Year: 1867

81 Some few months ago great commotlon


vas,excited In the Paris, world by a nocturnal


adventure OF the kind common enough among


The lower orders. Seldom or eve: happening to


neople Of the same quality as the hero, whose


name @ was was yelled and initiated and darkly hint
ca at for weeks atterward In the journals. The
sInry ia not pleasant one; but needs to he told
ytneyplain the denouement, Which is only ocF


curing at this moment A young gentleman,
i 5fhe rising star of a kingdom, whose sun has


onIy lust arisen wag lounGing along the BouleT
u Yards towards the: small hours Of the night
He had but just. left the heated atmosphere OF


the Maison d Or, and was glad to reach home
on. foot in order to enjoy the delights OF the
fresh calm breezes, aud the soothing hight OF
{ the moon, after. The scorching simeon and the
fiery furnace amid which he had been pent tor


several hours preceding. Arrived at the cor


nerof theRue della Paix, the young gentle
man. ma whose cigar was well-nigh: burnt out,


flung the still lighted remnant lit might have
been accident Some say it was design right
i into the friizzled chignon of gay damsel who


was vas waking before him. The sudden fare Of


the tow with which the chignon was filed the


pain, the ffright--caused the poor creature to
scream most fearfully. 10 tear the chignon
9 from her nape and fling it on the pavement
vas the work Of moment for her companion;
. but meanwhile indignation had succeeded to
terror on the part of the fair damse, and goaded
ND by the roars Of laughter to which the scene
had given rise, she rushed across the pave
ment to.Where the Prince was standing hold
ing his, sides with merriment, and applied to
each of the royal cheeks one of the most yigor.
GUS smacks ever received by mortal man.. Had
this happened, to q Frenchman it would have
. led to no consequence, the code OF love and
paliantly admitting the "accident" among the
ills which flesh is heir to but in this instance
the blood of the ancient race to which he be-


longs fred with the champagne and absinthe
he had absorbed rushed to the Prince brain,
and forgetting the sex of his fair assailant, and
of his own, he fell upon the poor girl with his
cane, and beat her with such violence that her
shrieks rent the air, and sergens. .de-Vlle came
troopng from every direction. The case was
clear The girl had fallen upon the pavement;
the Prince, with ,blanched cheek and foaming
mouth was standing over her, while his cane
was whistling round her neck and shoulders as
the blows fell thick and fast Her attire was
10 disorder; her bonnet torn from her head,
and she lay screaming in most piteous plight.
Of course there was no denying the, assault, no
need for the testimony Of witnesses, the state
of the poor girl bearing ample proof OF the
treatment she had received. The Prince was
accordingly removed to the violon, wherein his
fathers ambassador was compelled to release
him in person., on the reception OF hls'card at
the Embassy not three hours after his Excel
lency had retired to, bed. 9,t - An r..


As we tell you, the affair made great noise
at the time, and, as we further add, the Prince
was greatly blamed, and seriously sermonized
by an ilhstfious relative upon the occasion. =
The adventure should have ended here-it was
forgotten altogether---when. 10! at this very
moment, comes the most astounding revelation
of aIl--the blind god, to whom we allude at
the beginning of this idyl OF the city pavement,


has undertaken to punish the Prince more
severely, more cruelty than any court OF justice
could have done. The nymph he had so mad


ly chastised has been commissioned by the


blonde goddess to whom she IS devoted, to


aVepge the outrage committed on one OF her
votaries. Cupid has come to her aid, and 50


effectual was the plot between the little god
and his angry mother, that the Prince, led by


an irresistible impulse to convey, with his own
hand, the compensation he was condemned to
offer to the poor injured damsel, found himself
suddenly and irrecoyerably entangled in the
snare. His royal father, made aware Of the
state of affairs, treated them as he does State
affairs, pooh -poohed the matter altogether, tor
memory's sake. perhaps But his fair relative,
who possessed all the reason and serious reaec-


ton Of the family. insisted on a peremptory


order being dispatched forhis return. All was
ofno avail until the idea Of a summons to take
command of the army was thought Of as "a
certain inducement to obedience Of course


this could not fail, and the young Prince has
just departed, having submitted with good


grace to the condition imposed upon him OF
his royal relatives-that Of leaving the talr
nymph behind. This he did to the very letter,
after obtaining the promise that she would
follow in the next train. This, In her turn,


she accomplished faithfully likewise, soyou see
that trust begets confidence, and faith re,
moves mountains, and the modern race OF
Princes can vie in truth and honor with their


ancestors. Cor. OF the Court journal
TIN GTOVES s!.. Z. l4ii