The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-09-13
fCsrespondnee cftse n 7. Miror.l ]
a MYSTERY.
sARArooA Srklses, July 81, ls49


lodeings 4, Union Hall, : youth apparent
" about Is or 20 years old, OF slngulal
beauty, with raven locks, sparkling black
eve, / complexion in which the lily and the
rose seemed wildly striving for the suPrem'
acy, q voice Of silvery tone and mellow
richness, and IN ease, maturity ana of'l'
liancy Of manner altogether unusual ~
male % young, and which attracted the at
,en,ion and excited universal admiration
10 short, be appeared to be one Of those
specimens Of boy hood, upon which nature
i sometiues 50 lavish 10 the bestowmen'
of her gifts, and which are as rare as they
are pleasing and attractive; combining al
the delicacy and richness Of female beauty,
With precociousness Of mind and manner
equally marked and unusual. With bold
vet by no means rude familiarity, he SOON
made the acquaintance OF mothers and
misses, who seemed alike cap,ivated with
the young charmer, and courted his atten-
tions with jealous rivalry; the former con-
fiding in his youth as . protection to their
daughters, and the latter subdued and en-
raptured by the beauty Of his address. IN
the ball room, with his fashionable dress
coat buttoned to the chin, his symmetrical
limbs, his contracted waist, his round, iuil
chest, bis delicate hands and tiny feet, as
he moved with exquisite elasticity and
grace through the dance all eyes and many
hearts were fastened with lavish intensity.
After thus rioting week amid the mos,
extravagant attention Of the mammas, cap
tivated daughters, the young .Uriah Ba-
den," as he booked himself, suddenly dis
appeared. From fear Of detection, or
some other cause. he retired to the neigh
boring village Of Bsllston, and entered the
National Law School there as pupil. nn-
der the pretence that his parents would be
on 10 day or two with the bulk Of his bag-
gage. Struck with his appearance, md
the ease and eloquence Of his conversation
81 powers, the President, J. W. Fowler,
Esq, assigned him At once performance
10 of hand speaking, which, with the trial
and argument Of causes, form prominent
part ia the exercises Of the Institution. In
this, his speaking capacities were put to a
test too severe for matter Of mere amuse-
ment; and dreading an exposure which the
presence Of the hundred Young gentlemen
connected with the school might affect, and
certainly would render most embarrassing
and fearful, he again took French leave,
returned to this place, and stopped at one
Of the minor hotels, where he spent the
night before last in silent seclusion, as il re-
Aecting on the error Of his ways.
During bis former visit, he had coqnet-
ted with the fair ones, and made three or
four solemn protesta,ions Of love, which had
awakened delicious hope in as many I'M
suspicious hearts. Hence the news Of his
return led TO many eager but unsuccessful
inquiries for his whereabouts. Yesterday
morning there arrived here fine looking.
middle aged gentleman, with his lady, in
a state Of anxious and nervous excitement,
having traced their Grant daughter at
length TO the theatre Of her comico-sragic
adventures; and being directed to her hi
ding place, they sought her rooms, tore off
her male disguise, and last evening left for
their home in New Jersey, with as sweet
and beautiful looking daughter as ever
graced the proper habiiments Of her sex,
with nothing 10 distinguish her from them
but her exquisite personal charms and her
shortened locks, which to complete the illu-
sion, she had cropped and subjected to the
hand Of the barber. As to the cause OF
this strange adventure Of the young girl,
the sad, unreproaching silence Of the par
ents forbid inquiry, and the affair ended as
began-a mystery.
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