The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-09-08
A THRILLING STORY.
THE WO STU DEN rs,
oR-MAN's LOVE.

IN ~ appears under the unpreten0lng Title OF an
epistle to the Editor
Mon cher Ami Louis Gaylord: Let me have
aprose sketch, not a serial; something complete
ia one number These were your very wcrds,
as you took my hand the other morning, and
pressed peremptory confirmation ofyour WISH
6. AS though an article can be served up TO
oTler like beef-steak al Downing's or friosn-
deau at Delmonico's. But why not7 Why
should not your author obey orders as well as his
betteTs' Forgive this mOmentary impulse of re-
bellion. Already it doth repent me. While your
words are still in my ears, I cry: 'COming-com.
ing, sir
You and have had before now a good many
discussions together, upoa good many different
subjects. Sometimes they have assumed g Sc.
rious phase, sometimes they were lively, some
times sentimental, sometimes mstter-of-fact;
but, TO me, always agreeable.
You VIII bear me witness how invariably |
have defended our sex Il take it for granted your
readers will understand me as speaking in the
masculine genderD against that sickening senti.
mental cant which is forever crying up the
wrongs and silent endurance OF injured woman,
and the Inconsistency and sel6shness Of 'tyrant
man There is too a class of poets and roman
cers, among whom by the way, are many dis
tinguished names, who invariably use for a
stock IN trade such profound wstchwords as
the following: with man, love is pastime;
with woman, her very existence 'Man gives to
woman has leisure, woman gives TO man heI
Hfei' Man is inconstant; woman is tue
When hear such apothegms daily repeated,
and the changes rung upon them over and over
again, lal this being predicated ofman because
he IS man, and Of woman because she is wo-
mani am ready to exclaim, with the clear
hearted BuTchell, 'Fudge'
Now l believe that the Deity made man as
true Of heart, as earnest In his love, as devoted
in his attachment, as woman. The Scripture
records that in the image Of Con created he him;
male and female created he hsmS and surely
that work must have been well done which Con
himself pronounced VERY goodr
That man has more 10 occupy and distract his
attention; hat he is, in majority of cases, con-
tinually engaged in a struggle with need, and in
consequence, that his affections are less seldom
fixed than those Of woman, is trle enough On
the contrary, the life Of woman, as society is
constituted, is calculated to give TO herlmpulses
q dollhouse growth, Il say nothing of the direc-
tonD 50 that love with her becomes neither a
healthful passion nor & refined friendship, but
simply a feversh longing, derived from that
strange heart-yacancy which every young girl,
after reaching certain period, is sure to expe-
nence.
II al this period, some natural and agreeable
occupation should be provided, which should
serve TO keep both the mind and the heart in a
healthful tone; If man could be less engrossed
with cares and woman less withholding,
believe broken hearts would be nearly equally
divided between the two sexes.
The following brief story presents a case of
devotion on the part of man worthy of record.
] was an eye witness Of what l relate and
Methinks hear you interupting with: why
don't you hurry up thati'-when at once clap
my article on the Tablespoons sketch, Sir,-not
a serial, something complete in one number
hotp
In the year 1851 was attending medical lee
lures in Paris. The revolution which made
Louis Philippe King of the French had subsl-
ded. The city was quiet, except when disturb
ed by occasional plots against the kings life,
manifested by the letting or OF pistols, bIunder-
buses and internal machines in a way that
none but Frenchmen know how 10 appreciate.
There were at that time in Paris an unusual
number Of students; ] suppose between twenty
and twenty-five thousand. These were made
up from almost every country upon the face Of
the globe. Nearly all Of them had apartments
eur PGHtTe cote dE Seine in the part denomi-
mated The Students Quarter Although they |
formed in a measure community Of their own, |
still it must not be supposed thatit was precise
ly similar TO a community OF German students;
far from il. For while the size and immense re- |
sources Of Paris presented continual and varied |
temptations for the idler and the pleasure-seek-
CT, and the excitement of politics tyoar student /
is always true republican, gave a zest TO the
Life even Of the most studious, they served at the
came time to break down that barrier which al. |
ways stands, as an absolute barricade, between |
the students in German universities and the |
outside world. Therefore in Pans there was |
more Of refined debauchery, i'm the universities
more out and out, daredevil dissipation and
hardwood; in Pans more intrigue, an occasion
a. asssssiastioR and few duels, in the univer-
cities less intrigue, no ssssssinations, and half
sozen duels per diem.-The morals Of the stu
dents generally were bad-depIorably bad. With
comparatively few exceptions, each student liv.
ed with his Elaitresse, who, besides being his
faithful and attached 'frend,' Il use the parlance
Of the town. performed the part Of his house
keeper, saw 10 the preparation of his cafe. and
looked kindly after his wardrobe. These ALLAN.
ees sometimes continued for years, with fidelity
upon both sides; but it is not my purpose to go
into any detail Of what has so often been spoken
Of. only sllude to it here, to make my story
ineligible.
Ny lodgings were in the Rue d. Rnter; several
acquaintance had apartments in the same place. I,
Most OF US attended upon the same lecturers and
walked the same hospitals.
Directly across the street stood an antiousted
even for the Rue d. Enfer-stone bouse. on I
which had never seen plscarded 'apaytsmenssa !.
'ose'' but where lived pale, slender, sad.look.