The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-07-08

she who was usually iimpetuous, ana iii
temPered Was en- now you'd praise patient
and loving.
e IS. would ! be difficult to psscr,be the
interest which was manifested, not only
- France, but oil ovet the world. s. the I
welfare OF =. woman who had once
played the sguitar in the street
OF Paris. Telegram Of INQUIRY wera sent;
daily from halt the courts Of Europe. Ed
pecially from that Of st. PETERSBURG land
the quantity of fruit and flowers which
arrived for her acceptance was positively
incredible. Many ladies and gentlemen
of dlstinct ion, from Nice, went ii person
to inquire after her. [ remember that
one day Nine. s. went with her daughter
and Y. took me, thenaa very small child,
with them. I was perched on the box
with the coachman. S.S5.
On arriving at the Villa Sardon, we
found Rachel, as the day was very fair,
IN the garden. She wore white dress
and q an.old black-and -white plaid shawl
wrapped round her bod and head. She
came to the door Of the brougham, and
received the flowers my friends brought
her t with pleasant courtesy. / had be-
come IN the meantime rather restless.
and manifested a strong inclination to
get down. The ladies entered the house.
and still / renamed on my perch, no one
paying me am attention. Presently
Rachel turned round and said to the
coachman in her peculiarly resonant
voice: s5 81
sFaites, done, descendre Get enfant.n
Is ! Is shall alll never forget the tone Of the
woman who uttered it. can see her
nov: a very small, snake-liked, but
beautiful shaped head; features small,
but straight and regular; hair raven black
and simply bound up behind IN a knot;
eyes peculiar one, am sure, smaller
than the other. The last popularity was
so remarkable, at least to me, that / took
special note Of ltiin the room afterwards.
/ cannot recollect what occurred during
the visit, but do remember being pre-
sented with q baud kerchief, containing
quantity of marrons chances, which, like
the contented witch, [ munched and
munched on my homeward journey.
On January l, 1858, she became sud-
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her life was despaired Of. She rallied
again on the Saturday, but on Sunday,
the 9th, all hope was again aband oned.
u am dying, Sarah, : she said, and shall
soon be with my sister Rebecca, and then
God will show mercy Rebecca was
her favorite sister, and died, when only
twenty, OF consumption. *
Early In the morning of that fatal Sun
day, she wrote affectionate letters to her
parents in Paris. Sarah, seeing her sis
ter's danger, summoned the Rabbi and
Jewish singers from Nice. They APP
preached the bed and began mournful
chant in the Hebrew language. ascend,
@ daughter Of Israel, to God. Behold,
@ Lord God, the agony Of thine hand
maiden, Rachel, and pity her sufterings.
Shorten her pains, good Lord, and break
these bonds which bind her! to life, that
she may be at rest. Lord God, pity Thy
servant, and take her unto Thee, and let
her agony redeem her sins, so that she
may lind peace. g Whilst they were still
singing, Rachel fell asleep in death. j ust
as the soul and body parted, she pressed
her devoted sister hand and opened her
eyes, to fix them on her with an EXPIRES
sion of tender affection. Six hours later,
Dr. Mature falt the corpse and found it
flexible, even warm; and it was long be-
fore he permitted to be placed in the
coffin. st