The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1858-10-28

Of the public disappointment which was
about to take place.
AT the moment when the old man men.
: tally bade adieu to all that he loved on
+ earth, some one behind him, tapped him
gently on the shoulder.
lie looked around, and saw a very thin,
tall man, bearing strong likeness 10 Ci.
eIoni, but with little olack, brilliant eyes,
and hair and beard of such intense dark
Inrze that his pale skin looked like the
wax texture Of corpse face.
Beg Parlu"' said the man, in a tSs-
/ cry tone. "You want tenorl"
"les-wbo are you?"
81 am tenor, and will sing in Signor
Cie!oni's place, if you will permit me-
and recompense mel
"But can you sing the part?'
"You shall judge!'
And the stranger delivered the ten most
difficult bars of the whole part with such
clearness, such sweetness, such fasci-
mating style, that Herr Himmelhahn was
half beside himself.
60 on the stage this instant!!" he cr.
|. ed, quick, or | am lost"
"But my terms-my pay"
"Don't talk Of that--I will give you
anything you can possibly ssk--only save
.n!al''
The stranger disappeared.
Everybody who knew Signor Cieloni
by sight was surprised at his intense pale
ness and The strange air he had given
himself in Sls"making up" He was
greeted villa thunder of applause, how
ever, - came forward, and when he
began% !. even those who had expect
ed the mCS were dumb with astonish-
ment.
Through - whole opera, be sang ev.
cry note with perfect precision and ease,
bit lac he made thousand errors, no
one you'd have noticed it, for the uns~
earthly cadence Of his voice was like a Z,
spell laid upon all who heard him. -
At the end be became fountain of
song and ssnt forth great waves of music -
tue iar.he rCorner o the corridors and lob g
bies. Men wept and women tainted wliep4
ho ceased--the uper was t'rs aBa.
o,IG!le s.SEq ESS.se piled farS SriSes 81
Ll}oIch9, Afer applapding like aman
sept his great diamond ring--a family
l. IJeHel-as a present to the mighty artist
whose voice had SO thrilled and convuIs'
! ed the inermost chord Of the roval ho.
som! "
When tie triumphant tenor appeared
6lore the curtain to bow his thanks ey.
cry lorgne!ta in Tie house was turned tos
ward him, and everybody remarked that
lie was most repulsively ugly. While he
Ta3 singing, they had not noticed il but
now. he seemed to grow uglier and upIier
with every monent, till his final bow
and smile looked IKE the ghastly qrimaces
OF those who die Of hoart.disease wb;Is
laughing immodena1y.
"That is not Ciehlii'' vas the wISsI
that ran all over The 'Iouse at once. ala
never looked like thatr~he never sanp sop,
Herr Himmelhahn bad listened 70 tho
new tenor from the Mugs in breatblass
anxiety, fearing that lewould spoil All.
until the music had meltd his soul and
lie wept like a child.
After the performance N.s over. he ro,
to his private Office, coupsd ont an i'm.
manoe sum of gold, aud I'd il upon the the
table, as an offering 10 the psterious ten.
or who had saved his life ahbia forInua
The stranger entered. h was cn,i.
ously changed since his frsA pnearance
lie now looked old and mIleions. HI.
hair and beard seemed blackeklnoss;hIo
and coarse as wire. His LID wera dyv
and li7id; his mouth extended dm oar -
ear, almost, his nose was bod ATiike =
hawks beakj his eyes glilteSed with an
expression of Internal cunning, and AL
though he was plainly the same man, and
still bore a sort of distorted caricaturer
resemblance to Cieloni. he frightened poor
old Herr Himmelhahn by his strange
metamorphosis.
Il am come for my pay 7 croaked
be, in dry, grating voice. aIt was to
be anything chose to demand u be-
lieve ?" ~
"Ah, sir " said the grateful ihipre.
sario, beginning to feel very uncomforta-
bic. 81 cannot repay you for the SER
vice you have done me, but allow me 10
offer you this gold, as the nearest thing to
that can give"
"Oh!" croaked the mysterious tenor,
" don't want any money !"
Observation-Disclosures can give
YOU then > stammered Herr HimmeI.
hahn.
Only your soul !"
They found the old man sitting dead in
his ice.chair, an hour later, ard nobody
inew how he died. The strange tenor
was never heard Of again, and when Sig
1or Cieloni really appeared--wnich 20
lid shortly after--the most skeptical pe
sons were convinced that it was not hi
.bgsl hads6fst heard, He failed miserab
Hk sh the stranger, and
ArzSitle of LiebIichf