, 1877-05-20

already flowing Ia from all sides. There Il som
thing still left for charity to do.
Indeed, there Is much room for charity, in thin
s7Eirate as well rs public. 4 little Of the tole11
virtue, and fair, trusting woman-Madame
Prebois-mlght now bc living, instead Of dead III
buried,
KILLED BIZ HER OWN HAND.
'1tWas asad affair. Madame de Prebois, who vi
conspicuous figure in society, resided in mai
sion sitaate In the Avenue de la Grande A1mec,
that great, endless road behind the Arc de TT
omphe- She was young, and widow; like mos
5onug widows, witty and fascinating. Some tim
ago. she became engaged to a n. -, gentlcma
whose name, for obvious reasons, omit Snfhc
1t that he is we'll known in Paris circles, an
passes for IN elegant, The marrage-day had beel
nearly fixed Fortune seemed to smil
= upon the lovers, and the happ,
man was the object Of many at
euvying wish. But in moment this b,ightnee.
which had been 20 undimned by any fear OF com
ing trouble, faded forever. Madame dc Prebois
had more than ono admirer. What pretty woman
has not! Amongst others ,vas II. - 4 again
suppress the ua,ue) This pitifnl bastard, finding
his o~n hope Of winning the prize he coveted
vain- WIS moved By some Jealous spirit. write
letter to his rival insnuating that the idol Of his
affection was unworthy OF becoming his wife
Instead Of seeking an instant explanation Of his
oeIrothed, ID. - listened to the pe1t1d1ous tale
without stopping to inquire how much Of it was
ruth or falsehood, he at once wrote to Madame de
PreboIs, -
BREAKING OFT THE MATCH.
The poor 1ady:s attempt to defend her injured
honor was met with coldncss, her advances we're
sputned. and herself disbelieyed Then Madame
de Preboia must have lost hope and faith; charity
ahe had sought and found not She determined
to have done with life grown purposeless. One
morning she went ont with her maid for drive to
the Palafs Royal On the way she seems to have
bought revolyer,-with what intention was little
suspected When she returned home she calmly
told her maid that she would not require her
services, and gave her leave to go ont for the day
to see her friends. No sooner was she left alone
1hanshe set about her dreadful work in methodic,
5nen %sdness e *'{ 9T ha .ha
the reports Of the suicide Of Marcha, the painter,
mentioned IN recent letter Of mine,-had some.
rather than BY the comraoner charcoal or drown
A. 1ng So1 va this The only point in which Nine.
death with ssr1pnous care. She wrote half-a-
dozen farewell letters to her friends, dressed her
she should misdirect the shot, shc held mirror |
up to her face while she took aim. Then this nm |
happy lady pulled the fatal trigger. When the |
maid came back. she found her poor mistress |
IN THE LAST AGONY.
Madame de PEebois was buried yesterday at An
Tep gs,f II the Of an immense
i'm.
preston on society here, and NM. -and-are
bitterly 1epen'ing the unaltcsable at leisure.
low me grave and the grotesque jostle each
tragedy have just told you Of hotriet Paris than
thc !, ,,1 ramor got about that young dandy, II:
d duel bY Cavalry Captain n de Sim. dda Dider
These two foolish sparks fell out ut a bali'
ons ,night about some ridiculous question, at 4
lhougtt the gallant Captain cratic in his notions
o. oanang: and, in the zealous ardor Of the |
bounds! oddsblood! and Thunder. !'Guy Tne 9nsuit
o9 70 t4e 4 dlg1ty Of The Uniform was gross meet
.asalfy-mnn avenged himself by
PUTTING A RuLLEr
into 1 hts opponent There the matter ends NJ. de-
.nnay 9 is kely to recover but should think it
ead I another cotillon;:. Really, .'The game would
not be worth the candle" "NNAA
aer1Rsi aiGs as 1s,oa sssa aqnE esst e
~ !h ~n'ch way the eympathies OF the army lean in
Ing u51entSl stFngec They appear on thc Whole.
1thcr than Russia ia looked upon as The mnre
aly Of France in tue hypothetic event Of
sls ae e99unt.y CO being dragged INTO the light The old
md, OF course, the more decidedly Gernany Conn
e. or seems to countenance the action Of
a. ~ ~, ~ the more France will tend TO sympathize
sc aFe sure TO- How long that may be, +
DEFENDS ON GERMANY. z
tlatcd report Of Won Moltkes sneech r. tha p
1e ls which Tor twenty; -four hours dlled as with
ne speech reasFnred every one-at least as to the
hnedsse honed hs h1tat: Is natural enough TINT We
they nc ground
arx re,aay IS Spp5ec1ably stronger mill
YAK Hya aan ms shS nas been at any time this many
NJ, ~ ny taft mentioned the production OF new
"THK BRAVO, f'
the Theatre 1rri1ra II c... a, -
9se.: %s Il yonng man OF o. lie was born 1s snd
ND 70 IN lonionse, and at an carly age devcl-
g BE- ~oa e, sase toE ueie years
Ge,on tbeh y the Toulouse municipal authoftties
be- nm to see north and enter
IN unwearsing exertion, soon sccn;ynsd ds9IP,ea P
a s9s d bs b1s sas hs ss;s{, e e
fine stabat *'o Tocal c.
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y hrst dramatic effort It has been 1ep ncFere.
py reeel;st The plot Of the 6retto 3xrttsn 1atos
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1nsatna plenty Ct points we'll adapted to uusieaI
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music nffa Is N not tie sss s'e masA ,sa
Tier than French Ia charactcr The oyertuic arn
te zhuy a1aYn5. 5sG0d 6{ ths b. introduce;
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Soef; ei9 fo. Tas5e her arc seven eight clever
nors than enough to excuse occasional fauits Of
/. s'et'on 3 and commission. Altoeether the oncrn q
= oe3sefved sueee.s. It is thoroughly dramatic st
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=. and. when not oric{na1 se ras1 I chit
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5 B1ara 5a1,enS to Ss desired n Bonhy is su-
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loa1 Per arst appearance here in opera -boue
re she only stared little while Since then nish
,19sst zen singing With success In Rusaas She
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