Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-05-04

There are in Paris two charitabl
persons, rich. young and happy, wh
give especially to blind beggars, ou
Of pity to those mehdicants, and no
on account of their dogs. hay
seen them II hundred times, paus
Ebefore those poor people, smile sadl
at their misfortune and assist then
with full hands The poor blind peo
pie soon come to know them, and TIN
way that leads to their home; the,
are never repnlsed by the porter 0
this noble house; they are always
certain TO reach the charity of thai
dwelling, with closed eyes. | have
no right to mention The names o
these two kind hearts of whom ]
write; only, as i must give them
some name, l shall baptize them al
villih story which reveals the se-
cret Of their best charities -tbe char
.ities ola tender recollection.
sWhat ] am about to tell you is
no felton, sail Fred Array, a col
.lege friend Of mno- what | am
about to tell you is no romance; it is
a history-my history that of my
wife. Think that, since our separa-
lion en- the benches of the Law
School, have been blind, entir rely
blind. Try to listen aud follow me;
4 will carry you to Switzerland
and IIbegini
1T was in that beautiful country
about Bale, of a summer evening; |
had been running all day; l was 6x-
hausted. Myeyes had seen and nd
mired so many natural beauties, that
they we're dazzled by them. lstum-
bled about III dizziness which seemed
like painful intoxication. knock
ed at the door of an excellent inn,
| lay down and Immediately fell
asleep in a good bed; ! dreamed and
my dreams we're charming. My
friend, ! only believe now in the
beautiful dreams we hdTe when
awake
4 awoke that day, at The loud
sound of the village song. | .imag-
ined immediately that the su n was
up. AlasI no my friend, the sun was
still asleep, and the night began to
seem to me very long and dark, very
terrible. | heard, suddenly, tae song
cf birds warblihg in the fields, and
| said to myself with anxiety, DO
birds sing dufing the night?' |
threw myself into the parldr, and
By chance, and feeling my way, gil
ded along tn b wall, my hand at last
touched the of a wipdow-I
Ea9tened to open it, seemed 70
breathe the odor Of flowers from the
garden, and said, with a singular
Feeling of terror-'The grass, the
flowers and shrubs do not give out
their perfume at night lproceeded
to touch, with a trembling hand, the
side of the window, andit felt hot tc
1.-THE touch; said again-'We do moi
iIfael the heat Of the sun at night. =
l'IIolloar SHOUTED, what clock isit2
The village belfrey condeseended te
tanswer, the clock struck twelve, ant
lat the same moment the servant o
1.-The inn knocked. viii the gentle
/ man breakfast said he, it is noon
/ AT these words staggered lik'
a drunken man; | saw nothing -nc
person before me: night, alway'
+ night. ] hid my face in my ha nd
murmured some confused words, anC
Ifell with my face on the floor
twas blind. :.
4 when recovered my senses,
found myselfina carriage, which wa
rolling at the swift speed of pos
horses; a hand, soft apd small enough
to be that Of a woman, was gentl,
IIdd on mine. Ny tavelling com
panion / did not know, and asked
4 without seeing her
\ Where am I2'
On the road to Germany.
To what charitable ffiend hive
the honor Of speaking, madam
sThe Countess Re Sc de
How comes It, m hdanl, that yol
have taken pity on my misfortune?
Just because you are unfortunate
'What goodness, inadam, 10 me
simple traveller, strangerl
i knew YOU we'll enough TO recog
niize YOU at our first meeting; | have
seen YOU oftea, very often during
the past winter, at Paris, IN the sa
| looms Of our embassy, and they called
N IT may