Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-07-09
0Q(ortestcr 1lailp Sun.


1sOmantic Marriage in Paris.
One day during the week after new wear,
Mad. b, her daughter Alice, and the young
ladys betrotled husband, Though not tie
gentleman who figured in the late ceremony at
the mayors ofice,l started in a carriage to
make some purchases at Il shop on the Boule-
ward du Temple, a long distance from Madame
D. residence. Unwilling to expose her own
horses to the abominable weather which imam
gurated and so long kept possession Of 1860,
Madame Il. had sent for public fiacre and in
IL embarked ON shopping expedition Tor the
beneft OF her daughter and the expectant son.
ln-iaw, whom, If you please, we will call Mr..
Iremblot. AS Mr.. Trembot did not enact
very heroic part on that memorable day, it is
wen enough to draw plying veil over his
real cognomen, even for the scrutiny OF read
ers four thousand miles distant from the scene
OF his misfortune.
The fiacre and its passengers followed the
long line of boulevards without accident, until
they arrived in the crowded quarter Of the
Temple where the coaChman suddenly became
entangled in a mass of vehicles OF every de
scripton, which choked the circulation of the
street and brought carriages, drays omnibusses
and store wagons to a stand still. There was
general cutlery among the drivers and in a
few moments fight took place between a lustv
WAGNER, i'll charge of load Of marble, and tile
identical coachman of Madame B. IS facre, in
which the wagner soon proved his superior
strength by dragging his adversary from the
box and maltreating him most brutally Ma
dame b. half forgot her fright, in the indigna-
ton aroused by this unequal contest, and so far
lost sight Of prudence as to demonstrate with
the herculean ruffian, who instantly emptied
upon her head walls of his wrath, in a v0lley
OF abuse and insult The betrothed husband
OF MademoiSee b. sat in a corner OF the car,
wit of tl,o
scene, from first to last, never offering to
screen his future wite's mother from the out
RACES of The brutal vagabond who had assault
ed her
Alice, astonished at the extraordinary con.
duct of her lOYer, cast single glance upon
his ashy cheek and understood all The man
to whose protection she was about confding
herself for life, was miserable poltroon A
shudder ran through the young girls frame,
as she turned away her gaze from that pitia
bic spectacle, and looked despairingy into the
street, where the burly wagner still stood,
vomiting forth an uninterrupted stream of in.
suit At this moment she saw a man descend
hastily from an omnibus entange in the crowd
of vehicles rush upon the odious vagabond,
and shower upon him volley of well directed
blows, which soon forced the rascal to below
Justify for quarter. But not till his strength
was well nigh exhausted would the Young
he had so calamity undertaken, and then Civ
ing the sc0undrel violent wrench of the ear,
he ordered him to beg forgiveness of the i'll
suited ladies, which the other, crawling upon
his knees as best he could, humbly ondeavored
to do. The whoie of this scene had occupied
but a few minutes, and at this juncture the
police made their appearance heard the whole
story from Madame b., and dragged the first
agGressor away to prison, observing the usual
precautlOn of taking the addresses of the 9th
er parties, i'll case their testimony should be
required. In short time the street was again
clear, and the block OF vehicles had disappear
ed. But Madame b. carriage did not con-
tlnue It's way toward the Boulevard du Tenn
pie. Alice pleaded indiSpostion, and begged
that the purchases might be made another
day.
The secret is not 50 difficult to divine We.
manly contempt of cowardice and admiration
of courage evinced themselves in the heart of
Alice j. She Indignantly declared to
her mother that the behavior OF the man who
was to have been her husband had Instantly
sttled every spark of the affection she had
felt for him, and that she would rather die
than be his wife. The marriage was cUnse-
quently broken off at once.
Nor is this quite all: Now comes the natur-
al complement without which the story could
hardly end satisfactorily. Mile Alice could,
of course, think OF nothing but the handsome
stranger who had so nobly come TO the rescue;
and she was not long in con6ding to her uncle
There is nearly always an uncle in these cases
you know the secret of her heart. The I'M
Gle very sensibly took the shortest road to a
denoueme'a, applied to the police for intorma-
ton, and readily learned the strangers name.
Further inquiry elected that Mr.. Edouard A.
was the son Of a retired officer was employed
as civil engineer to one OF the gas companies,