Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-04-11

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4 Elizabeth was forty and little passed
but she still had pretensions, and was par
| ticularly fond ofbcauty in her atte ndants
female as we'll as male. HeT faVorite
Of her personal suite, al The time Of the
arrival ofthe Marquis, was an exquisite
little creature who had been sent TO heT,as
a compliment 10 this particular taste, by the
Duchess Of OfMecklenburg Stelits-a kind
of German t,FenelIa" or "MignOn," by
the name Of Nadege Stein. Not much
below the middle size, Nadege was a
model ofsymmetrical proportion and Oi
very extraordinary beauty. She had been
carefully educated forths present sitna-
ton, and was highly accomplished; a fine
reader, and singularly sweet musician and
dancer. The tzarine's passion for this
lovely attendant was excessive, and the
arrival Of new fav oriie ofths same sex,
was looked upon with some pleasure by
the echpsed remainder Of the palace
| idlers. ,-H
Elizabeth summoned Nsdege, and com.
mitted Msdemoiselle Beaumont tempos
rarily to her charge; but the sane mysie-
riOus magnetism which had reached the
heart Ofthe 'zarine, seemed TO kindle,
quite as promptly, the affections of her
attendant. Nadege was no sooner alone
with her new friend, than she jumped to
her neck ,smnothered her with her kisses,
called 6er by every endearing epilhet,
and overwhelmed her with questions, min.
gled with the most child like exclama.
lions Of wonder at her own inexplIcable
love for d stranger. n .4t'+
In an hour, she had shown to the new
demOiselle all the conteuts Of the little
boudoir in which she lived, talked TO her
OF her loves and hates at the Rassia
court: of her home in Mecklenburg, an d
her present situation, in short poured out
her heart with the nair sbandon of
child. The young Marquis had never
seen so lovely creature; and response.
Bile as he felt his difficult and delicate
situation, he returned the affection SO in
nocently lavished upon him, and by the
end of this 6rst fatal hour, was irrevoea<
bly, in love. And gay as this life had been
at The French court, it was the first, and
subsequently proved to be the deepest,
passion Of his life. ~-' '>e 4
On the tzatine's return TO her private
apartment, she summoned her new fa-
vorite, and superintended, with cOnde.
scending solicitude, the arrangements
for palace lodging. Nadege inhabited q
small tower adjoining the bedroom Of her
mistress, and above this was an unoccu-
pied room, which, at the pressing Sug-
gestiOn of the fairy little attendant, was
allotted to the new conner. The stair
case opened by one door into the private
gardens, and by the opposite, into the
corridor leading Immediately to the inns
periaI chamber. The Marquis's delicacy
would fain have made some objoc-
tion to this very intimate loca-
lion: but he could hazard nothing against
the interest Of his sOvereign,and he!trust<
ed 10 speedy termination ofhis disguise
with the attainment Of his object. Mean
while. the close neighborhood of the fair
Nadege, was not the most ihtolerable of
necessities.
The Marquis's task was avery difficult
one, He was instructed before abandon.
ing bis disguise and delivering his secret
dispatcher TO awake The interest OF the
tzarine on the two subjects to which the
documents had reference iViz: . fermer.
partially Of her Msjesty for Louis, and a
formerly discussed PROJECT ofsetting the
Prince de- CounliOu on thethrOne ofPoIand.
BesiGche # had so long succeeded in cut
EriDg off all approach Ofthose topics to the
,zarine, that her Majesty had probably
forgotten them altogether. sa
Weeks passed, aud the opportunities
| 10 broach these delicate subjects had
been nauspiClously rare. MSdemoiselle
de Beaumont, it is true, had completely
ecIpsed ,he favorite Nadegs; and Eliza
beth, ia her hours ofTelaxation from stat4
affairs, exacted the constant attendance
/ Of the new tavor:ie in her private apart'
ments. But The almost constant pres
; ence Of some other Of the maids Of hon
or, opposed continued obstocles and In
terruplions, and the tzarine herself wa
not always disposed to talk Of natter
) more serious than the current trifles o
the hour. She was extremely indOlel
: in her personal habits; and often reclin
ing at length upon cushions on the foo
q Of her boudOir, she laid her imperial hea
d in tbelap of the embarrassed demoisellC
9 and was soothed to sleepby reading an
I the bathing Of her temples. And durin
n this period she exaeted frequently, wit
{, q kind Of instructive mistTust, promise
y Of continuance for life ID her person
sf service. sle g.s
], But there we're sweeter hcuTs'for the eI
I, incurred G. Chetardie than passed ID ii
e presence Of bic partial and imperial nj
d iresn Epcircled By ssnslnvis and guari
). ed from all Intrusion Of other ewes,
Ie the inyOIahle sanctuary OF royalty d
~ haaufifnl HadeoA. iYnBnssi0ns3 she kne