The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-05-27
The Fair lmPostor.
, rosy OF rar rlyr WOODS.

4 Early last summer "A young and bean.
tful lady calling herself Madame H.,
attended BY two servants. arrived IN =
very elegant carriage. at y village nQs
one hundred mites iron this ciiy. she
drove M 10 ihe best hotel, secnred lodg-
irgs, and shortly after handed the lands
lord printed handful, announcing =
number of houses nnl lots in Ncw
Orleans for sale. which she desired
| him to post III his har.room. She pro-
posed 10 be widow. in bad health.
and a. her object she said, was retire;
mcnt, she desired To rent a furnished
cottage for six months. by some ex-
crtion, such an ono was found for her.
She soon selected ffom the merchants
and market people n chosen few whom
she h9norcd with, her patronage, She
/ had number OF rich dresses made uls
bought iewclry. gave Soirec once q
week, lived generously, purchased all
tho old wine in town, ana quite monop-
olzcd the yoaJg chickens, cream straw
berries aud other 9clicncics of the
ncighhorhool. Several young ladiaS
bellies tt the villa were invited
TO spend the ensuing winter with her
in the city, and tie son Of u respec,a-
bic planter was rngagcd TO Supcr1q
tend her sugar plantation Tor the lol-
lowing year, ~ n salary of thousand
dollars. She got mp n subscription 10
build a church in the village. aad
headed lit with one hundred dollars,
payable on the completion ofthc build
ing. She became the popular idol. It
was Worshiped far and near, that her
property was immense and ma ono
thought ofprcScntiag her q bill. Things
went on rfierriH The two merchants
she houorcd with her patronage We're
desperately smittcn, and each had rea-
son 10 hclieve himself the fovoritc
swain. Thus passed the summer.
Dne fiur Sunday morning, however
in the month Of November. about clcv-
en- o'clock, one of the o ers dressed
in his best, and glowing with hope,
called to Q ,ort Madame lS, 10 camp
meeting in the neighborhood. At the
same moment, his rival arrived with, q
similar in;entior She had separately
offered TO each Of them seat in her
carriage the dat before, and appointed
this hour for he rendezvous. Edok-
ing BY no means very amiable NJ enc
another they raped nj the door. No
answer was returned. They knocked
again. Stiil ~ answer. They felt
awkward, but probably concluded that
the lady, piq1cd 1T their delay fer
they had dallcd n little over thcr Toll
ettc--had driven off s0lus to the camp
ground. What were they TO do
They had loared their horses On
promise ni' a seat in her carriage, aud
not another was 10 BE had. Indeed,
scarcely human being remained in
town. Half angry, half ashamed,
they skulkcd back to their respective
lodgings, and spent the day as crusty
bachelors do in country towns, mum.
bling cheese and crackers, and swig-
ging brandy and water.
Next morning ut breakfast at The
table it was whispered among the
Boardcrs that Madame b. had not been
at The meeting. The lovers turned
rcd. A feeling Of alarm-perhaps n
dim idea that they had been bamboo
zled-camc over them, and, accompa-
MED by the crowd, they rushed to her
house. The doors and vchc!ians were
carefully closed, and for moment the
company paused until the question Of
Gorciblc entry could be determined.
The two attorneys of TIC village were
summoned. differed IN opinion. cited
on each side dozen cases directly in
point, and finally flew at each other
with great fury. The magistrate and
constable intcrlerc1, aud during the
melee the door was burst open, and in
the mob went.
! Every thing was found in perfect or
der. Flowers bloomcd on tho mantle :
n little slipper lay in one corner u
delicate glove in anolhc7, and on tho
table was found, with n boquct Of vio,
lets. the following note, written on
musk>sccnted paper. cGaieur dc rose in
the prettiest Italian hand.
'Adieu, uty dear irionls. Inc lr,,
frost calls me away. carnot bear 90
say farewell. | shap, he with vouncNt
summer. When you tisit the city yuu
VIII find me at 20. -, Bourbon slfe-t
Make my hoasc gonr hoine. For your
bills draw on Messrs, Royal
street Adieu Adieu,
1t Is impossible to say precisely what
was the feeling the company. Most
OF th.m were her creditors for rent,
;;orhe for supplies, some for considera-
5ic amounts of cash loaned. A few
: sworc roundIy: others SUNK away si>
lent, while the two merchant lovers
grew angry with each other. IHr who
had loanedtae money declared her an
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