New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

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caught some echo 81 an antiPhonal vo.,e -Aac Vas
clear, pure, paSSC nate, that she ~rod spell
bound, her eyes questioning what her --S barely
formed
Lucia was coming toward them. tTeuH Ing and
fearful, but flushed and eXqulSItely lovely IN he7
Gypsy dress The musical director speaking .
her brlskly IL he whom She had come upoo
when chiefly because she hadpTOmIsed Bcruo. Luce
had presented herself at the stage door There was
no doOrkeepeT, and unmOleSted IN a dl>-r corner Il
dsuSed scenery she sat through all The fusion a.
the discovery that the SIgnOrina was no- IN the INT
ater not at her hotel and that Madame 1nde--
study 70 the sIgnOuna. was likewise uou ae~r az al
Then Lucia, IN terror. had Crept from her -rer anC
IN Voice hall audible, had presented he-s, TO the
man who WAS making the most noise This had
proved To be the musical director hiuSc nd the
rest was blur of the mOckerv of his fac, 81 he-
own passionate protest
IL may have been this protest half Sill --r and
halt terrified which, together with her gre .c,utv
touched the scale of the decision, bur .re
hkcly-sinCe the hour was come for rIn4-- ,sr the
curtain and the Marathon audience was a.uIng
and whlSthng for the OveTture-thaJ Shet- -scted
desperation and the thought that after H. d. -ov0
was only Marathon really tipped the ba.a-. % hef
favor. But though the town was only II. -hon,
and though there many who uul,-- .t at
once that this could not be the signorua When
from the tent of the Gypsy queen Lucia cam. 0g'ng
that hrSt tender. waking song, there e no
doubt ut all of her power 10 touch TIL. carts.
She sang, with all her poignant, passion, .uth,
IN her tulI, amazing tones, and all her lleSs
tenderness And yet all their simple h. had
been nothing beside the words of the d.
rector, uttered IN his brisk StaCCato a. h, . tt-
side her At the end of the act
You have the very tricks OF the Signorr .-ac~e
herself" he was saving One would S.. had
taught YOU You are, II Is true he added SELF,
rs crude as green pippin, which those ii slgV
there, stamping AZ Your high notes and E- lons
face, do not know Listen to me- ne Hc--
The time VIII come when the whole wor't .-l
Tor you as they are calling But God kG
broke OFT mutterlng, what the ~ignorIra
say To this,'
There was a STIR beside him. and the r.
rector hreathed IN hs las, words and bo,e- NE
Slgnorina Mona ArSo lad stepped serene
The stage
The signorina Was smiling She was loos.a- .as
way and that sparkling. radiant. And
straight 70 Lucia and took her hands ami >r!
about with kind OF enchanting pride, and ...- ~
self appreciation and The prettiest ego.~u We
have. she sad clearly, lent ourselves ro .--e
plot, Madame BOvo and
They pressed about her with uluruur~ ar. ..,--
t"nlngs that were a kind ot homage L-.. ae-
mouth qu'ver'ng, looked up IN The sIgnor,n. -.,e
IN doubt and fear.
This said the Slgnoriua Mona Ariso ..a..~s
hands IN hers, Is my discovery and my I~.t teeer
You have heard her Sing-is she not wonderful,
Tell me, Crled the sIgnor1na trIumphaut'E
II not unIque-thIS occasion that have PreIa a-,a-
1t was unique Whoever had prepared Inc oe-
CaSlon, that was true. But when the SIguor-n-,
manager, who at that moment appeared began -
say So IN terms picturesque the occasion ,,~cE
the sIgnOnna TRANQUILITY included hIm IN the .vrr-
mOny of the
Is it not my mother, " She said gently To h.'. ...t
10 them all my mother herself who has -g--
her, here III tins Marathon IL IS true. The EerE
skirt that this child when she came 70 yy -.-
night the gift of my mother Together We have
discovered her-my mother and l. No one c4A
doubt
And accustomed as they were to her vaE4r.es
they were convinced Even the manager Was c.0-
vinced Already had half guessed it, Said ,hs
director Have i not SaId that she has the Very
tricks of the Signorina Agnese herselfa
As everyone fell IN exclamation and Vonde-,