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ssoes Miss Conifs, Of Mario memory.

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ssoes Miss Cosifs, Of Mario memory
frsn1 "a for the n !. Herald, from the Journal du
HAvre, June IL.
We copy the following narration from the
EeAfette.
I'VE here present to our readers r0-
nance full Of poetry and tenderness, which
'khas just come 10 its end in very tragical
inner The habitual frequenters Of the
The1tre Italien, at Paris will no doubt re-
me- der an English girl still young and pref
ty, Npcse regular features, expressive coun-
tcshS5Ac, and physicgomy iullof melancholy
tenderness, would All have been extremely
chaFrding had it not been for the cxtraordi-
naryaand deadly paleness which distinguish
ed her. Her paicness was, in fact, OF such
strange character that this lady night
have been taken for the heroine Of some le-
gcnd, Or even for the corpse OF some depart
ed bride. This young lady possessed immense
| riches and always dressed with exquisite
| taste md elegance, generally occupied the
same b0x at the opera, sat alone always in
| the same place, on front seat in the knxes
in thestier Of boxes Just underneath the Elm
perors loge. This lady has just met with
her death at Paris, in consequence Of a aor-
ribie accident which we regret to say has be-
como OF very frequent occurrence within the
past few years The following are the cir
cnmstances of this melancholy affair:
The lady in question had some years ago
I conceived u violent passion for Mario the
tenor singer Her love though purely a
| platonic love was not the less passionate nor
persevering 1t originate as follows. One
night she saw in a dream handsome young
man who appeared before her. As love on
ly attacks those who are amorous and dispos-
ed to love. Miss -, as a matter Of course
and in obedience to the dictates of her con-
science, fell Immediately in love with this
Image ofwhich she had dreamed On awak-
ening next morning the image of the hand
some young man whom she had seen in her
dream was necessarily before her eyes
She contemplated with ecstacy the imagi
nary figure, she conyerscd with it without
opening her mouth to give utterance to any
words, she addressed to it illusions Of the ut.
most eloouence, which were stamped with
marks of wit and distinguished by senti-
ments flowing from an ardent Imagination
and sensitive heart she, in fact so com
pletely gave reality to this vision of a dream
that she was fully persuaded that what she
saw was a heavenly advertisement for her,
and that the identical being NAom she had
seen in her dream really existed and would
some time or other be found by her. so in
deed, it turned out, for one day at London
at the Opera House among the performers,
she discovered in the tenorsinr Ter Mario, the
very person whom, as visionary image, she
had seen in her dream. 1t was him himself
and no mistake 1t was beyond all doubt
the handsome youth she loved, and whom
she saw every night in her dreams. At
sight of him her heart was violently agitated.
Here was the very man with whom she was
already in love before she had seen him.
But when she heard him sing her feelings
were raised to the highest pitch. She was
literally intoxicated by the vibrations OF his
voice, with which her soul entertained the
strongest sypmathy, and it seemed to her
that they assembled up from deepest recesses
oi his soul, lending charm to the music
which, was impossible TO describe. From
that day forth her fate was decided. She was
sensible however that the love she had con
ceiyei was hopeless, and that it would he
necessary for her to keep it q secret wholly
confined within her own breast
Henceeorth the life Of Miss, under
went an entire change. Before this she had
been rema rkable for great simplicity in her
manner Of living; but now she determined
to live entirely alone But she did not live
buried in a solitary retreat; on the contrary
she saw company and visited the Opera =
From the time when she first resolved to 1--we
alone she became of extraordinary pa'eneSs.
1t seemed as If all her blood had LETT the
surface and flowed back to the heart, in or
der that il might beat the more Sehementl.y
for Mario.
From the day that Miss -, saw Marie
for the first time in her life she recognized
in him the being she had seen in her dreams
she has always lived by herself and alone -
She has never spoken single word to Mario
but whenever at any time he set out Tor any
other country she woa:d set out for the same
place too On one occasion Mario went 10
| st petecsburgh; when he arrived there. the
first person he saw in the dress circle IN
front of the stage was Miss When ne
went to Madrid, he found Miss -. ut Mad.
rid. When he went to America, Miss ---,
chartered ship and followed him to Ameri,
len, and she always arrived IN time to be
present 1T the first performance IN which
Mario appeared. Whether it was ut London
or at Paris or wherever IL might be that Ma
rio sang there the young English girl was nj
| WAYS To DC seen IN u lfoht ooAs Va "a VIZ
dress circle :,
She has never spoken word to Marc,
Int Mario knows her. She has had IA soft
ofmagnetic power and acton upon him =
| The shark which had darted forth from her
fell warmly upon HIM He was not in love
with her. it is true hu, he felt sweet soft
influence operating upon h,nwhich emanated
from her. The piercing look Of the veiled
| e ~. 10 f.a.I r1rntfuPpI n
strong impression upon his feelings, and
sometimes even excited him to such u de
gree as to inspire his mind with the iRspira-
ton Of genius, when he would sing in such Il
stvle as to show thar powerful influence
moved him.
It was once told to the Princess dc Polk,
that Riyarol and Madame de Stael two per-
sons supposed to have been enamared of each
o;her,l had had an interview with each other
which lasted two hours. What cried
the duchess, AN interview of two hours
lonwg never can believe it possible for
any woman To remain for two whole long
hours alone in private conversation with the
same man, unless they bu:h keep saying to
one another, the same thing over and over
again Would the Duchess dc Polk have
been able 10 believe in this lone at n
distance this magnetic concentration 81. the
heart upon one single object. in the m;ist OF
a crowded theatre? We be- leave TO doubt
it
The day when the celebrated singer took
his benefit at the Theatre ltalien, was a great
and fcstal day for Miss =. When the time
came 70 70 to the theatre she dressed herself
alone in her room; there she was quite ready
and on the point Of starting For the pur-
pose, however. of seeing better how she look
ed, and TO Judge Of the effect of her toilette,
She placed the candlestick, with the lighted
candle in it, ON CHAIR in font Of The tall
hooking glass SO as TO see hcrsel. thoroughly
in the glass As she turned herself round
and round. 6rst to see hersc { on one side,
and then on the other, her full Rowing gown
Of light, thin muslin. swept 10y the candle
! lit only just touched it-ani in thu twink
ling of an eve, Miss - was cnHa'npei in
flames. she did not however, lose her pres
cnce Of mind. Any stroug passion filing the
mind, communicates great seii-command
and nerve, together with great courageous
! ,.ss :, avervfbinr which does not belong