San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-20

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the two OF us. could have remained
there year Htening to her, looking
at her, without attempting to work.
80, first sent me back to my studio
ami could not prevent her resuming
hsr classes in music. could nov but
admire this brave determination, al
though 1 was humilitated at her
Tor nal disire to owe her support TO
her own work. All day we were
separated, only to be reunited in the
evening at our little house.
With what joy did return, impa-
tient when she was long in coming
ADD SO happy when L found her there
before me. She often brought me
UuIuuets of the rarest flowers. L Of
ten forced her to accept some present,
but she would laughingly say she
was richer than was, and the truth
is that her lessons brought her In .
great deal. She always dressed with
costly elegance, and the black which
she habitually wore was composed OF
silk, satin, and the most expensive
laoss
Her occupation, she said, had moth
ing painful in it. All her pupils,
daughters of bankers, brokers, &C.,
adored her, and more than once she
showed me bracelet, q ring or other
article of jewelry given her as q
mark of appreciation of her eff
forts. Except for our work we never
left each other, we were never apart.
Every Sunday, indeed she left Tor st.
Germain to visit q sister, the wife of
the "Garde General, with whom she
had effected reconciliation. 1 ac-
companied her to the depot. She
would return in the evening aud tell
me all about 1t, the sweet behavior Of
the children, and the happy air of
home. This filled me with infinite
pity for her deprived forever of the
possibility of recognized family and
L redoubled my tenderness to make
her forget false position which must
have cruelty wounded q soul of such
lefty calibre.
What happy days of work and con-
idencs. l suspected nothing. All
she said had the air of being so true,
so natural!
Once only I had q suspicion
or rather, q presentiment. Upon Sun
day evening she did not return. Bed
time came. was in despair. What
should 1 do? Should 60 to st. Ger
main? That would compromise her.
After night of misery, L decided to
60 after her, when she arrived, very
pale and full of trouble. Her sis ter
was ill, and she had been Obliged to
remain and nurse her. 1 believed
what she told me, without an inter-
ruption in her flood of words. Two or
three times that same week she re-
turned and passed the night at st.
German. At last. the illness being
over, she resumed our regular tran.
quill life.
Unhappily, some time after
ward, 1t was her turn to fall ill.
She returned from her lessons trem-
Dling, chilly, feverish. Inflammation
of the lungs declared itself. 1t was
serious from the beginning, and soon
the doctor told me-hopeless
I felt q sorrow that verged upon
madness. Might not make her last
hours happier. Her own family that
she loved 80 dearly, in which she felt
such pride-I would bring them to
her death bed. Without saying any
thing to her, Iwrote at once to her
sister in Saint German, and went
myself to her uncle, the "Grand-
Rabbi l believe he was just about
to dine and he received me in the
antichambre.
/ said, "Your niece is dying"
"My niece" he cried, 81 have no
nice! You have made O mistake"
80. Monsieur Ipray you forget all
these terrible family troubles. Ispeak
of Madame Delache, the wife of the
captain W
~ do not know any Madame De.
loche. You are distracted my child
I assure you"
He pushed me gently toward the
door, taking me for an imposter or q
lunatic. L must have had q strange
appearance. That which 1 had heard
was 80 unexpected, to terrible She
had lied to me then. Why? All at
once an idea came to me, 1 went to
the address of one of her scholars, the
daughter of q celebrated banker.
/ asked Of the servant:
Madame Deloche?"
"She's not here !"
80, 1 know that very well, but she
Is a lady who gives lessons on the
piano to your young ladies'"
"We have no young ladies at our
house, not even piano. 1 don't
know what you are talking about"
Then she shut the door In my face.
did not proceed any farther in my
Investigations. was sure to find in
all directions the same response and
the same disappointment. When ]
went back to our poor little house, a
letter was given me from st. Ger
main. I opened it, knowing well
what it enclosed. The 'Garde Gen.
eraln did not know Madam Deloche
He had neither wife nor children.
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