Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-05-24

Az AHERTCAS BEGGAR IN LUCK.-A queer
story, about an English nobcman is told in Pa
risian circles. 1t seems that Milford, who of
course belongs to one of the noblcst families in
Great Britain, has rendered himself remarkable
in all the countries he has visited during the
last fifteen years, by his cccentricty and his fab
uIous prOdigality. Amongst the many stories
told of this noblcman, the following is one: 1t
appears that MILFORD was for many years subject
to the most horrible fits of spleen, or what are
sometimes called the "hluc devils" and during
a Soiourn of some months at New York, loved
to wander, at midnight through the alleys and
bye ways, the ruTlieus, and the points" of
that thrifty village. One night that he had Civ
en- himself mp to a vagabond excursion of the
kind, eagerly looking out for some generous
footpad who might knock him on the head and
put an end to his troubles, young woman,
carrying an infant in her arms, came up to him
and begged penny. The Engishman, without
stopping or even looking ct his interIocutor,
threw her several pieces of gold Noble heart
cd misanthrope How scarce is your species y
He had however, scarcely walked dozen pa
ccs from the spot, when the same woman seized
him by the arm. Little accustomed to receive
so large donation she had run after Milford, to
tell hiGl he must have made a mistake. (fIon
est creature! How many of your class in Your
situation, would have scutled up the first dark
alley!J Our hero paused and meditatcl for a
moment, then casting his eyes upon the woman,
discovered TO his surprise and delight, that she
was Young and lovely Are You native Of
replied. Don't believe it; there never was a
native American woman who would stooD to
beg in the strects.)
"You are no doubt married. intcrrogated the
Englishnam.
''No sir, said the bcggar wiping tear from
her left eye; Il am widow. My husband was
killed in the Texan war. This is his child, -
Dff
discrepancy in those statcments.)
The EnglishInan was silent for a moment and
then regarded closely the features ofthe women.
The brilliant light of one-wickcd street lamp
shonc rcfulgently upon her countenance, and
proved to the misanthropc that she possessed
beauty of the rarcst kind, only requiring some
triliing aid from soap and water to render her
quite stunning. Such, at least, appeared to be
our hero's impression, for he said-''according
to your story this child has no lathcr Very
well, he shall be my son, determined to com
nit suicide tonight and was seeking a means Of
killing myself. have determined to marry You!
Two months after Gtmight have been even
nine weeks,) the beautiful Duchess of Dash at
tTacted the admiring gaze of brilliant coul-
pany, assembled at ball given by the Emperor
OF Russia. Everybody was struck with the
elegance, the luxury and the taste of her mise
particulars in the next Revue des Modes.) The
Duches of Dash was no other than the New
York bcggar.
The adopted son is a fine child and has been
much improved by hydropathic applications
AT twenty years of age he will have fortune
of several hundred thousands of pounds when
he will, no doubt, fall a victim to the Ewics Of
some matchmaking mamma. | dare say Mrs
Brown and Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Perkins will
think this young gentleman ought to ally him
self with some of his own fair country woman,
and will lament that Fanny, or Joey, or Looey,
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