The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-07-03
ALBANY. OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1874

forward WIN cry OF welcome; Dui
her eye fell upon another form. She
paused, clasped her hands, and ont
word broke from her lips:
"Pierrel"
But the heart spoke volumes il
that single word, and the next in
slant she lay in swoon Of Joy on
Che breast Of her first and only love,
her lost and her found. And it was
touching to see old Jean Dulaire;-
how he rose and tottering toward the
returned wanderer, "fell upon his
neck, and wept." And jacques
with his lifelong love, tried, tempted,
and sanctifed-was he not happy,
with a happiness greater than theirs!
"A holy pleasure, which nothing
could take from him-the calm,
sweet joy of self-saorifce, of,renun-
citation.
When the first half-delirious rap
lures Of meeting were over, all gath
cred round Pierre to hear the story
of his long absence, wanderings, and
adventures. But first he removed
from jules head, with his own hand,
the widows cap, and twined in her
beautiful hair some half opened
roses, wet with night-dew. Then,
with that dear hand leaning upon his
shoulder-one arm around the slen-
derest waist in the world, and one
hand grasping her fathers he related
the strange, eyentful history, which,
we give, as near as may be, in his
own words.
"It was rather late in the Winter
when I left Louisville for home, and
I was Obliged to stop a while at some
small settlements on the way to trans
act business. Just as l was about
leaving one Of these places, with a
company Of traders, all strangers to
me, obseryed.a keel-boat near the
shore, containing a number of men,
which had become encompassed and
blocked in with the ice. l could per-
suade no one d go with me in boat
to the assistance of the strangers, SO
I took long pole in my hand, and
walked to them on the floating ice,
leaping from block to block. l
reached the boat in safety, and found
three of those men to be our young
e1iled princes, the Due d'Orleans,
the Due de Montpensier and the
Count de Beaujolais. They had
come in this manner-the brave
young men--all the way from Pitts
burgh. But I forget-you must
know of their undertaking, for they
told me that they stayed one night
with you. A day or two before
encountered them, their helmsman
had been taken i'll and given up, and
thus they had got into trouble. But
I soon got them free of the ice, and
brought them safely to the landing.
Then it was that his highness and his
noble brothers earnestly entreated
me to turn my face from home, and
to accompany them to New Orleans.
What could I do? There was my
royal master, who, in his prosperity,
had befriended me; and could | for
sake him in the hour Of his misfor-
tune? An, Julie, pardon me once
obeying loyalty rather than Lowell /
promised my prince, proudly but
sadly, to go with him. But wrote
to you telling the story of my strange
fortune, and gave the letter to the
sick boatman, who was returning to
Pittsburgh
81 never received that letterW ex-
claimed Julie. "Ah, then, the poor
fellow may have died before reach
ing this place"
81 will not weary you with o de-
tailed account Of our hardships,
adventures and hairbreadth escapes
for we had enough Of all these to
preserve us from enuai. We reached
New Orleans at length in fine health
and spirits, and the princes took
passage that very day for Havana, in
0h American ship which was to sail
the next morning. At night l went
on board to spend the few last hours
with my illustrious friends, who had
the cabin entirely to themselves.
With few bottles of old Burgundy,
with songs and legends of Ia 6elle
France, what wonder if time went by
unchalIengod2 1t was past midnight
when we embraced and parted. l
went up on deck, and, to my aston
ishment, the ship was off to Havana,
with oil sail spread, and far behind
lis cleaned the lightsof New Orleansl
/ beat my breast--swore at the stupid
captain, but all in vainl They took
me the voyage to Havana. After
seeming my friends sail for Europe |
concluded to return to New Orleans
in the same vessel which brought me
out. But again the fates were against
me. We had been about two days
1T sea when we we're boarded by a
French cruiser, and, owing to my
having about me some books, auto
graphs and a miniature, parting gifts
from the Due d'Orleans, ! had the
honor of being taken possession Of
as an important prize. The rascals
believed, or pretended 10 believe, me
a Bourbon, one Of the princes; and,
mqugre my remonstrancs, threats
and entreaties, they took nae all the
way to France and placed ine III close
confinement. 1t was then some
months before / could obtain trial,
and though | was at last honorably
acquitted Of tho grave charge Of royal
birth, my money was retained, and
what I valued more, the last gifts Of
my prince. 1 was thus detained un-
til l could earn sufficient to repltn-
ish my wardrobe and pay my home-
ward passage. ] wrote several letters
70 Julie aud TO You, my father, but
did not send them, from utter hope
lessness OF their ever reaching YOU.
At length was able to take ship for
Martinique and from thence to New
0riaara Trasn thence i worked Y0V