The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-01-25

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Burr determined to forfeit his bond
and make his way to Pensacola. One
stormy night in February 1907, be
set forth, mounted on the favorfte
horse Of his host. and attended BY
Jerry, faithful groom, who had or
ders to go as far as Pearlriyer. Or
gent as was the necessity for expe
dition, Colonel Burr halted till day.
light at the widows cottage, plead.
ing the beautiful Madaline to be the
companion Of his fight. He prom
ised marriage, fortune, high position,
and even limited at imperial honors
not realizing even then, q fugitive
and branded traitor, the crushing
downfall that impended over him
The maiden had given him her heart
She had listened to his Witchery
night after night, and loved him
with al the fervor Of a Southern ma.
ture. She would have followed him
to the end of the earth, and to the
scaffold, and her aged mother would
freely have given her to this most
captivating man-for they looked
on him as q demi-god-but, as with
most of our Southern women, virtue
and propriety were stronger than
! prepossession and passion, and the
entreaties Of the accomplished liber-
tine were firmly rejected. Bafied
and disappointed he was compelled
to proceed, but promised to return,
and carried with him the covenant
and pledge of the beautiful NADIA,
line. She was wooed by many q
lover. The young and gallant mas
ters of the large plantations on Sec.
ond creek and st. Catherine
strove in vain for her hand. For.
tunes and the homage of devoted
hearts were laid at her feet; bat The
maid of the Hallway Hill remained
true to her absent lover; the more
so because of the rumors that reach,
ed her of his misfortunes and bis
guilt. She lived on the recollection
Of his manly beauty, and the shade:
he had most effected were her'eon.
slant haunts. At length, when ht
fed from the United States, pursued
by Mr.. Jefferson and the remorseIes.
agents that swarm around power and
authority-when he had been driven
/ from EngIand-and an outcast il
Paris, shivering with cold and starv
ing for bread, he seems to have felt
for the first time, the utter hope
lessness of his fortunes. And ther
he wrote to Madaline, and, in few
formal words, released her from hel
promise. Stating that ne would ne
yer return to the United States, he
advised her to enter a convent
should she survive her mother. A
year or two after this she went tC
Havana with Mrs. W., a highly re-
spectacle lady, who then owned the
property where Mrs. st. John Elliott
now resides. Her extreme beauty
her grace and elegance, prooueec
the greatest enthusiasm. The hote
where they put up was beseiged. 1
she appeared on the balcony a dozer
cavaliers were waiting to salute her
When her volante was seen on thC
Pasco or the Plaza de Armes it was
/ escorted by the Grandeer of the is
land. She was feted by the Cover
nor General, serenades and bali.
followed in rapid succession, and
the daily homage to her beauty ne
yer ceased until the evening bells
sounded the Angelus.
without surrendering her heart
or being carried away by this uni
vcrsal admiration, she returned te
the cottage on the Halfway Hin
She was followed there by Mr.. K.
an English gentleman, the head o.
the largest commercial house in Ha
yana, and to him on his second visit
shegave her hand.
The vine-covered cottage, its treI
lis and borders, have crumbled into
dust. The courtly lover and the in
nocent maiden are long since dead
But the old hin still lifts its aged
brow, Wrinkled all over with tradi
tion. A favorite lookout of the
Natchez in time Of war-the scene
of daring conspiracy against the
Spanish authority-the rendezvous
of lovers-the Kidding place of bri.
gands and a depot for their blood
stained treasure-mute, but faithful
witness of the past!