Litchfield enquirer., 1873-05-15

EkxTSs 1ex94pS me t1He seemed unusually EoGx, ss they spent the time in conyersa- ts0a, taking different views of the ques- tea. the Dake feeling privately inclined ea De lezient to the poor musician, the D9eAesx Rors than usually severe. When &k khz& news carae that for the present, at AsAzk. tAeze was no danger, they retired to rest
 Nex. day the more didactic of the Pop pezhesz world were little shocked at asscgvexlzg that at the bottom of the mys- seEy lzy tic muSicsan's fancy for 0 gipsy gSa Never had s1ch scandal happened before. Fuu particulars were not to be aA1. of ccurSa, but thus much transpired, tAzt h his last wanderings he had testi- 1e1 stronger liking for this girl than it oeh0oTed him to do. Some went So far sS to xay thai having originally come of 8 gypsv stock himself, he had even prom Hsed her mzEriage It was we'll known tA&x ke had a strong inclination for the EzzSSc, tke language. and everything else czzancked win her race: and story after xtaEr wzs brought forward in confirmation sst ossy of his gypsy hkings, but his gyp; <~ S1so<yncr@SseS.
 Whzk nore Helena knew than this she Gscre~sly kept to herself, not only during sAe SrSt 6xyS Of suspense and anxiety, but
 
 and cEitSelS-a Had our Ogliostro died tksa. it IS hardly necessary to say that the FsESod of criticism would never have set h The men would have held their uc2ce. the women would have wept. As Es -&S. the wOana which at frs. threaten cd to rob the world of one of its brightest Euslc1 ornaments, healed slowly, but nd 90 slowly that by the time he was hTESSH again. Poppenheim had forgiven kln- Nov if cannot be said that Helena's task If nursing her hero was as enchant- tEg 4S her more romantic young friends zsghf imagine. The Maestro was, as we rave seen. the most spoiled of all the ekilarea of gecius, and like all spoiled chIl1ren wzS not aniabie under the dis eozfors Of pain, the tedium of confne- E1szt. Snd, what was worse than all, the e20zd of diszpprovaL As all his other la- 1v frSe2ds kept alOOf in yirtuous indigna- tso2, tSc Countess forgiveness only go- ng so far as to send jellies, which he in- szs*e1 upon beingthrOwn out of the win dSE, Helena had to bear the brunt of all hrs czpElSsS, and he scolded her and or 1sre1 her to do this and that, just as if she Eere his wife. And there was not only thIs to bear, but her own conduct was se- veTeiy condemned No one wanted the u--44ss1 ts be neglected; thera yrara eId- exty mothers of grOwn-up sons who would have taken care of him, and the duchess c1zered to send . nurse from the palace; why, then, need she stay? said her moth er, and her friends Annchen and Lotte. and tho aastere feminine world. But HeAe1s c1red little for what might be said Or thought of her conduct, and kept her Pass with unEaveEiEg courage. She was aecEstomed to a hand life; 1t was nothing FsKk keng Srnk A-. dress wounds, cook invalids food-in faes, do all the hard unpoetic work that one human being entails upon another in severe illness. She knew well enough that no one else understood the sick man and hls humors as she did, or would have the same patience with them, and no one else would have been so rigidly obedient m the fulfilling those orders, ''Out of win dow, to the cabbage-beds at once r' when flowers or some little dainty came from the Countess Ont of window, to the ezbbage-beds, they vent, roses, confec- tons, fruits no matter how rare; and though he forebore to treat the Duchess's gifts m the same manner, he declared that pOsset of Helena's making pleased his palate better.
 However. he got well again, and upon the very first day that the doctor was dis missed, Helena was bidden to pack his portmanteau, fetch a cab, and see him off tO Paris by the next train, without say ing word to any M1ng soul. The train started m an hours time, and she had no leisure to weep or sigh over what seemed very much like lngratitude on his part, or reflect that-he ought to have accompani- ed her home and mediated with her moth er on her behalf f-done something. in fact, to smooth things for the poor little nurse who had, perhaps, saved his life! But she thought of none of these things. and when, on reaching the station, he just kissed her as a father might have done. and said she was the dearest and best little girl Tn Poppenhein, she walk cd back almost elated, set to work with the help af a charvoman to put his little villa HI order from top to bottom, and when 1t was done, returned home. to make up matters with her mother and the world as best she could. Of course, Og- llostvO's friends of his own sex took He lena's part, and it was even rumored that the stout Kapellmeister, before mention ed, wanted to marry her outright Be this as 1t may, by little and little, recon ciliatiOn was made with all, her pupils re- turned one by one, the Countess sent her present of jewels, and before the autumn and winter had passed, Helena forgot the oblOquy she had suffered on the Maestro's behalf.
 Meantime he was ill Paris, paying his debts-so he wrote to Helena and if he got into any scrapes there, rumors of them never reached Poppenheim. In fact his escapades were over
 When the next musical season came round, neither Ogliostro, nor the Count ess, nor Helena contributed to those en- tertalnments for which the little city was famous. Ogliostro WAS still in Paris. whither Helena had alGn eynna nn1er his auspices, and Was making her debut as a pianiste; the Countess went to Vienna. and had it not been for the brilliant bri- dals of Feodora the Mischievous with the helr apparent of a neighboring Duchy, 1uli indeed would have been the Poppen- helmers. But what was the general sur prise, some time after, when news came of Ogliostro's marriage, and marriage with his pupil Helena, kho had been one of the poorest and least admired girl in Poppenheim.
 1t seemed incredible that the great man should take such a step in the zenith of hls reputation; yet his prinely patron was well pleased, and his intimate friends saw m this homely alliance the best guaran- tee cf a worthy career. So the days of Poppenheim romance and adventure drew to an end. The musician and his wife soon returned to the little city, and quiet ly settled down there. Society became at last sedate and respectable.
 Music and art still reign supreme there. but lmproprieties and indiscretions are 6anlshed forever. Ogliostro and the countess are now stout and elderly, and can play duets without raising breath of scandal. Helena is the same lmpet- uous creature she ever was, but her i'm petuosity does not damage her reputa- ton as when she nursed her Maestro in the days of her youth. Whenever the celebrated pair make musical tour. they create sensation and reap golden har- vest. But that is seldom. They are de- voted to each other and to Poppenheim. and receive at their musical parties prin- ees, ambassadors, poets, artists, wits, and