Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-11-01
TIE FAITHFUL WIFE.

ln 1923, ~ DO 1allcyrand was In Dos.
ton. Que day. Whit crossing the mar
kct place he was compelled TO stop by u
long row Of Wagons. nl loaded with veg;
eiables. The willy courler, generally so
dead to emotion. could not but look With
a kind of plcatdr6'at these Wagons, and
the little wagonets, WHO. bytl,o by, were
young aud pretty country women. Sud.
donly, ~ the VEHICLES came 70 a stand,
the eyes of NJ. Tslleyrand Glanced to rest
upon one sf the young women who ap-
pcared more Lowell and graceful tlihn The
others. An exclamation escaped from his
| lips. II attracted The attention " The
fair one. whore country dress and large
hat bespoke daily visiIs 20 the market. As
she bchebk the lbavtdshcd. Tallcyrand.
whom ahes sreeognized impediatey, she
burst out laughing. p,...,.
What Is il youy' dxelaihed ste. vat
eyes, indeed IL Is /. But yeu, what
are you doing hereg bosa O. IS fiio
ii, said the Young wcman., .,"sw wait,
ing for my turn to.pass on, i am going
to eel my green's and vegetables al, the
market" hYHtH.'d 'tf@av'1
At that moment the wagons began TO
move along, she ofthe straw. hat applied
the whip to her horse. told NJ. Dc Haley
rand the nanic of the village " here she
was living. requesting him Earnestly to
come aud see her. Disappeared aud icft
hin as if riyeied to the spot BY this strange
apParilion.a .r,ao.i,,s ,s.. ,,ana....
Who was this young market woman?
Madame Ia Comtesse de In Tour du Pin,
(Madcmoiselie de Dillob) the mosreleguni
among the ladies of the Court of Louis
XVI, King Of France. aud whose moral
aud intellectual worth had shone ia so
dazzling a lustre ia the society Of her nu.
mcrous friends and admirers Atthe
time wheu'iheil'rcnch nobility emigrated,
she was young lively, endowed with the
mnst remarkable talents, aud, like all the
Indies who held a rank at the Court, had
only had time to attend TO such outies ns
belonged to her highly fashionable uhd
courily life. tr alla4 sHin4eid
Let any one fancy tie sulerngs of that
women, born in the lap Of wealth and who
had broathed nothing but perfumes under
fthc gildcd ceilings Of tic royal palace OF
Versailles when all ut once tLs found
! htiftllI fhlFhhhttN WIN bfoVt diit hltSf
sacres aud cav every kind Of danger bo
setting Ter young and beloved husband
ana infant child.
They succeeded in Aying from France.
Ii was their coed fortune to escapc from
the bloody lind whore Robospielrc and
his associates wcro busy at the work Of
death Alas in those times Of terror the
poor children themselves abandoned the
parental roof, for 20 hiding place was Sc
cure against the vililhnt eye Of those mons.
tiers who ihrstcd ierinnoeent blood.
The fugiiives landed in America, and
Grst went TO Boston. whore they found a
retreat But what chapgo for the young,
pretty and fashionable IRdy, spoiled from
iniascy By loud, continual praises Of her
1 bcauty aud talents. t"if '..ii r9teAi
Monsieur dc Ia 'rohr du Pin was extra.
lyagantly fond Of bis wife. AZ the Court
Of France he had seen her. ~iththe proud
eye of n husbnnd, the object Of general
admiration. Indeed, her conduct had al.
ways been yiriuous and exemplary; bat
now, in foreign land, aud among un-
sophisticated republicans (l793.) what was
the use of eourtly reHnoments? - 10 -.
fae Happy "a ho was infcciug her escape
from all the peris ho had dreaded on bci
4 own. account, still he could not but dc
plore the future lot of the wife of bis ,bo.
som. However, with the prudent Gore
sight of gcod father anu kinid hus-