Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-10-26

A Romance Of the Paris Exhibition.

The dav on which the Queen Of England
visited the Exposition for the second time, {.
considerable number of ladies were, by spec
/ ihl favor, seated upon the divans which sur
/ round the central fountain in the great
/ nave. Gentlemen had been banishcd from
/ this privileged spot. They were compelled
to resign themselves to the pain OF sitting
alone within the enclosure along which the
Imperial and Royal cortcge had to pass
thus they were isolated from wives sisters
mothers, daughters ,aunts, and iricnds-and,
| in some cases, from those whom some of
them loved more than all together. BY this
means an elderly English lady, of noble and
arstocratic appearance, found herself side by
side with charming young French lady,
! whose simplicity was most beautiful and cle-
vt The arrival of the august visitors
ga -ouslv expected. A thousand ohser-
"as VIVA red to the two neig ighbors and
vat'onS oro"' arose which led to one of
some inclneht so"o '"rsations which in
many cases only commence w.. W bo,r.
mon place about the weather. aur, !,
ever, they passed to other topics. on Hh'~
they discoursed with sympathy that speed
ily became reciprocal. The old English lady
learnt from the talk of her fair companion
that the young French woman had not long
been married, that her husband was some
where IN the crowd, and that he had com
PEELED her to accept the place she then occu
pied, though it had been given to himself 10y
the NiScount de Ronville, director of the Iu-
dustrial Palace. The manner in which the
young lady told these and other things 40
won the esteem of the old dowager that
they soon gained each other's confidence. The
cort'ge passed and a perfect tide OF feathers,
ribands, lace, flowers, and silks filled up, as
r. At /
away by this sea, impelled Il little by curl
osity, and moved, perhaps, by the excitement
which occasionally carries ladies away in
such circumstances of pomp and grandeur,
the old English lady and her new friend got
mixed up with the suite, and as it was i'm
possible for them to separate, they took each
other S arms among the wives and daughters
of the high state iunctionaries who formed
the escort of the Queen Of England and Of
her MAjesty's Imperial host into the superior
galleries.
Hitherto neither of the two ladies knew
the name or the rank of the other : but in
this way they passed two full hours together
protecting one another from the pressure of
the crowd, mutually Offering each the best
places they could obtain, and convcrsing
quite intimately upon thousand little things
arising out oil the circumstances OF this
rather unexpected promenade. Nv bat a
charming young woman y said lady N-to
| herself i wonder who she is shall GER
tainly not leave her until have inquired her
name = The promenade At last was brought
to n close, and the Queen left the Exposition.
| \ great crowd again collected at her depart
urc. How ever shall find Edward in such
Il multitude = exclaimed the young French
lady. All, replied the English pceress, lis
| your husbands name Edward I 'Oui, ma
| chcrc madame The old dowagcr for u mo-
, ment had misgiving about her own son,
| who bore that name. and whom she had re-
! fused to see for more than year because he
ran away from England, where she had with
! Infinite care arranged II great match for him,
and married II French girl whom nobody
knew. without a shilling in her pocket. She
would never allow the girls name to be men
TONED in her presence.
'Ah there he Is, suddenly cried the
young lady, as she arrived at the foot Of the
great staircase 'whuta lucky chance that
We have met wi hat, Pauline, rcjoined til,
Young lord, lin company with my mother
What has happened . The peeress, in agony
uttered shrek Of surprise, and tainted -
She had been overcome with emotion, anC
had to be rested upon u chair in the midst o
the crowd which still encountered the sOrtie
-, Edward y when she came to herself sh'
exclaimed lis this the girl you have marie,
against my wish = 'Oui, ma ohere mere
was the young lldy's answer and you seen
to get on very well together Let us 60
let us go immediately she replied, and tn,
carriage was called, The three of us
mother = inquired the young man. Yes al
three, was the answer. And then takin!
the hand Of Pauline, she proceeded-.Yes
come my dear girl ; he who would have sal,
this morning with whom I should visit tn
Exhibition, and whom | should afterwaId
take home, would have astonished IN
much more than all Europe is to see tn
Queen Of England visiting n tomb remove
from St Helena to the vaults of the Invl
lides. II -Independanoe.