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rUIERs,s DOMESTIC LIFE.
....os Ssorx--A Curious Arrangement
Evem for IMris.
,p,r.. Correspondence N. y. rribunel


rho, yesterday, was the sovereign Of
Paris. The introduction took place at
.be house Of Lafitte, whom Theirs con-
,o,ted when writing his history about
.be finances of the republic and consul
..e. The charming Parisienne discov-
cred in the odd little man genius of
the highest order, and as varied as that
of an Athenian in the time of Pericles.
Her first notion was to use him rs an in
ssrument in restoring Napoleon's son,
sse duke de Reichstadt, for she was
jealous Bonapartist, as well from family
associations as from admiration of Ma
poleon, who had died short time pre-
viously at st. Helena. The bankers
wife had delightful house, to which
she invited the odd-looking little genius.
She determined to polish him and divest
him of his external oddities, which she
saw would be in his way. He took pol
sh rapidly, and in taking it conceived
passion for his Egeria, which endured
to the end of his life and hers. The
revolution came round 1t placed on
the throne woman Of severe morals,
Who was very good and very charitable,
bnt very narrow-minded. The tittle-tat-
de about NJ. Theirs and Nine. Dosne
found IN echo at the Tuileries, whore,
in the queens circle, Guizot was in high
favor for the support he gave tho Jesuits
when they sought leave to open schools
for secondary instruction. According
to the canon of polite society, it was no.
body's business to see more clearly into
NJ. Dosne's family affairs than he did
himself. But such was not the view
taken by Marie Emile, who had had
some trouble in breaking liaison of her
eldest son, the duke Of Orleans, who was
then three years married to the duchesse
de Valencay, and was determined to en-
force respect for the seventh command
,nent. At court ball Madame Dosne
advanced to salute the queen, and her
majesty turned her back upon her; this
ah,ront set Paris ringing. A remon-
STRANGE was addressed to the king by NJ.
.Dosne. All the Bonapartists espoused
the cause of the affronted lady, who
naturally defended herself as well as she
could. She accounted for her intimacy
with Thiers by representing that she
was keeping him close to her to be u
husband for her daughter Emile, and
That she was determined upon making
him member Of her family. His genius
would ennoble them, and their money
would enable him to devote his great
faculties to the public service. TheQueen
shifting her ears to the clnmor made by
the aggrieved lady, Theirs upset the
ministry, and was asked to form new
cabinet, which he did on condition of
Nine. Dosne's story being accepted by
the queen and an apology made. nile.
Emile was taken from school and asked
whether she would like to share the glory
Of NJ. Theirs, and be his devoted friend
for life. She had been brought mp to
regard him as divine man, earth-born,
10 doubt; said yes, was married to him
given, to speak in figure, n latch
key, and set up with confidential
femme de chambre and suit of rooms
at the end of the house opposite to the
one in which he resided. Nine. Dosne
occupied the intermediate rooms with
her daughter Felicite, and NJ. Dosne had
a bed and sitting room of his own in a
return building looking on the garden.
The whole family met at repasts and
the evening breeze never ruffled the
harmony of the mutual relations of its
members. Nine. Dosne led the CONVEX
sition, and wasan entertaining, gracious
hostess to the end of her life. Nine.
Theirs, who WAS very good-looking, and
Sill preserves her comeliness, had not
nuch to say for herself. She was an
excellent housekeeper, and relieved her
BOTHER of administrative ceres. At an
early period of her singular matrimonial
nie' Count Roger du Nord, one Of the
most accomplished and the handsomest
man in Paris, was admitted to be her re-
speetful cavalier.
Theirs was the pride, the darling, the
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