New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-05
STORIES ABOUT WlGyEES DEATH

II n Hrtreis IA LoHgmaH'S MuGd-i,Ic
IN December % 1889. Wagner, VINO mad been
resting a. Venice from toe fatigue OF the " ParSl-
fal" representations at Bayrruth, conducted ms
rarlIes. symphony az the trquesi OF small circle
t friends m celc Grafton OF Madame WaEnerS birth
day On taking the baton he turned to tue musicians
"Tnls Is the last tlmo shall ever conduct"
"Nuy2' they asKrd.
" BrrglIse | SHAH soon de
February 10 cam black with clOnds. The rain
poured IN torrents. Wagner rose ~ II ual, an an
uuuuCed his wish not To bn Disturbed TIL dinner
i.,. tVo o. lock. lie had much u uO-uuch TO in-
lsh-oycrmuch indeed, aud the time was short
I'm. master ud not feel quito well, and CoSIma
his wife pace Batiy Burkei, the Id'thlul servant
t.As her work aud not leave the autrTOum IN case
her master should call or ing
Iue faithful creature emel TO have some pre-
srnluent that AL was not rIght. She listened nOLT
after nour-urard the master strdlhg np ana down
as was his won't, -. ,,,r,
mas or WORKS ever SAID Betty" and has not called
for auyLhug-nUw H. walks 10 and lrO."
Al one O'c,OCk Wagner rang hia bell ana asked
lis the gundUla ordered al Tour O'CLOCK UOod,
then VIII take piaIe Oh soup up HcI'' ioI uVh
Tnrre was nothing unusual about this, for when
absorbed m work he would often thus have his
rme servant brought in plate Of soup and retired.
All seemed quiet Tor some time Inrn suddenly a
hurried pacing up and down the room Vas heard.
m. tuutslrps CeaSrd-a sharp cough, checked.
betty threw down her work, walked on llplOe 10
the door aud listened with all her ears. she heard
an
twecn a resolve tU call COsIDa or break through 'r
masters ord r and go INTO ms room at once. Inc
snspnns. WAS soon over. Betty" IL WAS WagneT5
yuicr very FAINT Betty rushed in. Wagner was
leaning back on his sUfa-hIs iur coat was hall Oh
his feet rested tOOlstuOl HIS face was fear
fully chan ged-hi5 features cadaYcrou' ana drawn
down with pain evidently: with the utmost DIM
entity he COnInYed To mulmur, but almost lnaudl-
bly Z" Gail my vile ana tue aoctor!" lie never
spoke again . -,
The terrified Betty rushed Of to tell wife Cusima.
The inst ant se saw him she cried, ITO the doctor,
Belty!-Ietcn DR.. Keppierl' Dr. Keppler was sent
Tor Inrsr times; at last he WAS lounu lust huAnlug
AN operation. Meanwhile Madame Wagner hhd SAT
aOWp by her husband. lie immediately IHld ms
nead on ner SHOULDER, grOauIng nut Speechless, ana
she placed her arms about him. and with ono hand
rubbed his heart, an act which had sometimes
eased him when IN pain HIS breathing grew softer
and lighter, ana presently he seemed TO subsde IN 10
A 0diet mouOnless sleep She thought IL u good
sign.
About half an hour afterward the doctor came.
One glance was enough. lie found Madame Wag-
uer stin holding her husband IN 10th her arms.
she sad--and tho good dUcUr suppresslnQ his emo
ton vita great thUrl Oli not tell her Jnd IL was
the sleep of death, aud that now Tor long time she
| uad been embracing corpse.
DIR. Kepplcl, tier iecInB Tor the pulse thaI was
never 10 b. nj again, gently took the body OF Wag
urr N 10th his arms aud carried It TO his bed. Ii
could not 10 He'd his deatn-Ued, for Nagnerded as
| he Eaa uyed, wUrkIng-tne table before hlm WAs
strewn wIlh hooks aud Mss, with tic lux scarcely
! dry upon tue last page
| Dr. keppeF tuen turned 30 COsma and SAID
wIh irr,trrSs ole emotion, " lie Is doa II" Tue pOoi
VIE VINO had been 50 absolutely one IN body, soul
and mind with her husband foil PROSTATE wlth 4
great cry upon his hteless bO0y nor Tor some tm'
could any percussion luce ner 10 leave the corpse
which sic continued TO embrace