Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-08-22
Lost and Found, the Luck of q Beautiful Girl
In Paris.

Especial Correspondence the New Orleans Picayune
PARIS, June 10, 1854.
have acquainted you more than once with the
passage of the numerous and rapidly succeed
ing hordes of Germans through Paris on tho way
to the great West, via Hayre. Scarcely dly,
certainly not week, passes away, that some
throng OF those uncouth, weather beaten, poverty
stricken SaAons may not be SEN roaming about
the streets, or in the pubic gardens, taxing last
glancs at tn, wonders Of the old, before seeing
the wonders Of the new world Some hve years
ago, and when these eXpe iitions were not 50 per-
fectly organic I'll rs they now are, young girl,
about fourteen years Old, attracted by the contents
of the splendid shop windows, was separated from
her companions, ami at every attempt she made
to reioin them plunged herself more inextricably
IN the intricate web Of streets which distinguished
Paris even more formerly than ROW, when an En-
peror and pckaxes radically changing the to-
pography OF the city. Night came on, and she
was more perplcXed than ever. She found it I'M
possible 10 make herself understood, for cvca had
she been so fortunate as accidentally TO hit uroA
som, one who coGll comp ehend the provincial
dialect she spoke she would have found il more
difficult TO got his ear; there are SO many inpos-
tors III Paris and so sturdy is their begging, the
most generous OF us are bat too apt 10 eNclaim
with the gentleman on the Boulevard. who, when
stopped by an elderly womln, with 40. Gods
sake, Monsieur" replied, "fll give You my at
tenton, but d-n Inc if give YOU anything else"
iempts to get a hearing and to make herself UNI
derstood. When the clock struck the hour when
the train Of ears vas 70 leave Paris for Havre
with her companions. she felt such utter despair
at the help.ossaess Of her position, she gave hys
tercal scream, and fell helpless in the street,
She vas Immediately surrounded bya crowd, and
taken up. y carriage passing by stopped: Il lady
put her head out of the window, and asked the
cluse OF tn. assembage. ~ young girl has
fallen down from nanitoN, | believe; she GER
tanly looks yciy pale and exhausted was the
reply. Bring hes to my carriage" was the lady's
reply, sand run for doctor; here's my address,
/ live near here"
She took the Young girl in her carriage and
drove er home. where she was surrounded with
every attention and pat t. bed. " han she recov-
Gel her 8. she was Que TONED, and she re-
piled in her native dialect, whc no one under
stood. Tho doctor came, examined her and pre-
scribcd one OF those iunumerable tiSanes which
they. give in every disease. from yellow fever 10
aushel face. The poor girl was burning with
fever, and after the first glow OF the fever was to
some d-greo cooled, overcome with fatigue ami
the harrass;ng emotions Of the day, she sank into
profound siumber. The next morning, when
sh; awoke, she found an interpreter by her bed
side, and throu:h him her bencfactresS heard her
story. Her name was Elizabeth; she was an Or
phan; she was from a poor village iii Hesse,
which had emigrated cit mdSSe for the United
States; she had gone with the ICst Of the inhab-
itants, because she would otherwise have been
left alone-eyen if she had not been too i'll to
have attempted TO rejoin her companions, the
chances were the emjgrant ship had already sailed
from Hayre.
''Stay with me-" said tho benevolent hostess,
9 Until your health returns, and then shall see
what is best to do" This suited admirably with
Elizabeth's humor; no ties attached her to hr
compouioos she was going TO the United States
with ali the caloio.s Indifference OF extreme youth
and of extreme poverty When Elizabeth recov
cred h r health, her benetictress engaged her to
remain with her. | need not say how willingly
she consented Madame VI. was touched by the
gratitude expressed towards her by the poor Or
ph1n girl her attachment to her icdif daily in |
creased; the young girl deserved it, the best
masters were given her, and her education rem
dere complete by cnd0wing her with all the ac
complishments which aiorn her sex. The luxury |
and tie AFT ction which surrounded her soon pol
ishei tn. rustic German orphan into the ming, |
graceful Paris beauty. Last year Nadine NJ,
who has no c.dren, adopted Mile Elizabeth III |
all legal FORM to Give h i name and bequeath her
fortune to her.
Last winter Mile Elizabeth NJ. went into soci- |
ETY., where she had all the success an unmarried
young lady, with = 10000 dot and a fortune OF
100000 in r-yclsion, could not fail TO command.
Her hand dela ,nded by persons in all ranks
Of tho French peeiaee. y few days ago bans were
pubshe! at the Marie Of the Tenth Arrondlsse-
iacnt of tn, marriage Of Mile Elizabeth NJ. and
the Viscount DC I. Viscountcss and millionaire!
Deny - lucl,' after this story Had Elizabeth,
the bcgga:, the orphan, foreigner girl not been
born under some good star, some unseXed happy
would have taken possession of her, and after her
youth, beauty and health had fled away, she would
have died in the hospital bed OF some loathsome
disease, and her grave would have been the dssec-
ting table a! Cllmar!.