Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-05-26

y VERY extraordinary story says a
Paris letter, was recently narrated To
me, the truth of which | can vouch
Aa American gentleman, man
of middle-age and wealthy, who
had a splendid suite of apartments
in Il fashionable quarter of the town,
had the curiosity To inquire of his
landlady who We're his fellow ten
ants. After she had described the
usual familiesdu t-OiSiome, the clerks.
strangers etc, the actors, the milli-
nerS, and musicians, who Inhabited
the highest flights, madame recalled
a remote garret-cOrner inhabited by
II young lady. whom she described
az afflicted by terrible eruption.
which rendered her hideous, and
who was to the last degree poor, neg
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lady, Il true lady. Poor soul ! she
cannot live long in such misery !"
My friend visited the invalid, found
her in dreadful circumstances, and
aScertained that she was cvidenly IA
German, though speaking several
languages like native. He bade
the landlord remove the sufferer TO
a good room, provide her with COM
forts and medical aid, and call on
him for weekly allowance for her
support, after which he almost for
got his charity, or if he did recollect
1t, 1T was with a shudder at the dread
ful wretchednesS which he had wit
messed. One morning the landlady
came and stated that the poor lady
had recovered, that his allowance
had been so carefully managed that
she was provided with a travelling
outfit, and that before returning to
Germany she wished to return him
her thanks. He assented, and what
was his amaZement when, instead of
the shrunken, pallid, horribly repul-
sive object whom he had seen, there
entered young lady of extraorli-
nary beauty, whose every glance and
movement, despite the plainness of
her dress, Indicated style and ele-
gance- Her gratitude was unbound
ed She seemed to almost worship
the man who had been so generous.
She did not, however, hesitate to
accept from him farther gift in
money, after which she departed.
All this took PLACE some time ago.
Last autumn our American ira Veled.
At every town he found rooms engap-
ed for him, ,diSting nguished people called
on him, and every comfort seemed
To fall on him ag if, for though a my
SteriOuS hand was at work, he did
not for long time suspect it. While
in Berlin he was, however, amazed
at receiving an invitation from one of
the first HanoNerian nobility to visit
him at his estate. He went there,
was oyerw helmed with kindness,
and found in the castle, as an only
daughter and heiress of his host, the
lady whom he had relieved in Paris
The next day she explained the mys-
terry 1t was one of those long sto-
ries of dreadful crime, and agony.
and flight, which hang over most
iiUpiO - .,nilioa- s.r,l once IA very
generation or So bear a sufferer to
the abyss. In the last instant OF
hope the American had rescued
such a victim, and circumstances
had enabled her To return to her
former station. You may call this a
romance "out Of the age Well, L
can point out To you one of the first
noblemen IN Europe, whom L once
knew aa boarding for Il dollar and a
half a week, near one Of your Attain
tic cities, and whose life in America
and return To fortune was more than a
counterpart To this HanOverian
iady'S.