Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-07-18
From the ". Y. Morning Herald.

| FROM the ". y Morning Herdtd.
TRUTH is STRANGER THAN FICTION.
A curious circumstance has just occurred at
Albany. A short time since, there arrived IN
Albany female in sex, lady in manners, a
widow in dress, who by name represented her
sclfas Mrs. -, whose husband was in the
! fight at Prescott and was killed Not wishing
to become very conspicuous whilst in Albany,
and with that innate modesty which some wild
ows possess in an eminent degree, the widow
took up her residence at the house of celebra-
ted lortune-eeri in Albany, who is well known
to many orthe members of State Legislature as
wellas to not small proportion Of the church
members in that city
| Having obtained a temporary home, her next
movement was to disclose the object of her Wis
it, which she explained after this fashion. A
relative in England had bequeathed her, or her
family, no less sum than f400,000: her rel
atiyes in Vermont were wealthy farmers, and
having in times past lost a considerable sum by
going TO law, they were determined not to trou-
Bile themselves by endeavouring to obtain the
legacy. For her own part, however, the young
widow was determined to secure the money, if
possible; at any rate she should like TO visit
England, and her mother promised secrecy to
aid her, and join her in Albany with $4,000
She had no protector, and therefore proposed to
the tortuneteller to accompany her to England
in the Liverpool steamer next Saturday, as a
companion and protector, and for her trouble
she was to receive part Of the legacy. To
this the fortune-teller consented, and proceed
ed to the office of a lawyer to have articles of
agreement drawn up between them.
Lou strt, nly I Jny
that he instantly conceived an idea Of supplan-
d, ting the lorune-teller, and very soon carried
: this plan into effect. He persuaded the widow
that her apartments at the lortune-teller's were
!, unworthy lady of her expectations, present
appearances, and future prospects; he there
fore removed her, bag and baggage, to the
house Of a respectable, but not wealthy lady in
Virgin Lane. Here he visited her SO often, and
at such unreasonable hours, that, although he
was her legal adviser, the lady thought he was
acting contrary to law in the premises. He
therefore resolved not to wait for the mother
and SO 900, bat to start instantly "ior England
ho!" He bought an elegant travelling trunk,
paid S18 for it, and taking the widow with him
on board the steamboat Rochester, babe as he
thought farewell, long farewell" TO Albany
and all its greatness, including his wife and va
rious little responsibilities scattered through
the city. He had promised himselfmuch pleas
ure on the passage to England, but
"--pleasurcs are like peoples spread
! We catch the flower, the bloom is shed
! Or like the snowfall i the river,
A moment white then gone forever"
He and his fair protege were fairly on their
way to England; and not little merry were
they on their way; but as foul luck would have
| it, the Rochester broke down at Hudson, and
there the passengers all Observation-Disclosures
there the lawyer and widow remained all night.
Whether they occupied one and the same room
or not, we are not positive; but many reasona-
| bly, suppose that their rooms, if two they had,
we're not far apart.
| Before retiring TO rest, the lawyer was not al
| little disturbed the excitement of the first
movements was over, and in the solitude Of Il
quiet country inn he had room for reflection
lie had strange iorebodings about the success
orthe mission, and the amount OF the legacy; the
fortune-teller had prophecied i'll luck to the pair
he took the widow by the hand-he questioned
her about her history he looked like Uncle To-
by in her eyes, and she into his:
| "They saw each others dark eyes darting light
! Into each other--and, beholding this,
! Their lips drew near, and clang into kiss
He would have questioned further but she pross'd
His lips to hers and slenced him with this,
| And then dismissed the doubling from his breast,
Driving augury with that fond kiss;
And no doubt Of all methods It's the best;
Some people prefer wine-t's not amiss.
He had tried both, as those who would part take
NAV choose between the head ache and heart-achc.
To rest they both went--and up they both
arose next morning; then came the reckonngI
with the host below, and the reckoning with
the host above, called conscience; and certain
doubts not to be dismissed induced the lawyer
to slide straight to Albany. Here his wife met
him, and she questioned him and told her
doubts, and misgivings, and forebodings, and as
hecould not defy her skill in augury with akIss,
she combed down his head with that most unpo-
etcal weapon, poker. Heprayed and proLes-
ted, an finally made an affidavit which he drew
no himself and being commissioner Of deeds,
probably swore before himself, that in regard
! 10 the widow the scenes passed between them
we're as harmless as those between Joseph and
Potiphar's wife. And so the story reaches n
stand still at present. The lawyer returned to
his first love, the landlady removed to another
street, the widow removed no one knows where,
and the fortune-teller remains in stdta quo,