The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-01-31

In 1909, among - e1eyes young NO
men who endeayorsd eAaasn 8 livelihood
by contributina to - kArietan perioH-
Gals, was q maidsn aeea shout eighteen,
whose name wae Eaa1ine de- Neulan.
Shs was Of IN sxna1lent fhoily In Paris,
bue her near roaaaiem. Who had given
hse en exeellnG a6no1eion, died, and
Mile. d Aeulan 1n6so look oat for the
means or living. She had . tasts for
lierasnrs, and dsssrzlinsa 10 try whether
she could live BY hsf psn. She sent
vArioas little tale0. eoeyu end poems 70
some Of the newspaqa0 uad magazines,
but unfortunately noaD1f them succGed-
ed In obtaining insefi6oo-editoFs are
often hard to be pleased Nile. de Meu-
Ian had perseverance,, and this made her
continue efforts whiSh were literally
made without hope * shsir being sue
cessful.
Meanwhile, one by -, her ornaments
disappeared. They went to purchase
food, raiment and hre. At last her per-
severance was rewarded. The mana
gers OF publication called s.The Pub
liciste'' accepted some Of her papers,
they found merit in the opinion of the
reading public, and it mas found worth
while to engage her -, . constant con-
tributor. The publica11b9 had eminent
success, and the paymeft she received
was sufficient to let the young authoress
live in comparative comfort. She even
became talked Of and enquired after, SO
that she frequently went into literary So
ciety. At that time no literary soirees
were so we'll attended - those Of NJ.
Suard, q we'll known and wealthy hsera-
tssr, and at them, an invited guest, Mile
de Meulan met and mingled with per-
sons, male and female, most distinguish
ed for talent in Paris.
Thus happily did matters proceed, un-
til poor Pauline was unable. from Sc
we're illness, to send any more articles to
the Publiciste It is not the custom for
editors to pay when contributions are
not sent to them, unless the writer's be
Of such vital importance to the work
that it becomes prudent to pay them,
during illness. for articles to be written
when they are convalescent Now, poor
Pauline de Meulan was very useful to the
Publiciste, but her articles we're by no
means indispensable to it's success. es-
pecially in a m metropolis which supplied
very many peasons OF no less ability
than hers, to write 0d ls5it,cn for the work
And NJ lie. de Meulan was fully aware of
this; so, being thus sensible of her.
situation, and having been unable to
have saved much money, fears Of indi-
gence and distress haunted her sick bed.
At this moment relief c came IN an unex-
pected manner, 30 rs to seem quite pro-
vidential, and relieved her tears, by
mitigating the faAxs and fsiskng the
reality OF Distress.
She was lying on her bed Of sickness,
one morning. sadly musing on the evils
present and Anticipated, when packet
reached her, by the hands Of an unknown
messenger, which was directed IN . hand
she did not know. It contained an ar
ticle, in her own line and manner, which
an anonymous name accompanying it
requested she would se..d to the Public
iste. hoping that It would be accepted by
the editors in lieu Of her own. The
writer added that he would take leave to
transmit her similar article, at regular
intervals, until she was quite able to re-
sumo the pen. Ignorant OF the hand
writing, Pauline had no idea who her
unknown friend was. He kept his prom
ise, however, and suitable articles were
sent at regular intervals, accepted by the
editor of the Publiciste. and the same
remuneration as her contributions had
produced was thus obtained. BY such
means all requisite comforts were secur-
ed to her during her illness, and the dis
tress of mind which would have materi-
ally impeded her recovery, was wholly
relieved.
When Mile. de Meulan resumed her
own literary labors, her correspondent
ceased to write to her. She much long
ed to know and thank him, but months
rolled on and still she had no clue by
which to ascertain who her benefactor
was At length q young man pale and
slender, with countenance of mild
and contemplative expression, called mp
on her and introduced himself as her un-
known correspondent.
Pauline de Meulan instantly remem-
bered that she had met this young man
.. n. Suard's soirees, where she had
heard him spoken of as one who had
won for himself the reputation of being
one Of the most rising and promising
young men Of the day.
She had been struck, at several times,
with his modest demeanor and eloquent
and thoughtful conversation, and he,
also, had taken notice Of her, although
until that hour he had never breathed to
her or to any one the interest, her beauty.
her simple manners, and her talents had
excited in his heart. This interview was
followed by others, until at length, Pau
line had the pleasure Of having the be-
nevolent stranger her recognized lover.
Very tenderly they loved each other, and
they married.
But what connection has this anecdote
with NJ. Guizot? Why, no more than
the little circumstance that the actors in
this little drama Of the heart are II.
Guizot and his wife. The marriage
took place in 1872, the same year thai
he became professor in the University o1
Paris, which he still holds. But antici
pate, Madame Guizot's Letters on Edu.
cation, and other works, show that she
was . clever woman.
TH1 are beginning to speak we'll d
Thad- Stevens In the South. The Nev
Orleans Commercial svsn praises hin
calls him m honest man; says ssit Il
possible the South has made . nistak1
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