The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-07-10
THE DEATH Of RACHEL.

ebt cold while attending great GER
onv at the Jewish Synagogue of New
~ IN 1866, and that through her hav-
unfortunately neglected it, it eventu-
settled on her lungs, and in few
sntbs utterly destroyed the constitution
ss,n;s yery remarkable woman. A win
in Egypt, far from improving her
srh seems rather to have aggravated
msladv. and on her return 10 France
- was advised to spend the following
-s;ep of 1861 at Nice. ~ Sardou, with
sauisite politeness, at once placed his
ia at her disposal, and, on her accept
- il NJ. Mario Nechard, the accom-
s1sbed author Of "La Fiammeta,' who
"A inhabiting it at the time, withdrew
r. another residence near Cannes.
Nhen Rachel LETT Paris she was fully
are that her last days were drawing
Al, and before bidding a long fare "cll
{h her relatives and friends she ordered
II carriage and drove to the front of the
|&stre Franchise, wherc she stayed a
E|Os time contemplating the scene of her
kGestest triumphs. According TO her
ater, Mile. Sa:ah Feli,, who Was in the
.erriage with her, she did not while thus
&0ployed, utter single word; bUt the
Emid changes of the expression on her
|uCnderful countesance spoke a volume
Ed mental suffeIlngs and blighted hope
The journey to the South Was per
&hmed by short and easy stages. Al
khagmgnan, one OF the stations on the
Ilehd, beggar woman happened to come
n the door OF the lnn Just as Mile. Elch-
p was getting into her carriage.
Ibached by the story told Ivy
1e poor old creature, the great traacut-
pne opened her purse and gaze her Two
three gold pieces. This act of gencr-
ity exasperated Mile. Sarah, who was OF
eery parsimonious character, and She
demonstrated sharply with her sister for
n prodigality. Rachel quietly an-
eered, my sister, what does ii mpttcr1
\ few days | shall lie dead Let me
what little good ! can before =. II
e cid woman is an impostor, SO much
crse for her: God viii Judge Wit. what
tenfions gave her aims
0naulvlng al lie Iannei she VS. re-
eacd by se,era, eminent pefsens,
Gongst others. bv DIR. Maufe her ptysi-
1an. When she was introduced ut her
[&eping apartment She was seized with
nea paroNysm of terror III the slgAt Of
ne statue ot Polvmnia tha. her attend
w. thought She had los, hc1 II II.
~ stool before Il. trembling from heal
70 foot, her brow contracted, tex Eyes
nsnhg, her usually pale eheens glowing
|Nth ~ unnatural hectic flush Take
way the dreadful statue; ial .ea axe,
nse ltaway she cried In The hollow
[Wlce which had So often struck ave into
|ne hearts Of thousands. Take II away.
u has sealed my doom, ter unuer is
Radow ! shall surely die. In teN
|hlhutcs her delirium, for such ltleally
4peared to be, 50 increased that, before
me statue could be removed, She was IN
|lon9 eonvuls,ons. which were succeed
" by death like torpor. On recover
ue her senses, she explained the cause
y me horror the statue had occasioned.
" the night OF July $, lsie, she lad a
|Geam, IN which she fancied herself III
|Iamber . all drapei in white in thu oer-
e stood the figure Of Polymnia, Which
eemed 10 CRY out to her, nder the
padow OF my hand thou shalt surely
W This story was no invention, as
sas ailerward found by reference to An
9'ry II an old diary. Strange to relate,
statue could not he removed from the
om, and was onlyk concealed, without
knowledge, IN an aleoye behind her
Il rachel, like many exceedingly mag
la'ive people, was given to what In otE-
people would be called Wing. She
QUO at times tell the most extraordin-
ah'ruths, and In perfect gooa faith,
mat her brother Raphael once told mo
was really difficult TO slit the truth
YIN the falsehood in what she said. ii
= iihed people She imagined ana r.lat-
thousand agreeable anecdotes about
lem and if she hated them, any mum
81 ol enormitles to illustrate their evil
uaiiues. At LIE Cannct, however, a
a'ily came over her winch showed that
bs was lnwardly preparing for the great
"ahSe that awaited her. Amos. the
'y book she now read was the "Imita
~ ~. Being asked by skeptical trend
70, she considered its literary merits t.
sue Sravely, II DO not care what they
a. II, monsieur, had been carefully
- saea'ed and trained from my youth, and
- read this book earlier in lite, shonlh
ase oeen different woman. l advise
IN IN % read It with attention; its perusal
~ uo you no harm" She frequently
,aieu ao 70 her room to pray, and on sever
,;o oo.aslons held long conversations with
oe ,enos upon religious subjects. have
se., eu assured that shortly before her
{, .a'h she was converted to Catholicism
~ ~ privately baptized
mnen IN Rome, in 1851 ,Raehclhad fro-
shheMly expressed her admiration OF
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