Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-07-28

Mr.. Gre!let was man Of good family,
fine scholar and a zoe finished gentle
men. He made due and honorable pro
posals, and was accepted-though on the
part of h. parents with many missiyiDgs.
Marriage ensued, and this happy pair de-
parted for France. Tli' took place in \
1905, Mr. GreIlet held high social po
siliol, AMI on his arrival al Paris, it was a
matter of propriety that his bride should
be presented at court. Napoleon was
then in the full flush of his imperial
glory 1t must have been with some
palpitations of heart that the New Haven
girl-scaTeely turned of eighteen years,
and new to the. grea; world-prep1red to
be introduced to the glitiering circle Of
the TuilleFies, and under the eve Of the
Emperor himself. AS she was presented
10 him in the midst of a dazzling lhrong
blazing with orlers and diamonds, she
was little agita.ed: and her foot was en-
tangled for moment in her long train
then an Indispensable part of the court
costume. Napoleon, who, with all bis
greatness, never rose to the dignity of a
gentleman, said in her hearing, "Voila
de Ia aaucherie Americaini' American
awkwarInessl Perhaps q certain tinge
of political bitterness mingled in the
speech, for Jerome he'd been seGuced in
10 marriage by the beauty Of an American
lady, greatly 10 the chagrin+of his asPir
ing and unprincipled brother.
Madame Grellei, however survived the
shock of This diseourtesy which signalizeC
her entry into fashionable life. She
soon became a celebrity in the court cir.
cles, and always maintained pre-elninencc
alike for beauty Of person, grace ofman-
ners and deicacy and dignity Of charac.
ter; more than once she had her revenge
upon the Emperor, when in the centre
of an admiring circle, he with others paiC
homage TO her lascinaiioDs- Mr.. Grelie
became orc Of Bonaparte's receivers-gen'
eral, and took up his residence in the de-
parimcnt of the Dordogue-thougl
spending his winters in Paris. Upon ih'
fall of Napoleon, he lost his office, bu
|, was ro.appointed during the Hundred
Days, only TO lose it again upon the fina
restoration of Louis XVIII. The shad
ows now gather thick and dark arouaC
him. His wife having taken violen
cold, was attacked with Pleurisy. which
resulted in a gradual decline. Gently
but surely her lif9 frded away. Death
ever loves shining maxi, and at the
early age of five and twenty, she descend
ed to the tomb. With two charming
daughters-ihe remembrance of his love
and his afllictior-Mr Grellet returned
to the S9uth Of France, and in the course
of wears, he too, was numbered with The
dead.
/ Such is, in part, Inc s'ory Of our fair
/ country woman. The TWO daughters Of
Madame Grellct are still living in the
slnih of France One is married an has
children around her; the other is in a
convent, aud has taken perpetual vows,
How strange, how affecting continues
the author, care the vicissi,udes of life,
as we have read them in the intimate per,
s1uai chronicles of homes and hearisi The
direct grandchildren of the Puritan min
lister Of Ridgefeld-the one mother,
blending her name, her lineage and her
llngu5ge, ia the annals Of a lorcign land;
the other deyoiee, seeking in the scclu-
sion of her call, and perhaps not alio5eth-
er in vain, that peace which the world
cannot give. What romance is more
deeply and touch;Dgly tinted than this
simple page of family hisiory!"
Iro BE CONTINUED.