The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-08

confidential friend Of both, should
Judge whether she was right or wrong
after hearing the cause of it,"
"Go on. my dear." said. II will
listen to you.
Then she said, with emotion: "You
know very well how much loved Brign-
oil, and nothing would have separated
me from hiri but the following insult:
Usually we have occupied sofa TO-
gether in the cars Coming from Day
ton to Cincinnati, we had a section to
ourselves, and we were chatting loving
ly about our future union. At Rich
mond station the train .Aopped, and
handsome, fashionably dressed woman
entered our car. In passing by us she
gave sharp look at Brignoli, with a
smile, and she sat down two seats be-
yOnd and opposite to as and began to
flirt with him. He responded with
smile.
Parepa had watched the woman's
movements and the Irritation, and she
told Brignoli to stop looking at that COM
mon creature, as it was ungentlemanly,
ungallant and an insult to her which
she could not tolerate and told hm that.
otherwise he would regret his rude ac-
tions. Brignoli, instead of stopping, got
up and went over and sat down ON the
same seat with the woman and began
to talk to her as to an old acquaintance.
This contemplate action aroused the
scorn and jealousy of Parepa to the
highest pitch, and she got up from her
seat and went with rapid steps to the
smoking compartment and sat down
with Carlo Rosa and said to him: my
dear Carlo, i come here to tell you that
! am tired of being single and have just
made up my mind to have you for my
husband if you like me. Will you?''
OF course Rosa felt pleased, and he
accepted her hand very willingly, think
ing it nice to rise from the place of
fiddler to be the husband Of celebrated
prima donna. He answered:
"Yes, my dearest Euphrosine. How
can / refuse the hand Of such great
singer as you are and such clever and
handsome lady, whom have admired
since ! have had the honor and the
pleasure Of your acquaintance, notwith-
standing the derisive way in which you
have treated me. But, now that you
have honored me with your hand volun-
tarily. \ forget and forgive the past, and
from this moment ] swear to love You
during my lifetime. and l will try my
best TO make your life happy"
'Thank you, dearest Carlo, )" she said.
VI believe you, honest, good boy, and
swear to be your loving and faithful
wife until death. And as soon as our
concert tour ends we will celebrate our
marriage, which no doubt will surprise
the musical world
Thus in less than half an hour the
verbal contract of Parepa and Carlo Ro-
sa's marriage was sealed, and l was the
only witness who ever knew the secret
of this mysterious alliance.
As soon as I left Parepa that evening
went to see Brignoli, who was anx-
iously waiting for me, and I told him
that had just left .Parepa, who had
told me all about his very rude conduct
in leaving his seat by her and going to
sit beside a strange woman.
at was the grossest insult" said
to him, land there is 10 reparation for
it. Your love affair has ended forever
Brignoli, who was the most inde-
pendent artist that l have ever known
and who always had long string OF
love affairs, said, with no regret what
ever: MY dear De Vivo, it is all for
the best, as l was always afraid to mar
~ her owing to her very jealous dispo-
sition. But am sorry to lose her friend
ship as she is one OF the best compan-
ions / have in the profession, and you,
who are such favorite friend of hers,
must use your endeavors to make us
friends again.
~ will try" said, latter awhile.
But do you know that she has just told
me that she is engaged to Carlo Rosa?
/ took supper with them in her parlor.
They are TO be married soon after the
concert tour is over"
He was most ,astonished man OH
hearing this news.
"Bravissimo! Good for poor Carlo,
who was the object Of her derision," he
said. ''And like him, as he is a nice
little gentleman, and I wish them hap
piness."
Before I left him I advised him to
write her a very friendly letter, with an
apology. wishing her q happy life with
her little Carlo, and i promised that I
would do the best could to revive their
friendship. Before the marriage met
Parepa and Brignoli in New York and
succeeded in persuading Parepa to re-
new her friendship with him; also l
arranged tour Of concerts and operas
for the months Of April and May, 1867,
under the title Of the Parepa and Brign-
oil Concert and Opera company, and
the result Of that was that Parepa's and
Brignoli's shares of profits were $l2,-
900 each.
The unexpected marriage, so much
talked about, was not q failure, as u
great many people thought il would be,
but was happy one, and during their
residence here, from 1867 until the
month of April, 1879, Parepa and Rosa
had only one quarrel. It happened at