The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-02-22

II American travellers who have made tn.
Il tour of Europe, have either EMPLOYED d IL.
& countefed oh Courier, and Have studied III;
character it'll inh3rs ri less prgjudiced minds
he Is Character pretending To Know ali lani
d gt1ages. and everything else honest when
neE must beahonest. and 4 great scamp when
slshe finds opportunity to give play to l,is
ffeampish propensities. The following Der.
sonal sketch ri one ofs those curions fellows.
4 SWISS. md amoflels of his kind, is from i
long chapter on eouriers. III a fate number
of the Pail Nalk Gazette: Issll, !
What Godsend ". Dieudonne used to be-
IS 70 i those who We're fortunate enough to ed
cure him Tor their guide. friend and philoso-
pher- " hat 4 rare combination of gifts in
dicated him for elninence iii the profession
that nature inspired him to adopt. He was
iemphatically self-made man. and vet the
workmanship WAS unexceptionable. You
were never suffered To surmise this fact. for
his origin was q close secret OF his own.
Swiss BY extraction, like most Of his tribe.
the youthful Louis early found his way from
the mountains OF tile Valais TO the streets of
Geneva. From being hanger Oh ia the
coiirtyards Of the dffferelit hotels. he CON
verted hinlsf gradually into an occasional
1aqteass dc place. AS became free mouli-
taineer. from The first he utterly emailc lpatet
himself from prejndices always Wiling and
always useful, his shrewd services were at the
service tf any one who chose to par. lie had
IN excellent eye for character. and as the
patrons he was brought in contact with did
not think it worth while piayirg the hypo-
critic witha lad Of his years. his early studies
n human Azure were much easier to him by I
the dlstinctness of the print Thus he de-
veloped the bump O. acqnistiveness to the !
prejudice Of his organs of generation. while
ms common sense and common courtesy
him to become an accomplished |
4rgE axo3 s5Ia
Atlast he caught the tide OF, the turn that
carried nm 70 fortune. A literary English
nan on his way from Italy to Paris retained
hin rs ms cicerone to Voltaire's Chateau of
feriiy. ami was thunder struck at the acot,ai1-
ance the orlt-at-elbow young Swiss display
q with the life aud writings OF the great
philosopher. Louis. who was blessed with
u admirableImemory, was only airing his
ecolleeflons Of the conversation OF a couple
I frenchnien he had conducted couple of
avs before. But he took good care not to
+ the cat out Of the bag when his compasa-
On complimented him. Through life he knew
'hen TO speak and when to Keep silent. 1t
nded BY the Englishman carrying off his
hoenlx as a travelling servant. When he
'arfed.1 Louis was as innocent as a babe of
le road, but The meditated profoundly on
- future as the carriage dragged up the
CODED zigzags of the Jura. The result was
s putting himself to school with the land
'rd, the postilfion. his master. with any one
o.cotHd teach, and with an air of such
'mpacent self-sutficency that that they
arcely suspected he was learning. r
y he -. lost OF the Lion dor at Dion q
lowed limslf backward with the black mail,
J. Dieudonne was down upon him SO stern
that the other fell upon his 5marrow-bones
ID humhly rendered up his own share OF >
e pillags' as a peace offerin e. When the |
ir arrived at Paris tile master was so Or nd
his invaluable domestic that he could rot
Up advertising his own perspicacity to all
e world, declaring he considered 1t had
tied him for life. The consequence was
1t M Dieudonnc forthwith bettered HIM
II, finding ali excellent place with mil L
naire American family starting upon tour q
Europe. u
rALK ABOUT SUCCESS j. Parker, NJ. d.,
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