The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-08-03
LOVE AND PRIDE.
The True Version of the ..Lady Of L

lJuuius H. Browne Letter from Lyons to the San
Francisco Alta.
Lyons has always been associated in
my mind with the sentimental lady to
whom Bulwer introduced many years
ago. ! looked for her all along the
Rhine. and could not discover her,
When had despaired of getting at the
facts in the case, heard of man who
knew them. Having long entertained a
suspicion that the story had not been
rightly told, / solicited an interview,
contrary to my custom, and had the tale
from his lips. He said Pauline was not
interesting nor romantic. he thanked
me for the interest l had shown in the
sentimental history, and favored me
with these prosaic details
Claude Melnotte was in truth a gar
dener's son, who fell in love with Pau
line while she was buying radishes Of
him one morning when her father, hav-
ing been drunk the night before, refus.
ed to purchase the household necessa-
ries, IS was his custom. Claude was
rather susceptible, and sold her the rad
ishes at half price, On account Of her
pretty face, as he said, which pleased
her, and so delighted her practical par
ent, when he heard of it, that he insist
ed on her going to market every morn ;
ing. She did not like to do it, but pa>
pa being obdurate, she obeyed. Claude
finally became so interested that he gave
her radishes for nothing, and even went
SO far as to purchase mutton and corned
beef, presenting them in the name of
love. .
Her mercantile papa was in ecstacies
with Claude, declaring him very gen
erous person, who ought to be encour-
aged. He demanded that Pauline should
take every thing that was offered gratis.
Pauline became the regular market go.
er Of the family, and at last Claude told
her that he would like to marry her if
the old gentleman would come down
handsomely. She felt affronted, and
informed the elder Deschappeles, who,
living only in money, inquired into
Claude's circumstances, and found that
he had not returned any revenue to the
Assessor for several years. He then
called on the sentimental youth and
threatened to take away his license.
Claude got mad and brought suit for
the things he had given Pauline. He
failed to get judgment. and resolved on
revenge, induced one of Deschappelles'
clerks, who had been refused by his Ia
dy, to introduce him as wealthy chap,
who cared no more for thousand dol
lars than A. T. Stewart for ten cents.
Old Deschappelles was taken in, and
so was Pauline, for Claude dyed his
whiskers and put on wig to WOO her
in. She did not care how he looked or
talked; for the old man having gotten
hard up, couldn't pay his bills, and she
was bound to have wealthy husband.
When Claude proposed, she asked him
to make out a statement of his effects,
and having sworn that he owned ten
corner lots in Lyons, she accepted him
and her father ratified the contract.
They were married at once, but after
the ceremony, Deschappelies discover
ed the trick and put his new son-in- law
out of the house, receiving a black eye
in his laudable labor Claude would
have been sent to prison for his scoun-
drelism, but he offered to GO into the
army, and thus escaped punishment
He didn't fight very well, but he playe
an excellent game of draw-poker, and
in two years made money enough to get
out Of the service. He then returned to
Lyons and offered to live with Pauline
The old man said that he would consid-
er his case f; that two more men had
proposed in his absence, and that the
chap that had the most money should
take the girl.
Claude fell short by several thousand
dollars, and was in consequence ordered
TO keep out Of the way
81 Pauline married one Of the other fell
lows, 1.-THE report that she went to Chi
csgo to get divorce is without founda-
ton, and Claude took to cogniac so
enthusiastically that he fell off one Of
the Rhine bridges on certain night,
and the Coroner afterward made S25
by holding an inquest on the body.
Pauline was happy, as women usually
are, in her second marriage, for her
husband paid all her bills without
grumbling. She had several children,
grew fat and frowsy, and died at last Of
q chronic and combined attack Of beer
and dropsy. Claude never knew line
Of poetry in his life, and couldn't have
told the difference between the Lake of
Como and Dutch canal. 'Dost like the
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