El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-12
ver. OF this perfidy COnsueiO knew

lover OF this perfidy Consuelo knew
nothing
At the first public performance
/ Consuelo achieved renewed success.
but Anzoleto was almost overlooked.
her teacher warned her not to
marry Anzoleto and TO prove his case
forced her TO visit the home Of Co.
rllla- They found Anzoleto there and
Consuelo was convinced Of his per
IIdy- She repulsed Anzoleto, refused
the love OF the count and fled TO
Vienna on the advice Of Porpora-
A little later, Porpora sent her to
MS friend count Christian OF b.
nemlas to serve as companion to his
niece the Baroness Amelia, lust come
from a convent school at Prague. Con-
suelo, who arrived at the castle on a
stormy night, was in awe Of the count
and his surroundings, but Amelia, a
lovely girl, treasured her and won her
instant affection That night, as Con-
suelo came an ancient tree on the es-
tate, known as the tree Of misfor-
tune, fell in the storm.
News Of its fall threw the counts
household into confusion and terror.
Some evil is abroad" the countess
said and soon after count Albert, the
son. entered, a handsome, pale and
sad young man. who announced that
q strange peace was about to settle
over the house He smiled at Con-
suelo touched her hand and withdrew,
leaving her deeply mystified
Albert, she soon learned, was a
gentle and admirable soul, but a man
OF morbid moods which were in ef-
feet frances and was only mildly in
terested in Amelia who was intended
to be his wife.
Amelia told Consuelo that Albert /
was not only a medium but a seer as
well as scholar and that she found
him unattractive-
Consuelo, on the contrary. was
charmed with Albert. who seemed /
much benefited BY her presence. He /
accepted her as the consolation prom /
ised by an inner voice Her singing
called him from his frances. trans !
ported and strengthened him She 1
became his physician as well as his I
confessor-
She found herself surrounded by
mysteries. Secret doors, inexplicabIe /
flames. gliding phantoms. stirred her
curiosity and allured her to explora-
ton. Once when Albert had been /
missing for a time they led her TO a /
we'll She descended II and found a /
secret passage. This she traversed /
ard beyond IL found her lover de- |
ranged and III, in the care OF an In
beetle servant. She nursed him back /
to health.
ConsulelO's exposure and excitement 1
in this midnight expedition produced {
violent fever and Aibert's love and /
care deepened- For a time il seemed /
as though he might win her hand, but /
between these devoted young people /
the dissolute Anzoleto thrust himself 4
Although at firs~ she gave way be- /
fore him, Consuelo regained her self 4
control and put him aside. The good /
count Christian finding her uobly 4
frank about her early life, not only
expressed his admiration, but request !
ed her to marry his son whose rea-
son she had restored
To this she answered, The honor
is very great, but I am a singer, I /
must return to my art
To avoid Auzoleto she fled by night 1
toward Vienna in order to rejoin Por- I
pora- her teacher. COnsuelo reached /
there only to find old Porpora a mas
ter without a school OF pupil
In her attempts 10 secure a position 4
at the Court theater she failed by rea-
son Of the opposition Of the empress
Maria and the enmiuy of Gorilla. her .
bitter rival The corruption, the saw
age hatreds which marked the atmos- !
phere Of the cour- and the theater, I
marriage he had offered.
At last she wrote 10 Albert, eX-
pressing her love for him.
POrpOra. TO whom she gave her let
ter 10 post, burned 1t and wrote one
Of his own to count Christian He
profit by it.
Six weeks passed. Consuelo heard 4
nothing from Albert, and as a sudden
chance TO sing in opera come to her,
she accepted it. Her goodness and
generosity had won even Gorilla. who
yielded her part to her
One day, while rehearsing for Zeno-
bia, her first great part. Consuelo
thought she saw count Albert in the
dark spaces Of the theater, silent, n
mysterious figure
At about this time, baron Trenck,
the notorious pandOur and freeboot-
er, coming to the city. CHANGED to see
COnsuelo, and instantly fell in love
with her, as did all men She was
terrified by his fierce manner and his
disfigured countenauce.
One night he forced his way into
her dressing-room. and pleaded for
her love. He cast magnificent Jewels
at her feet and then in a transport Of