Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1842-11-25
EXTRAORDINARY CONSPIRACY.

Bristol has been the scene of one of the
most romantic incidents in real life which
ever occurred, and of which highly respec
table merchant has been, unfortunately,
made dupe.
Mr.. Wooley has been, it appears, for the
last five years a widower, and Miss Buyers,
who is now about - years of age, and whom
he has brought up and educated from the
early age of eight years, resided with him
at New Cut. About six months since, Miss
Buyers minated to him that lady whom
she knew, and whose property was worth
f47 900, had accidentally seen him, and
had on the instant fallen in love with him
that she had strven long TO conquer her
passion but in vain; that her declining
health bore testimony to the intensity of the
struggle aud that, as a last resource, she
had communicated her passion to her Miss
! Buyers, with view to her sounding her
brother-ln-law as To the state of his heart,
with much more sufficiently nonsensical and
absurd. Hearing this tale, Mr. Woolcy,
being anxious to know who the lady was,
pressed Miss Buyers to inform him who the
fair inamorata might be, and was at length
told by her that she was Miss -, a lady
of the first family and responsibility. Mr..
Wooley, who had never seen the lady whose
name was mentioned to him, oddly enough
agreed to reciprocate the alleged affection,
and pressed for an interview. To this Miss
Buyers replied, that such course was en-
trely ont Of the question, for should the re-
lations of the lady arrive at the knowledge
that such an acquaintance existed they
would have her removed-her peace of mind
would be ruined forever-and Mr.. Wooley's
chance of the f47 900 would be destroyed
To mitigate the rigour of this sentence, how
ever tender correspondence was fabricated
and carried on in this lady's name (who
was all the while unconscious of even Mr..
! Wooley's exstence) through Miss Buyers,
and in answer TO one of these tender billets,
Mr.. Wooley pledged his honor not TO seek
an interview with the lady until it could he
safely granted. The matter having been
mentioned to some confidential friend by
Mr.. Wooley, il was suggested to him that he
ought To be better assured OF the truth of the
affair, and that it might be hoax This IN
situation was, however, Indignantly met by
Mr.. Wooley with the reply, Gould they sup
pose that she whom he had brought up as
his own child, from the early age Of eight
years, whom he had ever treated in the most
kind and indulgent manner, would attempt
to, or be party to the playing off of any
trick upon him who might be considered as
her father p His friend still remaining III
credulous, Mr.. Wooley said he would write
letter to Miss -, which should be taken
by Miss Buyers, and that to satisfy himself
of her truth, female, the wife of a person in
his employment, should see whether she
went to the house where the lady resided
with it, This was done, and Miss Buyers
was watched by the female to the door of
Miss IS house Shortly afterwards
some circumstances transpircd from which
he was again led TO think that a trick was
being played upon him, and determined to
make assurance doubly sure, he mentioned
his suspicious to Miss Buyers, wrote letter
to Miss -, and proposed himself to ac-
company Miss Buyers to the door of the la
dy's house, and TO wait outside for an answer
Miss Buyers, nothing daunied, reproached
him for entertaining the slightest suspicious,
and said that she should be most happy to
convince him, and that he had better at once
write the letter, and they would walk togeth-
err with it to the house in which the lady re-
sided.
This was accordingly done and on reach
ing the house. Miss Buyers knocked at the
door, and having ascertained that the lady
was at home, sent in her card (both being
personally unknown) and desired Mr.. w. to
wait for her She then boldly introduced
herself into the presence ofthe lady. Being
requested to be seated, she apologised for
her intrusion. but that being informed that
Miss - was very kind in administering
relief and religious consolation to the poor,
she had presumed to solicit her TO visit a
poor woman at place in Cathay, which
she named, to administer some relief to her
mind-that the poor woman did not need
pecunary assistance, as she miss Brycrs)
had procured for her everything which was
necessary. The lady replied that it was
true she was ever most happy TO contribute
to the relief of the suffering poor as fast as
possible but that with respect to religious
consolation she thought the clergyman Of
the parish was the proper party to apply TO-
Miss Buyers Immediately acknowledged
that this was the proper course, and having
apologised for troubling Miss -, request.
: ed to be allowed to write a note to the Rev
gentleman, soliciting his aid. This was oil
course, acceded to, and Miss Buyers sal
, down to write the note; but instead Of
writing to the clergyman, she penned an am
orous answer to Mr.. Wooley's letter, in the
name of the lady in whose house and pres