The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-04-18
THE BLIND PRINCESS.

was presented . ,he Empress Eage
nic Al Schwalbseh tew months sgo
and Tie utmost interest and sympatb,
we're excited b her story. The ladl
is we'll known 81 oser Germany be
prucely domiei IS visited every yea.
BY crowds Of strangers. The beauti
fol portrait by Cornelius IN one Of th'
saicns isexamined with much interest
aud every one departs little dreaming
that The large and SOFT blue eyes seem
ing 10 hook iroqabe picture SO full OF
sweetness and neyolence Lave il
life DO power io return the glancss o
sympathy and kindncss directed 10
ward ghen.
The story Of ~ princess Is perhaps
the most touching romance of the
nineteenth century. A a child she
had been stolen from the gardens o.
the very chateau she now inhabits. a
careless nurse, bent on her own enjoy,
ment. mad suffered her masters child
10 stray towards the river, aud wher
in a swer to the frantic appeals anl
the search made in every direction
no sign Of the infants presence coulc
be discovered, il was concluded tha
she had fallen into the rlyer aud go
drowned.
The despair Of the mott9r was be
yond description +; but the idea Of th,
ohild's death, accepted by all besides
was rejected by her.
The river had been dragged, n,
trace Of the corpse had been found
and so after a few years time, wher
the death Of the prince. her husband
had released heT from obligation to re
main in the chateau, she gave up thC
domains INTO the hands OF her brother
in law, aud set out upon astrange pit
grimage all over the continent fully
convinced that she would find one day
or other, the object of her search
The sums Of money spent in pursuit,
the time, the toll, the anxiety, absorb
ed upon every high road, need 40. tc
be described. During the embassy o
Prince Taileyrald, she came to Lon
don, and was reri, ed by Queen Ad.
elaide with the almost kindness and
sympathy.
Soon afterwards she went once more
to the South, stiH bent on finding her
lost child. One day, the carriage
climbing up one pf the steep hills il
the neighborhool Of Lausanne. sac
was accosted by begg9r woman
holding by theshand poor blind girl
for whom she was imploring aims
The girl looked gentle and sweet TEN.
pcred, resembling IN no WAY the harsh
vixen whom she called mother. The
inulate Of the carriage bad fallen inio
doze, and the song was vulgar dit.
ty belonging to the district, with nc
romance TO secure attention, and YET
it woke the lacy from her franc
something in kei voice reminded hel
OF her sister los many years before
and she stopped the postilllon while
she questioned tie girl as TO her ori
gin. The day aid hour were cone at
last; every wore uttered by the MAJ
den, confirmed tln suspicious OF ilenii.
ty. Memory vas confuse Ell Lao
vanished with her sigili--but by dni
Of threats and promises the woman
was made to coatss that size had pur
chased the girl when quite an in
fant. from a beg;ar woman ike her
self, who owned TO having deprived
her Of sight, in oder to excite compau
sion. The locally whence the ctilc
had been taken Vas proof sufficient q
| the truth.
/ Tie princess returned home will
/ her poor blind companion ,-rnd deyot
/ ed her whole liIt to the prospect o.
i cure az She had lone before 10 that 0
/ discovery. But ali attempts failed
and the mother lien gave herself u,
I sutirely 10 the tluca ion Of her help
1 less charge. Il lhis she succeeded
perfectly, and the princess is consider
/ ed one Of The NEST accomplished reel
ters OF INLAND and Schiller IL all Ger
many. Beiore tylng her fond mothe
I rrapcd Der reward III the marriage 0
I Ter daughter with the young primo,
! her nephew. apdlbis consolation is tht
7 Creates which conld be felt BY het
/ Trends.
Ibcy ouns prncess reciied with the
nos exquisite ciearness and pa 'hot
4 tao scenes finnm Count Egmont'
snd tbe DIVES on The visit Of Ii,
Empress while tie imperial lady IL
tened entranced, and the large teri
rolling down her cheeks as she gazec
on the wreck which the wickednes
and cupidny of man had made Of on
of tie most beaurisnl works of God
own creaiion.-Uo paper.)
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