Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-08
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VI pOeIDs prepared DS Inc poet, rfancolS
Coppee, is very pretty and interesting.
When the curtain rises on the first scene,
a grand fete is presented on the large
square in front of the church. 1t is par.
don day in Brittany, and all the inhabit-
ants, young and old, have collected there
the young to dance, the old to look on,
and all to drink their cider All sorts of
games are being played and all kinds of
amusements are indulged IN ; the victori-
Gus wrestler in one of the games is the
rich and handsome Lilez, he who a few
moments before had bought at a high price
the blessed crucifix from travelling mer-
chant. The most beautiful and charming of
the young girls is Yvonnette, whorwins
all hearts through her divine dancing
everybody loves her, SO does the rich Liiez,
but he does not wish to marry her. WON
nette is also loved by the bell-ringer of the
cathedral, another Quasimodo, with his
hideous face and bumped back. He watches
the love making of Lilez and Yvonnette
through the windows of the belfry, and
he only waits an opportunity of revengng
the young girls contempt of his hump and
affection he persistently offered her. Then
the church bell rings, and all leave their
amusements and their sports to go to their
devotion, but Yvonnette soon returns, and
her slow steps, her deep signs and down
cast head prove that she is sad and un-
happy. At this moment an old woman
passes by, bent almost double by the
weight of wood she carries on her back
Yvonnette goes to her, aids her and brings
her something to drink. The old woman
divines the love which fills the heart of
the young girl, who, at last, confesses that
it is Lilez she loves, the cruel Lilez who
will not think of her as his wife. Suddenly
the old woman throws aside her long cloak
and appears fairy, the veritable Queen of
the karrigans she promises Yvonnette to
render her so beautiful dressed in rich
and elegant clothes, that Lilez, bewildered,
will
THROW HIMSELF AT her FEET,
Ask her pardon for having offended her,
and viii Immediately marry her, but on
one condition-that is, that the conquest
of Lilez by Yvonnette must be accom-
plished before the last stroke of the even
ing apgelus. If not, he will escape her,
and the poor young girl will belong for.
ever afterwards to the Karrigans Lilez
after arrives and finds Yvonnette metamor-
phosed so beautiful, SO gorgeous, that he
is Immediately vanquished, and they di-
rect their steps towards the church to be
united in matrimonial bliss, when all at
onoe the angelus is heard. The bell-ringer,
who had heard all, has turned the hands
of the clock and advanced the hour for the
evening prayers, SO that the last sound of
the bell is heard before the lovers have
been joined at the altar. The charm is
broken; Kar1igans and Karrigsnes rush
forward from all parts and sieze YvoHnette,
who, however, protests, as she has discov-
cred the wicked trick of the hunchback
Lilez rushes forward to. assist her, but his
sword is broken IN his hand, md his fiancee
quickly disappears. So finishes the first act,
for 'tLa Karrigane is in two acts. The Sec
ond scene represents night. The Karrigane
Yyonnette does not mingle IN the dance of
the fairies and dwarfs, for she is sad and
thinks of LiIez. VIII he 70. come to her