Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-06-20

Marie tore leaf from her aote- book
and quickly wrote down a list OF the
materials which were necessary for her
dancing costume Admilla soon after
received the stuff, began her work at
once, and was still working late in the
night while her mistress lay asleep.
Principally at the hour fixed upon, the
wagon drew up before the house on the
following day, Marie resignedly step
ped into it, and the chaise quickly
passed through the village. Ii halted
at last before small hole in the rocks,
and Marie was asked to step out
Gigantic Titan, clothed like Neapoli-
tan RENTER. awaited her, and @allantly
offered his arm They went through
long, narrow, deep passage, and then
down few steps, when a loud buzzing
noise fell upon their ears. Now it be-
came brighter and brighter until the
immense cave, lighted by hundreds of
torches, lay before her in all It's BRILL
dNcy.
The floor was tolerably level except
low place about the middle Toward
the farther end the wall seemed to wild
en- out. There sort of stage had
been erected, with one heavy Candida
bra and several torches casting a pic
turesque light over it. The bandits
sat on wooden benches smoking their
cigarettes and cOnversing in a suppress
ed tone of voice. Not one of them
wore his usual fantastic bandit dress.
All had clothed themselves in black
clothes in honor of the ddnSeUSs. SO
far as the respect for her art and per-
son was concerned, the Countess de
Voisins nee Marie Taglioni, had no
reason to complain.
She was led along the side to the
stage, which was reached by ascending
few steps. A few moments after, she
was on the boards trying their strength
and smoothness with her toes All her
anxiety was soon satisfied by finding
that the arrangements had been with
the greatest care and safety, But when
her glance fell upon the orche ira of
ten persons, she could scarcely restrain
her laughter. Of these, four OF the in
struments were the so-called pifGr0ri,
which are seen so often in Rome aud
Campagna. The other instruments
consisted of two vIolins, guitar, a
trombone trumpet, and a kettle-drum
with cymbals. All these UirtuOSi SEEM
ed to belong to the usual order of vii
iage musicians.
Ana now the improvised orchestra
began their work with an energy that
only made their discord more frightful
The overture consisted of the famous
drinking-song from "Lucrezia Bor-
gia,' The oiBcr0ri puifed with full
bellows; the trumpet shrieked the
guitar went "schrum schrum; f" the
trombone beloved; the drummer
hammered away; the cymbals changed,
and there was a cou9lomeration of
discordant sounds that might have
walked the dead.
After the Introductory music, the pan
tOmimc began in accordance with a lit
tie programme which the danseuse had
written off the evening before, and cop
les ofwbich had been circulated among
the audience. 1t was about rs follows:
A young girl takes leave of her lover,
who goes out into the world and over
the sea to start in life and prepare the
way for marrying his sweetheart, He
attains his object. Then the bride
learns from a letter, which one of her
rejected lovers writes to her, that Al
bert has become untaithful. Thereupon
grief, dispair, attempt at suicide and
finally the desire for revenge and for
putting the rival ont of the world. The
scene ends. however, by the bride
groom coming back as rich as nabob;
he proves his innocence and claims his
bride.
All the details of this simple move
ment were worked out by Marie with
the greatest art she possessed, and Adj
milla figured in male garments as the
lover The beautiful spared not an
iota of her interest, tenderness and fac
ination, II she had really intended to
make less effort than before grand
audience she could not have lost the
grace of her motions. The expression
Of her passion betrayed these rough
men, who as Italians could sympathize
with it. The cave resounded with the
applause of the spectators.
The performance was over by eight
o'clock in the evening. The captain
arc Sc and in the name of all present
expressed the heartfelt thanks Of his
band to the graceful dsnseuse who had
given them 50 much pleasure. Then
he led her to the carriage. where Clio
yanni was already w.itlng for her. In
Il a few moments she was again in Mat
tini's house, where she made prepare
tions to continue her journey on the
same evening.
When she had changed her stage
clothes a messenger presented himself
with package addressed to her. She
opened it and found it to be n brilliant
set of diamonds. She turned to send
it back, but the messenger had already
gone as quickly as lac had come, and
she kent it as a souvenlr.