, 1859-10-22
49rt8a Il Trihtttte.

A GAY. Ardent, Young southcrnct In
the Rest Par1Aian Society.
Speaking Of eiitt reniuds me Of what has just
beIallen young American now in Paris, and l
will take the liberty Of giving the details Of the
affair. He is gay. ardent southerneE, and left
his native city ! few months since, having ar
rived at the nge oftwenty one. aud the full en-
jorment Of large fortune. lie came to TarIs
with the intention Of getting into the best soci-
ety. Once in the gay capital, he sat about &C.
cor1plishing h's purpose with energy. At last
he made the acquaintance Of young man, a
felIow-pupil at the dancing academy, 10 whom
be impaired his desir bruzant. This neAt1c-
quainsance praised the idea, informed the yo4 1g
American that he was enchanted to hear Of tbs
resolve, and ended BY promising his aid, which
was no small gain, a. he was = boad fds Count,
not cue Of the mushroom nobility, but person
whose ancestors had had the inestimable privi-
lcge Of following the crazy monk to Palestine
and knocking Oh the heads Of sundry inidels-
Decidedly be was of the daeienae .otttsse and
he felt aastered thst republican should evince
such praiseworthy desire to enter the circle Of
society to which the Count belonged; nay, more,
tie would assist the young stranger, and ut once
proposed to introduce him to his aunt, the Mar
quise, Delighted beyond measure nj this stroke
Of fortune. the American seized his new nc
guaintance by the hand, aud in the most CRATE
fal manner returned his thinks, and asked the
noble Count to take drink. The acquaintance
ripened into the warmest friendship; 10 much
SO that the Count persuaded the American to
take larger suite Of rooms, to get finer car
riage and more servants, md proposed that they
months. during which the young stranger paid
ali the bills, it being agreed that he should do
10 for the first year, the Count the next.
The southeruer Eas duly presented to the
Marquisc, whom he found to be most charm
ing woman, living in the Quarter st. German,
I. rt.- nF
taste. She WAS very agreeable and kind to the
Young stranger, and took him with her 10 the
opera, and to cali upon many Of her titled
friends. She was handsome woman, and
quite young, and, as natural consequence, the
gentleman wns soon tprts Of the Marquise. He
even went 20 fur one night as to propose mar-
,iage. She gravely told him that she was par
tai TO him, but that her family would never
consent to her marrying man without lille.
lie was in despair, and hastened to tell the
Count, the con6dant Of his love. The Count
WIS rery sorry, and really did not know what
10 do for his young friend, but would try 10
rake the Marquise relent.
with smiling mir. lie had found out IN e1pe-
dient by which the American might overcome
the difficulty. he knew u man, m agent Of The
Duke of Tuscany, who bRd title Tor sale; it
ras dear, but then the Marqrise was enormous.
~ rich, and loved the young man so sincerely
that once he possessed this title she would mar
~ the American, eyen il it cost him his whole
fortune. Fired with the idea of being d noble,
und espousing Marquise, the young southern
tr rushed To the person indicated. and asked
the price for the wished-for title. Alas it YVES
dear; almost all the money he possessed was
necessary to bug it. He hesisated; but, haying
again seen the Aa1quise that night at soirtt
gwen BY her. he signed check, and handed it
10 the seller Of the title-who, BY wonderful
coincidence, happened to be at tie party-fo1
the amount asked for tue parchment That WIS
TO make him the happy possessor Of woman
who, although much older than himself, was q
Marquise Of the Aaute no1lkese-
He returned to his rooms tblt night full ot
hope and champagne, and sank to slusnbcr muir
snuring the name Of his future spouse. lie
awoke late the next day to find the Count gone,
having Just received letter calling him lome
to one OF his estates in Italy. The young man
cared but little for the ahsenco Of tic Count he
flew to meet his promised wife. Arrived at the
house, he was informed that Madame no longer
lived there; she had left in the morning early.
without saying where she was going. Light
Iawned upon the Taukee; he rushed to his
bankers; the check had been presented early
in the o7ning and paid; but few thousand
francs remained to his credit lie soon ascer-
1ained TINT he had been duped-his parchment
Has oil that remained; and upon opening the
ronI<au he found that it was fine photograph
OF the pont Neuf. This week the young gen.
tleman goes back to the United States, cured
Of his desire to associate with the Z" noblesse,' u
nj