Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1858-10-15
A Courtship of Aaron Burr.


crowd;" and each was smitten whine
others pleasant qualities. Again he ssssv
her at her fathers table, where his aften
tions were equally pointed and welcome.
A tete-a>tete, which he sought, was iI1eI=
rupted by the entrance OF her father, pnE
hel manner seemed to beckon him on.---
He was almost in love. Summonings her
father to his apartments by note, antzthe
old gentleman appearing within the hs11ll',
the enamored one came to the point with
a promptness and self-possession in.Fss-
bic in a lover under forty. - s
ssls Celeste engaged g
ssShe is not
''W ould it be agreeable to her parents
if Colonel Burr should make overtures for
her hand e.
''It would be most agreeable"
The lady had gone to spend some days
six miles into the country, and thither her
lover rides the next morning, with an eager
but composed mind. Celeste enters the
drawing-roon, though he had not asked
especially for her. Conversation ensued.
She is all wit and gaiety; more charming
than ever, the lover thinks. He tries to
turn the conversation to the subject near
est his heart but she, with the good
humored, graceful malice of a lovely
last, quite captiyated, lie takes his leave.
The same hour on the following morn
ing finds him, once, more teta-0-tete with
the beautiful Celeste. Conversation again.
Bat this time the great question was put.
To the surprise OF this renowned lady-killer,
Celeste replies that she is firmly resolved
never to marry
Il am very sorry to hear it, madam :;
/ had promised myself very great happi-
ness, bat cannot blame your determine
tion.'
She replied: ssNo, certainly, sir, you
cannot, for | recollect to have heard you
| express surprise that any woman should
marry, and You gave such reasons, and
with so much eloquence, as made an in
dellible impression on my mind"
The disappointed swain received the re-
buff with perfect courtesy and good humor.
They parted the best friends.
ssHave You any commands to town, ma
dams / wish you good morning"
Two days passed. Then a note from
| Celeste surprised the rejected, informing
him that she was in town for a few hours,
and would be glad to see him. He was
puzzled and fastened to her for solution.
The Interview lasted two hours, in the
course Of which the tendersnbiect was daill-
! tily touched, but tile lover forebore to re-
new his suit, and the conversation ended
without result. Next day, another note
from tha4ady, sent in from the country,
expressing ssstn unaiterable determination
never again to listen to his suit, and re-
| qnesting that the subject might never be
| renewed
Late in the evening Of the same day, on
returning to to his lodging, the Vice Pres
| i,al
! three times that afternoon to deliver q
message to him, bat had refused TO say
from Whom it came. At last, Colonel
Burr's servant had traced the boy to the
town residence OF Celeste. Early next
morning the message came. Celeste re
qucsteu All interview. Post haste the Vice
PRESIDENT lied to the presence OF his be
loved. lie found her engaged with a Wis
itor, but observed that she was agitated
upon his entrance, and impatient for the
| departure Of her guest. At length they
| were alone, aud he waited for her to state
her reasons for desiring to see him. Will
extreme embarrassment, she stammereC
out, after several vain attempts to speak
that she feared her note had not beer
couched in terms sufficiently polite, anc
she therefore wished for an opportunity t.
apologize. She could utter 10 more. lie
expecting no such matter, stared In duml
astonishnent, with al absurd haf-grin up
on his countenance. As she sat deeply
engaged in tearing to pieces some roses
and he in pinching new corners in the rim
of his hat-she all bushes and confusion
he confounded and speechless-th pair
he afterwards thought, would have mad
q capital subject for painter. lie wa
the first to recover power to articulate.-
Denying rounclly that the fatal note wa
anything but polite and proper, he offer
ed to return it, proposed that it should b.
considered cancelled, and begged to be al
lowed to call the next morning and renew
his suit 70 this she objected but family
Waving his request for a formal permis
sion, he changed the subject, and after a
hours not unpleasant conversation took hi
leave.
He now confessed to Theodosia, {hi
: daughter,) to whom the affair had been Gil
cunrstantiaily related, from day to day
that he vas in the condition of a certa
country Judge, before whom cause ha
been too ingenuously argued by the law
yers. Gentlemen. of the jury said tn
|. Judge, you must get along with TIL
cause as well as you can for my part, II
. swannped." But the sapient Theodosi
:. was not puzzled nthe least. ssShe meant,
:. wrote Theodosia, ''from the beginnin
stosay that awful word, yes but not choo