Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-01
PARIS GOSSIP.
Strange siOrles-Aro they True2
Correspondence of tbs Natio7.l


Strange Stories-Aro they True?
Correspondence of tbs Natio7.l
PARIS, March 20, 1866.
\ singular event took place not long
ago which is creating considerable sensa-
ton in our fashionable circles. However
improbable the story may seem, l am rs
sured of its authenticity, and give you here
the true version Of it. Near the Palais de
IInduStrie, in the Champs Elysees, is the
stall of Il woman who deals in maccaroons.
This stall is the centre of attraction for
nurse girls and school boys, who come and
stake their sous at 4 species of roHge-ct-
H0ir table. The winner gets his cakes for
nothing, whilst the loser forfeits the
amount staked. Not long ago two gen.
tlemen on horseback, followed by their
gooms, stopped opposite this stall, where
they ~dismOunted, and, going up to the
small table, began the following CONVEX
sation in French, although with an accent
which left no doubt Is to their transatlan-
tic origin:
1T IS understood then, j, that you
take the black '
Perfectly"
"Fdr my own part 1 have a prediction
for red
GLOW many times shall VIC throw ~
Ten"
"uailrn." said Mr.. y d" I will be-
gin. You hear that I have chosen the
red. Have the kin dness to keep account
and tell us the result of the game" The
game commenced. Mr.. j won twice
and lost eight times. The other won
I eayrsu fines ard lost thrna
The was at first terrified at her
great loss, but what was her surprise
when the two gentlemen threw each a
five franc piece upon the table, and with
cut waiting for change or cakes, left the
spotI
The scene was renewed nine successive
days with the same result as to the game.
On the tenth day our two Americans
again appeared at about the same hour.
Il presume" said Mr.. J. "that you
have kept an account OF the result of our
nine days ~meeting?'
Certainly" replied his antagonist.
allow do we stand p
"Strange to say, We have both won and
lost the same number of times. Does
your account tally with miner
Perfectly
"Then to-day's play decides the ques-
ton ?"
Exactly. VIII you begin"
"You are worry kind 1 will follow you"
In spite of the courtesy of this dialogue,
the ~bystanders who had been attracted to
the spot by the singular scene, faneied
they noticed a bitterness in the tone in
which the words were uttered. The two
players were as pale as death, and, al
though the weather was cold drops of pres
peration stood upon their fcreheads.
Mr.. J.-played, and lost seven times.
His companion won twice and lost eight
times.
II have lost said the latter, "and you
shall be satisfied
They then paid the woman as literally |
as before, and bowling politely to each
other, left the spot.
-Four days after this the following par
agraph appeared in the daily papers:
"a suicide committed under the most
inexplicablc circumstances has Just thrown
in air of sadness over one Of the most
aristocratic quarters Of Paris. 4 young
foreigner, AIR endowed with every
gift Of fortune, was found dead in his
bedroom yesterday morning, a bullet hav-
ing passed through his brain. All inqui-
lies rs to the cause of this unhappy sui
eide have proved fruitiess, and it is sup
posed that the young gentleman commit
ted the act while in a state Of mental alb
berratiOn.'
This was all the light that was thrown
upon the circumstance at the time. but
since, the following details have tram
These young men, Americans,
came into joint possession Of an immense
by the death of q distant relative.
The agreed to come TO Paris together and
life. On arriving here they put up
at the same hotel, and lived for some time
After a while, however, q cold
ness sprang up between them, and thew
eventually quarrelled. The quarrel led to
the singular scene described above, and
he sad catastrophe which followed it.
\ very curious and somewhat mysteri-
1us marriage took place in one OF our
a few days back. A most ele-
yantly dressed and highly aristocratic
lady, aged twenty-five, was mar
red before one Of CUR Mayors to a French
gentleman the other side Of sixty. After
he ceremony the English lady stepped
nto a magnificent carriage drawn by four
and, with her femme de chGmBrs, ,
of to the station of the Northern {
Railway. The gentleman returned to his
lodging on the fifth floor, carrying
n his pocket an inscription de rcnte in the
french funds for $50 u year. This extra
event has given rise to a great j.,
many sUrmises as 10 the ladys name and /
Ter motive for contracting such a singular -.
marriage As You may suppose, the lady +
las been the object Of many uncharitable
emaTks. o
One of the celebrities of the day, Gen.
usuf, knight of the Legion of Honor, .
as died at Cannes. The early life of this =
charitable parsonage belongs rather to :
able than to history. 1t is said that he =.
-gs born in the Isle Of Elba. He entered ?
be French army when only twenty-five C
ears Of age, at which time he was a great =
Of the Bey. As in the story in a
ne Arabian Nights Entertainments" :
he humble slave raised his eyes to the /
Kabousah, daughter of Bey Hus- 4
sin, and Kabousah, like the Princess in Il
lie same story, deigned to look upon him k
18th favor. Unfortunately, there were =
Iany obstacles to their union. One day c
lovers were betrayed by q slave, who, (
owever, paid dearly for his ~imprudence. re
Jusuf's door, on his way from the
ley, Jusuf dragged him into bis room.
'wO hours afterwsrd the Princess received
basket Of flowers, and on removing the to
found underneath them a human .
and, q tongue and an eve, with a note :
obtaining the words, Il send you the |
Ye that watched us, the tongue that be- Of
aged US, and the band that denounced b
3" Jusuf had TO fee while waiting fer
le Princess reply. Since that time he :
IS distinguished hiL-sslf in many re- r
.arksble engagements, and, by his /