The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-02-03
IDAHO WORLD.
A FIFTH AVENUE ROMANCE.
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On that part of the patrician avenue which
encroaches most valuably upon Central Park
lives the family of o quondam CrBsus OF Wall
street. who, some years ago upon returning
with his household from q wealthy trip to
Europe, brought hither pretty French bonnie
named Susette, as nurse for his youngest olive
branch. Settled once more in their native
Fifth avenue, the family floarished luxuriously
with the lapse OF time, Susette's bursting bloom
ing into q lovly girl without personal resem-
blaRce 20 either parent, aud being wrought In
TO full bloom at one of the most fashionable
dollhouse seminaries on the classic Hudson
Susette, however, after few months sojourn
in America, gave up her situation, upon some
very trivial pretext and suddenly disappeared
from the country. There was mystery about
this which distressed and perplexed the family
not little at the time; but. after while,
wonder sank into indifference and Susette was
forgotten. Upon their return from Europe,
the household had given their washing to re-
duced widow who had "seen better days." and
the quiet gentllity of this amateur blaaehiseuse
gained for her the position of q kind OF privi-
legged pensioner, or humble friend. One of her
daughters, lovely girl of tender years, who
generally carried home the washing attracted
the attention, first, and then the sisterly atfec-
tion of the young lady deserted by Susette, and
this fact, added to her own strong fancy for
the girl, induced the young lady's mother to
actually adopt the widows daughter for edu-
cation. And now our story comes dowE to
"a few days SINCE" when the Fifth avenue
family received by mail huge, foregn.looking
package, bearing the postmark of an obscure
thap aE
curiousy opened, was found TO contain q NUN. |
Der of papers, written in French, some of them
bearing official seals The mysterious scrolls |
were handed eagerly about from hand to hand,
III vain search for reader proficient enough |
in the language of the Gaul to translate them, |
until ut last they reached the belle who had
been educated on the Hudson. She, after mo-
mentary noticing, with some surprise, that the
name of "Susette" was signed in some places
undertook to tathom the mystery; but scarcely
had she gained the meaning Of couple of pa
ges when she cast the package 10 the floor,
pressed both hands 10 her face, and burst into
historical sobs aud tears. The papers were
from Susette. upon her death-bed, aud amount.
ed 10 duly attested confession, as follows:
She had. one day, while walking out with her
infant charge 10 New York for an airing, called
at the poor home Of the widow. laundress,
whose babe was of about the same age as the
one she carried. The widow had begged her
To stay and mind The children while she took
home some work, aud Susette had acceded
The two babes played together on the floor,
and in so doing managed to roll over hot iron
that inflicted "a terrible burn upon one Of them.
This one, unhappily, CHANGED to be the stranger
babe, and, las there was remarkable like
ness between the two" Satan put ii into the
terrified nurse-maid's head TO change the cloth.
ing OF the little. innocents and take home the
unburned one as the riehtful heiress She did Il
this, and, by q combination OF fayoring circum- :
stances, WINS not detected; bat, aflcr few
days, dread Of discovery SO worked upon her f,
that she hastily gave up the place and hurried !
home to France Being now upon her death. !
bed, and unable to expire peacefully with such q
a secret upon her conscience. she had called i
priest and police commissary To her aid. and b
made this confession for her former employ. y
ers. IL will be seen. OF course, that said reve-
lation made junior washerwoman of the
heiress and promoted the widows daughter to
her place; but, after various hysterical tab
leaux, the distracted and wealthy family of the !
Wall street Cresus resolved that both girls q
should be regarded as daughters. and that not 7
0 word Of the family secret should ever be !
known outside the hsme on Fifth avenue. 4 L
reporter. however, has interviewed" the said 4
secret, and 10 now comes out as model plot 0
Tor the next volume from the Minerva press.