Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-08
TIE FAITHFUL WIFE.

SV"os I'll ioa0eo Win veget1Ditt. luz
willy courier. generally so dead to emotion,
could not but look With kind Of pleasure
At these wagons, aud the little wsgonsrs,
who. by the by, were young and pretty
country women. Suddenly, o. the vehicles
came to stand, the eyes Of N. Tallyrand
CHANGED TO rest upon one Of the young NO
men who appeared more lovely aud grace
full than the others. An exclamation ss
capped from his lips. 1t attracted the at
tention Of the fair one, whose country
oress and large hat hes oke daily visits to
the market. As she behcld the astonis ned
Tallyrand, whom she recognized mmedi-
atsy. she burst out laughing.
Nv hat, 10 IL your exclaimed she.
"Yss, indeed, il il |. But you, what are
you Doing hsret"
II, said the young woman, am ~snf
for my turn TO pass on. sm gong ~ - -
my green's and vegetables at the ms. :.
Al that moment the wagons oss.n
mova along. she Of the straw nat apPas.
~. .A,o - he, morse. told u. de Tallyrsnd
~. ne me ~ tho village where she vas Nv
49,. ,..usstsd him earnestly 10 come and
as h.r dissppesrsd. aud lei. him A. II riv-
lid TO tho spot by this strange appari-
ton.
Who was this young market woman3
Madame 10 Comtesss do Ia Iour-du PIN
(Msdnoisells de Dillon J, the most elegant
among the ladies' Of the court OF Louis NNI,
king Of France, and whose moral snd intel
lsctual worth had shown with so cazzling
lustrs in the society OF her numerous friends
and admirers. at the time when the
French nobility emigra,ed, she Was young,
lively, endowed with the most remarkable
talents, and like all the ladies who held
rank at the court, had only time to attend
to such duties Is belong to her highly fash
ionable and eourty life.
Let any one fancy The sudsrings OF that
woman, born in the lap Of wealth, and Who
had breathsd nothing but perfumes under
the gldsd csilings Of the royal palace Of
Versailles, when oil at once she found her
self surrounded with blood and massacres,
and saw every kind Of danger bssstting
her young and beloved husband and in
FAINT child.
They succeeding in flying from France
II was their good fortune 10 - pc from
the bloody land whore Robsspierrs and
his associates were busy at the work OF
dsst1. Alas! in those days Of terror the
poor children themselves abandoned the
parent ! roof, for no Kidding place was se
cure = ainst the vigilant eye Of those mon
sters who thirsted for innocent blood.
The fngii YES landed in America, AND
first went 70 Boston, where they found
retreat. Bat what change for the young
f shionsble, and pretty lady, spelled from
infancy ~ loud and continued praises o
her talents end beauty.
Monsieur de 10 Tour dup was oxtrav
agantly fond Of his wife. At the court o
France no had seen her, with the prou,
eye Of . husband, the object of genera
admiration. ludeed, her conduct bad 81
ways been virsuous and exemplary; bu
nov, in . foreign land, and among unso
phisticatsd republicans (l793), what VA
the use Of courtly rsflnementss
Happy as he was in seeing her escap,
from all the perils no had dreaded ON hs
own account, stil he could not but deper,
the future lot Of tho wife Of his bosom
However. with the prudent foresight of
good father and a KIND husband, he nerves
himself against dsspai and exertsd him
self TO render their condition less mi, era
bic than that Of many smigrnnls who wer
starving when the little money they be,
brought over with them had been ex
haus,sd. Not . word Of English did b
know but his vile spoke il fiuently an,
admirably we'll.
They boarded at Mrs. Nullsr's-a good
natured, not able woman, who. on ever, oc
CANON showed the greatest respect and al
miratlon for her fair boarder; vet NJ. de
Tour du Pin was in Constant dread lest tn
conversation Of that good, plain and vel
meaning woman might BE- the cause /,
great ennm TO this lady. What cont, a.
with the society Of such gentlemen as N
DO Norboune, N. de TalIsyrand, and III
high-mindsd aud polished nobility Q
France. Whenever thinking Of this trans
action particularly whom absent from hi
wife and filling the garden Of the cottag
which they we're going to inhabi,) he fol
such pains and heartfelt throbbings as 4
make him apprehsnsive, on his return l.
Mrs. Allisrs, to meet the looks Of his be
loved vie, whom he expected to see battle,
IN tears. Meanwhile tho good hos,ss
would give him hearty shake Of the hand
and repeat to him, Happy husband
Happy husband =
At last the day when the fugitive famiI,
left the boarding house Of Mrs. Muller 1,
90 and inhabt their little cottage, wheu
they were to DO at last exempt from want
with an only servant, . neero,-a kind o
Jsck-oi ali-trades, viz: gardener. footmar
and cook,-ths last function N. de Ia Tour
du Pin dreaded most Of oil 70 SEQ him I'm
dertakc.
IL WAS almost dinner time. The pooI
cmigrant went into his little garden t,
gather some fruit, and ,arried AS long q.
possible. On his return home his wife was
absent. Looking for her he entered the
kitchen, and saw 4 young country woman,
who, with her back to the door, was kasad-
inE dough; her arms Of snowy whitsnsss
were bare to the elbows.
Mon. dc ID Tour-du.Pin started the
young woman turned round. Ii vas his
beloved wife, who had exchanged her mus
lin and elk for country dress-not % for
. fancy ball. bot to play the part Of real
farmers wife. Al the sight Of her hus-
band her checks crimsensd, and she Joined
her hands in suppl eating manner "Oh {!
my love-" said she, don't laugh at me.
! an 40 export % Mrs. Muller"
Too full Of profound emotion 20 sneak.
he slaspsd her to bis bosom and kissed her
fsrvently. From his inquiries. he learned
that wnsn he thought her given up to dss
par. shs had employed her time more use.
FULLY for their future happiness. She had
tassn Isssons from Mrs. Muller and her
servants, and after ak months. had be.
come skilled in the culinary art, . thoroush
housskeeper-discovsring her angelic ma.
ture and admirable fortituds.
Dearest" continued she, +" if you knew
how easy It is. We. in q moment. under
stand what 1t would cost country woman
somstimss one or two years. Nov we shsll
90 happy.-you will no longer be afraid Of
snnn' Tor the, nor have doubts shout nv
Abilities, Of which | will give you MANY
proo". said she, looking with bswitch;nr
smile at him. Come. come, you promised
" salad, and am going TO bake for 10
morrow; the oven il hot. To-day the
bread Of the town will DEBUT. oh henc..
forward leave II 10 me y
From that moment, Madame de- |. Tam.
du-P'n kept her ~erd. She insisted On
gong herself to Boston to sell her vese,a
oIes aud cream and cheeesa,. IL wa A.
such an errand that NJ. do Tallevrand me,
her. The day after he went to nav hey .
VISIT, and found her in the poultrv.vs,d
surround by host of hungry chicks And
pigeons. -"'
She was all that she had promised 10 h.
Besides, her health had been 40 much hen.
entted that shs seemed less fstirued b. ,hs |
homework than IL she had attended m.