Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-09-08
A COurI,hip of Aaron Burr.

onel BUR- PAID bls court 10 one Cf the
loyeliest UfPbiladelphis's ever lovely bellies
and bad the Harrowest escape from see
ond marriage. They met-rwas 10 a
crowd; and each was sDitten with the
others pleasant qualities. Again, be saw
her at her at her alher's table, where his
attentions were equally pointed and wei
come. A teie a-tete, which be Sought,
was interrupted by the entrance Of her IA.
theT, bat her manner seemed 10 beckon
him on. lie was almost 10 love. Sum.
moning her father 10 bis apartments By
note, aud the cd gentleman appearing
within the hour. the ensmored one came
to the poin, with a firmness and self.pos.
session impossible IN a lover under forty.
Is Celeste engagedP
'She is not.
Would it be agreeable to her parents i
| Colonel Burr should make oyertures for
her hsnd?'
'lt would be most agreeable
The lady had gone 10 spend some days
six miles into tue country, aud thither her
lover went the next morning. with 40 ca
ger but composed mind. Celeste enters
the drawing room. though be had not
asked especially for her. Conversation
ensues. She is all wit and gayely; more
charming than ever, the lover tbinks.-
He tries to turn the conversation to the
subject nearest bis heart; but she, with the
good humored, graceful malice Of lovely
woman, defeats his endelvors, and so at
last, quite captiyated be takes bis leave.
The same hour the following morning
finds him, ouce more, tete a tele with the |
beautiful Celeste. Conversation agqin.-
But this time the great question was put |
To TIE surprise Of this renowned Iady.kiI. |
Ter, Celeste replies that she is firmly re. /
solved never 10 marry.
i am very sorry 10 hear it madam; l |
had promised myself very great happiness, !
but csnnot blame your discrimination
She replied: no; certainly, sir, you eau
not; for | recollect to have heard you ex.
press aurprise that any woman should
marry, and you gave such reasons, and
with SO much eloquence as made an indsI-
ible impression upon my mind
The disappointed swain received the
rebuff with perfect courtesy and good Lu.
NOR. They parted the best friends.
Have voC any commands to town,
madam wish you q 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 tie L
course of which the tender subject was
daintly touched, but the lover forebore to
renew bis suit. and the conversation end
ed without result. Next day auother note
from the lady, sent in from the country.
an 'unalterable determination
never again TO listen 10 bis suit, aud re-
guessing that tie subject might never be
Late in the evening Of the same day, /
on returning to bis lodgings the Vice
Presi dent learned that a boy bad been
there three times that afternoon 10 deliver
a message to him, but Lad refused to say ,
from whence it came. At last Colonel !
Buns servant had traced the boy to the t
.own residence of Celeste. Early next
morning the message came. Celeste re.
luesled an interview. Post haste the
\ ice President hiei to the presence Of his
beloved. He found her engaged with a
'isiter, but observed that she was agitatei I
ipon bis entrance, and impatient fors the !
departure Of her guest. At length they +
we've alone. aud he waited for her to state !
Ier reasons for desiring to see him. With :
extreme embarrassment she stsmmered 6
,ut. after several vain attempts to speak, {
hat she feared her note had not been !
,ouched in terms sufficiently polite, and 8
she bad therefore wished for an opportu- ]
lity TO apologize. She could utter no s
more. He, expecting no such matter, 7
stared in dumb astonisment, with an abb {
uld half grin upon bis countensuce. As q
he sat deeply engaged in tearing to pie Y
es some roses, and he in pinching new \
orners 10 the rim Of lis hat--she all +
,lushes aud conrusion-he confounded and =
peechless--the pair, be afterwards thought i
would have made a capital subject for the c
,ainter. He was the first to recover pow $
II to artieulate. Denying roundly that Y
he fatal note was anything but polite and /
proper, he offered to return it, proposed +
hat it should be considered cancelled,
md begged to be allowed to call the next
morning aud renew bis suit. To this she S
objected, but family. Waving his re- il
uest for formal permission, be changed il
be subject. and after an hours not un- Il
easant conversation, took his leave. a
He now confessed to Tbeodosia, This d
aughter) to whom the affair bad been il
ircumstantially related, from day to day, o
bat be was in the condition of a certain d
ntry judge, before whom cause had tc
een too ingeniously argued by the law Ii
ers. 'Gentlemen of the jury said the c.
ldge, you must get along with this carse a
5 well as you can; for my part, I am ST
But the sapient Theodosis S
as not puzzled in the least. She meant n
rote Tbeodcsia, from the begin ming TO
~ that awful word yes; but not choosing
, say it Immediately, she told you that +