Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-07
CHIMES OF NORMANDY.
A wise Delay That WIN be Appreciated
yYentherford to be Visited.

A Wise Delay That VIII be Appreciated
wentherford to be Visited.
On account of the very inclement
weather Yesterday and its probable
continuance to-day, the young ladies
and gentlemen who got up the Chimes
of Normandy for presentation to-
night decided yesterday to postpone it
until next week. This move, while IL
will delay the public sense of pleasure,
is one to be commended. For the pro-
ceeds of the entertainment are To be
turned over TO responsible parties to
start nucleus for the public Ii
brary, and these young people have
worked long and hard TO make ii a
creditable affair. Itdeserves, not only
on account of its merit but its object
rs well, to be presented under the most
favorable auspices. Tuesday or
Wednesday il is hoped the weather
will be less Indictment. 1t will be given
and il il safe to predict a large audi
ence. Meanwhile an invitation has
been received to 90 to Weatherford
Monday night, where a large audience
is promised. and this has been accept
ed. Fort Worth has reason To feel en-
vious that she should not first hear the
Dtiutliul Optiu, bub tbch thtic
are no more clever peo-
pie anywhere than those of Wealth
erford, and we don't grumble.
The argument of the Chimes is as
follows:
Henri, Marquis of Bonneville, who
has been since childhood, owing to a
civil war, an exile, returns to his an
cestral home on the occasion of the
fat, ala IN Ia
brated in the village that receives its
name from his chateau. 1t Is one of
the old-fashioned Norman villages of
the seventeenth century.
In the first act, the curtain arises on
an assemblage of village gossips ais
cussing small talk. Serpolette, u
cross between Fanchon and Boulotte,
is the topic of conversation among
the bellies of Bonneville. She
comes in just in time to turn the
tables on the others, and changes
their taunts into expressions of rage
Gaspard, an old miser, wishes tt
marry his niece, Germaine, to thu
principal magistrate of the district
the bailli. This arrangement does not
suit Germaine, nor young fisherman
named Jean GrenicheuX, who pre-
tends that he has saved her life on I
certain occasion. To escape from tn,
power of old Gaspard, Germaine take
advantage of the privileges of the fai
Ia similar scene to that in the first nc
of "MarthaO, and becomes the ser
want OF the marquis. Her example i
followed by Grenicheux ard Serpo
lette
The second act is taken up with tn
supernatural visitors who have mad
the Castle of Bonneville so long an oh
ject of dread. Henri determines t
find out the real character of thes
ghostly appearances, and discover
that IL Is all the work of the old miser
who has concealed his treasures in tn,
chateau. The discovery drives Gas
pard crazy, especially wnen be hear
the bells of the chateau ringing for tn
first time since the flight of the oil
marquis.
The third act represents the gran
fete give in honor of the return c
Henri to his ancestral home. Serpc
lette arrives ms "A marchioness, ms som
papers, found in the chateau, indicat
that she is the lost heircss. The misel
however, RECEIVERS his reason, an
shows that Germaiue Is the tru
marchioness. A love Duet betwee
her and Henri, and the reconciliation
ofail the parties, bring the romanti
story to close.