American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-05-12
Prom Paris.

L me ~ " flcayune, IN bis last letter 10
- that paper. relates the following incident
OF life in Paris:
~ You know have often insisted-but.
!, no. viii give you nothing Of an inkling
a OF the course of the story am going to
'e tell you. III plunge straight into it.
0' without one word OF preface. Fifteen
Il years ago. just two years before you gave
~ me the geparous hospitality OF these col.
% nmns-there lived in one of our narrow.
II est, most disagreeable streets, lovely
u girl. the bud of that delightful rose,
woman. for she vas just seventeen Mays
!, old. She loved work, and therefore was
e vir'uous, there being no better rampant
to virtue than work, when it is pursued
; lovingly. As she was returning from her
work one summers evening, (8 o'clock
in July IS still sun-lig ghted) she became
involved in q press of vehicles in
throDged thoroughfare her alarm at the
danger was SO great she tainted. and bee
fore an approaching driver could check
his horses, they we're upon her, tramp!ing
her body under their feet. She was in.
stantIy extricated, and carried to an
: apolhecary's shop in the vicinity. The
owner of the carriage, whose horses had
knocked her down, followed her. When
she recovered consciousness, and super
fetal examination showed that there
were no grave external injuries, at least,
the owner of the carriage droYe her home,
and after seeing her safe in her mothers
arms. went out to fetch a surgeon, one
OF the most eminen. in Paris, to her beds
side. 1t was deemed advisable 10 keep
her some time in bed, TO allay the ner-
vous agitation her system had received
The owner Of the carriage went to zee
her every day. to provide for her wants
and ascertain the progress she made to.
wards recovery.
Imagine beautiful girl, possessing, in
addition to the EitcheEy of seYenteen Mays.
rare personal attractions, reclining in the
lapguor of i'll health, on snowy bed, and
surrounded By evidences of her being
comp pletely in the power Of that dreadful.
yrannical giant Of modern times-pover-
ty; we know her visitor was just twenty
FIVE years old, divine the consequence Of
bis daily visit for thirty days to that sane.
tuary Of uaidenhood, virtue, youth and
beauty. There could be but one couse-
quence-he fell over head and ears in love
with her. He tried to win her with the
straw ring and great deal Of money, but
she would not accept this. Seeing this, be
offered her the plain gold ring. priest.
blessed and money recorded. His family
were most violently opposed to this mar
riage, but he wonid not allow their op.
position 10 balk his life. The poor seam
stress became the Baroness de 80, with
a fortune of $500, 900. OF course she
was profoundly grateful ard devotedly
attached TO the man who. for the sake
of nine or ten years Of youth and beauty,
raised her from hunbleness and poverty
o exalted rank and great riches. How
I'D are you?" oh, questioner. "You
uust be young to be.so ignorant Of wo.
nan J" Let me tell you, when woman
,rants her favors TO man, though be
,our into her lap wealth, honors and
anne, she will think herself still under
'sid for what she has given, though her
'row be dark as Egypt and her extraction
s low as Tie sewer, Five years after
Dartisge the husband died. He was
illed in duel by an officer of the army,
,hom be had challenged to 6ght upon
roof Of the officers over-intimscy with
is wife.
She had sullied the name wherewith be
sd honored her How hard thing 1t
10 read occurrences which happen be-
re our eyes The spectator who saw
'e sesmstress- fall and irsmpled under
iii which could result fsom this incident
,rses' feet would have felt sure the great
1 would befall The victim -ofthe sccident.
Il his tears would have been for her. He
uld not know that deaih lurked in that
curtensa to snatch the young mans life
ray There is no such nearer of dom.
D and mask as this same King of Ter
RS II moves in every sort Of disgnise,
d often times the hummer net in life
der the gayesb most jovial habits.
oves to be none else than sins crowned
Id. This history which began like 6
ry tale, had a so mournful ending for
concerned in it. The Baropess put ct
ee into possession OF her husbands es-
e, thought twas ike Fortunstu,s purse.
} had given her sips Of pleasure, such
suited with bis income. She must
We large draughts Of it---her fortune
'lted away to Gil pleasures bsaker. Il
. gone, and she Knew not jet safety.
was gone. and she found herself alone.
clsssed, faded. poor. on the streets OF
ri,. She slipped down he social scale,
ny hour gliding lower. uatil rothsr
ht she was arrested in wfetched
yfur- house while trying To purloin a.