The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1867-11-06
THE FAITHFUL WIFE.

PeStt NC "ss Sompcueu ~ sup Dy tODS
row Of wagons. ell loaded with vegetables.
The willy courtier generslly so dead 10 |.
emotion, could not but look with kind n
pleasure at these, and the little wsgoners,
who. by the By. were yosng aad pretty
country women. Suddenly a. the vehicles
came TO . stand, the eyes Of M. de TaIley.
rand chanced 70 rest upon one sf the you ng
women who sppeared more loysiy .and
graceful than the others. An exclamation
escaped from his lips. II attracted the At
tentieH Of the fair ore. whose country dress
and large hat bespoke daily visits to the
market. As she beheld the sstanished Tai.
leyrand. whom she recognized immediate.
". she burst out laughing - u toe 81.
"What! 10 it you ." eScisi,ned she.
"fes, indeed. lis /. Bat you, what
are you doing here 7"
d. said the young waman, "a am
~ai,ing for my turn to pass on. ON go
ing TO ty 10 sell my greens and vegetables
at the market"
Al that moment the wagons began 10
move along. she of the straw hat applied
her ~h,p 10 her horse. told NJ. de TalIey-
rand the name Of The village where she was
living. requested him earnestly 10 come
and see her, disappeared. and left him as
u rlsesed on the spot By The strange sppa.
rltipn.
Who was this young market woman I'm.
Comtrssee dc Ia Tour du Pin.L hiadenoi-
selle de Dillon) the nost elegant among
the ladies' OF the court oil Louis XVI. King
ol France. and whose neral and iniellectu.
Il worth had shonc with so dazzling a Ius-
tre 10 the society of her numerous friends
and admirers. AT the time when the French
nobility emigrated. she was Young, lively,
endowed wllh the most remarkable talents,
and. like sll the ladies who held rank in
the court. had only time 10 attend TO such
du,ie. A. belonged 70 her highly fashionable
and eourliy lite.
Let any one fancy the suiierings and q.
gony ot that woman, born in the lap of
wealth. aud who had brealhed nothing bur
perfumes under the gilded ceilings of the
royal palace Of Versailles when al al once
she found herself surrosnded with blood
and massaeres, and saw every kind Of dan.
ger besetting her young and beloved has
band aud her infant child.
They succeeded in flying from France
II sas their good fortune to escape iron,
the bloody land where Robespierre and his
associates were busy at The work of death.
Alas in those times ot terror the poor
children themselves abandoned with JOY the
parental roof, for no hiding place was Sc
cure against the yigilant eye oi those mon.
s,ers who thlrsted lor innocen, blood.
The iugitlves lanced in Americs, and
first went TO Boston, where they found re-
treat Bat what change tor the young,
pretty and fashionable lady, spoiled from |
infancy by loud continual praises vi her
beauty snd iaients!
Monsieur de Ia Tour do Pin was extra.
vsgantiy fond OF his wife. Al the court vf
France he had seen her. with the proud eye
Of .. husband. the object Of general sdmira.
tion. Indeed her conduct had always been
,irtuous and exemplary but now, 10 q TO-
reign land and among unsophis,icated re-
publiesns (l7e5) what was the use u court
~ refnements.
Happy a. he was In seeing her escape
from ali the perils he had dreaded on her
own account. still he could but deplore the
future lut of the vile VI bis bosom. How
ever. with the prudent foresight Of . good
father and kind husband. he nrrved HIM
self agslHst despair, and ererted himself 10
rendrr their condition less miserable than
that Of many emigrants who we're starving,
when the little money they had bought
ever with them had been eIhlusted. No,
: word Of English did hs knuw but his
wife spoke i husntly, and admirably well.
They boarded at Mrs. Muliers'. a good
natured, notable womsn, who. on every
OCCASION. showed the greatest respect and
admiration for her fair bosrderj yet NJ. de
Ia Tour du Pin was 10 constant dread lest