Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-08-18

=, 4hose fortunate years i was that Colonel Burr
aid his to one Of theloTehest Of Phiadsphia's
ever lovelv bellies and had the narroEest escape /
froT, = second msrrisgn. They met-'''tWss in /
crowd and each vas smitten with the others pleas
Ant qualities Again, he saw her ct her fathers
table where his attentions we're equally pointed and
welcome. tsts q sts, which he sought was inter
Ipted By the entrance Of her father but hermanneF
seemed to beckou him en- He was almost in love.
Summoning her father to his apartments b. note,
and the old gentleman appearing within the hour
the ensmored one came 70 the point with promness
and self possession impossible in sloYer under forty
rs Celeste enEagedftL E.t- q -fsi Ae--t
s'She is not"
s.Wouid it be Agreeable to her Parsnisif Colonel
Burr should make overtures for her handl" .7.
sit would be most agreeable"
The lady had gone 20 spend some Gays SIX niles
into the country, and thither her lover Tides the
next morning with an eager but composed mind
Celeste enters the drawing room, though he had not
ssked especially for her, Conversation ensueH she
is all wit and gaJey; more charming than ever, the
lover thinks 81 tries to turn the conversation q
subject nearest his heart but she, with the good
bumored, graceful malice Of lovely woman defeats
his eudeaTors and ct last quite csPsiysed, takes
me ssme hour on the following morning fnds
him once more lstea fss with the beautiful Celeste
Conversation again BY this time the great question
Wss put To the surprise Of this renowned lady
killer Celeste replies that she IS firmly resolved
70 marry
ised myself very great happiness but cannot blame
your determination.
She replied: .sNo; certainly, sir, you cannot; for
reoollct to have heard you express surprise that
any woman should marry, sud you gave such reasons,
and with so much eloquence IS made an lnoelele
impression upon my mind
The disappointed swain received the rebuff with
perfect courtesy and good humOr, They parted the
best friends. -ss-r
s.Havs You any commands to town, msdam? wish
uood m no
Two days passed. Then a note from Celeste sur
prised the rejected informing him that she Was 10
town for few hours and would be glad TO see him.
He was puzzled and hastened TO her for q solution.
The interview lasted two hours, In The course Of
which the tender subject Wss daiutiy touched, but
the lover forbore to his suit, and the CONVEX
sation ended without result Next day another note
from the LADY sent in from the country, expressing
can unaltersble determination never sgain to listen
to his suit and requesting that the subject might
never be renewed"
Late il the evening Of the same day, on returning
10 hislodgings the Vice President learned that boy
had been there three times that afternoon to deliver
message 10 him, bat had refused to say from whom
it came At last Col Burr's servant had traced the
boy 10 the town residence Of Celeste. Early next
morning the message came. Celeste requested an
interview. Post haste the Vice President hied to
the presence Of his beloved. He found her engaged
with a visitor but observed that she was agitated
upon his entranee and impatient for the departure
Of her guest. At length they were alone, and he
see him. With extreme embarrassment she stammer
ed out after several vain attempts to speak, that
she feared her note had not been oouohed in terms
sufficiently polite, and she hsd therefore wished for
an opportunity to apologize She could utter no
more He, expecting no such matter, stared in
dumb sstouishmeDt with an absurd half grin upon
his oountenance. As she sat deeply engaged in tear
ing to pieces some roses and he in pinching new
corners in the rim Of his hst-she al bushes and
oonfusion-he confOuuded and Bpeechless-the pair,
he afterwards thought, would have made q capital
subject for painter. He was the first to recover
poser TO aTtioulste. DenyingToundy that the fatal
note was anything but polite and proper, he offered
to return it. proposed that il should be considered
Cancelled aud begged 10 be allowed to call the next
morning aud renew his suit. To this she objected,
but family Waving nis request for a formal per
mitsoR, be changed the subject, and after an hours
not unpleasant conversation, took bis leave.
He now confessed 10 TheodOiss, This daughter) to
whom the affair had been crcumstantially related,
fOul day day, that he was in the condition of g
certain country judge bVfe~s--hosa canzn Nod
been too ingeLiousiy argued by the lawyers. Seen
tlemen Of the jury, sRid the judge 'you must get
along with this case as yeu can, for my part, I'm
swamped But the sapient TheodOsia was not puz-
zled in The least 'She meant, wrote TheodOsia,
"from the beginning so say, yes; but not choosing
10 say It Immediately, she told you that you had
furnished her with arguments against matrimony,
which in French means, please to persuade me out
Of them again But youtOok At as plump refusal
and walked Of. She oalle1 you back. What more
could she dot | would have you to japan be-
fore should have done muen
However The offer of marriage was never renew
ed The lover was probably himself undecided as
to the desirabeDess Of the match, But between hin
and Celeste there was always tender friendship,
and for many months it seemed likely enough that
at some unexpected moment the conclusive word
would be Rpoken.