New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-10

the room to another door; her head lowed neg
b L IS crossed Oh her breast. MADAME Opi1 started
mp What do YOU want" she cred. bnt got no
auswer. Inc fat had but one entrance ana 'be
room which the peasant woman approacurd had 40
Vtber door but the one by when she couid ehlcr'
Do not go there" cried Madame OpId there IS
way out but this The woman TOOK 10 noticel
but went through the doorway. Madame Opid
rushed after her; but she was not there-she had
VANISHED: Did you not see herr N, ASKED ..
the children. Where has She gone = Some or
them had seen her except lIeicia. Madame Cpd re-
membcred. how tho VISION bad passed that the
woman wore the peasant dress o. the moan
tanners; All DAY long she wept bitterly =, prctihg
70 hear some terrible news Of her husband ana On
the morrow cam" Intelligence that he had died AZ
the yciy hour when thu apparition OF the peasant
woman had visited his family.
After her fathers death. Madame Mod c-kas
earliest remembrance Of her childhood Is that ~
seeing shot N the street There was great
scream outside the house; the children all ran 10
see what 10 could be- and as they rushed out ,aw
the blood flow from the wound They were iamil-
iarized with the sights and sounds Of hghting;
aud Madame MOdIeska can vel remember hiding
behind u wall 20 pick no snOt ana satu"t u lh hef
pnafOre. When she was i've years Ola sue maze
of "A number of children VINO were dc~,fd IN
white. 10 throw flowers for those victims VINO. ia
fighting tor their Independence, had beer Alirh ny
the Austrlans IN the streets. On one OCCASION
she followed seventeen collins. she was ac'us
toned to tho sight of death, and her mind was
filled with the recollection OF horrors Even IN her
own family, tragedy was strong. and she ncafd
tales OF murder and suicide abuut her close rrla-
tons. Doe OF her rncles was en- aged 10 a Young
girl. AMI became jeaious OF hls own father, who
was "a wid0wcr and who. ~ he thought, paid too
much attention to MS ~ectneart. One day he
came home from shooting expedition and found
his father aud the girl tanS together 10 the gar
den. He raised his gun and shot the grl then
turned il upon himself and took his own LIE. An
o. her sui rde IN the family was that OF yOnng gin
who drowned herself IN despaIr and leal"u-y' be-
cause she believed that her mother cared mare tOf
her sisters than tor herself
The beginning of Helcia's education was very
pleasant one The elder children were IN the habit
of telling stories every evening, and one OF tho
brothers. friends joined this family gathering ho
came regularly and instea Of telling fairy tales As
did the others he reDeated TO tue children chapter
by chapter. "a Polish translation Of the Iuad OK
Homer; and after that tho "Od} s,eY no
brothers we're now at school and college: ana tue
child. who loved books rad those they brought
home with them AMI copied their exercises
Wien she seven years old liecla as tahep'
for the first time. to tne opera. n the concu,i"n
there vas a little ballet fantastic dance. called
he wren of the Dni-ster.' Tie nvmrh hoIied ia
the air; aud this wonderful exploit took great hod
of the chids ima-InatlOn. She went INTO Inc
kitchen wheT she got home. IN ORDER To make me
experiment herself she built a great pie 81 al
the saucepans and frying pans. and then. clm1I"Z
10 the top. tried To stand there upon oDt Toe;
Naturally Ems venture ended IN disaster. aud
Madame OpId vowed Helca snould 20 no more 10
the theatre. tor Il excItod her too mech.