The weekly Butte record. [volume] (Oroville [Calif.]) 1858-1864, 1862-09-06
Modern Romance in Resi- Life

story:
The restoration to the stage Of the old play
of Valerie" in which Mile Mars obtained
such success as the blind heroine, has beer
occas1oned by the immense interest thrown
around the marriage which took place short
( time ago at the new Russian Chapel in the
Rue de la Croix Strange is every incident
connected with this union, and strangeSt of all
/ that each one should be almost Identical with
those Of the play. The young Princess --
who had become suddenly blind from the effect
of exposure 10 the sunlight upon the snow. had
been sent to Dusseldorf 10 consult the great
occulist of that place, and after having followed
his treatment for some time, and being pro-
nounced durable. with great care and patience
and warm climate, had been conveyed &c
Palermo where she was deriving benefit from
the doctors prescriptions. and regarding her
self as in a fair way of recovery, when 4 cold,
caught by imprudently sitting on the grass,
brought on inflammation and drove her once
more TO despair. OF course, the doctor was
Immediately applied to; be advised the patient
remaining at Palermo, but proposed to dis
patch one of lis pupils, on whose attention be
could rely to watch the disease and report
daily on its progress. The young man arrived
and was soon installed in the family as its
most valuable member. His attention was IN
remitting-his exertions to please unvarying.
The Princess gradually recovered the hope she
had lost, and was once more pronounced so
near perfect restoration TO sight that the young
pupil, according to the directions of the pro-
Dusseldorf, for the benefit of the advise and
experience which could facilitate and complete
the cure. The journey seems to have achieved
the conquest begun at Palermo, and by the
time the young doctor and his patient arrived
at Dusseldorf a greater anxiety than that
occasioned by the uncertainty of the return of
sight had taken possession of the young Prin-
cess, and was shared by her medical attendant
1t was case OF great de,icacy and one in
which the professor had staked much of bis
future fame and he had called together a
great number of his brother practitioners and
the entire class of his pupils to be present on
the day when the bandages were to be finally
withdrawn from the eyes of the patient. The
interest of the moment was so great that il was
almost considered a solemnity as the professor,
surrounded by his friends and the students of
the place, proceeded TO loosen the band which
held the bandage. A cry of delight escaped
from the lips of the princess as the daylight
first broke upon her gaze. She glanced wildly
round the assembly, and in one moment, des-
pite her still weakened sight, seemed to scan
every countenance turned with such interest
hesitation, she walked across the room to
where the young doctor her friend and COM
panion-stood, silent and trembling. concealed
behind the rest, and forgetting all besides the
gratitude she owed him, burst into passion of
tears Needless to say to what degree the
emotion was shared by him in whose favor it
had been displayed. 1t will not be necessary
to declare how much, at first all further pro-
gress of this attachment was opposed by the
relatives of the Princess but it may be as
well to record the stoutness and determination
with which she has pursued the happiness she
has undertaken, and on Monday last she was
united to the young doctor at the Russian
Chapel, while in the evening Valerie was
played at the Theatre Francois, and Mile
Tordeus, who played the heroine, was loudly
appauded by an enthusiastic audience, few Of
whom imagined that the very scene which so
moved their pity had been enacted in real life
but short time before.