New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-27
TIE WITCHES or NETWORK. No. ".
MADAME BRUCE, "rHE MYSTERIOUS
VAILED LADY"
No. SIS Broom. ..r,et GEAR Tbo-p,,e

sdyert;seme.r, which is :a.joiztd:
ASTONISHING TO ALI--Madsme BRUCE the
MYSTERIOUS Vailed Lady caS be ooai,ed al evsa., d M
At Nc SIS BrOOm,~:I oge door ON fsouPsoa sbs is
,scorc sight seer. A. WAS bor= with Ers GIT.
Madame Brace night be a lady If the no. tr,n,.
cerdeLt beauty, or she nigh. pos,ess conference
after the style Of Mo%sana the Vailed Prophet, ia
either case clean shi cellar aoi little extra polish
On the toots would be tsuching tribute Of respect
Our reporter thought of tie stores of the Oriental
ladies 80 chaTnioely and csrpiexsy described IL
"The Arabian Nights Eateusiaments and 10 come
strange way connected Madame Bruce WITH Eastern
associations; he remembered tbs, il Asis:c countries
the arts Of eschsrment are tie stsps Of fashionable
feu ale education; tha; the rome- mbibe the ele-
meEts Of magic from Their wet nurses eod ths their
power Of charming is gradually and surely dereoped
by years and competent instructors unit. they able
TO 90 ,th tito the Eod aud raite the deTa en their
own hook. 0ar reporter had pcndered these things
IN his mind until his excited Imagination had fully
decided that Msdame Bruce, the Mysterious Vailed
Lady, must be a stray Oriental Princess in slsoed
circumstances cruelIy thrust fcm the psterns
sion by the iIfurated proprietor, and compelled to
seek her fortune in strange land. He had never
see princess and he resolved to treat this one with
all respect AID loyal yeneration to do this, if possible
and voter in the Tenth Wsrd-but to do it, at all
bs7alds. The immense fortune which would undoubt-
edly be ers 10 the OF the reenpg of her brutal
though OF uent father, may have suggested the feast
billy of future elOpement and legal marriage, but
this speculation was not seriously entertained. Her
undoubted great misfor,unes had touched his tender
heart in upselfsh spOti he would thi, suffering
priDcess-he would tender his sympathy. If this was
haughtily declined there would stil remain the poor
privilege of buying dose Of magic, paying the price
in current money, and letting her make her
change. Having matuTed this disinterested resolve
be proceeded bis journey, wondering as he walked
along whether, in tle event Of gracious reception
By his princess it woud be courtly and correct
10 kueel on beth knees or TO make Oriental cushion
of bis oyercoa and sit down cros2 legged the aoor
This knotty point was not settled to his entire satisac
ton when be reached that lovely portion of fairy land
near tie ar gle OF Brcome aud Thompson streets. The
princess had taken up her temporary residence in the
tenant house No. 5l3 Broome, which elegant mansion
affords refuge TO about seventeen other families.
Our reporter ring was answered by grizzly woman
speaking broken French, who admitted him into the
hail. heard bis request, and called TO a stockheaded
boy, who was looking over the stairs, to come down
and take him in charge. An instants observation
convinced reporter that the servants Of the Princess
were Lot particular in the matter Of dirt. The walls
were etaned discolored and bedaubed, and the Dor
had sufficient thickness of soil for vegetable
garden; at one end Of the hall indeed an Irish woman
YVES on her knees, making experimental excavations,
possibly with view to planting early lettuce aud
peppoTcass. A glance at the sheck headed boy
showed pecsarity in bis Wis visual organs his eyes,
which were black naturally, had evidently suffered in
some kind OF slicu demonstration and one of them
still showed the marks it was twice black, naturally
and aItiicialy il had dual nigritude, and might,
perhaps be called dOuble-baHeled black eye. This
pleasant Oang conducted oar reporter to the top
ofihe first light of Stair where he said please stop
here minute and disappeared INTO the Prncesss
ruom leaving her devoted slave reporter alone in
the he'll Nth two aged washtdbs and battered broom
Then ensued great shuifi.ng and general pitching
about Of thirgs in the mysterious room as if bar
RED 4" clearing up was in progress As soon as this
stormy raftrg OF chairs and tables had subsded uto
q cslm the boy with the eye reappeared, and insinu
etinsy remarked, Please 10 walk in this way l.
did please our reporter to wax in the direction ponte
out. and be entered the room, where the double bar
relied eye spoke sgein, " Please take a chair" Ga
reporter locked for the Princess, bat perceiyDg that
.he was not present, be ventured to cit down. sin'
Gle glance convinced him that the Princess could have
had no opportunity to carry Of from her East
ei bone or that she must have spent the proceeds
before she furnished her present donicie. An iron
btdstead. email cooking. stove, four chairs, and
table, on which the breakfast crockery stood un
washed, was the amount o, the furniture. A dirty
slateinly young woman Of about % years, with hthy
hands and uncombed hair and whose clothes looked
as il they had been tossed on with ptchiork. seated
herself in one of the chairs aud commenced converse
81, huf an ate AL A
apology FOR the unmade bed, the unswept room, the
uIwashed breakfast dishes, and the un.dy appear
snce of everything. Before she had concluded her
ftu,ess explanation, the boy with the yariegated eye
suddenly came from closet which our reporter had
not noticed and was unprepared for aud sad, in win
rirg tones Please to walk in this rOom,' which wls
done whtreupor the optical youth inconiinenty van
ished.
At last then our reporter stood in the presence OF
ROYALTY and behed the wIonged PIN ceis OF aus imagna'
ton. He was about to drop OIL his Blended kneesto
pay his premedtsted homage, but hurried glance at
the floor showed that such a course OF proceeding
would result in the ineffaceab!e soung Oh MS Des'
psniaoons 60 he stood .turty erect Before ne sui
fered bis eyes to rest upon the peerless beauty who
be was convinced stood before him. he took survey
Of the regal apartment. An implanted pine table $1,000
in the corner gaudiy-psnted shade was a. tne WIZ
dow ard an iron single bedstead upon which the clothes
had been hastily "spresd mp, and two chau'' on oee
Of which sat tie enchantress, comp eted the ' Inc
P-nce.. was a,ired in deep * and thick DIicK
val reaching from her head 70 her waist, enfey con-
cesed Ler features from the betoler. Our reporter
. Gevoutlv believed in her royal birth and crue mig
tryrt,por wa. thi. belief dssipeted until she spoke;
bu, when she called "Pete' TO the doUble-bsTeled
,o,tl with the eve. and gave lin blowing up IN