The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-12-15
fFfom the Cincinnati Times and Chronicle.
A TRUE LOVE TALE.
How 81 Bcmufifsl Slave Captured
a. CoursIy Erenclsnan.

a. Cour:Iy Erenclinnan.
We are iii receipt, through Paris
letters, of very romantic and Ger
true tale concerning 81. Bendetti,
the French diplomat, who has al
ready made SO much talk in the
world, and upon whose shoulders
the immediate responsibility of the
late war was thought to lie. The in-
cidents have not, as yet, leaked out in
America, and will prove of interest
TO those who delight in rAned pie
ces Of gossip and romantic nara
tives of love.
Very early in the diplomatic career
Of the French ambassador bodily IA
tigue led him to take pleasure trip
through that most delightful portion
of the globe included in Greece and
the Ionian Isles, and the countries
that lie about the Sea Of Marmora
and the Bosphorns. At Athens he
fell in with Greek merchant, of ell
egant manners and attainments, to
whose own personal attractions was
added that Of daughter, the most
beautiful in form and feature that
the eyes Of the statesman had ever
lit upon. 4 Frenchman is not slow
to
TELL HIS LOVE,
Especially when joined to that insou-
stance and social daring that comes
of long life IN the most polished of
European Courts, and the weeks that
they passed under the golden skies
OF the Levant among the peerless
Islands of the Archipelago and in
the orange aud spice groves of Mar-
mora were glowing with the warm
light Of true love that ran smooth
as liquid velvet. Then came the dis
agreeable task Of asking papa, and
the dramatic crisis of ur tale. The
courtly merchant heard the French
mans patriotic declaration III style
considerably different from that oi
the three-act drama which God bless
es-you-my-children, and adds several
pillow-cases full of gold and jewels.
| The eyes Of the old man were filed
with tears. and the disclosure which
he insisted upon making ran as fol-
lows: Some two years previous he.
too,
wEARrED N MIND AND BODY,
Had started out for pleasure jauni
that led him through the Golden
Horn into the city of Constantine.
pie. Strolling through the slave
marts one day, his eyes had faller
upon Young girl of more matches:
beauty than it had entered into hi.
heart to conceive OF. The disorder
ed state Of her garments dropping
ing from her full white neck anC
shoulders, the disheveled hair pour
ing its glossy black over cheek and
bust, and the mingled look of terror
and anguish in her great black eyes
walked all the pity and love that had
lain dormant in his heart for years
and that night the apartments Of th,
wealthy Greek were lit by the gla(
smile of the lovely and gratefu
slave. A year passed, and as coming
age drove passion from the merchant
DIOOu Ilefe came 1lIO II
GREAT LOVE AND REGARD
For the young woman he had take,
into his household, and after no lit
tie hesitation and mental struggle b,
not only released her from slavery
but adopted her as his own child an,
spared no effort to lit her for the po
sition that the wealth and standin;
of her accepted father entitled he
to. 1t was at this luncture that sh
met NJ. Bendetti, and it is n brigh
spot in that chivalry for which Franc
was once Sc famous, that these pain
full disclosures added to rather thar
lessened his love. They We're mar
ried, and upon the death of the mer
chant, who did not long survive th
loss Of the slave and daughter,
THE WHOLE OF HIS VAST FORTUNE
Was found to be willed to Nine
Benedict, utterly ignoring severa
heirs-at-law. 1t is this fact whicl
has led to the exposure of the tale
and may yet cause the French states
: man much trouble. Suit was imme
; diately brought by the incensed rela
tives to contest the will, but the grea
influence of NJ. Benedict kept it ou
!. of the Courts. The overthrow o
, , the Empire, however, now allows tn
law to take It's own course, and it i
to be feared that the fair slave vii
be shorn of most of her fortune
There is enough left, however, i
face and form, if all tales be true, t
J. make the Frenchman bless to his dy
! ing day his pleasure jaunt throug
the golden sunshine of the Grecia,
Isles.
e Our TEETH.-They decay. Henc