Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-11-20

Let any one fancy that can the suffering
Of that woman. born in the lap of wealth
and who breathed nothing but perfumes
under the gilded ceilings Of the Roya
Palace of Versailles, when all at once sh.
found herself surrounded with blood ant
; massacre, and saw every kind Of danger
besetting her young and beloved husband
and infant child. 80 ,la->2 ...'
They succeeded in flying from France
} It was their good fortune to escape from
1.-The bloody field where Robespierre and
his associates were busy at the work o
death. a,Alasl In those days of terror
the poor children themselves abandoned
the parental room, for no hiding-place
was secure against the vigilant eyes o
those monsters who thirsted for innocent
blood. .e..r
The fugitives landed in America aud
first went to Boston, where they found
retreat But what change for the young
fashionable and pretty lady, spoiled from
inf.ncy loud snd continued praises o.
|her beauty! : = ID -
| Monsieur de Ia Tour du Pin was extrav.
|agantly fond Of his wife. At the Court O.
France he had seen her. with the proud
eye Of q husband, the object of general
admiration. Indeed. her conduct had al
ways been virtuous and exemplary; but
now. iu foreign land, and among unso-
phisticated republicans (179S) what was
the use Of courtly refnements? t"
Happy as he was in seeing her escape
from all the perils he had dreaded on her
account, still he could not but deplore the
future lot of his bosom. / !
However, with the prudent foresight Of
good father and kind husband, he nerv-
ed himself against despair. and exerted
himself to render their condition less mis-
erable than that of many emigrants. who
we're starving when the little money
brought over with them had been exhaust
ed. Not word of English did he know,
but his wife spoke it auenlly, and admir-
They boarded at Mrs. Muller's, good
natured. notable woman, who, on every
occasion, showed the greatest respect and
admiration for her fair boarder. Yet NJ.
de Ia Tour du Pin was in constant dread
lest the conversation of that good and
well-meaning woman might be the cause
Of great emu; to his lady. What con-
trast with the society Of N. de Norburne.
NJ. de TalleyPud. and the high-minded
and polished nobility Of France. When-
lever thinklng Of the transaction. (particu-
larly when absent from, his wife aud till,
ing the garden Of the cottage they were
going to iuhabit, } he felt such pain and
heart t-throbbings, as to make him appre-
l ..F# ~
hensive, on his return to Mrs. Muller's to
meet the looks Of his wife, whom be ex-
pected to see bathed 10 tears Meanwhile
the good hostess would give him hearty
shake Of the hand. and would repeat to
him, happy husband happy husband !"
+ At last came the day when the fugitive
family left the boarding house of Mrs.
Muller to 60 and inhabit their little cot
tage, where they were to be at least ex-
empt from want, with an only servant. a
negro-a kind Of Jack Of all trades, viz !:
a gardener, footman aud cook-the. last
function Mr.. de Ia Tour du Pin dreaded
most Of all to see him undertake. mr.,
It5was almost dinner time. This poor
emigraut went into his garden to gather
some fruit. and tarried as long as posi-
Bile. On his return home his wife was
absent Looking. .far;her, he enteted the
kitchen aad saw a young country woman.
with her back to the door, kneading
dough, her arms of snowy whiteness bare
to the elbows. .L. 49,. ~ - - ~.
| NJ. de la Tour du Pin started the young
woman turned round. It was his below.
ed wife, who had exchanged her muslin
and silk for d codptryi dressLnot for a
fancy ball, but to pl ' the part Of real
farmers wife,. na' .sn54 10 90, i -. .
AT the sight, Of her husband her cheeks
lcrimsoned, and she joined hands in sup
plicatipg manner, ..Oh! my love-" said
she. "don't laugh at me; I am as expert
as Mrs. Muller"
!, Too full Of. emotion TO speak. he, clasped
her to his bosom, and kissed her ferveut,
y. From his inquiries he learned thai
fwhen he BE- imagined her given 70 despair,
she had employed her time more useful
for their future happiness: She had taken
lessons from Mrs. Muller and her ser,
wants, aud after Six months had become
skillfpl in the culinary art. and a thorough
Ehousekeeper-discovering her angelic,na.
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