Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-26
A Little Romance from Over the Water.

A Little Romance from Over the Water.
A Paris letter tells the following
romantic story:
A very extraordinary story was recent
ly narrated to me, for the truth of which
/ can vouch. An American gentleman,
q man of middle age and wealthy, who
has splendid suite of apartments in q
fashionable quarter of the town, had the
curiosity to inquire of his lsndlady who
were his fellow tenants. After she had
described the usual families au trOiSieme,
the clerks, strangers, etc., the actors,
milliners, and musicians, who inhabited
the highest flights, madame recalled a
! remote garnet corner inhabited by a
young lady whom she described as
afflicted by dreadful eruption which
rendered her hideous, and who was in the
last degree poor, neglected and hopeless
"Still, she is lady, true lady. Poor
soul she cannot live long in such
misery"
Ny friend visited the invalid, found
her in dreadful circumstances, and ascer-
| tanned that she was evidently German,
although speaking several languages like
a native. He bade the lsndlady remove
the sufferer to good room, provide her
with comforts and medical attendance,
and call on him for a weekly allowance
for her support, after which he almost
forgot his charity, or if he did recollectit,
it was with a shudder at the dreadful
wretchedness which he had witnessed,
One morning the landlsdy came and
stated that the poor lady had recovered,
| that his allowance had been 80 carefully
] managed that she was provided with a
travelling outfit, and that, before return
| ipg to Germany, she wished to return
hin her thanks. He assented, and what
was his gmszement when, instead of the
palli.i, shrunken, horribly repulsive
object which he had seen, there entered
a young lady of extraordinary beauty,
whose every glance and movement,
despite the plainness of her dress, indi-
Gated style and elegance. Her gratitude
was unbounded she seemed to almost
worship the man who had been so gen.
erous. She did not, however, hesitate to
accent from him further gift in money,
after which she departed.
All this took place some time ago.
Last autumn our American travelled
At every town he found rooms engaged
for him distinguished people called on
him as if by luck. 1t was to luck he
attributed it, for though mysterious
hand was at work, he did not for very
| long time suspect it. While in Berlin
he was, however, amazed at receiving an
invitation from one of the first of the
| Hauoverian nobility to visit him at his
| estate. he went there, was overwhelmed
with kindness, aud found in the castle,
as only daughter and heiress of his host,
the lady whom he had relieved in Paris.
The next day she explained the mys-
tery-I regret that cannot fully do 1t.
II was one of these long stories of dread
full crime, shame and--an innocent VIC
tim-agony and fight, which hang over
most noble families, and once in every
! generation or 80 bear q sufferer to the
ehysg In the last instant OF hope the
American had rescued such a victim,
and circumstances had enabled her to
reiuru to her former station.
You may call this romance out ol
tbe age" Well, / can point out to you
one of the first noblemen in Europe
whom | once knew as boarding for a
dollar and half week near one oi
vour Atlantic cities, and whose life in
America and return to fortune was more
than counterpart to this Hanoverian
\ ladys,