Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-05-03
What! is il you,' exclaimed shp.

~ sad the young woman, IAN waiting
'or my turn 10 pass 90. an
going to sell my greens and vegetables al
he market
At that moment The wagons began &c
he whip to her horsc, told NJ. de Taley.
rand The name Of the village where she
was living, requested him earnestly Ia
come and see her. disappeared, and left
him as If rivettcd on the spot by this
strange oppariiion.
who was this young market woman
Madamme la Comes.c de 10 Tour tu Pm
Madrmos"le de !l,n*A ilr most ele .
CANT among the ladies Of ,thr Court Of
Louis the Sixteenth. Ku.s Of France, aud
whose moral and lnlcll;Gtual worth bud
shone with SO dazzling a.lu,tre in the So
c'ety OF her numerous friends and admirers
AT the time when the French nobility emf
grated, che was young. lively, endowed
with the most remarkable talents and hike
all The ladies' who held rank at the Cour,,
had only had time to attend to such duties
as b. longed to her high, fashionable and
courilv life.
Let any one fancy the suffcrings and
agony OF that woman born in the lon Of
wealth and who had brcarhcd nothing but
perfumes unde! The guided ceilings of the
Royal Palace Of Versailles, when all a.
once she found herself surrounded with
blood aud mnssacrcs, and saw every kind
"' danger besetllng her young and beloved
husband, and her infant chld.
they succeeded IN flying from France.
IL was then good for'une to escape from
The bloody land where Robespcrrc and h,
associates were busy at he work of death
Alas! IN those times of terror the poor
children themselves abandoned with low
The poren'ol roof. for no hiding place wa,
secure against the vigIant eye of those
monsters who thirs,ed for innocent blood
The fugitives landed in America, and
first went to Boston, where thew found n
retreat. But what a change for The Young.
pretty and fashionable lady. spoiled iron,
infancy by lond and continual praises Of her
beauty and iaIeuIs!t
Mons. de la Tour du Pin was extrava
ean'Iy fond Of his wife. At The Court of
France he had seen her. with The proud
eye of husband, The object of general ad
mralion; indeed her conduct had always
been v'r'uous aud exemplary; bu, now in
a foreign land. and among unsophs,icated
republicans (I893) what was the use of
cour''y '"tnemen's? A thorough knowl
edge Of La Bonne Fermiere' Of Pormcn.
'ier seemed TO him quite preferable %
rondeau of ClementLI or La CoqueHe Of
Hermann
Happy as he was in seeing her essSpc
from all The perIIs he had DIR, aided on her
own account, still he could not but deplore
the future lot of the wife of his bosom.
However. with the pruden, foresight of a
good father and kind husband, he nerved
himself agalns' despair und excr,ed himself
to render their condition less miserable
than that of many emlgrans who were
starving when the little money thew had
Brought over with them was exhausted
Not word of English did he know, but
his wife spoke 1t fuen,y and admirably
well.
They boarded at Mrs. Mullcr's, n oood
na'uted notable woman, who, on cvery
OCCASION evlnced the greatest re,pec, md
admiration for her fair hoarder: vet NJ. d.
10 Tonrdn Pm. was in constant dread les,
the conversation of that good PLAIN and
well meaning woman might be the cause
OF great cnnu to his lady. What n con
iraSt with the society Of such gentlemen
MS NJ. de Norbonne. NJ. &c TaIIeyrand, and
the h'ghmlnded aud polished nobility of
France! Whenever he was thinking oC
tins sad Transaction (par' icularly when alb
sent from his wife. and Ill'ng The garden of
the cottage which they were gong to in
hab'' he felt such pangs and heau.lhrob
ings as TO make hun apprehcnslve on his
return to Mrs, Muller to meet the looks uC
his behaved WIFI, whom he cxpecrad IN 500
ba'hrd IN tears Mean while his GOOD
hostess would give hun a hearty shake Of
The hand and repeat To him, Happy hus.
band! Happy hu-band'
Al last came The day when the fugitive
family leti the boarding house Of Mrs Mul
Ter to g" aud lnhabu their little cottage,
when they were to be at eust exemp, from
want, with an only servant. n negro. kind
OF Jack % all trades. viz. gardener. foot.
man and cook. The last iunc,,on NJ do
Ia Tour.cu Pin dreaded most of all ia 500
h,m undertake,
il was almost dinner time. The poor
"m'srant went INTO his lIule garden to
gather some fruits and tarripd as long as
possible On his return home, his wife
vas absent; looking for her he entered the
kitchen, and saw ayoung counrrywoman,
who, with her back 10 the door, was kncod
ing the dough her arms of q snowy white.
ness were bare to the elbows. Nj de Ia
Tour du'P'n started; the young woman
turned round. 1t was his beloved wife
who had exchanged The muslin and six for
q country dress, not Us for fancy bail, bn,
to play the part of real farmers wife
Al the sight of her husband her checks
crms"ned. and she joined her hands in n
'np?l'ca''ng manner. On! my love- said
size. do not laugh at me. amos
expert as Mrs. Muller
Too full of emotions 10 speak, hc clasps her
TO his bosom. and kisses her fcrvenly, From
his inquiries no learns that when no thought
her given up 10 despair, shc had employed