American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-10-19
F ENGH ROMAN GA NEW
YORK LADY IN THE CASE.

ffIilftieu from PaflS:
VI A hoHt month arD a Young MAJ
S salesman in one of the leading houst
= ~ Piris, saw young lady enter,
whom, during the past eight or te
0 Days, he had sold u number ofdresse
shaws. gloves. etc. By her accent Il
4 snrmised that she must he Ne
il York lady. The stranger WAS Yer
0 pre- ~, and naturally the young ma
paade himself agreeable aud after
Z tIse. Whenever she visited tli
+ story size alwavS addressed hprsalf +
him, and while examining tll. art
eles he placed before her, falke,
much. The day We speak ofsha wa
far less communicative than usual
sndqatt"r having ma,le a snlnewha
| Ihuriied selection. she sid to th
4 clerk k:ss M z4sas
4 "1 siiaiT be at the hotei i,,ssne aorr
1 here is the address. Be kind enough
10 accompany the porter when h,
brings those articles"
| With these words she bowed re
servedly. and hastily left the store
The young man was at loss what
to think. However, an hour lateI
he entered the apartment of the
American lady, who invited him saal
Lfdcon, like an acquaintanoa OF long
standing, to lunch with her. al
though thinking his customers MAJ.
ner somewhat strange. the clerk ac.
cept"d. While p lrtaking of tea and
cakes, the young lady somewhat ab-
rnpily addressed her guest, saying
"Sir, trr Nou brave enough tu pro.
tect a woman against any insult tu
which she might he subjected? An
swrr me with tuth and candoi.'
without concrit, say yes" an
SweIei the Young man.
"Very well. You work in order
to make money. Is it not So r.
"CerfainlN. ;"
" This is what wish. to propose.
| am alone. 0t almost alone, in the
world; my fortune or any actions
concern uo QUE but myself; | wished
to see the exhibition nj know
Paris. Bu | perceive that there is
nuthing mere difficult than for II
Woman to be- in your country with
out Il protector. You please me,
and if Nou do not object, Aou shall
be my champion. l will repay You
for NOur lost tinIe.'
The Young man tried to speak, but
sllr illm 'diatrly resHmr,l-
al insist on remnnrlatIng Won:
his is strictly II mlrtrr oi bn1inrsS;
regard it in thlt Iiglt. AaGepr az
lerline. Which shall it be
~ accept" answered the clerk,
sttei a moments hrsitatidn. +
al ain satisfi,qt," cortinupd the
'tlHngcr, = hat You arr Il "rn;iemap,
md will not make Yourself rphicu- ;
nu> by making love aud htlteriug
ne, for ~ u yon that ihe very first Z
,ou pay NJ, eu' our :
ontract. l. it agreed " 4
"Mad I'M, / am ~ Your service" .
"From Tomorrow"
From tins moment! | require
My time To write to my employers"
And the terms 0f this eXtrInrdint- '
compact were entered into the :,
'ttrr.
Me clerk wits charming; he proved t;
imSelf Intelligent, attentive, deli r
itP. without all that small tax men I
'nrrtlly delight to nji't on women. V
4, fact, b. An 'rican lady Was truly q
'liIhtrd with the choice she had Z
1le. Two weeks ago she handed A
ie amiable e|rIk Il heavy roll OF p
INK bills, aud they separated, mu- N
ally pleased With each other. W
But it IGlppe eel that rs the lady %
rs about To embark for England, ri
eucr Ia rmh9rk fbr Ampricn, i ~
mimi tionrr ha>teurd towarls her m
ih inquired il SII" was Miss X. II
pom an>w : in tn Affirmative, ~
placed a small box and a letter ia III
+ haul. The box routair"d a dia- W
md set. he lettpra few NorIS only, M
Il So wei chosen to express true G
rctinII thar the you < lady started, p'
I tOI London, bat back to Paris. III
u needless tu say the letter was
'm the Young clerk, Who had taken
S method uf returning the money J.,
crd upon him hy the Young lady ~
services rendered. She arrived. ~ -,
! injured for him. (Ie had not r.,
'"h her his address, thi king The r...
tier was endrd.) He was NOT m,
nll to have returned To his formrr TI, IT,
pIoyer. Ultiml.rly she learned -
had taken in another houSt. "a sit. ,;,,
ion far inferior to the one h,. o..
urily occupied. Prohlhly till b.,
II She was undecided az to her
r>r, Tor when she heard this, her 49,.
ID was ma'le u. She wrote; he a.,
/" at once. ,
heN viii he married soon. ,,n
enl. Slrrrman gives his opinion pm
egrn suffrage, as follows: be
want those who have been in taI
South % bear testimony to the VII
liilon of these freed ne. e.rms. VII
own opinion is that they are not all
Il Tor the exercise nfihe franchise. We
I'd apPlausr.) want them tn wol
a tair price tor their Labor hut L
ot think they are fitted to take RAJ
IN the legislation 0f the country. an.
lcwed eheeIing.) ton
,--- VIII,
r John NJ. X. WeS:hroak I'm A emil
Ia the Sumter ReDaJioan, de. coy
ng To accept the Nomination for We,
Convention On the Radical tirket, ,lrll
. o. ftlll mo fhiaf Sc.,u,,J,.l -.