The Express.
London, England, 1858-10-16 00:00:00

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LONDON. SATUJI.D.AY, OCT. le.

SPORTL'O3

4 SPECIAL EDITION of the *EXPRESS,"
sentaining the results of the day's Hanes, is pub-
lished every evening daring the Sporting Season, at
ins o'eleeL

THE diligence of our Paris c3rrespondent enabled
us yesterday to lay before our readers one of
those romances of real life which abundantly illus-
trate the trite adage that truth is stranger than fic-
tion. From time immemorial, in matters of love sad
matrimony, the daughters of Albion have been
represented as the prey of the foreign spoiler; it is
the " sallow sublime sort of Weather faced man" who,
in the " Fudge family " or oat of it, has been fatal to
the peace of the Br i tiah spinster. The "blanche Meese'
is the legitimate victim of gentlemen copious in beard.
rich in ribands and crosses, but scantily furnished
with cash balances at their bankers. This time the
tables are turned, the wrongs of British womanhood
are avenged, and we behold a Gallic gentleman be-
coming the prize of an English adventuress.
The facts of the came, when eliminated from the
mass of irrelevancy with which it is the nature of •
French process to encumber them, are somewhat as
follows. Miss Auce Km= B— is the heroine
of the tale, and M. Caitat Da X— its hero. For
some mysterious reason the parties throughout are
only designated by the initials of their SHTIMMOIL
As B." may gaits as probably stand for Brows
Cr Butcher as for Belgracs or BlllaNlOnf, the
lady, it may be, is a gainer by this reticence.
Let us call her " ELLEN," and her lover " Caen."
In the autumn of 1866 Madame C—, a resi-
dent in Pan, came with her husband to Ladbory, in
Worcestershire. ELLEN'S father was, and it seems
still is, a small farmer, occupying land in the neigh-
bourhood of that town. That they were people of
✓officiently humble position is plain, from the fact
that one sister was barmaid at an inn in Worcester,
and another in service with a private family in the
same town. Madame C—,an invalid, wanted • com-
panion: ELLEN was recommended for the place, and
proving qualified, returned with Madams C— to
Pao, where she remained till October, 1867. It
was in the lane of that year that she
first saw M. CHEW. CHERI was the only
child of a gentleman of ancient family who owned
land in the immediate neighbourhood of the old
capital of Basra. The grandfather of Carat was
physician to Loots XVI. ; his uncle, in the days
before the great Revolatioe, had been an officer in
the body-glutei of CHARLES X.—then M. D'ARTOII.
Tlie family was better than the estate. A chateau,
120 acres of land, including woods and vineyards
that yielded annually 70 barrels of wine--such wee
the property of the old Bearnois gentlemen. Cesar,
the hops of the homes, had been well educated : the
bar was his profession, the post of boss-Prebt the
ultimate bound of has ambition, and the not impro-
bable reward of his industry. Such were the parties.
In June, 1867, they first met. It was the day tithe
Psis Diets at Pan. Sines that Easter-morning when
Prraeace at Avignon first beheld his LansA—aad
long before—the festivals of the Church have boa
the trystiog-time for lovers. CHEM going to
Madame C—'s to wittiest' the procession tom a
window, saw the young English dome ds coteposetis,
was introduced, and fell in love. It was a genuine
peatioe—of that there can be no doubt. As lite. as
ELLEN. remained in Pan the lovers met fro.l
gauntly, almost daily. When, in the Osesior
of 11187, the girl retuned to Ledbery, ea active
eorrespoadesce was kept sp. C=wt's peed= grew
with absence he sold ao longer comsat his attach-
mot fans lie father, and dotted his ermssat to the
salon. This exist the aid gentismalt naturally
enough declined to give, till medalled me to the lady's
mesas sad position. Cuaat's readier/6er was
deputed to sake the seesseary inquiries. The
letter which she wrote to the young lady is a model
at polite yet beeisees-like frankors. The easel
petition of her grandson is stated with entire
aareserve, sad • similar coandemos is ow.
gemmed in roan. This request was eseiplied
with and this frolumes responded to, by a letter
which was a very mameopieee of fraad—a Owe et
heal lies from one sad es the other. This daughter
of • small Linear, with ems shear • Issermaid sad
the other • barmaid, with as property in the world,
and no expectations except &probable loges, ef BOL,
soured the rook lady, by return of pest, that she
had 4,0001. is reedy money—a gado sad two
holds which would sell toe 9001. mere•—• loge kr-
lame coming boa an aunt—three sidles, all
well married, co to a physician, tmeethier
to • barrister, and a third to a chemist
bee /nosiest, she added, was ell ready, nothing
was voila, except that bar beloved CHEW
shall amt at saes to England and make her his.
?hem 'Luanda sad wicked lase were believed. The
eld rattlers wee ratified: Carat started flu
Mistimed with • friend, who, Eke Wong wag utterly
[gamut of the Leagnage. The silage wee sale-
beetled at Ledbiary with tempering splendour. The
Worcester barmaid sod the physician's wife with
brilliant success, and took the young couple to and
from church in her own carriage—in all probability
the surreptitious loan of the ostler. An odd little
circumstance occonred with regard to the par-
son's fees. They were paid by a cheque on
COUITS'e signed by ELLan only. The cheque was

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