Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-03-27

II contained some new insult, and threw it in
the fire unopened.
In the evening, Pauline, more dead than
alive, allowed herself to be dressed and ar
rived at the theatre doors with ia mt hope
Of not finding the Prince there but he sprang
jOyOusly from the veStibule, opened her car
riagc door, and led her half fainting to her box
The the theater was crowded, and every glass
was levcled at her, as she threw herself un-
consciously into an armchair, exactly beneath
the gas chandelier
The curtain rose, Pauline was seized with
vertigo, and saw nothing-hcard nothing,
though she sat erect aud her eyes were fixed
OIL the stage.
Gorgeon had stcclcd himself to bear all,
and covered his palcnc>s with double coat OF
rouge, though he forgot to paint his lips which
were livid lie played his part throughout
without failure or interruption, save by the
plaudits Of his cOmpatriots, and the ir0nica
applause of the Russians who were disposed
to return to the side Of the Prince. The cur.
tain fell, and Pauline was carried to her car.
riage.
The next evening Gcorgion played Macha.
yoiBc, in "Le .Nimmfi"pcN F1artTyn0t," ad.
mirably! BraNScur never dld il Lcttrr!-
The French of the audience had b0ught
WIcutuS ANU CTOWH oI IalTt Is anu IONS, anu
the Russians were furnished with crowns o.
vegetable leaves and other absur'litcs, all o
which raincd together OH poor Gorgcon, while
some poor wit shouted Gas he left the stage
''my compliments TO madame" Gorgcol
wept with rage as he entered his dressing
room, and finding on the table n new letter
from Pauline wet with tears, he tore il sav.
agcly up, and threw the fragments into thu
fire.
After these two horrible evenings, Pauline
besought the Prince to dispense with the 9th
er six, Gorgcon was more than sufficiently
punished
VasTNkoF was amiablc enough to drop hal
his vengeance and decided that after two
more nights Pauline should be free '(iOrgc
on, he SAIL "had played him off eight times
but he thought his comedy ought to count
double, and four performances would heal hi,
wounded honor.
They were TO play the two succeeding
nights, an amusing vaudeville Of McsSrS. Ma
vicr and Varn, called "Lo r0lclr IT AchHIc.'
The hero Of the piece, -1rhHic Pinq0IiH is q
modern "SyanarrIlr," who finds in everything
II cause Of suspicion and jealousy. lfhc dis
covers cane in lis entry, he thinks it was
left by Il rival, and br, ,aks 1t to atoms without
in his wilc'S chamber, and returns for il
seizcs it,, and crashes it furiously v up looking
quite Sayagcly around at the same time il
every possible corner, for the owner Of tho
cursed hat Finally, in Il climax of despair
he resolves on suicide, and loads n pistol t.
blow out his brains; but srrupic arrest.
him. lie wants to destroy himself. to be sure
but he does not wish to give himself pain
ts,. Al
his tenderness for his flesh, he places him
self before mirror, and sutcidcS his image.
The piece on the first night achieved an en-
thusiastic success. Two hours before thu
performance, Gorgcon had refused to rccciv,
a visit from his wife, and he played the par
of an cnragcd Achilles cOH dmOrt. Cnfortu
natrly, the thcatcrpstol was avrncrable relic
which would not 60 off until after the thirt
attempt. But Gorgcon said to the manager
rs he made an excuse after the performance
"Never mind--lve got an excellent pistol il
my rooms, which III bring for Tomorrow
performance, and which Ill promise not Il
fail Sure enough, the next evening he bro
"a doublc-barrcled pistol Of admirable work
manship. "lou see, said he to the manager
'it the first barrel fails, can fire the second.
lie acted with IL force and spirit beyond hi
happicSt antcccdentS.
At the last scene, instead of firing into TIN
mirror, he turned the barrel Of his weapon
rapidly round and shot his wife through thu
heart then, before the spectators had rccov
cred their presence Of mind, he blew out hi
own brains with the second barrel
The performance of course was interrupted
and the tragedy made great hubbub in st
Petersburg 1t was Prince Vasilikoif who re
lated it to me.
Would you have believed tY' cried hc,a'
he finished the tale. "Gorgc0n and Pauline
had really married for love- That's the way
with you people at Paris