The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-04-13
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Wonderful Story OF a Ring.

A Paris correspondent tells the follow
ing curious story Of lost ring:
The baronct Alphorse Rothschild was
one ola hunting party composed entirely
of persons belonging to the Rothschild
family, assembled week or two ago at
the Chateau dc Fcrriercs. While fol-
lowing the hounds with the rest of the
party the young baroness drew off her
glove, and in SO doing drew off also, but
unconsciously, her diamond ring. On
returning to the chateau she perceived
that her ring was gone and as it was
not only of immense pecuniary value,
but highly priced by her as souvenir,
her anxiety to have it found may be inn
agined. Notices were at once put up
all over the estate, announcing the loss
of the ring, and promising reward of
five hundred francs for its recovery
The keepers, gardeners and servants of
the chateau were greatly excited BY the
incident, and nothing was talked of that
evening on the estate of Fcrricrcs but
the lost ring and the reward for it. But
the park is so vast, the alleys were SO
full of mud and dead leaves, that no one
venturcd to hope that the ring could be
recovered. The daughter of the head
keeper, who had been in the service of
Madame Alphose de Rothschild, and was
much attached to her, was especially cx-
cited on the subject, and lay awake in
her bed the greater part of the night,
unable to sleep thinking of the sorrow
the young baroness would feel at the
loss of the precious ring, and wishing
that it were possible for her to find it
1t was not until towards morning that
she fell asleep, when she dreamed that
stranger appeared to her, and thus ad-
dressed her; " As soon as day breaks
60 to the crossroads next to the old stone
cross you will find the ring in heap of
rotten leaves, at the foot of the great
elm, at the edge ofthc ditch" Waking
from her sleep as the stranger ceased
speaking, the girl sprang out of bed,
dressed herself with the utmost expedi-
ton, and fastened to the spot indicated
In her dream, pushed aside the dead
leaves at the foot of the tree, and beheld
the missing ring, "shining like glow
worm" JoyfulIy possessing herself of
the treasure, she rushed back to the
chateau, shouting as she went, {" I've
found the ring! I've found the ring n'-
Five minutes afterwards the Baroness
Alphonse had the missing token on her
finger, and the keepers daughter found
herself possessed of a ''dot" that will
no doubt raise her immensely in the
eyes of all the lads in the neighborhood
OF Ferrieres. AS the Baroness James
de Rethschild, the head of the family,
is devout believer in the supernatural,
the girls story met with general credence
at the chateau, whence it spread rapidly,
and was soon the general topic of the
gossip-loving saloons of the capital,
where it is now being discussed by the
believers and unbelevers in spiritual
influences; those who refuse to accept
the fact of the dream being unable to
explain by what other agency she could
have succeeded in finding so small an OBJ
ject, lost under such circumstances
AS to the great banker, when questioned
as to his opinion with regard to the
dream, he invariably answers, "The ring
is found,-that is the important point ;
the rest is of no consequence"
This story, in its progress among the
Partisan salons, has called forth host
of others equally well-attested and
equally inexp!icable, aud among them
the incident which happened in the au-
tumn of this year to the Russian Princess
W., resident in Paris and a general