New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-02-13
A ROMANCE.
The Remarkable Story Related by :
Famous Singer.

The ''Lounger' OF The Washington
Sunday Herald relates the following
story:
I'm all the range of romance 1 have
never read of more wonderful story
than that shall try to tell as it was
told me by one of the greatest singers
the world has ever known. -Four
years ago. said the lady relating the
story, there was a young American
girl in an Italian town who was studying
music. She came from quiet New
England village and with her mother
located in place celebrated for its
masters to undergo a complete musical
training. Her master was a thoroughly
conscientious Italian, whose voice had
broken down just as he began to be
famous as a tenor, and so he had to
give up his lifelong-aspiration and
train others to gather in the golden
fortune that by his art he himself had
hoped to win. The girl who had been
given the sweet. old puritan name of
Faith studied diligently, and was in
her second years. course when an ILL
ness attacked her mother. The small
sum set aside for Faiths musical
studies was well-nigh spent in the
mothers sickness. What to do the
daughter did not know. They were
without friends, and the future was
without hope. One night before retir-
ing. the girl knelt by her bedside and
fervently prayed to God to help her.
She arose from her prayer comforted,
form her simple way she believed in
God, and that He always heard the
prayers Of His children who prayed
believing in Him. That night she
dreamed a curious dream. She saw
her dead father as he had appeared in
life. He said to her. Believe in God.
He will help YOU The next night the
dream was repeated. The third time
she dreamed she was in Monaco; that
she had gone into the great kursaal
where they were playing. She sat
down at table and put sum of
money on the red square and let it stay
until the red had won thirteen times.
Her father stood behind her chair as
she sat, and when she finished he put
his hand on her head and gave her lis
blessing, and then she awoke. The
dream puzzled her. She had never a
been at Monaco. She had never seen
gambling-hall, and yet the whole place
had appeared so wildly in her dream!
When her teacher came that day she
told him of her dream and those that
preceded it. He listened attentively.
Like all Italians, he was superstitious.
He thought Of it all day. When he
saw her again he said: why not try
it? God helps us all in his own
mysterious way That night her father
came again, and said: Got That
decided her. She told her mother that
she thought little rest and recreation
would help her, and said her teacher
and his daughter, who were taking
little excursion, had asked her to Join
them. Night she go? The. mother
thought a few moments, and could see
no harm in it to her child. She would
only be away one night, and she had
her favorite servant to keep her COM
pany during her daughters absence.
The next morning they (the teacher,
his daughter, and Faith) took their
departure. They looked upon the
beautiful gardens of Monaco, as lovely
as was the Garden of Eden before the
fall. At 9 that evening the three
entered the great kursaal. 1t was just
as the Girl had sssn it all in her dream
The place was full of well-dressed
people, ladies' and gentlemen, and a
band was playin beautiful music. In
a corner the girl recognized the table
she had seen in her dreams. With
swelling heart and emotions that can
not be described, she sat down, and the
Italian stood up behind ner. During
the day she had determined what
to do.
..She drew from her portemonnaie