The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-02-05

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wife of the singer of what had &C.
CURED. l represented to her as well as
1 was able the impolicy Of this step,
and Adelina gave up the idea. She
could not, however, refrain from re-
preaching Nicol'ni most bitterly for de-
ceiving his good wife and from saying
to him that it would become him much
better to be thinking of his five chill
dren than to be pleasing himself in the
role of gallant. After considerable
trouble Nicolini succeeded in forward
ing to St. Petersburg the young lady
discarded by her family, and where,
as we learned later, she was avoided
by good society on account of her love
escapade with Nicolini.
There had already been change in
the singers feelings, however, when
the following description was written
by her former companion:
"Nicolini, wherever Adelina played,
was always hereafter one of her ten
ors, and, especially in Russia, was fire.
quently, as became aware, received
| by Adelina as a not unwelcome guest
3, in her house. Although anonymous
warnings had been sent to the Marquis
his friendly feelings for Nicolini still
| remained the same. His confidence
appeared then unshakable, when it
was told him from a friendly source
that Sgnor Nicolini knew how to eff
| feet an interview with lady standing
in close relation to him under all sorts
of DISCUSSES, now as huntsman, then
as a Hungarian or as a peasant, and
| that ha had hira1 In the
hotel, where he put on false boards in
addition to these DISCUSSES"
| Some of his gallantries are described
in a manner that leaves little doubt
as to the strong personal prejudice
with which Nine. Lauw regarded the
| tenor. But there is little doubt of the
truth of incidents like the following:
''Adelina was obliged again to obey
call to Moscow. Before her first rep
resentation in that city we were TAX
| ing walk in the Petrowski Park,
when rapidly passing carriage
stopped suddenly by us and gentle
man quickly alighted from 1t. 1t was
| Nicolini, who came to us, and, after
short conversation, quickly withdraw
| ing, pressed note into Adelina'
hand AS she hitherto had had no Sc
crets from me, she opened the note and
read me it's contents. In the most
glowing words Nicolini declared to her
| his love- We laughed heartily over it
4 and Adelina ended the matter with the
assurance: Even if I wished it, 1t
would be impossible for me to love that
man. From the Marquis the occur
renee was kept a secret; this forbear-
ance suited admirably Signor Nicolini,
for the house of the Marquis was open
to him the same as before. 1t did not
escape me that Adelina treated her
guest no longer with the same harsh
ness as formerly. Her indignation at
the character of Nicolini had been
changed into compassion for the sc
much abused man, and she began to
reproach me for the GOODNESS with
which, so far as it was possible, | ig-
nored him; she told me, indeed, frank
ly, that he now was sympathetic te
her She did not dare, however, tc
confess to me now her undoubted in
clination for the man whom, such q
short time ago, she had hated, be-
cause she knew my sentiments and die
not wish to provoke the judgment OF
a friend who had sacrificed to her the
finest years of her life in true, unself-
ish devotion. She became, however
daily more reserved and reticent tow
ard me- When on one occasion | mus
tered up the courage to demonstrate
with her, a discussion arose between
us which loosened forever the tie OF
our sisterly friendship.
1.-THE Marquis de Caux had as YET
no suspicion of the change which hac
occurred in the relations between his
wife and Nicolini; his confidence II
Adelinas love for him was still so sol
idly rooted that when by chance the
conversation turned upon wives who
had deceived their husbands he, de-
clared that if his wife herself should
confess to him her infidelity he would
believe that some delusion had con-
fused her senses.
$50 passed the winter in Russia The
spring led us again to Vienna, and
thence to London, where Nicolini was
an undisturbed visitor to the house
But now a marked change was to be
noticed in the Marquiss manner. TIC
his honorable way of thinking, anony-
nous warnings were not to be regard
ed But he could not fail to observe
the evident joy which his wife took ir
singing winth Nicolini. He followed us
to London, and although he came tt
the house frequently, the Marquis
showed the coolest bearing toward his
guest and at last ceased to ask him tc
his house altogether
Nine Lauw describes an attempt or
the part of the Marquis de Caux tx
separate his wife from Nicolini by
sending her to the Riviera when he be
lieved that Nicolini was to appear
again with her in Russia. But Nicolin
also managed to secure engagements
on the Riviera. The final page Of
Nine Lauw's book contains this ac
count of the days preceding the sepa
ration of the singer and her husband
and the final triumph of Signor Nico
lini:
"In Moscow, at first, everything
went on passably well. although there
were at times, when Nicoini was thu
subject of conversation, many a lively
exchange of words between the Mar
quis and Adelina. One day, however
there fell into the hands of the Mar
quis letter of Nicolini's. which the
latter had, by way of prudence, ad
dressed to Adelna's chambermaid
The Marquis did not betray, by sin
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