The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-07-27
The Dangers besetting Nice Young
Mons Of an Adventurous Dispose
ton, In Paris.

The Dangers besetting Nice Young
Mon, Of an Adventurous Disposi.
ton, In Paris.
Malakoff," in one of his spicy letters to
the New York Times, from Paris, gives
faint idea Of the temptations besetting weak
flesh in that fascinating way-station to saudi
Clootie's" dominions -
need not tell you that Paris is the rem
devious for all the handsome intriguantes
the world produces, and that feminine in
trigues, backed by beauty, are deep, danger.
GUS and successful. One of these modern
Circes, who lives in grand style on the
Champs Elysees, keeps carriages and domes-
tic, and has box among respectable people
at the Opera, has invented, it appears, a
singular device for maintaining her aristo-
cratic establishment. One of our friends
encountered this lady the other evening at
the Opera, where they were seated side by
side, and where an incident, which might
not have been accidental, provoked con-
versation. The play over, our friend offered
his arm, which was accepted, but only after
certain resistance, as was proper for
person of quality, it being further under
stood that so soon as they found the lady's
valet de pied at the door, and carriage, he
was to go no further. But it rained, there
was no carriage to be had, and the lady was
obliged to accept a seat in the carriage of
our friend. They entered the carriage after
new hesitation on the part of the lady, the
valet mounted to the box with the coach
man, and the carriage rolled away toward
the Champs Elysees. The acquaintance, so
Unexpectedly commenced, ripened as the
home of the lady drew near, so that by the
close alliance between la belle France and
Young America had been laid down. The
parties separated with an appointment to
meet the next afternoon.
Our friend noticed that the lady entered
the house alone, and that the valet did not
follow her. He said to him, "Yo on do not
lodge in the same house as your mistress ?"
"No, l live long way from here,' replied
the valet, Sin the Rue st. Jacques, and at
this hour 1 am afraid l shall have to walk
all the way home through the rain" And
the poor fellow sighed at the prospect before
him. Our friend was moved with sympathy,
told him to mount again to the box, and
directed the coachman to drive him home.
And it is here that we see how benevolence
is recompensed. Before separating the
valet approached the window of the carriage
and made to our friend speech nearly as
follows
Sir, am for fair play, and one good turn de-
serves another. YOu have done me service
and wish to do you one. You are expected
at our house tomorrow, at O'Clock, and am
going to tell you what will take place there
door bell ringing violently, which will throw
Madame into great fright. You will no
doubt, ask her what the matter is, and she will
reply that it is nothing. 1t is only constable
who has come to seize her furniture; but then
she will faint, and you, to stop the disagreeable
scene, will pay the bill. As you are rich
young man, and have q carriage of your own,
the waiting maid will whisper to you that it is
only eleven hundred and seventy-fOur francs. If
you had brought Madame home from the opera
in hired carriage, it would not have been but
five hundred and twenty eight francs and some
but two hundred and eleven francs. If you pay,
as it is probable you will, and as all your pre-
decessOrs have done, you will place the money
in my hands, for it is that am the constable,
thanks to red wig, black coat, and blue
spectacles. You can scarcely imagine Sir, how
uluCu d Tou wig, d Dl6Ck COdL anu Uluc SldSScS
give one the air of q constable. see by your
expression that you do not believe what have
told you. So you had better come tomorrow
at 2 o'clock, and if the programme is not exc.
cuted point for point as l have detailed it to
you, you may break your cane over my back.
wish you good evening, Sir.
need hardly say that our friend thanked
the valet for this information, and was faith
full to his appointment. At o'clock, sure
enough, the front door bell rang violently.
The lady showed great alarm. When asked
what the matter was, she replied that it
was nothing. The false constable appeared
in menacing attitude at the threshold.
Madame tainted, and the chambermaid,
who came in in great haste, informed our
friend that her mistress was brutally perse-
cuted for the miserable sum of eleven hun
dred and seventy-tOu francs. Our friend
declares that be never gave utterance to
heartier laugh in his life, and shipping
Napoleon into the hands of the false con-
stable, he hurried out of the house, and
came to tell me the story, in order that it
might be published for the enlightenment of
his contemporaries.
Here is an example of verdant individ.
ual, who hardly bought his experience too
dear. A lady belonging to the haute biche-
RTE of Paris, and who pretended to have
Belgian husband, after an in6nity of modest
regrets and quarto volume of precautions
against the husband, accepted for friend
young foreigner with more money than ex-
perience. They were surprised, however,
in fragrant de lit, and suit was commenced
by the indignant and outraged husband.
The lover disappeared for few weeks, and
made efforts by letter to arrange the affair.
For the sum OF 100000 be obtained the 81.
lence of the husband, and then returned to
Paris. my dear Aglae," he said to his
adored Dulcinea, "you must have spent
some money during my absence; tell me
the sum and 1 will give it to YOU" II
have spent 81 ,OOOf" she replied without
grimace. The noble foreigner paid the sum,
without doubt on his mind as to its cor:
rectness. But what do you think, reader,
of the one hundred thousand francs?
BISHOP O'CoNNoR, who recently resigned
the charge of bis diocese, is now in Pitts
burgh. 1t is his intention to go to Rome
at an early day. Rumor, says the Pitts
burgh Chronicle, has connected his name
with the Office of Principal of the American