mr Hallion--makes such a hubbub, +the gentlemen from the pit are obliged to interfere. + +The house in great confusion--the company, crowding to the door, with +great difficulty get to their coaches--a dreadful storm--a dark +night--a nabob's carriage driving like Jehu--the coachman, being drunk, +overturns one of the hackneys--they shriek frightfully, and the +minister roars like a bull. + +The old Ensign, chancing to walk on foot, comes up, and helps to lug +them out. + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Hubble-Shue, by Christian Carstairs + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HUBBLE-SHUE *** + +***** This file should be named 35039-8.txt or 35039-8.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/3/5/0/3/35039/ + +Produced by Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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