St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1865-08-03

called her bis Fairy Qneen." AID vas
on terms Of such intimacy with her rs
permitted him 10 salute her lips 10 the
presence Of friends Gen Knox was
likewise a worshirper before her, and
Layi4Jc;:e ~os greatly charmed. That
such woman as this should have gone
through cscapad"s and adventures is bot
natural; that she should take pleasure
ard pride in bringing men Of loftiest po-
. >ition 10 her feet is quite understands
Die ,ha. her reputation should ma'sri-
ally suffer by the scandal Of her rivals
and the jealous tattlinga OF her female
friends is what one would expect; bat
tina. she shoald tinal!y accsp: IN, hand
Of. and marry. a quiet, hardworking.
adventurous trader. is vagary, difficult
OF explanation. She did it, however.
In the early days Of this century she
vas wooed and won by Frenchman
named Stephen Jumol, who. landing
here poor. made an Immense fortune in
the wine trale lie became noted for
mis- wealth. liberaii,y and kind hearted
benevolence, and singular foresight 10
business matters. Or him our worthy
bat ecrcatric fellow-c;,i Gran, Thor
born. SAID :
Stephen Jnmel. a French'nan, was
among our early merchant princes. One
, morning. abou, 10 O'clock. in the year
1906. this gentleman, in company with
Wm. Bavard, Harmon Leroy. Archibald
Grscic. Gen. Clarkson. ard some dozen
others. ~as reading and discussing the
news jus, arrived from Liverpool il the
extraordinary short passage Of seven
weeks. The matter most concerned Ma
roleon I AID the battle of Wagram--
While thus engaged, g carman's horse
backed his cart into The Whitehallslip.
The cart was got out, but the horsc vas
drowned, and every one began plying
The o or carman's iii-iuck. Jum"l iu-
s'antly arose, and placing ten dollar
IN t~:rcco his thumb and tinyer. and
ioliine it al # while It hut,4rcl il the
6.ctzr. and with his hat in the other
baud. he walked through the length and
breadth Of the crowd. excisiming How
Cnu'h you pity the poor man? I pity
bin ten dollars. How much vou pity
hia' Z: BY THE ingenious and noble
co'.p he collected in f;w moments
about seventy dollars. xhich Ii. gave
ever vi orce 10 III" unfortunate ard f,r-
inmate carman This has sine, been in
rated often. IN: of is originality wi'n
HIM there car be no question:"
Shortly after this marriage, .b" DOWN
fdl of the gr"a. Napoleon occurred, and
ths pacihca,ioo OF Europe was secured. -
This seemed . favorable orp1r'nni'y for
the wealthy Frencklnan. who had long
since retired from active business. To- take
MS b.autiGu! and accomplishe;. wife 20 the
centre Of conrincu,al splcndor. They vent
10 Paris. purchased a magnif:en. es;ab-
n'"p,, aui under the soc:al pa:ronay. OF
L,fayrttc and his c1:emp,raries. Madsne
Ju-anl hara'na as noted iu tn: e,:lon, OF the
r.encb c-p;rsl ss in .he par.ors & the
ves'e7n mrtrnr lis. Her w: and ,aleu.
placed htr in ne very Van Of ;he f:cqncn-
tcrs o: the court, and while she never fail
ed to make continual conques }. we are
no. Of those who believe the slanderers Of
hex rpu'a:ion. Gsiety is not always
guilt. frivoli'y not always ths exponent of
hear,lessoess. and despite Madame ,Jumers
wonderful gaic.y and nev"r-ceasing 'riv"l-
i,y, she was deep and threwd and able
enough to maintain her position against
the combined attacks Of those who cnvied
her.
Her life Of prodigious p-odig:li:y made
Fad inrosds upon her husbands fortune.
and be became low spirited She rallied
him, 5u: investigation demonstrated the
comparative wreck OF bis estate. and she
fsiled 20 arouse him TO the necessary ex-
er.ion. Self-rclan.. bold, iudc cpenden.
AMI olear sighted, she broke up their es-
tabisbment ip Paris and returned alone
TO New York in 1922 Resolved to mend
wha; she bad broken. she retired TO IN es-
tate OF her ovr on :he island. and i"vo-
'e', h"rs"lf 20 the recnp"rs;ion OF her hus-
bands fortune With such signal success
,ha: when, in 1928, st the age of sky
-four, he returned 20 his country. he found
himself po.s.ssed OF means a: onoe abun-
dans and sssi,f,c'ory. They lived happi-
ly .oge,h' nn.il bis death. which resulted
in his sevcn,ieth yes', from An accidental
fall.
A: this time Col. Burr was prac'icing
law. with grcs, sucress. in New York
His legal p 'si,ion was in the front rank ;
triumph succeed. triumph and alta ough
old in years. he seemed but in the prime
o: life. There was talk of cboltr, in the
city, and Madame Jumel. who had large
interests 10 real estate, determined upon .
carriage tour in the country. Desiring.
however, to take lcgAl advice on some
matters before leaving. she determined to
consul. Co.. Burr. whose pre-smiuece in
real estate law was universally conceded.
II was long time since she hat seen BIN.
Years had changed them both; oceans
and .veu,s had separated them; marriage
and its consequences had turned the
,houghts Of eac;l in other directions; ard
now, when tue one vas a. old man and
the other well advanced woman. they
were to meet He was perfec. in al the
subilesies of social life she was the expo
Henl, nc plus ultra, Of fashionable life