Madame Donatelli is no Dago, and she's not dead.
She was a Georgia girl herself--Alice Strowbridge was her name, and she had naturally a wonderful voice.

She went to Paris and Italy to study long before I came out West.

She first sang in Milan, and her appearance was a big success.

She's made thousands and thousands of dollars." "About how old is she ?" asked Tom Osby.
"I should think about thirty-five," said Dan Anderson.

"That is, countin' years, and not experience." "I'm just about forty-five," said Tom, "countin' both." "Well, she came from Georgia--" "And so did I," observed Tom Osby, casually.
Dan Anderson was troubled.