The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-19
A CastiliRn Romance.

by the presence Of lady whose history Is
OF more than ordinary Interest. She Is no
table, not only on account Of being the wife
OF the celebrated American artist, II.
Humphry Moore; but for hor beauty, intel.
ligence and high family connections. A
briet sketch Of her life cannot but prove
interesting: Isabella dc Cistue was born In
Saragossa some twenty years ago, of purely
Castilian parents. Her father was Col.
Cistuc, one OF the sons Of Baron de In
Mengleha, who belonged to one Of the most
aristocratic families of SPAN, and her grand !.
mother held the high position of a lady Of
honor to the beautiful and powerful Queen
Marla Louisa, 80 fondly remembered by
the spaniards. She Is also cousin by
marriage to tho cx-Queen Isabella, two of
her cousins having married the two brothers
OF the royal parsonage. Scnorita dc Cistue
was scnt.a al early agc to the College of
Loretto, III Madrid, where she received a
finished and brilliant education, graduating
before she was sixteen years of age, bccom.
ing proficient In three languages and a tho
rough mistress Of the piano, harp and guitar.
When Isabella was but a girl tive years old
she met girl of her own age who was deaf
| ana dumb, Dht who was well learned in the
mute language. The Two children formed
strong attachment for each other, and Isa-
bella begged that she might be taught to
converse with her little friend. About this
time her eldest brother came home from
college on long vacation, bringing with
him friend of his, handsome Young
Spaniard of about seventeen years of aye,
with the title of marquis. This Young
noblcman was also deaf and dumb. and
from him the young Isabella learned to
converse with her fingers and subsequently
became the constant friend and protactor,
III her childish way, of her dumb little
playmate. Time passed OH; the heroine
grew to be lovely young lady of the true
Moorish type of beauty. Her coal black
hair, beautiful flashing black eyes, and
clear, rich olive complexion became theme
| Tor the poet and the painter III Grenadn,
where she resided after having left school
in Madrid. favorite walk of hers was
| thrHogh the Garden Of the Alhambra, where
many an hour was passed, chaperoned by
some OF her family, but generally by hcl
| grandmother, then no longer the handsome
maid of honor
One day, as the two ladies were walking
! In a secluded but most beautifully romantic
| spot of the garden, they suddenly came
upon a gentleman of about twenty four
years of age, of medium height, rather florid
complexion, large, soft and speaking blue
| eyes, light auburn hair and delicately shaped
mustache. uo was sketching what after
wards became fine work of art, known az
"Ficw Of Grenada" Upon the approach of
the ladies the artist arose and handed to the
dazzling young Spanish beauty her hahdker-
chief, which had fallen from her hand.
Their eyes met, she passed on and the artist
| resumed his work. Upon several subsequent
| days they accidently met. The artist was
less attentive to his work, and Spanish no.
| blcman who had been a suitor for the hand
! Of tho young Scnorita, received less encour-
| ngement. About month after the first
meeting in the garden, while tho artist was
pacing up and down In his studio, gentle
man friend named Dc Costello called upon
| him. TO him the artist unbosomcd himself.
lie declared ho could do no more work until
he had painted a picture of the young lady
whose appearance had 80 strangely affected
him. Then taking Dc Costclo's arm they
| went out and wandered to the Alhambra
gardens. There he again saw tho object of
his intatuation. She was conversing in the
deaf and dumb language with the Spanish
marquis who had taught her the hand
manual years back when she was child.
! De Costello, knowing tho marquis, intro
duccd him to the artist, and the marquis
|
Isabella and her grandmother. Much to
Isabcllu's surprise, she discovered that the
handsome young artist was deaf and dumb.
And then she found greater happiness III the
use of the dumb language than she had ever
| before experienced. At his earnest soicta-
/ ton she sat for portrait, which she now
has In her possession, and though titled
| suitors sought her hand, and she was even
invited to become maid of honor to the
then rcigning Queen Isabella, she checrfully
| rcnounccd all this p0mp and brilliancy and
bestowed her heart and hand Oh the deaf
| and dumb American artist. II. Uumphry
! Moore Is well known in San Francisco,
where he lived from carly childhood up to
| 1865, at which time his father, who will be
| remembered In the firm of Moore & Folgcr,
died. He was twenty one years of age
when his mother, who Is now living III this
| city, accompanied him to Europe, where
for three years he laborcd hard at his pro-
fession, in the studio of tho greatest figure
painter IN Francc-Geromc. 1t was while
In Grenada that he met with Fortuny,
whose style OF work is followed by him.
MIR. Moore's name was forcibly brought to
the minds of his California friends some
two years since when he sent to this coast
on exhibition his celebrated work, "Almall,
the Eastern Dancing Girl" Mrs. Moore Is
devoted to her husband and proud of his
talents. She Is his constant companion in
his studio, and day after day, in winter and
summer, whatever else my claim her at.
tentlon, from until o'clock she devotes
to study of his canvass and the work of
herhusband's brush during the day. In San
Francisco, as well as all over tho world
where they have Travelled, the interesting
and happy couple have been received in the
very best and most brilliant society, and
they will long he remembered after they
have bid California adieu.
Science at Dinner.