The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-01

i.iE " lg-rstlfs1 rs .,lifrte
day seek her deferred her, she 4soslt
wait for her boy. V'' ~ ~ .hSii sd
1 4 boarding iopEs was pitsossiasa FOR sht
wAak little Woman, and Maii6fi' I'D,
| spending tie last n;gs't i'd the house ShaI
had hesn her HOT" rsight years. II
vas early autuna... :, dsths tffht ofstf,t
6rat Ere og the E4lotf' yscAlltd that fsr.5f
/ night when slie tucked death In the' fS.c6
! up in the farmers little schhmbef, Sit.
ting thus, weaving the blaEep2 ,the canEel
coal into pietnse OF tb6 'blasitig farm.
honae, the teaia stole down her nithered
cheek. ss Belle Cleaenee, the Best loved
OF all her pupils, came tbos hef..' ti'af
"Mother Marion, foolish iittie Woman, i,
crying here oil alq9s by the FIRE; come
thas'e darling Ito pleA5et Belle-dress
yagrself and 60 With mo tonight"
/ wet face. 80 -! i.77'+s :
Go where BELIEF" 't2n - - ris
.'To the acadeihy. Tho fifaitt taisghs OF
the season. Tie most Isyniots 'prina
donpa the world ever tasr; sdsbats7 in Ia.
crezia Bosgia, and the greatest ten6r that
ever vas or will be is heard 10. .niebt "a
Gennnro.' You'll not deny lns p,
pleaded tie beauty. ~
And as Belle only gave friends sd ap.
pearance OF choice ont OF eotirtesy, It was
but few minutes before Mother Marion
found herself in the wattneat Corner Of a
anng coach listening TO ths girl's enthu.
siasJn over the new tenor. hS7' -
mot that ! ever heard him. but John.
ny Sautelle. v'ho waS 10 Paris list winter
hes never, done lauding his acting his
method, and what be siE:sys siE:sys e The sweetest
voice this side Of Heaven" '''YSuii7'
Mother Marion made vain aItAmpt Ia
moderate the, girls ,,ardof, as, Ia thes din
recesses Of o proscehium box, she looked
s, 2. the radiant radiant l face ts btssaming with sxPee
The curtain rose to q crowded house,
and the scene was accompanied By the
rustle of hardly-settled parties and the
hum of suppre5ssd cnmmert. -
Mother Marion studied Beile's 'baatti.
full face, as the assemblage husheti ior
the opening strain Of "Gennaro'e" frSk
cong.
Why does the little woman, &c so, 'wshssaarrily'
dropped in the cushioned chair behind,
spring enddeniy fofWardy ~
The voice that thrills through the,
house is clear and sweet as o silver bell.
and stir dissatisfied delight runs through
the audience. But to, her, Mother
Marion, II comes, bringing a, wild heps
and fear that dims her eys and nalea her
cheek. 'iH.'''''.
Standing q model Of grace, il his
snowy italian dress, the Gennaro OF The
evening sings steadily,; surely. his cay
into the hearts pf the impressibIe Aneri.
can people. The atraiu is finished. and
amid nltumnlt of applnnse, Signoy Brntia
no turns TO repeat the song, His eye,
catches . wild, eager face beside the
beauty in the box. and Mother Marion
nees the scar. On the side Of Gennaro,s
temple, and knowing Andy Is fopnd onca
roore. Screams aud fa;a.s sEi.h nrnHpti-
tude and alacrity. !, ..,''..'.,.' ,I.,,,x
The audience thought it tjs,,,.s ,.ort ] y;olf Of
tribute to the nyw .idols powers of, cong,
but they grieved over the itl-tcmpered
way in which the Idol received an
encore.
But Andy had no thought of the pub,
tic. or the threshold of popularity or,
which hestood. !, He was deshipg through
circuitous stage.ways 70 that box, where
be- found the beauty half wild oyer the
Sainting form of Mother Marion.
!: iwes lcag vais he.Ness tl;e s-,,s
and second scts, for Gennaro had scene
with his mother more touching than any.
thing in the opera ,as,.,,- sin...,,,'%n y
There was so much to bEeathtegyIy; tell
her-frst, how the old malestEo. who bad
discovered his jenel, of q voice, had, in
tercepted h:a leitera, fearing To iAee him |:
and then. when hs learned all that du.
plicity, his n.ser failure TO trace her.
haSthe past wac swept Sgith all its aor-
ialled in the accomplished man. There
vas little Of tAe o!dAndy IefE 5, only She
SCARED cheek. and the loving heart Of the
boy were on the surface yet. laas No.,
And Marion knew, ae she scratched her
nose on his golden,jeweled, .costly, stage
dress, that she was cafe Of laas where love
would Crown her old age. .i,dss 71.a NJ
That vaa year ago. The famous
tepor, Andrea Bsutino. otherwise Andy
Bruce, has just gone abroad with his
sv.J -;sS, - iiSs =et.s Belle Belle A1a
and. as the. edmirin9 croHd 4of. ,,r1aic.
loving New Yorkers waved bon voyage
to the artist end his bride, they wondered
who the little silver-hsiE=aa ssay ,ws5 80
tender;y iioid between them. We know
for, the heautiill woman turns and ,says
"The aig:at Of their Kindness, has made
me cry. And I've no reason TO cFy,vhep,
the world is 80 bright ,befare mo, and I
saveo you, nv darling, aDd-;Afother
Marion." M tsg..ss.., t,iisi i,oT
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