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


traVelsed the alley In which she wa,
waking She knelt as the Pontif passed
and one OF his attendants whispering who
she was, he turned to bestow his bless
ing upon her. Rachel bowed loy. Hi,
Holiness addressed few kindly words tt
her, and asked her some questions or
her religious opinions. Whether pur.
poseiy or by accident, she is said 10 have
answered IN the words spoken by Pau.
line IN Comedies superb drama Of f"Poly.
ecute," when that heroine becomes s
Christian, ''Je vols, je sais, ie crols, je
sulS Chrstenne enfn"-a speech with
which she was used to electrifv Ter au-
dlences IA the days OF her glory.
Her lie AZ lie Cannet was very simple
She rose at minday, and spent deal OF
nme IN sewing, al occupation which
whilst 1t kept her employed, did not ex
cate her as did reading and conversation.
She also received a few visits, and some
tunes, when feeling well enough, PLAYED
card her tavorite amusement. She was
now always gentle and kind and still.
PAID considerable attention 10 hel dress,
which usually consisted of white mus
i'm or silk peignolr. with natural flowers
In her hair The kindness ana attention
OF her sister Sarah cannot ne exaggerated !;
she who was usually impetuous and i'll
tempered was now beyond praise patient
ana loving.
II wouM be dithcui; 10 nescrlbe the
interest which was manifested, not only
III France, but all ovet the world. In the
welfare ~ a woman who had once
played the guitar in the street
O. Paris kilograms OF inquiry weys sent
daily from hail the courts o. Europe, es-
plcially from thai Of St Petersburg; and
the quantity oftruit and flowers which
arrived for he1 acceptance was positively
incredible. Msny ladies and gentlemen
of distinction, from Nice, Wen. in person
to inquire after her. | remember tua,
one day Mime. 5. went with hel daughter
and took me. then Very small child,
with them. / was pereneo on the box
with the eoachman.
IN arriving !. the VII. Ssrion, We
found Rachel, Us tue aay was veEy TAR,
N tae garden. She wore white dress
and an old btaek-and- white plaid shawl
wrapped round her hsas an& bead. She
came 10 the door oi the hvouahan, and
received the flowers NY !iieilds brought
her "'ta Pheasant courtesy. | hs,@ be-
al4c il the meantime rather rcs. gess, J,
ald manifested snons inclination t.
get down. Tie ladies tered the t0ase,
ana st,E ! rem smed on nv pegcn. nN one
pev1ng ne an. attention, Presently
Raeie turned lauat anu sal u the
ee,snnan ID her peculiarly resonant
voice:
'.Faitcs, done, de>ler Ire Get ertan..
Shal, never forget tie tone ot the
woman Who uttered i. J ean see her
now \ very small, snake-liked, bat
beautifully y-shaped head: features small
bat straight and regular, ha3l raven h.aek
ami simply bound up behind N knot,
eyes peculiar / aM sure, sMal.er
than tie other The last fecttliarlty WAS
50 remarkable, 81 least to me, thai | TOOK
special note OF /, in the room afterwards.
| cannot recollect what oecurrad during
the visit, but do remember aelng pre-
sented with hauakereh hlef, containing a
quantity Of marrons glances, which, ike
the contented witch, | munehed and
munohed on my homeward journey.
ON January /, 1858, she became sud
denly worse, and Oh the following Friday
her litc was despaircd Of. She rallied
again on. the Saturday, but on Sunday,
the 9TH, all hope Wa again abandoned.
Il am dying, Sarah, she said, and shall
soon be with my sister Rebecca, and then
God will show mercs. Rebecea was
her favorite sister, and died, snen only
twenty, of consumption.
Early IN the morning OF that fatal sun
day. she wrote atieetionate letters TO her
parents in Paris. Sarah, seeing her SIS
ters danger, summoned the Rabb, and
Jewish singers from Nee. They ap-
nroached the bed and began mourntu!
chant in the Hebrew language. Ascend,
O daughter OF Israel, 10 God. Behola,
@ Lord God, the agony OF Time hand
maiden, Rachel, and pity her suiicrInss.
shorten her pans, good Lord, and Dreak
These bonds which bind her to 3fe, that
she may be at rest, Lord God, pity Thy
servant. and take her unto Thee, ana lei
her acony redeem her s!ns, 50 that she
NAV ind peace" Whilst the, were still
singing, Rachel fell asleep il death. just
IS Tie sou and body parted, she pressed
her devoted sisters hand and opened her
ewes, to fix them Oh her with An eApres-
sion of tender affection. SlA hours later,
l,r. Maure ie.t the corpse and found i
flexible, even warm; and il was long he-
fore he permitted i to DC paced IN tac
coffin.
II thc fayal hat is the t@sartie, X GOES
sce,l as II i must be AFTER lhe s'A ~