New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-31

That cup will prove, pure as thine own,
The friendship of thy friends.
All through life's varied winding paths,
From youth to manhood up,
Wife, children. friends and fortune too
| Dwell in Hopes magic cup.
| Greenwood, Caddo parish Louisians. =.
Alexis and His Buuished Wife.
| A Berlin correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette writes the following:
! In the pleasant suburbs of city not a
days ride from Berlin there stood this sum
| mer a new and handsome uuOccupied villa.
| whose outward proportions and pleasant
yard were constant source of admiration
to cosy little party of summer guests that
| assembled for coffee on the piazza Of the
| adjoining house.
| Our little circle was thrown into flutter
| of excitement one morning by the announce
ment that the villa had been rented for q
few months to wealthy Russian family
The arrangements afforded us an endless
theme of conversation and copjectures, and
the coffee hour was often prolonged a. late
as it was possible for US to use our crochet
needles, in the hope of seeing the arrival of
the family. or the mistress, who We all
agreed must be young and beautiful to har-
monte with the charming decorations of
her home.
One bright afternoon our anxious waiting
was relieved by the sound of wheels and
the quick steps OF spirited horses, and soon
magnificent carriage rolled up to the gate.
way. The footman sprang from his seat,
opened the door and assisted an elderly
gentleman of prepossessing appearance to
descend the steps; then came pretty child
of two or three years; then the mother, q
beautiful young woman, her grace and car.
riage. indicating noble birth. She was
dressed in an elegant and becoming cos
tune of the latest mode. Her broad brim
felt hat, turned up at the side and edged
with gray ostrich feathers, while a long
from the crown, set off her handsome face
to the best advantage. She gathered ND
her velvet mantle and walked proudly into
the house, without deigning glance at the
curious eyes who overlooked her from the
neighboring piazza above, but bowed gra-
ciously to the servants who assembled to
receive her.
curiosity, for no one could tell who the !
pretty Russian WAS, and after few DAYS |
the elderly gentleman disappeared. She |
seemed to have no friends or acQuaintances,
No one evescame to the house, and when |
she drove out was always with her child |
and lady, evidently her companion. The
prolonged quiet became wearisome to most
Of the guests in the adjoining house, and
the eager curiosity had settled down to an
conjecture as we awaited the
postman, and were often disappointed in
orr pleasant expectations, while he inyaria-
bly, passed on to the handsome villa, |
Individually, my interest increased rather
than abated, for as / often sat alone |
enjoying the gathering twilight in my room,
which faced the chamber of the pretty,
solitary woman, the gas was lighted, and,
without drawing the curtains, the child was
arrayed by the nurse in his nightly gar
nents under the careful supervision of the
mother. This seemed to be the one hour
or which the mother lived, and / saw her
ender caresses; and the frolicsome gambols
IT the beautiful boy, with growing inter.
st that did not care to impart to others, |
or l.was jealous of the friendly careless
less with which they regarded me. Know
ng that | still sat by my window, and
ould see directly into the reom, they did |
Tot care to shut me out by lOOsening the |
aliing drapery of the window. So nv
indy interest kept pace with my imagina.
Ion that wove for them many aromantio
ale.
A runner reached us that the pretty
roman was the bapished wife of a certain
lember Of royal family, but nothing oc-
urred to confirm the report. The magnifi- {
ent open carriage had been put away and !
eplaced by an elegant, close two.seated
ab, in which the lady and child took their
sual airing. The short days and cool even
,gs admonished the summer guests it was Q
me to dlsperse to their winter quarters, s
nd confess that it was with feeling of t
eal regret that l looked for the last time
the bright boy and his interesting mother, L
n my interest had grown to be more than |
ere idle curiosity. I
A friend who remained promised to an @
ounce to US anything unusual that might t
appen to our interesting neighbor. Soon il
Q heard, ''Since certain royal family 8
'ighbor has received dispatch regularly Ii
'ery morning" The messenger, who =
lanced to bring dispatch to our land q
dy, complained that he had made that q
ng walk every morning for some DAYS in
der to carry dispatch to the adjoining | n
LA. This seemed to confirm the floating ! Il
NOR. and the lady grew to be more an IL
Ject of interest than ever. b.
Not long after an unusual excitement at | d
Q villa attracted attention, and tho
xious appearance of the pretty woman at sc
window announced an expectant ar. u,
'al. Presently a tall, handsome man in I'll
ain black dress walked quietly up from I'll
depot. The. butler and foOtman were a.
lltlng at the door fairly laughing from &C
crown OF their powdered heads to the d
es OF their slippered feet. AT the first al
Ind OF the opening gate, the pretty wo- Il
IN, regardless of all ceremony and every
ng but giving sway to her long pent-np
lings, flew down the stairway, and in ]
Instant more was clasped in the loving
rs OF her husband, the Grand Duke &C
: xis of Russia -. ,-- NJ
ie remained with her Friday, Saturday an
l Sunday, only going out with her and re
child for drive in the close cab. Sun ar
? evening che took him alone in the cab mr.
the depot, and Tuesday morning our pa p p
8 announced that Sunday, 1880 p. M. m;
Grand Duke Alexis arrived in Berlin. "a;
NJ Paris, and took lodgings with the ;se
ssian ambassador. We knowing ones %"
led over the petty deception, but out of ,ne
ard for the devoted wife said nothing. | or,
now that all danger is over, entrust ho
secret to the generosity of your readers. in
know will sympathize with the situa. n
OF the pretty countess, who dares not
De the acknowledged wife of possible or1
"a 'no '"'Slan 'nfone' the
Illegal Flirtati0ns. y yuc
o woman can carry on filtration with a rem
red man that is not criminal. No wo. nsa
! can filrt lnpOcently even with a vounu ia :