The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-08
LOVES OF A %CANTATRICE.
IMPULsITF, FATTHBEss DE MUIR
aK1,R LEE IN AUSTRALIA.

tisns-He Caught the Ennmored Nu1ent
with aaiie and Settled Other Affairs.
L,Aro,e 4 oieco. G non 81 q zero scoroere Love IL
hiind. and doesnt know how to discern the truth.
On Aug. 90, 1875. l got up with q spleen, and
Thought at once that somo UNPLEASANT thing
would happen to me. After breakfast, Just at
IL O'Clock. l entered De Murska's parlor, and
there I found her chatting with Anderson on
the sofa, in such q confidential way that l sus-
pected they were having a love whispering, and
Iraade no mistake. l asked De Murska in 1tal-
ian, 60 that Anderson could not understand. to
let him 60, as I had something important to tell
her. He went away after n few minutes. and
then / said: lima, as you never received calls
at this hour, nor artists. except for rohearsinR.
and finding you talking very conhdentially with
Anderson. and dressed In an unusually charm
ing toilet at this hour. l think that you are In
love with him"
mo, cara dc vivo," she replied. this time
you make the greatest mistake in your life"
lima / repeated II. you are In love with
Anderson. aud It 10 love at first sight l remeu-
Der tine time when he was introduced to you.
You said to mo: DO Vivo. he Is the perfect
likeness of the Prince OF Wales. shorter, but
handsomer.'
You think. then. TO have bewitched = prince
Of tho Southern hemisphere. and a handsome
man. Instead, ne is n very mediocre pianist
and might be a very bad man. A woman of
your high standing in tho musical world can
bewitch and conquer an emperor. or king. and q
real prince. as many prime dome have done.
and have loved in return. but not a fellow who
looks like q prince and is inferior to you In posi-
tion. You ought to DO ashamed Of yourself,
considering. too. that you are engaged to Lieut..
Count NuJ.nt. one of the finest gentlemen 1
have known. / speak to you In this way for
your own sake. because you often told me that
won Inca ma ia nuch aa yOur own father. and L
Have been your best adviser"
At this short speech she was agitated and l
perceived that l had guessed the truth.
mo, De Vivo." she said. 1T 10 not true"
"uma,"I replied. II am = man Of the world
and have been in 1t myself several times. and
can detect love By a look only, and since You
spoke TO me about his looking like the Prince Of
Wales and being handsomer l have watched
You. and 1 have found it out by your amorous
looks and actions and by his frequent visits,
which other artists do not make except when l
call a rehearsal here. Mind what you do.n
And l left her.
Ono week later. one night while under the In
fuence of liquor. Anderson showed Susini q
locket set with diamonds. which Do Murska had
given to him. and he said: wait. dear Susini.
until l marry her; then l will send away the
great manager. Signor De Vivo. who did not
want me in the company. and then I will have
my father treasurer and my brother manager.
You will see how I will revenge myself"
Susini told It to me the day after. AS soon rs
Iheard It l hurried to see DE Murska She re-
ceived me full of joy. an unusual greeting. and
said: What Is the matter. INTO edrtSsimo Pdpdi
You look sad: not the lively De vivo."
YES" / replied, for your fatal future. I
look not sad. but furious, thinking that You lied
to your best friend in life. denying emphatically.
that you were in love with Anderson
~ am not" she replied.
And that is double lie." I said. angrily.
Listen to me. You have given a locket set
with diamonds to Anderson. who while beastly
drunk in q barroom showed It to Susini. saying.
Dear Susini. wait until I marry De Murska:
then you will zee what / will do q suppressed
the senten &C about me. in order to revenge my
self come day: and that day came. as will be
seen later on). Dare you deny 1t any more ?'
mo. cdrissimo De vivo." she said, with tears
in her eyes. you will pardon me for not telling
you the truth. as I thought you would not find
It out. am . woman. and you know women
ere weak. and now I must confess to you that
lam 40 desperately in love with Anderson that
We are engaged. perhaps have done n foolish
action. but I could not help Il. Do forgive me. I
beg Of you. my best friend In life. and do help
me In this affair. do not love Nujcnt."
II forgive you'll said. under forced cir
cumstances, but will never forget your sin, hop
tnR you will never regret with acid tears your
fatal step. Remember that I foresee q catas-
trophe."
The day after I told Susini that l had had a
stormy scene with De Murska about Anderson
and that she had told me that she was engaged.
Susin! exclaimed: For Gods sake! Tell De
Murska that he is a rascal. a drunkard. and has
defranded a music publishing house at Duneden.
New Zealand. of 81. 200"
When | heard this became frantic and hasti-
ly went to see her and told her what Susini
had said, without any I'M being convinced
that a woman desperately in love as De Murska
was would marry n burglar. a forger. or a muir
derer. or even kill herselfif she could not marry
the man OF her choice. This of
course De Murska did not believe. Suspectlng
that It came from Charles +. Pratt. she told me
to dismiss him, without making any llowance
for his passage back to the United States, and to
give Anderson EGO a week. double tho salary
given to Pratt. / reproached her for this injus-
tice. and protested against the high salary for
An accom- PIANIST, and as a much Disguised man
departed.
Count Nujent, who was acting as treasur err,
Jhad placed IN another hotel in order to avoid
gossip. He was n distinguished, handsome man.
over six feet high. an officer OF the Prusstan
army. and son OF the renowned Gen. Nujent of
the French army. He had travelled with her
for i've years all over Europe. supporting him.
self with a remittance OF 81 900, which he re-
ceived from abroad every three months. He
heard a slight rumpr about Anderson counting
De Nnrska, and told her about 1t, and they had
. tempestuous quarrel, so much so that she told
him to 20 away to Europe. denying the courtship
with q solemn assur ance that the story was not
true. In a few days they became friends again.
On our. way to Sydney from Melbourne by
boat, Anderson was generally spending his time
in the cabin of De Murtka. and Nujent spoke to
mo about It. saying that ii was not proper. as
the artists and some passengers were t.ttling
about Il. | entered De Murska's cabin and or
dered Anderson TO go out. telling him that this
was not the place to make love. and told De
Mursxa not To speak TO him one word more on
the boat, rs Otherwise there would be q great
scandal or murder, for Nujent was very jealous
ana was carrying n pistol in his hip pocket. In
Sydney Nujent found out about the engage
msnt ma had a terrific dispute with her, and
told her that lie would challenge Anderson TO n
duel. and, should he refuse. would shoot him at
sight and hfterward kill her and himself.
DE Murska got very much scared and begged
me on her knees to persuade him TO go away, as
she did not love him any more. DO Ii. DE
'ytvo, for the love OF your family" she said:
save me. my only protector: do save c wretched
creature. You are the only one. with your