Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-07
The Blind Princess

The blind young princess Of vas pre-
sented 20 the Empress Eugeuie at Schualoaeh =
few days ago. and the utmost interest and syn
PATTY were excited By her story. The lady Is
well known all over Germany; her princely dom
iciIe i visited every year by crowds OF stran.
gers The beautiful portrait Of Cornelius in one
OF the salons is examined with much interest,
ard every one departs little dreaming that the
large and soft blue ewes which seem to look
from the picture full of sweetness have in life
no poser 10 return the glanees OF symoathy and
kindness directed toward them.
The story OF the princess Is perhaps the most
touching romance Of the ninteenth century As
child she had been stolen from the garden of
he very chateau she now inhabiis A carel ess
nurse, bent on her own enjoyment. had suffered
her masters child 10 60 toward the river, and
when. 10 answer 10 the frantic appeals and search
made in every direction. no sign Of the infants
presence could be discovered, IL concluded
that she had hllen into the river and drowned
The despair Of the mother beyond de
scripliOn but The idea OF the cbilds death. &C
cep,ed byrall besides. was rejected by her. The
river had been dragged, no trace Of the corpse
had been found. and 40 after years time. when
the death of the Prince. her husband had re
leased her from the obligation TO remain IN the
chateau. che gave up the domain into the hands
OF her brother law. and out upon a strange
pilgrimage all over the continent, fully convinced
that she would find. some day or other the ob
ject of her search The sums of money spent in
the pursuit. the time. the toll, the anxiety. 40
sorbed upon every high road, need not be de
scribed During the embassy OF Prince Talley-
rand. she came to London and was received BY
Queen Adslside with the utmost kindness and
sympathy
Soon after. she went once more to the South
still bent on hudng her lost child. One day,
the carriage climbing slowly up one of the steep
bills in the neighborhood of Lausanne. she was
accosted by q beggsr woman holding by the
hand poor blind girl. for whom she was implor-
ing aims The girl looked gentle aud sweet
tempered. resembling in no way the harsh vixen
woman she called mother. The inmate Of the
carriage had fallen into a doze, aud the woman
babe The girl TO sing 20 arouse the lady The
song a w gar dit,y belonging to the district
with DO romance TO insure attention. ana yet il
woke the lady from her trance something in
her voice reminded her of a sister lost many
years before. and she stopped the postIlon while
she questioned the girl as to- her origin The
day and hour we're come At last every word ut
tered by the maiden confirmed the SUSPICION OF
identity. Memory was confused-t had van
ished with her sight-but by dint OF threats and
promises The woman was made 20 confess that
she bad purchased the girl when quite infant
from a beggar woman like herself. who owned to
have deprived her of sight in order TO excite
compassion The locality whence the child had
been taken was proof sufficient of the truth
The Princess returned home with her poor
blind companion, and devoted her " hole life "a
the prospect OF cure as she hfd done before to
that Of discovery. But all attempts failed. and
The mcher then gave herself up entirely to the
education OF Ar helpless charge In this she
succeeded perfectly. and the Princess is consider
ed one OF the most accomplished reciters Of Up
land and Schlllerin an Germany Before dying
her fond mother resped her reward in the mari
age of her daughter with the young Prince, heI
nephew. and this conso atonis the greatest whict
could be felt bv her friends
The young Princess recited. with The most ex
quisito elearness and pathos. two scenes from
. Count r mont aad " The Diver +" on The
visit TO the Empress, while the imperiallady list
ened entranced. the large tears rolling down hei
cheeks a. she gazei 90 the wreck which the
siekciness and cnpidity Of man had made OF one
Of the most beauIifuf works Of Gods crea
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