The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-07-08
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caught cold while attending . great GER
emony at the Jewish Synagogue Of New
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montns utterly destroyed the consti tuition
Of this very remarkable woman. "a WIN
ter in Egypt, far from improving her
health, seems rather to have aggravated
her malady, and on her return to France
she was advised TO spend the following
sessisn Of 1857 at Nice. NJ. sardou, with
exquisite pollteness, at once placed his
villa at her disposal, and, on her accept
ing il, v n. Mario Nechard, the accom-
plished author Of La Fiammeta,'' who
was inhabiting it at the time, withdrew
to another residence near Cannes. Sc
When Rachel left Paris she was fully
aware that her last days were drawing
near, and before bidding long fare veil
to her relatives and friends she ordered
her carriage and drove to the front ST the
theatre Franchise, where she stayed a
long time contemp iating the scene Of her
greatest triumphs. According to her
sister, Mile. Sarah Felix, who was in the
carriage with her, she did no., while thus
employed, utter 8 single word; but the
rapid changes Of the expression on her
wonderful countenance spoke a volume
OF mental sufferings and blighted hope.
The journey to the South was per-.
formed by short and easy stages. At
llll ls one. OF the stations on the
load, Deggar woman happened to come
TO the door OF the Inn justas Mile. Rach-
el was getting into her carriage.
Touched By the story told by.
the poor old creature, the great tragedl-
enne opened her purse and gave her two
or three gold pieces. This act Of gener-
osity exasperated. Mile. Sarah, who was Of
q very parsimonious character, and she
demonstrated sharply with her sister for
her prodigality. Rachel quietly an.
sWered, "My sister, what does it matter2
In few days 1 shall be dead. Let me
do what little good I can before / go. If.
the old woman is an impostor, so much
worse for her: God will judge with what
intentions ] gave her aims"
On arriving at lie Cannot she was re-
ceived by several eminent persons,
amongst others, by DR.. Mature, her physi-
clan. When she was introduced into her
sleeping apartment she was seized with
such paroxysm of terror at the sight Of
the statue Of Polymnia that her attend
ants thought she had lost her reason.
She stood before it, trembling from head
TO foot, her brow contracted, her eyes
flashing, her usually pale cheeks glowing
with an unnatural hectic flush. Take
away the dreadful statue; TOR Gods sake,
take ltaway!' she cried, IN the hollow
voice which had SO often struck awe into
the hearts Of thousands. Take it away
Z It has sealed my doom, for under its
shadow ! shall surely die. In a few
minutes her delirium, for such it really
appeared to be, so increased that, before
the statue could be removed, she was in
strong commissions, which were succeed
led By a death like torpor. On recover
ing her senses, she explained the cause
OF the horror the statue had occasioned.
On the night Of July s, 1862, she had q
dream, in which she fancied herself IN a
chamber all drapad in white; in the CEN
fro stood fro Go,1V<h ne pf,lv,nn;o xrh;nh