The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01
MADEM0ISELLE PIERRETTE
FROM THE FRENCH.

boxes, and flowers everywhere. IT was
She Hrst performance Of 'GiseIIe.:' the
pest ballet of Theophile Gautier. The
DaCoh OF the conductor was already in
Che AR ready to give the signal for the
opening overture, that lyric preface which
"lTS1ys Precedes the rising of the curtain.
from the boxes to the parquette the
solemnity of this moment was 50 deenIv
IGlI mat conversations were broken off in
the middle of a sentence. You might
nave heard had you listened from a
Gozeh directions, the murmur: "I won
der what it will be?"
Those who are blessed with q good
memory can recall the success of GiseIIe
Never before had the poetry of the Worth
50 expressed by pirouettes. The whole
mouse was under the SPELL At the time
Oh which we write, in the ballet the
opera set the fashion for the world. If
M lie Iagloni had escaped to St. Peters
puIg; II Haullne Leroux had retired to
private lie, there was yet Therise and
railily Esler-CeritO, who was Just
far off, nOU
"A marvellous array of ballet oirIsi,
said the Count de BOismorand, TURNING
his glass to the stage.
In the midst of the troop there was
one small dancer whose grace attracted
Tue attention of the ancient amateur.
olehde and fair, and with a wasD-IiE-e
liSuIe- she represented an elf. one Of
those Undines who dance in the water
ana spring about on the tops of the lilies
and water-fags. --ti''
mat Is a rising star" said the Count.
inns verdict, believe me. was piven in
All honesty and honor. When he said If.
only the love of the terpsichorean art
IrIlnateG him' 1t was as if at the sight
OF landscape of Diaz, or of Rosseau he
mad SAID IS That is a great painter"
The elf has left trace or her etox, IN
the traditions of the Opara house. She
was known simply as Pierrette, and was
called n future star. Oh, heavenI the
cruelty OF the fate that invaIided her
after the first battle On this evening
after the performance was over. when she
retired with her companions To tale of,
her dragon-hy wings, and her crown of
water lilies, badly secured decoration
ieli on her foot and crushed her bio toe
Inc accident was related the next dav
III tlie Nreeh Curtain, little theatrical
journal, with the following comment.
An elf who had her bio toe crushed 1T
the close of ballet, is like the vonng
Duke Gle Coigng, who had his arm sew
cred by sabre-strolle at the moment of
victory. On all sides the unfortunate
dancer was pltied. The Count de Bots
morand was not the last to speak.
what VIII become OF the poor little
thing If she can no longer dance" he
asked. H0
They told him that, having some sIigbt
knowledge of painting, PieTrette would
maze her llYlng by colOring fashion plates.
Come, L will think of her." said the
Ola ambassador. A little while after a
rather original =
itself f70--0''
Although he had assigned himself To a
hermits life, the count, nevertheless
passed a portion of his time at the Rad
lsroses club, an aristOcratic circle fire..
quented by the flower of the idIers and
by the elite otforeigDers. The play there
was desperately high. On one occasion
Nj. de BoismOrand staid late as he carried
good fortune to the highest point. When
he stopped, finally, he had won from Sir
Reginald OSullivan, rich freshman
the sum OF one hundredand twenty thou,
SAND irancs-whlch the loser sent him
punctilously on the following dav.
The confidential messenger who
brought the money, said TO the old di-
plomatist before leaving:
| must inform YOU M. Ie Comic tbot
the payment which I have just madevou
is a posthumOus one"
What do you mean, Monsieur"
That the gentleman blew his brains
out ten minutes after putting his affairs
in ORDER
But, why did he kill himself was it
because he lost ?'
Partly Tor that, AID because life
wearied him."
Thoughts full of gloom and slightly
tinctured with disgust filed the mind nj
M. de Boismorand. He seemed 70 SOC
blood on the notes and gold that had inst
been brought to him.
Certainty will not keep this mon
Then by chance coincidence he re-
membered Pierrettc of the opera and her
broken toe.
Pardieu, " he cried, "herc is employ
ment ready found for my hundred and
twenty thousand francs.
Three days after, the former elf was
working in her room Rue FaitboH. when
letter was brought to her post-marked
Paris. The contents were very brief
Mile. Pierrette, formerly of the Row
al Academy, is requested to come in per
son as soon as possible to the Office of NJ.
Jean Achllle Conturat lattorney at law,
Rue Louis Grand, No. II, ON business
tlat concerns Der"
TDIonEAU DURAND Chief Clerk.
Always prompt, the ex-dancer re-
paired to the place where she had been
summoned. She was then informed that
an enthusiastic patron of art, hodesired
to remain unknown, having learned from
the Green Curtain" of the accident.
which forced her to retire from thestaoe.
had been seized with generous desire
to compensate her for the loss. He set
tied uDon her a sum which at five pcr
cent returned her an income of six thou-
sand francs per annum.
Mile Pierrette thought the adventure
was rather novel and accepted without
hesitation.
had she still had the use of her great
toe She would certainly have executed
uireIette for joy. In the time of Louis
Pbilippe. for an opera dancer six thou
sapd francs year was the wealth of Po-
tosi Paris was not then 4 city of mar
HE when he who is not a millionaire is |
considered as being in want.
nIle. FieIrette laid out for herself a /
life that was calm, even, and almost po-
etic She did not however, cease her /
work on fashion plates.