Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-09-26
MISFORTUNES AND, EXILE EN-
NORIED s

From the French Madame D'Aubrantes.
In 1893, M. DeTalleyrand was in Bos-
ton. One day while crossing the markets
place, he was compelled to stop by a. long
row of wagons all laden with vegetables.
The willy courier, generally so dead to eiio-
ton, could not but look with kind of plea-
sure at these Wagons, and the little wag-
oners, who by-,he-bys, were young and
pretty country-woman. Suddenly the ve-
hicIes came to a stand, and the eyes Of M
de Talleyrand CHANGED to rest upon one Of
the young woman who appeared more love-
ly and graceful than the others. An exc
ciamation escaped from his lips--it attract
ted the attention of the fair sne, whose
country dress and large hat bespoke daily
visits to the market, as she beheld the as
tonished Talleyrand, whom she recognized
Immediately, burst out laughing. haAt
"Wha;! is it you;'' exclaimed she. si+.t
Eyes. indeed, it is ). Blu. you, what
are you doing heie?','' :. &
T-said the young woman, II am wait-
ing for my turn to pass on. am going to
sell my green's and vegetables at the mar
ket." ,1 ~ Les
At that moment the wagons began to
move along, she of the straw hat applied
the whip to her horse told Monsieur de Tall
leyrand the name of the village where she
was living, requesting him earnestlyto come
and see her, disappeared, and left him as if
riveted on the spot BY this strange aPpara-
ton. tl2
WHO was this young market woman e.
Madame la Comiesse de la Tour-du-Pin,
(Mademoiselle de Dillion) the most elegant
among the ladies' Of the court of Louis the
sixteenth, king of France, and whose NOR
al aud intellectual worth had shone with so.
dangling lustre in the society of her NUM-
erous friends and admirers. At the time
when the French nobility emigrated, She
Was young, lovely, endowed with the most
remarkable talents, and like all the ladies'
who held rank at the Court, had time to
attend TO such duties only, as belonged to
her highly fashionable and courtly life.
Let any one fancy the sufferings and ago
ny Of that woman, born, IN the lap of wealth.
aud who had breathed nothing but perfumes
under the glded ceilings of the royal pal
ace Of Versailles, when all at once she
found herself surrounded by blood and
massacres, and saw every kind of danger
besetting her yo dng and beloved husband,
and her infant child, ,..,s.-s1
They succeeded in flying from France ;,
1t WAS their good fortune to escape from
The bloody land where Robesplerre and his
associates were busy at the times Of terror
the poo, children themselves abandoned
with Joy the parental roof, for no hiding
place was secure against the vigilapteye
those monsters who thirsted for innocent
blond. . 81 esass9sf
The fugitives landed in America, and
first went to Boston, where they found a. re-
treat. But what change, for the young,
pretty, and fashionable lady. spoiled from
infancy by loud and continual praises Of,
her beauty and her talenis ailss
Mons, de la Tour-du-Pin was exsrava.
gantly fond of his wife. At the court Of
France he had seenher with the proud eye.
of husband, the object of general admira-:
ton; indeed, her conduct had been always
virtuous and exemplary; but now, in t0s-