Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-08-25

i noticed that poor dog, Win anAlous
and sympathetic eye, lay with his head
upon his breast. The anxiety OF the
officer to reach Vienna and to live was
noticed as strange for one wellknown
bravery, who had hundred times uu-
| fiinchingly faced death. But his first
request was for notary, and he hasten
ed to make q will, leaving certain
annuity to a relative, on condi-
ton of his taking charge of ms
best of friends, his little dog, and OF
watching tenderly over its comfort for
the remnant of IFS days. This was the
secret of his anxiety to survive. ''Aow,"
he said, elf it be Gods will, am con-
tent to die" But am happy to say
there are strong hopes of saving the
gallant gehtleman's life, and that it is
highly probable he will himself enjoy
the agreeable duty of giving the great
est of all happiness TO dumb friend.
and that will be his own society.
Horror of Old Aga Partisan Sensation.
In the London Gossip of Mrs. Anna
Cora (Mowatt) Richie, to the New York
News, we find the following:
cit is rarely that one hears a nara
tive so iudcious, and yet SO terrible, Is
the history of certain Count who was
once To be seen In all the fashionable
salons of Paris, and whose recent adyen-
lures are now the themo of many
tongues in those very salons. His real
name it would hardly be proper to give
while he has near relatives living, but
all Paris knows who served SardOn
as model for the Marquis, in his
play of "LeS IfeUc GdTCOas." The
count i'm question had horror OF age
which almost amounted 10 mCnoman1a.
tie had been an AdOnis, an ''iTTesfSt-
iJie. " i'm his youth, and he was deter
mined never TO grow old. Long after
he had passed the grand climacteric he
believed that all his friends regarded him
still as a Young man, aud was quite GER
tain that the ladies found him as dan
geronsly captivating as ever. His fig
IRE was piuched IN and padded out.
and braced up, and his wrinkled cheeks
were painted and filed out with plump
ers, and his bald head covered with a
juvenile wig, and his eyebrows col
ored; and III "A word, all the aux
iliaries which the most cOnsummate
art could devise, to produce the appear
ance OF Tejnvinatiou, were called into
play. He was perfectly happy, because
thoroughly self deceived. A few years
ago he suddenly disappeared from Paris,
aud wrote To one of his friends that he
had been carried OF Just like Helen of
Troy, only that he was the Helen and
had been carried off from and not by
Paris. and that he had been taken to
TroyOs, In Champagne, not Troy of old.
Nothing more was heard of him, and his
friends quite lost sight of his locality,
until some engineers were sent from
Paris to "a certain little village through
which "a railway was to pass. In ex-
aiming the proposed road, they
found it must run through the park
attached to handsome chateau. They
attempted to gain admittance to confer
with the master of the house, but were
refused. They came ON business and
would take no denial. In answer to
their inquiries the concierge replied that
she had no master, and scarcely mis-
tress; there was, to be sure, sort of gov
erness who took care of an idiot, but that
was neither master or mistress for folks
in their senses. The engineers insisted
upOn seeing the chief occupants of the
house, whoever they might be, and the
concierge pointed to the garden and DIS
appeared. The engineers made their
way across the lawn; it was profusely
Uttered with balls, bright colored bal
looms, kites, trumpets, hoops, aud gaily
painted dolls dressed in fashionable
costumes. A lady was seated on gar
den bench with her hack to the iutru-
ders. She arose with a cry of alarm.
They advanced to reassure her, and
found that some accident had terribly
disfgured her face As she was calling
the gardener to conduct them to the
park, which they desired to visit, there
suddenly stood before them a most gro
tesque though touchingly sad object.
A very old man, feeble and kent, but
dressed like a child, in sky blue tunic,
and short frilled trowsers, socks, and
red morocco shoes. with a straw hat and
blue ribbons ON his bald head. He was
dragging a torn kite, and cried out as
he tcttered towards the party: "Where
is ma bonnie? Toto ~ hungry. Toto
wants his sonp," and caught the Lady,
skirt aud pulled 1t impatiently. One of
the gentlemen started in amazement
and horror; he had seen That poor with
cred face at many Partisan ball-he
recognized il instantly, III spite of the
absurd costume lie turned to the la
dy and said: ''Snre that is Count,
who disappeared with the renowned
Mile. -, of the Follies ParisienDes. =
The lady burst into violent fit Of weep.
ing, and answered.: cit is Count t,
and /, alasl am Mademoiselle -"
Itappeared that soon after their flight
the old man, whose mind must have be
come deranged, through the constant
dwelling upon one ihought--th AN
ceilsing effort to regain his youth, sud
denly Iapsed into complete childishness
He faneied himself a child, and insisted
upon being dressed and treated as Z
child. In the commencement of thu
deiusion, when his companion bag
thwarted his wishes, aud regarded hli
insisting upon being put to bed 10 !
cot by the fire as a Joke, he grew furi
GUS, and selziDg hambeau, set fire Il
her hair. The flames caught her cloths
and her face and neck We're frightfull.
burned. eSha had become such a hide
lOus spectacle that she was glad To ac
cept the offer made by the Count