Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-08-28
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FAIRLY LIFE OF TALLEYRAND.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pe Perigord,
eldest son of the Comte de Talleyrand, was
born in Paris, in the year 1854. The Comics
de Talleyrand were descend led from younger
branch of the sovereign counts of Perigord,
one % Of the most ancient and illustrious fami:
lies of France. The father Of Charles Maui
rice was soldier, his mother lady in. wait
ing at court. In the very hour of his birth
the infant was consigned to the care of nurse,
who removed him at once to her home in
distant part of the country, where he was
reared very little differently to her own peas
ant children. This was the fashionable way
of disposing of infantine encumbrances in
those DAYS their advent was disagreeable
accident, which condemned the fine ladies to
months seclusion but with that the trouble
ended, the accident was given into the hands
of some peasant nurse, and was thought OF no
more until it was of an age to be trained for
a soldier, priest, or courtier, as the case
might be- When scarcely twelvemonth old,
he was lamed for life by a fall. Eleven years
passed away, during which time the fond
mother had not only never seen her offspring
but was even ignorant of the accident that had
befallen him.
About this period his uncle, the Bailli de
Talleyrand, naval captain, returned to
France after an absence Of many years. Be-
ing desirous of seeing his nephew, he made
Journey to the remote village to which the
boy had been exiled. 1t was in the depth of
winter that he undertook this expedition, and
the snow lay thick upon the ground. AS he
neared the place he met upon the road blue
eyed, fair-haired boy, dressed like peasant
to whom he offered some silver to guide him
to Mother Regents (the nurses name was Re-
gent.) Delighted at the thought of the prom
ised reward, the boy eagerly undertook the
service but he was very lame, and could not
keep pace with the horse, so the good-natured
baill lifted him into the saddle. His wonder
and CONSERVATION may be imagined when,
upon arriving at the cottage, he was informed
that in his poor, little, lame guide he saw the
nephew he had come to seek.
Not another hour did Charles Maurice re-
main beneath that roof; the bailli took the
boy back with him to Paris. Such was the
childhood's days of the future great European
diplomatist, who was destined thereafter to
hold the destinies Of France within his grasp
FROM Llle village le was VI lai'o i'oPi.hIoo " wiz
College D'Harcourt, where, all ignorant as
he was when he entered it, he soon carried
away the first prizes, and became ultimately
one of its most distinguished scholars. His
mother now paid him an occasional VISIT but
as she was always accompanied by a surgeon,
who pulled, and cauterized, and tortured the
boys leg, her visits were more terrible than
pleasing. But all the pulling, and cauter-
zing effected no good-the lameness YES in
curable The head of the house Of Talley-
rand must be soldier-such was the tradi-
ton of the family, and it had never yet been
departed from. A cripple could not be a sol.
der 1t was announced to him that his BIRTH
right would be transferred to his younger
brother.
"Why so ?" asked the boy. ,