Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1883 — A Noble Deed. [ARTICLE]

A Noble Deed.

Mlle. Anne Dronsert, a promising pupil of the Conservatoire, was sitting one morning at her window, in the Rue Sertier, when a poor woman came along the street, singing in a low and broken voice, in the hope of earning a few -sous. Her glance was directed pitifully tbward the houses on, either side, but the windows all remained closed, and the much-needed help came net. She turned sorrowfully away to try her fortune in another quarter, but the aching limbs refused to carry her further, and the poor wretch sank down On the pavement. It was but the work of a moment for Anne Dronsert to fly down the stairs to the succor of her unfortunate sister, to raise her from the ground, and to read starvation plainly written on her wan features. Money She had none to give—her own studies and the necessities of daily life absorbed the whole of her little pittance —but she took the woman’s hand in hers, and, with the full force of her young voice, woke the echoes of the street with one of the airs which had so often won the admiration of the pro-

feasors at the Conservatoire. Like magic, the windows on all sides flew open, and at the conclusion of the song a shower of silver pieces rained down, until at last the poor woman was sent on her way with a sum of 70 francs in her pocket. It reads almost like a tale of Ouida’s, but it is a true story for all that, and when the name of Dronsert becomes as famous as that of Nilsson or Tietjens, this little act of charity may, perhaps, commend itself to the army of her admirers and biographers.