The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-26
ABANDONED IN INFANCY.
An American Girl's Child
"BOrn i'm Paris"
What Became Of Her-The True Story of Life
Battling with the World and at Last
Finding Homs-Anxisty to Once
More See Her Parents.

story to the public In the hope that one OF the
many under whose eyes 1t must fall may be In
position to furnish the clue to DICK up the lost thread
in this tangled skeln Of fate.
LADY ANNOUNCED.
While sitting one raw, cold day in comlortab
little paror OF Mr.. Ptexotto our agreeable and
accomplished Consul here, discussing Roumanian
politics over o bowl OF hot punch and an nno-
cent game OF ''seven up" Theodore, the Con-
sul's vdtet de place, came in and informed
his master IN a mysterious sort OF way. ana with
sidelOng look at me as though he was not quite
sure that ought TO be let into the secret that
lady wished to speak 10 him.
''What sort OF lady Y' we both asked.
"The most beautiful lady I saw" replied
Theodore, 'wiIh blue eyes and golden hair hanging
In ringets over her neck ana shoulders, and she
says she is a Partisan. American"
An thought, looking at my friend our Consul
is already gong the way OF all consuls and ambas-
sailors abroad, and soon he will be better than
the rest. We put the punch away-where 1t would
keep hOt-laid' the cards aside and Mr.. Piexotto
assuming his most dignined and Official air, told
Theodore TO
SHOW THE IN.
We found that Theod0re's ideas OF female beauty
were to be relied upon In correct taste. The lady
was most beautiful woman, with dark blue eyes
and golden halr, apparently about twcntyfour
years DID, neatly though not richly dressed, and
with that Understandable something in her air or
manner by which you may always recognize the
true Parisienne. She seemed slightly embarrassed
upon enterlng but immediately commenced the
conversation by begging pardon for disturbing us,
but she thought that Mr.. Pexoo, In his quality OF
consul, would De Of Invaluable assistance in
MATTER OF THE GREATEST INTEREST
to her. If lie would be kind enough to extend his
aid to one who was not properly speaking, all
American She spoke in French, and l
0elIolteQ IanpuaUa
more spoken with tina, peculiar accent
and charm which Is captivating in
the mouth or Partisan woman. MIR. PiexottO
hastened TO assure her IN his Dlandest manner and
sotest tones that he would only be too happy to
serve her in any way, and asked If she was not
an American.
"BORN IN PARIS OF AMERICAN PARENTS"
she replied. and drawing we'll orn bit OF paper
from her pocket, handed 1t TO him. 1t proved to DO
a COPY. ceruded and authenticated by the French
authorities of her dcte de ssaissance drawn up IN
tnat wonderfully precise and correct manner III
every circumstance connected with her birtn.
from tins paper 1t appeared that she was born on
d'Antn, attended by the sage Jennie Rcumettont.
a age tn,rwo years that the ac.e dc massanc
Rue au Coire Her mothers name was Eliza "a
Stewart nee Wharton, aged twenty-five years. an
ha Isl ynv vl o her a ra1 s Is
James Stewart also RENTER aged thirty nine years
an american, then absent en- r0ya0e. All OF these
details were SET forth IN the cIeares manner LII the
paper III question. She then related to US
THE HISTORY Of HER LIFE,'
which has been full enough OF vic.sstudes and I'D.
and instructive romance but or which i snail ne
simplest details. 1t seems that she was put
S1t to nurse ,s to 0,,ay young peasant woman
mdes from Paris Alter two or three
months the nurse received letter from the sage
father had been suddenly Obliged to return to
America, mat they had lett enough money to pay
tor the child year, at the end which time they
proposed returning 70 France TO ann II.
FATHER, MOTHER NURSE.
From that time forth the iat1er and mother were
drst two or three years continually looked Tor one
began az last TO conclude that they had deserted it,
but not finding in her heart TO cast the pretty babe
ner own child and husband were dead though
am not quite sure she ever had husbandl, she
determined TO adopt 1t as her own, which she did
accordingly. For len years she cared for the child
thus let In her charge, loving il Us It had been
course give her httle pro60e any better education
than That received by the other peasant children OF
the village which was, to say the least, very
primitive one. She learned to tenn sheep pastur-
Ing on the green NIL suc sprlng me to pick the
ripe, luscious grapes, hanging IestoOns from the
leaiy vines in autumn, to press their crimson
JUICE VITA her little white feet; out further than this
Lne good people OF st. Calais did not IhlnK II neces
sary to instruct the feminine portion OF the rising
generation. she might nave lived and died thus |
happy peasant girl, without ever gong out Of sight
oil her vage church splre had not fate again lnUer.
posed
EARLY YEARS.
When she was ten years old her adopted mother
died. leaving her alone In the world Without one
friend care for her Her lie then became one Of
crust Of bread mere and there among the peasants.
They were kind enough to her their way; but she
had no place in the world no home she could call
her own. She lived thus for three years. As she
shepherdcss ana drive the sheep to the green mi.
slopes or perform the part OF maid-of-alI-work in
some little bourgeois family Tor which she
would be recOmDenSeu with
new pair OF sabots. as The case or the
being very industrious ana honest iiste Girl
and seemed 10 show In her energy and lndepend- !
S u h ~ a a american or
some little pollteness or attention. the notice OF q
fat conf ortable. eccentric Old gentleman, who,
inquiries about her, and fndlng That had no one
to look aer her, and having no children OF his
own, determined, with the consent OF his wife, TO
ADOPT HER.
He brought her to Paris put her in a convent,
gave her q good education, ana at tue aye VI !
eighteen brought her out INTO society anu pre-. !
senteO her as ms future nelress Her beauty,
she was expected to bring her husband |
made her the admired OF all admirers and for time
belle Of the world IN ghlcn she moved. Things |
went on smoothly enough until she was near
twenty, when her adopted iather chose as n hus-
band Tor her retired and wealthy, though red
laced and elderly, butcher.
LEES viCIsSfTUDEs.
She on her part had chosen handsome young |
Roumalan law student, who, without being rich,
ndu cuouSn W commence lie OH. dere OF course,
was SUBJECT OF disagreement Of angry reproaches
and threats OF disnheritance on one side of tears
ana pray ers on the Other and which, as the young
LADY In qaestl0n was American, and not French,
must end IN an elopement Just about this time
there was among her acquaintances an American
who had been many years resident In Paris,
VINO, discovering by accident that her real hame
was Stewart, anu not that OF her adopted father,
took 1t upon himself, for some unknown reason, 70
hunt up The clue ~ her lost parentage. After much
trouble and research he succeeded In finding the
midwife spoken OF in the dce ne natssdnce and ex.
torted from her the confession that the mother OF
the child had continued sending money for its sup
port for three years which she had appropriated 10
ner own use, and that wnen the mother announced
her intention OF coming Europe In order to take
thata no