The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-06-14

to her through him, however advsnlageo gu,
and the great confidence he had in he
judgment reconcled him to these rejectio n
but when Mazart appeared in the lists, poo
old Mons Weber was sorely perpexed,,
more SO when he saw that the ELECTION ofh
niece were soon given 10 this unsettled yout
Tor he had suffi cienl knowledge Of her to (e,
convinced that, where her love was ono
bestowed, ii could not easily be recalled.
seemed To him little short of madness I,
marry her 10 this changeabIe, erra,ic youu,
musician. Her other relatives united ,hei
remonstrsnces with his, bu, TO their invec
uves against her lover, her only reply wa
hat they knew not Mozart as she did. He
gentle nature could not however, oppo S
her uncle whose darling she had been from
cbildhood. She assured him that, until h
gave his willing consent, she would neve
marry Mozart and moreover, iha
she would bid him farewell whicl
she did with trembling lip and a saddened
heart Mozart received her resolution witt
fearful anguish. He mingled reproache.
and enlrealles, but she was immoveabe;and
they parted in sorrow AMI tears -anger and
despair
She performed nightly her accus,ome
duties, but every one noticed that her s,eI
was less buoyant, and her merry ringing
laugh that had gladdened every heart was
never heard. Those characters which re-
CURED depth and intensity of feeling she
personale with painful truth. The ikunders
of applause she had obtained for her i'm
|1ss 1ssSShlsResrtedness, we're nov increased. A
times the whole audience would be th:llled
and silenced with the extreme beauty OF
some burst Ct passion from her, and still
ness would reign throughout the theatre, as
though they feared to disturb the beautiful
Ppthoness before them, and not until she
woul d he borne off, half fanting; would the
spell be broken, then peal applause would
testify their admiration.
Her poor uncle was filled with sffliclon
and almost regretted the promise he had
enacted She vsnly esssyed 10 struggle
against the influences of her unfortunate
love- ,and to hide her anguish from his eyes,
bu. it was betrayed in her failing step and
sad coun,enance, and day by day she faded
as broken flower. Il will take her from
Vienna said he to himself, where every
objects reminds her of Mozart, But the
change of place was Of little avail 10 the
hear,-sickened girl.
They visited Switzerland, but its SUBJ
lime mountainl passes, its glaciers and seas
of ice, so terrible in their frozen beauty,
we're but as types TO hel of his wild en-"
husism. The classical land of ltally,whose
Atmosphere brea,hed song, reminded her
sickened hopes of his beautiful airs. And
the sound of music called forth painful tears,
which she vanly essayed to check. The
quiet little village they passed by, with
their clustering picturesque coItsge-the
docks peacefully feeding on the verdan'
sides of the hlIs--the carol Of the bird
Joined with the musical note of the sheP-
herds pipe-al this beautiful content OF
Nature, was painful contrast with the
tumult, in her bosom, of disappointed love.
Ayr thought she, when catching The bright
glance of some dark-eyed, laughing
peasant girl 'Ye know not how ye ale
10 be .envied happy children of Natu'e!
Far happier would have been is fate had
placed me without Mozar, in one Of these
pc acefu vses' And The grieved 7iIl would
turn away, with fearful eye, from the
scenes that only told of happiness in Nature
while she was wretched. Who would
have recognized in this tender, love sick
creature, the cold, naughty woman that,
one short year before. was SO untouched
by love that many deemed her hesrtless'
All the soft, poelicsl sentiments Of her
German nature were swaKeneS-MozsI,
had caledrhem into belng,'and that inner
spirit only spoke of Mozart---its creator
to her thoughts! Admiration and applause
created The beautiful and distinguished sc.
uess wheTe'er she appeared, but what was
il all compared with the low, passionate