THE ROMANCE OF AN OPAL NECKLACE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 58, 1 March 1876, Page 4

THE ROMANCE OF AN OPAL NECKLACE.

Mariette Remy, a beautiful girl, who had led a rather gay life, died in Paris the other day. She was known among her friends as Opal, from the fact that she always wore a very handsome opal necklace. This necklace was given her by her first lover, who at the time said, " You know that opals are gems wbich live. My fate is inseparable from these. When you see them become dull and die, I, too, shall be at the point of death." One day tbey thought they were weary of each other and they separated. But, after he had gone, Mariette found tbat her love for him was still ardent, and she sought to recall him. It was too late ; he had left the country. She consoled herself, however, by looking at her necklace and saying — " The opal still lives. I shall see bim again." But about a month since the opals began to grow dull. Theo, one by one, they lost all their lustre and became dead. A few days ago but one remained, and that gave only a faint reflection. "He is about to die, thought Mariette. She fell into profound melancholy, and said, ''Then I, too, must die." And when one evening the lost opal gave its last gleam, she took poison and died. The sume day this telegram from Luchon reached Paris — "Paul Borday, ill here for some time back, died yesterday," Paul Dorday was Mariette's lover.