The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-23 00:00:00

THE FAIR IMPOSTER.

Eatly last summer a lady, calling herself Madame
B—, attended by two servants, arrived in a very ele-
gant carriage in a village not one hundred miles from
this city. She drove up to the best hotel, secured lodg-
ings, and shortly after handed the landlord a card, an-
nouncing a number of lots in New Orleans for sale, which
she desired bim to place in his bar-room.
She professed to be a widow in bad health. From this
hotel she removed to a furnished house, which she
engaged for six months. She soon selected from
the merchants and market pe•'pie a ehoz.en few,
whom she honoured with her patronage. She had
a nu nber of rie•h dresses made up, bought
lery, gave a soiree once a week, lived generou:sly,
purchased all the old wine in town, and quite
monopolised the young chickens, cream, and other deli-
cacies in the neighbourhood. Several young ladies were
invited to spend the winter with her in the city; and the
s -n of a respectable planter was engaged to superintend
her sugar plantation for the ensuing year, at a salary of
1.400 dollars. She got up a sub.scription to build a new
church in the village, and headed it with 100 dollars, pay-
able on the completion of the building. It was soon
whispered, far and near, that her wealth was immense,
and no one thought of presenting her with a bill. Things
went on merrily. The two merchants she honoured with
her patronage were desperately smitten, and each had
reason to believe himself the favoured swain.

. Thus passed the summer. One fine Sunday morning,
however, in the month of November, at about eleven
o'clock, one of the lovers, dressed in his best, and glowing
with hope, called to escort madame to a camp-meeting in
the neighbourhood. At the same time his rival arrived
with the same understanding. She had offered to each of
them a seat in her carriage. Looking by no means very
amiable at one another, they rapped at the door. No
answer was returned. They knocked again. Still no
answer. They became alarmed, but soon concluded that
the lady, piqued at their delay (they had dallied a little
too lung over the toilette), had driven off so/us to the
camp ground. What were they to do? They had
loaned their horses on the promise of a seat in the car-
riage, and not another was to be had. Indeed, scarcely
a human being remained in town. Half-angry and
half-ashamed, they skulked baok to their respective
lodgings, and spent the day as old crusty bachelors do in
country towns, mumbling crackers and cheese and
swigging brandy.
At breakfast, however, next morning, it was
whispered among the boarders that Madame B. had not
been at the meeting. The lovers turned red. A
feeling of alarm, perhaps a dim idea that they. had been
bamboozled, came over them, and accompanied by the
crowd, they had rushed to her house. The doors and
venetians were carefully closed, and for a moment the
group paused until the question of forcible entry could
be determined. The two attorneys of the place w ert
summoned, differed in opinions, cited on each side a dozen
of eases directly in point, and finally flew at one another
with great fury. The magistrate and constable inter-
fered, and during the melee the door was burst open, and
in the mob went.

Every thing was in perfect order ; flowers bloomed on
the mantel-piece ; a little slipper lay in one corner ;
delicate glove in another ; and on the table was found
following note, written on musk-scented paper,
couleur (Prose, in the prettiest Italian hand :
" Adieu my dear friends. The first frost summons me
away. 1 w.li b.- with you next summer, When yen
visit the city, c.. 11 on me at Ne. 27, Rue Make
my house your home. For your bills, draw on my men
chants, Messrs. --, Canal street. Adieu ! Adieu
It is impossible to say precisely what was tiee feeling
of the company. Mot of tin were her creditors for
rent, some for sudplies, and for con,iderable amounfftss?
cash loaned. A few swore roundly ; others slunk off
lently, while the two lovers grew Lnury with.
impostor He who loaned money declared her asad
treasured
but the other insisted on her innocence,smacmorials to he
up the abandoned slipper and . eachim °other.
cherished for ever. He that
and enclosed a letter full of vows
l
with a polite
ten days hi= draft came bate protested.tihty
ht,d the honour of
iggih°ttovdetirileaewl
lady herself.
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her
s if. bank,
note from ALssrs.
,„(I:"6ioci. then nut a word has
knowing any slid the whole village hils
faithful lover, who
been h .ra of toe fair
tahbeouotni't, t insisisttLit she
Such is the of beauty
on r..!iurn next swum,
Gait Reporter.
on man's imagtnapon.
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•lIOI7B.E.SQ.UAH.E INFIRMARY.—The
.f, fourth
CfrAlnorrEtßlie auxiliary
.socii.t), founded by the patients
ii;rl'B"39, ai,t of the infirmary in Conner-house-square,
t; r bof the poor ifffitcted with fistula, was held
o;lliVeClii re lief
Wednesday at the Ilijhbury Barn Tavern, and was at-
tef,ded by upwards of 130 individuals. The chair was
taken by Mr. Thomas Howell, who was supported by
several of the most active friends of the institution.
From the fifth annual report, which was circulated in
the room, it appeared that 64/. Is. had been paid by
the society for the use of the parent institution, making,
since its commencement, the sum of 2881. 16s. 6d. The
toasts were of the usual character; and, in reply to
" Prosperity to the Auxiliary Society," an able speech
was delivered by Mr. Martin, who urged the advantages
of the public rendering to it more efficient support.
THE POTATO DISEASE ALARM.—A week or two
ago, a gentleman in the northern part of the country,at
whilst searching amongst his potatoes, .found oneurr:
off
hurried each root which he considered diseased. He
to a neighbouring gentleman, to whom he mentioned
the circumstance, who immediately called his gardener,
which in their and a similar appearance was found.he The gardener,
however,was
only thesoon
set,ex pal a
circumstancei ied t that
tawuose of their fears
gentlemen had
theo-
retical knowledge of. gardening
the
overlooked, and their alarm quickly buln id ed.—lpswich