Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1833-1844, 1839-09-07
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wagons, at lonoed with vegetables. Tho Willy
courier generally so dead 10 The emotion, could
not bat look with kind DC pleasure at these wag
ons' and Che little wagoneEp, who, BY the BY, we're
young and pretty county women. Suddenly tho
vehicles came q q stand and fne eyes Of III. de-
Talleyrand Glanced to resi- upon ono Of the Young
women Who appeared more Iovey and graceful
Than the others, An exclamation escaped from
his lPs-it attracted the attention Of The fair one
whose country dress and largo hat bespoke daily
visits 70 the Market as she beheld The asIonished
Ialeyrand, whom she recognised Immediately,
burst out laughing.
aWhal Is It youlD exclaimed she.
here7D
Fl" SAID The young woman, II AN waiting for
my turn to pass on.
! am going to sellmy green's and vegetables at
the market.
AT that moment the wagons began to move a.
long, she Of the straw hat applied the whip 10 her
horse, told M. de TaIleyrand the name Of the vii.
lage where she lived, requested him earnestly
g come and see her disappeared, and lefe him as
il ryetted on the spot, by this strange appariiion
Who was this young market womanl Madame
Ia Comtesse de la Tour-du-Pin, (Madamoisee
de Eillont the most elegant among the ladies Of
the Court of Louis, the Sixteenth King Of France,
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so dazzling luslre in the society Of her numerN
GUS friends & admirerers; Atthe Tins when the
French nobility emigrated, she was young and
lively, endowed with the most remarkable talents.
and like all the ladies' who held a rank at the
court, had only time to attend 10 such duties as
belonged 10 her high fashionable and counly life.
Let any one fancy the sufferings and agony Of
that woman, born in the lap of wealth, and who
had breathed nothing but perfumes under tho gil-
ded ceilings Of the Royal Palace Of Versailles
when all at once she found herself surrounded
with bIood and massacres, and saw every kind Of
danger besetting her young and beloved husband,
and her infant child.
They succeeded ia flying from France. II was
their good fortune TO escape from the bloody land
whore they were busy with the work Of death.
Alasl in those times Of terror, the poor children.
themselves abandoned with Joy, the parental roof,
for no hiding place was secure against the vigilent
eye Of those monsters who thirsted for innocent
blood.
The lugitiyes landed in America, and first went
TO Boston, where they found retreat. But what
change for the young, pretty ana fashionable
laay: sHc e:.ca from Infancy by loud and continual
praise Of her beauty and lalentsl RI,
Mons de Ia TOur-du-Pin was exlrayagantly
fond of his wife, AT the Court of France he had
seen her with The proudeye Of husband, the
object OF general admiration, indeed her conduct
always had been virllrous and exemplary; but now
in foreign land, and among The tinsophisticated
Republicans, (l794) what was the use Of coury
! relinements9 A thorough knowledge Of "La
Boone FARMER" OF Pafmentier seemed to him
quite preferable to a roudeau Of Clement; or "LG
COgaetls" Of Hermann.
Happy as he was in seeing her escape from all
the peTils he had dreaded on her own account,
4 still he could NOT but deplore the future LOT of
wife of his bosom. However, with prudent tore
sight of good father and kind husband, he nerv>
ed himself against despair and exerted himself to
render their condition less miserable than that of
many emigtanls who we're starving when the little
money they had brought over with them, was OK.
hausted. Not word Of English did he know,
but his wife spoke il fuently and admirably well
4 They boarded at Mrs. Muer's, good nalur-
ed, well-meaning woman,,who. on every occasion,
evinced the greatest respect and admiration for her
fair boarder. yet NJ. de Ia TOur>dup was in con
slant dread. lest the conversation of that good,
plain, and wel-meaniDg womar, might be tho
cause Of great ennu to ihis lady What cons
fast with the society Of such gentleman as NJ.
de NoTbonne, 10. de Taeyrand, and the high
minded and polished nobility Of France! When
ever ne was thinking Of his sad transition, Tparti-
WhVA oV1gub from MS WtIes ana Iiu9 tue
garden ofthe cottage which they were going to inS
habit) he fess such Pangs and heart ihrobbngs as
TO make dim appFehensive on his return to Mrs.
Mailer, 10 meet the looks Of his beloved wife,
whom he expected to sec bathed in tears. Mean
while. his good hostess would give hima good
shake by The hand, aud repeat to him, "Happy
husband happy husband!'
At last came the day when the fugitive family
! left the boarding. house Of Mrs. Muller 10 90 and
inhabit their little cottage, where they we're to be
at least exempt from want, with an only servant,
/ negro, kind Of Jack-o.all trades; namely, gard.
ener, Iootman and cook. The last function Nj
do Ia Tour-du-Pin dreaded most Of all to see him
undertake.
II was almost dinner time. The poor emigraDt
went Into his little garden to gather some fruits, s.
larried as long as possible. On his return home
bis wife was absent, looking for her he entered
tho kitchen, saw young country woman wiao will
D her back 10 the door was heading the dough, he
$ arms Of snowy Wilderness. was bar to the ell
; bows. NJ. du la TourAdu-pih started. the young
s woman turned round. II was his beloved wife
: who had exchanged Der mnsligs and silk, for a
country dress, not for fancy ball, but 10 play The
n Dart Of a real farmers wife. Al the sight of heI
!. husband, her cheeks crimsoned and she pointed
! her hhnds 10 supplicating manner, "Oh, my
= love. said she, s.dont laugh at me.
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