Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-08-30

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saslF at mei consented.
Fhe curtain had inst Fisaa as We ieek
egF seats. I determined te appear laseF=
estsa, in return fer Georges kindness, So
I sept @y eges fEed sH the stagel theagh
mF Thoughts WeFe far enough .ERF
AT the eaa ef Che tiFst pleee, Ehleh vas
aetblHg bat & enc aet eemeaFs taFaea
to speak to Gertrude, when te Ely. sslEs
prise / saw HeFaee Blanchard sitting
Between her and Aeaise: star;
ted fsf he Vas thg last BeFssa / exReelea
te see and t fear eeleFed alse: / tets
at least asif + did: SiHGe the night sE ttls
music BaFt# t haFe seen bat little ST hlEn:
BE Genes as rarely as Bessibie t9 .Hly NE4:
ele's, and T suspect Weala esme less fFes
auentlF, ifit vas net that he fears t9. ava
kea Inquiry: Semetmes / am ~ she draw
iag=seem, and Sometimes net + never SO
deWA If I hear he is there But I never
leave it when he enters: te4lse @eaeB-
elizes the RFiaeiHal share Of his eeaFeFsa;
ten laughs and talks with hlm ana
really has, begia ta suspect, designs ea
his heart. She will marty him perhaps;
Oh AeW false and helleW Magsie, this
life here is, and heW eBe leathes it;
I eanast altogether AadeFstaaa MEi
blanchard, AeWeFeF, Frequently, It I
happen To leek up I find bis eyes liked
ea nae with megFafal, inaaiFllg gaze:
Sometimes, when he is tFlaiAg With lea:
lse's weFk, or carrying en- a war OF a Gay
repaFses with her, t thlak he is meFe bitter
Ia Ais Wit than formerly, In spite OF eFl=
denee to the contrary, I almes!r fer the
moment, doubted his guilt,
In a sheFt time the bell Fang and the
curtain rese. The ballet, yeH knew, Is in
paRtemiRe, The steFy Is this, A very
young girl is picked upr In seme of The
mountain passes Of Spain, by a band ef
giPsies and adopted by them, As she
Crews elder, the gipsey chief leFes her
with all the passion OF his passionate
race. She In the meantime, has met with
a young FFeReh eeunt In some OF her
waRdeFings, and they became eRAmeFea
Of each ether. Then GENES the glpsey's
declaration of his passlen, her sseFRful res
fusal Of Il, and his discovery that she
leves the eeuRt, An enemy Of the latter
wishes 10 get him out of the way, so he
appeals 10 the gIgsey's Jealousy and
count 10 death, All this The girl dlseeV.
ers, whilst concealed In reem where
the eanspiraters are, The count Is 10 be
lnyeigled there, have narcotic put Into
his wine, and whllskRsleep to be stabbed,
But wemRn's wit never falls, The count
comes In, suspeetIHg nothing, The girl
manages TO Inform her lover OF his danger
whilst The gIpsay's back ls turned. By a
mRnauyre OF hers, which makes the CLIP.
sey start to his feet and lock around 90
quick as lightning she changes the wine
cups, and the chief drinks of the portion
prepared for the count,
Well, Maggie, oil this pantomlne seem.
ed TO tell the story more ViVIdly than
words could have done.
When tho heroine Of the story came on
the stage, II WAS with bound RS light RS
O faWn'S. I can imagine nothing human
so graceful, Oh II l could describe her
dancing. Now she swayod backward
and forward with The lIghtness Of vii.
low branch, Now she rose and feel, rose
and fell silently and dreamIIy % foun'
tain by moonlight, Now, all at once.
she darted away. clreled around and
around, and cRme down again With q low,
graceful Swoop, like white sca'bird set
ting upon the water. For moment the
audience was huShed In admiration then
q deep, long.drsWn breath was heard over
the whole house and when this had
passed, the tempest Of applause burst,
shaking the theatre With enthusiastic
f" braVos." and covering tho stage With
its showers Of boquetS.
This iS in dance before tho governor
OF tho province, and after II comes the
love.msking OF the chief The gipsey
girl draws herself up 10 an attitude the
most scornful ever saw and then, A. II
tho proud woman suddenly dissolved In.
TO tho wild girl, In the very abandon Of
mischief she lures the chief on, gliding
up 10 him with airy steps, giving and
Withdrawing her hand, ontIcing him tlll
be Is again on his knees before her then
with sudden bound she Is OF again o
few PAGES from him standing on tp.toe,
and one Iiitle foot tWinkIIng In his face,
her figure again drawn up Ia Seorn, but
her whole countenRnce running over With
mischief.
The Sctno where she is commanded toI
dance before The count, In order 70 lull
his suspicious, after he iS entrapped into
the gipsey's room, comes next The
chief, BY mistake, has taken the narcotic,
but she is fearful that the gipsey gang
will return before he is fairly asleep, SoI
that her lover ia spite Of her efforts TO-
save him, will be put 70 death. You can
see The whole agony and expectation now
In her countensno and figure Is the glp.I
Eey becomes slightly drowsy. Her steps
keep lightning [ime with her CATERING
castanets, She sgays backward and Tor.
wards around the chief, tanning him into
q deeper slumber with the waving Of her
figure, - Il were, Watching the gradual
stupor creeping over him, tiIl be at last
sleeps soundly, and then she gives way.
Nature can do no more. Her step grows
slower aad slower, the eastanet. scarcely