The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-02-21
ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE The sale of the

n France, as well as that of the wo Id OF
politics, and that of galantry, which they
have SO long swayed. The purchaser of
this vast conceri is Madame -, to
whom it was knocked down after the warm
est competition on the part of sor;e of the
greatest mill owners in Europe. "he
history of this lady is perhaps one of
greater interest than that OF many of the
wisest men. and bravest conquerers OF the
Garth; exhibiting, moreover in French e'e-
ment of character in its most striking and adj
light.
"MIdame l., was the daughter OF
a merchant at Versailles, and when still
very young was married TO Catalan officer !
in the service of Don Carlos. During the
whole Of the disastrous war, which preceded
the entire defeat of the Pretender, ana his |
final expulsion from Spain, nj dame L.
followed the fortunes of her husband and it
was doubtless during this time of hardship
and danger, that both mind and body. be-
came fortIfiedto the task "hich was subse-
quently imposed upon her. During one Of
the SIX finishes in the mountains, her huSba ID
was shot. Mad me l. with her own
hand dug his grave. and fled alone with her
two children into the deepest solitude. She
well knew that neither her sex nor her for
rign birth would have saved her from the
iaie of all connected i,h the fortunes of
Don Carlos.
The peasants of the district although des-
titute as herseli, We're less t. rocio's thdn the
soldiers oi Der ma esty, aud 5 'e took shelter
in the ruins OF an old convent, siiulted on
deep arcliviiy, frcqu nted only by the shep-
herds who came from the val.ey below to
tend th,i. hucks. Wood was the cniy COM
f,rt whic' could b., h ,d during the long and
dreary winter; vi this Madame l., un-
aided laid in a good supply. d attending
to the sheep, and stubng them through the
night, she obtained y scauty crust or herself
and milk for her children without c. st.
"In little while the Inconvenience and
loss of time occasioned by the obligation IL
as end the mountain on the "art Oh the no
men, when employed in bringing food or me =
sascs 10 their husbands, led her t. OFF, 10
share her refuge with the poor lemAle pea
SAINTS during the day The great reicctory
OF the convent Was soon cleared uut by bel
, industrious hands. AMI presently each morn
ing b held the arrival of the whole village III
at the convent where it was found by the
women far mere cheerful and pleasant t
I'll and spin the livelJng day. in comp NV. IL
, a large, and Try. sel warmed hall, and Il
, see the rhilcrrn merry with their playmate
: than TO pass the time in dreary watching To
the husbands return, each one in her SOLITARY
= h vel, worried with the cries of hungry Id
. rem, and prevented from wUrkng by the ddi
ly ,nrney up to the mountains. The onl
remuneration which Madame L--receiv
ed for many months rom each of her guest
was weekly handful vt spun WOOL, who
y she would s. II now and theu at the neares
town.
: ally degrees. and by dint of Management
and industry, sh was enabled To purchas
;, or herself the raw woA of the shepherds
u AMI to beg Ter work instead Of materials fror
:, their wives. Before the summer was owe
u she hid already contracted Tor the labor c
most OF her er!sgses and .e w the yf5K mex
I was one OF immtnse prosperity in The vii
= age."
mo longer forced to wend thei. wear
way 10 the town, IN search of q precariou
SAFE oil the produce Of their labor, nor up tn
coid mountains to bear provision for thei
husbands, the women found u buyer 'nr rh
W ole oi their stock in the person of NJ .dam
: L' who during the second year OF h
establishment in the convent was en.bla
u take journey to the frontier, ard Their,
to contract with one of the greatest WOO
K buyers in France, f,r the produce Of he
J, next winters spIuning. In three years IN.
Old convent OF F--was found cunv,r,e,
into a spinning factory; in fine, it was re-
aowned throughout the commerce of tbt
north Tor the beauty and iinness % f Is produce
and at this day it is the most important n,
thriving establishment Of the kind i'm al
Sp in.
"3ladame L-has four of these urea,
factories constantly empl ycd in the ctun.
Try, seven'f diverse dimensions i'm Frapce
oes des several fax and cotton mills in Bel.
gum. to which by her late purchase, she
mas added the most important in that n rdom
ohe Is now one of the most wealthy indus
trial capitalists of Europe. She is cou-teJ
ana appl-udrd ass ciates wit, the bghest
individuals in everv Country she visits: i the
gust OF sovere gus when treating CONNER
ciai matters vi imp rtanre. She pos. eses
10 The full extent, the influence she desires
ana deserves, ard yet she has retained the
simplicity of tastes she had a ouired Will.
siid'in- the adverse fortunes OF b n N band
and e only self n luxury in which she has
INDUCED since her acquisition of wealth is
the IN igniticent monument OF white marble
which greefs the ustonished eyes of The tray
eirr IN one of the widest and most SOFT ,rv
passes M ar Probeda, and recur s. in letters
o: gold, tn in that spot is bured LAGo
L.. aged 27 ye RS, who fell in the ser.
Vice OF his country"
LADY OFrTcER.-Jean Paul says that
lady ffic, r, il he want d 10 Civ the word
halt, would do it in this strain: You sol il .rs
all of you, now mind, order you, as soon as I
h We finished speaking, TO -tand i'll, every
one of you on the spo. where you happen 10
be; don't you hear me! Halt say, all of
you"
Now MonSie ur Jean, it was an uniucky day
you wrote that srnlehcr. May you never hear
any hing but that little con,is word N, from
every rosy pyou meet between this AID your