, 1879-03-13

LUCKY CITIZEN AUBR1or.

EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
LUCKY CITIZEN AUBR1OT.
Correspondence New fork p'hr'd
pAn1s, Feb. 17.-No. 073, $50 had been turned
up by our wheel Of fortunc-who was No.
078,b091 Who was bel A journcyman leather
dresser, Aubtiot by name. Where WIS hc? At
his mastcr's Workshop In tho 1tuo do Ia Rcinc
Blanche. What was he doing on ills own nc.
count whi!o Fortuna was doiug 30 mucl, for
h!ml Simply making bis sunday halftlay for
fourneyman's wages ut lis bench. lie thought
SO little about tho lottery that ho would not
lose his four hours for tho sake Of getting carly
news Of tl,e winning ticket. These arc tho
exact particulars, md It may be as we'll to give
them, because Anbrlot's nnmo has already
BECOME tic nucleus Of fabla and legend.
All sorts Of things havo been written
about him, on tie good old
principle Of imagining what he ought 10
bc to sayo the trouble Of finding out what ha IL.
Franco IS without m equal In the world for The
perfection OF TINT kIud Of lnbor-sasing machinery
In pen md Ink. All tllr papers had something
to soy about him; not ona took tie pains 10 ap-
ply to him for tho facts. As soon as It was
known TINT lie was poor workman, my num-
bcr Of men Of inventive genius sat down 10 con-
bluCr uOH Il pQOT M3EKtN1H uuENL 10 DElluVl
rudcr a sudden acccssion to fortune. 1t was
agreed OIL MI hands tllue he nught to laugh and
cry By turns,-Aubriot accordingly was mudc to
do bo.h; tt.at he ought throw Ills cap over the
los1sctop n,lu Ills money ont ot the window
AubrIot was not suffered to fatl in either duty;
tAut III respect Of personal behavior, In B1lort,
he ought to cxc1lnp1c his uature Of humanity
10: that Of tho finished nss,-Aubriot at
cordsngly was made to uIdyreo more thorough
transformation than BuHp Dvttom himself. For
further unl incidental particulars It seemed
good to add TINT the grand lot of bis winning
mad bccn bought at d fa,cY price BY granIi
seiencur. This, too, was dong, a,,d we were
assured tllat the prncc of Wnles lad secured
These things appeared 80 probable, aud wltla1
SO pleasant, that ut frat Wns tempted 10 take
them as found them. Ii MI evil hour, how
an,i % sse Aabrot, and tep ,carncd d there ne wss
not word Ut truth in them from beginning to
cuo. say tn MI evil hour ur1,ccausc the facts are
nothing itlie 81 picturesque rs the fances. He
ls,'or rather, was, g Workman, md one OF tho
lie maintained Ills natutal .stcalncss and nerve
nll through etunec Of fortune rs wonderful,
considering Ills circumstances, ns anything re-
corded !; u @ ths .Arab'an Ntfhts." found bin
Cardinal Leul0iuc-quasler Of tho Luxcln-
bourg-a dirty street, a dirty l.ousc, but 4 clean
homo. On one side Of He di1a sat hls old
mother, on thu other side BIS wifs; the adopted
HSGE-lllJ 1utQ w %A444lCH u Al}HlI
owI-wns in tho ncxtroom. Ic assured mo with
great Indignation that he had never forgotten
himself for single lno1nent under the excite
lnent Of the news. ue thbnght very little ubout
lie went to IFS work. "a have sa!d, unl on COM
lng lon,o "cleancd himself upn and tuck his
1amtly eut for On alr!u:. Tic nowsboys were
seliin': tho evening papers eontaip''g ts,e twin.
pnper, put il In hfa pocket md forgot ail shout
1t TIL lo was undressing togo to ned. Then he
took It out nntl founu that ho was not TO s!cet,
Tor some hours Us yet, tnas!nuch ns tic wilmer
with excitement; hc owns to nothing more. II
was thu public went mad, not he. Siucc tic
publication Of his name a1,u nddrcss II seems lie
has hardly had a1no1ilcatfs peace. All tho crack
eourtesy title, though swinlleFs would perhaps
be tllu bc,ter word--haYe been ut him for q dip
0f Ills lucky bar. liz could have got rid OF til:
sum twice over IN loans OF 100 francs apiece
to deserving wilows who offer thcls neto OF
tcrcst. He has bccu asked to aksist In the
starting In llie Of at least sixteen hundred and
thirty boys warranted 10 tl1rN out well. Abouta
llke number of blushlng ,nnltleils await nothlg
but tlts generous ala IN ,lis nutter Of dowry to
bceotno the happtcst Ut wives. Three hundred
nnd seventeen ingenious Epccnlntors undertake.
to show htm bow huns vgrY!!lg from one to ilfty
thousand francs maY bc doubled. trchIcd, quad
rupled by . turn Ut thu hasmt. Ifo has been In
ysted to Pierce two isthnsuscs., to build three
bridges. found seycntccl asylutna, nlh Bayo
li!lo hundred md sixty pcrsons from suicide.
Illc Nsoru persistent of THESE borcs wcru not
content With writing; they catne ~ person to
pet tle answors to their letters. Poor Auhsiot
could nuyer luake sure Of u meal IN peacc. Until
his atiyent tho baroness burdctt. .coutts,. ot
charitable fame, may bu considered to lave hnd
the widest cxpericneo in thls k!ud Of tls u,ia'
glvd FOLLY nuA knascry Of tue world. Aubrlot,
however, might 5000 surpass her but 1or nnc
thing: he Is going away-t0 Wleru the Wicked