Paris, Dec. 23.
The great French composer Saint-Saéns, whose death, at the great age of 86, has taken place at Ugiers, was the hero of a singular adventure more than 30 years ago. One day he found himself tired of success, tired of adulation and in great need of a complete change. He made up his mind to disappear completely for a time, and he did it very thoroughly. In those happy days people could travel freely without passports and vises, and so Saint-Saéns, after drawing Frs. 10,000 from his banker, simply went' off into the unknown. Neither his relatives nor his friends nor even his servant knew what had become of him. Inquiries were made privately, and as they gave no result, the family hired detectives to trace the missing composer.
In the meantime, a steamer had
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