The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-06-19
t. ,.r.nee Or Real Life.---Aa Eventual
~ Remarkable Personal History.

The following marvellous and interesting
.,natiye is given in letter from Paris,
Ia, date OF the 18th of January last.
s,m the correspondent Of the St Louis
Republican
The venerable Abbess of the t'rsuline
7 f.,,ept of \eyere, whose life was, per.
.os one Of the mos, cveptul on record,
III ia las, week, at the advanced age of
ssey.eigh,. For fifty years she had been
N inmate of the Convent, winning the
,,e and respect OF all who approached
her,
In the summer of 1909, there broke out
Paris disease very similar to what l.
ov called cholera. aud which was quite
i. fatal IN It's consequences. Although not
contagious, the immense number of persons
stacked by it, led the people to think it
vas So. aud terror took hold of the minds
fsll Mothers abandoned their children.
wives their husbands, sisters their brothers.
and almost as many persisted by flight as
b, ,be disc BE- itself In two month. thirty.
5se thousand persons were buried IN the
lFrrent burial grounds around the city,
that the physicians and nurses passed with
dlhmlty among the beds. and the demand
for admission WAS So great, that every day
q long file of sick might be seen al The
door. soma supported b, relations, but the
most part living on the ground, waiting until
their turn should come to be admitted but
often before night the half of them were
Al me al hu in
Urinary. As may well he supposed the
task. of ihe phy sicians were no hight ones,
aud finally they were obliged to organize
their labor, aud force themselves to repose
a certain time every day and take the SER
Wee in turns. in order to he able to bear up
under tho extraordinary efforts they were
called upon to make.
ons day. as Young physician, known
20 wears later AZ celebrated DIR. Soulir,
was leaving the hospital to take his turn
Of fepo,e, servant broathl - aud pale, net
him at the gate aud asked him IL he was
q physician The doctor answered Ia she
affirmative, and the mau begged him for
Gods sake. 20 20 to n l.lnse IA The neigh
borhooi and see n sick person. Altbough
against the rule they had established, the
doctor consented, ard was conducted
to the house hv the servant who showed
him into alarge, handsomely furnished room
In this room the doctor remarked first n
tail. handsome woman, with her hair all ia
disorder, and her face pale AS corpse,
standing near and screening child who
las upon sofa Around her was collected
agroup Of twelve Young girls, who looked
10 the doctor to be neatly of the same age
and made him suppose It was boarding.
school. particularly as these young girls all
wore dark green silk dresses and had their
blond hair braided aud tied with blue rib.
bous. he doctor could see no difference
between any
Though honhcd hy the feeling expressed
by this unnatural mother. the doctor tried
moment to persuade her to do something
Tor her child; but finding il useless, aud
seeing that if he letl the little girl III the
house she woud die from neglect, he took
her in his arms. wrapped her in blanket,
aud carried her to the hospital, whore he
was fortunate enough to find vaca i hea
for the little sufferer. The doctor then
made some inquiries concerning her parents
and learned that Monsieur Domergue was
manufacturer of large means, and his
wife really the mother of thirteen children
all daughters, aud duly registered at the
Mayors office a. having been born IN seYen
years.
Six times Madame Domcrgne brought
pair into the world, all wonderfully res
scmbng each other, light hair, blue eyes
fair skin, and sharp features. The mother
adored them, aud her pride aud JOY WAS at
It's climax when she found her family again
abou, to be increased But alas this
time she was disappointed Tor lltue e'fi
arrived, but without any companion ms
alone would have been enough to turn her
mothers heart from her. but besides lhAs
she was entirely different from the twelve
others.
The mother could sec no beauty IN her
clear brunette complexion, her black cu'l>
ing hair, dark eyes, aud exquisite features,
and from the moment of her birth, little
Esther was an isolated being, unlovcd, and
uncared for. While her sisters were dressed
Ia silk, she wore cotton and while they were
ted upon dainty food, she eat with the ser
wants in the kitchen. As she grew she gave
her mother fresh cause for dislike, l1F
whereas her sist~rs were endowed with m
tellects of the most mediocre order, ana
learned the simples, things with the greatest
difficulty, Esther's talents aud quickness oil
perception made her the wonder even OF
her sisters. Seeing this. that her twelve