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Nilsson and Her Husband.
Paris Letter to Boston Hera.

1SN1tVA
Paris was indeed astonished when it learned
that the great prima donna was about to sim
ply and bOurgeoisement marry a man named
Rousesud No one seemed to know who he
was, and so investigations were entered into.
1t was discovered that the happy husband was
the son Of a landed proprietor Of Charente, In
easy circumstances and of creole origin, and
that he was an agent de change, or broker on
the Bourse. OF course the people who insist
that kings should in these days still marry
shepherdesses were disappointed at seeing the
tender Opheiid, the irresistible Marguerite, fall
ing in love with gentleman who sold stocks
on a margin from II TO o'clock; and yet there
was romantic side to this union. M. Rcu-
Zeaud had been waiting for her five long years
For that time he had loved and despairsd; for
he had seen nation OF adorers coquetting
around the fair one, had heard ardent PARISH
ans declaring themselves with all the danger
GUS sincerity. He waited with patience and he
won the prize. 1t was quickly known all over
Paris that there had been no prelude to this
union which could not be avowed. Therefors
the Nilsson-Rouzeaud family had not, like so
many others, to undergo any insulting stages
before admission into society. I myself have
seen Nine. Nilsson at the n1Fdis OF the Thea
tire Francois, and at the mercredis of the Grand
Opera in boxes, into which many swell" Par
isians would have regarded IL as an honor 10
be able to penetrate, even il only during an
entr' acte, and NJ Rouzeaud was with her. It
was soon known, indeed, that in order to mar
ry Nilsson, he had had to override certain OBJ
jections and quarrel with certain very mnch
coveted inheritances; that he had had to make
the sonlnldti01S FeSDectueHses to his own family
and that since his marriage he had not touched
one sou of his wifes fortune, which at that
time amounted to quite 100000 francs. He
himself was earning by his work and intelli-
gence all the way from 10000 francs to 100000
francs year, and this was more than enough
to meet all their wants. 1t was the greatest
anxiety of M. Rouzeaud not to be known -
the husband of star" 1t is foolish for some
people to insinuate that this couple did not
love each other. Soon after her husband had
been taken from her to the private msdhouss
Nine. Fisson said to me: ~ am left alone in
the world, and deprived of friend whom
adored and who fully returned my alteration"
Those few persons who have been intimate
with M. and Nine. Rouzeaud know that this
was the truth. Bat to be known among his
fellow-Frenchman as the mari de P6toile was
more than he could bear.
Her dream was to be in domestic life more
magnificent than even the impresarios in their
sreenrooms. This dream for a while seemed
on the point of being realized through the
Union Generale. He was the cousin OF M.
FEEDER, the sovereign master of that bank ofthe
Arabian Nights; and this same cousin gave
him private points which many another broker
would have been only too glad to have even at
fourth hand. Fifteen days moro, and he would
have held fortune in his grrsp large enough
to permit his wife to rest and enjoy the glory
which she has SO nobly earned. Theatrical
ovations never pleased him. His dignity was
offended at certain associations. He was not q
man to accept his role with cynical indiffer-
ence, and to discuss point by point the terms Of
an engagement, or inch by inch the length Of
petticoats. lie consented to his wifes singing
in Europe outside of France. "It was to res
pect the wish of an homes man" said Nine Mil
son, THAT have constantly refused to sing In
Paris; and it is for the same reason thatI en-
that have been printed against me-" This was
not the first time that the deceased broker had
suffered from insanity. Some six years ago he
had an attack of the same dread disease while
with his wife in the United States. At that
time Mme. Nilsson herself cured her husband,
and the world was none the wiser for his illness
This insanity seems to be in the family, as both
his first cousin and his uncle have succumbed to
IL